Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-21
ORIENTAL ECHOES.
IN Hour With Carpenter tho Noted
Traveller, Writer ald Lecturer.
Ii HUNG CHANG COMING 10 UTAH
VIII Pass Through salt Lake With
~ ioll.w jacket, Peacock
Feather aud Coiilu.

NiNa man 20 tpend an hour with
Frank q. Carpenter, the great traveller,
writer and lecturer, To his rooms at the
kuutsiotd last night. Hi- letters have
been real aud his voice heard ia all
tue civilized lands of earth. His snnuaI
pcfestinau0us have often carried him
Into lands tunt were not clvilized-iu.
O. sections Of county where On Amuri.
eau never before tod. All this has
been made p0ssihlu by an extensive
acquaintance with and tho full conf
ucuco n high officials In our own and
other countries.
Last night Mr.. Carpenter carried
his follow scribe ON a fancliul globe
ttotting tour, that for a time appeared
almost zeal. Oiall tho lands trAyersed
ou this iHuclul Journey none were
more Interesting than those where
dwell tue C0uutfymeu Of Coniucius
mud the subj cite Of tue mikado. The
latter, Mr.. Carpenter 10 pleased TO
designate m the Yankees of the Or.
cui, ami hey viii form the theme ot
hiu finely illustrated lecture In the
luoatsr tom ROW night.
Concerning the sIcroop,icon Views
90 be- used IN tho lecture tomorrow
night, Mr. Carpenter said, "The pic.
lures arc this nncst VI the kind ever
shown In America and will DO revo.
lnti0n 20 those whose pleasure II will
be- 60 behold them. They were taken
from my own negativcb and those OF
the photographer Of the Aiikado.
/ There aTo one hundred OF them aud
| they we're colurcd by the most famous
| JupauuFD arlists, who are the greatest
| C0l0ri6ts In tue world. They will
| appear nj least twenty feet square on
/ the canvas aud viii resemble mugnin.
| cont paintings. They represent every
! phase OF japanese life, from tue em-
pBfor 10 the pretty girls, their unique
uuurcs aud temples anu inuumBFADle
other thiug-.
"In the accumulation OF these"
! continued Sir. Carpenter, III had
every possible iboihty. On my trip 10
the Orient / carried letters from the
Japuntse minister VI Washington, the
secretary Of state and other important
officials. Everything wa thrown open
10 me aud | was given access ~ places
where 90 had hitherto been impossible
iUf Hn American to enter"
! Conversation thbn dfiitei 10 the
JhpauUst-Chiuese war and It's effects
gud Mr. Carpenter said, "rhAt will
! awe inc an opportunity TO say some
thing OF II Huug Chang, who NJ tho
tolCrrhphic dispatchcsi va tho NEWS
I B.. L. no -.
! rope o. attend the coronation Of the
ear of Russia. He u carrying his
cuflin with him that he may have IL
! near al hand I'm tho event that no
/ should die before his return home. Ito
| 90 ruvUnty.hye years of age, and all
/ thluEs considered, tho biggest man Ia
| Chiua today, discriminating the to-
| yuFfs 10 tue contrary. lie has more
| o. tluoucu win the emperor than any
| other mau AMI 10 tho tutor VI the em.
/ petHr. BCsi1rs he II much loved by
! the Empress DDwager who was and IL
| tho great THilTOadet Of China. Mr..
] Chang stands Elk feet two inches In
! his stockings And constantly wears =
/ gown VI silk that reaches from his
| neck 10 his feet. A skull rap with a
solitaire diamond a. big ~ the end OF
| your thumb, sutmUunts hIa head"
"What about his yellow jacket and
peacock leather"
"They were taken from him because
| Of the disastrous defeats the Chinese
suffered at tho hands OF the sturdy,
| hard lighting little JAps. These were
losses, however, over which the great
| Chang mad no control anu his ad0tn.
menlb were accordingly returned.
AN VI tbs opinion that his peacock
leather will be seen sticking out Of his
cap when he will wear on state occa-
riOn- here"
"who will come with him to the
| United 5tstts?"
ole will probably have large ret
I iuue and VIII travel In great state. He
10, you know, said to DO very rich, be-
ing scheduled In the $4,000 900
/ class, and, like all wealthy
Cinnamon, spends money like water.
While IN Tientsin 1 attended one VI
his dinneTs. IL was swell affair. The
| soup at that diuurr cost So plate.
"General John w, Foster, eK.secre.
taTy OF state, who II IL said got SlOO, 900
for assisting the Chinese Ia securing
their treaty with Japan, told mo 10.
/ Gently that our government would
| probably show ii Hung Chang great
| honor on his arrival here. IL Is lIRely
that he will travel In special train, And
the probability In that he will visit Salt
Lake ON his way from Washington ~
the Pacific from whence he will set sail
| TO China.
"Whgt effect, In your opinion, will
his visit TO Europe ana America have
| on CHINA"
"Well, he will see our great rail-
ways aud steamships, Will visit our
] mines aud factories, and learn how
easily China with its OyerabundRuCs
OF extremely cheap labor can manu-.
ilctute g00us, ship them to America
anu sell them to our people cheaper
/ than We eau produce them our
| selves, Wuon be- gets back
homr It viii probably mean n
! new era In Chineso manufacture.
10 may indeed be a much ueRfor trip TO
the United states thau the amount Of
money We will spend In entertaining
| the old almond eyed prince"
Ia addition 10 his MIR. CARPENTER
said many more valuable ana Interest.
| lag thiugB regarding his trip through
| the Orient. His experiences IN China,
| japan anu Korea were OF remarkable
| character Rud narration OF them 10
| tue authors unassuming matteT.Of.fsut
! manner almost carries the listener into
he countries and home OF the stTRnR-
! est peoples on earth.