Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-25
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SxPERIENCEs OF EASTERN TOURISTS WITH
CHINESE GIN.

EXPERIENCES OF EASTERN TOURISTS WITH
CHINESE GIN.
From the San Francs o Call.
Ibid you ever drink any of that "a n-chu.
Chinese gin2r asked a dazed-loo&ing Young
man who consuming great quantities of
apolIinaris water and lime juice over prom
inent bar
The reporter was compelled to confess that he
had never sampled the -chu
NO, suppose not. Bufr,lo's people never
saw NIAGARA Falls. AMI it's hard to d I'll nat sc
Bostonian who has climbed the stairs of Bunker
Hi monument"
(which does sam-chu resemble. the falls or
the monument" the reporter asked any Gus to
get the visitors opinion of what ha seemed to
class OF San Francisco's wonders.
The young man nerv"usly poured down an
other soothing dose beior,. he answered.:
81 could compare its effect more exactly than
the thin" Itself to tilmbIing off the monument.
It's something ike what ooinm over the fails
must be. too" and the peculiar youn" man
pressed his thrt,bb nr temples IN "a manner which
suggested what a good time he must have had.
DO You see those gentlemen sitting at that
table there?" he suddenly asked
The reporter three e,Hiucrtly respectable
looking mrlde-ar ed gentlemen at a table raw
ing close but mournful attention to long glasses
of brandy aJd soda
TIRE SODA DRINKERS
lone of them is Boston retired tea mer-
chant, one is II wealthy New York fancy farmer,
supervisor Of Jefferson county. and the third
Is professor I'm a western college: they were all
classmates at Harvard. Don't they look to be
what ! have told you?"
The serious soda drinkers answered Inc de-
scription perfectly.
''Now they don't look like men who would
stand on the balcony of the Chinese res aurant
bowling College songs and making hideous
noises on Chinese Instruments. before street
filled with a thousand amazed Cinnamon. do
thew
They certainly do not"
''Sam I'm y
''Sam Chu?"
Eyes. sani-chu did it, Do look like chap
who would play tom-tom on that same bal
cony while those men and seven or eight more
like them danced a crazy war dance declaring
themselves very bad men from the headwaters
of Bitter Creek? Do we look like men who
would join hands around that restaurant table
singing:
Drink saml drink SAINT drink sam my friends
Iwouldn't give a sou for any hoo-doo
Who wou! dn't drink chu with me.
By gosh Ink S4:ai"
The joyless young man concluding this sur
prlslng question with deep gro n. and ordered
come more apollinaris He appeared to be
unhappy. as we'll as daZed.
sAM-CHU.
'Sam-chu," he continued, twas new to u.s.
We did not even know it by reputation. but as
1t was Chinese We took it. Shortly afterwards
1t took u.s." The sai-eyed stranger paused
YEARLY. and after silence. during which
strange and even weird scenes appeared to move
him, he again resumed. and tod the following
story: There We're about q dozen in our party,
and We started out To have genuine thinese
dinner. thinking that was one Of the correct
things tn do during our visit may remark
that We are OF one opinion now that it is about
as Incorrect thing it is possible to do
and live We determined that everything should
De a IN chinese. AL when we were informed
that tie Chinese drank san-chu until tea was
served. we ordered s0.ne brought on.
1t is such AL innocent looking little drink
You'd never suspect it's capacities. 1t was
brought on tine table ia china teapots or some
thing very like, and that alone was calcuate ed
to give the impression that it was something
very mild Dynamite. The glasses in which
they served the sainchu We're green and not
much lir-er than thimb!e. # they had been
larger the coroner would indeed have been
pleased OF course. every one drank the
nrSt glass with muCh interest to- find " hat il
tasted Ike re@ard it as avery unfortunate
occurrence that it tasted differently to each
one thought 1t was like arrack. another like
pisco. another like MedfGrd rum and no two
tiO.-ut Ill he- consequently We lau to drink
frequently TO pass Judgment on each opinion
Ii there had been bat one opinion to pass upon
or II the restaurant had burned down after the
first glass. | sep some prospect of future happi-
ness. but as it is the world is black and hope
less waste of eternal misery. NV friend | am
not conpla ming about the size of my head. I
have been there before; neither do mlIr..iur be-
cause this water steans as it passes down Inv
throat.
WHAT AM UNHAPPY ABOUT
Is something Notwithstanding SO unlike anv
thing else that I am afraid-were you ever
Knocked silly! No? If you had been I could
hope to give you some comparative idea Of the
operation of that sam chu upon highly re-
spectacle party of eastern tourists.
Il don't know how MANY of the eighteen
courses We had sampled. or whether it was he.
fore or after the sharks fin that one of our party
discovered those wretched orchestra instru-
ments hanging on the wall Of our private dining.
room. only know they tcere discovered and
believe nearly every one in Chinatown knew Of
the discovery within a few minutes. | should
Ike to have you seen us az we marched out on
the balcony. the professor PLAYING wind in
strnment that gave forth sound of gruesOme
dlslnainess and every one else supplied with
some strange and awful instrument. The
excitement OF that serenade caused us to fy to
more sau-chu. But l was gong to tell YOU
about the dinner itself One is enough for a
lifetime We had fish and fowl cooked in
eighteen different ways. three or four of the
Courses being served in birds nest soup. and all
giving the Impression of having been cooke in
dishwater There were two or three courses fit
to eat. but most Of them had favors that were
not appetiZ:ng. We were all possessed with
the same idea at the start. of learning all about
each dish as il was served but the INTERPRETER
had little to do after the Introduction of the
sam-chu- should like to give you an idea OF
what the effect of Sam-chu is--it might be use
full TO you-but If you have Never been knocked
out can't explain. Goodbye"
An Observation Of Life.
From the Troy telegram
How much more graceful, elegant and su-
perior does the man on the bicycle look than