The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-12-16
TRAVELLING N CHINA
NOTES BY w. c. KENAKE, WITH
THE ELSIE ADAIR COMPANY.
Strange Sights and Adventurcs-John
at Home Streets Three Feet Wide
SHOW business Good.

Letters were received by Lieut.. l..
r. kcnakc, per the Bclgic, from his
brother, Mr.. W. {. Kenalte, who Is
travelling with the Elsie Adair Com
pany i'm China. MIR. kcnake states that
the troupe has met with good success
thus far and the outlook for the re-
mainder of the tour is bright.
The company is at present in Shang
hal. Miss Adair is i'll. The company
will leave for Hongl>oug when she re-
covers Mr.. Kenake says that he IS
doing well in his parts OF the roper
tore of the Adar company. He OBJ
jects to the Autographs Of himself,
gotten out by the Chinese press
houses. "They have me in full dress
suit and it is impossible to recognize
even one feature of myself"
While i'm Shanghai he met Mr. +. s.
Young, a well known Honolulu man.
They visited many points of interest
together. Mr.. Kenake writes as fol-
lows of one of their tours:
Last Sunday Mr.. Young and myself
saw the old Chinese city within the
wall, near Shanghai Although it is
well worth seeing | will never go to
see it again, for it is simply horrible.
1t is necessary to have guide to
show YOU about, for the chances are
that stranger would get lost. After
| $3.50 O'Clock at night the big gates are
closed and no one is permitted to go
| in or out after that time.
"The wall surrounding the city is
three miles in length. Over 100000
people are living within these walls.
As one enters the gates to the city you
see laying on both sides of the streets,
| which, by the way, are little over
three feet in width, lepers in the worst
condition. It was most disgusting
sight and made me sick. The streets
are dirty. 70 garbage is ever re-
moved from them. Dead eats and dogs
are allowed to remain. There are some
fine ba2aars manufacturing silks and
ivory carving.
"TheChinese restaurants are enough
to kill person. The odor is awful
and the pots used to cook in are dirty
and greasy. They are never washed.
The fires are never permitted to go
out. If they did | actually believe the
pots would walk away.
I'VE were in the Joss house in the
old tea garden. For ten cents we had
the pleasure of watching the Chinese
burn some Joss paper. They told MS
our fortunes. We were each to win
$4,000, but neither of us had a lottery
ticket.
1--WE went to the jail One Chinaman
was confined in fenced enclosure.
He was chained to one corner. His
head protruded out of board about
two feet square. This board is nev II
taken off until he has served his time
This poor fellow had six months for
gambling. He is forced to remain out
in the open air and must eat and sleep
as best he can in rain or shine. He 5
not even furnished sufficient food. We
gave him ten cents. He secured Il
bucket of water with it. This was the
first bath he had for many days.
"The beggars followed us every
where we went. | learned while IN
this place that it would be very un
wise to resent an insult offered by {
Chinaman. To start IA fight with one
would be committing suicide, for :
hundred Cinnamon would rush to tn,
assistance of their fellow countrymaI
, and short work would be made of the
intruder. The body of the victim
would never be found. But outside o
the wall of the city they are perfec
towards. They won't help one anoth
er and the police will invariably tax,
the strangers part. ] saw a fight be
tween two sailors the other night
There were three Chinese policemen
. and two white policemen looking OF
and when one of the sailors wa
knocked out the officers walked OF
without saying word. Now if
: Frisco policeman had been there h
would have been right in for il 70
they do love to get chance to us
their clubs"
Don't be persuaded into buying lin
. iments without reputation or merit