Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-30
THE CHINESE MINISTER.
A shrewd Old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

A Shrcwd Old Gentleman-Acqu
ment of the Accomplishment of
sncing.
met the Chinese minister on Thursday at
a senatorial reception, saws Washington let
ter to The Omaha Bse, and listened with
pleasure 10 a conversation in which he
INDUCED with the nepheks Of one of the sena-
tors
"Vellee fne day." chirped the envoy eI-
traorllnary.
Lovely" responded the young gentle
man.
''Shslee welee see YOU at ourlee lecsp-
tlonn
"Oh | guess not" responded the young
man There will be such a crush"
"Oh, ycssee," said the minister, "allee
Washington likee belize fullee."
Thus did the shrewd representative OF the
Flowery Kingdom refer 10 the free -lunchiDg
mania OF Washington society
The Chinese minister during the past sea
son has been throwing himself into the social
vortex with an nergy and yigor that would
do credit to man thirty years younger.
Having watched in ecstatic raptures the
movements Of the modern waltz during the
last year, and ha wing be EN- compelled to de-
cline the earnest requests OF scores OF ladies
10 meauder with them IN the giddy mszes OF
The dance, the minister last December made
arrangements to receive private Instructions
In dancing, together with his translator,
Lang Shung, and couple OF other mem
bcrs of the legation. Mondays and Thurs
DAYS, with an unvarying regularity, these
representatives Of oriental aristrocracy could
be found al VI IS Wilson's. prespir lng In their
eIfOrls To sCQu re a knowledge OF the three
aud tWo-step waltz, aud making glitlerlng
circles OF blue six aud tinscl as thet whrlcd
around chairs and carrOmed against sofas Ia
the apartments OF the fair Notwithstanding
No more inspiring and insp rting sight has
ever been seen In Washington thau the
Chinese minister plenipotentlary, with hts
speCacles bobb NJ up ami down on ms nose,
clasping spasmodically the far haired Amer
can maiden, wildly endeavoring 20 eiude her
train a. [ swept over the floor and doiging
her fairy like feet ~ they tripprd through the
maze Of the polka. As result the chinese
minister can uOw dauce the twO-strp waltz
a. well As the average 10 year-old Amer can
schoo-boy, while his agonlzing coutortions
in the POLKA would throw Mr. DJdwurth into
commissions of merrnent He feels, how
ever, quite sat~ sized with BIS progress, and at
one OF Mrs. WhiWey's receptions a coupe OF
weeks ago paralv Zed all DISCLAIMERS knock
ing over hire, foreign plOmates aud doub-
ling up "A waiter Vita ira, OF wIur-s lasses AS
he Skipped festivcy down The Aoor wIth bis
four-inch soled shoes, bobbiug screnel, up
and down in the festive wa u.
That Chinese minister is not devoid OF
gratitude for the social attention paid him
NAV b. seen by visit 10 some OF the ladies'
Darlors IN Wash ny ON, where, hanging on
the walls or Displayed couspcuouslf on
tables. are seen The New Years gltts Of his
excellence. Like most of his nationality, lac
never allows "A Chinese New Years 20 pass
without giving proiusc evidences OF his re
gard for his friends. How deeply attached he
Is 10 his dancing teacher may be seen from
the fact when Chinese New Year came
around his year he sent her most gor-
geously decorated pair Of silk stockings,
which she now has lung on her parlor wall
with Chinese dragon above them