The times., 1898-01-04
TURN THEIR BACKS ON JOSS
Calyary's Chinese Sunday School
Class Entertains.
The Yellow Dragon Is Very Much
in Evidence Together With
= Voice.

| The Chinese class of Calvary Baptist
Sunday school gave it's annual entertain.
| ment last night which was attended by
delegation from every laundry in the
| city. There was yeIlowish cast to the
| audience. There were enough Cinnamon
| there to wash the Republican party and
starch the Cuban policy of the admins
! tration.
| THE Sunday -schooicharnber was orientaHy
embellished. There were legions of little
| triangular flags each of which was a
| yellow dragon attempting to swallow a
red BAH. There We're plenty of big flags
| on each of which the same yellow dragon
was trying to swallow the same red bali.
Above the platform was a yellow banner
embroidered In black with Quotation from
tea-chest, In unexpected places there ap-
peared other dragons. some OF them plumed
as gaily as bird of Paradise or an
impressionist's sunset.
1t seemed as hard for the artist who
decorated the nan to get away from that
dragon. as it was for Mr.. Dick to knock
the head OF King CharleSoutof his Memorial
The dragon had things his own way. The
yellow section of the audience appeared to
like the geological decorations aud seemed
careless of the fact that while they
We're fidtlling China was burnine-that
just now the powers are punching such
holes into the Flowery Kingdom that
the Chinese VIII have to die early that
their bones may rest In China. They
were callous to the coming of the eclipse
n no
less that Lii Hung Chang has been recalled
to Pekin, or that Kiao Chou has been in
vested.
NOW and then, through the menagerie of
yellow drag gons which chased red balls
about the hall. might be caught a glimpse
of picture OF st. Paul, st. John, or some
other scrptural hero 1t was not easy
to get away from the suggestion that
'hefe was curious blending of Christian
incense and Celestial punk.
The first number on she program was a
piano SOLO, by Miss Shreye, an American
girl in red sash. Her selection was a
descriptive piece of naval opera tions in the
Gulf OF Pecliiii, during the late war, and
OF the Tight off the mouth of the Yalu
RIVER. She sent the Chen Yuen to the
bottom with her left hand, and with her
right gave trag Interpretation of the
suicide of Admiral Ting 1t so delighted
the Yellow section of the audience thar
an encore was dema nd ed, md Miss shreye
rendered vivid portrayal OF the attack
on Port Arthur, handling the Japa nese
artillery with her left hand and nsinp
the Mauser magazine rifles with her right
MIS- Percy Sullivan sang so sweetIy
that several of her listeners should ba ya
volunteered to do her washing gratis
for the next six months.
lae next number on the program was a
recitation by Master Ming Foy. Ming is
taI-coiored boy about three feet tall
ne wore a PINK cap with a red chessruan
gu TOP, green hair, a sky-blue waistcoat.
Nhe green pants and embroidered socks.
ne spoke win Remarkably good Four
aHua-laH street accent, though the exact
nature OF The recitation could not Ire de-
terTuiued up TO this writing.
one or the converts was down for
song Ihts gentleman has one of the
hish-tuned voices which seems to come
frofu behind the eyebrows. His efforts
were appreciated, not only Ey those nres.
ent' but by those several SQUARES from
present. u was said last night that ,vhan
ever ne sings in public he aIwavs
INSISTS that his friends in China shall hear
hH.
master uHg Lee Foy present ed a
ietitation on what he called ''Clist-she-
anty. He said something to the effect
tnat tue " President is a RELY big man and
that Michigan aeet Glars eIo nIo syipps. :,
ne remainder OF his discourse escapad tho
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/. was delightful evening ana every-
body had good time.