The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-09

Indians. It turns out that this is a
mistake; they are half cate Portuguese.
Major Bishop told me while in the Phil
ippine Islands, that while he never
struck one Of his Filipino servants, they
thought he was liable to strike them at
any time; that whenever they ceased TO
fear a blow from him. he discharged
them. I imagine this IS true of the
Portuguese; they are a rruculent LOT,
and viii do nothing for you unless AFRAID
of you. The steward who attends my
room is deathly afraid of Mr.. Monatt5
and works for him all the time. heard
Mr.. MoIatt say he intended giving the
beggar a tip of five shillings, whereas j.
who have had no attention at ali, m
tended giving him -. If You should pc
so foolish as to travel IN the Orient
don't be considerate of servants; they
are a servant class, and cannot under
stand anything but the Big Stick EVERY
time / go to srny room, 7 find the beg
gar brushing up Mr.. Moffattss clothes.
or putting his shoes in frames, but the
beggar does nothing for me- L mace
the mistake at the start of having some
consideration for him When get my
man in India, propose to make him
carry me up hotel stairways, when there
are no lifts. Then he win respect me
and find joy in being my Save.
This is what I think win do. As
matter of fact, I viii be under the DOM
nations of my man" the day 1 hire
him. The fact is, I am a good deal OF
a slave myself; am g. slave to the
habit of waiting on myself: 1 would
rather move my chair from one side OF
I the deck to the other than wait for the
/ deck steward to do it. 1 would rathef
wait on myself in every way rather
than wait on the P. & o. servants. MI
Ndoffatt can make them hurry. but they
] won't hurry for me-
have become pretty we'll acquainted
/ with one Of the two passengers who
/ have been to Java. His name IS i. W.
/ Copelin, and he is an oil man from
| Toledo, O.: man. of some means, in
addition, for he told me last night that
/ he owns some OF Atchison's bonds. He
/ told me OF an experience he had on the
i Bengal another p. & Q. steamer,
1 that interested ME- He Travelled on the
''BengaF from Hong Kong to Slnga-
pore. and the. Bengal didn't please
him: his room DIDN'T suit him, and his
seat at the table din't suit him. So he
refused TO 60 to the dining room, ana
i ordered his Ineads sent up on deck But
4 the deck steward said he was not al
i lowed to serve meals on deck, so Mr..
Copelin said the deck steward could go
4 to the. devil: he would not eat anything
I between Hong Kong and Singapore 80
/ five days he sulked and didn't eat any
/ thing, and wasn't missed IRON tne o lil-
i ing ROOM: the head steward ana the
head waiter ard the stewards in gen
eral were so busy waiting on the Eng
/ lishTaen He knew he was cutting or
his snosesto spite his face, but was wilt
ing to do it. At Singapore, he left the
+ Bengal and went to Java; that Is
/ how he happened to visit Java
was interested 10 Mr.. Copeiln'
i st6rv- becaHSekI ara that sort of a fool
MYSELF Il o1tens ctE Of. my nose to spite
1 my face. think never knew man
4 who didn't do it occasionally.
It turns out that Nfr. Copelin did not
20 to Siam and Cochin China, but his
4 travelling companion. "a Mr.. Webster,
from Spokane,) did visit those places,
and when Mr. Copelin is telling me
| about the beauties ID, Java, he becomes
very modest when Rlr. Webster. who
4 has been to sSiafnAalId Cochin China,
i comes up.
Soon otter Mr.. Webster arrives, he
i begins talking in an enthusiastic strain
| about a beautiful thing he has seen:
the most beautiful and wonderful In
the world, perhaps
"But that was in Siam" he will say
to Mr.. Copelin.s ~ on didn't 60 tc
Siam. It's a pity 49, ifs r.
That was the manner in which Mr.
Copelin had been talking 70 me about
Java before Mr.. Webster's arrival.