6.It was twenty years ago when I came to this country, and I worked for two years as a servant,getting at the last $35 a month.I sent money home to comfort my parents,but though I dressed well and lived well and had pleasure,going quite often to the Chinese theater and to dinner parties in Chinatown,I saved $50 in the first six months,$90 in the second,$120 in the third and $150 in the fourth.So I had $410 at the end of two years,and I was now ready to start in business
6. It was twenty years ago when I came to this country, and I worked for two years as a servant, getting at the last $35 a month. I sent money home to comfort my parents, but though I dressed well and lived well and had pleasure, going quite often to the Chinese theater and to dinner parties in Chinatown, I saved $50 in the first six months, $90 in the second, $120 in the third and $150 in the fourth. So I had $410 at the end of two years, and I was now ready to start in business
7.When I first opened a laundry it was in company with a partner,who had been in the business for some vears.We went to a town about 500 miles inland,where a railroad was being built.We got a board shanty and worked for the men employed by the railroads.Our rent cost us $10 a month and food nearly $5 a week each,for all food was dear and we wanted the best of everything-we lived principally on rice,chickens,ducks and pork,and did our own cooking.The Chinese take naturally to cooking
7. When I first opened a laundry it was in company with a partner, who had been in the business for some years. We went to a town about 500 miles inland, where a railroad was being built. We got a board shanty and worked for the men employed by the railroads. Our rent cost us $10 a month and food nearly $5 a week each, for all food was dear and we wanted the best of everything—we lived principally on rice, chickens, ducks and pork, and did our own cooking. The Chinese take naturally to cooking
It cost us about $50 for our furniture and apparatus,and we made close upon $60 a week.which we divided between us. We had to put up with many insults and some frauds,as men would come in and claim parcels that did not belong to them,saying they had lost their tickets,and would fight if they did not get what they asked for.Sometimes we were taken before Magistrates and fined for losing shirts that we had never seen
It cost us about $50 for our furniture and apparatus, and we made close upon $60 a week, which we divided between us. We had to put up with many insults and some frauds, as men would come in and claim parcels that did not belong to them, saying they had lost their tickets, and would fight if they did not get what they asked for. Sometimes we were taken before Magistrates and fined for losing shirts that we had never seen
On the other hand,we were making money,and even after sending home $3 a week I was able to save about $15 When the railroad construction gang moved on we went with them.The men were rough and prejudiced against us, but no more so than in the big Eastern cities.It is only lately in New York that the Chinese have been able to discontinue putting wire screens in front of their windows,and at the present time the street boys are still breaking the windows of Chinese laundries all over the city,while the police seem to think it a joke
On the other hand, we were making money, and even after sending home $3 a week I was able to save about $15. When the railroad construction gang moved on we went with them. The men were rough and prejudiced against us, but no more so than in the big Eastern cities. It is only lately in New York that the Chinese have been able to discontinue putting wire screens in front of their windows, and at the present time the street boys are still breaking the windows of Chinese laundries all over the city, while the police seem to think it a joke
8. We were three years with the railroad,and then went to the mines,where we made plenty of money in gold dust,but had a hard time,for many of the miners were wild men who carried revolvers and after drinking would come into our place to shoot and steal shirts,for which we had to pay.One of these men hit his head hard against a flat iron and all the miners came and broke up our laundry,chasing us out of town.They were going to hang us.We lost all our property and $365 in money. which members of the mob must have found
8. We were three years with the railroad, and then went to the mines, where we made plenty of money in gold dust, but had a hard time, for many of the miners were wild men who carried revolvers and after drinking would come into our place to shoot and steal shirts, for which we had to pay. One of these men hit his head hard against a flat iron and all the miners came and broke up our laundry, chasing us out of town. They were going to hang us. We lost all our property and $365 in money, which members of the mob must have found…