New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21
THE CHINESE IN san FRANCISCO.

opsrRy ATOMS OF BOSTON MAN-CURIosITIEs
-GANBLERS-THE SOCIAL EVIL.
Among those who recently visited California
~ tbe oop Board of Trade excursion party, was the
editor OF me Rosto Commercial Buletin, who Is giving
e result Of his observations in series Of sketches in
st p,per We extract the following ON the subject oil
tie Chinese; .,.-.,-
ar part, Gary ntci ing TO Visitors rom Ine E"S,UIh
in every direction about The city, CARRYING theii
mes M role balanced across their Shoulders
" Hs ia their queer, thick-soled boots, round hats
on non the ctIzens; but it did attract attention when
Fang Tang an eminent Chinese merchant, walked arm
SION naTy down MSntgomcryst to the Grand Hotel
wacr he formally introduced TO several aiSs ana
SUtt.''"1 San Fr.r. $50 that a full-booded
~, re- Sl1n-in-arm with well-lnown Boston
merchant. would in Safest, We found TINS man
y be Guc :, L,'c, 'Iy Mss Al" AI,erirans have Some
fug o learn from these educated Chinese merchants
TUcT r.. also scrupu0Usy honest in mercantile rdnsaC
nm md a uirIci7,i. WHO has extensive dealings with
tllu O. s ue there !, need 81 binding then verbal
proui ST. s by writing, hey carry out al mercantile
.r.,u,uts SO made strict, aud honOraby, without at
Tclpt a evasion even in tie smallest particulars and
tla ia that cspeyt general thing, he prefers TO deal
Wholesale AMI retail dealers IN Chinese goods, teas
driyt a -oot trade kmd here observe that many
u IN. -iS Che great Chinese warehouses do not sig
uA tC &C. tuai names 81" e Itnes, nut tRe ltle tAdt
Tie firm adopt, whyn Is Ian.ed down to thelT suyceS-
ID. rs
MY stand for Flower OF the East Coz ana Long see
Co Fruhes F.VuIs Co.; bUt the more demo- ratio es-
Establishments Of An lie, sam ng may be supposed TO
b.r ter real names preNri TO the announcement mat
they do washing and Ironing.
Duu.ts ana The cross lanes OF that vicinity, is almost
hAta nip Clua itself for the Chinese bring t. this
rouu.r. m their manners and customs Of living, dress
u-, .d doing business, cXmltug curious mixture OF
civilization aud barbdrsm. Here John Is packed in very
closely, closer much closer than the Irish qulatou,
and Wth-tdIdug the uhccaEineSs incident TO such
ma lg, ti. .rlIr.r, are much less ntly than those
I
upou htc Shops, vita queer signs IN tea chest
chaIar.crs written On orange Colored paper, and the
suop filed with packages OF dried mnimS, bales of edbe
and odd shaped Irs OF Ctna sNeetmCais, sharks
fus pats Of butter something like II that looks Ike
small uuhIkcd biscuit dipped ia yellow 0chcr The pro-
prctcr solemn old Chinaman, with round speetaces,
by thc assistance Of little square frame with onei-
tudnd vines upon which are strug large beads or little
sptUS. one slIihS represents tc"s another hohdeos,
and mnothcr Thousands; lie moves them up ana
beads on three lines of the frame, as The sum OF
his column before putting IL down with his camel
har Pg on re INN fr nlT hight to- ie' Pcripite,c
,lc,s 1I1 M ~ STOOLS with KIT of tools beside tIeI
st at shady and ply their trade, repairing shoes
that past use with great patience butchers sh6ps
svie and utilizing every part of it, and displaying that
Chinese luxury the pig IN every orm, on the Whole
cars and for purchasers; it really seems rs
a Chnaman cOud cook dish OF uimal food unless
II contained infusion OF pork ia some form nave az
a rrld dinner eaten the celebrated brduest soup, and
of lam lat i'm IT, Then came TO long cellars tiled
with Cinnamon, thick as they can ST. making clOtl
na a.r " l cheap TP toaeco into cigars which quick
sale the East in competition with thoSc IN our own
factories Chinese BARRIERS shaving the heads OF thclr
customers the latter holding IN hls hand as ne St win
his legs crossed little square box that catches the
es,es Of hair that drop the BARRIERS small
snops " IN bundles Of rcwOOd for sale, Chinese taors
end shoe and 6at stores baskets baInboos tea chests
cbop sticks China bowls pipes, stores and trades OF
every description in fun operation, and the street full OF
some Of the large wholesale stores have quite the
aspect whole sale stores OF fifty years ago, and
its occupants will he found 10 he two or three quiet
very polite Cinnamon In dark blue ana black SIX WITH
three OF four porters or servants waiting ID me BACK
ground. You are al once handed seats OH entering a1o
tea and cigars served, during which ceremony compli
most N these Chinese wholesale merchants very rich
and well educated The gambling places whose name is
legion always have sentinel seated just inside the outer
door vii rope ben pull To alarm the players and with
ont he aid Of policeman is impossible for Ameri
regulations. OpiumsmOkins dcns have been often de
sc.'d, AMI ar here SIMPLY htLie square usasfGefhy
sine ling rooms, with two three raised platforms,
mat couch tive, and sort OF wooden pillow for the
susrs aud Two three hunks, where they are Occa-
bauph.
The Chinese women seen in the Chinese quarter this
city chiefly those VINO inhab their houses OF ifame
in the alleys that cross from sacramentost to
those that parallel 10 IT, These unfortunate creatures
appear be gr, OF from 10 10 20, and with faces and
eyebrows deliberately and not inartstoaly painted with
Chinese Vernion and India uk, ana grrayed III snowy
Chinese silk embroidered dresscs-costume, OF course,
"a iney uteray Sest eNedy person % , o
OF him with invitations Of Walkce in, you know me- or
uitelug little short Chinese laughs like monkeys chat
UT rom uelf ciremthtS WIN similar nc
spectacle Chinese women are Few III numbers ana LaIey
chants here; they labOriousy hobbing along in
plant silk dresses, maryeOusy got up heads, ana scru-
pu'Ously neat except the paint upon their faces -
But while there among the opponents Of the Chinese
in h- city great OutcTy against the vices which uIl
doubleday exist among them the stranger cannot help
observing that adjacent to this quarter OF tho city the
American houses OF prostitution are kept in the most
open and uuhlushng PretentlOus residences,
with their lower reception rooms htted with handsome
furniture and rich curtains, open 10 view from the
street- their broad plate still more conspicuous
sheet Il plates glass behind which the gas Is lighted at
night inform passcrs that "Jcnny Harris, "Grace Boil
var OF Kate 81 Clair are the presiding presesses OF
ihose gsteways to perditon. And III broad daylight
these Jeunys" and Kates" may he sitting at their
Ipcu ways and their wretched creatures at the
window, and in the saloons OF their gilded scpuchers
bAd they are not demOnstratiye as their Chinese
Sisters n n equally brazen and shameless III Their
vocation.