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# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsu Wei-chen

Dr. Showin Wetzen Hsu
徐維農学旭瀛
(Hsu Wei-chen)
Dr. Showin Wetzen Hsu was born in Tunghsiang Hsien, Chekiang province, in 1881. In 1898 he entered Nanyang College, Shanghai, and after his graduatior. he was sent by that College to America for further pursuance of study. He arrived there in the spring of 1905 and joined the Hastings Law School of the University of California. After the San Francisco earthquake and fire in April, 1906, he went to the University of Chicago to continue his law studies. In order to specialize in Political ​Science. International Law and Diplomacy under Dr. Harding, Dr. Woodburn and Professor Hershey, he entered the University of Indiana in the fall of 1908, where he received a law degree the following year. In the latter part of 1909 Dr. Hsu was recalled by the Ministry of Communications and was appointed as a legal adviser in the Councillor's Department. In 1910 he was appointed to the position of a legal adviser to the Naval Commission. In August he passed successfully the Competitive Examination given to the returned students. In December when the Ministry of the Navy was established he was appointed the Judicial Officer of the said Ministry. In 1911 when he took the Palace Examination he was awarded the M. A. degree and was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Education. In the same year he was appointed by the Ministry of Communcations as Chief of the Bureau for Foreign Affairs in the Directorate-General of the Chinese Railways. In July when war between Italy and Turkey broke out he was specially commissioned by the Ministry of Navy to consult the Ministries for Foreign Affairs and Army to devise ways and means for China's neutrality. While connected with the Ministry of Navy he wrote and translated many important works on Naval Laws and Regulations. In July he was appointed by the Prime Minister as a member of the Legislative Bureau in the Cabinet. In 1912 he was appointed by the Ministry of Finance as a member of the Reorganization Loan Commission. In August he was appointed by the President, Justice of the Supreme Court of China. In 1913 with the consent of the Supreme Court he was specially invited by the Shanghai Defense Commissioner to be a legal adviser on International Law and Foreign Affairs. In recognition of his service he was awarded the Fifth Class Wenhu Decoration. In 1915 and 1916 Dr. Hsu was awarded the Fourth and the Third Class Chia-ho Decorations, respectively. In November he was appointed to act concurrently as a Judge of the High Prize Court. In July 1918 he was appointed as a Member of the Court of Equity. In October he was awarded by the President the 2nd Class Chiaho Decoration. In November he was awarded the 2nd Class Wen-hu. In February 1919 Dr. Hsu was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Shansi province. Since 1920, he has been Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice of Shansi. In January 1920, he received the Third Class Paokuang Chiaho.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsu Mou

Mr. C. L. Zeen
徐懋学乾麟
(Hsu Mon)
Mr. C. L. Zeen, promoter and director of the China Industrial Training Works and manager of the Bank of Kiangnan, was born in 1862 in the village of Hsuyang, Yu Yao, Chekiang. At the age of 14, Mr. Zeen came to Shanghai join one he commercial uses. Although the studying of English at that time was not so much in vogue as now, he devoted his spare time to learning this language with a measurable amount of success. Except for a short time he spent in Chinkiang as manager of a local firm there, he has spent practically all his time in Shanghai. In 1882 he became manager of Messrs. Moutrie and Co. Ltd. In 1911, Mr. Zeen served on the commission for the Nanking Exposition and attracted world wide attention for his work in planning the grounds and constructing the roads. During the First Revolution, he organized the Chapei Volunteer Corps along the same lines as the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, of which the Chinese Company was also promoted ​by Mr. Zeen and his friends. During the Second Revolution when Nantao saw the havoc of war, he organized relief parties which handled over 10,000 families, housing them under temporary quarters and feeding them in the extreme heat of the summer. But the outstanding feature of Mr. Zeen's social welfare work is the promotion and establishment of the Anti-Kidnapping Society for the relief of women and children who have fallen into the hands of outlaws. Branch bureaus have been established in Mukden, Yingkow, and Changchun where most of these unfortunate victims are shipped to after their capture. Several thousand victims have been saved by this institution, which maintains a home for these destitutes in Kiangwan where they are clothed, fed and educated until they are capable of supporting themselves. In 1913, Mr. Zeen organized the International Famine Relief Committee. In 1915, he served on the International War Relief Committee and in 1917 he succeeded in collecting over a million dollars for the Chihli-Fengtien Famine Relief Commission. All in all, he has participated in over a dozen drives for relief funds, receiving commendatory tablets from practically all the high officials of the nation. Besides his numerous activities, he is also serving now as a director of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce; chairman of the Honan Famine Relief Society; chairman of the Chi Seng Hospital, Chapei; director of second company, Chapei Fire Brigade; director, Kiangwan Electric Works; and director, Chinese Ratepayers' Association. For his meritorious service, he has been awarded the Second Class Chiaho Decoration.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsu T'ang

Mr. Hsu Kwan-nan
徐棠字冠南
Mr. Hsu Kwan-nan, was born at Wucheng, Chekiang Province, in 1867. At the comparatively young age of 23, he succeeded in passing the second series of literary examinations, became a Chu Jen (Provincial Graduate), and was appointed a junior secretary of the Prime Minister. In 1898, he was given the post of Chief of the Shantung Section of the Board of Finance. It was while serving in this capacity in the capital that Mr. Hsu devoted his spare time in establishing the Huai Wen College in Peking, for which work the Imperial government bestowed upon him the honor of "Special Commendation by Edict” as a result of the recom​mendation made by the then Minister of Education, Sun Chia-nai. In 1903, Mr. Hsu was appointed Expectant Taotai of Kiangsı. In the following year, he was given the Brevet Second Rank for his contribution towards the repair of the Imperial West Garden. In 1905, the late Sheng Kung Pao, as Minister of Railways, took a great deal of interest in him and obtained the consent of the Peking Administration to have him direct the railway and mining section of his yamen. In the same year, the late Yuan Shih-k'ai recommended to the throne Mr. Hsu's immediate appointment as a Taotai of the most important circuit on account of the latter's record in securing funds for the famine relief work in Chihli Province. This was confirmed by an imperial edict. Following the inauguration of the Republic, Mr. Hsu devoted most of his time to philanthropic work in his home province and in Shanghai; and at the same time took an interest in industrial development of the country, being organizer of the Nantao Water Works of Shanghai, of which he is the managing director. The matter was brought to the attention of the president and in 1916, a commendatory tablet was awarded him by the president. For his work in raising funds for the International Famine Relief Work, the Third Class Chiaho was conferred on him in 1920. The next year saw Mr. Hsu acting as an advisor to the Ministry of Finance, being decorated with the Second Class Chiaho. In 1922, in recognition of his services in doing relief work for the Kansu earthquake, the government ordered his records to be filed with the Cabinet for an early appointment to an important post. Besides being a director of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai, Mr. Hsu is serving on the board of directors of many banks in Shanghai. Chekiang, Canton and Hongkong.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsu Tung-fan

Hsu Tung-fan
徐東藩
Mr. Hsu Tung-fan was born in Shantung. After graduating from the Peking Government University, Mr. Hsu went to England and studied at the University of Birmingham, from which institution he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics. While in London, Mr. Hsu did some research work in international law, constitutional law and economics, at the same time gaining some practical experience in banking at the famous English house of Lloyds' and in the Belgian Bank. Proceeding to the Continent, Mr. Hsu took special courses in the Uninversities of Zurich and Laussane and during the Versailles Conference, he did much for the Chinese cause in the way of spreading propaganda speeches and writing for the newspapers. Upon his return to China, he was appointed secretary to Chu Ying-kuang, Civil Governor of Shantung and after Chu retired, General Tien Chung-yu, Chu's successor, made Hsu his chief foreign secretary, which position he still holds. Mr. ​Hsu was attached to the Chinese delegation at Washington as councillor, at the same time representing the people of Shantung. He delivered numerous addresses during his stay in the United States and made many American friends. In June 1922, Mr. Hsu was appointed chief associate of Dr. C. T. Wang, director-General for the rehabilitation of Shantung Rights. In the same month, he received the Third Class Tashou Chiaho. In January 1923, Mr. Hsu was referred to the ministry of foreign affairs for appointment, and also received the Second Class Tashou Chiaho.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsu Lan-chou

General Hsu Lan-chou
許蘭洲字芝田
General Hsu Lan-chou, was born in Nan Kun Hsien, Chihli, in 1873. He followed President Hsu Shih-chang, who was at that time Viceroy of Manchuria to Fengtien as a member of the Viceroy's staff. Later he was attached to General Chang Hsun's force as commander of a section of the patrol troops. In 1912, General Hsu was promoted to be a brigade commander with the rank of lieutenant general. In 1913, he was given the official rank of major general for his successful suppression of the Sun Ya-hu band of Hunghutze. In 1914, he was acting commander of the 3rd Division in Heilungkiang. In 1917, he expelled General Pi Kuei-fang, then Military Governor of Heilungkiang, and succeeded him subsequently, as acting Military Governor. Later Peking appointed General Pao Kwei-ching ​to be Military Governor of Heilungkiang to succeed General Hsu and General Hsu was transferred to be adviser to General Chang Tso-ling. In December 1917 he was appointed by the Central government to be aide de camp of the College of Marshals, Peking, and he held this post for a brief period. In October 1920 he was conferred the Fifth Order of Merit. In December 1920 he became commander of the Fengtien troops in Mukden and Chief of Staff to General Chang Tso-ling, High Inspecting Commissioner of Manchuria. During the Chihli-Fengtien War in 1922, General Hsu took an active part as Commander of one brigade of Cavalry. After the defeat of Fengtien, General Hsu retired into private life and has been residing in Tientsin ever since that time.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk

THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK
A MOUSE and a Frog struck up a friendship; they were not well mated, for the Mouse lived entirely on land, while the Frog was equally at home on land or in the water. In order that they might never be separated, the Frog tied himself and the Mouse together by the leg with a piece of thread. As long as they kept on dry land all went fairly well; but, coming to the edge of a pool, the Frog jumped in, taking the Mouse with him, and began swimming about and croaking with pleasure. The unhappy Mouse, however, was soon drowned, and floated about on the surface in the wake of the Frog. There he was spied by a Hawk, who pounced down on him and seized him in his talons. The Frog was unable to loose the knot which bound him to the Mouse, and thus was carried off along with him and eaten by the Hawk.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Nightingale and the Swallow

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THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE SWALLOW
A SWALLOW, conversing with a Nightingale, advised her to quit the leafy coverts where she made her home, and to come and live with men, like herself, and nest under the shelter of their roofs. But the Nightingale replied, “Time was when I too, like yourself, lived among men: but the memory of the cruel wrongs I then suffered makes them hateful to me, and never again will I approach their dwellings.”
The scene of past sufferings revives painful memories.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The North Wind and the Sun

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THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN
A DISPUTE arose between the North Wind and the Sun, each claiming that he was stronger than the other. At last they agreed to try their powers upon a traveller, to see which could soonest strip him of his cloak. The North Wind had the first try; and, gathering up all his force for the attack, he came whirling furiously down upon the man, and caught up his cloak as though he would wrest it from him by one single effort: but the harder he blew, the more closely the man wrapped it round himself. Then came the turn of the Sun. At first he beamed gently upon the traveller, who soon unclasped his cloak and walked on with it hanging loosely about his shoulders: then he shone forth in his full strength, and the man, before he had gone many steps, was glad to throw his cloak right off and complete his journey more lightly clad.
Persuasion is better than force.
THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Mule

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THE MULE
ONE morning a Mule, who had too much to eat and too little to do, began to think himself a very fine fellow indeed, and frisked about saying, “My father was undoubtedly a high-spirited horse and I take after him entirely.” But very soon afterwards he was put into the harness and compelled to go a very long way with a heavy load behind him. At the end of the day, exhausted by his unusual exertions, he said dejectedly to himself, “I must have been mistaken about my father; he can only have been an ass after all.”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Mouse and the Bull

THE MOUSE AND THE BULL
A BULL gave chase to a Mouse which had bitten him in the nose: but the Mouse was too quick for him and slipped into a hole in a wall. The Bull charged furiously into the wall again and again until he was tired out, and sank down on the ground exhausted with his efforts. When all was quiet, the Mouse darted out and bit him again. Beside himself with rage he started to his feet, but by that time the Mouse was back in his hole again, and he could do nothing but bellow and fume in helpless anger. Presently he heard a shrill little voice say from inside the wall, “You big fellows don’t always have it your own way, you see: sometimes we little ones come off best.”
The battle is not always to the strong.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Oak and the Reeds

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THE OAK AND THE REEDS
AN Oak that grew on the bank of a river was uprooted by a severe gale of wind, and thrown across the stream. It fell among some Reeds growing by the water, and said to them, “How is it that you, who are so frail and slender, have managed to weather the storm, whereas I, with all my strength, have been torn up by the roots and hurled into the river?” “You were stubborn,” came the reply, “and fought against the storm, which proved stronger than you: but we bow and yield to every breeze, and thus the gale passed harmlessly over our heads.”
THE OAK AND THE REEDS
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Old Hound

THE OLD HOUND
A HOUND who had served his master well for years, and had run down many a quarry in his time, began to lose his strength and speed owing to age. One day, when out hunting, his master started a powerful wild boar and set the Hound at him. The latter seized the beast by the ear, but his teeth were gone and he could not retain his hold; so the boar escaped. His master began to scold him severely, but the Hound interrupted him with these words: “My will is as strong as ever, master, but my body is old and feeble. You ought to honour me for what I have been instead of abusing me for what I am.”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Moon and Her Mother

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THE MOON AND HER MOTHER
THE Moon once begged her Mother to make her a gown. “How can I?” replied she; “there’s no fitting your figure. At one time you’re a New Moon, and at another you’re a Full Moon; and between whiles you’re neither one nor the other.”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Old Lion

THE OLD LION
A LION, enfeebled by age and no longer able to procure food for himself by force, determined to do so by cunning. Betaking himself to a cave, he lay down inside and feigned to be sick: and whenever any of the other animals entered to inquire after his health, he sprang upon them and devoured them. Many lost their lives in this way, till one day a Fox called at the cave, and, having a suspicion of the truth, addressed the Lion from outside instead of going in, and asked him how he did. He replied that he was in a very bad way: “But,” said he, “why do you stand outside? Pray come in.” “I should have done so,” answered the Fox, “if I hadn’t noticed that all the footprints point towards the cave and none the other way.”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Nightingale and the Hawk

THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE HAWK
A NIGHTINGALE was sitting on a bough of an oak and singing, as her custom was. A hungry Hawk presently spied her, and darting to the spot seized her in his talons. He was just about to tear her in pieces when she begged him to spare her life: ​“I’m not big enough,” she pleaded, “to make you a good meal: you ought to seek your prey among the bigger birds.” The Hawk eyed her with some contempt. “You must think me very simple,” said he, “if you suppose I am going to give up a certain prize on the chance of a better of which I see at present no signs.”
# Woman of the Century/Mary Fletcher Rogers

​MARY FLETCHER ROGERS. ROGERS, Mrs. Mary Fletcher, author, was born in Louisville, Ky. She is a member of the well-known Fletcher family of New England. ​Her ancestor, Robert Fletcher, emigrated from England and settled in Massachusetts in 1630. The family has given to the world such women as Grace Webster, Hannah Emerson, Valinda Young, Elizabeth Trumbull, Julia Fletcher, known as "George Fleming," and others distinguished in the varied walks of literary, religious or scientific life. Mrs. Rogers is a versatile and graceful writer, though she has never aimed at book-making. Of late years her time has been largely given to benevolent work She is an official member of the American Humane Association and a director in the Association for the Advancement of Women. She holds various offices in the smaller organizations in her city. She is recognized as a woman of strong character, impressing those with whom she comes in contact that the latent forces of her nature, if called into controversial effort, are capable of strong and untiring resistance. Ever ready to oppose wrong, the suffering and needy find in her a champion and a friend. Taking active interest in all the reforms that are for the elevation of mankind everywhere, she is in every sense a representative woman of the day.
# Woman of the Century/Mary French Sheldon

​SHELDON, Mrs. Mary French, translator, traveler and author, born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1846. She is a great-great-granddaughter of Sir Isaac Newton, and her ancestry includes many notable men and women Her maiden name was Mary French. Her father was a machinist and engineer of ability and high standing in Pittsburgh. Her mother was Mrs. Elizabeth French, the well-known spiritualist and faith healer, who died in 1890. Miss Mary French was married in early life to her first husband, Mr. Byrne, from whom she was divorced in 1868 Her second husband was E. F. Sheldon, who died in the summer of 1892 Mr- Sheldon received a fine education. She is a musician and a linguist. She has published one novel and a translation of Flaubert's Salammbo" from the French. She was educated as a physician, but has not practiced. In 1890 she determined to travel in central Africa, to study the women and children in their primitive state. She was the first white woman to reach Mount Kilima-Njaro. She traveled with one female attendant and a small body of Africans. She carried a camera and ​secured many interesting views, which she published in her interesting volume on Africa. "Sultan to Sultan." Her home is in New York City
# Woman of the Century/Mary Fleming Black

​MARY FLEMING BLACK. BLACK, Mrs. Mary Fleming, author and religious worker, born in Georgetown, S. C., 4th August, 1848. Her father, Rev. W. H. Fleming, D. D., was a distinguished member of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and died while pastor of Bethel Church, Charleston, S. C, in 1877. Her parents were both Charlestonians. Her mother, born Agnes A. Magill, was the daughter of Dr. William Magill, a prominent physician of that city. The education of Mrs. Black was begun in one of the city schools of Charleston. She was afterward graduated with honor in Spartanburg Female College, and later took a special course under the instructions of the faculty of Wofford Male College, of which Rev. A. M. Shipp, D.D., LL.D., was president. Soon after the completion of her studies she was married to Rev. W. S. Black, D. D., then a member of the South Carolina Conference. Mrs. Black soon displayed ability as a writer, her prose and verse productions appearing in various newspapers and periodicals. In 1882 she became ​the editor of the children's department of the Raleigh "Christian Advocate," of which her husband was one of the editors and proprietors. In that relation she continued until the Woman's Missionary Society of the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Conferences established a juvenile missionary paper, the "Bright Jewels," of which she was elected editor. That position she now holds, and she is known by the children as " Aunt Mao'" She is superintendent of the juvenile department and corresponding secretary of the Woman's Missionary Society of the North Carolina Conference, and is a member of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. She is a prominent and influential member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and of the King's Daughters of her State. She has three sons, two of whom have reached majority while she third is still in college, and one daughter, just entering womanhood. As the wife of one of the most able and popular ministers of the conference, she faithfully discharged the many and delicate duties of that position, with great acceptability to her husband's congregation. In addition to many duties and labors, she is rendering her husband valuable aid in the management of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, of which he is superintendent.