San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-08

1t was in Chicago, where the
beautiful Dream city, the Column.
bian Worlds Fair, drew together
the multitude from all quarters
Of the globe, to see and to live
through that dream Of enchant-
ment, which human mind had
conceived, human genius had plan
ned and human skill and muscles
had made an accomplished, prac-
tical fact.
Here in this overgrown city on
the shores Of that beautiful but
treacherous inland sea, Lake
Michigan, lived little woman
with a mission; busy in her own
mind, and actuated by her own
great opinion of herself, her object
and her belief in her own powers
to carry to success this self i'm
posed task. A mission, that in her
own mind and in those Of few
more idle, aimless devotees of
fashion and the ministrations of
so-called gospel in the aesthetic
church OF the Reverend Theophi-
lus Buncombe, was so great, that
it would, il properly managed and
faithfully carried out, have such
tremendous consequences in pro-
viding for the heavenly welfare
of the countless millions of heath.
en- in far off China, such as had
never been accomplished by any
other missionary work. She was,
like all other enthusiasts, always
reaching out to benefit the far
away heather in China or Africa,
entirely ignoring and forgetting
the thousands who needed reform
and moral instruction and substan-
tial aid right under her very nose
who suffer from just such pervert-
ed and i'll directed efforts and waste
of means, as are constantly squan-
dered by Foreign Mission Boards,
on far of heather.
But such thoughts never enter
the minds of fashionable, super
fetal, selfstyled Christians Of the
nineteenth century and more
especially the minds of those, who
had caught hold Of the 30 very
fashionable craze OF converting
John Chinaman in Chicago.
1t will be borne in mind, how
Chicago in 1898 and 1894 was agi-
tated, when it became a we'll
known fact, that the rage for con-
verting John Washee Washee was
carried on in some of the churches
in a most novel, ridiculous and
very revolving manner, in assign
ing to each almond eyed Celestial
that would apply, some over en-
thusiastic young lady, that had
taken up this fad, as personal
and sole instructor into the
heavenly sky plotting business, as
taught by such gospel expounders
like the Rev. Theophilus Bun
combe.
Now our heroine, Mrs. Supercilita
Amalgam, was one Of the most en-
thusiastic and jealous workers in
this movement to convert the
heather Chinese through the
bright eyes and cherry like, smil-
ing lips Of these selected young
proselytes, and she believed the
time had come, when an extra
effort should and would crown the
results of such gospel instructions
with a glorious finale, that would
rebound to her credit as the pro-
jector of it, and accomplish more
(supposed) good work in the con-
vertion of the pigtail Celestials,
than any means before employed.
At the time when this story
opens, about March, 1894, there had
been four Cinnamon with the dis
tinguished names Of Chang Wang,
Wung Chung, Hi Long and Ho
Ling converted $50 said) to the
doctrines as preached by the i'm
maculate Rev. Theophilus Bun
combe, and after proper probation
and examination, had been credit
ed with being competent and shin
ing lights Of the Buncombe gos-
pei, and had been ordained as
missionaries to go under the aus.
pices of the Church Of the Holy
Amativeness (of which the Rev.
Theophilus Buncombe was the
pastorD and to preach the gospel
to their brother pigtails in their
native country. These four newly
made and ordained Reverends,
with the natural acuteness OF their
race, discovered in Mrs. Supercilita
Amalgam worthy and Jealous
friend and supporter of their great.
est desire, that was for each one to
take for their assistants and life
partners, through the proper door !
of Mclean Malimony as they
called it, to share their great COM
ing work, one of those sweet !
angels that had ministered to their
thirst for knowledge in the gospel |
mysteries; and Mrs. Supercilita I
Amalgam at once took hold of
this idea and hpcamo S0 anthuaad