The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
CHINESE STATIONERY.
Calling Cards and Funeral Invitations
Are Unique Affairs.
Detroit Journal.

Detroit Journal.
DR.. c. Henri Leonard, a member of the
Library Commission, is of the most
versatile of Detroit's citizens. AS a. practi-
come a publisher of books and magazines
on medicine. His surplus capital he then
expert in oil wells. How many other
money-making channels he is in cannot be
told, but he has some unusual means of
getting rid of his money
He is a Bible enthusiast, and believes in
putting that great book not only before the
children in the public schools and Sunday
schools, but before the heather in foreign
lands. For this purpose he maintains at his
own expense two schools in China and one
IN India, all conducted by converted ma
tives. From these schools he has received
many curious articles, most of which have
Central NJ. E. Church Sunday school, for
another of DR.. Leonard's activities is in the
way of running that Sunday school in the
best of style
Among the curiosities in the collection is
an invitation to a Chinese funeral. not an
ordinary affair, but the obsequies of an
printed in blue and red on a sheet of white
paper, twenty-five by twelve inches in
dimensions and is Asiatically recherche in
the extreme. The white envelope is six
inches wide and twelve inches long Along
its length is blue strip of paper over
which a red strip is pasted and on the red
strip there are characters that probably
constitute the address of the persons hon
ored by the invitation.
society circles in China require the gentle
men to carry. 1t is twenty-five inches long
and twelve inches wide, and thin red pa
per, with fringe at each end of chocolate
colored paper. One of the fringes bears a
little red square. which contains the name
of the caller. The calling card of the man
who does not move in the best Chinese
society is about three inches wide and five
inches long, and is entirely of red paper
me characters of the name are large and
coarse, whereas the stylish card has small
and delicate Chinese hieroglyphics
one of Dr. Leonard's schools is at Foo
Shoo, China. and the name of the Christian
Chinaman, TO whom he gives $40 a wear to
teach that school, is Ling Bing Kong Mr.
Ling Bing Kong has about forty of mis-
1ellow-countrymen under his tuition. and
is striving to make Christians of them In
spite of the yellow and discouragine mate
RAJ, DR.. Leonard is pleased with the out
look, and thinks so we'll of his outlay of
$40 a year that he has started a similar
sehool five hundred miles away from Foo
Choo at annual expense OF $50 Resides
he maintains one in India Mr. Ling hing
Kong got hold of a Chinese boatsman who
owns a craft for carrying wood up and
superstitious. ignorant and altogether dis
reputable old Celestial he was Changed
mo INTO a decent. God-fearing,. intelligent
CHRISTIAN human being. And the boat can
tain liked the change so we'll that he HE'D
MIN to his native city, few hundred miles
up the river, and established school of
Christ e'9pei u Jesus
Mr.. Ling Bing Kong writes a letter 70
his friend and benefactor DR. Leonard
from whom he gets his $40 a year. Forty
dollars Is large amunt for a China,
man It enables Ling Bing to paw rent ana
live We'll His letter of the seventh montb
and seventh day is extremely interestino
II IS on three sheets of rice paper. ruled
with red ink, and covering nearly one-haIf
OF each IS q picture in red
A translation of Ling Bling Kong's' letter
TO Dr Leonard is as follows:
My Very Dear Friend-This is tT.a coo
ono year, have been teaching your school
ana have been endeavoring by Gods
me to put forth my whole strength. I have
been trying to do my best. I am very
thankful indeed, that ever came TO Be a
CHRISTIAN, and that your pupils are also
learning the way of salvation. While il
was GOES power that saved me, yet your
assistance In the work here has been help