The herald., 1893-12-30
NO HEATHEN, THOSE CHINESE,
They Give an Enjoyable Enter.
tainment Yesterday
Before q Large Crowd in the First
Presbyterian Church.
The christianissd Little Ones OF the Chi
nese Kindergarten Show what
They Have Learnsd-An-
nual Exercises.

One OF the most unique and amusing
entertainments held here for eome time
was the annual exercises OF the Chinese
kindergarten, given at the First Pres
byterian church yesterday afternoon.
The church was crowded by old and
young alike, who watched the little con-
vsrted brethren with great interest and
laughed heartily over the antics OF sew
eral OF the class.
The church was filled long before the
opening time Of the entertainment, and
shortly after 2:30 o'clock the class made
its appearance in charge of the teacher,
Miss Reynolds. They were taken in
carriages from the school in Chinatown
to the church and marched down the
aisle and took seats upon the platform,
faoing.the audience. There were 13 in all,
Eve boys and eight girls, and we're
grouped in q semi.circle, very similar
to the seating in the opening act OF
minstrel show. The costu mes were
especially brilliant and picturesque.
Grave Charlie Sing, the biggest and old
est Of the clase, was seated in the mid
die and looked for all the world the per-
feet picture OF the interlocutor, without
the burnt cork.
On his right hand was Anna Sing,
then Francis Sing. the mite OF the clase,
then Hong, All Lon, Fuug Hoy and
Yuen Hoy. On Charlie Sings left
were elk more, seated in the following
order: Mansie Sing, Clara Sing, All
Saon, All Sin, An Cling aud All Chung.
Above the class and in the choir gal
lery were seated a number of ladies, in
Guiding Mrs. Minor, who presided, Mrs.
Dimmick and Mrs. Chapin, who made
brief addresses.
The Christmas tree containing the
gifts was at the right side of the plat
form. The choir rair was banked with
evergreens. covered in places with cot
ton batting to represent snow. 1t was
most amusing to see the curiosity OF the
13 Chinese, the eldest about IL years
and the youngest about 2 years old.
Their bright. little, bead-like eyes kept
wandering from place to place, bat
nearly every one kept his or her sea:
and looked as grave as judge.
Hong, who was attired in pink and
light green Chinese clothes, was ire
DlouoiUlOs AAO bOCAhO0 W OO Aunk Oh
strings. First he would hop up, then
he would sit down again, and the teach
ers would breathe a sigh OF relief; but
not for long. The next instant Hong
would be playing with some one near
him, or else turning his back upon the
audience and talking to some Of the
ladies' seated in the choir gallery. Once
he turned to All Lou, bashiul little
girl seated next to him. and proceeded
to put his arm around and caresas her in
the most approved and enlightened
manner. Hong certainly gave evidence
of catching ON to the American Gus
toms.
Little Ah Saon, on the other end,
proved for while an excellent mate to
Hong, but his little body did not pos
sess the same amount OF animal life as
did Hong's, and he was soon compelled
to take back seat to that irrepressibe.
The little girls were as demure and
cute as could be, and were dignifed
throughout. Little Francis Sing also
hoped about considerably, but as she
is the youngest OF the class, she was
privileged.
A short programme was given by the
class, spoken in English. For the short
time in which they have been instruct
ed, considering also their youth, they
have made wonderful progress.
Mrs. Chaplin read several essays
written by three of the Sings, Charlie,
Wausie and Anna, which were good,
Charles upon Daniel comparing favor
ably with similar work by American
young hopeiuls.
Anna Mansie and Clara Sing recited
and Charlie Sing sang.
Several songs and hymns were also
given by the entire class.
Mrs. Minor made few remarks and
Mrs. Dimmick told of the growth OF the
school. A collection WAS taken up for
the benefit of the work and netted $25.
The gifts were then handed to the
class by a number of little American
girls. Many excellent presents were
distributed including United States
history, dictionary and books to Charlie
Sing, express wagon to All Saon, black
board to Yuen Hoy, dolls to the girls
and other articles. Candy and popcorn
were also distributed.
Charlie Sing then thanked the audi
ence in Chinese for the presents, after
which the class was taken back to
Chinatown to rest and amuse them
selves with the presents.
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