Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-01

Complaints from the Monaghan mer-
chants III the vicinity of the mashers'
favorite corner caused the police to give
the Hongkong fashionablcs some pointed
attentions. This oihc interference.
combined with the effect of new cable
line on Sacramento street, caused the
favorite promenade to lose its prestige.
The fashion and beauty of Spofford alley
and the adjacent by-ways of thinatown
moved west for its iirtatious recreation.
The east side of Stockton street, between
Pacific and Clay, is now the ultra fash
ionable promenade of Chinatown, and
there, on hnc sunday afternoons, the
,frescoed bellies OF the colony repair to
delight the eyes of the pig tailed mash
ers.
While the male sex is greatly in the
majority in Chinatown, the women are
by no means scarce, and for q couple of
hours in the afternoon quite spirited
Irritation is carried along the two blocks
of the promenade.
There is no need of spe ial officer to
segregate the two grades of Monaghan
men about town. The olcaginous saus-
age,makers and their intimaies drift
naturally into their station in the unfash-
ionab.c section. II by chance one of the
,indevelopCd Washers OF the lower strata
gets out OF his element he soon realizes
that he is misplaced and skurries out of
range OF the contemptuous sneers that
reach him on the fashionable reserve.
Tho Oriental bellies of Spofford alley
and Murderers' row take dinner Mt noon.
and about o'clock the domestic duties
of dishwashing, etc., having been duly
discharged the bedizened beauties are
ready to sally out for fresh conouests.
The procession, so to speak. forms, as
rule, on Dupont street, Between Clay and
jackson, and the line of march is from
Dupont to jackson, TO Stockton, where
st countermarchcs, and is reviewed by
the assemblage of pig-tailed heart
amashers.
Custom prescribes that the unmarried
damsels of modest years may show them
selves only once on the promenade. To
atone for this harsh edict of society they
are allowed to walk rs slow as they
please. Married danes may counter
march once on the promenade without
mourning ccnsu:e. Widows being n
law unto themselves can trot up and
down the promenade rs long rs their
breath lasts.
It is against oil the rules of Chinese Iro-
'prio.y;. : :.::t my woman should Stand tn
chat with an ucyua' rtahce on The prom,
enade or acknowledge any salutation
by more than smile. There being no
old maids in Chinatown, that branch of,
The female condition needs no Special
rules, and the general code is thereby
much siInplifed.
The behavior Of the promenading
belles is propriety itself. The almond
eyed damsels, with marital aspirations,
trip along on their doubled-up toes,
with their eyes glued to tho sidewalk.
No amount of ogling can make them
h6id up their heads, and the greatest
favor that the most fascinating masher
|, can obtain is one swift sidolong glance,
that is thrown at him as unexpectedly
~ brick on Brannan street. The re-
picnt of this tieetipg favor is immcdi-
Iss ly convulscd with delight, and the
A1le row of his associate Washers set
gabble that is only Quoted by the
aiance of fresh beauty.
+ he married bellies stroll along. ac-
Il anied by slipshod old duonna,
,nrries bunch of keys as formi-
as a sandclub. This old dame
& ably possesses an eye like an auger,l
Aeep ng it steadily fixed on the
pig-tailed Washers, generally
oil attempts at familiarity. If
lar science of repression be not
the occasion, she checrfully raps
q dy masbcr on the noddle with
5: h of keys and passes on calmly,
/ companions take him off to be
!: aplastered. The widows peram-
}nc, with their heads up like
u. in Acorntield, while a running
I s. supplementary comment greets
ri pg the length of the line