Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1881-09-24

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got the peculiar small feet about which
everybody has read, and which are, OF
course, deiormity. 1t is said that the
process develops the limbs at the ex-
pense of the feet. can't say so from
personal experience, as 1 have never
seen Chinawomen in the s.Black Crook
or in "Olivette" Some tourists, Curl
Gus about such matt ters, are in the habit
Ot paying the women tor exhibitions
disapproved OF by the world. outside the |
studios of great artists. A Chicago man
told me last night that he had had that
kind of experience, and that it was we'll
worth the money.
sAud what good did it do youI"
asked.
"None whatever. he replied; ''but,you
see, every fellow from the east goes
through the mill, and l couldn't be
odd" -rf
There tits. Fashion rules everywhere.
whether in the parlors OF the avenue or
the alleys OF Chinatown. I, however,
am not interested in Celestial anatomy,
except when it is draped with due deco
rum. Celestial people-angels for ex-
ample,-are always invested with
robes. except when very young. and
even then they are mostly allowed but
q head and a pair of wings, for the
truly religious artist always thinks he
can improve on Gods handiwork by OBJ
literating three-fourths OF his creatures
bodies. 81 aa@.5 -s.s
Chinatown keeps all ablaze with gas
and lanterns tar into the night. Once is
sufficient for ordinary mortals in the way
Of visiting. Extraordinary mortals,
-such as women,-ladies, if you will
visit oitener, not blushing to 60 through
the worst parts. under guidance. OF
course, to
SATISFY THEIR CURIOSITY,
Ah, fatal curiosity of womankind But,
softly, somebody mas written something
similar TO that before; and then. re-
member me, Is man, glorious, indiffer-
ent, lordly, patronszing man, q whit less
\ enriops? Not tmuch-excuse the slang,
which is quite inadvertent. ! assure You.
This brings me to confess that par-
4 took Of Chinese dinner-a regular
4 Chinese dinner-at the restaurant Of
Bun Sun Low-what q poetical name
the fellow has-thls afternoon. was
Invited to this repast by Charles
1W. Colehour of Chicago, and
the other members OF the party were
Hugh r. Wilson, assistant United States
4 attorney, Of New York Robert Samuel,
Of the same city, and Andrew T. Hodge,
OF Chicago. The restaurant IS on Jack
son street, and is the chiefest one IN the
Chinese quarter. 3, 1t is frequented by
the mandarins and others OF that ilk al.
most excl usively. The furniture. table
equipage, Sauces, wines, brafdies, in
tact all are Chinese, and nothing but
Chinese. The seats are handicapped,
! and have no beds. There are chairs
with straight. stiff backs. dot unlike
those OF our great grahdslres; but the
diyan;- lwhere0n eyou can lounge and
smoke tobacco, or, opium, 10 the main
luxury. The steward of the establish
ment was called All Lee, and very
pleasant. gentlemanly fellow he proved
himself to be, while the waiter was
Nah Cow, whom we at once christened
.McGow, insisting that he was the de.
scendant Of an Irish exile who s'four-
> ish9ds in the time OF Strongbow. "Mac''
to relishthe new title-probably
; because he didn't know its full import =
as to be q countryman of Dennis kear.
. lney is not, by any means, circum.
!. stance OF recommendation among the
pig tails, who hate that audacious per.
n son with great stalwartness. l DOM
blame them. So should hate hint
i. l were Chinaman. 1t may be some
7 consolation to the Chinese to know tha
, q crowd of freshmen -bsptised Dennii
< with edecomposed ..hen-trult" at po
q litical meeting the other night.
/ don't admire Chinese fare. 1t has
an air of mystery winch is simply ap
: polling. There was9no, bill OF fare-w'
) could not have read it if there had been
Ah Lee did the honors, There wer'
y enough plates, dishes, apd cups on th'
table to accommodate small army, bu
!, There was precious little in them.
|, The first dish was curry and rice
The latter vas all right, but Mr.. Sam
0 uel made wry face at the ''curry.
= and said he believed it was the tender
lion Of . feline of advanced age. =
!. Itailed entirely with the chop-sticks
!. and fell back upon American weapons
The next dish was bats wings, slight
!. ily mixed. have no doubt, with tn
4 tails lot rats, fattened for the occasion.
expressed this belief to my associates
j, / but il, did not seem to affect their .appe
!, tites 4 particle. We were next treate,
to fish tripe, done UP in an outlandisl
! way, seasoned with ginger.,hot as mol
i tan brimstone.i Between each course. W.
;. took from vessel which reserabled {
small coffee-pot thimbleful OF Chimes
Ibrandy, dxhilarating stuff, pungsnt a
Il to taste aud berry as to- color. Mex
j came dlsmembered animal, evidentl,
IS of the genus rodentA. 1t may have beef
!, ID, squirrel-I hope it was-and 1t ma.
' have been little beast Infinitely mor'
j. familiar on Chicago sidewalks. l di'
not feel hungry during the stay OF tina
o COURSE, upon the table. The other
|. pitched in. They'll need to set a rat
It trap In their intestines every day for
II week, at least, for fear of accidents.
y don't want to give the gentlemen away
I but II any friends observe them uneas,
'e't in the presence ofsaFcat or a black an,
a tan, when they return east. they viii
divine the reason and make the allow
ance for their very natural infirmity. T
- wash down their-well, street squire
!, l-NcGow
- ua BROUGHT IN TEA, ..
Il which was such as none OF US had eve
n drunk before. 1t ,Ras. tea. indeed. M
q cheered almost to the verge Of inebria
II ton. We finished with some COMPOUND
y OF extraordinary appearance and flavor
Q which cannot portray with any degre
. OF skill, as have no knowledge OF tn
o Chinese cooking vocabulary. We let
l. the presence OF Ah Lee with many ex
3 pressions OF mutual regard, and he CAV
q as each his autograph, III native char
It acters, as keepsake. Generous soul
: And yet there are many Caucasians VIII
: leave their creditors nothing better t.
y remember them by. That kind OF talen
8 is born in all races OF men. Some o
Y the company did not show. up at the hots
J, dinner. which is late, from which
9 Judge they met with digestive disas
. ter. l forbear from mentioning sth,
Q particular victims. and feel doubly glat
' that avoided tricaseed squirrel" Ant
9 yet, iaA rodent half as dirty as hog, ,th'
9 flesh of which we eat every dayP
y visited the Golden Gate park anc
Q Laurel Hill cemetery the other day. Ir
9 the latter. stands the obelisk erected to the
g memory OF the famous Senator Broder
o ick, who was killed in a duel with a
: political opponent on September 16
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