Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1906 — A Chinaman’s Bath. [ARTICLE]

A Chinaman’s Bath.

Speaking of cleanliness in China Rev. E. J. Hardy says in his “John Chinaman at Hdrne:” “Before the Chinese were prohibited from emigrating to the Philippine Islands the fare from Amoy to Manila was for them $75 first class, sl3 second. Those In the latter class had to take a bath before landing, so In order to escape this terror many used to travel first class who would otherwise have gone second. A whole family of Chinese will make their ablutions one after another in about q pint of unchanged water in the same basin." Mr. Hardy tells of a conscientious servant: “The principal dish at breakfast was to be deviled turkey. ‘Devil very bad word,* be said to himself. 'How can write?' „ The dish appeared as Up-d turkey.’ ”