Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1895 — The Contented Javans. [ARTICLE]

The Contented Javans.

! ThC people live a great deal in public, (md the poorer classes, instead of eatlhg their meals at home, as in the manner of > the unsociable Hindu, seem usualiy'to breakfast and dine-iit one of tiie Itinerant ’cookshops to’bit'rtnmd at bvefy-street corner. More exclusive people mdy l be seen buyiirjt'Xlle snlall packets -bfem-ry and rice wrapped in fresh plantain leaves, and ptoned with bainbdo splinters, which aVe intended tor home consumption, j To stfiftfl down a Village street and watch the culinary operations in progress at wayside eating shops was an Unfailing source of amusement—and very dean and appetizing -tli6.v looked, though the smell was occasional y same- , tehat trying to the European^ dose. The JavUna. Hike all rice-eating people, are food of pnngent and evil-imclMug sauces, and equivalents of 4he Burmaa ’’s ‘ «:r«. - V tstlf

gnapee and Japanese bean soy are tat constant requisition. The natives, and especially the children, look fat and healthy, and Appear to enjoy life under easy conditions, though they are, generally speaking, of grave demeanor and not endowed with the unfailing vivacity which distinguishes the Burmans and Japanese. |