The evening world., 1894-08-04
CHINATOWN'S PRIDE.
The Uninterrupted Boar Of the
Trumpet Of the God of War"
Or, In Plain English, the Chinese
News, Published Daily.
Looks Like a Big Laundry Ticket,
ard Is Salmon Hued, Too.

Chinatown Is to-day revealing in the
| luxury Of fresh war news, printed In
| Chinese characters In the Chinese News.
| and sold for five cents IL copy.
! The second edition of this unique Jour
| nalistic production was on the street
| shortly after 10 o'clock this forenoon,
and a few minutes later Mott and Pell
| streets went wild. Even the most
| thrifty MongolIan in the colony could
| not resist investing a nickel in one Of
the terra-cotta colored sheets. covered
with hieroglyphics like an exaggerated
wash ticket.
According to Mr.. Steve Lingard. who,
with w J. Hanley, publishes the paper,
there is little doubt of it's complete sue
| cess.
For the benefit of those who are unfa-
miliar with the process Of getting out
| Chinese newspaper an Evening Wor d"
reporter visited the publication rooms
at 45t West Thirty-fourth street, and
HeSpf des Nt t The moa Ss"SS RreS ~
begin with. the paper which is four
| column affair, is printed on a single
sheet she, r Of heavy terra.cotta paper The
title, The Chinese News printed in
small space at the upper left hand cor
n ,s Of the sheet. and the words; Giving
| site corner In the centre of the page
at the top is the Chinese title OF the
paper. printed in display type. which
being Interpreted reads:
The Uninterrupted Roar of the
God VI War"
cut OF the Chinese warship Chen Yuen.
| on the first page. The other side of the
| page sports three cuts, one of the Em-
peror, another showing a Chinese army
| OF some prominent Chinese General.
The idea that type and daily news
papers ore inseparable must be cast to
the winds where Chinese journalism is
concerned.
IAN the news" said Mr.. Lingard to-
day, lis written by hand and reproduced
by the photo-engraving process.
First the news, which is received
through the regular channels in Eng
lish, is placed In the hands OF Mr.. Yung
kwai, the editor Of the paper.
The editorial department includes six
artists are those who draw the Chinese
characters. as well as the pictures.
MIR. kwai translates the news into
Chinese and repeats 1t to gentleman
who may be called II crier.. The latter
marches down the editorial-room and
by the writer's. In grass hand or Chi
nese chirography. in sections.
ns "E9T example the srier calls out the
against China The first writer in the
row will put down Japan has the next
VIII write Declared war; and the next
quickly to an artist who will, with his
bamboo brush, quickly put the sentence
into the Chinese characters which APP
pear in print.
Thus the entire story is called out
written in grass hand and turned over
to the artists. The artists draw the
characters on a block Of soft flbrous
the outlines of the characters. the soft
fibre pressed away and the characters
linked and pressed on sheet of soft
ready in this way the whole is photo
graphed and greatly reduced. 1t IL then
reproduced by the photo-cngraving pro-
page Is run o IN he rsgaq way ayd on ahe
printing press. 1t takes about six hours
to get the paper out after all the mat
There are no proof-readers on a Chi
hese daily. Grammarians would be
shocked at some of the errors which
occur; II the characters are well writ,
ten'-that is. artistcally drawn and well
tormed-that Is all that is required. The
reader digs out the meaning and puts
hiE own construction on the sentence"
the first copy OF The Chinese News, or
the Uninterrupted Roar" &C.
The cablegrams are dated in a de-
In the morning; not earlier than mid
night and not later than g." This is near
enough for Chinaman.
Mr.. Lingard says that when the trou-
BILE between China and Japan first broke
out an enterprising Chinaman who knew
English. reLted a. room In tle building
at the junction of Mott and Pell streets.
He had the papers every day and charged
admission to the room, where he trans
lated and read aloud the war news
The third day his countrymen played
a mean trick on him. About the time
the interpreter was to read the news
crowd of .Monsolians assembled in
front of the house and only few paid
the admission fee. \ willy Celestial
stationed himself by the window, and
| to the crowd outside. This so disgusted
the enterprising Interpreter that he
gave up the business.
The Chinese News already has n cir
cula ton of nearly $500. Five hundred
papers are sold in this city. 500 more go
to the surrounding towns. 800 are mailed
| to China and the Chinese CnnSula te