Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
All SINS SUNDAY SCHOOL
Chicago Tribune.


black satin jacket, a straw hat jauntily tipped
on one side of his head, and new felt shoes,
which made no sound as he proudly trod
across the floor. Lo Bo, being only hired
man on moderate wages, could not be ex-
pected to "rag OUT very we'll, but he was
neat if not gaupy. All, Sam Chong, Fong
ESang, Low Lee, r Gin, and the rest of the
fourteen Celestials who were. present at the
banquet (there are twenty-one who actually
belong to the Sunday-schooD we're arrayed
in much the same scale of splendor as Lo
Bo.
It is now two months since the Chinese
Sunday school was started in an upper room
of Farwell Hall, and already it has attained
place among the prominent religious in
stitutions Of the city. An eccentric man
with queer history-David D. Jones-was
the founder of it. Born in Wales, he has
lived vagabond life as kind of itinerant
missionary in Egypt, Spain, and the far
West of America. He lived for several years
in the Chinese quarter in Evanston,
Wyoming Territory, and thus acquired a
| knowledge of the Chinese language. Al
present he is a guest of the aristocrat, Ching
Yuen, whe is sole proprietor of laundry a,
No. 81 West Madison street, and is reported
to be worth as much as $4,000 Mr. Jones
lives with Ching Yuen in the rear part of
the basement where the laundry is located.
1t was great day for the Chinese, was
yesterday. The pupils of the Sunday-school
had extended a formal Invitation to their
| teachers to participate in banquet at the
close of the regular exercises. 1t Was sort
of return compliment for the dinner given
to the Cinnamon by the teachers on the Sun
day after the Fourth of July. It must be
| understood that All Sin is Just as indie
| pendent and proud as his American brother.
Only the other day, when party OF Chinese
we're invited out to visit the Rev. hIr
Humphreys at Oak Park, they hired livery
carriages and were driven out in style at
about three times the expense of railroad
fares.
The regular Sunday school exercises were
,, gone through AS usual. A popularity of this
Sunday school is that there is q teacher Tor
every pupil. Most of the teachers are ladies.
The teaching is necessarily simple in its
scope, as few Of the almond-eyed scholars
can speak English. There is an English
Chinese primer, with pictures in it, and hang
ing against the wall are large charts on
| which are printed in Chinese characters the
Lords Prayer, '"Praise God, from whom all
blessings fow,'' and the Ten Command
! ments. Of course there is plenty of singing.
The favrite piece with the pupils is "Come
to Jesus although they like ''The old, old
story and" am so glad that Jesus loves
me.'' =.
/. There was a short intermission between
the Sunday school and dinner, which was
spent in social chat, teachers and pupils
mixing together without reserve. The
Cinnamon were studiously polite, and,
strange to say, not afflicted with any shyness
or difidence. Some unpleasantness arose
from the fact tnat the hotet-keeper who sup
piled the dinner had sent over common
knives and forks. This was resented by the
leading Chinses, who insisted on having
nothing less than silver, and their ire was
| only abated by having better knives and
forks substituted. Whenall were ready the
company sat down at the table, each teacher
being escorted to her place by her own pupil,
who gravely took hisseat beside her. Grace
! was said by the Rev. Mr.. Humphreys, and
| all fell to with d zest. The Chinese used
the knives and forks as skillfully as if they
had never heard of chop-sticks.
| These Chinese are said to he extremely
grateful for the attention shown them by the
Mclean ladies, and have manifested their
gratitude by making them several choice
presents. One of tho ladies was RECENTLY
! presented with an elegant and costly silk and
| ivory fan, imported from China, and another
has been notified that there is pair of shoes
coming for her all the way from that far-off
,, shore. y Evidently the ''Heathen Chinee'' of
this city is either exceptionally good, Or else
he has been misrepresented on the Pacific
slope.