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TEA-PICKING GIRLS IN DAITOTEl : FORMOSA 



"Seated on low stools before wide wicker trays, these bright-eyed maids in their peacock- 

 blue smocks, their front hair clipped in bangs, and with a gay posy or two stuck in the 

 braided knots at the backs of their necks, were in animated contrast to their rather drab 

 surroundings." 



COOLIES PACKING OOLONG TEA 



Nine-tenths of Formosa's Oolong tea finds its way to the United States. It is shipped 

 in lead-lined boxes to protect the sensitive leaves from the salt air of the sea voyage and from 

 contamination with the odors of other freight. Even this precaution cannot safeguard 

 Oolong from some cargoes — copra, for example. If an Asiatic disease makes its appearance 

 on board and the vessel is subjected to fumigation, the cargo of the tea ship is practically 

 ruined. 



