The morning call., 1894-07-01

come. In your country people say that
man should divide his day into three parts.
Eight hours should be devoted to seep,
eight to out-of-door exercise and eight to
work. l sleep only five hours day. /
work about twelve hours and | take
regular amount of exercise every day. l
think my health is largely due to my
temperance and to the regularity of my
habits. L do everything by rule and |
plan my woIk systematically. / don't
worry and | sleep we'll. | required eight
hours sleep until | was 80 years of age,
but now | find that five are sufficient
for me. l do not exercise in the open
air, but l take walk within the yamen
every day and limit myself to certain
number of steps" Here Mr.. Lo, the in
terpreter. added: His Excellency takes
5000 steps in the way of exercising daily
and he finds this exercise keeps his muscles
in good condition." | hear otkerwheres
ace because of the pomp which must
always attend him. He is as much of
curiosity TO the people as the President of
the United States is in one of our country
towns. The people OF Tientsin look
upon him with as much awe as they do
the Emperor. and when he tried the other
day to take a quiet walk the crowds
blocked his way and he had to return.
Now whenever he goes out he has to take
a large boGyguard of soldiers with him
and he rides in chair with officials going
in front 10 clear the way.
l asked as to his diet. The question
was repeated to him and his answer, as
translated. was: II believe that. man
should be very careful of his eating and
/ never overload my stomach. l know by
experience what agrees with me and l
take nothing else. The foreign doctors
tells me l ought to eat more heavy meats,
but find that a mixed Chinese and Euro
peaD diet suits me best. / believe in eat
ing plenty of vegetables. think well of
beef juice and eat considerable OF 1t. do
not drink much wine and think man is
just as we'll off without it,"
The conversation here turned to other
matters, and after referring to the treat
ment of Chinese in the United States the
Viceroy spoke rather sarcastcalIy of the
treaty which has lately been concluded
between the two countries. Said he. in
response to my question as to how he liked
it: II do not think 1t gives China all that
she should have, but poor treaty Is better
than no treaty. AS il was we had prac-
tically nothing. Now we have something,
and something is always better than moth
ing"
asked the Viceroy whether he thought the
country would be developed by Europeans
or by the Chinese. He replied that there
would undoubtedly be great development
and that railroads would cover China as
with net. He believes that IL will even
tually do all lis own manufacturing. and
that in the future it will enter the
markets of the world as great
manufacturing nation. Already, he told
me, he statesmen of the empire are
making experiments of all kinds In this
lire, and their cotton factories are to-day
among the largest of the world, and other
vast works are planned. He gave me
to understand. though he did not use these
words, that the motto of China from now
on would be "Chiua for the Chinese" and
intimated that the Chinaman could hold
his own against the world as a worker and
manufacturer. He was very gracious in his
treatment of me, and the interview lasted
for nearly an hour. 1t was closed by the
bringing in of three glasses of champagne
after the slipping of which the Viceroy
walked with myself and Lo Feng Luh
out 10 the outer door OF the yamen ana
shook my hand in American fashion as he
said good-by.
From further inquiries learned some
thing more of the habits of this wonderful
the Orient-the grand old man of all
almond-eyed humanity. He does as much
work as Gladstone, and at more than three
score ana ten Ds is Intellectually and phys
lcally sound. He works all day and lies
down at night and sleeps like baby. He
rises very early, and his first meal Is taken
att A. NJ. This consists of birds nest soup,
rlce coBgee or rice soup, and cup OF coffee
without milk OF sugar. He adds to this one
or two. grains of quiDine and takes these
at the close of the NEAL After breakfast
he goes at once to Work. His office is next
to his bedroom He finds about bushel