Chinese Servants in Japan.
Chinese servants generally are regarded in Japan as much more reliable than Japanese, and most efficient servants are the Chinese nursewomen. It is the custom in Japan to place the very young children in charge of Chinese nurses, and, when they are older, to employ Japanese women. The reason given is, because the Chinese women are so faithful in the care of babies. A Chinese nurse will hang her head with shame if the baby cries. She thinks it is all her fault. She hovers over her charge with anxious care, and makes a great fuss if it appears that any-. one is going to behave imprudently with the child, such as tossing the little ones in the air, when : "You will kill them in their insides," she will protest. The Chinese nurse expects to taka entire charge of a child, preparing everything it eats, and washing its clothes.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 14 August 1914, Page 2
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153Chinese Servants in Japan. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 14 August 1914, Page 2
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