, 1879-03-21

m rotten wooden .,talF.. down ~ inclined hallway
WIS answered by fl'c wosls " Conu in" '"'sk
II was small room. as,.t n vile -,tuellto, tox,
sane alup slIal but lll Hight un tin i,rsrn.,
uhjcsts. Cnr!g'' lpon H., y besl !ay GhInn,nanns
tH fuIncs OF Ills rtrc. Standing by tw br,lsi.I;aa lSIa
was wl11k appeared to be ChncAe woI,,nn ~,
had The comntcxEon, the fuos. TN. wny. t,I ~, mlla
but, ID oxcecnt EuRllsh she salt uooi ey"e, v''s,
~. "Qood cy;enng We, camo to acc how W,
"Yca.H
"flow long have you brcn marsicd,n
"Annut wenty.thren ycara. | nn an Enp.,
moi"a a'l 4., ct''arn iarr'e o III, l i9lo ,ara
@ nrn boi! grown up The boy i IL cha fcarGy, asy
iilE 70 l'n a1l Interpreter; the Irl Is IN Cui,ttI
'We have no Younger children" '"'4'
slc oflcrc chairs 70 t'er visitors and auswcro,
tuelf glleHttt1's VII lt1!E!y. ,A'tl when thrs ~
lartel followed To t,c dur nd tul 1t oncn ~. ~
that they might SEQ their wny muse cIenriv H.. ~
lElishan! said nothing during ie iutcryjrw es a,s
appcarea nut to observe thu presence '''S ~
At No. a5 Baxter street, two flight, lin i, a..
rear, I've Ctlnnfnen were found. One al tn, ho
number spoka fairly good English IIc si,o,nS .oS
tue rcp6rtCE whGr9 llc n'tl his companions SLAM
,tstl explained That o kcpt sort u! boar,iin,,t'
house. The boarller* sleep III a cloao l,,",' r"n.
without breath VI fresh mir In II. lin tu'I.
arc arranged d Iii the steesagu uf nt, oc.ss sus
ssrancr. Tile auarimcnt Is univ about Ut tssiss VIE
feet long BY abu,tt eight fect wt,lc. Tl.c nro,
hurried. Most of tlsc Chinesc, he sal, wo.: 1,.
unmarried. "e''
"po you know Of any Ch,naman WHO Iva,
With h,,., white woman md llns tnale mud fenaea
"ol'' yea. John Chnaman,. at No. Bake.
street, has boys nml girls. Muchco Jolln Gil.
nGff1Hti. III Alt1tt At rnat hnra mi rtiri
no Wivce. We no marry" NV
llc, too, oylnscl u lcsirc to treat his yIson
kindly, mud explained 10 them the dilIeTcutt
ARTICLES about the room.
At No. Baxter street, populons tenement.
house, two rooms were folnd occupied Iy ChI,
tcse. The tl3ur NJ Dne Of 1l,e aLnrtlncpIa wa,
fastened. q frightened Chfnan,Au t!aif opelIcli
Il, nut would hold IN conversation. The o,Ler
room nppeared to be ticrmettca,ly sca1s,|. in
lrlsflman next !faor sn!tl that Chiuansn, liz
Eto"ll-l,p daughter. and llttfo sui lived lhcrt
'lhc mother. Ill English wo'nan lad ,t.l sumo
tfno aso. flic girl tuok care uf ller fatIrr and
or1,iler' 9,Il ", Shs was away Ut evening school.
Wing Chang Fatl'a l!ascnlent Storc, In AIott
street, was next visited. It Is n larEc rom
with smaller rooms surrounding It. Tie jat,rr
arc ctlrtal,letl oil. tcsidcs t,nvng toura. From
them nt Intervals swaIrlcd muny f:hiDasncn, 4
tall raw-bnpcd MungolIan, *Ith lliy'! virqS.
Knew 0f Ito married ChtnanleI IN tie Neiv}Imr
hood. Sons Of tic ClltncsH ltycd with Wills
wonon, ho said, lMt Eiu could mt manu- aoy,
Here there was tcn;driMkIns go'ng Oil. \ latss
coftc-po. WIS tlsr1 with tukewurIs,, wuak TIA
Small c,tps without handles stood arpl.rl. tic
tGn was poured into tcsc, Nj, milk ur str1r
was usctl. All prssen. seemed tn t.rlnk on: Of
tllt e,1us wlttlnit any preliminary or subsequent
washing OF dishrs. There wera ubout ll!trsa
Eli!ncs0 employed hero.
4 few uoora upon the other slide of the street,
was Bture Hkewlso stored with a,slicjnc.
Tiers wcro somr live or six Chinsu,cn III IT, brt
no s1n OF children or women. Ono Of te m.a
saisi Tint i1u Chinese sometimes married, hlIthc
roud Maluc no ono who was so happily tlssd
Two buildings tusthcr up anotlcr sterc was ct.
Tered. Hero oslu OF ihe ChinarLcn was printing
sotne Chl,Ie3u advertisement. i number d
small wooden blucks lay In buy Du cae,,
lluck was Chinese character, which being
dipped III sponge soaked with inl1 al tl,ra
pressed on paper mntlc II tolcrab|e ricnr inyres.
sion. Here, too. wns a lox for counting. The
Chinalnan does not trust to orr way ri adding
bcr ot rouna pieccs Of wosni strung Oh = wtfe
makrs NIL his nrIthnctlcal calculations,
"Wc no talkce ln,'eh," sail sleepy tnlI-
vtluA1 Issuing from small bcdroun wtha
broEGn-luwn bcl III 1t.
1--WE wnnt t3 talk only 1lttlc.n
"AlI lfte.o
When asked II Its comrades tu'Izel English
he answered thAt they lid not. 'i'f1ru tn t,s
nun!hcr Of six or seven tl,ey Nil sllook .tr
lcn1s, aa If to say they did not unlerst. md
any Chinauen III tI,u city who weru married.
lie shook Ills llrasl then, A1 salsi liz l.al breu
hero OntY three months. lIe tlf.a,ly brcanu qlI.s
communicative, but tile cntire company ol
Cht'la1ncn commenced talking. mud liz laosed
Into -uothngIsln again ai,d would lold 10
further cuuyrrse.
a ucrman groccr ncar by snil lint there were
married Chtt'csc IN the neIghburllooI, nm! sue.
scstcsl Gull u M. 10 stott street, t}n thu lrst
oor of tllis dwelling soRiu io.1r Or live Chimes
T1InF ali G4..nrnH3 1,Hft, r,1,utt