The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-08-11
yIsrr1Ne IN GHrNA.-A visit of ceremo

eCdINAs--d VIS1t Vi EOTCIuO
ny is conducted with great pollteness.
Your card must be sent on before you by
a special herald-a" ting chat" (the Chi
nese are well upin the fashion of cards,
which they have long practiced) who
should be dispatched in good time to al
low Of proper preparation by those who
are to receive you. Your rank being
stated on your card, you are received ac-
cording to it by the gentleman upon
whom you call. He comes out certain
distance, in proportion to your rank; he
bows and you bow, while each says,
" Chin chin" and you are invited in !; but
at ever doorway he pauses and politely
proposes that you should precede HIM.
which you decline as politely and, at
last, after many protestations, he goes
first, with some pretty apology. When
the room is entered, and each is seated,
attendants enter with cups of tea and
sweetmeats and the customary compli-
ments are passed, beginning with "Qua
sbing ~" What is your honorable
name 2" what is your honorable age?"
and fifty questions which seem to us half
rude and almost insulting; but this curl
ousity toward an honorable acquaintance
is not considered at all so-indeed, it
would be in Chinese gentleman's eyes
very rude not to make all these inquiries.
The orthodox half hour having passed.
and the business Gf any to be transacted
being over, the guest is conducted away
toward the door with the same ceremo-
ny ; and, if of superior rank to his host,
and he wishes to show him great respect
and honor, he sees him to his sedan and
waits as he moves away, bowling pro
foundry, and exclaiming 'SChin chin Pc
MRS. PARTINeToN ON COSMETICS. -" It's
new article for identifying the COM
plexion," said Mrs. Bibb, holding up
small bottle for Mrs. Darlington TO look
at. She looked up from toeing out o
WOODEN sock. for Ike, and took the bottle
in her hand st,,a.,, =. s.,.
as it, indeed ," said she. g Well,
they may get up ever 50 many rostrums
for identifying the complexion, but, de-
pend upon it, the less people have 10 do
with bottles for it, the better. My neigh
Dor, Mrs Blotch, has been using bot
tie for good many years for her COM
plexion, and her nose looks like rupture
of Mount Vociferous, with the burning
lather running all over the contagious
territory"
I The wives of men of sentiment are not
always the most appreciative of women
Jean Paul represents Siebenkrs, as read
ing one of his beautiful imaginings to his
wife, who listened with eyes cast down
and bated breath AS he closed, the shar-
er of his joys beamed forth with, !" Don't
put on your left stocking tomorrow,
dear must mend that hole in it." So
when Sir Walter and Lady Scott were
rambling about their estate, and came
upon some lambs frisking in a meadow,
"Ah," said Sir Walter, g tbs no wonder
that poets, from the earliest ages, have
made the lamb the emblem of peace and
innocence. "'af" They are indeed delight |
ful animals" answered her lad yship, "es-.
pscially with mint sauce" !
Reliable servants for homework have
long been a pressing necessity of the
people The coming of docile
John Chinaman has been hailed as our
deliveranee from the domination of the
extravagant and wasteful Biddy and
Katrina, and it would seem as though
the hope was to be gratifed. 1t is
stated upon reliable authority that about
one hundred gentlemen, house holders of
st. Louis, have completed arrangements
for the introduction of Chinese bop sc
servants into their families. The neaps-
sary negotiations have been consumated
with the Chinese emigration society in
San Francisco, and the first instalment OF
Chinese for st Louis will number about |
three hundred There will be no necessi- /
ty for any stir or commotion over their
advent; they simply fill vacuum which
has long awaited their coming.