A Chinese in Manhattan who wants to start a laundry does what a Manhattan Irishman used to do when he wanted to open a saloon. The would-be saloonkeeper, in the old days, went first to Tammany Hall for political permission. The aspiring laundryman today trots around to No. 16 Mott Street and fixes things up with the Chinese Benevolent Association. If the place he has in mind is not too near another Chinese laundry, if he pays down his first annual fee in advance and if he is otherwise acceptable to the Association, the...
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