Housekeeping in Shanghai in dog day weather. while not altogether an enjoyable occupation. yet has its diversions. Mrs. Reed, of 4 Thorne Road, employed a__new amah_ on June 19, one Kwok Wonesz. On Tuesday Mrs. Reed. according to her testimony in the Mixed Court on Wednesday, requested the amah to wash the floor with a cloth. The amah refused, saying if she had any floor washing to do she would do it with a mop or not at all. Mrs. Reed then told the amah to leave the house and she refused to do that; in fact the amah was in a refusing frame mind altogether.
"She not only -refused to leave the house," declared the. co: nplainant, "but she assaulted me and bit my finger and tore my dress. I pay her $12 a month and I owe her for half a month."
The amah admitted she had declined to wash the floor with a cloth—mops she always preferred. 'And when I refused, the lady beat me with a leather boot and I have marks on my body to prove it." A witness named Mrs. Llewellyn saw the assault committed by the ama' who bit her mistress's hand, and said she had to separate the combatants. The amah is to spend the next 69 days in the municipal gaol, but she will get her 6 just the same.
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