The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
DRAGON AND nOLD GLORY"
Float Together Over the New
Low Quong Chung Chew
Clubhouse.
Opening Reception of an Association
Composed of B1th Sam Yups
and See Yups.

The "stars and stripes" and the great
yellow dragon flag of China foated side
by side on the same pole yesterday over
the clubhouse of the Tim zee Kong Sow
Benevolent Association of the Low Quong
Chung Chew, at 32h Wayerly place. With
il everything was in gala attire, as the or
ganization was giving an elaborate recep-
ton to properly recognize the opening of
its rooms.
The organization is incorporated under
the laws of California to encourage matri-
mony and the rearing of families, to care
for It's members when they are sick and 10
teach them American WAYS. Only mem
bers of the four great Low Quong Chung
and Chew families are eligible to member
ship, and there is already large roll.
The many visitors yesterday were re-
ceived by a committee, at the head of
which were Chew Haw, the president of
the association, and large property
owner; Tim Cox, the secretary, and Chung
Ho, director, who is also one of the pro-
prietors of the Washington-street theater.
The rooms were shown with evident pride.
The furniture was of ebony, inlaid with
mother of pearl. There were many beau
tiful hangings of hand-em broidered silk.
A picture of Quong, the warrior king, was
back of the altar. The present altar will
soon be replaced by a very costly one that
has been ordered from China.
President Chew Haw is a fac-simile of
De Wolff Hopper dressed as Wang. He is
tall and slender, with an extremely intelli-
gent face. His mouth spreads in the same
strained and wide but good-natured smile
and his eyes are similar in every respect to
Wang's. He remarked that certain framed
writings on the wall were copies OF wise
sayings.
ethev are like your American notices oil
Home you know. We want 10 have our
members feel at ease in their recreation
rooms"
The president explained here that the
order was not wholly social in its idea.
"We want our people to do away with
the hatchetmen in arranging disputes, y
he said. through Tim Cox "The law
doesn't know it. Our association will rem
edy this. Many of the impositions we
now suffer under will also be removed
When asked if the association were See
Yup or Sam Yup in its tendencies, Crew
replied that it was neither.
See Yups in this room now,5 he added.
members of the same family may belong
to different societies, but they are related
just the same and will not fight. Our or
ganization of the Low Quong Chung Chew
is higher than the two rival societies and q
Sam Yup man will be friendly with the
See Yups in this organization and an
enemy of all others. They will come here
together Just as they worship in common
at our temple at 8 Brooklyn alley"
The temple in Brooklyn alley contains
carvings hundreds OF years old and valued
at several thousand dollars. One piece
over eight feet long, containing hundreds
of figures. is carved out of single block OF
wood The temple has beautiful inlaid
sign over the inner door which was pre-.
scented to it seven years ago by Chung Yum
Fong, the then Minister from China, who
was at the time en- route for Washington.