New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02

she would, with extreme gravity, withdraw her
head till only the eyes were visible and these
she continued TO fix on the object of her ad-
miration with solemn attention.
Nearer by, sitting an upper bunk. was a
young woman dressed very gayly and swinging
her feet in the view OF her comrades. that the
world might lose no chance of seeing she wore
white American stockings and russell leather shoes.
She was plump pretty, and very lively calling
out comments in the mellow Javanesc tongue to
the people in the hunks beneath her-'wo women
who responded to her chatter with lan@uid
interest.
Over against these, with hardly room 10 move
though she herself could not have weighed more
than seventy pounds. was housewiieiy anu nra'
little Oriental, packing up her thines-a tnS /;
miniature, brown girl, with piece OF s'rlped
silk wound tightly from tho hips TO her ankles anu
loose upper garment constituting ner en;ii =
costume She must have carried on 9er packing
with difficulty, for a small infant in PAIR OF PINK
drawers kept falling about under her lcet. a
large wicker cage filled with some strange range
her elbow the floor beneath her was slippery with
rice, and "a confusion of blankets. silk garments
musical instruments and food was heaped up Oh
the bunk beside her.
In direct contrast to this Javanese type OF
the fourmi was the cigae, who sat at the very end
of the place. high up in the corner on an upper
most bunk. An open portfolio cast long cylinder
of light on her lazy. reclining figure. She was
palcr in tint than the others" sun-burned ivory
AS they say of the Musmees of Japan-worc her
black hair quite deliberately in rolls, and on her
dimnutive body the eayest OF silk wrappings OF
turquoise blue and white. Some one said she
was a half-castc On the floor near her, squattinG
on some sort Of stool. was one Of the musicians
OF the colony wearing richly decorated brccch-
clout below which the legs Of American reach
me.down pants" appeared picturesQucly. In that
sitting atmosphere he played continuously and
sadly on a sort Of violin. the thin, rensive tones
sounding wafully above the chatter of nearly a
hundred Javancse tongues. The visitors paused
10 listen TO the native music, which seemed so
much more meIodious than either Chinese or
Japanese The player on his mettle. after waking
several familiar but waverins strains embarked
falterngly upon 1.-The Wearing Of the Green.
He had already lecn trained to please the loyal
Americans of Chicago.
On deck passing out, the Orient seemed still 10
follow one. One came upOn il in the group OF
Chinese squatting on the deck for dinner Chat
tering like monkeys. they eat rice from artistic
pale-green china bowls with ebony chopsticks
On tray In front OF them stood a savory mess OF
bright yellow on q grass-crecn dsh-a bit Of color
for artist IN the wharf it came upon one
in the brcaths Of Eastern fragrance from the STACKED
bales. in the sudden glimpses Of richly dressed
deeply painted Chinese women, tottcrinC by on
their high-seled white shoes. and even out in the
street it followed one in the hand of a secdy-
looking dock laborer. who. in an open wicker
basket. carried an unrpc pineapple on mound
of green and yellow lines.