CHAPTER VIII.
A CHINESE NEWSPAPER, LITTLE FEET, AND AN OPIUM JOINT In Chinatown--A Chinese Editor--His Views of Chinese Life--A Daily Paper and the Way in Which it is Printed--A Night School--The Mission of the English Language--A Widow and Her Children--Pair of Small Shoes--Binding of the Feet and Custom--Mrs.Wu Ting-Fang on Small Feet--Maimed and Veiled Women--The Shulamite's Feet--An Opium-joint--A Wretched Chinaman--Fascination of Opium--History and Cultivation of the Poppy--The East India Company and the Opium War--An Opium Farmer--How the Old Man Smoked--De Quincey and His Experiences--"I Will Sleep No More." As my guide and I went forth to visit the places of interest in Chinatown, we directed our steps first of all to the Chinese newspaper office.

This is located at No.

804 Sacramento street, corner of Dupont street.

On being ushered in I met with a cordial welcome from the managing editor, Mr.Ng Poon Chew, who, before I bade him good-bye, exchanged cards with me.

He, I learned, is a Christian minister and is the pastor of a Chinese church in Los Angeles.