Evening star., 1951-05-21

business, but in the new genera
tion approaching its majority are
many who are going to college
and training for the professions.
David Lee, son of the proprietor
Of the Hoy Sun Restaurant at
1908 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
has just finished an engineering
course at Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology, a favorite institu-
ton among young Chinese Amer
leans. DR.. William Chin, a .physi-
clan whose father is a laundry
man, is a resident at Gallinger
Hospital.
District Has Culinary Critics.
Washington has a number OF
residents who consider themselves
connoisseurs of the cuisine Chi
nois-or the Chinese culinary art.
Many Of them are Army and Ma
Irine Corps officers who have had
garrison duty at Peking or Tient-
sin. All have their favorite dishes
and favorite restaurants. The
restaurants in the block called
Chinatown. George Moy's Joy Inn,
China Inn, the China Doll, ct al,
are all Cantonese. featuring
dishes of Southern China. The
great majority of Chinese restau-
rants in the United States are
Cantonese. and those here follow
the pattern. However, at least
one Chinese establishment, the
Peking Restaurant at 5522 Con-
necticut avenue, features north
ern-Style food.
The devotees of Chinese cook
ing seldom orders such relatively
simple dishes as chop suey or
chow mien. (There really is little
difference between the two except
that there are bean sprouts in
the chop suey, while the vege-
tables in the chow mein are cut
differently and laid over Chinese
fried noodles.) He will order such
dishes as moo goo guy pan (sliced
with Chinese vegetables), loong
har kew lobster Chinese style)
or WOO hip har (jumbo shrimp
with bacon), and will almost al
ways order four or five different
entries, especially if the dining
party consists of two or more.
Perhaps the most enthusiastic
fan on Chinese food was a tele-
phone company executive who is
reliably reported to have eaten att
Ruby Foo's Den seven days week
for f1ve years. He finally got mar
rled, and his subsequent dietary
fate remains unknown.
Colony Began Around 1880.
The Chinese colony in Wash
ington started about 1880. The
writer of The Star article in 1904
noted there had not been a crime
Of violence in Chinatown since it's
start. And that was when Chinese
wore queues, and "hatchet mem
OF the warning tongs were sup
posed to carry their weapons hid
den in their silken sleeves.
But in the 1920s the tong wars
disturbed Washington's China
town along with those in other
cities. On one occasion gunmenI
invaded the old Hip Sing head
quarters at 325 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and shot four men. two of
them fatally. No Chinese murder
was ever solved. because no one
would tell the police anything.
The tongs then achieved a meas
llre Of extraterritoriality by hold
ing their own courts and sentence
ing offenders to pay fines or even
suffer banishment. The proceed
ings were secret-and effective.
Tong wars have long been thing
OF the past in American cities.
Last night Mr.. Moy, the mayor
OF Chinatown. showed no hesi-
fancy about taking this reporter
upstairs to see the On Leong
meeting room. He is one of the
three men who head the associa-
ton. Except for the Chinese dec
orations, it was set up like any
room used for meetings of a board
of directors. The atmosphere of
Fu Manchu, of silent assassinsI
sinking through secret passage
ways on sinister errands Of death,
was utterly lacking.
When did you last have a trial
nere" I asked.
He laughed.
Never in my time" he said.
We leave that to American law."I