The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-28

was met dtpfhe door by the groom anu
n master of ceremonies, who led the way
into their lnrge OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES there
was a. great altar covered with candies,
and many. scrolls and tables hung a
tounduto represent the ancestors the
groom 1.-The hall Wacs sOIGroWled1 with
PEOPLE that the servants had to- forme a
lane through which the bride aIul groom
might pass; her feet were bound so small
that she had to be supported and by
two womeny one on each side. Shr:had
n red Glothuover her head and face so
that sl,o could neither see nor be seen.
The master of ceremonies led them to the
Ancestral Altar and there they both
knelt and bumped their head on the floor
a certain number of times, Worshipping
the groOm's ancestors; by so doing she
leaves the family in which she was born
and becomes Il member of her husband 5
family After worshipping here they
were led through room after room the
crowd following-to the bridal bed
chamber, there they both get in bed and
draw the curtains n few minutes. Then
the groom and all the gentlemen leave the
room and the bride sits i'll bed and re
ceives the congratula tons of her friends.
During the whole performance they are
followed by men with flutes. playing the
most dismal tune you can imagine. in
fact we have not yet been able to tell
Il marriage hymn from a funeral march.
The bride and groom and all the family
were beautifully dressed in the hand
soonest of silks and satins, lined with ex-
pensiye. and beautiful furs and trimmed
with brilliant and exquisite embroidery
and the head-dresscs of the ladies were
covered with large and lustrous pearls.
I'VE have had unusually cold weather
this winter and have pitied our neigh
.bors so much Even the richest people
have no stoves in their houses. and the
floors are paved with stone Ur brick while
1.-THE poor have only mud tloors." They put
on all the clothes they can get and as
the common people wear only cotton they
hayeto wear SO many that they hook Eke
stufftdy nillaN 50. 'fheS have 3ittle brass
kettles with, perforated tops which they
fill with hot Goals and thus keep their
feet Ayarm. s.L.. n"{i
Our nurse is n, country Woman andsis
much pleased with iouE warm r0onrs.l on
cold Aays.she often sriiu and says,
This is beayen." Nc ares try ing to
teach her a better heaven, but we can
talk so little aud her lifelong belief has
All been so different that it, takes II long
time to do mach. ~: tirlnp of WEALTHY
- Chinese, gentlemen have just completed
/, Il large, foreign cotton SpSnhiAe mill "a
bou. a mike FROM here. filled with foreign
machinery, eleetr:e lights aia patout ~
pxtinguiShers> / t seems Il nat'Ye1 to1Hs t.
..see it here, but we hopelitwil. do Il sreh {
deal of good in giving employment TO
hundreds of people and teaching them
that foreigners do know some things that
r Celestials do not know. They all think
We are great child murdererS and we
hear that many of them believe that
when the mill is started five little Chinese
boys will be put in the furnaces to en-
sure, good luck j is not only the uned-
ucated people who believe these things
but many who ough+ to know better.
Our teacher, who has Deen coming 10 our
house every day for ahout two years ask
ed us if it was really 80. / lis very sad
and trying to realize how deepis the dis
trust and hatred the people have OF US:
the more I'VE learn Ofothe language the
more, we realize it for we never 40 lon the
street without being cIrrseal and insulted
and literally made as,the filth OF hthp
world and the offscoHring 'ofathe leapth. -
Il Cor 4:13l. but We came here expect
ing that and nnlypregrCt thatNvp r9E'o
help resenting eit!l"as o-H5 irtpH :" tai+