The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-10-21
ELL PERKINS IN CHINATOWN.
n 'h'namnn IntcrvIewcd-A Catholic VindI.
Gates Our Public School System.

- 'hinamnn Intcrylewcd-A Catholic Vindl.
Gates Our Public School System.
Inc Chinese quarter on Mott street is
8eCtlhg to look as much like Chinese
Guy as sacramento street in San Fran
CISCO In New York the Chinese are
1Hliy protected by the police, and most
Vi 'llGhl are earnest scholars in Sabbath
ScmooiS. They are watched over care
1ully by the churches. There is no species
Oh hcentlonSncss visible in the entire
quarter. They have their JOSS houses
OF GOD houses where they go to pray, as
We go to orlr churches. Their faith is
about like the Unitarian or jewish faiths,
1hoy believe III one God, who has such
attributes as omnlsclencc, omniprcscnco
and potentially. They reject all prophets
who claim to have n spiritual con-
nection with God. They say God is too
great to need a prophet or assist
ant. Their food is usually rice, peanuts,
OIL, sugar and cheese. They live on
about eight cents per day, and arc
healthy and fat. They are Al learning
to talk English. They never fight un-
less first assaulted, and then it is for pro-
lection. The Irish are fighting all
around them, but the Chinaman is only
curious spectator. Yesterday an Irish
man and his wife were fighting in front
OF the Joss house. A reporter asked one
OF the twenty Cinnamon who was watch
ing the scrimmagc why the Cinnamon
didn't fight too.
'Iou wantce know why Ilishman and
Mcilcan man lillce fghteo?" asked John,
avoiding the spirit of the question.
'No, L want to know why YOU China
mon don't fight?"
"llishman and Mclean man." said
John, still avoiding the question, chin
tightce cause he taid of him wifoe.
Mclean vclly fond stay out latce. Him
wifeo get heap mad-taka q pokn-say,
ME givco him ft'-takco pitchec lice
watn-say, Me coolcc him off, Bimeby
Mclean man como home, takec off him
shoe, stcalcc upstay-say, ME foolcc ole
woman. ALE same him wifce open him
eyc-say, 'Ha! why you be so latee?
Wha time you think him be?' Den
Mclean man him say, You botta leavec
me lonc-mc vclly bad man. Me see
iightcc allie night-Patsco Hogee-Paddy
Lyan. Nc heap sabe Sullivan-knock
you out i'll minute. Nc sabe Muldoon
---givcc you fall-bleal1ee you neck.
You let up; mo vclly tough man-mucheo
woscc man Sullivan"
"What does his wife do then, John?"
asked the reporter.
'Dcn him wifcc catchcc polka. Hittcc
him vclIy hald. Flo licee wata all ovel
him. Takcc him wipe dc flo. Mclean
man yelle, 'Mudda! ii! ii! plecce!"
"And then what?"
"NcNa day ncwspapa heap muchec
talkec, vcIly bad on Mclean mum
Mclean man, him go Chicago, get
dlvolce, catchco nudda wifee, sabe heap
money, all vclly nappcc."
"I hrco apparently bright young men
totally failed in their civil service exami
nations for positions in tho Custom
House last week. The young men now
lay their failure to the fact that they did
not attend the public schools, but, being
Catholics, they attended private Catho-
nc schools, whore they were not taught
thoroughly. One candidate who failed,
MT. AlcCullough, was very indignant.
Whom | asked him if he blamed the civil
service examiners he said:
ono, sir; | do not. / blame NV pa-
rents Tor taking me out of our splendid
public schools, where everything is
tnught through the Normal school sys-
ten, and where all the teachers arc Nor
mai school graduates, and sending me to
a school where l was taught more re-
hGlon than geography"
"Ihcn you do not think the average
Catholic church school is as good a |
place for boy to get an education in as
our regular American public school?" | |
inquired.
"Ccrtainly ] do not. [ shall hence
forth send my children to the New York
public schools. | am Catholic, but / |
am not willing to cripple my children as |
| myself have been crippled. If ] had |
gone to our public schools J. would now
be III the Custom House at 81 500 per
year. Instead iailcd in my cxamina-
ton and go back to 'menial ,liacc |
where l only make $500. Nc boy who
graduates ut the average Catholic school. |
where they hey" old fashioned books, |
OLD t"a!Aoncd systems and solemn and |
ahailow teachers, will hU able to pass
these civil ScrVlc" examinations. We |
Cathollcs are hurting ourselves We arc |
Keeping ourselves III the mud through |
,Yhorancc when we could go to the pub. |
llc schools without money and without |
prlcc, and tit ourselves to cope with the |
rest Of tho world. If we want to take n
place among educated Americans We |
must quit all nonsense and go to Amcri-
can schools and colleges"