The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-10
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~ Actor. Display Their Asiii.
+,.. Before the Judge.

eour Chinese Actors Display Thsar ADM
ties Before the Judge.
In San Francisco, Ang. IA, four Chi
,ese actors were before Judge Holman,
IN q writ of habeas corpus, 20 decide
xhether thew fall within the terms o.
,ha law excluding Chinese laborers,
mt admitting actors and aTtlsss, Inc
four claimed that they had peen en-
ployed previous to 1881, when 1ney re-
burned to China, at the Chinese theatei
m Jackson steeet, near Dupont. Our.
mo the course of their examination some
doubts were cast upon their respective
Utilities as opponents of the Chinese
drama, and at the request OF Halro,i
Cook each of the four exerted hlmseii
to display his dramatic worth.
Long Kwong was Q Jumper, ana,
rising aud placing his chan on one
side, he stood on n leg. hoioing the
other out straight and raising 9th arms
%heayenward. with the fingers OF bis
hands outstretched, he hoped around
to the infinite amusement of all IN the
court room. He displayed such agility
that no one disputed his clam, and he
was discharged.
Ouong Wa was a sweet singer from
the s'rice and chopstick" district and
he comemnced q Chinese rendering OF
the "Babies on Our Block" beginning
in a low fog-horn key and rising sud
denly to a shrek that caused the build
ing TO shake and his honor to order
him discharge at once and removed
from the neighborhood for fear he
might be tempted to tackle another bar
of the song.
All Sic was a female impersonator
and went through the performance of q
forlorn maiden with an imaginary VII
lain still pursuing her. According to
Sizes rendering the forlorn maiden OF
the fowery kingdom, when she sees y
villain approaching, holds her arms out
straight and whirls around like a top,
at the same time uttering shrill shrieks
of terror that are supposed to pierce the
villains heart like arrows. Judge HoH-
man ordered the versatile Sic discharg.
ed and sent to find the sweet singer.
The remaining actor, when called up
on to show his abilities, astonished
every one. First of all he kicked off
his shoes, and then proceeded to clear
the chairs from the center of the court
room. The interpreter winked at MI.
Cook and explained that the last man was
a clown. Judge Hoffman was beginning
to look aghast at the deliberation with
which the so-called clown was prepar-
ing for his exhibition. A space of TWEEN
tip feet having been clear, the clown
stood in the middle OF the space, and
glared around with such q demoniac
grin and roll of his eyes that several Of
The attorneys moved uneasily in Their
seats. Ii was only for a moment. I'M
mediately after the Chinaman gave a
bound in the air and almost touched the
large chandelier; then he rolled over and
over, this way and that. and all that was
visible was a black ball with legs and
arms flying around 1t. He was up in
the air, then at this end of the room,
then at the other. The "Beggars
Dance" which Pan-kn-keevis danced at
Hiawatha's festival was nothing in COM
parison with this display of agility.
Fearful that the zeal of the actor would
lead him too far, and that he would
expire from exhaustion. Judge Hoffman
declared himself satisfied that the
clown was really a peer in his profess
sion, and other evidence of the clowns
former residence here being adduced,
Judge Hoffman ordered them discharg-
ed and bail exonerated.