The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-01-26
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Observation-Disclosures Hinkiey. calle
by Johnny G. q. for short. TO distiI
g'llsh him from Iohnny's father an,
grandfather, never tired Of telling tn
little boy about the chin-chin Dime
he mad given him in China.
The beginning Of it began early /,
the morning he told him one day
when the big man, Faunkiqua, cam,
10 see me, bringing written invitation,
Tor me and my friends which wer,
carried hy his servants to different
houses with chin-chin compliments. II
Il lew moments he and | called upol
these friends Of mine 10 say we de
pended upon thei" coming. and Their
we were AL rowcd across the river tC
faunkiqua'S home where We walked
about his garden. the ladies of his
family peeping at us from behind
screened doors"
Isn't there boy III the story?'
asked Johnny.
why, y0u can't have Il story with
out a boy assured q. c.. and this
time his name was Ned. Well he got
III behind the screen. for he was such
Il pretty boy the ladies wanted 10 see
him, and. when h. came back Pauu-
Hlqua asked him: "Ilab You seen nv
wives. my five piece daughters? uab
they make chin-chin ana shake hands
long YOU"
Il saw three old ladies' and five
daughters, and the old ladies shook
hands, said Ned. Then how Paun.
kiqua laughed. "Ayah. MisSer Ned.
dat old mudder lady. ny old wife, she
more as forty year and my five piece
daughter, they my young wives. Ha.
la But he could not finish his sen.
tence brcal>r he laughed SO much,
and because dinner was ready.
'Wcll.' continued q. c.. we first
chln-chinmed with our glasses. Then
we had soups and queer Stewed mas,es
IN different sized bowls. But. when we
tfleu to bait our soup. Chinese fashion
the Spoons got caught in the loose
sleeves OF our jackets. and Mr.. Paun-
klqua had to let lis take them off and |
give us English plates and spoons. so |
we could eat comfortably. For three
hours We had twenty separate COURSES
birds nests soups. cocks combs veg
"taheS. pickles. hut not Il Joint of
solid meat nor even Il whole bird
Between each course the table was
and fresh flowers, pastry.
cdEHS. fruits and Sweetmeats brought
III. We talked about our VOYAGES
and PaunkiqUa, who did not under
stand about compass, asked, How
can We keep ship true and no see
andF SO we told him. Then we did
some more chin-chinning, and went
nome: and pretty soon the Chinaman
md his friends came to see Us, and We
ianced cotillOu, a Scotch reel and
lSher'S hornpipe for them. Don't Won
blink that was enough for one day."
"G. Co. asked Johnny, what is
,hin-chinning:"
why, it is being extra polite max
ng great many bows. and saying
low much YOU like people"
Now tell us about the queen," ey.
laimcd Johnny's sister Lucy. II
Ike that story best"
ooh that WAS on NV WOW. bo,,o ~ :
answered G. g., when our vessel
topped at Trieste in Austria, and >
,ueen Murat, the sister of Napolpon
'onaparte, sent NE an invitation TO
0 TO the opera in her palace, So
'ent early. and was shown into the
arden; and the queen said she was
.ad to see me. because she had two
)nS ana Il brother in America After q
lc opera We had Il supper. and tbe j
"eeh gave lie some bOnbOns and &
INDY, and asked me to dance with her
lough she said she WAS a grandma o.
told her | was q GRANDPA Then W
g stood up for the waltz. and every
MY made way for us because she was NJ
queen. But | did not know much
lout waltZing. and then | am left.
lnded besides. so what did | 60 but 81
ST turn her majesty round the wrong
ay. Still we kept on somehow. and
'ht twice round the room, tire people tv
mixing was very queer American. W