The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-13
SOME ODD FOLK FROM ASIA.
raEE zRRITsD BRRR YEsrKRDlT
ON TEE KIIsER WILHELN IT.

Rsrsu~ - psiieyfs Congress 81 Nations
That quiet neiahborhood on Thirty first
street between Lexington and Third avenues.
suffered an Invasion OF strange peoples In un-
couth and gorgeous garments yesterday even
ing. Small women wearing vari- coll red
troussrs and tall. DARK men with tortoise sh ell
combs 10 their hair. came and took possession
OF the house at 140 East Thrty-nrst street.
while the neiRhbors gathered about and
watched In swed wonder. The foreign
ers were brought from Asia and the
Mslsysn Archipelseo By Mr. J. II. Gay
lord. an agent for Bsrnum 4 Bailey's
show. 10 form part OF the Congress ofNstiona
They arrived yesterday on the North German
Lloyd steamship Kaiser welheim H., bringing
with them = large assortment OF arms. i'm
plsments Of various kinds household utensils
sllessd musical instruh ents. and jswslry. As
the big white ship swung around to her dock
the group Of Asistics clustered smidship on
the upper deck made picturesque sight. The
women we're gorReously spparelled In silks
and nne cloths OF brilliant hue. and wore huge
gold or jewelled ornaments. while the men
were little. II any. behind in the splendor Of
their equipment But though warm In hue.
the clothes were light Of texture. and the
visitors evidently felt ksenly the damp cool
ness OF the atmosphere. for they wrapped their
loose clothes tightly around them and from
time to time ran into the cabin TO warm them
selves
When the ganGpiapks were run up one Of
the first persons to board the ship was Tody F"
Hamilton. press agent for Barnum ( Bailey.
who climbed TO the upper deck and seized By
the hand a tall. ssllow. smooth-shsven man In
. business suit aud light hat. who stood in q
group Of the orientslA The man presented an
ear trumpet and "Tody" shouted into IL:
How are you, Gaylord7 Have o good time
In your years trip7"
All right. thank you." returned Mr.. Gay
lord. Had . great time. Got . dose Of
cholera In singapore. but that's nothing after
you're through with It. Got Q good assert
ment hereIthree dozen OF EN-"
He motioned to his charges to 70 into the
cabin. which they did. gathering in groups.
the different nationalities together Mr.. GAY
lord. Mr.. Hamilton. aud Q number Of news
paper men followed. There Mr.. Gaylord
pointed out the different nations. to tho evil
dent delight Of the foreigners. who smiled
blandly whenever alluded to. An interesting
group was four Hindoos from the Puniab.
father. mother. son. and daughter. The
mother wore pantalettes ard q splendid
sapphire fastened to her countenance by q
gold bar which was run clear through her
nose and bolted by another Jewel on the other
cold in the Punjab. but II the Hindoo lady con-
tracts the influenza while here she will prob
hasSsna m
dered. and possessed OF pair Of hercely curled
trousers at least, not visibiy- their place to-
ing supplied By very long cloak OF rich ma
terial. Atutban Of vivid hues gives en- phssis
Somewhat less gorgeous are the siamese. al
mSeS ne jewery om they are awe VERY lively snd
chatter coat inuaily. In contrast to their hus-
forceful and IN mistakable sign manual that he
had been much inoonyenienced internally by
very glad to &c: on solid earth again: Next to
them sat four imperturbable Nepaulese from
the crowd dissmbarkins rom the gang.
plank. They look somewhat Ike Eski.
G but Which Are 50. .5g' their Al -S s.
seemed TO % OF . cheerful disposition, grin
them sat four Kings from Madras. low-caste
Hindoos., The women were gorgeeos In silks
like a divided skirt, arranged in a, peculiar
manner 50 as to show the tare leg at the
.sc.: 6oeea o ssd Of nsss a
nection with the rest OF the SsIbaric
Mother Coos, heroine who wore rings on
her fingers and bells on her toes" for they
wore iewelry wherever there Was chance for
out lively accompaniment OF tinkles. and
when one OF them chsnced to sneeZe the effect
Moreover they were vain Of their adorn IN ents
and inclined to be coauettish.
The most troublesome OF the AsiAtics were
the Malays who maintained al attitude OF lofty
indinerenee toward All the other peoples, put
sa. ss the
community, and as they were poor shots and
their missiles generally hit other heads than
which Cpah. one Of the Malays saw ftIto de;
which Urson turned up her nose at her
lord and master, Crsont nose 10 pecu-
liar gave sH, saI ns Tn.. she h sHERa .
ancient race OF pirates. ami his blood is easily
lineage. He promptly started In TO chsstiss
his wife with the implemrn mt nearest at hand.
longing to one Of the kings The Ming came
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Gaylord, who had Umah put In irons. There
upon Umah delivered an expietive of fifteen
minutes, dnsstipn ShSh was iaatirTprstsd as 4
Cingaless who acts us general interpreter.
May you and your children aud their off,
stars In heaN On suGsist on dirt and die In waste
places, and may your spirits wander In space
until IRE ceases to burn and water to iOw!"
lord, but you won't get gu, Until You say
UmSh was obstinate for two days. Then
rough weather came on, and he got seasicS
and said he was very sorry and that the master
would confer a great favor on him by putting
him OF on the nearest island II by good for
tune there happened 10 be one within reach.
ThArs wasno further trouble from him.
The Malays were not the only ones that were
seasick. All suffered more or less except Mar
tbs de Silva who has travelled before by steam
ship, and q very small baby belonging 10 Mr..
and Mrs Hpo Min OF liangoon, Burmah The
baby Is probably the best behaved baby now
sxtant. as she hasn't uttered a single cry or
complaint for two whole months. She l. a
looks like q Japanese doll She. her III.
tie brother her parents parents, en-. m, Mr.; and
colony. Mrs. ThAy Is a friend Of MariawilAn.
a sixteen YsAr-old mltron OF the CIngSless
group and the beauty OF the whole as
sortmsnt. One day Mr.. GAYLORD found Maria
william in tears. Through the interpreter she
informed him that she was consumed with
Eriei because shs hadn'tlwo names like the
Mrs Bah Thaw." she sobbed. has two
names, and she SAYS they are IuSr liss the
white PEOPLES names. and she will be white
people when she gets tn the America country"
Mr. Gaylord replied that undoubtedly Mrs.
u it,