1.My father gave me $100,and I went to Hong Kong with five other boys from our place and we got steerage passage on a steamer,paying $50 each.Everything was new to me.All my life I had been used to sleeping on a board bed with a wooden pillow,and I found the steamer's bunk very uncomfortable,because it was so soft.The food was different from that which I had been used to,and I did not like it at all.I was afraid of the stews.for the thought of what they might be made of by the wicked wizards of the ship made me ill.Of the great power of these people I saw many signs
1. My father gave me $100, and I went to Hong Kong with five other boys from our place and we got steerage passage on a steamer, paying $50 each. Everything was new to me. All my life I had been used to sleeping on a board bed with a wooden pillow, and I found the steamer’s bunk very uncomfortable, because it was so soft. The food was different from that which I had been used to, and I did not like it at all. I was afraid of the stews, for the thought of what they might be made of by the wicked wizards of the ship made me ill. Of the great power of these people I saw many signs
The engines that moved the ship were wonderful monsters, strong enough to lift mountains.When I got to San Francisco,which was before the passage of the Exclusion Act,I was half starved,because I was afraid to eat the provisions of the barbarians,but a few days'living in the Chinese quarter made me happy again.A man got me work as a house servant in an American family,and my start was the same as that of almost all the Chinese in this country
The engines that moved the ship were wonderful monsters, strong enough to lift mountains. When I got to San Francisco, which was before the passage of the Exclusion Act, I was half starved, because I was afraid to eat the provisions of the barbarians, but a few days’ living in the Chinese quarter made me happy again. A man got me work as a house servant in an American family, and my start was the same as that of almost all the Chinese in this country
2.The Chinese laundryman does not learn his trade in China;there are no laundries in China.The women there do the washing in tubs and have no washboards or flat irons.All the Chinese laundrymen here were taught in the first place by American women just as I was taught. 3.When I went to work for that American family I could not speak a word of English,and I did not know anything about housework.The family consisted of husband,wife and two children.They were very good to me and paid me $3.50 a week,of which I could save $3
2. The Chinese laundryman does not learn his trade in China; there are no laundries in China. The women there do the washing in tubs and have no washboards or flat irons. All the Chinese laundrymen here were taught in the first place by American women just as I was taught. 3. When I went to work for that American family I could not speak a word of English, and I did not know anything about housework. The family consisted of husband, wife and two children. They were very good to me and paid me $3.50 a week, of which I could save $3
4.I did not know how to do anything,and I did not understand what the lady said to me,but she showed me how to cook,wash,iron,sweep,dust,make beds,wash dishes,clean windows,and polish the knives and forks, etc.,by dong the things herself and then overseeing my efforts to imitate her.She would take my hands and show them how to do things.She and her husband and children laughed at me a great deal,but it was all good natured
4. I did not know how to do anything, and I did not understand what the lady said to me, but she showed me how to cook, wash, iron, sweep, dust, make beds, wash dishes, clean windows, and polish the knives and forks, etc., by dong the things herself and then overseeing my efforts to imitate her. She would take my hands and show them how to do things. She and her husband and children laughed at me a great deal, but it was all good natured…
5.In six months I had learned how to do the work of our house quite well,and I was getting $5 a week and board,and putting away about $4.25 a week.I had also learned some English,and by going to a Sunday school I learned more English and something about Jesus,who was a great Sage,and whose precepts are like those of Kong-footsze
5. In six months I had learned how to do the work of our house quite well, and I was getting $5 a week and board, and putting away about $4.25 a week. I had also learned some English, and by going to a Sunday school I learned more English and something about Jesus, who was a great Sage, and whose precepts are like those of Kong-footsze