Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-01

night No scenery Is used, and q
hidcous band Of musicians twang
at a hideous lot Of ear splitting
instruments while the actors perform.
No woman Is permitted To act, 40 men
take their places They nrc educated up
TO 1t, and the simpcring Chinese maid in
gorgeous dress Is exccllently portrayed
by some young fellow. Watching the
vast sea of faces from the stage Is a pic
turo one will long remember. Ono man
seems the exact duplicate Of tho other;
they all look alike, and. wearing tho
Identical hat, pig tail and blouse. tho
scene Is ismonotonous to degree. However
much pleased he may be, the Chinaman
seldom shows it and never applauds
Occasionally there is a gr,int of pleasure,
but the yellow, expressionless faces never
light up with satisfaction. When a Sec
ton of tho play ends at midnight they all
go out and gamble-every mothers son
Of them-and the lottery dealers do a
thriving business. Later they tumble
into their wretched hunks, and with n
little box Of opium 'hit the pipe" and lie
down TO pleasant dreams. In tho
restaurants you can see the rich China
man. He is superbly dressed, and
has about him his men friends and
his women slaves Ho sparkles with
Jewels, and is the fat and greasy citizen
we meet in the purple of life. Chinese
musicians play for him, Chinese women
coddle him and the restaurant feeds him
and his guests with the finest Of food.
Even into the secrecy Of their magnif.
cent pink dining halls the white visi
tor can boldly enter and look on. John
Chnaman fears To offend his Caucasian
brother In any way. To him everything
Is open. Down i'm other sections of the
town, tho gambling places, tho 1.-TWO
bittee lookce" quarter and the poorer
streets reeking with depravity, are many
interesting sights, but ! draw the veil.
Only this can be said for 1.-THE Celestial
keeps all his vice to himself. He Is never
drunk outside. never ragged, dirty, dis
reputable or dishonest away from China
town. He will plod and work and slave
for you faithfully up 10 the letter Of any
agreement. 1t is only when he leaves
you to become his own master that ho
makes the break and going to his haunts
becomes n low, vicious atom Of hu-
manity.
lattendcd Chinese funeral. While
In the flesh the "remains" had been pop
ular, and the paid criers at his bier were
many. Tho friends also gathered numer-
ously, and many inyocations were made
TO tho God of Wrath, tho God Of Luck
and the God OF Health to make it pleas
ant for the departed in the sweet by and
by. 1t seemed to me that every hack in
San Francisco had been chartered for
this funeral. for when the carriage pro-
cesgion started IL was fully mile and
half long before tho last Chinese quar-
tet had gotten into tho last vehicle. A
carriage full of musicians, playing tom
toms and beating gongs. led tho way,
then the hearse holding the body, placed
in common coffin, Upon the hearse
sat Chinaman laden with small pieces
Of perforated tissue paper. Behind
the hearse, ut intervals OF ten
carriages, were more tomtoms and
gongs. Finally the funeral started
and dashed through the city pell nell,
bound for the graveyard. 1t looked
more like n fast drive to a horse trot