Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19


day In early summer no spot of equal ex-
tent on the habitable surface OF this globe
Of ours contains SO much concrete delight
and innocent enjoyment as the Berlin
Thiergarten. VERNON
YUNG w IN FRISCO.
The Chinese Minister and HIS ssate
Seeing the Sights.
Yung Yu, the Chinese minister. ana his
retinue have had an interesting experience
OF occidental life not unmixed with q color
ing Of the oriental since their arrival at
San Francisco, according to q New York
World special To most Of the distinguish
ed gentlemen who are to talk over the az
fairs Of state in Washington the scenes OF
the city OF San Francisco. even those In
Chinatown, were new.
While the men Of the party. apparelsd In
all the gay costumes or the orient with
their wealth of finery. bright colors and
ious councils In Chinatown little dark
eyed woman was having a quiet time In the
palace.
She was Mrs Yung Yu, the wife OF the
minister. Mrs. Yung Yu In elarmingly ex-
elusive. There ts no open sesame TO her
apartments. not even to the confidential
friends of her husband. She lives pracu-
caily to herself. surrounded by her maids
and children. She dimes alone, no visitors
are allowed to cross the threshold Of her
door. and only the occasional romping OF
her children would give indication that the
rooms are occupied. Even the dark-skiu-
ned. curiously robed maids move about ST.
lently. and now and again they yawn. show
ing that ennui constitutes a very large part
of the life OF q Chinese lady OF high degree.
I'M tine , Other gay ,ba Circus 81
even for Mrs. Yung Yu. She and her chill
dren went to the window fast as their
feet would carry them. They watched the
parade In open-eyed wonder. There was
many a shrug Of the shoulders. and the
lady conducted herself as IL she were edu-
Gated in a French seminary.
Mrs. Yung Yu's children are just like the
ordinary youngster. The Oldest is q boy.
and a very mischievous boy at that. As q
freedom than his sisters and came very
near using il to his serious disadvantage
yesterday. He began investigating the
doors of the elevator and was yanked on
The youthful Misses Yung Yu are. per-
haps, the most Interesting members OF the
Of feet. which undoubtedly are the special
pride of their mother. but that Is not quite
so unusual as another popularity. which IL
baldheaded. Their black hair grows gradu-
ally thinner as IL approaches the crown Of
the head, and there IT disappears.
II the events OF the last two days are any
indication, the life Of an aristocratic Chi
nese woman Is nine-tenths monotony. She
appears to do absolutely nothing Of inter
diplomatic party declared. The mistress Of
u
den beauty. Her children and her maids
are with her. and no one else She u EN-
phatically "out OF sight"
As she sat In her room at the hotel she
was the center OF a strange picture. Her
costume was one OF Oriental magnincence
trived headdress was a wonderful creation.
A scarlet band Of ribbon bound the lady's
head. and to IT was ATTACHED what might
be termed the superstructure OF flowers and
leaves. The colors were bright and to the
non-Asiatic mind very inJudiciously chosen.
The lady was engaged in the pastims OF
OF her chief diversions. Her children play
on the floor with oranges and the maid
gazed listlessly out OF the window.
The new minister visited Chinatown and
the headquarters OF the Six Companies. He
was accompanied by members OF his suite
rant on Dupont street Dinner was served
at O'Clock. and lasted until after O. The
menu was elaborate, and OF a character to
please even fasttdious lover OF good
things from the Flowery Kingdom
When the party left the restaurant Q visit
was made to one Of the Chinese theatsrs.
The Washfngton Mems Great victory
The New York Times in It's Sea Girt cor
respondence today says:
The District OF Columbia marksmen not
only carried OF all the honors at Sea Cirt
today. but smashed the record. The MARKS =
men Of New York. Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts. whose states treat them with an
open-handed liberality to which the WASH
ingtonians are strangers. have reason to
congratulate themselves that they failed to
send teams to compete for the interstate
and Hilton trophies. The shooting of the
soldiers from the capital was unparalleled.
not alone for excellence, but for discipline
and. what In team shooting is superior. CO.
operation.
concerning the dishonorable practices at
Creedmoor. which led to Its abandonment
by teams from Massachusetts. Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey and the District Of Co.
lumbia, Sea Girt has been regarded a. the
Mecca of lovers of honest rife shooting.
A number Of New Workers were on the
voiced by Gen. Geo. w. Wingate, who, at
the close OF the days work. was introduced
by the captain. Of the victorious Washing
father Of rife shooting in America"
Il am surprised and ashamed" exclaimed
the general. that my state. the great cm-
Is true. Creedmoor has been torn up, but
that Is no reason why the state should not
have sent team to compete like soldiers
also with regret that 1 find that the regu-
lar army Is not represented-all the more
strange when IT is remembered the strong
interest that that great soldier, Winfield s.
Hancock. took in rife shooting, and the
fact that from the forts in the harbor Of
team that ought to be able to stand against
national guardsmen."
Every one OF the Washington team de-
clared to their commander. Gen. Albert Ord
way, that he was going In TO break the
Pennsylvania record Of last year. I'VE Will.
shame them for refusing to come here and
meet US this year." was the word
The washington marksmen made their
promise OF their threat good. They not only
broke the record in the Hilton trophy, but
tied the record on the 20o-yard range for the
interstate trophy. The latter record was
made by the American team which went to
Europe In 1885. and which was coached by
Maj. Pollard. the crack shot, now a men,
Der Of the Washington team. Up to the last
shot fired at this 200-yard range today the
District of Columbia marksmel had brok en-
II. but Private Carleton. one OF the most
trustworthy men on the team. only made q
three and the worlds record was thus only
tied, when a bull or an inner would
have broken it.
Barrett Indicted fin South Carolina.
Charles p. Barrett of Spartanburg, g. c..
and two others implicated with him In
conspiracies to defraud the government by
establishing new post offices and cancel
ing large quantities OF stamps and TO AZ
cure large shipments OF valuable goods. on
which bogus mortgages would be Rfyen
and foreclosed as to defraud shipper.
were yesterday indicted in the United State:
court at Greenville S. c.