The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 29, 1913, Image 6
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OF CAMDEN, S. C. .
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pairs arc t <? be had at reasonable
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cient service.
Hero's the test: 300,000 Fords now
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111 and 14 Sumter St., Sumter, S.
t ., Telephone No. 553
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stew* jawir A*r/sA*HA'<f
Colon, C. /.--For the American ren
ident of the Canal Zone life In not all
beer and ?klttli*H Thorn In plenty of
boor, but I liavo not Been a skittle here.
Perhaps I would not have recognized
one if 1 had seen It
The American In a foreign land la
not ho tenftclouH of hl? home cuatomn
hh Ik the IOugliHhman, and In Panama*
he (Indn himself not only In a tropic
clime but In the midHt of a civilization
much older than Imh own. Conae j
quently ho yields in many particular
to the customs of that clime and that
civilization. The mid-day nlesta of
two hour*, when he disrobes and dozen
In a cool room, the dip In the ocean be
fore dinner and the evening stroll In
the plaza all appeal to hira aa to the
native and have become a part of his;
life there.
At the Bame time the influx of north
erners baa had its effect on the Vana
manlans, especially, perhaps, in the
matter of Hporta. Bullfights no longer
are to be seen here and cock* fighting
has Buffered a marked decline, in
place of them the native now enjoys
frequent wrestling matches and prize
fights, Indulges In tennla to some ex
tent and haB taken kindly to the na
tional American sport of baseball.
It 1b the American woman on whom
the changed conditionH of life bear
hardest, for housekeeping on the lath- 1
mus is attended by many annoyances.
A good many people have the idea that
a woman in the tropics lies In a ham
mock all day and at meal time picks
her food from the branches of trees
that shade her resting place. As a
matter of fact she must do her house
hold shopping as at home, and the do
mestic problem 1b with her here as
there, only more so If possible. For
clothing and standard groceries Bhe
usually goes to the store of the com
missary department, where she can
buy well and cheaply. But for fruit
and many of the vegetables there Is
the dally trip to the market. In that
spacious building? I am speaking now
of Colon and Panama? are scores of
I booths and tables, attended by Jamai
cans., Chinese and native Panamanians,
and pib'd high with taro, breadfruit,
souisaps. guavas. papayas, bananas,
plantains, alligator pears, mangoes, or
anges;- cocoanuts and a dozen other
tropical products. The layout is tempt
ing, but the purchasing iB a task. Such
u thing as a fixed price is unknown and
one must bargain diligently or get the
worst of it. And the insolence of the
negro women is often commensurate
with their ignorance. The native meat
market is quite "impossible" for white
people from the United States, for the
meat, roughly hacked, is sold immedi
ately after slaughtering, and ftie
screening enforced by the American
sanitary department Is rendered lnef
, fective by open doors.
The domestic servants employed by
Americans in the zone are almost all
Jamaican negresses. They are' neat
and clean, but their stupidity usually
is monumental. Every detail of the
household operations must be driven
into their heads, and their minds seem
ingly are on the island home they have
left, for their memory is almost nil
and their eyes see little close at hand.
Then, too, after a year or so of service
and saving they begin to think of re
turning to Jamaica and grow "weary."
"Why, Blanche," said one shocked
housewife, "here it is eleven o'clock
and the breakfast dishes and kitchen
things not washed, and the ants all
over them!"
I "Oh. Inarm. I couldn't do them, I'm
ire exharstrd this morning." was
I'lntu he's n ply.
That's a mild sample of what must
he contended with
Speaking of ants. there is another of
?i annoyances of housekeeping in tlui
? :v'pics. The ants are everywhere, in
i:i \ aMe numbers and most extra
acti\;!>. Screens do not keep
... t ..i ::.i r Insect exterminators dis
. :\!i ' -it. They must simply be
? ' it" they take a fancy to a
:.!<?'> Rowing garden of young vege
'abl s. !.-> cut and carry off all tho
s :? uh: It is the so-culled
!??;:!' .t::' ? 1 : t ? docs that All over the
isthmu-. to l? se.*n. moving in
pro* . well beaten paths,
each carrying a leaf or
other bit nf !'u! :a?rr. One day 1 saw a
ie:-g line ot the:-.: moving through the
;; ,.rse turf', a!'. *i:r\:ag tiny r? d blos
so-M-i cut fr>n: :t small \\e--d It was
..Pry picturesque miniature paraile.
No place and nu a^e. hr?n 0? *-n free
fro.n the cockroach, and in Panama he
rrr?ws to an enormous size and spends
r?f and energy eating
the covers of bound books
Rust and mould add to tho woes of
the American housekeeper and many
articles &he must keep in "dry closets"
in which electric lamps - : burn- J
irg
There are not i V ?
many of the old p.:*
families, wIjobo members jkjbhbbb edu
cation and refinement, and thoBe that
are there are not especially fond of
Americans. Consequently there 1b not
much Boclal Intercourse between the
two racea. The social activities of the
Americans have three general centers
y? the Tlvoll club, the Washington Co
tillon club and the Young Men's Chris
tkan association. The first two arq
dance organizations and give balls al
ternate fortnights at the Tlvoll hotel
In Ancou and tho Washington hotel In
Colon. These affairs are quite formal
and attract the beBt of the Aioyrlcana
from all parts of the zone.
Ab for the Y. M. C. A.. Its work on
the IsthmuB really deserves a chapter
to Itself, for It has been one of the big
factors in the successful building of
tho canal. At first It was found Im
possible to persuade men from the Uni
ted States to remain long on tho isth
rnuB. The pay was good, the work In
teresting, but homesickness found
easy victims and they resigned and
went back to the StateB In discourag
ing numbers. Several remedies were
tried, and finally the commission es
tablluhed a club house In every zone
j town of any size and wisely put them
' in charge of the Y. M. C .A. In these
houses are billiard rooms, bowling al
leys, gymnasiums, soda fountains, li
braries, lounging rooms and a dozen
i other conveniences, and each house
has a hall large enough for dances and
amateur dramatics and musical enter
tainments. The secretaries in charge
have been exceedingly active in the
organization of bowling, baseball, bll
! liard and other leagues, and the tour
neys are continuous and of great In
i terest. Of course no Intoxicating
j drinkB are to be found in these clubs,
: but in other respects they are conduct
; ed on lines ho liberal as to be some
times surprising. In one of them, for
instance, I saw a number of young
1 men and women dancing in the hall, to
the music of a phonograph, immediate
ly after the close jjl the' Sunday eve
ning,. religious service. This may have
been an exceptional case, as It was In
one of the more isolated towns.
In Ancon, Cristobal and some oth
ers of the larger American towns nour
ishing women's clubs have been main
tained. and these were united in a
zone federation which dissolved only
this year, feeling that its work was
done with the virtual completion of the
canal. The clubs have done a great
deal in the way of philanthropy and
study, and many social functions are
given under their auspices.
As may readily bo comprehended,
life for Americans in the zone is
much liko lifo in an American suburb
an town, and it has some of the disad
vantages of the latter. Gossip and so
cial jealousies are prevalent here, as
there, and not a few women have been
driven back to the States by them.
Disputes over promotions and the as
signments of living quarters cause bit
terness and estrangements, and of
course there are innumerable com
plaints of undue Influence ? "pxill" ? in
these matters. - In some cases it must
bo admitted there has been cause for
: these complaints, and, sad to say,
often woman has been the cause. Her
influenco with certain of the high of
ficials cannot be doubted, and some
times It has results that aro to be de
plored.
Here is one instance of the power
exerted by "pull." A man for Bome
years has held a ? responsible po
' sltion with tho Panama Railroad com
pany, and who has a wife, two daugh
ters and a young son, has been waiting
long for housekeeping quarters, which
are at a premium. Two minor clerks
of the railway had been attentive to
the daughters, hut, beihg objectionable
to the father. wer?* discouraged. But
the. clerks had some influential con
nections. and in revenge have so con
trived things that the family in ques
tion has been passed by repeatedly in
the n-Mjin :i.ent of housekeeping quar
ters. The father and son live in one
building. th- mother and daughters in
another, and all must take their meals
at the h I
Nn'ur. . not many of the Amer
icans ft' the Isthmus ? will remain
there r the completion of tho
canal A :? \\ of the doctors may en- j
gage i : ; ;-"'v ml practice there ? some
alread'. ? ??> done so ? and some of
the wnrV may find the tropic cli
mate t : . ?!'.. iv liking that they will
stay. Uu; ii^arlv all an1 looking rath
er eagerly to :?).-? time when they can
return to r > . , ? states. The engineers
[Mid physicians no doubt will find that
the ox peri n^e they have had will be
Invaluable to them In the getting of
positions and practice when they
come 1. ine Hut to readjust them
| selves to the old condition* of living
I mny not be easy for tho men and
j. . r .. ^ who have been In the zone for
Funerals Directed
We supply the best of burial goods, con
duct funerals and relieve families and
friends of many unpleasant duties ince
dent to death. We are always prepared
to serve those who need our service.
.
B. R. McGREIGHT, CAMDEN, s. c.
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Ice Boxes, and Refrigerators at 20 per
f
cent Off the Regular Price
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