Evening journal., 1892-11-17

ing, therefore, i'm the way of rapid transit
there. You either have to go by boat
OF ride in q wagon train. Both are exc
treinely slow, and an ordinary journey
occupies two or three DAYS. The aris-
tocracy of China and all visitors who
come with proper credentials are carried
about the streets in litters. When I
reached Peking they took me TO hotel
and gave me q sumptuous apartment i'm
which the predominating oolors We're
red and yellow. The house was built of
bamboo, the ceilings were low, but
must confess that everything about it
was well built, and the effect ON the
whole could not help but be pleasing. 1
have heard It said that Cinnamon know
nothing of the harmony of color, but
my experience is that they usually get
an effect which is pleasing even TO the
artistic eye
Il shall never forget my first supper
in China. OF course 1 had TO eat with
chopsticks, and do not doubt that my
efforts TO impress the attendants who
were constantly about me with an idea
that L was thoroughly accustomed TO
everything Chinese accounted largely
for the many aubdued smiles ] noted ON
/ the stolid couutonances of those who
served me. ] cannot say that this sup
per. or in fact any other meal of which,
/ partook while I'm China, had that self
satisfying result that good old FASH
ioned beefsteak and potatoes have for me
in America. To be perfectly frank,
went hungry most of the time, and that
was my condition on the night ! was
presented 20 III Hung Chang, the prime
minister Of China.
"Shortly after dark high official of
the government called upon me, and
through my interpreter informed me
that my presence was demanded at the
imperial mansion. / had ON my dress
coat, which made me all the more out
of keeping with the elaborate costumes
of the richly clad Cinnamon about me-
Thanked on either side by one of these
gayly dressed Cinnamon, I marched ont
and found a litter carried 10y four sturdy
natives. The litter was covered with ,
canopy upholstered i'm the richest OF
Chinese silk. On either side stood
swarthy Celestial, flaming torch in hand
AS / approached the men bearing ihr
litter sank 10 their knees, so that nigh
step aboard. When l was comfortabl,
seated the curtains were drawn, the mel
rose, and the procession wended its Wa,
slowly 20 the house of Ii Hung Chang
There was no crowding about by th
common people, as there is in America
for the common people of China are sul
! dued and disciplined like an army O
soldiers. There is no gaping mob there
81 had heard that the palace was
very beautiful building. but 1 was no
prepared fcr the sight that met my gaz.
/, 1t was ablaze with light. and there cei
= tainly must have been several thousan
4, lanterns, FOR candle power is tine onl
7 light used in China. IL may seem u
q credible that nation Of oOoolDl0 .
i much older than ours, and with suc
q vast natural resources. should in OIL
Il Nineteenth century BE practically Wit.
y out railroads, without telegraph. wit
II ont telephone. without ANY postal .cr
, See and without any govenu rtal miu
i But 10 is stll more Incredible tha. Oh,
-o should be without anything in tie vs..
j of light night other than CANDID powe
y. But the effect of this Is certainly
pleasing as anything I have seen eith
n in America OF in Europe. The light
IA every candle shone through some gay