The record-union., 1895-01-21
THEIR Two HEARTS BEAT AS ONE.
Fong Sing and Dong Kuuk Tied in a
Double
A Local Chinese Merchant Married in
Both the Oriental and Ameri-
can Fashions.

Fong Sing. known as the proprietor of
the bazaar on X street, between Eighth
and Ninth, was married on Saturday
evening to Dong Kuuk, a young Chinese
woman, IS years of age, from San Fran
cisco. The ceremony took place at the
Congregational Chinese Mission on L
street, where Fong Sing is prominent
member and organist, and Rev. DIR. Hoyt
otf1ciated.
There was large number OF guests, the
mission-room being filled TO repletion by
the Christian members of the city Chi
nese missions and many prominent
American ladies and gentlemen, who
came in response to invitations printed
in English and executed in the best
American style.
The room was very neatly decorated
with pleasing mixture of Chinese and
American articles of decoration, to which
was added generous quantity of choice
evergreen sprays and foliage. The mar
riage ceremony took place at $50 O'Clock,
Ii Hong, Superior Court Interpreter,
translating the words of the officiating
clergyman, sentence by sentence, as they
were given to the contracting parties, to
make them man and wife.
This was only necessary for the BRIDES
part, for Fong Sing talks about as good
English as the average American, and in
his frequent appearance during the past
few years, in the leading Congregational
Church Of the coast, at Chinese mission
anniversaries, has put to severe discount
many professional singers by his entirely
distinct enunciatlon in singing gospel
and mission songs.
The bride was richly and tastefully Co.'S
al
the best Chinese fineries, and with the
saving element that there was entire ab
sence OF the cheap gewgaws which
usually form so large part of the per-
sonal adornment of Chinese women.
10 the brides honor and Fong Sings
benefit, let it be also said that she does
not wear less than No. shoe, and can
walk without prop on either side, as the
conventional small-footed Celestial te-
males have to do.
The groom was dressed in a we'll fitting
American black suit. with white necktie,
and appeared during the ceremony as
com posed and much at ease as If he were
selling goods over the counter OF his es-
tablishment.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the
Americans present congratulated the
bride and the groom, but were able to
but partially see the face of the bride, as
she kept it carefully covered with her
each. She is of quite different type
from the ordinary Chinese woman, being
as tall as the groom, with features quite
European, and withal good-looking.
After the congratulations the members
OF the Mission gave all elaborate COLA
ton in honor OF the newly married cou-
pie, and continued the festivities until
late hour.
An interesting feature in connection
with the affair was Chinese marriage
ceremony which took place the day pre-
ceeding at San Francisco, when the
woman was married to Fong Sing by
Celestial rites and forms, although the
latter was not present, but here in Sacra-
mento attending to business at the old
stand.
This, under Chinese custom, would be
binding, but Fong Sing declined to have
any part in it. Under Chinese custom,
before he was allowed to speak to the
bride, he had the marriage relation SOL
emniZed in due Christian form.
Ii Hung, the interpreter, stated that his
wife was married to him in China while
he was here in California, and five years
before he went back there to have his
first look at her.