New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-29

s!onary. I'm trying to save the souls OF these
poor men and make their lives worth something
Is that violating the law"
you're giving out circulars and drawing a crowd
I'll have to arrest you II you don't stop
NO" saws the little missionary. looking the po-
lcernan in the eye you won't arrest me. You know
perfectly we'll that you won't arrest me II you are
SO very anxious 10 DO your duty, why don't you
arrest some Of the saloon keepers around mere lot
violating the law? There's side door open rignt
there You 1t we'll as do Ihere are io.s
OF side doors open around here You Know II as
well do. n those side doors were nor open ra
/ there wouldn't be much need tor me TO De mere;
Suppose OF these men was your brother WouI1
YOU arrest me for trying to save him from lire OF
The big policeman Is beaten lie knows all about bout
keeper nearby who put him up TO attempting 70
Brighten the ttle missionary away ms oDlui
is failure and he turns away with the remark
well don't draw a crowd
over at the mission the service is just beginning.
A. Least T'' n rnrc Of men from the streets
mostly. About twenty have come from the odg.
well behaved and quiet. They are OF four different
nationaliies. and ihe speaking Is In four tongues,
words ~ his own language While the evangelist
IL making his farewell speech, TWO drunken me, men
ana then Il IS announced that business man
VIII talk 10 them. business men are not inter
estng. 4 hundred men start % go out
always reminds me- y lot OF jugs the hrst Jugs Jugs
full and 60 out. while the big gallon jugs don't get
full until the meeting closes 49, .,,. .,,,,
| back into their seats Then the speaker goes on to
tell his story Of how he nearly wrecked among
| IN" lance halls ana beer gardens but was saved
| hy a helping hand FOR a fe OF usefulness lie
/ offers his hand in turn to any who wish 10 rise
from their present condition.
4 testimony meeting follows the addresses. Peo-
pie are on their feet In all parts OF the house sev-
| oral M a time Some speak IN English. some in
Italian. some I'm German. some IN eDr'" -seilt
dialect one young man jumps 10 his feet hourish,
ing 80 bill in one hand and displaying nickel IN
'' "b %'" vow see that" he asks holding high the
coin Il hal that much and no more SIX weeks sk
ago tonight. showed my last nirkei over a nhr
for n beer. and then went out INTO me streets WIN.
out a cent since then have ref9rmed d,o don
drink now and that waving wing ne PdnT nnd that
IS going 70 pay II. There YOU see the nHerence pc
tween o or iba srnkar $40 in the sober mans peck
ct God help mo to let drink alone
IN CHINATOWN.
| y &c 10 o'clock The meeting is over and the lights
or the mission are The Square Is still busy
and bustling but the jewellers of the day and the
night before a-e growing weary. The place or
greatest activity at this hour Is In chinatown.
that queer collection Of roOkeres In Mott Pell and
povcrs SITS and in the adjacent streets and alleys
where tho strange almoni-eyed people lead their
peculiar nos f Of reyrry by night can be heard in the
Square although the whole colony lives within ~
Yards OF IN. main thorouehfare. Groups OF loosely
| dressed people can b. in the semi arkness.
| but their slippers padded and even their walk
| T. no,fecss More than the regular colony are
| there on sunday night, for the laundrymen from
! various parts Of the city. from the suburbs ana
| even n, n towns at a considerable distance from
the civ Ack there on day visit their friends
smoke opium and have a good time -. c,,..
theatre in Mott-st rhe pavrdlcucus Ameri
can eyes-has been witnessed py Dlg o IN IN
aisles and in the back OF the hall was occupied ana
io'n comers These latter were not In the way OF
the actors who change their costumes on the stage
and remain continuously in sight Of the audience
house fitted up presumably accordns o 10 Who
T onl enough
holy waters is IN charge He lights the purcnas.esu
The ola tenement houses in which the Cinnamon
1--we have been remodellcd inside TO accohlnoua.e
/ tenanted by swarms of white people The ola par.
tItions have been torn down and wooden ones pus
M dividing the floor space into countes ,s ,hsss
booths which pass for rooms and homes win thsse
Celesals In these they sit. or lie and smoke opiam
cmrteins bit OF ribbon. even few pictures0o
unmistakabe feminine signs mere are aO''' "'
Saveroi missions have been established Tor them
The services begin about II oc,UG iS the missions
Others like them. for the principal iea'ae rgon "a
Ing and to get tog Esman throughout the service
They come and go the fancy STRIKES , m.in rn
sa'e t, ,,rss of the meeting and then running out
again They throw asne ,n sresh ones as soon as
'sS says missionary in charge vas y0n IN T she
have 10 40 al mill O'clock this morning and my
voice is gone Sing No. 49, OF Rescue hymns
please ,avorte with the girls. and they sing with
u will .,
| A, home or abroad. In the alley or street,
Wherever chance In the wide world 70 .nee'
",.t ,h,t Ia thouChticss n boy that Is WHO.
- s,Il " achoss softly-'tis some mothers child
Most OF the sesed against nns ,n reacned
meht oi III" ~ Mission workers are several young
women who used live IN the Chinese deS sS,ony Them
meetnS 'i,gh their cigarettes and go back 70 MN
Gle n The festivities Of the Chnamend . Ana rsws
Sunday gives way to MonaaS ~ '''e '"N'' ~
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