Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-25
BAY GOSSIP.
ABOUT SOME oHIsEsE AND JAPANEsE IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
Some Anecdotes Connected with Efforts to
christianize the chinese-A High
toned Wedding.
SAN FRANc1soo, March %, 1882.

coutenences of The Chiuamen also employed
at the ruohings. As John came down in
dividually and collectively he was forced
10 accept a scrap OF green illusion in honor of
the day, which the young ladies were kind
enough to pin securely upon HIS House.
He was q fine sarcasm upon the question OF
the day rs he walked off :" Rearin' Of the
green. but no one could have guessed him
siive TO the Inn of 1t. 1t was interesting
at Woodward's Gardens on Saturday TO ob-
serve company OF
HALF a DOZEN CHINESE
Looking on at the performance. The sing.
ing and whole appearance of the prima
donna nu.t have seemed perfectly ridicu-
Ious to them, but not one OF them cracked
a emile. She was attired and coifured
most corgeously, and she thrilled and she
uuivered and she scared, but they sat
there and looked at her with ex-
actlv toe same expression as when they
looked ct pan5omime, at dancing, at the
character people, at little piece of pathos
and humoT, aud at the cylinders OF the
the orchestrou turning in the beer nall. l
wonder TAag tT6kL I4dultltOn ktfL iA'A4OA ~
the stormy Gail ,, being an Eastern
woman, can have such good sense upon the
Chinese question as her recent article
shows. She seems to have settled 1T with
a few strokes of her pen. and am sure, as
she wiped its diamond. pointed NIB, she
must Justly have considered that she ought
also to have wiped out the opposite side
completely. / did once, though, see a
Chinese woman laugh till she had liked TO
have CHECKED. II was our visiting after
neon at the Mission House, and it was
quite an occasion of form and solemnity.
Perhaps a dozen or fifteen girls and women
sat in a row, dressed with care and neat
ness, and very reverent and attentive IN
appearance. This Gre woman had been
Just admitted /; put there for education and
safe keeping nv her future husband for one
year. The yisito sat opposite and looked
at the woman, who had been snatc ed
from the fate which, few With exceptions,
belongs 90 the On q Sc women IN Cailfor-
MIA, and in noticing their modest, earnest
countenances, felt how grateful they must
be for their present condition. Suddenly
] caught
THE TwINKLING, oBLONG EYES
OF the new arrival; there was no doubt
but she looked upon the whole thing as a
Joke. Her mouth twitched, and suddenly
she covered her face with her handker-
chief, and her shoulders hea7ed, and her
handkerchief shook with her emotion.
Now and then one eye peeped out brim
full Of fun aad then disappeared, One Of
the decorous pupils near her finally whis-
pered an sdInonition, which was received
with a fresh burst, and when the voices,
very soft and sweet in speech. repeated
the Lord's Prayer together, she gave
little snort and bobbed down behind an
other pupil TO have il out with herself.
The voices again arose, but this time very
like the melodies of TIN pans, for they were
singing and in singing the Chinese voice
Is not musical. They gave the hymn,
Jesus Loves Me" and kept TO the tune
very well. Here it ia as sung by them );
how do you like the sound OF i59
Ye see OF ngo man pat $50,
Ydu vau shing shu kO so ong,
Stu yau paDg yau "a hung tong,
EgO sue IN yOuR IN kuEg tso
Choru
Ye su kau Chi OF ngC
Ye su kan Chi OF ngo,
Ye su ksu chi OF ugo
Yau sbu shu ko so ugo.
You will fad il goes to the tune very
nicely. 4 lady who became interested IN
one Of the girls attending the school, on
the marriage OF the young Chinese woma5,
invited her to lunch, that the y0uug couple,
christiauizad and very happy in honey
incoming and setting up housekeeping as
near to cur custom as they knew, might
have an idea of a lunch according to our
l.1..f t,s1a opH bride
groom came with much formality, which
was preserved with great dignity through
out the visit until broken in upon by the
brides girlish delight in an immense
cockstoo, whose like she Rad never before
seen. Several months ago we had q very
H1GH-ToERD CHINESE WEDDING,
The contracting parties being Christians,
and therefore very much patronized and
petted by those interested in toe converted
Chinese. The ceremony TOOK place in
Grace Cathedral, and spectators were ad-
mitted by cards of invitation. The bride
was petite, and brunette, of course, so
that the high colors of her dress were very
becoming. Her garments we're of rich silk,
and her hair was elaborate but indescrib-
able IN its makeup. She passed the trying
ordeal with conposure, and received con-
gratulatiors very prettily, after which the
happy pair entered the carriage that had
brought them, and as man and wife were
whirled away to their future home. An
association belonging to Plymouth Church,
and known as the Plymouth Cleaners, are
contributing this year to the support OF
little Greek boy who was brought here
from Turkey by Miss Julia Rappleye,
missionary to that country. Miss Rap
pleye was an intimate friend of Mrs. Mary
A. Colby, SO well known TO Grange people,
and to many friends about Chico and BENZ
cha. The two corresponded for several
years, and when Mrs Colby died, and her
written life was in contemplation, among
other correspondence submitted was that
of the missionary friend in Turkey. Miss
Rappleye, however, returned to this coun-
try some time since, bringing with her the
young Greek, who was called Stephanas
Rsppleye. Her subsequent marriage to
MIR. Colby, and her death following her
marriage, are very well known TO religious
circles, in which che was
SHINING STAR.
Young Stephanas was thus left without
protector, and was taken in charge by the
womaA's Board of Missions on this coast
who at first proposed to return him to his
mother in Turkey, but the little fellow
plead so hard to be educated that the Ia
dies finally decided to give him his wish,
and ne is now in Mr.. Moody's school at
Northfeld, Mass. He says when he gets
his education he means to make some
money and send for his mother, He is but
s years old, and speaks four languages, APP
pearing several times while here in his ma.
tive dress. One of our clergymen some
time since went to tho Sandwich Islands
and occupied pulpit at Hilo, to which he
subsequently received o call. Until his
future was decided his wife remained here,
which state of affairs was the occasion for
grand mistake on the part of the Church
at Hilo. Much to the ministers consterna-
n i IL