The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-03
Mr.. AND MRS. YUET SING.
Married First by Proxy. They Go
Through a Binding Ceremony

Wong Chin Foo, a Chinese journalist,
thus tells Of an interesting Gotham Incl
dent:
/ Mr.. Yuet Sing, the rich old Chinese
/ merchant of Chatham square is treating
his friends sumptuously just at present,
/ all because of the arrival OF his pretty
! young wife from the West, whom he
/ had not seen at all until she was duIy
/ married to him by proxy. Mr.. 1ue'
/ Sing being represented at the ceremony
/ by his chief cook. Costly presents anu
| differing $50 gold pieces have poured
/ IL for the past week from his numerous
/ Chinese colleagues, the storekeepers,
/ and others. These tender memorials
! fairly melted the heart Of the ancient
! BRIDEGROOM, so much so, that he resolved
! 10 treat his friends to a sumptuous
blowout" in real Oriental style. Nearly
eu the Chinese restaurants were too
small to accommodate the host OF IN
vited guests, so Yuet Sing chartered all
| the public houses in Mot. street, Tor that
matter all the Chinese public halls and
restaurants in New York. Tie eight
big restaurants were forbidden to enter
tain apv customers from Saturday morn
ing to Monday midnight by fat con
tract to attend only to the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Yuet Sing. Even these places
were insufficient to hold the spread, and
the joss house at Chatham square was
also secured by the burning OF a few
bundles of JOSS sticks in the rear part OF
/ Yuet Sings store.
Even the private apartments OF the
bride are mortgaged for the next two
DAYS to entertain the female portion OF
the Chinese community, who are not
f-,vY- 70. I NO
men. Here Nine. Yuet Sing prcsldes
Toward the latter part Of to day the
male guests will be introduced to the
bride one by one at her apartments,
when these guests Will be expected L
deposit the regular bridal present III the
shape of golden coins wrapped IN red
paper In return they will receive from
her own dainty handsa cup of the finest
teas of the FlOwery Kingdom.
The feast began at 4 p. IN. Saturday
with eight persons at each table, the
regular bridal number. There were
thirty-six tables in all. was assigned
to the Joss house or shnrktin squad. In
most of the male departments there was
Chinese music by fractions of the Mott
street Chinese band, while the female
celebrants had to be content with such
music as they could make for them
selves.
At1Op. NJ, when half the fifty courses
had been served, Mr.. Whey Wing TO,
the master of ceremonies, announced an
adjournment until p. m. Sunday, when
the guests resumed the same dinner at
the same point where they lett OH. Auet
Sing is under contract to have the
, feast entirely over by the middle OF
October.
When the adjournment was taken the
guests were invited to witness the mar
rage ceremony, Mr.. Yuet Sing having
, suddenly awakened to the fact that the
: proxy marriage at San Francisco was
not sufficiently binding. This astOnish-
, ed the guests and they hastily Adjourned
to the Joss house. Over 200 guests as
sembled and sat in rows around the
room, with Joss sitting serenely on
l paper at the other end. Presently the
bridal party entered. The blnshing
bride is only q mite of thing, IS years
old, and pretty. Her outer cloak was OF
: lavender silk, beautifully embroidered
l with solid gold lace. The ground WORK
f of her dress was flaming red satin, with
diagonal stripes of gold, blue sllhen
flowers and rich embroidery. The tive
little maids wore soft sky-blue silk
and stood one on each side OF the
bride.
< AS the party entered the room, the
4 entire assembly arose in silence. Iher
the groom stepped aside, and the bride
and her maids were made to face the
q mighty Joss Kivan Coon. A red sllke1
3 rag was hastily placed before the ALTA
of Joss The bride kneltu upon 1t, while
an attendant handed her small bunci
4 of lighted joss sticks. The little brides
5 maids on either side arranged the beau
. tiful rainbow skirts of the bride with thu
lighted sticks. The bride made thre'
9 low salaams toward the tierce-lOokln;
l Joss. The sticks were gently taken from
her hand and stuck into an urn upol
: the altar. She was then assisted to he
- feet by the maids.
J The guests once nc resumed t1eI
seats. The master of ceremonies lee
the way for the bride to make her bow
before the rows of guests, which she oi'
gracefully, with her fan held before ne
, face. She was followed by one mal'
: with tray of tiny cups of perfumed tea
Each guest, on taking the cup from III
tSay. replaced it by q gold CON wraPpe
= in Sed rice paper. The other maid follow
y ed wish big box of pure Havanas. Fac
8 cigar taken was replaced by silver co con
also wrapped in red paper, me
> the Spectators drank the health OF III
d bride. The much-fatigued bride IN cor co
= clusiOn was made to worship or mo 10
, 10 Mr.. Toong Gwin, the nearest an
L Oldest relative of the groom, which
10 tha form of receiving consent and
q blessing from the head Of the family.