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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
EMPRESS OF CHINA

Until recently the name of the en-
press of China was unknown. For
time 1t was supposed to be Yeh-ho-
na-la, and was so set down in the
Almanach de Gotha. But recent in
quiries have shown that that is only
the name of the Manchu family to
which her father belongs. She is the
niece of the Dowager Empress Tsu-
hsi, the virtual ruler of China, and
one of the most remarkable women in
the world. When Tsu-hsi was schem-
ing during the reign of the childless
Emperor Tong-chi to get the reins of
power into her own hands the first
thing she did was to obtain the recog-
milton of the present emperor, then
next step was to marry him to her
niece. This was in 1899, when the
emperor was only seventeen. By this
means she assured to herself the i'm
mense influence she has ever since
welded. The father of the empress,
Duke Kuei-sang. is the dowager's
younger brother. He is a man of great
wealth and Banneret-prefect. OF the
life of the young empress nothing is
known. At the time of the Boxer
outbreak she fed from Pekin with her
husband and aunt, and a glimpse of
her was obtained by the diplomatic
corps when, after the restoration of
order the imperial family returned
to the capital. She was also present
at the reception of the foreign min
listers by the dowager empress in the
spring of 1902, but while her aunt was
very loquacious and laughed and cried
by turns she preserved an impassive
demeanor and scarcely uttered
word.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
THE WILL OF a PATRIOTIC MAN

No stranger or more interesting will
has ever been made than that by which
Joseph H. Lewis, of Hoboken, N. j.,
left the larger share of his money to
the United States to be used toward
the payment of the national debt. He
was eighty-seven years old and lived
alone with an old housekeeper. He
was born of English parents on the
island of jamaica, but came to this
country when only a small boy He
enlisted in the war of 1872 and forever
after was the stanchest of patriots.
BY trade he was an engraver and had
a little shop near Trinity church, where
many OF the fashionable wedding cards
were engraved, as were the door plates
of the rich. In that day the door plate
was almost important adjunct to the
front of a house. ard Lewis did a
thriving trade in engraving them.
Though he retired from business at
an early date, his competence was so
invested during the remainder of the
years of his long life that at his death
his estate was valued at over $1OOO0OO,
He had many plans for final distri-
button of his fortune, but none OF them
pleased him as did the idea Of leaving
it to his country. He often told his
friends that he had made his money
i'm this country and all that he was
he owed to the United States. For
that reason he wished to repay his in
debtedness as best he could. With
the exception of few small bequests
the entire fortune of this patriotic man
was turned over to the United States
government
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

This is not the only form of gam
bling indulged in by youth. Like their
mothers and sisters, they stake money
on kites, on horses, and on any game
that offers the fascinating element of
chance.
Travelling shows and theaters are the
most popular form of entertainment in
Chipa. There is the first home of
quaint marionettes and grotesque fig
ures. Long before Punch and Judy
began to delight the hearts of Ameri-
can youth the little boys and girls Of
this Oriental country were laughing
over the dilemmas Of the two famous
characters. The men and women en-
joy these funny shows quite as much
as the children, and in the same way
the little ones have an interest in more
serious entertainments, for the Chinese
are not wholly devoted to the lighter
side of life.
The puppet shows are of two varie-
ties, those which have the figures
manipulated by strings and those
moved by means Of sticks. Little
booths and theaters are set up on the
streets and highways, where travelling
shows present their company of quaint
marlonettes. They have men on horse
back, soldiers, lions. tigers, dragons.
snakes and curious acting frogs, all
made to go through their antics by
means of the strings and sticks man
aged by the showmen.
Among the characteristics of group
of marionettes are the protruding eye
balls, which wabble about frightfully,
while others have rolling tongues and
hideous faces. Beauty of form and
feature does not seem to enter into
the requirements for admission to the
puppet stage. and the general idea pre-
walls that to amuse the masses one
must present something weird and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

skirt, and carries white feather fan.
Her temples are covered with green
beauty Spots and she shows great
cleverness in the way she fiirts with
her eyes, the limit of her acting.
The ouack and buffoon afford lots
of fun; the fisherman, dressed as
knight robber, looks the part of the
repentant man. His daughter appears
in the characteristic costume OF
fisherwoman. Others in the company
shown in the illustration are a wood
cutter, two gong beaters clad as ghouls
and two drummers.
Each actor walks on stills attached
to the shoes by means of strings. They
perform a dancing pantomime, which
is only interrupted by the songs of the
fisher and his daughter. The play gives
the actors ample opportunity to DIS
play great skill in gamboling and
making swift motions, as they per-
form all sorts of tricks on their stills.
Silt walking is practiced, also, by
boys, especially in the villages around
Pekin. The custom is very old IN
China, where it seems to have existed
as early as the sixth century b. G.
The philosopher Lith-Tse tells of Jug
gler who came to the court of the
Prince of Yuan Of Lung. He took
pair of stilts twice as long as his legs,
tied them to his thighs and ran around
and jumped on them. He played with
seven swords, which he threw up one
after another, so that five always
scared in the air. The prince admired
gold embroidered silk.
1t takes a nation with more leisure
than Americans have to create new
games and diversions. The Chinese
prove this to us by the great number
and variety of sports with which they
while away spare time. There is
probably no other nation in the world
possessing an equal variety of what we
term games, though, to be sure, one
might imagine our supply of unique
entertainments as being without COM
pare If it were not for the fact that
we owe nearly every form of cards and
games to these ingenious orientals.
Granting that the majority Of our
modern games are simply copies or
variations of those of ancient China, 1t
is interesting to see how modern ORR
entails are amusing themselves while
we are enthusiastic over bridge"
"cinch" or "fan-tan."
There is great difference, too, in
the way the Chinese play their games.
1t is not merely a means of filling IN
few odd moments but comprises an
important feature Of their daily life.
Their diversions are enjoyed with the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

grotesque. The stick working marion
cites prove the contrary. for they are
for the most part pretty, or at least
good looking. The women wear gorge
Gus clothes. Their faces are deiicately
painted, their hair is done up in the
most elaborate fashion, while some
have head dresses that are fearfully
and wonderfully constructed.
The shadow play is given at night
and is another variation Of the marion
ette performance. When a Chinaman
wishes to entertain guests and to pro-
vide them with something especially
nice he orders a company Of shadow
players to come to his home and bring
their stage property. There is a small
stage with few scenes, musicians and
manipulators. The visible participants
in this play are miniature creatures
made Of parchment, cut out and highly
colored. AS the parchment Is trans
parent, the figures cast unusual shad-
ows on the large white screen, which
is placed in front Of the stage, while
large lamps from behind serve tc
throw out the shadowy forms.
These shadow figures go through q
regular play or drama. The plot cas
easily be followed by the Chinese, who
are familiar with this variety oi
amusement. Invariably virtue is laud'
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

same regularity, quietness and thor
oughness which characterize the rest
Of the routine of life.
There is not the rush and feverish
haste in China that goes far toward
eliminating harmless amusements in
very little else to do but amuse them
selves with embroidery, music and
games, and the men do not consider it
unbusinesslike to devote a few minutes
to something else than trade, art and
the affairs of state. Children begin at
the earliest possible age to learn ra-
tional amusements, and the wonder is
that entertainments of this sort do not
become the all-absorbing passion of
the nation.
Betting comes near amounting to a
vice with Chinese of every age and
both sexes. Men of all classes put up
money on cards and dice, on cock
fights and every phase of chance; wo-
men lay wagers on kites and their Ia
vorite sports; while children are al
lOW6Q " lOI Sdluy pS-
fore they can walk. Wherever there
is a sweetmeat vendor you will In
variably see a group of small young
sters surrounding him and tossing dice
for sweets. One of the commonest
games is played between pedler and
children in this way:
The pedler has a painted sheet Of
paper on which are six highly colored
figures. each design being matched on
a side of a dice. For example. there
will be a curious lobster. yellow gold
fish and a white one, a toad and a
shrimp, all painted in the most striking
shades. Then on the dice these pic
lures are copied in miniature, SO that
when the children throw the cubes they
win or lose the candy according to
whether they match the pictures or not.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

China is the home Of playing cards.
and, az each province has its own
kind of card, It is not an easy task to
learn the game. DR.. Laufer admits
that It was too difhcult and compli-
Gated for him to attempt. One very
decorative and interesting set IS
adorned with characters from a Chi
nese novel. Many Of the others rH-
semble the cards used at present in
this country. As our dice and dominoes
are games derived directly from China
there is very little difference in the
markings and blocks.
other similar games and diversions
are humming tops that spin in the
air, windmills, Kaleidoscope, cats
cradles, ball, which is played with n
wooden sphere and a racket made Of
bamboo stick. Shuttlecock is a fav-
orite pastime with women and they
play IL without the battledoor, using
the inside Of the right foot to throw
the feathered object. The shuttlecock
Is made Of two coins, put nat together
and wound with a piece Of cloth. on
top Of this are fastened several fea-
theirs.
Fighting cock matches are considered
favorlte Chinese amusement but 1t
is not generally known that these peo-
pie like to put fighting .crlckets in a
clay jar and then tease them until
the insects tear each other limb from
limb.
outdoor sports and athletic games
are confined chiefly to soldiers and
officers, though a small number of
Orientals indulge in archery. Horse
racing appeals to them in a slight de-
gree, but they have much stronger
liking for the games Of chance that
may be enjoyed in less strenuous man
ner.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
TRANSPaJeEMT PNRcHMENT

/ ed and the wicked are made to suffer
the tortures of hell. The shadow play
originated in China hundreds of years
before Christ. but it soon spread to ali
the other countries of Asia and Europe.
until it became one of the most popu-
lar forms of entertainment.
! Lamaistic masks of gigantic propor-
tions and as hideous as any of the
hobgoblins in fairy tales are an i'm
portant feature of regular religious en-
tertainments. Religious and historical
plays which set forth epochs in the
history of Indian and Thibet are the
most common themes for these plays
Real men wearing these enormous
head coverings and appropriate cos
tunes present the play in the open
court yard of some temple. New
Years in China, which comes at the
end of January or the beginning of
February, is the gay season there and
| consequently the favorite time for the
presentation of masks. They are main
ly pantomime and are enjoyed alike by
men, women and children.
Sometimes there are symbolical plays
to dispel the old year and usher in
the new, and the stage is peopled with
such wonderful personages as the King
of Heaven, the Judge of He'll demons,
ghosts and ghouls holding thunderbolts
and Buddhistic monks. The masks are
large papier-mache heads, hollow and
open at the neck to admit the head
of the actor They are painted in the
most fantastic and horrible manner,
and the clothes correspond. For M
stance, the head of a ghoul has a row
of six small skulls. circling the top.
like a coronet, and the face is painted
to look like skull, while the robe has
skeleton design all over 1t.
The kings wear massive golden
crowns, and many of them have
mouths that reach from ear to ear,
with painted flames issuing from these
openings. If the eyes are hollow, then
there are flames running up from
these to the temples, and ferocious
teeth outline the cavity of the former.
Sometimes the ear lobes are extremely
long and full and are ornamented
with large golden hoops. A third eye
set in the middle of the forehead is not
an unusual arrangement for some of
these august personages.
Among the majority of fierce and
ugly masks there are occasional funny
ones, which offer a pleasant variety. A
head monk and his six pupils beguile
smiles from the audience by their jolly
countenances. These are the buffoons
of the play and act as foil for the
other characters. A particularly hide
Gus mask Is the one called the small
pox ghoul,. which shows an ugly face
frightfully pitted with the dread
disease.
In reference to regular stage per-
formances, 1t is apropos here to men
tion that DR.. Laufer says there are
two theaters in China-one in Shang-
hal and the other in Canton-where
women play. This is contrary to the
general impression in this country of
real Chinese theaters. And to make
the circumstance more remarkable,
the women play mems roles, for even
on the stage the Chinese keep the sexes
separated. The other theaters through
out the empire have companies conf
posed entirely of men.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

an unusual opportunity to the student
of Chinese ethnology.
DR.. Berthold Laufer, who had pre-
viously been engaged in work for the
museum in connection with the Jesup
North Pacific expedition, was entrusted
with the work which was carried on
during the years 1901 to 1904 under the
auspices of the. East Asiatic commit
tee. Following is an extract from the
official report of the commissions:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

tune consisting Of red silk trousers |
and coat, a brown cap and a fan. He
has his mustache plated into tress,
and plays the part of a buffoon. He
performs various acrobatic tricks, lifts
one of his stills and jumps on the other
one only, or stoops backward until he
can put his head through his legs.
silk jacket, red trousers, an azure silk J
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
BY Dr.. BerthoId Laufer

l left New York in July, 1901, and
reached Shanghai on August 20, where
L stayed, visiting the neighboring
country until November 25, reaching
Pekin on December 8. There l made
a prolonged stay; then continued my
Journey to Jehol, Nanking, Hankow,
Hsi Au, which is the capital of the
to Tientsin and back to Pekin, where
l remained until December II. Fol-
lowing this | journeyed to Shantung,
where l remained until the close of the
field work in April of that year.
The collection made during this time
1t embraces 10000 specimens, which
may be classed in two groups-Chinese
Industries and Chinese social life.
The industries include textile fabrics,
carpets and weaving, agriculture and
food, chemical products, bamboo and
rattan ware, palm fiber, basketry, pa
per, mating, lacquer ware, bone, glass;
enamel, metal work, pottery and porce-
lain, bricks and modes of building
joining and carpentry, tobacco, opium
and pipes.
The social life includes clothing,
with dolls showing the clothing worn
and mode of dressing; personal orna-
ments of silver, copper and tin; hy-
gienic appliances, kitchen utensils, ta-
BILE, and household utensils, furniture,
stoves, Illumination, objects of use in
daily business life, means of transpor-
tation, popular religious festivals and
holidays, theaters, children's toys,
sports and pastimes, arms, archery,
military training and examination,
medicine and arts.
Besides the ethnologlcal specimens,
the beginnings of a Chinese library
were made for the museum, and an
extensive collection of rubbings, taken
from ancient Inscriptions. stone en-
cravings and sculptures. The library
comprises more than 600 different
works, which were brought together
with the special point of view of fur
nishing explanatory material to eluci-
date the museums collections; nearly
all illustrated books relating to archae-
ology, numismatics, epigraphry re-
ligious rites, ETC., were procured, as
well as those of a large number of
historical biographies of the cities,
sacred places, prefectures and prov
inces of China, Turkestan, Tibet and
Mongolia, which abound in material
important for anthropological re-
search. Many old, rare, and even
unique books are included in this col
lection.
Referring to the large and interest
ing collection representing the games
and diversions of the Chinese, DIR. Lau-
fer writes:
There are numerous theatrical COM
panies in Pekin which are composed
of amateurs and take part in public
performances, professions and temple
feasts., The most interesting among
them are the Yang-Ko or stilt dancers.
This company consists of the following
twelve roles
A Buddhist monk who has not yet
received ordination. He wears coat
and trousers Of black silk. variegated
vest sewed together with rhomboid
patches. yellow girdle, a wig with
long hair, and he holds two short
wooden cudgels In his hands.
A 12-yearvold boy wears red silk
trousers and blue silk great coat, em-
broidered with flowers and butterflies,
and mantle of dark velvet. In one
hand he holds a flower basket and in
the other horsewhip.
The father Of the boy wears cos
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

1t is a curious fact that the roots
and branches of a tree are so alike in
their nature that if tree be uprooted
and turned upside down the under
ground branches will take to them
selves the functions of roots, and the
exposed roots will in time bud and be-
come veritable branches.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
Lent Salad

Fill the bottom of salad-dish with
crisp lettuce leaves. Cut cold boiled or
baked fish into pieces, and fill the dish
with it, pour over a pint of mayon-
naise dressing. Chop the coral of
lobster very fine: sprinkle it over the
salad. Garnish with rings of hard
boiled eggs and serve very cold.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19

The prize idiot is the man who inn
agines he is interested in a woman's
mind.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
DON'T WORRY

The clouds will pass away,
The sun again will shine,
After night 'tis day
SO cheer up-get in linel
There's work TO do,
And songs TO sing
SO drive your tears away,
The heaviest heart viii tighten
In the same old way,
Fitzgerald Murphy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-23

~ ~ fail teep 81 the Nleht-
- oollees * lfInes, q Houg6toe,
N 46o1sp61 for = tallday tour
8 play eagnee ~ iIst \ iscsasIh and
Chioago teams. tnoludipg Norway city
Tenn, Q0innesec esty tesm. Port
Wsshington Maroous and Chicago,
Csntral Y. N. Q. A, The elk men
oustituting the team Who will go
o. tie trip are Houston and Setback, !
forwsrds; Captain Jackmau, center;
WILCOX. right guard; Slaughter, left
guard; Wanovig. substitute. The
teams With which games have been
arranged are strong and fast, the
Norways..being champions Of Wis
consin, and the Chicago r. NC. a.
hold the Chang ionship Of the middle
west. The Mining School team are
the champions Of the upper PENN
sula, and it will be interesting TO
oote bow they fare when pitted
against champions OF other localities.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-23

The Superior Construction COM
pany, OF Houghton, has been award
"a The contract to wire the new
gymuasium at the Michigan College
OF Mines. They will furnish and
put up the ixturcs. Work will be
commenced i'm mediate!y and
rushed to speedy completion. The
work will cost about u, 900. x
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-23

The center pier for the Port
age lake bridge was practically COM
pleted Thursday evening, and every
thing is now In readiness for the
Wisconsin Bridge = Iron company
to commence operations on the
draw structure. There was some
delay in shipping the steelfrom the
factories, but the first assignment
is expected next week.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-23

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q iHres practice = any pSysician then had.
TWO years. professor In Detroit Homeopathic
uoSlege aid tweuty-two years IN Detroit. Had
shar.s e Aims ssaitssisn eighteen .o sssI
ysasS hae owned sanitarium ~ Reed City.
On Decembsr -. le0z his sanitarium was
burned. loss Aftsen thousand dollars; but n
h IN GOOD shape for business again He viii
move 20 Bedding, Mich. next spring. where he
has 9anitarium with sixty rooms nearly
Tksrs & : arm IN Detroit calling themselves
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B. epinney founded the same. but he has been
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-23

Is you are poor your treatment
~ free. Il you are discouraged
and W ean cure you, We win wait
for our pay until you are well.
Come and see ~; this b your
last chance. q
We, live to do good, are honest
with n. Forty-five years. ex-
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only.