Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10

SHIFT vSs EssTInE. wa 1sS z5lT@ TO
look 1T many eG the ,usrrrsi sru1 tie few
l saw Eere ca-TsefGG WIN ItYH xnitest
OF matE AID wa-Insaj ~ hltacs.is er Jap
anese fire boxes O1fElde ttfs tfe-r rad
practically NO offEr' furniture Tn bed
ding consisted % f1Itndss Or thick-Eatided
comforters. which were packed Away in
cupboards when n11 in ~. tn. girls
have neither bedslea1s, tables nor chairs
and they sit and sIaeo -aJ,anese fashion
upon the floor
From here | went 70 one OF IT, large
dining rooms which the cornpanv has
established for il employ ca Her sew
eral hundred csa arc boys were eating
with chopsticks sseanalns rice, vegetables
and fish They were enjoying the meal
and We're apparently satisfied AS
furnished board at little less than
cost price. and that the men werp given
three meals for Ave and one-haIf cents
per day This g rot quite two cents
per meal nevertheless they vvo,4 esH dav
and grow fat The manager todd me
that they lose about two aarts r..E- day
on each man in thus fesdtny them and
when / asked wfle3 her the food was uni
forInly good the reply came Quickly:
'Of course ii is and we have To keep
il so or We should coon hear from the
men.
The company he's also A store where
Il furnishes it's employees such 1rerchan-
disc as they want al cost price This
store handles all sorts Of Japanese goods
though the men may buy elsewhere If
they win. 1T has food. clothing. notions
and everything that appeals 10 the taste
of such people.
This company is anxious TO keep its
men, in good humor. It trains its en-
poyes for its work and does all il
can 10 make them loyal to the estab-
lshment 1t takes great pride in tile
fact that it has some Of the best work
men in Japan. and leaves no stones un-
turned to increase its reputation in this
regard. Among the special institutions
at the mills is a theater with large
stage and a full equipment OF scenery.
The house will seat. | should say. about
mats on the floor. There are galleries
with similar seats, and the floor rises
under them. that the people can see
uniformly well. The company brings
actors and lecturers here at its own eX-
pense. in order to amuse its employees
There is also a two-stored school build
ing in the works. large part Of which
IS given up to kindergarten for the
little children whose mothers are en-
poyed in the mills. and there is a tech
meal school. where picked boys are
taught the scientific theory OF cotton spin
ming and practical mill work under COM
petent teachers. This is with the object
OF supplying intelligent overseers and
fore men for the future.
Another institution which all the Kane
ga fuchi mills have is a first-class hos
pital with 4 corps of physicians and
nurses. who attend tho sick without
charge. The hospitals have spring beds
and are thoroughly ventilated and lighted.
The one here had a labora tory connected
with it for the study of microbes and
the investigation of special diseases. The
company proposes to build sanitarium
at Takasago, one of the seaside resorts,
for its convalescent operatives: it has
appropriated $4,000 for the building, and
this is now under construction.
In addition to the above, these mills
have a pension fund which now amounts
to $4,000. a fund for the welfare of tie