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Title: The Pacific tourist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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INTERIOR OF CHINESE THEATRE. ingress or exit. As the deception is perfectlyapparent, when one falls in war or passion, andis not carried off the staple, nor hidden behindthe drop, bnt rises and trots away, there is adecided feeling that the whole thing is toothin for long enjoyment. The acting is as rude as all the surroundings,yet it is often true to Chinese life. Duringthe play of a comedy, the whole audience hasbeen convulsed with laughter, over and overagain, almost without cessation, suddenly break-ing out in loud exclamations; but usually tlieirfaces are unmoved, except as they munch thepea-nuts, sugar cane, etc., peddled throughoutthe room, or as they sink into dreamy contem-plation, under thu satisfying influence of apure Havana of their own make. The costumes are a marvel of gaudiness, butdevoid pf all elegance. The plays are nearly allof historic character,—rebels plotting for pos-session of the government, sometimes seated onthe throne; messengers sent out to negotiate;an

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