Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-31
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item profess Christianity, because it
ray do them some good in the way of
keeping them in order, but one thing is
certain, and can say 1t positively, ii is
utterly impossible and foolish for these
people to try to make orthodox Chris
tians out of them. They may attend
school regularly, but rest assured when
they want to do any real worship they
will go to their houses and take out their
own little joss and talk to it. 7"
The man to whom Owyang Ming said
this Is police official of very large ex-
perience among the Chinese Of New
York city. Il have seen no reason to
dispute this he added. II don't know
Christian Chinaman, and have never
met one, though, Of course, would not
make the broad assertion that there is
s none. My experience is that the So
called Christian Cinnamon are working
the Christian people for what they can
get out of them. 1t is true, they each
have their little joss when they want to
do any real worshipping. They go to
to the Sunday-schools and to the
churches. They are fawned on by the
women, and petted by the young
women, and then they 60 down TO Mott
street, but it's for an altogether different
purpose than worship or missionary
work. They so to visit the houses of
ill-fame or the gambling dens. They go
to see the women that their Chinese
cousins keep in the houses in Pell and
Doyer and Mott streets. / know what
am talking about, for have seen them
there. In raid on gambling house at
Mott street the police found Sunday
school book in gamblers drawer, and
with it was a photograph of a Chinese
missionary who was drawing $500 q
year from Sunday school association
for making converts among the Mott
street heather. The book had been
given to the missionary by married
woman. 1t was full of Christian mot
tos and verses from the Bible. In
another raid there was letter from a
Chinese missionary TO vile woman of
Chinatown found. Its contents could
be interpreted but one way, and that
was not to the credit Of the Chinese mis-
sionary.
at makes me boil inside to see the
energy wasted on the heather. If it did
any good at all | would welcome it.
But it doesn't. Are there not poor peo-
pie enough waiting and ready to accept
Christianity for these young women to
save? These young women, mean,
kwho now devote their time and their
money to useless task with the China
men. These Cinnamon don't respect
women. They look on her as a slave
and thing born to serve Chinaman.
They have no respect whatever for her,
nor have they any respect for the white
people. But the deluded women don't
know or understand that. Why, re-
member one instance of Chinaman
who was arrested for embezzlement.
< He was notorious man and at the
/. same time | think missionary among
his brethren. Some time after his arrest
finely dressed woman, whom | know
to be a Christian and interested in work
among the Chinese, went to the station
house and asked to see him. was in
the station ut the time, and accompa.
MED her to the cell. 1t positively dis
gusted me to see her throw her arms
around that mans neck and kiss and
caress him. Perhaps they were kisses
of Christianity. She ordered hot din.
ner for him, and then asked permission
to sit in his cell and eat with him. THAI
was just a step more than could stand
and / told her 50.
"What is my experience with China.
men who 90 to Sunday school? Well
it's just this. they are very little II
any better than those who don't. Tic,
don't go to Sunday school for Christi
anity. They 60 chiefly TO learn the Ian
guage that they may be better able Il
cheat their brethren; second, for TIL
sake OF the pretty books and the cloth
ing that the Christian people give i
them; third, for the financial and bust
ness aid they are able to get BY thei
show Of piety, and fourth for tile soci
city of young women. ] put the society
Of young women fourth 1t might Z,
first as well. don't mean 10 cast an,
reflections on the character Of any eoun!
woman who is now deyoting her tim
to trying to make Christians Of China
men, but am sure that il she knew tn
thoughts that went through lie
heathen's mind as he sits and gloat
over her beauty and her physica
charms, she might not be SO earnest il
her work. She might think, til face
that her best young man could attrac
her heathen's mind to the lesson bette
than she can do it,
One, Chu Chung, is sample of III
Chinese missionary, He claimed to i
converted and was sent ont by tho sun
day schools to convert his brethren. II
is one of the gamblers in Mott stree
He was notorious pirate in Hong kom
before he came to America. On his fir.
visit here he landed in Astoria or I'or
land, Ore, and became common sneal
thief. He has been in all the large citi,
in At1,orirn and IN fiaph an hn I.F5 NJ,
different name and has been in troubl
In one city he was known as j. G. Ghey
In another, 500 Chong Chew; inanothe
Mon Jong. He manipulated the Oh
Dese forgers, Chm E'ong ana kwon
Hong Loong, who forged successful
the names of nearly all the Chinese me
chants in New York city. He got Cal
tain McCullagh before the police boai
once on a trumped up charge Of biacl
mail. He got so bad that the Ghinamt
in Mott street few years ago got up
purse of 5000 and fired him out III il
city with it, He went to Philadelphia
lie posed there as Chinese gamGiii
reformer, and got the sympathy Of Il
Christian people there end in 4 fe
months was up to his old tricks with Il
fan-tan shops. Ii cost the Gilman,
there about Sl,uOO TO get rtd 9f Hill
Then lie went IL Boston, and then
came back here. He's Il sample Of fl
men whom the Christians believe til,
have converted. Of course, ills no /
Election on the Christians except that.
shows an astonishing laetof knowled
OF worldly affairs and Of men
II know another missionary who 50
information about tile fan-tan shops il
newspaper and got that paper Interest,"
in crusade against them. Then
went TO tile fan tan men and offered
stop the attack for $500. He got /
money, and the crusade was stoppe