The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-02

II you want 10 De- ~escon@e among tne
Chinese during fhs cslsBrstion q ne As~
Years take 8 reporters tip ane aaaFr@H
shs lord - TIE house Ike iEas, tfoea %
G. tsl" Perhaps shis l. uoI fec5nscaiiy
correct. bu, i vii serve 5ust - wea a. x
T. zzsra Spelled ching o faI TOT. he
member this. however yoa mgst pat the
right emphasis or TIE syil2blss or you
VII FMS Yourself Ia 81 49, box Instead ~
pssre WHERE hospitality knows no
hauaas The Fozt-Infa3l1Senc reporter.
who found faese words IN the mouth 81
Clifford Anafusa. h opsn sessnae n eF-
cry Chinese foaf in the city las1 evening.
id bia best 10 get tae right Infection
Sometimes ne ria AMI sometime re eid
nj. Al there r. - g. yeu must take
y1ar chances. and n EoB aea that tbe
sgords yea have uttered DO not meet with
kindly reception take e for granted thai
yo4 have made a mistake and retire Per
AapN TIC nexf house AZ which you Try
Chinese talk you wiH succeed better
TIE Chinese New Year. as stated In the
g9sf-fnfsi,lxeuesF recently. commenced -
Midnight sunday. and Is supposed % last
fen azys IN chiaa e lasts month. -Four
or fee days viii be enough To satisfy TIE
Chinese In Seattle this year. and h looks
s. II there wili not be a aweiI banquet
such "a aas been given IN years pass.
Hard times said Gee Hee. the vice
consul. last evening. Pour or FIVE days
of celebrating will be enough ard guess
we vii rive np the banquet
Wa Ch1nz the wsslthiesf Chinese nar-
chant IN the city. looked over his glasses
stuck hts hands IN hts pockets and said
that he did not know about the banquet
business. Possibly they misnt get around
20 II after few dass.
To say that all Chinatown vas alive yes
Every cslestia. N Tire city know that Il
was the beginning % lac year 10 ac-
esraigr 20 MS reckoning. and ne felt IN
aNitg bound % have xiorig1s time. II
airy o. the Face had 20 farforgotten them
selves In their eaEerness 20 gather money
r. 20 overlook the incoming year Il was
brought 20 their attention very for@tb.y
b. continued cannonading sTaey raised
han columhis,' said Capt Hosie last
evening. but u comes only cncs a year
and they have a good time among them
selves"
II il hard thing for a chi1anlan. 20
matter how Amsricanlzad 10 may have
become. TO pass over the customs Il hts
mother county on such 4 ~ as ysster-
day. he realizes that shsre - certain
programme 70 be- gone through with. and
be proceeds 20 play the limit. Previous
To this. II may be said he has been hus-
Ting FOR several days 20 wipe cut al sis
tnteT-Chinese debts II s. disgrace to
enter upon the New Year with balance
or The wrong side Of tie ledger II every
thing has net been squared 10 on The
morning % the lst. John makes last
hari attempt to do the right thing. Then
Re 10 ready % have glurio1s time no
matter II he can see his head several sizes
too large for his hat the next morning
First he takes q bath. not an ordinary
cne. because he Is so far advanced to-
ward duded0fn that he uses fancy soap
costly perfumes and the most costly 81
heavy towels Ills second act l. TO get
his queue in shape after which he takes
q snort nap 81 order that hts eyes may
De bright and his smile sweet when hts
friends commence calling with those queer
little red paper slips that are. IN reality,
nothing mere than visiting cards
All Chinese bonuses ~ any preteusions
receive. and Chineso gin. port sherry and
Angelica Hiaes, All kinds 0f candies fruit
tea and cigars are ne free as Puget sound
rain. II yoa stay over an hour you are
nssly 30 fee a chilly atmosphere about
you a Chinaman knows how % Ne lia-
sfal. aud when TO be. but be r. keenly alive
"a airy atismpi 20 intrude upon MS hos
Tl,aiitY 81 she first item printed hy ,he
Iast-frse'ligencsr on The Chinese New
Year meniion was made OF The difference
between at Insiders and m outsiders re-
Se0dar bE tae Chinese or course this re-
f~fs especially 70 Americans
reporter trisd two syztoms yesterday
evening, ard before no sos through WAS
willing "a confess thsl - had 60 be prop
sriv Introduced before TIE FUN pleasure ~
trip through Chinatown could be r.
aisnd This Introduction was riyen hy
Canorf Au1fuss who "a called "Dly
ynnscf' teoy lawyer by The chinese mer-
chagxs. ans DIGESTIVE sam corbett IN he
course 0f gAe tria the reporter discovered
a. "a ear tar - -
becoming popular. proparttenaily %
curse iH Seattle RE IN Portland or san
israarisco. Many people who are not onta
tae ropes go around ana think they are
sseiHs iife. While the trafn OF ,as matter
- they see aniv the surface ON washing
too stsseg. between Second ard Third ave-
rtisa south. there was more TIE aud vrca ~
crowds than IN any other part OF What &C.
clrmed CHINATOWN. Thn trouble with that
sarnc in this city ia that the chinese oc.
enpv three or four different localities. ar
wtthln = radius ~ four blocks hut not con-
centfated enough te he nropcrlF termed
t34tdatoWn. Tia es~~and dfatriet commences
on iha north eide Of washington street.
tHwgen Fourth aud f'1fth avenues eoufh
Tee thtra distftc' is is-atrl aTs Fourth ave
sue sautn hafwren Washington end Malu
streets. Th7 principal feature ~ tails dis
tr3ci Is tae big wa ChouS building IL Wa
net necessary ~ faN Chinese g. va
d
uDderstsrf u}fv whst Won say and wli
Nat good Fu&}sh in replying The display
- asfic&etes. wrAtts attractive sns virs df5
rnt compare Win tes -tgat ~ two Uttls
CatrAse xhia. clad Oh tHe richest az OF.
eagai garments. THey weTe PLAYING .. fAt
fear - .se big store whta the reporter
Una his friends eassrs3 b8s soon lAey
came to Pc rr1rf ard satra>s 0ra-eefiee.
sttth kren iuserss,- They are woodrrnllly
attractive ca3llysn. s@f havs complexion
RHH e. ~ thzt wcal3 cause nrarv a anciet,
fsav % So ~oYafaus Ire e'fer rs Nri So
O. os q years oIt sad speaks aesG H.n
xash F1eF voice is clear are t.eH aaf
sener she sreaks gheTe g twfukle ir Del
rnsrk3lre as~b arosu ayes Ss~ ts Some
sNfux % T4trlaste an8 realize thaf So
g. ne Belle - Chirafeua 1Tsr sIstrr 81
Younger. ard waite rrt 80 han.tsortr s-
sel. 81 eutcr fFer rar.e ts We. s-t voe-
sau eaii asr uause see susiifs ara Pests hel
tea8 ever on enc else ass 70 FROM aasaF.tt
ness
After v'sft@g the STORES ~ Tsorr Irs.s
shlnx Caon = 60 Qae0r Tact Cr. y.
sfap Quanr- rhung. " ms C-Nesae 1irs Gee
a. els Wa~sir ktcn street the Nns To-
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