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LY, MY ROH 5. 1885.NOW OPENFOR A SHORT TIME ONLY, lt;elve Un account of Engagements at Baltimore.| Unprecedented Novelty! of^THE CHINESE LADY AFONG MOY, gemAccompanied by her Interpreter ACONG, a youth of 17, ba*r. I lately arrived from Canton, is now ready to receive aroalvisiters in a theSPLENDID CHINESE SALOON, tern.OR, j Jn the Aikmtmm, between the hours of 12 M. and 3 P ,mniM. and from 6 to 9 P. M. patrYOls.s» I Admission 50 cents. Children 12£. ^nt*dankcsaleblank check books.A GOOD assortment of Blank Check Books on theatte^ A FONG MOY possesses a pleasing countenance, is 19TV years of age, and her feet, including her shoes,are Ken. yut f°ur inches in length, being the size of those of anook- irifant of one year old, having worn iron shoes for the *first ten years of her life, according to the custom of the country. She is richly dressed in Chinese costume, sod . _will occasionally walk before the company. Her com* panion and interpreter, a youth of pleasing address, * 1 Gen- writes in the Chinese characters, speaks English with fp*from considerable fluency, and will interpret for the company. ° ^^ for nnune}' have been expended, and great ,need difficulties ttperieneed, in overcoming the extreme jca- -wi can tetwy Chinese in showing their females to be ©•*- w 1ston. ***ed ou* their country, or even to be seen by foreign-wili crs, and as neither pains nor expense have been sparedthe to produce an interesting exhibition, it is confidently ho-R. P€d that the Chinese Lady, after a voyage of seventeenthousand miles, for a very limited visit to the United States, will be honored with crowded audiences of the American public. Feb 25
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Washington National Intelligencer

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