The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-02
THE CHINESE LEGATION.
Impressiveness Of the Emperor's
 New Representatives
Cnder Existing Relations Between Us and China the CeIestiaIs Will Re-
 ceive No Eayors from iS Americans.

It would seem that China intended
 to impress Americans with it's impor-
 tance, judging from the size and gor-
 geousness of the legation it has sent
 here to treat in the name of the em-
 peror, says a Washington correspond
 ent of the Boston Advertiser. When
 the suite landed in San Francisco there
 were over eighty in the trail of Yung
 Yu. But as some were left as consuls
 on the Pacific coast the legation has dwindled to fifty-nine persons Tn all.
 This, of course, includes Mime. Yung
 Yu, four children and as many nurses.
 There is any amount of paraphernalia
 connected with the legation.
 The entire legation is now domiciled at a leading hotel. There nightly a crowd gathers to catch a glimpse of the
 Celestials. Since their installation at the hotel all who are entitled to call as dignit aries, and many who are not, have taken advantage of their prerog- ative and presented themselves to
 Yung Yu. Strict court etiquette for
 bids Mime. Yung Yu from being seen
 by any except her maids and immedi- ate household. So no one can get glimpse of this strange little woman. Mime. Yung's predecessor was not al- lowed to appear at her own state din- ners, nor permitted to receive caller. The wife of the Chinese minister is forced to absolute seclusion. When she goes for drive it is with her en- tire head covered with yards of i1npen- etrable material. The wife of the Jap anese minister, on the contrary, Mime. Munemitsn MutSu, is one of the most ultra-fashionable women in Washing ton, and her entertainments are gems.
 The new legation has taken three houses for which the Chinese govern ment pays twenty thousand dollars year. The United States paid two hundred dollars day for the board of infanta while her suite occupied these quarters. Yung Yu is paying five hundred dollars day and says he thinks it very cheap. While the women are kept in seclusion the men have the run of the house and make themselves thoroughly ' home. A part of the delegation were once in England and speak the English language fuently. They have the free and easy manner of the westerner and show disposition to talk to anyone who will listen. The minister is as dark as a sun-burned mulatto, being at least three shades blacker than the other members of the delegation.
 Yung Yu says he is very well pleased with American cooking, but he has taken the precaution to provide him. self with Chinese cook, and has in- stalled him in the hotel kitchen. The legation eat but little meat, dining chiefly on vegetables. Yung Yu has never been out of China before. He was not a man of the highest rank in China, but, like Kollo, though in diff ferent way, rose to distinction. He was an official in the province of Chin Kiang, which corresponds there to the position of collector of the Boston port here. It was strictly on his merit that he was chosen by the prime minister to represent the emperor in this coun- try, pending the delicate relations be- tween the two nations in consequence of the Geary act. As long as there are any strained relations existing no mGm- Der of the legation will be allowed to accept the hospitality of an American, that being the law of the embassy,