The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-13
DINING WITH ON LING HUNG
As JOLLY HOsTS nv CHISaTOWN As
Any ~ THE OCCIDENT.
The Merchants Ciub Of Mott street In-
vit~s the Caucasian and Puts Dinner
and Dishes, Too, ut Hia Disposal Eject
of AaYenix-lxe lriukA ai Her WINE.

The Merchnnts' club Of Mott street In-
vit~s the Caucasian and Puts Dinner
and Dishes. Too, ut Hia Disposal Eject
OF seventy.tive Drinks of Rice Wine.
On Ling Hung entertained It's Caucasian
friends last night at dinner at ~ Mott street.
On Ling Hung Is the Merchants Club Of China
town. Al the rich men Of Chinatown belong
to II. When II gives a dinner it is "A Chinese
dinner through and through. Among tho
guests last night were Justice Bolte, who sat at
the head Of tho table because he said he know
how 10 use chopsticks. Father W. j. Donohue
OF tn" Church Of the TRANSPORTATION at Mott
and Park streets. the Hon. Mike Callahan. Capt.
Copeland OF the City Hall police. Roundsman
Kennel. the Mayors personal policeman rep
resenting the city's chief magistrate. Dr. II, \
Newton. Assistant District Attorney Daniel
O'Reiily. Jimmy Naughton. son OF tho Mott
street undertaken. Councilman Thomas +.
Foley. and seventy others whom Chinatown has
reason to desire to do honor to at the end OF
Its New Year season.
Whom the guests gathered at half past six
o'clock they found the door Of the restaurant
guarded by a policeman. There have been
dinners In the past where the tables were filled
with the unbidden long before the invited
guests arrived. Only those who were bearers
OF the clubs invitations were permitted
10 pass the door. The guests were invited
to the upper room OF the restaurant.
where q Chinese band discussed most
excellent Chinese music. At least the
hosts assured their guests that 1t was good
Chinese music; the guests cheerful.y assured
them that 1t was not any other kind OF good
music, and the hosts laughed long and loud
II became apparent that a Chinaman when he
is a host lays aside all his Chinatown reserve
and surliness and is q mighty good fellow.
American style.
With the conclusion OF the music came a fire.
cracker demonstration that walked the echoes
Of the Bowery, Thousands OF lunches OF big
and little lrecrackers were run out on a trolley
string TO the middle OF the street. and were
there set off with a deafening din until the
Mott street sidewalk and pavement were ankle
deep ~, smoking wraprers. The guests were
racke was over. When the sense OF hearing re-
asserted itself II was noised among them that
over q thousand dollars worth of firecrackers
had been fred in the few moments the racket
had been going on. They believed it without
The dinner was served at a T;shaped table.
table was occupied by guests. The dinner was
served by the walters IN the restaurant and
The members Of The e. Ling Hung Themselves;
piled with Chinese sweets. The menu twas
as follows: Birds nest soup Justice Bolte
tried 10 eat It with his chopsticks and was
puolically held up to scorn AS a mere impos-
tor in Chinese etiquette. egg pudding, which
was a sweet yellow custard served IN dishes
the size OF a tea cup; chop suey, with mush-
rooms. stuffed chicken wings. and sweet pre-
serves.
While the dinner was being served the wait.
ers went about with little vessels the size OF
small teapots and poured out Tor each guest
rice wine, in cups about as large As a thlmUle.
lea while Tom Lee and Boston and a mer-
chant who has a store on Broad way went
from guest to guest with a tray full OF rather
larger cups and announced that they we're
going to drink with each guest Mandarin
Style it appeared that this meant that the
host drank. with each guest Just as much as
the guest drank The progress OF the three
hosts around the table was watched with much
concern. Rice wine Is almost pure alcohol.
The Cinnamon absorbed their seventy.nve
drinks with apparent unconcern. though they
were gigeling at one another a good deal when
they finished.
will YOU have anothert'
Sure" said Boston. with a grin a. wide as
emptied all the little teapots into the glasses
and drank every last drop amid the long and
loud applause Of all teholders.
About that time Tom Lee came around and
said that the speeches would have 10 be cut
short because he wanted to take the whole
speeches were confined to broad exchanges OF
Fluctuations aud congratulations. The guests
were supplied with paper bags and were in
structed to put into the bags anything that
they saw on the table that they were not at
the time ready 10 eat. II any Of the dishes
away too. All these instructions were ecrupu-
lousy ODeyed.