Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-01-06
CIGARS mot CLOTHES
Children Smoke, But Do Not
Dress

TOuuulug COuuIiy, 1s Ine e1Ao VI Iii0
cigars smoked by men, women and
children. Wherever you go you are
to see children of both sexes smok-
ing cigars almost as large as them
selves. I am afraid I would be ac-
tused of exaggeration If were to
say how large some of them are.
lave seen little girls not over ten
years old smoking big, fat, black, ci-
cars fully foot long. Everybody
smokes, and as tobacco is the cheap
est thing there the expense is never
considered. From the inevitable Gig
arctic to these big black cigars there
is something in the mouth all the
time. I visited one of the cigarett"
factories yesterday and was much
interested in the work. Hundreds
of boys, girls and women were roll.
lng these cigarettes and putting them
IN packages of thirty. The cost II
lavos a package or three cents of
these cigarettes at retail is six CEN
our money. How they make thirty
cigarettes and furnish tobacco and
paper for that money is to be ac-
counted only by the cheapness of Ia
Tor. Many of these cigarette max
ers get from 25 to 27 cents day
and board themselves.
The board of a Filipino costs so
little that it is never taken into cal
culation. Fruits and rice, with fish
10 be had for the catching, is the
general diet. Taro, plant from
which sort of meal is made, grows
everywhere and is exceedingly cheap
food. But little meat is eaten by
Filipinos for it is difficult to get and
very expensive in comparison with
other foods. Rice is the staple food
n all these Oriental countries. There
sre few vegetables because of the
labor involved in growing them
Chinese gardeners supply the foreign
population with what few vegetables
hey have. Cabbages are rare and
sell for 81 head. Onions are plen-
liful but potatoes are rarety. None
If the tubers grow we'll here, anu
such as are to be found in the mark. t
are brought from Japan and the
United States by steamer.
There are few milk COWS on th
islands, and butter and cream cannot
be had at any price except such as
comes from other islands. Con-
densed milk is used by the whites
and natives use none at all. Owing
tc the climate, beef and mutton
Dutchered here must be used up at
cnce.. Some refrigerated meats are
brought from Australia and kept in
lie houses, but the price is so high
that natives never get it. Living
Tor whites is rather expensive owing
to the fact that many things usually
considered luxuries are necessities
here. Ice is very expensive. A great
deal more is necessary here than I:
the United States for it nelts very
rapidly.
Servents are nearly all Chinese, as
the natives are unliable and of little
worth. Formerly servants could be
nired for small amounts but it was
always necessary to have a great
rumber of them in order to have
anythinp done. Now the Chine Z
rave raised prices and demand from
s25 to $50 a month, but one good
Chinese servent will accomplish moro
than half a dozen Filipinoes. Tn,
climate is hard on clothing, especial
;y leather shoes. Your shoes Will
be, put away at night clean and
bright, and next morning they will.
lie covered with mildew which rot'
the leather. Nearly everyone here
wears cloth shoes, and even then
the leather soles rot away. Heavy
clothing of all sorts is out of place
here. White is the prevailing color
fer both men and women, and most
CT the goods worn in cotton, conse-
uuently cheap. The natives wear as
few clothes as the law allows, an
lack in the interior children run
stark naked until they are fror:
Twelve to sixteen years old.
" There are but three hotels whicn
give good Accommodations and at ali
ether boarding places one finds bui
meager supplies of food other thai
rice and fish. Native fruits are
abundant but foreigners will do wei
20 eat sparingly Of them for many OF
the topical diseases which attack
whites comes from eating too much
INIT. Bananas are plentiful and
some Of fine flavor, but most Of the