| Show correspondence our old friend heard irom from site gives is a glimpse of the lille life of the 81 finters sinters on I 1 ho he hand hanawich islands Iland 8 LAIE august 10 1886 editor deseret news monday has considerable reputation as the weekly washday but laer here as aa there are about seven families nearly all the days of the week are crowned with the thorny wreath and the general washhouse wash house puffs puff sout out its gentle smoky incense to the inexorable goddess who presides over the housewives unfortunate life at least four or live anve days in the week however monday is a good day to begin in with so well aeu wash today to day boreako f last over the plethoric bundles of clothes are taken up to toe the wash house and then we stand on the hillside and watch impatiently for ay au he lives away over the river and up the opposite western hill in a cave constructed on liis his own peculiar plan As av AT anas au is a character and one with which you will have ta to become familiar if you see much of laie I 1 shall devote ate a few w lines of this crude picture pirth re to sketch his personnel he Is a chinaman but no other chinaman who lives about here will ever deign to take the least notice of him this trouble ay av au much I 1 dont believe you kno know sv he is going to wash for us so as he be is nearly here look at him short and thin robed in blue denims cl clingi ingine uc with fond tenacity to the traditional shirt flap costume of his nation but flinging aside other such notions he wears his pants exceedingly tight no shoes a straw but bat and has black coarse hair this same hair Is cut short at times and again flaps on his bis shoulders when short it stands up around his head like a halo or quills 0 upon the fretful porcupine 11 his eyes are wide open staring expressionless and uncanny 1 I dont believe A ay y au aver ever winked or shut an emeld except in sleep his face is not particularly ugly but very startling as to width when he smiles but here heis be is silent blank standing with his bis legs stretched ap apart artand and looking thousands of miles awl away with it ft bland expression as of anticipated ti I 1 A ed good dinners and what d does eb ay au an do oh he carries eight or ten buckets of spring water makes and heaps up the fire pounds the dooley wash ing machine and helps to ban hang out the clothes he has the reputation reputation of being dumb but it is only stupidity or cupidity that has given it t to him he can speak I 1 but of course in broken native dative I 1 roust close this piotyr by mentioning that ay au an devours a lost loaf of bread a bowl of poi three pounds pound a of meat a quart of rice sweet potatoes and pudding pudding ad lib at every dinner his stomach is bottomless so our tire is started water is boiling smoke curling and the washing is begun it is in more ore than a amusing musin to yawl watch ay au run that mae machine giue when he thinks you are not noticing him that handle on the opposite end of which is a heavy iron weight goes up with powerful force and descends with contrasting lightness of touch and as in order to do any good at all the opposite must be the cue case you turn suddenly to con the tais miscreant ay au is unmoved down bangs T the machine with attl modest assurance of present cleanliness and the same bladd open expression reposes on those solemn features then ay an aa is g given iven to sitt sitting ing down by the spring la in fact in all sorts of places and at au all times to draw a few whiffs of his dear pipe but he can work too and for that reason is in demand I 1 am inclined to think there is something of the miser and speculator too shout hin him for he carefully puts away ina in a seldom seen belt its his rarely obtained n nickels while on the assumption of a two bit order on the store begill be will draw one more touch and we will leave ay av au auto to bang out his clothes in peace he fie is ii given to stand for hours sometimes in ID one s spot pot gating at life afe distance with placid guileless gaze reminding you of soma long legged crane blinking in the su sunlight alight always standing and gazing who who knows but there is also som something eKing of the weak philosopher pher about our handy was hermlin vashion Vashi og out dinner over we do a bit of visiting and chatting perhaps no lao gossiping ossi p ing ahem I 1 someway that stuck a bit in n m my y throat and some of the favored ones find tune time for adap a nap of course I 1 mean the now then about 4 or 5 one or two energetic ones drum up recruits to go to the sea and as some of us arele are learning arnin I 1 want you t to 0 come down with us and watch the fun one two three kgb but the water is a erfle trifle co cold ld never mind theres the children rolling over in the breakers which always lap up the sandy beach and here are the older ones A couple of x our expert swimmers plunge swiftly cleave the waves like an arrow oh but its fine here w we e women go kicking fighting fight ng working with all our oar strength and only keeping uj up on the water at that these 1 lovely clear restless wives waves how can any one describe them 9 then we get on our backs and float around calling with delight to each other can you yon scull just lay flat on your back and with your arms held do down wn by your side just use your hands 1 like ike a elsh h tail H hold d them up and cut back tv and cortti in we e water slanting wife aint that lun fun ohl oh I 1 splash struggle flounder salt that tha was some corria corrig diver that come under me and upset me then you know to swim you must shoot out your r hands and then tore the hands backward and make paddles ot of them making as large a swee ss you can but the feet are simply unmanageable age able they utterly refuse to be drawn raw up ana go out oui with the motion of the festive f frog rog oh ob dear its hard work but the best of all or worst is diving well to use uee an expression of one observer it would makes make a cat laugh to see our fair sisters dive the trouble is in spite of repeated and lengthy efforts agite t their air heads beads are the only portions 0 tout 01 of their bodies which modest old fd apt lpt neptune will consent to envelope and swimming along with wild and frantic latrue lea their heads ducked under they alook look like some oblong bright colored balloon riding the waves of course ohr smart men folk laugh and laugh sod and plunge and struggle and themselves in hateful imitation of our oar ridiculous selves and do you know I 1 wish somebody would tell me why a woman cant dive but we must come out and so we do and happy leavin leaving two or three daring ones behind to trip each other up and play leap frog over each other in deep water the long walk home over the grassy meads and hill is lovely just as the western sun is dipping behind the wooded mountain tips and we stand a moment on the brow of the hill drinking in with grateful erate ful ecstasy the soft loveliness locc liness of hill bill and vale river und and sea then supper must be put on and our baby nestlings nest lings folded away to sleep A lew few moments of quiet chat and then the general prayer ben bell rings and we all gather around the common altar istar of gratitude to offer up the praises of the evening fig for the calm balm peaceful ives which god has us to lead we are all pretty well plenty of work sod and willing willine hands bands to do it we nave have been digging two more artesian wells down in the fields and they have turned out remarkably well there is some talk of leasing s some owe more land to who ate are very anxious to get lit for rice land but this to ie still uncertain weare we are hoping to have a vegetable garden shortly at present we have few orno or no vegetables or fruit afew A few sweet potatoes with an occasional bushel of irish potatoes and onions from honolulu we take great pleasure in the arrival of the malls mails ind and especially does dods the NEWS help us to 0 forget that oo 00 0 o many miles stretch between us and our dear absent homes the articles by mae mac on wo word rd of wisdom and kindred topics are very interesting and useful we offer the hand of fellowship to the writer and be beg g him to continue He remember member all late laie to our m many a by friends Hau olis and banakas at U utah tab HOMESPUN |
