The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-01
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WHEN Y0U STROLL IN H0NGk0NG
Y0U MUST DANCE TIE VIRGINIA REEL
DICK WOOD AND AIS CHINESE FRIENDS AT THE ENTRANCE
oHNA-FREE oPEN.AiR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CITY

tspeesAl c0rraspoudeuce BY pickWood
- who Is studying hamv NE IN china
ief the Newspaper Enterprise Aase=
eiaucu.i
HenEkong, ror three or four DAYS
rrior 10 entering hougkOng hafhof
Tom kee otherwise known As
"fattyA. retired Chinese dealer aud
eAsekeeper of gameling games IN
Prescott. Aria. has been constantly
Informing and reminding me Of the
tact, When SEINE big ship come
Acngkong harbor way NJ topsiae
mountain shoot en- big sun.
Whe0-eei Make 'em bis Noise
To Tom KEGS mind the biz KUN
seems - be the center Of attrue=
ton, To my mind the fleet OF chi
nese fishing and trading tunks,
which WI begin 60 encounter miles
cut at sea. Is far mere intercsting.
but sure enough, as We draw into
the harhor. Toms prediction comes
true. There Is puff OF white smoke
NOM the mountain peak. and after
many seconds. 10 seems comes A
faint. dull "b0omi" to eur strainlng
Ears.
Launches and sampaus are swarm
Ing ali around US. The haggage Il
al packed and tagged. and down In
the Asiatic steerage. where tsum Jun
and "old Man" are. each PASSENGER
il holding onto and guariing his be
lorgings FOR dear life And nov the
anchors are east.
In an instant We are bcsiegcd. A
horde OF Chinese big hat men, 50
~>sicltors and boarding house runners
seems 20 have taken possession Of
the very ship.
Down in the Asiatic steeraEe con-
fusion reigus supreme. as the big
hat men pounce upon their prey. In
and out Of the packed hold they run
shouting all the time the name Of
their firm. whose Chinese caealisties
are streNn In square feet around
their monstrous brims.
Let 80 OF my arm, YOU heather
oh. excuse me. It's you. Is H.
Old Man"
Yes rs old Man. and he man
\ ages 10 make known. with frantic ef-
forts. that Halfway Weng IL here.
and ready 20 look after US
Wang j. member OF the flrm OF
Quong zee Wing, sos pes Neeux
road. To him falls the task Of meet
ing incoming steamers from the
United states and looking after the
comforts and interests OF any OF the
firms friends or customers who may
\ desire such attention. Wong lived
IN the United States II years. l have
known hlm FOR the last eight And
II bear a letter 20 him. from his
brother. Jep Tom of 81. Louis.
In the shuttle Of landing Lam Jun
l. lost sight 81. After We have de-
Apnnlted eur baggage at Quong 1es
Wings and have wiped oar pcrspir-
ling faces with hotel towel. ! ask
ola Man concerning Lun. and am
? Informed that Lum has chosen to 90
kto QaonK Oak LsunEs place Welt
gcoGby, Lurn-
After a rest and supper, We 80 Tor
n stroll. And such a stroll as 4 Ia
n a more like dancing the Nlr'
xlnia reel. for all sorts OF figures
must b. executed to worm ones way
through the nightly crowd around
the whArves and lower streets OF
Hanxkong. the first figure you
have TO learn IL "do-si-do.s New
I forward. dodge and back again.
with your eyes in front % you All
the time To lock around II fatal
IN that steady. struggling. steafninE
sea Of humanity. which seems com
t-uasd OF streams OF burden barring
coolies. all ernptylng into you. eau
ton Il necessary. II you Ntsh 70
make Roadway. lhpfi NtatfA3 "sttfF
Just keep going the way you are
booking.
There's no use trying 20 remefn-
her what you see the first night IN
Hongkong. Just tell them when you
ret back that there are two open
AIR theaferr In fuIi blast on the
waterfront. No admission !. charged.
They are supported b. subscriptions
from the resident Chinese mer-
chants. They do not run All NE
wear. They are only temporary
treats 70 the poor. in honor Of the
festival season Of Hths cakes. which
Us new on. The greater part OF the
rhudlence stands
HonrkouK has been called The
neautlfui~ and that Is the Ftght term
fer n. II T. the most evenly and hsst
built eity I have ever sssn. True.
fher. ~ no sanitary sewerage. as We
Understand that O. b, Hot the natural
Law Of the u the lard does wonders In
learrytnE OF ard into the sea the vsgs-
rahle decay and animal pollution 81
abe city. II Il q marvel a architsc-
Rural symmetry r. Hangkong II r.
fantasfic tn i,s decorations II r. solid.
almost nanotonous. n the charscttr