The evening times., 1900-07-10
GALA DAY FOR CINNAMON
Baltimore Celestials Enjoy Picnic
With Pyrotechnics.
Monumental City Laundries Deserted
for the Occasion - ExcursioEi-ts
Luncheon Eaten In American Style.
Firecrnckers by the Wholesale.

BALTIMORE. July 10-Nearly all Of the
Presbyterian Chinese laundrymen in town
took day OF yesterday. The members Of
the Chinese Sunday schools conected with
the Maryland Avenue and Lafayette Square
Presbyterian churches hsd good time at
Tolchester Beach. Tie members Of the
school connected with Fulton Avenue Pres
byterian Church were booked to 90 to
Chautauqua Beach. They went and had
good time. but the picnic luncheon came
pretty near being left behind.
The bread the butter the meat, the pic
mic plates, the knives and forks and dishes,
the coffee and the coffee pots and lot OF
other things that go TO make up a success
ful picnic were put in shape at the Louise
Mercer Chinese Christian Home, which is
connected with the Fulton Avenue school,
Several boxes OF fireworks were added TO
the collection by the Cinnamon, and the
whole lot was given into the care Of an
eXpressman who promised oD his honor TO
have everything down at the wharf long
before the boat was TO start.
The Cinnamon were all on hand early.
Miss Laura Mercer. the superintendent Of
the school; Mrs. Elizabeth Grabill, the di-
rector Of the home. and members of the
teaching staff were on the wharf and each
Cninaman received a Good morning and
handshake before going up the gang
plank. Half-past S O'Clock came. The
teachers were all on board and so were
the scholars But the luncheon was not.
The situation serious Reconnoitring
parties were sent out to hunt up the eX-
pTessman and his baskets. The express
man, with his load Of luncheon and fire
works. soon arrived. The gangplank was
drawn up in a hurry and the boat started.
When they reached the grounds the Chi
nese boys set of some frecrackers as a
starter Of the days pleasure and then scat
tered TO enjoy themselves according TO
their own fancy Some played ball. Some
bad provided themselves with Chinese
games something on the order Of dominoes
and checkers. But they didn't sit on the
grass TO play them. They sat on the strips
OF mating that they had brought along
Some went in bathing and this was the
hest fun Of all. They let down their
queues and danced Up and down in the wa
ter and chuckled and said things in Chi
Dese TO each other.
Luncheon was announced in a novel fash
Ion. A long string OF hrecrsckers, with
about thousand crackers in the bunch
Mdo lunB 10 a bidIGu OF a tree near IAt
pavilion in which the teaches had spreau
the tables. and was fired of. The China
men responded to the call. Wong Wing
the interpreter Of the school hamn cred on
a table with a Iemon-squeezer. The-e was
silence. Grace was said ana the meal be
gan.
There were no Chinese deIieacies.
French rolls fried chicken. cold ham.
pickles. fruit. ice-cream. cake coffee tea
and lpmOnadn m he And
everything was eaten in the American
fashion. The Cinnamon sat on one side Of
the long tables. and their teachers sat on
the other
Most Of the bows wore the Chinese cos
tune few had on American clothing
stih collar. stiff shoes and all Some Of
them had the Chinese costume topped of
with the American straw hat One Of the
boys nearly lost his hat in the stiff breeze
that was blowing on the trip down After
the hat had been rescued and brought
bach, a kindly disposed young lady offered
the Chinaman long hat pin. He touched
his queue gingerly, looked akance at the
pin, and politely asked to be excused from
using it.
Purple and lavender were the predomi-
mating shades in the coats worn by the
Chinese boys on the "trip doewn But as the
day wore or they began 10 peel Not ore
Of them had on less than three coats. They
had on top coats and coats en- top OF top
coats They peeled OF their handsome silk
OF crepe coats first: then their lighter coats
and went around in brownish-lo0king oiled
silk jackets.
The boys began the day and ended il
with hTecrackers. The picnic was given 10
the boys. They took their fireworks 10
Show their appreciation OF the courtesy
They didn't fire off the crackers in mod
crate American quantities With the ex-
eePtion Of some giant crackers that were
exploded slngiy, everything was exploded
by the thousand. Besides the punches.
whose explosions took the place Of dinner
gcngs. other punches Of a thousand each
were sent Of at intervals during the day
But the crowning touch was when a
string OF 10000 crackers was sent off The
string was suspended froIa an electric
light pole. Il reached from the top to the
bottom Of the pole The fuse was applied
at the bottom and each of the 80 coo sep
arate crackers went off with a bang The
popping lasted for five full minutes Peo-
pie came running from all parts Of the
ground &C see what battleships had opened
hfe on the place. The Cinnamon perched
themselves in a row on the fence and look
ed happy
Nobody said anything during the day
about the trouble in China. The Baltimore
Chinamen are all said TO come from the
Canton district and are said TO have 10
sympathy with the anti-foreign move
menJ The tribes represented in the
school are the WOngs. the Chinns the
Chus, the Hons. the Lees. the Books. the
Lochs and the Dongs Nearly every bow
who could do so brought his cousin
or his uncle" OF some other relative with
him.
The Chinese Protective Association.
which has Just been organized in Baltimore
for the purpose of securing legal protec-
tion for Cinnamon whenever needed. Is an
outgrowth Of the work Of Fulton Avenue
school The officers of the association are
Robert II. Smith president; Eugene Lev
ering. J. p. Ammidon, and John Ramsay
vice presidents; ". H. Wells secretary.
James Ridgely. and W. B Gruber. mem
bers OF executive committee, and Frank
Rhodes, attorney.
A Bad Negro Beaten to Death.
DALLAS. Tex July IO.-Henry JeTer on
a negro living at Green's Bayou. Harris
Comfy, was lynched Sunday night by un-
known men, Fe was beaten to death He
was very W popular, and had been made 10
leave the settlement once but returned
1t is supposed he was lynched by men OF
his own color.
Woman Coughs Herself to Death.