The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-14
WITH HER CHINESE PUPIL.
EIGH7EEN- YEAR-OLD GRJtE FRENCH
SUPPOSED 10 HfpE ELOPED.

men, was sent tn THE SuN on Thursday:
ITO THE y. Y. MORNING STU: We do no,
oppose an American girl to marry an intelli
gont. well. educated Chinese providing that he
loves her. cherishes her. and properly sup
ports her. 70 t
when girl who has lost her own respect
and marrics common ignorant Chinese
laundryman. who has already wlfc and two
children In China. tits tino for our respccta
bic Chinese to call stop
There will 10 n marriage OF this kind.
"A Miss Grace Fronch. who resides at S
Auburn place. Brooklyn. will soon be married
to an ignorant laundryman named Lee Tad
alias Edward W. Lee.
For tho good name OF the respectable Chi
ncso we have tried to prevent such Il marriage
among ourselves.
I'm this caso tho gill is to ho blamed. for
she turns deaf ear to the advice Of all her
friends and also to his.
Now wo wish you TO spare little space In
your valuable columns to dcnounce such an
Outrage: for it is n disgrace to the American
public. to tho respectable Chinese. AMI tn
those who have honorubly married in this
country LEE liIN
lilo KEE.
JOE ToSG."
All day yesterday and tho day before the
house at 8 Auburn place. Brooklyn. whore
Ieter French and his family live. preserved
shutters Ot tho snail two.story !rick house
we're closed and the Sn ,I, behind Iyacn them
OF Mr.. French and his Ianghttr Grace, we're
within. but 1t was bowed IN grief 3 Mr.. French
ns for out s nS x1G"E T Tss
Sa HS T@at Se sS
YSHisEs sy Ta S so s"%"f p. au run
borhcod Ms n kindly old man. owns the house
that his family ,v"s in. and has sqitlcie IT.
Mth"at wor m,s sf iii. three daashers Eia
beth. Grace. and Nellie. nro ~ cpmely ana
than nsny we'll Now %df GnSt yrs a ,nH
She is rather above tho medium height. with
a well-ronnded. graceful figure, nnd clean;
i" iss and sxS'or!iSaaliy prs;ty Since, nor
which occurred two years ago. she has taken
cnargf it + sni,' Of tNe correspondence u
Hi" avHr r YEAR r0 sro Sis and her mother
were admitted as tenchcrs int" th9 chinese p,iss
s snnsS s SHt% o, Them had fSS
Place Methodist Church. and It was only after
to tho baptist sunday school. The reason for
their coming as M Hamilton. The superb,
pupils had become attached TO them: and when
the pupils wore invited TO tho Baptist school
MEX s ha Hy "nH s1
however. remained Methodists. and never
there arc from thirty to forty pupils every
Sunday at tho school and the regular meeting
lasts from half past = in the afternoon until
prayer meeting conducted in the Chinese Ian
guage by tn: Chinese branch Of TIE Young
per il served for ali those Cinnamon who live
ut distance from tine church. Or who wish to
9 th 81 Rs g tine
only a few OF the teachers. it is said. have usu-
Miss ,f French aud her m"thet were among liz
half dozen or so that took their supper with
Les Tad was not one Of the regular pupils Of
prayer msetinEs Of the T. n; G: a. Chinmmen:
dsy school Class. He is described as robust
more than usually particular about his per;
sonal appearanse, ,, He il about 80 years OF
sss sgSdis a anG Tf til essaSs 70
NJ 6aA 4: # was siwsyf 7. soaspi;;a:
o we reason s In tie first place h. always came
othe meetings in his full Chinese costume:
e.: ;ns ftx IN i s
Chinese geHetniIy adopt immsdiatey On BE- n.
Sept Bis psts but eenery se eoneeaeS %
der huge black wig, which gave very unusual
Leo Fa g. s ef sfaS G
x WITH Ss Ise
lust how the intimacy between lie Tad and
Miss French came about nobody seems to
iatendent Of the school and Mr. jack man, It's
secretary are both at loss to exrlyin it. Lee
a st ns Sss c sSn R ana @
for. tho PURPOSE he says OF seeing how the
Cinnamon and their teachers behaved toward
hAr hal iuh tnS fS ni,.in
and Les PSd between
to have got abroad among the Cinnamon and
certain ones Of their teachers that the two
e sohn ae Ss ho ' d.
Lsss Sunday Lee S a mot the
whether the two were together or not seems
to te wholly matter Of c:eniestuIe. On SIN.
rimonial Intentions The news is sall to
e e1Ss but sS that "s they cssla say Ha%asE
ad 5 a. the time regard thsr
8 Whimsical, display Of AN Independent spirit |
with no serious plrposs. However that may
But ps Ss eatsnea esmsn
and on "Wednesday. as, far as can be learned.
Lee Tad. according to the statement OF his |
friends. seems to have saDpeared ut the same |
Chang Fook. one OF Lee Tada closest COM
Ganions. has e laundry at 40 De Knlo avenue. !
Lee. and three other Cinnamon all lived to- |
erther In China and came to this country to-
gether about five years ago. Chung Fook was |
5aptized in tho Greenwood BAPTIST Church t,, q
Tad had resolved to marry Miss 81 french be-.
Lee Hin, Ho kee. or Joe Tong. the Cinnamon |
Mho wrote the letter to THE suYY Since Lee
nue.. he snid. 10 Ind been living with his
brother Wing Lee. ut 81 Cranberry street.
Wing Lee told tho writer that, on Thursday
night MI. French. tho girls father. had come
TO the laundry looking, for her. When Wing
who sen spess nEnGIIsl both 6et out out q the
the front door. and tho other Chlnamnan with
drawing into rear room The Chinaman
Of knelish. and NJ. French. had to 80 away
Wing i.ee said that Lee Tad lived with him.
but had not been home for two or three days:
was nobl iys business hut his OWL. Lee Tad
had wife and two children In China. It was
I'M that had nof hing n do with thp \,