The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07

come by and I sell all fire clackers to Mellcans. No got any now.
 Will your countrymen not exchange greetings with each other?'
 Maybe I go ply other laundry say, happy new year.. god luck maybe he good lack.' if he glood fiiend maybe take he slome fuit, sIome clan6y-some Chinese clandy. Maybe we all go around see each other. say like you, .howdy do; good-bye-hope yoa mlake heap money Maybe he ask ma eat at he place."
 What else did you do to celebrate the
 Every Chinaman in Montgomery he wash all over. He put on nice clean clothes. He dless up fine. Everything new. He talk good talk. We say no bad say. We say good luck; hope you mlafie heap money'-jus like that"
 What will you have to eat?" queried the interested interviewer
 .'Same's you," replied Lum Joes, evi- dently surprised at the question. Some have chicken, some have goose, some
 Turkey and chicken?' the writer ex- claimed. 'T thought they were barred from the Chinese menu"
 Turkey velly glood; chicken him velly glood, too, Chinaman eat aplenty."
 How about birds nests?
 "Oh no, no, no, mo-" laughing. "Clis- tian Chinaman not eat nests. Will you have wines and whiskey!
  of his associates-"him no dlinf whis- key, no wine. Him Chstian. Him go to church."
 And aren't you a Christian?'
 Me? I go big Sec Bap' Church, New York. come by Montgomery. l go Bap' Church here"
 Then his face lit up with joyful refiec- tion.
 Chung he glot more money. He give em -Ax,a I not much ClS- tian. I give 'em ten.
 "Tell me, Lum," pursued the writer. something about the celebration of the Chinese New Year in San Francisco ana the large cities.
 New Year he begin 1 o'clock tomol- low morning. Chinaman go out in stleet burn thlee sticks. He worship god m Heaven say hope glood year. hope make heay money Then he got inside mouse worship idol. also sap hope glood year, hope make heap money. Also say nope King live long time. Pop fire clacker make fuss do much foolishness Some have big store, some have lir store. In Montgomery only laundryman. "fIaye you joss in Montgomery ''No joss. No. no: Mos all .Cmnaman lip town Chstians. n I,um Joes explained that Kwang Sr was supposed to have been born at o'clock twenty eight years ago this morn | ing and the Chinese New Year oegini | at that hour and continues throusnoul | ten days. Then the Chinaman turned interviewer 1 How you know Chinaman New Yeai come tomoliow?' he asked with su | perciIious air. Him not come on san' tlime next year. Him clone not siam' time any time" l ssreiL me about the change of dateT l the writer askedw.
 | "Chinaman year different from youl | year. You say one. two. thlee, four nv l twelve months, a year. In China nm l not SO. Slometlimes him twelve months
 slometlimes him thirteen months Jus
 so, This year him cfome ,Febluaiy !. Nex him maybe clone slome other thme' | This year twelve months next year Ch na wear be thirteen months. See? l 1.-The Chinaman unconsctousiy dropped ! into American slang.
 sMelican man take. of ten day ev'; | year. Chinaman he tiake on one monti l ev'y year. Just so.' . |. The writer was struggling about II deep water and prepared to withdraw. | You put him in plaper jus so. 1ol ] pettee him light was the parting sho | from the North Perry Street laundryman