Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1881 — The Japanese Laborer. [ARTICLE]

The Japanese Laborer.

In his own country the frugal Jap lives in a house of no more than four rooms—one fur efltihg, sleeping and sitting, one for cooking, one for bathing and one to spare. He never wears boots nor brings mud into the house. He ana his family sit on the floor when they eat, and take their meals at a low table. The floor of their dining and sittingroom is covered with cleaii, soft mats, upon which at night cotton comforters are spread to sleep under. Such a house can be built and furnished for SIOO, and, though cheap and small, is comfortable. The bath; found in almost all laborers’ houses, is in daily use. “Better than gold is the water cold.”