The Atlanta constitution., 1898-08-08
SOMETHING ABOUT CHINESE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

"OViIN f1IN1 St'.S~-
Dear Junior wonder how many chill
dren of the Junior ever saw any ht'ie
Chinese children? If you never dlo' let
me tell YOU something about them. Last
year ! was at Nashville, Tenn, during the
exposition there, and had the pleasure OF
meeting MIR. Kee Owang, the manager Vi
the Chinese village; he is very well ecu
Gated gentleman, and not like most OF the
Chinese our city boys and girls are III tne
habit of seeing on the streets, dressed Ill
their ridiculous costume, but Mr.. owahS
dressed lust like we do, and you couid ni-
derstand nearly everything he SAID. MT.
Owang and myself became very goou
friends and | used to go to the ChlneSe VII
lace very often to see him. One day he
came in my office and said: Il want you W
come up to the village tonight nave
something to show YOU told MN l
would come up about O'Clock. so about
o'clock mat night l went up to the VII
lage and as soon as l arrived theie
found Mr. Owang, and he said; 1 WANT "
take YOU upstairs and introduce you |"
some Chinese young ladies ana l'e''
laughngly continued: You can 'a'N W
them, because they won uildei N"'A0 S'N'
but you can look at them.
Ne went ND the steps to large 90 'i'
upon which Mr.. OwanG knockeu' oAo uoDi
vas Immediately opened by CilhT7S So
want who WAS the most horllplS 4oy N'
"a | |
said something to this old man IN ChhCSc'
r,lj,r, of course | didn't understa I'd. but
,he old fellow shook his head ana sd"'
..t1oo-kal-a-nm-to-gar;" as Mr.. o"dis
told me to come ahead. l naturahy '"p
nose6 'Hoo-kal-a a. -um-t gar meant coilie
in" ,,,
We entered a very large hall decorated
with hundreds of the brlShteSt haRS a."
banners You ever saw. After msrectihs
Of
room Mr. Owang called an old Chlhanlah
and told him to tell the girls to come IN
In a few moments | looked up and stahoihS
an a long platform before me were ten oi
twelve OF the sweetest little ChlneSe guns
Won would want to see. the Oldest apout
thirteen years old and the youngest d lnei'
baby. about three years Old. named An LOO
Now | know some Of you VIII tduSh
when | say these children were pretty, tor
know how hard it is for anyone to pc
lieye that a Chinese can be pretty, put
these little children were as pretty ana
sweet as they could be and could sing
great many Sunday school songs. such as
Jesus Loves Me, That / Know, Nearer
NV God to Thee and a good many that we
all know SO well. These little things wou'd
sing a song in English and then immediate
w sing il in their own language, ana you
can't imagine how funny it sounded. 1hey
were all dressed in silk dresses which were
beautifully embroidered with a heavy eo'u
-,ord ,.,hich was woven in all kind of fam
tastic shapes representing birds and ami
mails of different kinds. 1t was amusing
TO hear these little people sing ana ta'h-
The smallest child was the only one lhdt
co,1'd sneak English, and her name was
An Loo and It was funny to hear her say
"no cue no good" which means thdt II
Won haven't got a "cue" ike a Chinaman
wears you are not good for you know tnat
a Chinaman thinks that a person without a
..cue' can't 20 to heaven. Little All Loo
would get up in my lap and catch hold OF
NV hair and say: NO cue, no good, ana
+ ,se to reply to her: No cue, heap good
and she would throw back her head ana
laugh as If she thought il was tho iuo-
niost thing she ever heard. Every time
went to see these little children | always
n.lcd my pockets with candy and peanuts
and as soon as they would see me coming
they would commence to jump up and down
o,,J cav. ''I[e-1Oo. ke-noo." and as soon as
( cot in the room every one of them would
he around me with their hands IN my
pockets seeing what ] had for them, ana
tha way they would talk and "JabOer was
very laughablc. Every sunday afternoon
Mr.. Owang and myself use to take them 10
walk but they cant walk like our children.
for their feet very small ana lhey Bct
tired very quick Their shoes are the fun-
uiest things You ever saw and are MADE
ont of wood and are so shaped that when
t1cy walk they look like they were gong
to fall over on their faces ! lad lots ol
fun with these little Chinese children and
/ wish all Of Aunt Susie's children could
have seen them | wonder what became
Of them after the exposition closed doh
,u,,2 UNCLE BILLIE.