New-York tribune., 1896-08-29
MOTT-ST. IN GALA ATTIRE.
PREPARATIONS N CHINATOWN TO RECEIVE
THEIR U.LUSTRIOUS CONFERENCE.-THE
JOSS HOUSE CLOSED YESTERDAY

Mott-st was IN more than gala dress Yesterday
afternoon The efforts - the Monsoans ID decorate
and make bright the quarters that are recognized
IN ths city as dis'inc-ive,y their own have been
sIcccssrul. and Mott. Doyers and Pell SIS. A.
raycd i'm a holiday costume Yesterday morning lni
a great part q the day the streets in Chinatown
were crowded with people who had come 70 seo what
preparations had been made by the Cinnamon 10
receive their great counryman. The first thing that
struck the eve of tho sehisaer tho Of color
that confronted him a. he turned from Chatham
Square into The great thoroughfare Il Chinatown.
The prevailing coors yellow and blue and white
but there A pretty good streak Of western red
thar pervaded the whole Every effort had been
made 10 do honor the great Viceroy, and the re-
suit as Il appeared yesterday afternoon was not AZ
all disappointing The best Of It was tnat wiki
the exception of the American flags the whole thing
il d.stinctivoy Chinese
Looking up Mou-st. from Chatham square tho
vista was one OF amos, rewiilerng color. There
were flags everywhere oNcep, whore there We're lam
terms The FIRST decoration tnlt slfucK ,he eye was
d great mass OF color hung across the street from
30 ID No 6. The upper par vas 4 long
string 0t color. made UP of all sOrts Of fass.
the Chinese dragon being j the ascendency and
reaching clear across tAc street and from ); was
hung what might b. representation Of a boat or
a sedan chair OF merely conventional design. In
tne centre II the design inscription IN Chinese
characters. This inscription might mean almost
anything 20 the ordinary mortal and the reporter
had considerable difficulty in finding just what
did stand FOR. Finally !i vas learned tla' u
meant Welcome. l. Hung Chang"
The Cinnamon themselves seemed much annoyed
a. the invasion Of their territory. az any rate. a
good mary Of them did. They busy on an
kinds OF errands but most Of tho .rrands evidently
had pleasure for their ultimate result. for yoscr-
day was q holiday in Chinatown. The coming of
the statesman had shut .p most Of thc shops ana
the rice wine mills and the fantan joints and the
opium dcus doubtless dd good business last
night Even the JOSS th, Chinese house Of wor-
ship AZ 30 10 Mott-st. was closed during the great
preparations that were going on inside for the Pc
ccption Of tho Emperor friend. Wong ki how
eyer. nai finished his work Wong ki ia 20 Doc
found In pJyrrs-sf. a door or below the Chinese
theatre and there he sat yesterday afternoon. his
beard sadly needing a shave. and his almond tyls
fix Xnd calmly on his long st'mmed pipe gazing wlfh
fed. In his own peculiar Oriental way be- H. happs
f0r fhe decorations in the Chinese quarter are he
work ~ his hands. ard his pockets chnk with
what viii buy much rice wine and much Of 9th, p
things that perhaps it w,rc better II Wong hi dd
one of the main attractions of the district Wei,
IT," Chinese babies that w'rc on exhibition. In fh"
space Of q single block there were three chinese
own peculiar nation open % inspection ny the curl
lu5 crowd Inr smallest ~ tacrn all and the one
who drew the most Of tlc attention was tiny to-.
his little mead coEerrd Deg mauy-cOlOrcl chimes
cap. his little body clad in H coat Of many color-
and his baby feet rncaH,d iu white sik toekinSs
and Chinese slippers The women Mtic par
iarl> Interested 'n this small member oi IN" ,
nHf tl" men. TOO. showed mat tney were no p.''
20 childish Establishment IL every cas-" ~h"f' "
baby WIS 10 hA seen n the i'eh"r and nov we
mother who Beld him out 20 the adhlrihH -"@" ~
In ali The ,ros.a there were number of thint-
men Who seemed bent on business ODe 'e"o"'