Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-04

lily through all my history. which he said
was fcmantic, but he could not understand
Why L was journalist
III you really are journalist. suppose
| lie.
oh, indeed, no. i do not do that" I
tNpned.. and i noticed that the con.ented
smile mad vanished; SO proceeded to make
amends by adding, Il do not do that
pranch: L only interview celeSri lies and
Tor that reason 1 am here" Naturally L
mao 10 tell him my experiences. L was sur
pr1sed to f:d how well he was up in our
literature; he discussed our artists and
writers with a familiarity that few En-
gnsfnen could show. and he was evidently
laser when L told him that he had SIR
| | Iiseo me He inquired how much / made
py ~ritlng. and what papers i wrote for
a1d " 4 mad ever had any of my articles
, ,t with a merry laugh I admitted
mar had. which was the occasion for
ancther hilarious outburst: when we all
grew serious he remarked that il was hard
| liant. ""' Nsis pt"
| If you make so much money vou mus
ne n very rich, " hat do you do with it,
do you save i;?''
Il speLd it ALL But he thought /. Ought
10 PUT by some. thereby giving me a les
sen IN domestic economy Il could snan1
ever SO much more than / have-life is
| eAfeEsNe, and pleasures cost so much a n 4
~ une iulure arranses itself II you do not
sorry over it'-a theory that id get sat-
| sly hlnl, Ter he shook his head
Ineh ne told me about his engagements
LOT me Gay, and asked if had been over
me mint and the Bank of England
made another attempt 10 axtrac, he
I,Iions ABOUT us, and to find out which
! country stood highest ia his estimation
~ pu' ne most adroi'ly fenced my remarks
| ny ASKING me questions. Just then some
a,tehdants brought in an Gle. .r!caI battery
when ne aIoiogzci for using / rose to
81 s nat ne ne, invited me to remain. saying l
| FUSED MIN. Considering myself an .'en-
i led
| my adventures -" MINI vi
| asked. ' ~ luna! ne
Explained that / could NOT AFFORD
but II you are going TO Morocco vou
! spehu lot OF money, and YOU will be
eaten p' you had better come to China. -
| gain new Impressions " ~
ana you VIII spend all your money. and
ra a IA &c 10 stay there forever. What will
YOU 90 ~nen your money is all gomez
| write my experiences TO the napers and
make some more" ] replied, which amused
MN vastly. He laughed so much thar II
Leeced an extra pull at his pipe 10 restore
. -, alilihess- All this time the attendants
| VIZ using Inc battery, first 10 one hand
ana Then 10 another 1t was the most de-
ns.tiui, unconventional Interview I ever
hau. Inc master" as his suite termed
MN, was dressed in q dark-colored ,,iIt.d
dressing gown, and a black silk can u,s,b
handsome diamond ornament IN il. He
was very curious 10 know nv age I re-
| Pned 10y telling him that English women
| to tell il NeS' US
| BUT all Chinese women tell their age i"
| ne said. / begged him to guess but he
was 100 astute 10 do that. He gently in
| CURED why l minded telling him Fearing
mat ne was giving me a few extra wears i
owned up to the right figure which pleased
nm; ana 10y his satisfied air ! rsalized that
ne mad made good calculation Natur-
any the next question was the ages of nv
husbands. as total
| took them in succession. one after the
olher. omen are not allowed two hus-
bands at the same time" | said
| w ouid you like two?" he inquired
sald That men were not of much ise
| mat Is very sweeping accusation" he
| replied: but / qualified il by exnIaininp
that my remark had its limitations
/ had always understood that Cinnamon
| were unimpressionable. but as | looked
from one smiling, animated face TO the
others, 1 concluded that I was n;sinfprm-
| ed. / found his excellenCy very good com
! pany, and, though he had a delightful curl
osity, he had also much originality. and the
pleasant position of feeling that / was sn-
tertalnifig England's guests with my talk
| was al least a novel experience
Please tell me which country has most
| forcibly Impressed you"
| 1t is impossible to make any comrari-
son. Small states cannot be classed with
| large ones. for each has its own chara ctar-
| is'ics, and each nation it's distinct irstitu-
tons l have been greatly IMPRESSED with
1
! wv hich women do You consider the most
| beautiful"
| "All women are beaut full. hut some wo-
| men have their waists too small"
| 1 saw when he donned his goid-rimmed
| spectacles that he had been taking in my
| proportiors, and | was not wholly uuure-
| pared for his remarks; he suggested That 1
| could make lot of money by writing in
favor OF large waists. / am afraid I failed
| TO convince him TO the contrary. He spoke
| In favor of our feet, and admitted that 1t
| was an advantage to be able to have free
use of them. The contracted feet of the
| Chinese he compared with our condensed
waists as being useless. AS ] had been
| there more than an hour. j imagined THAI
| 1 ought to say goodbye, but he wanted TO
| hear more about my writings: and | told
| him about the portraits Of the Leaders OF
! Society" ard the interviews that ! wrote
which were now appearing in Madame"
and he expressed a desire to see them L
promised to send them 10 him. As Il was
time for him 10 dress for his drive. he rose
and saw me to the door. where he again
| shook hands. thanking me for the pleasure
| Of my society His interpreters and at
| PENDANTS conducted me to the hall door,
| whore. with many expressions of good will,
| We parted.