The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-15

to the yells OF the heavy villain or the
shrill sqUawks of the victiEiized hero
inc. The actors paint their faces IN the
most frightful fashion. An Apache ont
for gore would not show such variety
of colors. The whole performance is
like hideous nightmare and funny be-
yond any expression. The Cinnamon,
though, take it very seriously, and she
only ones who laughed were those who
nudged each other to see me laugh. Any
one who likes walks up from the audi
ence and wanders in and out the dress
ing rooms at the back of the stage.
Over the stage is the josshouse Of the
actors and back of this their living
rooms, for they never go out Of the thea
ter If they can avoid it. Cinnamon have
the most utter contempt for actors, and
if they catch them on the streets viii
tear their clothing from them and beat
them until they are black i'll the face.
Him xiii. Him no good. Him actor
man. Him paint him face. Him dless
up all same woman, is the summary
of their disdainful opinions of the mum
mer. Apropos of which Mr.. Glennon
told me this amusing story Of Irving:
Among other places the great actor Wis
tied was a pawnshop where he bought a
lot of beautiful Chinese curios, weapons
and pipes. While he was buying he
chatted with the Chinese pawnbroker
about actors and received his opinion Of
their worthlessness with quiet smile.
As Irving went up the steps of the Gel
lar shop Glennon turned to the pawn
broker and said: "Well, John, you
have put your foot in it this time. That
is the greatest English speaking actor
on earth. " John tore at his cue in hor-
ror and walled: Him actor man? Ne
believe him minister man. Me heap
d-n foolee. -
Bats For the Unwary.
The opium joints Notwithstanding
the stringent statutes against this evil,
there are 5000 chop heads, - OR "opium
fends, i'll San francisco today and in
Chinatown nearly 800 joints. This is
the greatest evil this fair city has to
deal with. A menace anywhere, it is
here positive threat. One Of the most
famous, or infamous, joints is that kept
by 'Blnd Annie, - who is one of the
catchpenny fakes to delude the dimes
ont of tourists pockets Blind Annie -
with her thousand cats, is the bait
WHICH lures LIE ICAUGE4OOG WIG lduC1SS
he is to behold marvellous sight.
The joint is in a dingy cellar reached
by foul alley 1t is q room Of about
1870 square feet. There is not bit of
ventilation. On Il greasy, rotten bed
sits the little old bag, fondling her four
or five cats and NANCY, wheezy dog.
She is not so blind that she cannot see
Detecti- Q Glennon's hand as he holds
out a DIN, which she eagerly clutches
and mumbles over. This joint is fire.
quented by white girls who wish to hit
the pipe. There are plenty others, doz-
ems of nasty holes, with tiers of hunks
waiting for the victims of the "dope. -
In one close, foul room 1 stood and
watched an old. old man, who looked
to be $50 at least, roll his pill and heat
it at the nut oil lamp. Around the room
lay men and women in various stages
Of drunkenness and dishabille.
There is yet another feature of China
town which IS quite as loathsome-the
traffic in Chinese women, which goes
steadily on in spite Of laws against it.
These girls are at the bottom Of the
many terrible murders committed in
Chinatown. This is the way of it:
| There is a Chinese vendetta, organized
and carried On as systematically as any
in Italy. Say that a highlander, mem
Der Of the Lee family, has a young,
pretty slave. who is worth from 81, 900
to So, 500 a year to him; that mem
Der Of the Wang family, realizing her
commercial value, abduots that girl
The Lee family Immediately sets forth
and kills every member Of the Wang
family caught out on general principles.
If anything is left of the tribe, it re-
torts on the Lee family. The highbind-
ers use 45 caliber Colts and carry them
lying over their arms And a majority
of these murders are committed over
some handsome young slave.
Honest Labor.
Cinnamon raise nearly all the vegeta-
bles grown in California. They are first
class market gardeners. They are good
shoemakers, and many fashionable San
Francisco women have their shoes made
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