ue of employment after another in
California. He fills our woolen- and silk-mills; he makes slippers and
binds shoes; he is skilled in the use of the sewing-machine; cellar
after cellar in San Francisco is filled with these Celestial brownies
rolling cigars; his fishing-nets are in every bay and inlet; he is
employed in scores of the lesser establishments for preserving fruit,
grinding salt, making matches, etc. He would quickly jump into the
places of the carpenter, mason and blacksmith were he allowed, for
there are numbers of them whose knowledge of these and other trades is
sufficient at least to render them useful as assistants. He is handy
on shipboard: the Panama steamers carry Chinese foremast hands. He is
preferred as a house-servant: the Chinese boy of fourteen or sixteen
learns quickly to cook and wash in American fashion. He is neat
in person, can be easily ruled, does not set up an independent
sovereignty in the kitchen, has no followers, will not outshine
his mistress in attire; and, although not perfect, yet affords a
refreshing change from our Milesian tyrants of the roast and wash-tub.
But when you catch this Celestial domestic treasure, be sure that the
first culinary operations performed for his instruction are correctly
manipulated, for his imitativeness is of a cast-iron rigidity. Once
in the mould, it can only with great difficulty be altered. Burn your
toast or your pudding, and he is apt to regard the accident as the
rule.

The young Chinese, especially in San Francisco, are anxious to acquire
an English education. They may not attend the public schools. A few
years since certain Chinese mission-schools were established by the
joint efforts of several religious denominations. Young ladies and
gentlemen volunteered their services on Sunday to teach these Chinese
children to read. They make eager, apt and docile pupils. Great is
their pride on mastering a few lines of English text. They become much
attached to their teachers, and it is possible, if the vote of the
latter were taken, it would evidence more liking for their yellow,
long-cued pupils than for any class of white children. But while so
assiduous to learn, it is rather doubtful whether much real religious
impression is made upon them. It is possible that their home-training
negatives that.

We have spoken entirely of the Chinaman. What of the Chinawoman in
America? In California the word "Chinawoman" is synonymous with what
is most vil