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The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
Queer Visiting Cards.

Many are the uses to which the cac-
tus is put, but one Of the aueerest is
that which prevails in Cape Town,
South Africa, where cactus leaves are
made to serve the purpose Of visiting
cards. It might occur to the reader
that a package Of thick leaves covered
with priekly spines would not be easily
accommodated in an ordinary card
case.
The leaves of the special kind of cac-
tus used for this purpose are not very
prickly, however, and Furthermore
these unique cards are not carried
about, but are left growing on the
front steps.
When lady calls she has only to
take q hat-pin from her bonnet and
scratch her name on the glossy sur
face of one of the leaves, while a gen.
tleman accompishes the same end
with his sharp penknife. The lines
thus scratched turn silver white and
remain clear and distinct on the leaf
for years..
On New Years day these cactus
cards are particularly convenient, and
popular hostesses often appropriate
large branch of their cactus plant to
the registry Of visits received on that
day. ,:.
There is one cactus, which is not
especially plentiful, which not only has
smooth leaves, but has spines so large
and stiff that they make excellent pens,
and visitors are saved even the slight
trouble Of drawing out hat-pin or a
penknife. :. -
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
Miss Mev YunD

I'm the Fashionable Chinese Dress)
part of the day is when the family cir
Gle gathers together in the evening and
listens while husband or son reads a
chapter from some book of fairy tales,
such as the Dream of the Red Cham
ber." It is their arabian Nights and
a Chinese woman believes every word.
In the best circles in China it is not
considered proper for a lady, married
or unmarried, to attend show or any
theatrical exhibition In San Francisco
we have a Chinese theater with boxes
and galleries especially provided for
the ladies, from which they can see the
play without being the objects Of mems
rude gaze. Here may often be found
some good specimens Of Chinatown
beauty. At one time Chinese actresses
We're not permitted on the stage, the
female parts being taken by men. The
latest innovation is a genuine Chinese
actress. Miss Kun Fab is only eighteen
years Of age, and has shown great his
trionic skill as the heroine Ia several
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24

a Chinese home amongst the upper
classes contains one sacred secluded
spot, curtained off frcm profane gaze.
It is the shum kwei, or inner apart
ments. No Turkish harem or Indian
Zenana is guarded more jealously than
the shum Iwei Of a wealthy Chinese es-
tablishment: There are gilded recep-
ton rooms, where the master Of the
house receives and feasts his male
guests, but the ladies are never pres
ent, and no male friend, however in
innate, would have the audacity to ask
to see Madam. The golden ilies,' as
the bound-footed ladies arc called, are
in the rear of the curtains, and can
only be visited by persons of their own
sex and rank, says a correspondent OF
the Globe-Democrat.
f. The extreme difficulty Of gaining ac
cess to these homes accounts for the
many silly things said and written
about Chinese ladies. The world has
been made to believe that Chinese
women are a down-trodden class. They
are pictured as hewers of wood and
drawers of water, drudges of all work;
sad-looking, care-wcrn, scraggy and
ugly, so different from the gay, viva
cious Japanese maidens of the tea
houses, over whom Sir Edwin Arnold
went into such ecstacies year or two
ago. The fact is Chinese beauties keep
indoors. Only the old hags and the
menials are seen OH the streets, and
these are taken by ignorant globe trot-
ters to be specimens of the Chinese
ladies who are out of sight Hence
Japanese women, who have never been
accused of shyness, are immoderately
praised to the disparagement Of their
sisters across the Yellow sea, of whom
the world knows little. Some day the
golden lilies" of China will break
away from their seclusion and will be
found to average as high as Miss Chrys-
anthemum in grace and loveliness, and
a little in advance Of the virtue and in
telligence seen in the tea houses of
Japan, High-bred Chinese ladies arc
few and far between in San Francisco.
The majority of Chinatown ladies are
concubinesy The first wife is often left
in China, and the concubine ranks as
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
"A meagre purse. y
what elseg'
seThat is all"

THAT is ALL" -. = - - 3
''That figure clad. in dark blue is .
policeman. What else, mademoiselle p
Only this said Mrs. Darbishire.
She handed his a small diamond brooch
as she spoke. 5.' =
+, "Only that?" 80 H..
@'That is all, monsieur. 1 have had
no luck.''
''You are sure that is all. A word to
my friend in blue"
"Save yourself the trouble, monsieur.
That is ALL"
Goodnight, mademoisele. Good
night for the old sake's sake"
Goodnight" said Mrs. Darbishire.
Colonel Weston called another cab
and drove back to Barn street.
"A chance likeness, perhaps, to some
one I met in Paris" he said to Lady
George; zone is easily mistaken. I
have just picked this up,'' he added,
placing the brooch in her hand; ''do
you know whose it is?"
Some one is sure to claim it," said
Lady George.
A few days later it CHANGED that
Lady George Athol and Mrs. Seton
met.
II suppose you heard from your
friend Mrs. Darbishire of her coming
to my crush in mistake for yours" said
Lady George.
Mrs. Darbishire!'' said Mrs. Seton;
but she came to me the night before
last for you. Her cabman mistook:- ="
Lady George opened her eyes.
When did that happen?"
On Wednesday. have good reason
to remember the day, for lost an en-
.erald bracelet. .'-Richard Pryce in Ar
gonaut.
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
Sir Walter and a Doctor,

Sir Walter and a Doctor.
Sir Walter Scott was once in a
strange country town, and one of his
servants requiring medical attendance,
he sent for a doctor. One came whom
Sir Walter recognized as Scotch
blacksmith, who had formerly prac-
ticed as a blacksmith and veterinary
surgeon at Ashesteil
How in the world!' exclaimed Sir
Walter. Can it be possible that this
is John Lundie?'
In troth, it is, your honor; just a.
that's for him.
-''Well, but let us hear. You were a
horse doctor before; now, it seems, you
are man doctor. How do you get
on?'
'Oh, just extraordinar' well; for, your
honor maun ken, my practice is very
safe and sure. I depend entirely on
twa simples.''
"And what may their names be?'
asked Scott. 'Perhaps it is a secret
I'll tell your HONOR" in low tone.
my twa simples are just laudamy and
calamy.''
''Simples with a vengeance! But,
John, do you never happen to kill your
patients?'
Kill! Oh, ay, maybe sac; whiles
they die, and whiles moo; but it's the
wull of Providence
There may be moral to this story.
out we will let it reSt.-Enyoy.
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
Mrs. LeOng Tong.


lilies, and is very sweet young lady.
How They Spend Their Time.
A Chinese lady knows nothing of the
joys Of shopping, of promenades, SER
enades and tete-a-tetes with the oppo-
site sex. She goes out in closed car
riage, accompanied by her lady friends
or an old female servant She covers
her face with her open fan when she
alights, and the few steps from the car
riage to the door is all she knows of
outdoor exercise.
Amidst the round of domestic duties
the ladies of a. Chinese household find
time for amusement as well as work.
On the whole they live a merry life
In the morning the lamps of the,house-
hold shrines have to be trimmed, and
incense burned to what the Romans
called lares and penates. The morning
meal comes at 10 o'clock, after which
the day is spent in domestic affairs and
fancy needlework. Many of our China
town ladies do exquisite work in silk
embroidery, working on their own
dainty little shoes, making sachet bags,
children's caps, knick-knacks and
charms Others occupy themselves with
painting porcelain or other artistic
work. Chinese ladies are sometimes
well educated, are able to quote Con-
fucius and even write compositions in
poetry and prose. Recreation is found
in Il visit to a neighbors house, where
mersy party gathers for gossip and
amusement. One sings an ancient bal
lad; another tells historical love story;
another plays on the peypah, lutte or
the Yenng Kun. Then come checkers
dominoes or cards, in which there is
always more or less Of gambling.
Smoking is not considered indicate,
and it is no unusual thing to see half
a dozen Chinese beauties smoking brass
hubble-bubble pipes and enjoying the
mildest Of tobacco. But the happiest
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
A DAMAGED EYE,

Jim Bla1sdell Was Too Confounded
sympathetic to Suit the Colonel.
There are some people who have no
Imagination, but cling to the literal
with painful asiduity. Jim Blaisdell
was one Of these, and his happy faculty
of taking things seriously lost him an
elegant Wife, says the Detroit Free
Press.
1t was this way: Col. Lafitte is a
Southerner, and very sensitive, es-
pecially about his personal appearance,
which is quite distinguished. He rather
liked Jim, and Jim dotted on the col
oners daughter, and it was a foregone
conclusion in the family that Jim
would win the girl, as the father was
on. his side.
behind his cantankerous Kentucky
mare, and she kicked the dashboard of
the buggy into smithereens and landed
both gentlemen by the roadside.
This Wouldn't have been so bad, as
neither OF them was hurt, and the col
onel was doing the driving, but: Jim
had TO discover a fracture in the col
onels right eye, and he at once began
to make fuss about it.
You're seriously hurt, SIR" he said,
in his most sympathetic manner
Nothing wrong with me-" snapped
the colonel, who was looking for the
mare in a. daZed sort Of way
But your eye, Sir, is badly DAM
aged"
Never mind the eye Help me to
catch the critter''
Il must insist on bandaging your eye
first, colonel. Why, it is a blurred
mass, and I greatly fear you have lost
the sight of it," persisted Jim
Look here, you young fool" roared
the colonel, cant you attend to your
own affairs. That eye, Sir, is glass-do
you hear-glass! glass!'
And that is why Jim didn't marry the
colonel's daughter.
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
TIE WAVES, MESSAGE.

Winds of ocean can you tell :
Is It with my lover well?, s...,>r , +
Have you seen his ships at sea- .,
Did he send some words for mel? -..4
Ships we saw far out at sea,
Sighed the wind so mournfully;
Yet to you we cannot tell
IF with him it is all WE'LL -.
Breakers, rolling up so high,
Cannot you some ship descry?
Pause and .listen-pray me tell
Is it with my lover we'll!
Loud and long the breakers roar
AS they dash against the shore;
Loud and long with fearful shock,
Fall and break upon the rock.
Waves of ocean can you tell
Is it with my lover well?
Listen to the murmuring sound
AS the wavelets kiss the ground;
We, the silvery waves of ocean,
Pause awhile in our commotion,
Tell you of the sailor brave
Lying now in lonely grave.
We, for you, will kiss his face
AS he lies in our embrace,
Close his eyes so blue and fair,
Smoothe the brow and curling hair; ;
We. the waves of ocean, tell,
With your lover-"all is well.''
BY Minnie Mae.
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
Cast of an Amputated Foot and g
Pair of Chinese Shoes.


Pair of Chinese Shoes.
concubine, and to be the latter is no
disgrace in China, whcre her status and
that of her children are recognized by
law. 1t is the sad blot on Chinese fam
lily life and when the first wife is child
less supplementary one must be OBJ
tained, for the line of descent must have
no break.
A few ladies in Chinatown have ac-
quired an American education, have
been through the public schools, and arc
imbued with American ideas. Some
We're born in this land and are proud
of their birthplace. Those that have
grown up have married rich Chinese
merchants. Ameril en- furniture, car
pets, comfortable beds and a piano
or organ are in their homes They can
cook and bake bread, play the piano
like American women and their hus-
bands idOlize them. They live a dual
kind of life. One evening they are
seen at the Chinese theater in gorge
GUS Chinese dress of silks and satins,
another night they may be seen at the
Baldwin dressed in the latest style a la
Parisienne. I met two of our SWEETEST
and handsC NEST Chinese ladies driving
in the park the other day. They were
taken for japanese. Several of these
Americanized ladies have adopted
American ways entirely and live away
from their owH people. Mrs. Aw
Yeong, the wife of the Chinese consul,
is a graduate of the high school and
a thoroughly accomplished lady. She
dresses in perfect taste, and many who
see her 1.-THE figure, fine dark eyes
and striking features take her for a
Spanish lady. She has just returned
from the worlds fair and the East,
travelling about with all the happy free
dom of an American. Her husband is
graduate Of Yale, and appreciates a
wife with aesthetic tastes and enlight-
ened ideas. and home that contains
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
DeadIier Than Pistols.

Highway ynan-Halt Ny turn has:
come now: You are the book agent
who button-holed me on the streets.
Of Boom City, and had to buy one Of
your bulky volumes in order to get
away before a crowd collected. - 8
Boob Agent Yes; but I am selling
an entirely different book now. Allow
me to show yo-- z 3.
Highwayman-,Save 81 your breath!
Your money or your life!
!, Book Agent-Msoney! I had plenty
few days ago, but the courts decided
that I must pay the funeral expenses
of all the people had talked to death.
and it took every cent I had. Now.
just glance at this prospectus of the
latest, best
But the highWayman had aed-New
York Weekly.
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24

"a native daughter of the golden west)
first wife when the latter is absent.
Amongst the upper fifty Of China
town society may be found some Chi
nese ladies who have relaxed their So
cial trammels so far us to give the out
side world a glimpse of their charms.
There are women amongst them who
would pass for beautiful in any land.
A well bred Chinese lady, brought up
in the seclusion of the shum kwei, has
4 fairer complexion than the women
one sees about the streets. This, with
well poised head, pretty mouth, a.:
dimpled cheek and a perfect arm and
hand are elements of beauty not to be
despised. The face is too often inclined
to be chubby if not pudgy, but charm
ing smile, and invariably the whitest of
teeth. make up for this defect
Fashion, as everywhere else, is the
China woman's inexorable foe, and has
done its best to mar both face and
form. They literally plaster the face
with cosmetics and vile paints. They
do not blacken the teeth like the Jap
anese, but they pencil the eyebrows
with ink and daub their lips with YER
million. Their loose costume is against
them, for no one ever saw a woman
look well in loose shapeless sacks. This,
however, gives them the advantage
over their Western sisters in the mat
ter Of hygiene.
Treatment of the Feet.
The most cruel custom is that of
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
Proud Father.

Parental affection does not always
see things as they are, but rather as
they ought to be. The Atlanta Consti-
tuition reports q bit Of conversation be-
tween two men who had formerly been
close neighbors.
All your boys turned out well, did
they?'
Yes, I reckon they did, .F
What's John doing ~ 5.
He's a-curin' Of fever in Texas
sAnd Dick q
s He's enlargin' Of a country news
paper an a-collectin' OF subscriptions =
And Williamwhat's he doing 2,
He's a-preachin' Of the gosnel mn,
splittin' rails fer liyin' {,
And what are you doing?''
g Wen. Wen I'm a-supportin' Of John am
Dick an William. .
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24

Chinese dramas. Here she is in mar
tial robes, in the character Of the, Chi
nese Joan Of Are, Muk Ian, who joined
the imperial cavalry, and through the
twelve years war fought as a man and
never once betrayed her sex.
q. - Slipping Vinegar. t.Et
There are no old maids in China.
Every healthy Chinese maiden before
she is 20 will become either wife or
The Cook County herald., 1894-03-24
CHINESE SOCIETY LADIES.
WEALTHY CHINEsEsLADIEs OF SAN
III FRANCISCO.

Golden Li1tes'' Very Rarely Seen
Ont of Doors-HOw They Live In
Their Observation-Disclosures of Amer
team Ideas.
The herald., 1894-01-06
AMONG OFFICE HOLDERS
MARION BROOKS RETURNS
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
He Talks About Some of tho Demo-
cra.s who are Now Fill
ing FederAIO Omcial
Positions

A HERALD reporter sew j.. Marion
Brook at his Office yesterday and in
answer to an inquiry as to his late trip
to San Francisco. Mr.. Brooks replied as
follows:
II have been in San Francisco for the
last week and have visited almost all Of
the federal officers.
II found Hon. John H. Wise, the
new collector, at his post; though moi
having much time to talk. he gave q
short audience. The changes in Mr..
wise's departments have all been
made that will be for the present.
found Los Angeles fully represented.
"Chas. A. Stephens lie in the Chinese
registration department, with Colonel
Tobin, the old Democratic war-horse, as
chief of that division.
"'Chaqk' Roberts has nice billet
and is.as pleasant and affable as ever.
''Col. John p. Irish has not yet taken
his new position, but saw him and pre-
sented my congratulations.
"Hon. VIM. d. English will not as
sumo the duties Of his Office for week,
but it is assured that it will be con-
Quoted in an honest and efficient man.
ner, with none but Democrats at the
helm.
"Mr. Welbum, the new federal rev.
enue collector, is found to be gentle
man of fine executive ability and
thorough in the details of his Office. He
will place only Democrats of well-known
probity of character on guard.
'Ths mint showed evidence that
there had been change of admins
tration.
"Governor Daggett seems to be at
home as superintendent. and he greeted
me with that old-time, open-hearted
manner that made me feel that was at
home.
81 saw tine familiar faces of old-time
workers in the party harness. Captain
Messic and Mr.. Markly have nice and
pleasant positions in the mint.
SIN Hon. Robert Barnett. as chief
clerk, Governor Daggett could not have
made q better selection. Mr.. Barnett
has filed many public positions. He
held the important position of internal
revenue collector in the Sacramento dis
trict during President Clevelsnd's first
administration, in which he discharged
the duties of the Office to the entire sat
isfaction of every body. 1t is needless
for me to say, that anyone who ever
meets the officials appointed by Mr..
Cleveland will say that no better ap-
pointmsnts could have been made-and
that so far as California is concerned the
Mugwump element seems to have been
ignored by this administration"
The herald., 1894-01-06
THE nIDwrNrER FAIR.
Exhibits Must Be Installed Immediate
1y-Notes.

Exhibits Must Be Installed Immediate
1y-Notss.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 5.-The regular
meeting of the managing board of the
woman's congress, auxiliary to the mid
winter fair, was held Thursday. Plans
for promoting general interest among
women in the work of the congress were
discussed at length, and general COM
mittee appointed to make arrangements
for auditorium accommodations for the
congress.
The state viticultural commission has
made an appropriation to be uHed in the
construction of vitieultural annex to
the horticultural building at the expo
eition.
Idaho will make mining exhibit and
an exhibit of horticulture and agriculture
as well.
The following notice was issued today
by the executive committee: "All ex-
hibitors must take possession of the
space allotted them and install their
exhibits Immediately. Those who have
not made q showing by the Sth instant
will forfeit the space allotted. All ex-
hibits must be prepared for inspection
of the press the night OF the 18th of jan
uary."
The Iowa state band. which will be g
feature of the fair, left Chicago today fol
the coast.
The herald., 1894-01-06
EVENTS Ar,RIvERsIDE.
The Changing on strike-A Land
Owner Assigns.

The Changing on strike-A Land
Owner Assigns.
RIVERSIDE, Jan. 5.--At the present
time this county lie overrun with
tramps. Az a consequence the county
Jail is well filled with an undesirable
element. For some time past trsmps
have been kept st work on the roads,
but today they refused towork and were
locked in close confinement, where they
will be kept on bread and water until
willing to go to work. The men are de-
fiant and tie outcome of the difficulty is
matter Of conjecture.
P. Hall, a large land holder in this
city, has made an assignment for the
benefit OF his creditors. His assets are
placed at 1000, end his liabilities at
about $4,000 The principal creditors
are the Mutual Life Insurance company
and the Pacific Bank of San Francisco.
The directors of the suspended River
side bank held meeting today, and il
is announced that the bank will be
opened for business next week.
The herald., 1894-01-06
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Recommendation Settled Upon xe.ss,


Recommendation Settled Upon xestsr-
day.
The board of public works yesterday
adopted the following recommendations
to be made to the city council on Mon
day next.
Recon- mend that the street superin-
tendent be instructed to notify the own
ers of Temple block to repair the pave
ment in front OF their property on Main
and Market streets.
Recommend that the street superin-
tendent notify the street car companies
having tracks on Spring street, south OF
Fourth street, to repair the pavement
between said track and for two feet on
each side thereof, as required by the
terms Of their franchise.
In the matter OF petition No. 4. fro M
r. Phillips ct al, asking to have side
walk six feet wide laid on the east side
of Beaudry avenue, between Temple and
same be granted and the city engineer
ordinance of intention.
In the matter of petition No. 5, from
r. A. Brown ct al, asking that a cross
Il
the south side OF Azusa street. recon-
mend that the same be granted and the
street superintendent instructed to lay
said walk.
Recommend that the street superin-
tendent be instructed to repair the
crossing on Main street, at the corner oi
Adams street, in accordance with petit
tion No. z, from r. w. Poindexter.
In the matter of petition No. 101S,
from Abbott Kinney ct AL, asking that
the south side of Eighth street, between
Main and Pearl streets, be sidewalked
with cement sidewalk and that cross
walk be laid across Eighth street on the
west line of Hope street. we recommend
that the same be granted and the city
engineer instructed to present the me-
cess cary ordinance of intention to side
walk and the street superintendent in
structed to construct the said crosswalk.
In the matter of the proposal of w.
H. Workman to purchase franchise for
street railway on Cummings street and
Boyle avenue, from First street to Ste
venaon avenue, for the sum of S.. we
recommend that the proposal be accept
ed and the city attorney instructed to
present the necessary draft OF ordi-
nance.