Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-30

he was able to retain his wonderful youth.
AS this was translated to him the VIC
\ eroy's eye frightened. I could see the re-
mark pleased him and he replied: You are
| right when you think I have good health.
i do great deal Of work and I expect
to do a great deal in the years to come.
should divide his day into three parts.
Eight hours should be devoted to sleep,
eight to out of door exercise and eight TO
| work. 1 sleep only five hours a day. work
about twelve hours and / take a regular
amount of exercise every day. i think my
| health Is largely due to my temperance and
| to the regularity of my habits. l do every
thing by rule and plan my work systemat-
| ically. don't worry and / sleep we'll i
| required eight hours sleep until was thirty
years of age, but now / fnd that five are
sufficient for me. ! do not exercise in the
open air. but take a walk within the yamen
every day and limit myself to a certain
number Of steps" Here Mr.. Lo, the inter-
prefer, added: His excellency takes 1--WE
| thousand steps in the way of exercising
daily and he finds this exercise keeps his
muscles in good condition" i hear else
where that he does not like to go out of
his palace because of the pomp which must
always attend him. He is as much OF a
curiosity to the people as the President of
the United States is In one of our country
towns. The people of Tien-Tsin look upon
him with as much awe they do the en-
peror, 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 body
guard of soldiers with him and he rides in
chair with officials going in front to clear
the way.
1 asked as to his diet. The question was
repeated to him and his answer as trans
lated. was: Il believe that man should be
very careful of his eating. and / never over
lead my stomach. / know by experience
what agrees with me and / take nothing
else. The foreign doctors tell me / ought 70
eat more heavy meats. but j find that a
mixed Chinese and European diet suits me
best. 1 believe in eating plenty of vege-
tables. 1 think well Of beef juice and eat
considerable of II. i do not drink much
wine and think man is just as well of with
out it,
The Future of China.
The conversation here turned to other
matters. and after referring to the treat
ment OF the Chinese in the United States
the viceroy spoke rather sarcastically of the
treaty which has lately been concluded be-
tween the two countries. Said he, in re-
Spouse to my question as to how he liked
it: Il do not think 1t gives China all that
she should have. but a poor treaty is better
than no treaty. As it was We had practi-
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something is always better than nothing"
1 referred to the future of China, and
asked the viceroy whether he thought the
country would be developed by Europeans
or by the Chinese. He replied that there
would undoubtedly be a great development
and that railroads would cover China as
with a net. He believes that IL will eventu-
ally do all its own man ufacturing and that
in the future 1t will enter the markets of
the world as great manufacturing nation.
a "a Toll h. e..
empire are making experiments OF all kinds
in this line. and their cotton factories are
today 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 China 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 Mr.. Lo Feng I.ub
out to the outer door OF the yamen and
shook my hand in American fashion as he
said goodbye.
His Business Methods.
FROM ntrther Inquiries ! learned some
thing more Of the habits Of this wonderful
man. He is. you know. the Gladstone Of
the orient-the grand old man OF all al
mond-eyed humanity. He does as much
work as Gladstone. and at more than three
score and ten he Is intellectually and phys
| ically sound. He works all day and lies
down at night and sleeps like a baby. He
rises very early. and his first meal is taken
at am. This consists OF birds nest soup,
rice congee or rice soup. and a cup Of coffee
without milk or sugar. He adds to this one
or two grains Of quinins and takes these
at the close OF the meal After breakfast
he goes at once to work. His office is next
to mis- bed room. He finds about a bushel
of dispatches from all over the empire and
the world on his table as he comes in He
glances over these, rapidly telling his Sec
retaries how they should be disposed OF
Sometimes he jots down a note in Chinese
characters upon them, indicating the action
to be taken in regard to them. and at others
calls in tie men who have charge Of the de-
partments to which they refer, and gives
his orders orally. By IL O'Clock he has
looked through the pile and has passed
upon such others as come in. His private
business now commands his attention for a
time, and at u o'clock he is ready for ms
luncheon. This is scrt Of Chinese dinner
and II usually comprises about eight
courses. First there is a soup served IN a
little bowl. Next some sharks fms which
he eats with his ivory chopsticks, and fol-
lowing these, other dishes of meats and
vegetables. all cooked 50 well that they may
be picked apart with the chopsticks ana
SO that his teeth have practically nothing
to do. After dinner he goes again to his
work. AT O'Clock he takes his three cleo
trical shocks. He is a great believer in
electricity. and thinks that this treatment
has saved his life He next takes his ex-
ercise and during the day when he wants
to rest his brain he anluses himself In cow
ing the best specimens OF the Chinese char
acters. In other words, he writes the al
phabet over and over again. The Chinese
language. however. contains, all told. some
thing like 4O,OUO characters, SO You will see
he has variety even in his play He goes
back to his work after supper, but spends
part OF every evening with his family
His favorite wife died a year or so ago. bur
his second wife. a woman of about forty. is
still living. and i an told he manIfests no
disposition to take third. He has now
three sons and two daughters and about
dozen grandchildren. He is very fond of
his grandchildren. They play with him.
crawl all over him, pull his beard and cue
and tyrannfze over him just as do their
kind IN the humblest families OF the en-
pire. His children have all had good edu
cations. and they have been brought nm
under a foreign tutor. an American. who IS
a graduate Of one OF our best colleges. The
brightest OF the lot is the younger OF the
two boys. Lord Ii Ching Mai who is still
with his father. but who has been given a
place In the official service of China nv Tho
emperor. He Is only seventeen wears of
age. but he speaks the English as we'll as
any American college student and he hss
already a good English educa ton ne
takes after his father In his physioue ana
In his intellectual uavs