The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-08-03

hasn't the slightest resemblance to the
dignity and Iespectability which had
been thought appropriate 20 the lord of
Pelham Manor. 1t is short street,
only two blocks in length It starts
from one very ancient and now unpopu-
lar roadway-to wit: the Bowery-and
ends in another which is n great deal
worse-by the name Of lott sire et
The three streets named, with Doyers,
which can rot be untarg!ed from the
others when man has map in his
hand, so irregular Of direction is Doyers
street, include mass of humanity
which for picturesqueness and hopeless
ness can not be equaled anywhere else
in the United States.
These several streets, al Of which
are in tho Chinese Culrter, present
different aspects at diff, mt times of
the day, but they make a very different
appearance at o clock in the morning
In several OF them III re is a prevalence
OF almond eyes, pigtails and everything
else which pertains to Chinese custom.
A man who had been in China might
imagine himself back again were IL not
for the children, with faces distinctively
American and manners peculiar only to
unrestrained juven lity, who sprinkle
themselves liberal y upon ali the side
walks. little be fore 9 o'clock all Of
these children will have disappeared,
not to return again until the middle Of
the afternoon. When they star in the
morning their faces and hands are
clean, and in spite o: an occasion a patch
they look as neat as any possible
American sovereigns, but six or seven
hours later they are sitting together on
the curtstone over the gutter, having a
real good time with all their acquaint-
ances, and feeling very glad that school
and its various responsibilities and re-
Btrictions cannot begin before 8
o'clock the next day. Some OF these
youngsters are entirely OF eau
causion blood and as good as
any whom they may meet in the school
yard at dinner time, for poverty does
not destroy family spirit OF prevent any
man from making his children look as
well as possible and giving them fair
start in the world. On the other hand,
there are great many youngsters
whose eyes suggest the traditional
almond which has marked the Asiatic
race. They show, also, that to many
Cinnamon in what is called the laundry
district" the goddess of love has APP
peared in the guise of an attractive
woman of German or Irish extraction
There have been number of warnings
against mixed marriages down in that
portion of the city. Clergymen, police
men and other men whose business it is
10 know what is going on have said very
earnestly that woman with any respect
for herself should avoid marriage with q
Chinaman about as carefully as she
would avoid taking an engagement as
nurse in smallpox hospital But Gu
pid always gets ahead of the people who
give advice, 80 number of pig tailed
gentlemen in the tiny bit of Manhattan
Island which / am writing about have
found satisfactory wives, and the wives
seem entirely satisfied with their nus
bands. An entire newspaper could be
filled with reasons why both parties TO
such a contract would be probably dis
appointed, but that wouldn't provo any,
thing more than occurs after most mar
riages upon VIII ch church and society
smile. Every Chinaman is supposed TO
be here for the 20 purf ose OF making
enough money TO go back TO China and
end his days there. Were he 20 take an
American wife with him, all of his an
pestors who may be living would regard
her first as a curiosity and then as a
slave, to be sold at whatever price could