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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17

| occidental notions, being a graduate OF
medicine and surgery from one of the lead
| ing institutions. His name Is Joseph Chek
| ThoTns, the surname undoubtedly being a
new spelling of the favorite Chinese Tom
| and used last according to the American.
instead of first as is the Chinese custom.
When the Chinese Are Ill.
DIR. Thoms opened a hospital when he be-
gan to practice receiving his own country
men exclusively 1t was a success so ran
as patronage was concerned, but its re-
ceipts were slim, and the doctor soon founo
himself so overworked that he had TO give
it up. He still hopes to be able. under bet
ter auspices, to reopen the establishment
some day.
There is hospital on Park street, close
to Mott street, which is carried on along
Chinese lines. It is supported by suoscrip-
ton, and only Chinese remedies are used
These remedies are not so universally use
less as Is generally supposed the Chinese
having discovered a good many herbs that
are really good remedies, the same as the
Indians and all other primitive peoples.
Their general practice, according TO DR.
Thoms IS a queer system of gueSswork
Whenever a patient presents himself the
doctor" looks for symptoms of fever
some degree of fever accompanies nearly
every physical disorder, and so In nearly
every case the doctor prescribes the stock
Chinese fever remedy. This consists OF
about twenty different herbs and roots. all
of which are placed In pot and ste~ed up
together The resulting juice is given TO
the sick man, on the theory that some one
of the different ingredients must he good
for him. If he lives, great credit Is given
the doctors; II he dies, the case was incur
able. and nobody has any cause to COM
plain
Earn "Good Money" Live Well.
Most of the Cinnamon of New York earn
good money and live well according 10
the Chinese standard. They have plenty of
food-good food, too as they view it-ard
they dress comfortably. But don't imagine
that they keep clean or seem to know any
thing about hygiene as Americans under
stand IT, for they don't. Yet the mortality
among them is not excessive, though It is
said that the death rate is cons derl5ly
higher among the New York and other
American Chinese than in China.
The Chinese laundry apprentice begins
with from So TO 50 week; he may rise 10
IS or 50 while still an apprentice and as
full-fiedged laundryman his wages viii run
from SIS To SO weekly no means bad
income for a Chinaman of the coolie class.
What the merchants and other Chinese
employers pay the men who draw wages
from them is not told, but the merchants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17
CHINESE IN NEW YORK
They Number Between Ten
and Twelve Thousand.
MOCK DUCK AND TOM LEE
Leaders of the Rival "Tongs" of the
Metropolis.
SOME CHINATOWN SCENES
How the Mongolians Earn Their Daily |
Rice-Their Relations
With the Whites.
SCENES
Written for The Star

Written for The Star.
New York's Chinatown, where the Ong
I.ecgns ard the Hip Sill gs. rival longs
have been fighting under the leadership of
Mock Duck and Tom Lee, with forty-four
ealIber revolvers and other weapons, for
nobody knows just what ostensib,e purpose.
but really for the control of the opium
joints and the fan-tan and other gambling
grimes most dear to the Monaghan heart, Is
not much like Chinatown in San Francisco,
being smaller, not so rich, and consequently
not so interesting to the visitor
Still it is the largest community of yellow
men in the new world outside the city of
the Golden Gate, though nobody knows Just
how large, and its denizens include many
grades of celestials quite number of mer-
chants who have grown rich and some of
the toughest orientais that have ever step
pee foot In the occident
Miss Helen Z. Clark, who, as director of
the New York Foreigners Mission, has
spent the better part of fourteen years
among the New York Chinese as q mission
airy, believes the vast majority of them to
be honest, decent folk, working to earn
their living the best they know how and as
peaceable and law-abiding as men of their
grade OF any other nationality. She says
that not more than % per cent Of the total
Cflnese population In New York and its en-
vircns indulge in gambling and not more
than 10 per cent are actually vicious.
She places this population at about 10000
possibly few more; other authorities be-
lleye 1t numbers at least 1900, possibly
1900. There is no way of getting at the
real figures, for the report of the last
United States census did not take cogntz-
ance of the Chinese in New York, owing to
iTs small percentage when compared with
the whole. The population of the Chinese
quarter itself is variously estimat ed at from
2,0O0 to 5000, the great majority Of the
total Of 10000 or 1900 being scattered
about the various boroughs and in suburbs
as far removed from Mott and Pell streets
as Stamford, Conn.
A popularity of New York's Chinatown is
the fact that 1t has no very definite bounda-
rles, denizens of dozen other nationalitIes
whereof the Italians predominant, being
quartered on the streets popularity supposed
to be given over almost exclusively to the
Chinese. The number of married Cinnamon
In the metropolitan district, which stretches
into New Jersey, as well as Connecticut. in
GLIDING all the adjacent communities whose
members visit Mott street to do most of
their gambling. is about 100, forty-two of
them, including the consul and his secre-
tary having Chinese wives. while the others
are married to white women.
The Chinese and the Whites.
Whatever the relations between the Chi
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semicircular wall, has been given this year
to Louis Boebs SIREN" an imaginative
piece of painting, produced with much real
ism, TO which was awarded the F. Corcoran
prize. Il lacks color and spontaue.ty bnf
II atones for these shortcomings by its ma
turity of thought and handling by its sin
certify and grace 1t IS overweghted by its
frame, but upon acquaintance its Inherent
charm counteracts this handicap Conserv-
atism is It's chief characteristic
If one were asked IN what field American
ART mad Of recent years made its largest
contribution IL IS probable that the answer
would be, American mural painting: and II
Is true that the most pronounced tendency
OF our current painters is toward decora-
Ji2F. The poster element has crept even
into our landscapes; the pictorial into our
rate that does not appeal to the eve as
wei as the intellect, does not wear well
Examples of this factor in American art
are 70 be found in F. W. Benson's "Octo-
Der, which centers the fiat wall Of a hemi-
cycle, and In the panel, "Fleur-de-lys" by
Robert Reid which Is hung close by In
treatment and theme they are quite dissim-
liar. The Benson presents q rich color
scheme interpreted with fluent brush: the
Reid is almost a monotint and shows sim
pie, dry rendering. The one would probably
be improved by the omission of the nude
figure in the left-hand corner and the other
proited by variation in the color of the
palings of the rather too obtrusiye fence
but both are dignified in conception ana
pleasing to the eye.
1t Is not easy to turn aside from these
paintings. but others equally as engrossing
are 10 be found on the opposite wall There
Will be seen, of special note, a painting of
Niagara by the late John H. Twachtulan. a
landscape. September Morning" by Char
lotte X. Conan. the winner of the second
Corcoran prize. amid peculiarly poetic in
depreciation entitled The Brook" by Rob-
ertson x. Mygatt All of these are notah HE
works and assist materially In raising the
standard OF the entire exhibition. Ths
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WASHINGTON ARTISTS
Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of
Local Society
OPENS MONDAY AFTERNOON
In the Hemicycle of Corcoran Gallery
Of Art.
SOME VERY NOTABLE CANvAsES
Painters of the National Capital and
Of other Cities Represented in the
Exhibit-Prize Winners.
OPENS MONDAY AFTERNOON
SOME VERY NOTABLE CANvAsEs

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society or washington ArtlSts, when opens
IN the hemicycle Of the Corcoran Gallery
az Art Monday afternoon with n recaption
I'D ,r,7.ata ,-ra,, WIN bo fo,,pd .. eyenaraI
.'i'T'eSF W. oi4ly uOeS II set ioith 'ne
WORKS or washington painters OF note out
" Uut-Of-town men and women o. distinc-
-Inu II Is rather national than local in
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lt' current output OF the American School'
The general average Of the society's ex-
h.llts will be found 10 be about that struck
very eo"u 'a!'N1seS' many lhat are com
wandable and only few that are decidedly
DOOR Possibly the standard IS not as high
az f- certain mast seasons. rerhaps there IS
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Certainty it is both varied and compre-
ntnsl'e- .- are l'. ,f i~-'e as nsiS
contains only aronr aac-tenth rs many
numbers ass that o. tile Pennsylvania
Academy $ recent eEnaitou. ana yet 1t Is
uGr ina s.- l"'t ''5,e7 or me a.
/, nj q. ,gi....fo., ~ r,l-rsrrfee,l. there
are many s-s.1en. .Isortees. and al the
contributor are uot seen at their best; but
II Is homes, work done with lhdlFIdH ~
or thought ANA S.nc"'.jE or purpose ana 1t
ably Illustrates me diversity OF modern e1.n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17
Birds Lost In Fog.
,e London Mail.

From the London Mall.
A gannet or s,oian goose. the bird which
has made tho Bass rock so famous, has
been picked up In an exhausted state in a
garden at Bililngborollgh. Lancashire. 1t
is rare that bird so absolutely dependent
or the sea for its existence is found 50 far
Inland.
rent to migration, causing the moving hosts
to rise above the fog level. and SO to pass
over places they usually visit: or. over
taking them, they temporarily bar further
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17

Chase's portrait of the Rev. SparhaWk
Jones Mr. r. LIE Grand Johnston's sheep
picture Miss Ellen Day Hale's portrait
study, Rose" and Mr.. Leonard Ochtman. s
Autumn Days" but it has been impossible
to give detailed account or TO more than
suggest the general character OF the ex-
hibit The fact that 1t is widely varied both
in subjects and in styles enhances its inter-
est while 1t forbids broad classification 1t
will be open and free to the public from
Tuesday, March 20. to Saturday. April Z.
every week day, between the hours OF U
am. and 4 pm, on Tuesday and Friday
evenings, and on Sunday afternoons.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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an absentee OF several seasons, sends a
small, mastery sketch of a Russian deer
hound. and Miss Meta Craig makes her
debut with a well-constructed portrait and
a negro character study.
The story picture Is not common today,
but "A Name in the Casualty List" by
Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock. and 1.-THE Fire
side" by f. Irving Couse, stand for the
best of the type; and not often probably will
an interior better painted be seen than the
''Salle du Conseil Versailles" which has
been contributed to this exhibition by Chas
Bittinger.
CHANGING backward over the exhibition ii
Will be found that number of interesting
eanvases have been passed without men
ton, such, for example, as William NJ
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nese and the whites are elsewhere, they
are no worse in New York than between
the native born and those of other nation
antics Some of the women who have mar
ried Chinese are well treated by their hus-
bands, and some are not. 1t Is the general
testimony OF missionaries and others who
nave studied the question that when a
Chinese husband is not cruel to his white
wife he is extremely kind and considerate
but when he is bad he is as bad as he possi-
bly, can be. Sometimes he marries an
American woman, though already having
u Chinese wife at home, treats his Amerl-
can wife well for a time, and then when
he has got so rich he feels able to return
to China and live on his money induces her
to go to China with him
The American woman who does that is
sure to wish she had never been born for
slavery, not fguratve. but literal is her
portion. If there Is a Chinese wife the
American woman IS made her slave, or If
there is no native wife, the slave of her
husbands mother. and the stories told by
some of the American women who have
succeeded in getting back to America have
been heartrending There have been few
such cases, though; In fact, the number of
marriages between whites and Chinese have
been smaller than some Of the published
statements would lead the reader to be-
lieve. hundred such marriages among
the 10000 Cinnamon in New York and
vicinity would be only one-tenth OF / per
cent.
How They Earn Their Living.
The great majority or the New York Chi
namen earn their living by doing launder-
ing, the favorite occupation of Cinnamon
In this country, and that is why so large
proportion Of them live away from the Chi
nese quarter. In this occupation they WORK
for the whites almost exclusively, the Chi
nese themselves wearing very little linen
that needs laundering.
But there are plenty of Chinese In and
about New York who follow other occupa-
tions, though most of these have relations
with their own countrymen only. This is
true Of the jewelers.. the tailors, the en-
broiderers, the carpenters and the sign
writer's. There are few Chinese house
servants in New York and round about
forty or fifty say. There Is one Chinese
cigar factory employing about 100 cigar
makers, all Chinese, as well as the pro-
prietor and clerks, only one white man,
travelling salesman, being employed in the
entire establishment.
There are two Chinese newspapers, both
of which do Chinese job work, and there
is one small establishment owned and man.
ned by Chinese where job work in English
is done There are also two or three Chinese
cobbIers and one Chinese dentist. In Brook
lyn there is a Chinese doctor of medicine
who practices the healing art according 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17

Iotte b. Conan. and the third prize of $50
to In the Shadow OF the Blue Ridge" by
e. c. Messer.
Upon entering the hemicycle the first
painting which doubtless will attract asten-
ton is Irving r. Ntes portrait OF his wife
and daughter large notable canvas hung
opposite the door. This Is am exceptionally
strong AMI mastery work ia is fresh IN
color and broadly painted and yrt agree
ably toneflt and refined Bearing close
examination IL holds Us own fgam the
length OF tho gallery, and VIII he found
pictorial Comp0sltaol-tle figures are
gracefully TG=cd. tho accessories delight
fully chosen. bot beyond the admirable
brush work ana che pleasing effect there
Is G. persona. Significance which itsts Il into
the not CygrcrOwocd realm of true por-
the etiigics o. his wife ard daughter. but
has interpreted their characters There is
resemblance between the tEeu ana yet
marked Individuality.
A little e. fie left hangs portrait en-
titled simply An American Gentleman"
painted 10y MISS CCye!ta BeaJA. Il pictures
a Iniddle-aged mau. apparently OF culture.
seated in plain chair with yellow cat on
his lap He wears a white Nauuel suit with
a pink negiigec shirt. and is seen against a
light wall and white window easement.
rom the painter standpoint IL Is a brill
liant performance The brush work Is crisp
and virile. hut e is considered fragrant in
Its freedom ard brutal ia It's force. At n
hrst glance 10 amazcs the observer but
upon inspection il falls TO satisfy. There is
a lump on one side OF the forehead and
cleft IN the end % the nose, ard the sleeve
nearest the observer Is not only empty. but
regularly indepted. Miss BeauN has done
distinguished work in the past and her
painting while broad Is not habijually care
less.
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The list of British birds owes its con-
tinual increase to fogs and other adverse
weather conditions. During the last year
or two British ornithologists. aided by
lighthouse keepers. acting with the consent
of the elder brethren of Trinity House,
have done much to clear up the mysteries
of migration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17

During heavy wind and rain birds fly low
when crossing the sea, barely overlapping
the waves. instead of. as was supposed,
rising above the clouds Where light
houses are stationed the birds fly to the
white light in boisterous weather. and the
death rate in consequence is appalling. tens
OF thousands striking the lantern and fall
ing into the sea.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-03-21

ticed that a piece of my glass was
broken in a ~star-shaped form, as
though it had been suddenly hit. To
put him at his ease and partly to
give him a notion Of the value of
what he had broken I told my visitor
Of the legend connected with them
As l finished saw that he was much
agitated, drops Of perspiration stood
on his forehead as he trembled VIC
lently. He saw me watching him and
tried to his confusion by a fit
OF coughing. but l was thoroughly
aroused. Why had the tale so affect
ed him? In a flash I saw it all. Hold.
ing a piece or my glass to the light l
saw on the side a powderIike suo-
stance. l was examining this when
my caller took the opportunity to
escape. This did not worry me, how
ever, for l had no mind to be delayed
in my journey to give evidence before
the city magistrate. The powder l
knew to be arsenic, with which I had
before had experience. 1t was now
quite late and l would have to start
early. retired Immediately, and
being accustomed to unexpected ad-
ventures was soon asleep.
Early the next morning, Jean, who
had returned during the night, awak-
ened me. As l related the adventure
a look Of amazement ~overspread his
c~ountenance and when I had finished
he told me hat the goblets were
merely copies OF the famous Venetian
glass and that the originals were
safely stored in the family vault. This
greatly relieved my mind, for I had
been worrying over the breakage of
an heirloom which could never have
been replaced; but why then had the
goblet broken? Walking over to the
table. Jean pointed to the ceiling
There above us was a crack in the
mosaic, and from the debris of broken
glass he picked up a little red tile. It
had saved my life!
That night I reached Paris In safety
and delivered my trust to the king.
When l told him Of the happening he
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-03-21

On de banks oh de Amazon, far away. far away
Whar DR.. Green gifts August Flowers to dis day;
All picked dos flowers In August in ole Brazil,
An aldo Tss Yankee, All longs to be dar still.
QAugust Flower il the only medicine
free from alcoholic stimulants) that has
been successful in keeping the entire
thirty-two feet of digestive apparatus in a
normal condition, and assisting natures
processes of digestion, separation and alb
sorption-for building and rebuilding
by preventing ALL irregular or unnatural
causes which interrupt healthy and per-
feet natural processes and result in intes-
final indigestion, catarrhal affections
Causing appendicitis-stoppage of the
gall duct), fermentation of unhealthy
foods, nervous dyspepsia, headache, con-
stipat;on and other complaints, such as
collie, biliousness, j~aundice, etc.
CAugust Flower is natures intended reg
ulator. Two sizes, CSC, 7sc- All druggists.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-03-21

Thomas Turner was proprietor of a
large dry goods store in Willimantic.
Conn. He came from England to this
country a poor boy, working at first
in the cotton mills, and rose to be
one of the foremost nen in his Dor
cugh. he was a pillar OF the Metho-
dist church, and the writer on many
occasions heard him at the experience
meetings tell Of the good the church
had done him, winding up his remark
as follows:
Hall Hi ave hand lam Hi howe
to the Methodis,s.'-2cston Herald.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-03-21

knows what l knows! Many en- many's
de time l played 'hoss' fer i'm, en- he
rid straddle er my back all over de
settlement. He des could talk den:
but he toll me, he did: 'Br'er Williams,
you de bes' ole niger I ever see
n des ez soon es I'm president I'm
gwine ter member you, is. I'm a
fr'en ter de whole cullud race, but you
leaves de race SO fur benin, dey1l
natter git wings Ter ketch you!"
AS Brother Williams paused and
looked around, Brother Dickey came
forward and, laying his hand on the
cid mans shoulder, said to him:
"Br'er Williams, you better go on
home, now, en- think over yo' sarmont
fer mex Sunday, en- eff you'll take my
advice you'll preach FUN de text bout
all liars havin' dey portion in the lake
lat burn fire en- Observation-Disclosures
Constitution.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-03-21

The corn a much to say!
1t tells with a gay delight
The gossip Of golden day,
The dream of the tender night.
TIT sunny slopes run sweet
o the edge of the woodland shadows.
Where the idle. laughing streams repeat
The talk OF the happy meadows.
But the trees that lean above
Have deeper thoughts to measure;
They whisper of home and love,
AM hold their own life's treasure;
They breathe in the sun filled space:
Rooted in calm they stand,
Granting the birds a nesting place,
Blessing the quiet land.
And the hills their secrets hold,
Where the brooding clouds hang over:
There the soft winds unfold
Glad thoughts that few discover.
o whispering corn. be still!
Ny heart Is vainly trying
To hear, through all your rustling thrill
The deep tones underlying.
All, sweet escaping song!
Mine ears can ne'er compel 1t,
But the little flower l bring along
Smiles up, and tries to tell it.
Marian Couthouy Smith, in Youth's
Companion.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-03-21
Salute Over Soldiers Grave.

The origin of the custom CT firing a
volley over a soldiers grave is con-
nected with the ancient belief that
evil spirits were kept away from a
body by making a great noise. OF
this We have an example in the pass
ing bell" After the invention of fire.
arms the last salute became e-nble-
NAUTICAL Of the soldiers profession-of
his having fallen amidst the sounds
Of battle.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-03-21

For sale by Lafayette Drug Co