The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-23

masses of color and brilliancy a ward
m diameter and three in hight costing
20 70 Nv. me small ones are used by
eHlldren ana by the very poor; those
OF gigantic dimensions are emploved in
temples and the palaces of the great man.
darins. Those in general use rance fror,,
three to eight inches in diameter ana
from three to twenty inches in higbr
Mddue OF, common paper and cheap TN
SCI Ihey cost few cents but when made
OF , tne pest materials their price runs
as nigh as a dollar.
Johh Chinaman, no matter how wealthy
ne may ne, IS economical in his ornaments
ana seldom buys any bououets or oarlsy5s
able. P09' SUR ODIalh-
Another important matter in the renew
nfS " me ghost papers. Christmas is one
OF the days, or rather nights when tba
wandering spirits walk the earth-good
ones on benevolent and evil ones on NAL
eVolent missions A careful citi1e,, al
ways provides against the latter bv fix
NE, 10 the door or jamb a piece of sacred
yellow paper on which a priest has writ
! zen an incarnation. This is warranted to
KSep away an army of ill-minded specters
Inc incarnation is written with a brusb
III single character 50 intricate "a ~
suggest crazy student in sphericai +ri1
5OnoIletry, me paper is about a foot
square and is of the imperial yellow color
Wilt Miirin Is c9nseerated to the throne and the
A ghost paper costs according 70 the
means OF the buyer. a poor coolie Sc
cures one for 2 cents. while a rnan5srin9s
wife will pay as much as a ouarter ~
dollar. Zealots are not satisfied with
paper which Keeps away COLLINS, but want
second, which will attract or placate
good spirits. This they paste on TIE v,1I
Just inside the doorway. When il is seen
py a genial dentzen of another sDhere he
Ieels as If he had been welcomed n rerso,
term of years i0 AoI d
But If the rain. wind or miscellaneous
small boy tears or removes either gbost
paper great is the woe in me bo,,s5I ilJ9l
ENen II 1t remain intact ii may lose soma
r virtue, For this reason it ought to be
happiness. "a safety ana
Some people at this time put ghost
rGtEdiei S1, anu ghost chasers on their roof
IIIuse. Inese are small figures in porce-
IAN ram winch serve the same purpose as the
ghost papers They are going out of fash
( ion IN the Middle Kingdom. Of fftv
new houses L have seen erected o~i,, t
were supplied with these spiritual Inv
, uIdes' IN the past they We're very pop
bbiiI, az, anu could be seen on nearly every
4 hovel. ~ d eooIie
The Chinese Christmas is popular
DAY for church going. especially Vvhan Il
falls on the fifth or fifteenth dav Of The
/ moon or Chinese month. Every temple
Is Ihen busy all day, and even late in the
/ tEehlng. women are the chief patrons.
/ they usually numbering ten to one man
They are eccentric in their system of
WORSHIP. Instead of attending one tenn
I pie, they go to any one of fifty and Sc
! lect the one in which, accorling to Their
! belief, they will secure most readily their
desire; Thus Chinese lady will go to
one chuFch or Joss house when she is
SICK herself, ana to another when her
husband is the patient. She will 20
twenty miles to one famous for crafty
( ing the philoprogenitive wishes Of MAJ
ried women, and the next day the same
distance TO obtain luck in playing cards
Tor money stakes. So far as a foreign
devil can make out there is little or 40
praise or thanksgiving. There is placa-
ton and begging The occasion has al
most no relation with the service, except
ing that certain days are more alisnici6us
than others in general, and also for spec
ial purposes. Such a thing as a Christ
mas service, Easter service and the like
| is unknown.