The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-24

: Of amusement for the wealthy rsarchauts
of Canton is Co spend % n'g ON che
dover boats on the Pear. Hlfer The
boat IS chartered for the night ga three
meals are served
If our man is @ banker or hirh-un
Official and ends himself free to seek
[ pleasure. De may engage in q game Of
I chess. checkers or cards. or may even
blow himself Cor O banquet to hts
friends. though che chances are. % he
can spare the dime. De win 60 to see bis
dear. old mother who lives iu the ccuu-
I try AT any rate. each day at sometime
Dc engages iu some pastime regularly and
methodically. If be is extremely rich
Do may even employ his own story teller.
I The Chinese are great readers and have
many books but from highest to lowest
they al prefer Co listen to che story-teller.
Kite dying is q fovorte amusement on
/ the housetops Of Hong Kong. aud many
. Chinese millionaire would rather cut the
other fellows site string in kite duel
I than TO drive % most advantageous bar
-ain, Another thing the millionaire
/ Chinese derives q great deal 90 pleasure
I from Is the Inspection of bis furg. Tn
I Hong Kong there D. q Chinese banker who
I owns possibly one OF the finest coIcc-
/ lions of Russian sables in the world. no
Is bis pride to show them to apprcciatlTc
I friends. and he hires n tailor and furrier
. by the year 90 look after them. There
are ID fully-uned long coats ln an. and
each Is perfect
HIS Business Life.
Fourteen or ~ years ago there WI,
o fruit seller who sguatted hy bis basket
/ in Wan Look street. Hong Kong. opposite
the Soy Hing Baukinc Company Today
/ he is one Of the richest ucn on earth.
/ So many accounts have been toi. of who
I the man is that in their c1ndicf - ls only
\ safe TO- say hy common repute be is SUD
I posed tO belong 90 the Wong family. or
tribe Chinese never does business
under his own name. Tie adopts a COM
i pany name. for ho never goes into any
l thing extensively bv himself His asso-
ciates must share bis interests. he re-
/ fuses to carry ail BIS eggs ln one basket
Fourteen or ID years ago the fruit
l seller, who frequented the docks Tor BIS
supplies. evolved q plan Tor shipping be-
tween the South China coast and sIng1-
I pore. With q few % bis friends. who bal
\ q little money saved. ne formed q share
and share company. and. purchasing a
l vessel. tried the scheme. It worked. To-
day there are over Oh vessels. steam
/ and sail. belonging to the expanded evolu-
i zion of the fruit sellers original il91.
I Many others Gre controlled hv the same
company. and they ply throughout tho
I whole Of the Orient The commerce. 90
7 China ls so thoroughly organized that Do
| is probably the only country 'n The world
I where q boycott could De- Matched without
I either official head or tal and make lis
I duence fclt in the United States to the
I poInt Of influencing legislation and com
I ing treaties. old John Chlnuman may nos
7 Do fully civilized. but be- has forgotten
more than some others ever knew about
the commercial valve Of retaiiatory -1eas-
ures
A debt IS never outlawed in China. NJ
you owe a thing you owe Dc til lt's paid.
u you don't pay Dc. your heirs md your
assigns and your whole relationship owe
30 until Dc ls paid. Custom ls stronger
than law in China for. though the law
may excuse or uullify debt. the integ
rity Of Chinese commercial custom de-
ponds upon the perpetual Hfe Of an obllga-
ton.
Some ~ the Chinese OH America who
have picked up q little OF our law occl-
siouaNy take refuge behind che provisions
Of our statutes. But n the debtor doesn't
owe Do in this country be stl owes Do
OBJ China And o. won't De healthy f0f
him t0 60 back there and try fo dodge De-
Tho blacklist Of china Or an powerful
And in no other country u trade union
ISM 80 strong There is no such thing az
acquiring or slving riches from a Job.
Set prices prevail AN n clerk or a work
man may DO 90 increase hts fortune is t0
gamble. AT weI-t0-d0 merchant maT
do % become rich is to take venture
And the Chinese are the greatest gamblers
on earth. An extremely poor nan may
become on extremely rich man iu q few
months OF years with q good run OF luck.
All Chinese believe in luck. So thickiy
populated 81 their country. without luck
and an eye ever to the main chance, none
might succeed. To ls not considered I'M
moral 90 indulge iu games OF chance and
those who never gamble refrain from
SO doing through fear on loss alone
Odd Facts.
Every married man must have a con
in China. 10 doesn't make any differences
n De is the father Of a dozen daughters.
he must acquire q son u De has Oh 90 to
the extreme Of adopting one. d. ls hard
90 get an educated Chinese % admit that
Go ls necessary t0 the correct form az wor-
ship OF parents, OF tO give any eEpllna-
tion why d. is So. Yet aH admit the pos
session '0f a son is absolutely something
not tO De put or or neglected, and say
that it is so because 20 ls sd. 10 must BE-.
and is; that is sumc.ent
10 the temple o. the 900 Buddhag iu
Canton are several enormous statues of
the god which are especially approached
by women desiring sons. Though these
statues are extremely Old, they are ll
perfect condition, except the Big toes.
which have been worn away by the faint
touch Of Chinese mothers fingers al tneV
Drayed for "a sou.
Most % the travel iu China 81 b. water
routes The sampln is the cCmmOnc8t Of
al the craft which ply ln the interior,
though iarge-sized iunks may penetrate
great distances from salt water on ac-
count 0f their light daught The Junk
and gamplg people i've ou their boats.
and 90 O. a fact that they tie doat8 30 the
b0y babies s0 they mag De rec0fered m
they happen 90 flN overheard. Hefy few
" the girl babies are 80 accCutred.
The town on Cav Moon. lu Euungfung
province. has rlr0 large river DoDlIa-
ton, bot there the river folk I've on rafts.
-Four miles Of the water front o. devoted
exclusively TO wood-uorkers and the lum-
Der Industry, and che Gov on WORKERS %
ail sorts trarersing that water front ~
reminiscent o. Nassau street. lu New
York city. at noon lunch 1our- The quay
ln front Of rhe custom house ll Canton 81
q regular "BrooEiyu Bridge rlsb" at al
bours-
The wcllhred Chinese pig has the GEEK
of a bull and the feet ~ q deer. Sam
paus plying ll water highways ard 1T-
ways signal for handbags end departures
ly the blowing Of coneh SHE'LL Most
towns Iu The Interior have q vail pro-
tecrlng three SIDES and Hefer front
There are gate keepers CO each end 81 TIE
town, and ~ night The town guard patrol
me waterfront Wild l8-slof reDealrr
Elea DICE WOOD.