Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-28
A. Proud Celestial.
The Times.


in Philadelphia. has ben added TO
the Chinese colony of this city. 1t all
happened on Sunday night, and Joe
} ames, the prosperous Chinese mer-
chant on Eleventh street, near Wal
nut is the happy father. The baby is
IN many ways just like the usual
every day baby that intrudes lis pres
ence in almost every household. 1t
cries and kicks and scratches with
vigor. It weighs seven pounds and
the neighbors say it has strong lungs.
Its little toes have already begun to
work their way through its shoes of
Southdown wool in the fashion of a
healthy American child. 1t is a girl.
This fact was little disappointing TO
Mr.. Jamos at first but he became rec
onciled and chen happy. and now it
is thought that he is the proudest
father in PHILADELPHIA. He had an
extra strut last night and his smile
was childlike and bland as he stood
in his store door enjoying the fra
GRANGE of fine cigar, to which he
had treated himself in honor OF the
event. Overhead. IN the elegantly
furnished room, were the mother and
child, with a well trained nurse in
attendance.
The baby was dressed in a slip of
the softest silk, decorated with q
hand painted rose of the most delicate
tint and laces of the finest ha ndiwork.
The robe had been finished and laid
away by Mrs. James many weeks be-
fore it was needed. as was a whole
al oF L., E. ! L
pected arrival. The little one is of a
rich olive complexion, with bright
little almond eyes, which peep out
from the heavy lace with which its
dainty pillow is trimmed. Yesterday
Mr.. James was the recipient of many
congratulations from his fellow coun-
trymen and the presents watch were
sent to the little heir we're numerous,
unique, and many of them costly,
the news of the baby's arrival got out
early yesterday among the Cinnamon
In the city, and little else was talked
about.
Mr.. James is very popular among
his countrymen, and it is expected
that the rejoicing over the birth of
his child will be kept up for many
days, as is the custom among the peo-
pie of his nationality. AS this is a
girl, there was no feasting, as there
would have been if the child had been
boy, but as it is the first Chinese
baby born in this city the Cinnamon
think the occasion of sufficient i'm
portance for general rejoicing. The
name of the baby has not yet been
decided on. Several names have
been suggested. am0ng which are
Yum Yum and Rose Cleveland.
Paper Collars,
Omaha Bee.
You keep shirt collars?" asked a
man with long grizzly black hair and
a full beard, of 81 clerk in a store on
Broadway.
Eyes; what kind, paper?" respond
ed the clerk.
Yes"
"What size?"
Fourteen and half"
''Here you are"
The customer was served, and had
left the store, when a Bee reporter
said:
Sam, how'd you know he wanted
paper collars?"
''O!, I just sized him up little, 1
guess"
tDo you have many calls for paper
collars?"
"No, not many; mighty few sold
nowadays"
why do they prefer them to linen
geods2"
They're cheaper; now this man
that was IN, is a'good specimen of the
fellows that wear paper. He don't
get any washing done, and wears one
probably a week and then throws it
away"
What do paper collars cost a
box?"
Call the way from to II cents a
box; each box contains ten collars.
Those fellows who stick to paper col
lars don't have any washing done, I
don't suppose, once IN two months.
They pin paper collar onto colored
shirt when they go out, and think
they are all dressed up. They're the
kind of people who get a shave and a
haircut about oncc a year, and then
they think they are doing it up