The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-02
TOM LEES SON AND HEIR.
CORDIALLY WELCOMED By THE RICH
CHINAMAN'S FRIENDS.
Dinner that Far Surpassed lis Late New
Years Spread - Distinguished Orientals
Present Some Queer Dishes Served.

Years Spread - Distinguished Orientals
Present some Queer Dishes Served.
There are now two Tom Lees In Mott
street. The second and youngest came five
weeks ago as q present to the elder one from
his wife. The happy father is Deputy Sheriff
Tom Lee. the richest Chinaman in the city. a
Roman Catholic. a citizen. Republican. an inn
porter. and tea grower. He Is also agent Of the
Six Companies. At 2 Mott street he is n gen.
eral trader. and his big basement store contains
all sorts OF merchandise imported from China.
ranging from dried oysters to suits Of clothes.
At Mott street. down stairs. he Is proprietor
OF a cigar and tobacco store. in which the dear
est cigars sell most quickly. but chewing to-
bacco Is mover called for except by Caucasian
sight-seers.
At the same number up stairs. he Is the head
OF a very interesting household. composed Of
Mrs Tom Lee. a comely little New York woman
OF German descent. the proud mother Of Tom
Lee, No, 2. and OF Rosa Lee, young Toms two
was 50 fond that the, Gaucasians Of Mott street
unless he divided his attention between 1t and
Rosa with q little less Rartiality for the baby
dent Of the Loon Ye ? Tong Eng H. Witch in The
Tasd dsns ss S.ss spa soe E called Mil
street strangers are invariably, told that he
ways making the hearts Of his countrymen re-
oce By inviting them to dlTnnsrs which he in
call Ghinee New Year" when ali debtors pay
make peace offerings to one another. The new
est arrivals paid back the money with which
Tn he Lee set them up the R n@b
ing to be compared with the banquet he gave in
honor of his son and heir in the same place yes
terday. Young Tom. who is said to look IA little
like u Chinaman. little like German. and a
good deal like any other baby had been bap
tiscd in the Roman Catholic church near by.
and the father invited a number of the mer-
chants washcrmen. cigarmakers. and others
q his nationality to Join him at thoroughly
AT 8 o'clock in the, afternoon his places were
rooms. and Chinese tenements we're deserted.
As many round tables AS could be put in be-
tween the front windows and the end OF the
street were surrounded by Cinnamon. Appa-
rently all the possibilities Of Chinese shape
many who were butlittle bigger than pigmics,
many moro who were Of the size and weight OF
| the average white woman, and who would have
been accqnnted big men in any gathering any
where These three stalwart men looked very
Winter faces softer Skin and we're ere much better
dressed than the others; Each wore scarlet
Sk skull ZAP top Of which WAS , red coral
ulation Chinese coats, but We're made of flow
cred silk. 1t was said that they were members
ington: Tom Lee when asked If this was so.
replied All the legation no got too much
time. some makee busy. This was inter-
In the party he spoke to. and THE Sun reporter
prefers not to attempt to translate it, but to
put it down as he got it and leave it to the
taste and fancy of each reader All the other
Cinnamon in the room had black felt hats with
straight rims. and us no man could have ever
determined on his own in pile of them, every
man remained covered.
In the centre OF each table was bowl that
was frequently changed ms the courses went
on. Each Ghinqman had q broad -bowled. thick,
stout handled dipper shaped china spoon. with
each man Were two fragile china tcarots and
English walnut. The table ware would have
| excited a bric-a- brac fancier. In one teapot
| liqueur called fruit wine: One course was of
| sort Of pot-pie Of dried birds stewed with bay
| leaves and vegetable that looked like citron
| melon. Dried Chinese oysters in balls OF
| in dumpings decorated and shaped like flow
ers was another course. As the men ate Chi
nsse waters rePlsnished their cups and hand
! As the men ate they talked like so many school
| girls at recess. Tom Lee sat at a rear table
| modcstly. and no one seemed to pay him par
| plai n whether there was any apt significance in
| an imported chrome. four feet square hung in
| the centre OF wal and apparently newly put
up: Ii represented aconsumptive mandarin on
| throne. bending over to look at q dropSical
baby held by a woman, and exciting deep aver
| sion and disgust in u ferocious old man in the
| opposite corner,
The dinner lasted an hour. and then came
| tea, cigars. and cigarettes. The gathering re-
manned far into the night. There was much
| talk Of music and man in a cellar two doors
| away was evoking the noises OF menagerie at
| feeding time from fiddle constructed OF what
| he held between his knees. and worked at like
woman grinding coffee.