The sun., 1890-11-27
YOONG SHING'S FAIR BRIDE.
He WEBS MS SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER
IN CALVAkT BAPTIST CHURCH..
Miss LILLIAN RounAey Converted tho Heath.
ern. Taught Him n Little Enxiish and
Incidentally Fell In Love With Him.


Miss Lillian Ronndey OF 27 Rutgers street
was married yesterday afternoon In the Call
vary Baptist Church. In West Fifty seventh
street. OF which the Rev. DR.. II. s. Macarthur Is
pastor. to Yoong shinG q Chinaman who has
been In her Sunday school class. Only q few
intimate friends of the bride and groom wit
messed the ceremony. Although there has been
considerable gossip about Miss Roundey's
friendship for the Chinaman. her friends wero
very much surprised when she announced u
short time ago that she intended to marry Mr..
Shing. Every preoaution was taken to keep
the marriage quiet.
Miss Roundey is not yet 40 years old. She
is tall and very slight, her hair Is brown, and
she wears eye ela ,ses. She has been greatly
interested in the work OF foreign missions.
She also taught q Chinese GLASS at the Mariners
Temple In Oliver street Miss Roundey Ia said
TO have some money. and she was able to de-
vote good deal OF time to missionary work
among the local heathen.
Yoong ShinG was y widower. His first wifs
was also an American woman. Yoong was born
in Hong Kong and is rather good looking. He
Is tall and straight. and dresses In the Ameri-
can fashion. His English vocabulary is not
large. but he talks Spauish fuently. For a
number OF years after leaving China he lived
YoonH came 'S so S.W o and he bss9
working here as cigarmaksr. no lived in the
| rear OF the tenement ut 10 FORSYTH street.
! Whom he came to New York he could talk very
! little En- gish. Some Of his aol,iaintances say
| that lie was at that time something of 4 fap-
| tan player and q man-a bout. NJ Mott-street He
| joined Miss Roundey's Sunday school class.
| and. as his knowledge OF the language i'm.
| provcd. he became interested In the teaching
| and finally joined the church.
| Tho rumor that the Sunday school teacher
| was engaged to her Chinese pupil was look ed
upon as loke, Her friends knew that shs
| had boon much Interested In tho work OF saw
| Ing the Chinese here in New York. and thought
| that she was simply Interested In Yoong be-
| cause he had been converted, and was bright
| appearing Chin amau.
Only few OF 70 ng's friends. who are cigar
| makers, and several Sunday school teachers.
friends Of Miss Roundey, accompanied the
couple to the Calvary Bartis at Church, In Fifty
seventh street late yesterday afternoon, Tho
Yoong wore a new frock suit, After the cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. ShinR went over to 43
| Sands street Brooklyn. whore they will live.
Yong Shinc was IN ailing basketful OF we'd
| ding announcements last night whou a reporter
| OF THE Sun found him. He said they we're not
| going on a wedding trip but m ght give lit
| tie supper to some OF their friends Mr.. Shng
| said he was a Christian. His first vito died
about two years ago. He met Miss Roundey
at the Sunday school aud fell III love with her.
| The cards that he was mailing contained SIM
! lied TO- Miss Roundey. They were printed in
| English. and some Of them would go to his
friends In hna.
| DIR. Macarthur OF the Calvary Baptist Church
| refused to say anything about the marriage
| last night.