The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-23

seated on the mating I'm a circle about
seven little lamps. Seven pieces OF
food. seven pieces of candy. seven ar
ticles Ct clothing and seven pieces of
money were carefully arranged inside
| the circle. Seven is the magic number
In China long before any Caucasians
were born, there were seven sisters
who lived on the banks Of the Yellow
river. In order that they might attain
the greatest glory in the world to come,
they vowed they would never marry
but the parents betrothed one of them
to a young man whose aTdor was great
~ increased by the many refusals OF nus
sweetheart. Obedience is the cardinal
virtue of the Chinese. and the girl was
compelled to give her consent at last.
Then she told her other sisters they
would never see her again. She jump
ed into the Yellow river, and they too
lest they might be betrothed like her.
Jumped in after her. That night seven
bright new stars were seen in the SKY,
and Cinnamon are he only ones VINO
know how the Pleiades came 20 be in the
sky The spirits of the seven sisters,
or the "chut teet." are still shining 10
encourage other Chinese girls to emu
late their example.
Han Ong's daughters and guests
showed no inclination to join the Seven
Seraphs. They said seven prayers,
drank seven sips of sam sue. and then
got seven little instrument which
looked like badly made mandolins, on
which they played seven tunes. any one
of which would have made the must
clans on the Midway at the worlds fair
quite jealous. After these duties they
gave themselves up to levity, and their
peals of laughter were good limitations
of the mirthful sounds at boarding
schools when no visitors are present.
They covered their faces with huge
fans when they laughed and their inces-
SAINT chatter was half English and half
Chinese. This continued until every
one was called to the dining room.
Conversation is not supposed to be
carried on while eating, but after the
meal was ended and Han Ong had gone
downstairs to the store, the sympathies
of the young women were aroused by
the visitors recital of the sad case of
Moy Lo. This young woman is a prs
oner at the custom house, Collector
Jackson having refused her the privi-
lege of landing in America, because he
does not believe the story of her pre-
tended father. who declares that she
was born here. Los plight was descant-
ed upon at some length by the girls,
who could prove they were born In Cal
~ifornia. Two of them wept softly when
they thought of their countrywoman's
predicament. Miss Han Ong said in
pigeon English:
W. INT ~ NNs -
haul lice with a COW. No likee haul
lice: no ikee cow"
After having uttered this sage speech,
Miss Han Ong paused to see what. If
any. effect her weird English had pro-
duced, and, as she nervously twined her
taper fingers, il was plain that she. at
least. was totally untitled for the duty
of hauling rice with a cow" The 9TH
err girls seemed to deprecate the mere
suggestion that they might have been
put at such work, but they soon got
tired of answering questions, and tried
to gain a liberal education by asking a
few. They started to find out what
Americans knew about Confucius and
: LaotZe: they flung a few mild impre-
cations at the Manchurian dynasty-foT
these girls are all Mongols-and then
2 struck the topic in which every China
man is interested intenselN-the wars,
: Miss Han Ong, In the beginning, re-
: ferred to the great victories Of China
over Japan a few years ago \ mild
! though persistent, effort was made tC
4 get her to acknowledge hat China was
the nation that was whipped, but she
stuck to her original assertion in a
{ manner so obstinate and so truly femin'
D inc that the attempt was abandoned
7 The sense of the entire party was tina
China had conquered Japan. AS they
: were avowed enemies of the present
u Chinese dynasty, there was no apparen
reason. except that they were women
why these girls should be proud of Chi
mas bogus victories, but they were
a Miss Han Ong, having won her frs
contention, now boldly started out 4
explain the war with Spain.
Mclean man alice timee jump Span
ish mans glound; takee house, COW
duck alice samee evly thing. Melicar
man heap smat: heap sabe cheat
The last was said with a meaning
v -a,sl na thA,tnh ~ Nyn the nFln tRGl
possible compliment, and she con
.e tinued:
IS Spanish man no sabe fight. ALE,
n timee shootee and no killee; alice sam'
= Japan. Hullah for Dewey"
d Such is fame. The name of Queer
Victoria, Emperor William or hat q
10 the car of Russia would ~probabl,
n, have only puzzled these untutored Chi
y nese maidens, but when some one say
l. Dewey" they always add: Heal
le sabe fight"
"A Americans have not fathomed tn,
Chinese character yet, nor have the!
a realized the wonderful of tn,
" big empire. No other nationality vii
20 rise so quickly If it has the opportunity
70 Han Ong came to California when h
was a young man. In his own countr'
"a he was merely a laborer. His homI
- here is a model of cleanliness. TIL,
- women of his household are goo,
housekeepers. and the young son Is "a
!, far along in his studies as most whit
= =. boys of his age. Apart from all thei
N coauetry. q serious motive prompts tn
e Chinese girls to speak evil Of the Celes
E, tial sovereign and his satellites. The,
- all nope and expect to see his downfall
10 Nearly every Chinaman in the Unite
Al States is an enemy Of his emperor. Al
III ready many of them have discardei
their queues and no longer fear the,
may be turned into beasts Of burdel
for So doing. They have absorbed frOr
Americans a love Of liberty and the,
m are altruistic enough to want a bette
government for their countrymen. Dl
E. Sun Vat Sen. the mysterious patriot