The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1883-11-15
An SINS sUSDAY.ScHOOL.
AIrnond-ryed Pupils Who Flirt With Their
Teachers.

Teachers.
&C. Al. Cat-.'D. @. O." Dog. This
is the way the Chinese laundryman of
the period begins TO learn English. he
learns il out of child's primer, and his
teacher Is generally good-looking young
woman who thinks II great fun 10 try and
enlighten the heather every Sunday af
ternoon.
The mission Sunday-schoOls FOR the
heathen Chinese are nearly all taught
gratuitously 10y young ladies under the
direction of superintendent. There are
several Of these mission schools IN San
Francisco.
The Chinaman wants 10 learn English
for commercial purposes. and be is very
glad 10 learn IL from the lips Of . pretty
girl.
1t is a very amusing sight-this Chi
nese mission school. PIgtails. oiled silk
tunics, embroidered tocs with thick white
sOles, form 4 pleasing contrast 20 bangs,
friZzcs. Gainsboro1gh hats. ffuttering
ribbons and black silk mitts. Tie girls
take the matter seriously, from the scho-
iastsc and religious standpoint. but the
laUnc-yman regards II III the light Of
Irritation.
The same Chinaman who viii stand Up
with the school and sing Rock Of Ages"
IN Chin Sc. looking Is piOus rs a thcoiOg
ical student. will SIT down By his bene-
yOlent young teacher and lead the con-
VerS2tiOn round, rs far * MS English
will carry him, 10 has worldly prospects
and has ambition for matrlmOny.
One CAV Chinese deceiyer gently inti-
mated 10 his teacher that he WAS N pur-
su.t OF . wife-a Mexican wife. he
bestowed numerous crimson silk hand
kerchiefs upon her, which she accepted
because al the others did. IL accordance
with what she supposed To be Chimes
custom. She took great pains with her
pupils English and taught him useful
sentences. such rs Some American men
are good; some American men are bad
In which original sentiment the youth
heartily cOncrTred.
This Young man looked about sezteen
and had the merriest little cOuntenance
and the most ingenious manner imagin-
able. But behind IL lurlsed duplicity and
craft.
Teacher, 1 own a laundry-make fif-
teen dollars a week.
Teacher-'That is good, Lung: YOU will
be rich man.
Chinee-"You no call me Lug-my
name Quong Lung. In China young
lady no call man 10y last name"
Teacher Is silent, much abasned at
this reprOof. Meditates over the fact
that wisdom issues from the lips of
babes, sucldings and Cinnamon.
Chinee-"Ieacher. keep my money in
tomato cen under board in back part of
shop. Mclean man like TO find IT, eh!'
Teacher suggests that It would be rs
rrsrss-l.Har, ssAfrHauara H.anunT-
the subject.
Chinee-"Teacher. own house an China
most nice house-noW want wife
make plenty money, me. Pay hundred
dollars for wife-not too much for good
lOokin' gal. Pay forty GOilars-no good
ugly. common thing. For hundred
doilars-first-class wife. Teacher, YOU
mudder and fader 'live!'
Teacher-'Quong Lung. want YOU To
read some English before IL is time TO
sing the last hymn
Chinee tproducing gold ring - Teacher
give YOU that If You take-nice ring
real gold-plenty ladies IN China be glad
10 have that ring
Teacher mot caring 10 have 2 Chinee
for steady company" replies as Sternly
as the smothered giggles around her will
permit D-"Quong Lung, YOU have not
said your lesson vet. What have YOU
done with the bOok!'
Chinee Tin language of the BOweryJ-|
20. lei up on 'hgion Better read and
spell-iearn somethin help get money:
'igiOn no good"
The teacher is SO Mortified at this senti-
ment that she no longer insists upon
her pupils acquiring a knowledge Of the
principles of the American religion and
falls back on the spelling-booi. while this
Chinese ''masher.' satisfied 10 leave his
salvation in the hands o. COnfucius,
flirts his handkerchief, twists his book.
wriggles and squirms. ogles his teacher
from the corners OF his wicked little
almond eyes and behaves badly.
The teacher. who carries 4 philan-
throp;c heart and tender soul under the
crooked biases of her black ddBiaSSe and
Spanish lace fichu, feels her spirits drOop
al the thought of her pupils pOst-mortem
prospects and begins 10 lecture him on
the vanity OF all earthly things. Even
money in a tomato-can cannot satisfy
the heart forever. She tells him, but be
takes no heed.
Presently the last hymn Is given out,
and all the Chinese. big and little. sixty
or sixteen, Cropped-headed or pig-tailed.
rise and sing something that sounds Ike
Chew a-chew a-cheY tooth,
Munich, munich, nicoy,
but It is only a Chinese version of a
Moody and Sankey hymn. IL Is followed
by the doXology. also IN Chinese,
and then all the a,hers shake
hands with their pupils and tell them 10
be sure and come next Sunday. and these
promising infants. still maintaining a
sanctified demeanor, troop home 10
smoke opium and play Chinese poker un-
| III Monday morning recalls them 10 the
ironing board and the cares Of the com
mercial world.
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