Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-09

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Ere long. kn1E,
fut Euo-. the Golden ir5rn,
fei nd the purple hills o. shadow iard.
f,-.ts hut the wakllE o. 81 mage hara
T. De reborn.
aidrish; Hour Among TIE Chinese Actors.
The navigator who sails along the Bar
ta7y Coast and drifts up Jackson street late
40 night Observes a large lamp Ike the Ian
tern If lighthouse blazing in front of
brick bli.iing on tie left side, about half
war between Kearney and Dupont streets.
This il tie Chinese theatre Sing Ping Yueg
Il was built by tie b Fung Lin Company,
celestial organization whose members
wear skull-cap- and broadcoth shirts, have
the longest aud silkiest Of pig-tai>, and
smile IN a sickly way in little den up
stairs when they count ont their nightly
raius.
A grovp Of Chinese ho5ilums always in
fest the entrance, and a string Of females Of
sa-1iti5us maideuhood. with bright red
cheeks and lips, loosely dresSel in glossy
hrck cotton -hirit-, each carrying in her
pu3-y right hand \ Ianlanna as large as
-iir'- m8i.-ail. and having her shiny hair
1YRu ir a b3wie-knfe fashion on the cone
To-. tls seciult, are forever streaming in and
aat. OrieataI shops are seen on every hand,
where tobacco. ci-ars. cigarettes, stale frut,
-',r-. tea and unpalatable refreshments Of
an kinds are ven1ei. and the heavy air Is
el.lent of a thousand olars that disgust
,be Christian uostril and make peak of the
tl4ca-iln nose inyclantarily to ascend.
Directly opposite j. the lodsing-house Of All
FMk. Only 200 Cinnamon sleep in All
F,.k-S building. and It Is not a large one,
either. hat whether the serene old centen-
q-if7 celestial tl1k lessons in packing from
q Gloucester heTring-f~he-, a French sar-
sina-rre~erver. or p Cincinnati stearine can
d,c-laser j. rot known. In tie deepest,
darkest. fithie-t wor: t-emei'iug corner Of the
th F,at uisu-i n. ia tie very dInjJn keen
,t the liare, as IL were, Is an opium den
with 81. it, Iaiapherna.ia, which leaves moth
i-- t, De desired in the way Of finishing
..I lfui~tir-: In fact il gives the com
r'-.err-- that hjl.iart-ro1m and bar gives
Z, first class h.,,. at 4 fashionable water
.r.i'aae.
,'...l;...- H.. .l.,s .ftfe Sin, PING Yusn.
AL ..f.,','., .,r, al,,.t b,lf wav 10 the
,.. - -.il. .,.'r casglt in shower Of
........1 i..-,.. ~ IN the street. Re-
..re-i,., ya,,r lev. and With difficulty reach
ia-tbs LuIir- IF the staircase. voa discov-
s- .h,+ fine missiles were about twenty hood
-.,,5..,i Lirele1 s,nlIi5ns whom the good
t..Ei.- G,tle Mclean dyor-keerer, Fair
.45f ia in a fl of yirtuous Indignation,
;... s.;,.4 by tbsir silkel pjgtaiIs and flung
IN , b~ncb AVN stairs because they wanted
- "a cer+ dsd,ctad fro,. the rriee Of
", LII ,o,r bs1f d'llar on
l;-tl. .-rc'r bor.-t the oeire window, and
-s.f.P p. Pm lin ba,ing a leatbern
.l:.s-j , .r,iIs H. bs,tben IDOL. hand,
..... a -.J ti.Let that Looks as if it had
-. l-r r. i.'Ltening This yoc give I,
.f.-'-'l.-.t,l "a 7F,ircb7I VII, c,,liv sins
-, -,5-,.t,.-I int, a ,lit in a b6x
De-. ,.f.i..i. h.. I. .i-ri9g and ouiekly Jerks the
f.r r. ,l-ro- ri',bt hand foward the
- II, ,i., a,di-,-i1,o a. much as To
-.
- l.,-,r,. r., ti,,c p, ese,r. heinz
- ,.ri i..,,r s+air. with a second
,irNf,-..-,,;,-,. ,,l,., ,-s +rvin, IN h,ar
-. -,.,.-ye- and frd vo,lrsr7f in siobt
- - Tho rvcc,,ti,rsr in nd
l. t.5.. lsl.s,Isl L,lf don Grim
-, l,,,l.,, s,,o-,l ard holding the SIX
I,sl. h, their o,ene.. f 5urishes them in the
r,.s af The audience. while the six head
-, f-.r, ,be sc,f,ld and walk
o. Tie ri,f.t MINER entrance with bland
-,
..-;','.. ,.r.,,,.; Is seen about Won. smok-
: ,,rr.;o., i,n..I.i,,, eatir, drinking and
p, ~ - ,le,,te3 nj the onoies an
,berilei hv cest,m at the most polished
,-,,.r;,.,, Lcf4l-
S,rnose van ,i.it the Sing Ping Ysen at
- Id,r If uijUi,bt What Xou behold
~ an then and there NAV be going on at
I.T,.l s, Ne rn,rniay when the mid
.,,o,,ar s.-n j. inst reerinc above the hills Of
o.ll,ul pari,us the r,lav may close at
.l.aa,-I,. l.,.,r of half patt two. bat the plot
-, 80 Which il tales week 70 enact.
,,,il la resumed the following night where
+, ans drained the previoas morning, and
,,;i on bencefo7ward to its curious de-
.,,,o5,ort If tho srtinr should cease at TIC
,,,isar,,-,r b,,r Of two o'clock in the morn
i,y there NAV he signs Of discomfort, aud
s.,-,e angered Celestial steyed0Te may put
-, III. ,rbi. Psl[in bro5an tbrouoh the
him redwood back Of the bench on which be
-, a.1 hs ba,led IF IN rbe station.
t,,se f,r lis conturuacv. But the theatri-
ll.,,,.-s 49,. .,..s,ollv serene and there i.
-. j., r,sC.,e,,,,-z e n,
- n. ",
IL ~ii1.-s ~ tbeotre has bcen % often de-
Ia % = ornesrs from, The front tbat
f.5Ia.ai ,I,o+ Lind i nat needef
-,''' Sb,oy;,ls re,,1rtsr in eearc5 Of
-. -, hsI,;,5 t,,s e,sres a- the Sin5
.'-'t d.. - one nirbt last wcck perbarT
III -, ,,rt-,arlv say tl,al he wen
behind the stage. since wings, - and flies,
and "trars." and d" flats" are unknown L
tie n Fang Lin. and there is q general poy
ertv about their scenic appointments. Tn
scene raipter and scene-shilter of this Celes
tlal stage are merely property-men who lool
ortcr the valuable silk costumes, make
bridro which a whole army can crcss, GU
ofo hoard and two tables, and represent
raloce or the great Chinese wall with bi
of rainted canyas-a cheap contriynnce tha
u-a,ld hare shemed Nick Bottom the wcay
er and his crew Of base mechanicals.
The conventional phraseologv will hardly d.
therefore. when speaking Of the Chimes
st,ge
II was the witching hour Of half-past on
o'clock when the reporter made his visit
and all well regulated American theatre
had been for many hours closed, and thei
mimic Kings and Queens and their real vi
lains had long before vanished from benin
the footligbts and gone home to bed Office
Armstr ,ng showed him in by side entrance
through a rassage opening into kiteher
where fires where blazing. where cooks weI