The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-08
YUNC VI AND YOUNG WIFE.
And Their Children and Their Nurses
and Their Cook.

the Cynosure of the Fashionables al
the National Capital-Electrifyi
Resplendency of Attire and StrikinR
Personnel - But the Presumably
Charming Spouse Must Not be Seen
Her Head Borne Hidden Like That OF
an Ostrich.
Washington. Sept. TheChinaman as
4 social lion is to be found nowhere in
America outside of Washington. But
here he is one. and a great deal Of impor-
lance is attached to the jewellers of the
Celestial Kingdom. The new minister,
Yung Yu. and his suite have taken Wash
ington bv storm just now they are at
tracing more attention than either
branch OF congress. The average Wash
ingtonian bothers himself very little
about the financial stringencv. To him 1t
is theory. and not a condition.
But what he is interested in most
is the number of entertainments to be
given during the session and what celeb
rites and foreign grandees ne may hope
to meet during the round Of social com
merce. ANY man who can make dinner
party half as pleasant as a sermon, can
reasonably expect that during the winter
he will sit next to a foreign minister and
have a show to be placed opposite quasi
count. Of course. the more foreign the
element the greater the honor. So it
happens that member of the British
legation sinks into obscurlty when breath
ing the same social atmosphere as rep
resentative of the Chinese embassy.
IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN.
It would seem that China intended to
impress America with its Importance,
Judging from the size and gOrgeousness
OF the legation it has sent here 10 treat
in the name Of the emperor. When the
suite arrived in San Francisco there were
over eighty in the trail Of Yung Yu. But
as some were left as consuls on the Pa
ciic coast. the legation has swindled to
flfty-nine persons in all. This, Of course,
includes Madame Yung Yu, four chill
dreu, and as many nurses. One who has
never seen a Chinaman zen costume de
regeur'' can have no adequate conception
Of the amount of paraphernalia which
can be attached TO one person. The en-
tire lega ton IS now domicned
at the Arlington Hotel, were nightly
the gaping crowd gathers 10 catch a
glimpse Of the Celestials.
The Four Hundred are none the less
curious to see the Orientals, but take a
different way Of satisfying their curios-
ity Since their installation at the Ar
lington all who are entitled to call on
dignitaries, and many who are not, have
taken advantage of their prerogative and
presented themselves to Yung Yu.
MADAME W CONTINUALLY EN- MAsQUE.
, Strict court etiquette forbids Madame
Yung Yu being seen by anyone except her
maids and immediate household. So
Madame La Cabinet Officer and Madame
La Senator will not even get a glimpse of
this strange woman in their midst
Madame Hung Yu's predecessor was not
even allowed to appear at her own state
dinners, nor permitted to receive caller.
The wife OF the Chinese minister is forced
to absolute seclusion. When she goes for
a drive il IS with her whole head covered
with yards Of impenetrable material. The
wife Of the japanese minister on the con
trary. Madame Mutsa, is one of the most
ultra fashionable women in Washington,
and her entertainments are regarded as
among the most costly and exclusive in
the official life at Washington.
$500 A DAY, AND CHEAP AT THAT.
The legation has taken three houses on
the corner of Fourteenth and Yale streets,
for which the Chinese government pays
$4,000 year. They now occupy the old
Sumner house, which is an annex of the
Arlington. The United States paid 5000
a day for the board of the
Infanta while here, whose suite
occupied these quarters. Yung Yu
is paying 800 day, and says he thinks it
is very cheap. While the women of the
legation are kept in seclusiOn, the men
have the run Of the entire house Neither
do they hold themselves alOof from the
other guests. At any hour of
the day the interpreter and some
OF the attaches can be seen sitting
in the lobby of the hotel with long cigars
In their mouths pufing away and in an
mated conversation A part Of the le-
cation was once in England and speak
English fiuently. They have the free and
easy manner of the westerner and show a
disposition TO talk with any one who will
listen.
CHILDREN IN GORGEOUS RAIMENT.
The everyday attire of the Celestial
nOblemen is so remarkable that one won
ders what could be the effect if the min
lister himself should suddenly appear in
his court robes. The faVOritC color for
street dress is blue. 1t may be the re-
quired costume. but as vet no one seems
TO have-discOyered this fact The blouse
of the laundryman is displaced
by the men Of noble rank for a skirt with
the modern crinoline effect, of rich blue
silk deliberately embroidered with gold
ana crimson. The shirt or coat is laden
with purple draperies, an insignia of rank
and class The costume of the children
is even more effective There is evidently
an attempt at kaleidoscope effect Even
the nurses, who always accompany the
children on their walks in LAFAYETTE
Park, are arrayed in gowns which would
make the conventional costume of Yung
Yu look tame beside it.
THE FRENCH CHEF KNOCKED OUT.
The minister himself is as dark as a
sunburned mulatto, being at least three
shades darker than the other
members Of the legation. Yung Yu
saws that he is very well pleased with
American cooking, but he has taken the
precaution to provide himself with a
Chinese cook, and after the first few DAYS
installed him in the Arlington kitchen.
much to the horror of the French chef
who expected 10 see rats brought into the
spotless culinary department. The lie.
cation eat very little meat. dining chiefly
on vegetables highly and curiously ia
yored. Yung YU has never been
out Of China before. He
was man not of the
highest rank in China, but, like KoKo.
though in different way, rose to dis
tnction. He was one of the governors in
the province of Chin Kiang; which cor
responds there TO the collector of customs
II this country. IL was strictly on his
merit that ne was chosen the prime min
lister 10 represent the emperor in this