The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-11
THE WEATHER TO BLAME
It Blights the Chinamen's New
Year Festivities.
1T KEEPS THEM INDOORS
Where the Sons of the Celestial EN-.
pire Keep Up a Patriotic Celebra-
ton Speeches, Music Punk
in the Joss House.

The uncouth conduct of the elements
has so shocked the Cinnamon that New
Years festivities in this city are just
little bit ION the bum" so express I'd
by one of the uniformed attendants of
the Joss. Outdoor exercises must of ne
cessity be dispensed with, and. all of
the hilarity is therefore confined to the
tnnermost precincts of the noodle dis
tricts Just the same the Oldest new
year in the world is not being overlook
ed by the clans from the Flowery King
dom The patriotism is just as intense,
the punk burns with all its fragrance,
the smiles of the damsels are just as
enhancing, the rice cakes, Watermelon
just as sweet in cold as in hot weather.
and old joss receives the attention iue
him on occasions of note and import
ance, while the firecrackers crack in
cessantly. The little Chinese kids laugh
merrly and the ancients enjoy them
selves over the long pipes. They tell
stories and sing songs. tong longs. sling
dun, gee whiz and slam bang.
Last night there was Il smoker in the
joss house. There We're speeches, nlu sic
and punk. Nearly everybody who Wis
tied the place spoke more or less, and
the music was generally commented up
on Out of respect for old joss the WISH
tors reserved their compliments of the
punk until such time as they could
reach the middle of the street The
Chinese women turned out en- masse to
pay homage to the craven image. They
did it very gracefully. Three at a time
approached the dais and simultaneous
ly they bowed six times. their eyes
the grand stairway and three more re-
peated the performance and SO on I'M
til the entire female population had
done their annual duty to their god.
The stairway is not illuminated as
brightly as a couple of punk would
make it. and therefore there were many
awkward collisions on the flight. AS
one of the female idol Worshipers was
gliding down the stairs. her thoughts
occupied by confusion Of things I'M
eXplaina bic, specializing on the chances
of the future and anticipating a year
of good fortune, her graceful figure
bumped against that of a stalwart ru-
ralist who had come to town to see joss
and the rest of ii. Gee Xii, hi Hi, see
it gee! Done nah. ing hit sow.'
Who in thunder" are you calm
sow! 1 amt no SOW Git off of my
toe, you old hen. ".t4 ss
Hen, how, wha 70 You talk lax dat.
Wha TO you pull hair: Xii Xxi ii en- fet.
Kit. Whoa haw!'
'See here, you blamed old heather,
you needn't whoa haw at me. / amt
no OK. I can come up here if I want
to. / paid a Teller quarter to git ii
here and / amt going to let you run
over me if this is your house.
He turned around to ask the man to
whom he had given the two bits if he
allowed his customers to be insulted,
but there was no one there to assure
him-only concert of kiddish voices,
tRube, Rube!" responded to his APP
peal.
The ceremonies at the joss house will
be repeated Tonight, with a matinee
this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon.
A special feature of the day will be an
enlarged orchestra, Ito which will be
added two more triangles, a horse fid
die and a cow bell. .7SE$