Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-31
AwEDDING POSTPONED.
The Anti-Chinesei Law lnterferes
With Celestial tHapptneas.

Inc hntl-linlneSet Law lnCerIeFeb
With Celestial Happiness.
New York, August 80.-There was a fam
lily row IN Harlem to-day in which the late
anti-Chinese bill was the main factor, and
All Chung, young and prosperous laundry
man, was the participant. Five years
ago All Chung, then a mere boy of
fourteen. was betrothed to the pretty thir-
teen -year-old daughter Of well-to. do neigh.
Dor. Ah Chung told his prospective
BRIDES relatives that he was going to visit
his father, who was then In San Francisco
keeping laundry, and that he would return
in two or three years to get married Soon
after Chung's arrival at the Golden Gate
his father sold out his washing business,
and the two came to New York, where they
started laundry on Third avenue near
Seventy second street, and recently re-
moved further up in Harlem, where the
ia ther and son are making good living
In the meantime Chung's father-in-law and
mother-in-law in China are kicking fiercely
be cause Chung has not kept his promise of
becoming their actual son-in law. Besides,
the daughter, who IS now full grown and
handsome young lady, threatens dire ven
geance on both families by committing self
destruction unless her early betrothed should
come over to her and apologize by becoming
her husband forthwith. The crisis arrived
in the person OF the anxious to. .get-married
girls uncle, who is also New York laundry
man, appeared at Ah Chung's wash-house.
He held in his hand voluminous docu-
ment, said to be an ultimatum from the irate
Chinese father-in-law at Canton. 1t con-
tanned the important. information that All
Chung must either go to China immediately
or withdraw his claim to the young woman
in question and pay damages to the tune OF
the price of several laundries for keeping her
waiting for him so long. Chung's old father
was willing to let his boy go TO his doom"
by going to China 20 get married, but Chung
was not so willing.
"Wha she matter my go home jush now,"
exclaimed the troubled youth. ''You tinls
my likee mallie one piece niece young lady
loosee my shtay in Malica no more can come
back here2 No, no. Me no go just now,
thlee year more"
father and the girls uncle at the same time.
"You sphose makee too muchee foolee me.
Me holler for polis Me lun away and by and
by malice Malican girl more beautee China
girl, answered the young Chinaman good
naturedly, in half English and half Chinese.
But" said the father, "they will betroth
the girl who is your own pretty wife to some
other fellow, and they won't wait any three
years more, nor year, either"
NJ" ~ dc don't t.,;a, care, no belong my pigeon;
lady in China. You .fxec him law; me
can ccme back. l go home. No fixee law
no home.n
Unhappily this is not the only case in
which Cinnamon are in this peculiar predica-
ment owing to the new law against them.
There are scores, II not Hundreds, of young
Cinnamon now in New York who are anx-
ious TO go home to get married to their
youthful spouses, but for fear of not
being able to come back they take
their chances Of losing their brides
rather than give up the chances OF living in
America where, they say. are not only
better places to make living, but they
rather enjoy the peculiar life Of the people.
Those Cinnamon who were fortunate enough
TO return before the passage of the new bill
say that after living in America so long life
IN China is unbearable TO them, owing TO its
dullness, poverty-stricken appearance and
the general monotony Of life. Many say they
would rather lose China than the United
States. even II they occasionally meet with
sights here.