For the unmarried men or those whose families are living in the country, specia] conditions apply. Men carnitg from twenty dollars to forty dollars a month may form groups of four or six and rent a house, have their food sent in, and enjoy a comparatively glorious life of independence. Men earning from twelve dollars to twenty usually find a room with relatives or other factory workers for between four dollars and a half and five dollars a month. For the poor coolie earning an uncertain six to ten dollars (less, if for any reason he loses a day), there is nothing but the dormitory.
Dormitories are Jarge empty rooms in which a dozen or more men may sleep seven or eight hours on payment of 50 cents a month. They cannot go to bed until a certain hour and they must rise at another in order that those coming in from the night or_ afternoon shifts may find room. Straw mats or clumps of rags are the beds offered One dormitory in Shanghai, it is said, is equipped with a large quilt the size of the room, that can be raised or lowered by a rope at the discretion of the proprietor. This quilt has head-sized holes cut in it at regular intervals. When the men are in, the rope is lowered, each man puts his bead out through a hole, and settles down for the night:
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