The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-27
In NEW YORK.
Thomas Doyle Tells of Scenes He
Witnessed in the Chinese
Quarter.

THOMAS Doyle, who began his work of
Christian life In the infant class attach
ed to the Scotch Presbyterian Church,
Jersey City, aud who will sail t or Thibet,
CHINA. on December 2. addressed the co l.
gregatioa of the Scotch Presbyterian
Church last evening. His address was
practically q recital OF what he has dis.
covered among the Chinese who iuhabit
Mott, Fell aud Doysr streets, Nav York,
during the three years he has speut In
connection with the Pfesoytsriau Chinese
Mission of New York City, studying
the Chinese customs. habits and lan-
guage. In ordsr TO fit him
self as a missionary to China.
The story he told was more or lsss OF y
revelation Of the heather practices of the
Chinese right in the heart of Americas
metropolis. He made no attempt ut ora-
tory, aud yet his story was we'll told and
tbs incidents grapaiea lily depicted. After
his Introduction by Raw. Dir. Mitchell he
nodestly came forward and preixsd mis-
story with the rsmark, IF God be for Ne,
Who Can be Against Me-"
He said that between 800 aud 900 China
men Inhabited what was known az China
town. On Saturday night this section
was augmented by from thrse to four
huudrei Cinnamon VINO came from
adjacent sections. The entrance
to OBS opium joint. he pictured,
was through Chinese grocarv,
store, whore Que would ind drfsd
oysters. dried vegetables and dried
fruits. The fact that the %entrause shsrsto
was lishted denoted that what might be
termed u Respectable" opium den, In
fact. In connection with me grocery stors
were four opium dsns aud five gambling
denE. Then he depictsd \ Chins4s Bar
Der shop, back OF which WAS al opium
den, and next the Chinese Masonic TEN
pie. Almost In connsction Herewith
was a gamoliag den. Ii al .aost every
Instance the proprietor was the winner In
ali gambling schamss. One opi UNI den
he visited III q sub-csllar III saw the
victims of the opium habit thrown aside
after they had snccumpsd to the smoke of
the dreadful decoction aud piled
several bodies deep in a corner.
aud all this within i've mipures' walk of
tie City Hall. Al Ne. 16 Mott street he
tumbled into one Of ths vilsst opium
denS that exists in Nsw Yorx city. HIS
could hear the water from the savers
rusniug past the slilus covered walls, aad
in this den he found fifty or sixt y China.
men and man wniie womsn smoking
opium. Policemen were afraid to visit
it. The speaker gave the bill OF fare of
Chinese restaurants, iuciuiing dog soup
and smoked dogs u cats, and ad .nitted
that after 9 Chinese mel Que was COM
PEELED to ad init, after Dartaking of such,
IT'S good anyhow"
The intsrior of a Chinese joss house. was
also depicted, the speakers calling atten-
tion to The fact that right in Nav York
City we have heathen worship. A priest
WAS always on hand apparently 10 keep
the Gods from catching cold" The sup
plant caught hold OF what looked like
two pisces of q red bauSn and
clapped them together. The God turneu
mis- ear. Tue suppliant burned iucsnse,
and then shook n hummer of sticks with
numbers painted thereon until one of
them jumped out. There were painted
pictures on the other side of the room
with numbers corresponding, anu these
told the fortune of the suDpllant. Then
there was a box of papers with numbers.
In another portion of the joss house was
q spirit 6efare whom the suppliant left
rice. chicken and other delicacies for the
spirit TO come n drink and eat. After
the suppliant left the priest had a ragu-
lar feast. Chime, e priests were always fat
because they get 50 much to eat for moth
Ing.
Tue speaker pictured an opium 1oiut at
No. IL Pal street visited by from 1.-Two TO
six hundred Cinnamon gu q Saturday
night, The long stair Case lsadiug to the
len WA SO narrow that TWO could not
pass each other on the stairway. aud ne
! piciureu the horrors tnat woui naturally
result IN case Of fra. Iu one OF tina dsns
he found forty xiIls living \ lite worss
than death. or what use was it to ssnd
such people up for g few months? The
only remedy WAS salvation.
The young missionary will DO given
fare well reception at tna Scotch Prssey-
Lerian Church next Wednesday evening