Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-02
: JAPANESE STREET VENDORS :
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Passing aud requesting through the
streets of Toxic are vendors OF ovoys
description Early IN the morning
ones slumbcr IL disturbed by their
plaintiyo cries. and should the WIN
dow Of the house look upon q ;hol'
oughfaro. there may be- scee through
the sudan a countless procession ot
hawkers. but they do not need 10 he
seen to be recognized Tor their char.
acterlstic cries echo and re-echo
from morning aniil night
Take the olchini. for instance. the
Istrolllng medicine vendor Often he
! Is musician with tuneiul accJr-
dion EnyiOus glance3 may be- cast
at his red ana White Cpnuicttcs. HIS
uniform and his cap. Many youth
might consider II the height OF am.
Ilition 90 Boz able 20 go about the city
IN JUST the same manner and win
smiles from all the Young women ~
1.-THE streets through which he passes
But the oichlni has all he can do TO
make his daily bread. and his lot is
often very hard indeed
The center for the distribution o.
this medicine g. al the merchants
house, which is situated on the little
Island off Tsukli Tsukiilma. The
applicant who wishes to become y
travelling apothocary must pay five
yen as guarantee TO be faithful TO
the master The next day he Is given
la cap. q suit Of clothes ana q pair of
shoes. In addition he receives mcdi-
lcine 10 the value Of seven yen. and
his breakfast Is supplied every morn.
ling For his other meals he must
shift Tor himself and oat them IN
whatever part OF roklo he finds him.
self when he becomes hungry.
All the vendors must assemble az
Tho masters house In the morning
and be ready 10 start cut by o'clock
Tor the SOS streets Of Toxic The
oichni sings song which has for
conciusiun the expression oichlni, or
lone. two. keeping step to the music
Ioi an accordion and walking stately
land slowly Whenever the street ga
lmins hear this song they run after
the Oichini just as the rats ran after
the mad piper of Hamelin.
His song Is an advertisement OF hts
medicine II Is difficult to learn aud
ofirn takes several DAYS before the
iyendor can master g. II he In not q
success M singing the song he VIII
! be- OF no account as a vendor FOR the
lff'hNhN W iAH INNNtAfNNNNN AA'n ~ AA7
= rendering OF the peculiar melody
when YOU hear the Ra-uya, or re.
lpaircr ~ bamboo pipes. IN the neigh
Iborho0d. il seems as though a minia
3 turo locomotive was letting oil
= steam. Tor one popularity OF th'
d Ra-uya's trade Is a cart which has h
s 81 little furnace steam vent oyci
J which the pipe Is placed to clean u
Thoroughly on the inside and also
Through the roof of the cart n stcaJ
1 Nhis,iC
D For the privilege OF pushing his car
4 Through the streets The Ra-uya mus
= pay three yen wear as tax. IL take
q long apprenticeship 20 know all th'
tricks D: lc itadc and no ,is Whl p.
9 mot accustomed 10 this kind OF Ilens.
$ ling can DE a success The humble q
- Ra.uya is steadily In The decrease
d lperhaps because there are fewer an,
!icvcr old fashioned people nov wh'
use tdls kind OF pipe
a Ia the old Ycdo days the trade wa
!. la brisk one and the Ra-uya raj
!. Through the streets. two basket
q slung al the ends OF pole across hi
shoulders and his cry was q most IN
milIRr one. Now he Is minus he bash
cts and the cry. but the cart aud m
"A steam whistle have taken their piac,
. Then too 80 many people toda
smoko cigars ana cigarettes, that III
kn.uya linda his Oid bamboo pipe
few and Tar between. According Il
statistics those who use he pipe hay
!. fallen OF considerably and the mend
ers have decreased one half In "a
past ten years. u rs a sad cOmmentar
ID, on the passins OF many old atyl
= people
j., Another parsonage among III
street merchants IL the Amazakc.y,
Ills cry Anal Anal Sweet. Sweet
Is 80 suggestive Of sweet things tia
1.-THE cry brings the children lrol
~ every quarter The men vino ply IN
Pc trade are generally old The form on
OF Tokio's picturesque street ell
mcnis with their two large red la,
rs Quercd boxes on either end Of a shou
e der pole Amazake in sold 10 N
street retailer from thirteen who'll
sale merchants who thus supply u
The trade
~ An applicant who wishes TO emit,
~ this business goes 90 the merchai
,- with a person VINO acts as guara
3, tor. ana borrowing the outfit whC
4 consists oi the aforesaid red boxes,
to almost ready 10 set forth ON n
~ travels. hut be must bus his ow
u. clothes. which consist OF cool
nr neither garments and blue colt,
D. coat with the advertisement OF h
IA trade Ia white characters ON it, lape
49, and Chinese characor Tor Ama1al
on his back
lie must also be fitted ont with !
= iron pot for boiling the swcc liqul
His red boxes contain the hibaac
aud the heavy pot, also charc6'
drawers. trays and cups.
Il h very hard for an old man
carry Two such heavy boxes and {.
Amazake-ya Is often taken with
desire 10 rest by the way side y
this Is against the law. and II q
policeman catches sight OF him he
told 10 move on In the polite iansuu
OF kOra. kOra' Sometimes he is fin
from twenty sen to one sen for TIA
lAff RIM mn his ufuM