A Joss-House then is a Chinese idol or god-house.

We are now standing before such a place of worship.

This is on the corner of Kearney and Pine Streets, and is built of brick, and as we look up we see that it is three stories high.

There is a marble slab over the entrance with an inscription which tells us that this building is the Sze-Yap Asylum.

Let us enter.
The lower story, we find, is given up to business of one kind or another connected with the Sze-Yap Immigration Society.