. To California and back;. inedsilent attention and quick rippling response to wittypassages that mark our own playhouses; but suchdemonstrative applause as the clapping of hands andthe stamping of feet is unknown. The Chinesetheatergoer would as soon think of so testifying en-joyment of a good book in the quiet of his home. Butas for the orchestra, let them write its justification!Such a banging of cymbals, and hammering ofgongs, and monotonous squealing of stringed in-struments in unrememberable minor intervals almosttranscends belief. Without visible leader, and un-marked by any discoverabl
. To California and back;. inedsilent attention and quick rippling response to wittypassages that mark our own playhouses; but suchdemonstrative applause as the clapping of hands andthe stamping of feet is unknown. The Chinesetheatergoer would as soon think of so testifying en-joyment of a good book in the quiet of his home. Butas for the orchestra, let them write its justification!Such a banging of cymbals, and hammering ofgongs, and monotonous squealing of stringed in-struments in unrememberable minor intervals almosttranscends belief. Without visible leader, and un-marked by any discoverable rhythm, it is neverthelesscharacterized by unanimity of attack and termina-tion, as well as enthusiasm of execution, and histo-rians of music are authority for the statement that itis based upon an established scale and a scientifictheory. Be that as it may, it is a thing of terror firstto greet the ear on approach, last to quit it in de-parture, and may be counted upon for visitation indreams that follow CHINESE The secret society known as the Highbinders wascreated two and a half centuries ago in China by aband of devoted patriots, and had degenerated intoan organization employed to further the ends of av-arice and revenge long before it was transplanted tothis country. Relieved of the espionage that had insome measure controlled it at home, and easily ableto evade a police unfamiliar with the Chinese tongue,it grew in numbers and power with great greater portion of the people of Chinatown hasalways been honestly industrious and law abiding,but the society rewarded hostility by persecution,ruin and often death. Merchants were laid undertribute, and every form of industry in the commu-nity that was not directly protected by membership inthe society was compelled to yield its quota of reve-nue. Vice was fostered, and courts of law were socorrupted by intimidation or bribery of witnessesthat it was next to impossible to convict a Hi
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