Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12
. FonnIeN sIeHrs AND soBN rs.
An Enjoyable Lecture Delivered by
Mrs. Lucy y. Bainbridge.


In Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Tues
day evening Mrs. Lucy 3. BRinDrtdge enter
tanned an audience OF about 400 people
with an exceedingly Interesting lecture en-
titled Sights and Scenes 10 Otler Lands"
She talked In pleasant tone and epoke for
upwards OF an hour commanding the
ssriotest attention all the while. The I'D
cress was Illustrated by curios and by
young women and men IN costume. Pretty
and impressive soenss, representing wor-
ship In h9ethen temples and homes. were
introduced, the tableaux being partlci-
pated In by Miss Bessie Davis, bliss Alice
Whitaker, Frank Walker, Miss Lorena
Emnons, Miss Flora Ayars, Walter Cook,
Miss sallie Bserbrower, Miss May Mcclure,
the Rsv. DR.. william f. BainDrldge,
Miss Maggie Ayar5. William Beerbower,
Miss Cora Carpenter, Charles Maroney,
Miss Lydia Woodward Miss Dora
Westcott, John Booth, Miss Jennie Nc.
MILAN. Miss Nellie Bennett and Yelling
ton Pierce. illustrations OF the worship OF
the Druids, Japanese, Chinese, Slamese,
Burmese, Indians, Pers!ans, Egyptians,
Africans, Turks, SSrians, Moslems, Moham-
medans and Russians were given, as was
also representation OF u Burmese we'd
ding. The collection Of curio was large
and fine and included handsome flag
from the King of Siam.
Mentioning Japan Mrs. Bainbridge de-
scribed lis modes OF worsnlp and travel.
Its mountain scenery, she said. Is beautiful.
The women arrange their hair In three
| styles, tho woman engaged to be marrlsd,
the married woman and the widow each
| having certain style. Continuing the
| lecturer declared all Chinese are not laun-
drymen. Some OF their homes are the most
elegant she ever visited. The people in the
southern part OF China are frugal aud very
much crowded, Dogs and cats are eaten
| In the south but not In the north. Canton
has cat market and In some parts of the
south dead rats are sold. Tho physicians
prescribe many poultlces, which, II they
benefit the patients, are returned tn the
physicians, who put them on the fronts OF
| their houses. Mrs. Bslnbridge had seen a
| house front covered with plastars. This
| people OF South China have great carved
hedstead5, with canopies and shelves, the
latter for children. o. top of the bedsreads
| are bowls filled with incense, put there to
keep away evil spirits. Rivers and canals are
abundant In Slam and travel is mostly by
| boat. The women do all the york, while
the men gamble. Gambling places In Sian
are as numerous as grocery stores In Amer.
lean cities. Some OF the men gamble away
their clothing and wives, bur seldom
too lazy to work. The white elephant
is worshiped. 1t is not perfectly white, pu'
is lighter than the darkest, a sort OF AiOina
with pink eyes and the tail peculiarly
kinked. Burmese women are bright and
go about with much freedom. The houses
which are from six t. ten feet abov,
ground, are built OF teak wood and erected
on bamboo platform, beneath which ar
cattle and chicken yards. AT a Burmese
wedding the woman foods the man Will
rice, next he feeds her and after that the!
eat together; the couple become HUSBAND
and wife after having smoked. Persia ha
made more progress during the last tw
1900 and great things may be expected @
her. In Russia an unmarried woman ha
her hair arranged In one braid a marrteI
woman's, In two hraids.
At the conclusion OF the address Gamer
lea" was sung.
The proceeds OF the lecture will g
towards the payment OF the floating debt Q
the church.
DR.. d linbridge will lecture for the sam
object on June 24th on "Bagdad to An
tioch. or 1900 miles on Horseback In West
ern Asia"