The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06

Has il ever occurred to the statesmen OF
the end OF the century what might happen
If China should become as civilized as
America and retain its present pagan re-
Nsion. This question will probably suggest
itself in the future, when China, with
population greater than all Europe shall
have been equipped with an army OF loo'-
OOO. 900 soldiers, with the most improved
English and American small arms a tieet
to which England's would be toy ships IN
a tub. Add Japan, Turkey, Ihibet, Hill
doostan and Persia. with soldiery and the
best OF arms. and then we nave some Jus
tirication for Emperor Williams tenta'
tive cartoon.
The emperor at the time he drew mis- great
picture had probably no thoight OF the
visit of the great Chinese warrior 10 Eu-
rome and America in search OF ci.ilizaton
without the Christian religion.
Williams cartoon looks like bad dream.
The Orient is up in arms and rolls ike
yr,.a, black tide against the West. He has
a half-dozen ladies in low-cut Empafe
dresses. hampcred with shields. spears ana
svvords standing on a rock awaiting the
s,,,cr of arms with the Monaghan and
Moban ledan invaders. Among the iaules
,deal;zcd are England, Germany, Russia,
Swain and France. 1t never occurred 10
,,;,,, :, sketch Columbia into his picture.
COLUMBIA AS TUToREss.
We shall take the liberty of adding Co
b,,bia. and OF making her, for purposes
If illustration, the tutelary goddess OF 1he
Chinese. Empire when fully and intensely
.,,,,,ra,ed and civilized, but without the
surday.school, the Christian Endcavor' 'he
salvation Army, the battered Bible on 'he
lectern or pulpit, the colporteur, the circui'
rider. the Protestant minister, lhe APPS
Iii, ,b,ev,te. or the summer evening lawn
festival in aid OF the parsonage OF 'i'e
-ectorv. or to hire a new foreign mission
ary to 20 hence to supply the place OIL INC
:. =. ono eaten or murdered in lands Win
which we are in perfectly friendly reia-
tons.
hotter way to look at it is 10 assume
ria, we of the District OF Coiuripia are
Chinese by birth, and have been educated
untoour present thirty third degree, and run
things a la CIinois.
Now in order to be guiiiiess OF anu
climax. we will suppose that the ehfee-
eyed peacock feather and the yellow jacket
were 10 be bestow ed for me rit after civil
service examination in the art oil so'ioi
fyipg the Democratic party" TO whom
think We. the feather and the Jacket would
po- Don't you recognize him in the picture?
What's the matter with Ii Chung bang
Grover? We regard him for the ponce as
the quiDtessentiaI development OF the Amer
lean Chineseevoluuon.
In his silk vest and satin slioon he is as
impcrturbabie as ever, Notwithstanding the
fac, that the effect OF the costume is tomake
hin, unduly gay to the eye. The wide space
between the southern end Of his frock and
the tops of his shoes will remind one OF thae
period of a school girls life at which heH
mother practices economy in skirts to EN-
phasize the innocence Of her dear girls
We rather think that as star oil the nrst
magnitude, as a Mikado. as the most high
anG celestial emperor, there is none Ike
the hermit OF Buzzard's Bay. salaam! Sa-
,aain! He is still Democrat. which is why
he is pictured with q feather in his eap.
SOME POINTS OF SIMILARITY.
Shall we all have feathers in our caps?
is a ques ton that can be asked today after
the two days prevalence of the Chinese
cult. Butafter all there's evidence thattherc
has been drift toward that cult long be
fore the appearance on the scene OF the
Celestiais.
1t would take a keen differenttatnr to
specify the points of divergence between
Chinese costume of the elevcnthcentury and
an American female bicycle costume Of the
nineteenth century. The one was and the
ether is the perfection Of the decorative
art.
The Chinese habit OF the girl Of the
eleventh, century is found on the William
esre plague of the dynasty of Ticn-Tin-
" haven't done thing to her except to