Evening star., 1909-06-27
teachers say that their pupils are sin
cere and earnest.
CHINATOWN IS QUIET PLACE.
Little Opium Smoking and Practical
lu Few White Wn1llan There

| At the present time the Chinese poD-
ulation of the oriental quarter is smaller
than it has been in years With the
| diminishing number of the sons of Con-
| fucius, the problem OF keeping young
| white girls out of the danger zone has
| automatically reduced itself to mini
| mum.
| Prob ably q round dozen white women
| would be q liberal estimate of the per
manent white dwellers in the houses of
the celestials. A majority OF these are
| legally united to Chinese, leaving only
| four or five habitues of the chop suey
| restaurants and hop joints to be listed
| within the under ten
| Policemen Newkirk and Mccarthy,
who have long been on the Chinatown
beat, declared last night that they rare
| ly see Summing parties in their pre-
| cinct. Instances of young pseudo mis-
| sion workers thrusIing themselves in the
| way of the Chinese, so that the ques-
| ton of sex and rot of religion is para
| mount, is a thing unknown.
Three Chinese Restaurants.
In Chinatown proper there are only
three chop suey restaurants. The equip
ment of all of them indicates fairly
the class of patronage whicn IS sought
| Bare walls and tables without covering
| OF any description predominate
A tour of the district last night dis
| closed only one OF the three, the Pc
king. at 952 Pennsylvania avenue, en-
| Joying even a semblance of prosparity
| Here small crowd of young laborers
was working off the enthusiasm Incl
| cent to Saturday payday by absorbing g
yard-Iong Nokamain noodles by the grace
| cui suction process, but they were peace
fully attending to their own affairs
The only horrible examine" to arpear
above the surface during the early even
Ing hours was an aged resident of Mis-
souri, avenue, just around the corner from
CHINATOWN. who hurried down the avenue
to secure her a supply of paregorc for
over Sunday. because paregoric, sought
for the laudanlm it contains, is both
the bane and the boon of her existence.
Diligent search would not be neces-
sary to uncover more than one opium Law
out IN Chinatown. Nb esrecial effort is
| made by the authorities to prevent the
dope victims from satisfying the in
| satiate demands OF the habit
The police say there is 10 particular
law prohibiting the smoking Of opium
| Restrictions incident to the greatly in
| creased price Of the sIfbtle drug have
served to materially decrease the cook
Ing of pills" and the soaring of smokers
1 into the land Of pipe dreams
| The policemen declare the regulars
among the white 'hop'' fends could be
| counted on the fingers of two hands and
| nearly all OF them both the woman habi-
|
| from elsewhere in >he city do not appear
| until the very early morning hours for
| it is then that the opium layouts are
running full blast.
Negroes Only Visitors.
| After midnight Chinatown is the resort
| nowadays OF a motley crowd OF ccloreG
| men and women. Where, years ago, the
rah! rah! boys actively engaged in SOW
ing untamed grain, sports. spenders. e.
al, were wont to ramble, the appearance
now of a white couple is the creates
rarity
/ For the Chinese themselves a new cen
ter of attraction has developed i'll Is
i street, No. 116, where within the weel
a new Chinese family has made its ap
pearance. Mystery is written large aroun,
the couple, though they exhibit as one o
their proudest possessions much be
/ sealed marriage certificate dated in SaI
| Francisco seven years ago.
i That times have changed In Chinatown
though, is best indicated by the marked
difference in the celestial population
Most of the Chinese OF wealth and powe
have departed to more fertile fields
Several yokamain depots of low grade
similar to those in Chinatown, main
tain a more or less stormy existence il
7th street northwest. while another ant
kmore pretentious group-the Port Arthur
Shanghai and Charlie Bing s-ara con
centrated in 9th street near + stree
northwest