RED-HEADED CHINAMEN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1225, 14 December 1882, Page 2

RED-HEADED CHINAMEN.

An Alta reporter, while visiting the Coptic with the Quarantine Officer on her arrival in port, recently, diacovered an out-and-out red headed Chinaman The] hair and queue of this Celestial were of no doubtful shade, being as far as possible from violet. This “ sorreltop ” received moat distinguished consideration from his countrymen. Instead of calling him “ Brick-top,” “ Brunette,’’ “ Ginger,” &c, terms only too familiar to the ears of the red-haired Caucasian, the Chinese appeared to treat their red-headed country-man with special respect, reserving for him the choicest morsels of the meal, and treating him generally as a superior. Yet he did not appear at all|proud of,his distinctive feature. On the contrary, he appeared to be engaged in an constant endeavor to hide it beneath a large but close-fitting cap a* though he seemod to appreciate the oddity and inconsistency of one of his dusky complexion flaunting a blood-red queue i.i the face of creation. Besides this Chinaman there was on board another, a China boy, aged about fourteen, whose shiny black hair was compelled to divide the honors equally between numerous long and thick tufts of red hair. But this lad was not regarded with that esteem accorded to the other. The boy wm looked upon somewhat in the light of a base imitation or counterfeit presentment. They were a strange pair, and are doubtless now the observed in Chinatown.