The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-01
THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR.
INTERESTING NOTES OF Ii HUNG
Changes VISIT TO NEW YORK.

His Cooks Travel with Him-De-
Jacket-Questfons Mayor strong.
Discharges a Cook.
His name is Ii, and he is diplomat, but
he is more lied about than lying. says
the Herald. Such is the penalty of being
a Celestial magnate travelling in the bar
barous west.
AS matter of fact, his life at the Wal
tex of court life in Europe is
as nearly like his life at home
in Hob Eel as he can make it,
To that end he travels with his own
suite of cooks, guards, servants of vari-
Gus kinds. counsellor5, interpreters and
| secretaries. He has built about himself
a Chinese wall of reserve in order that his
peace of mind may not be disturbed and
his precious health may come to no harm
Americans who take these facts into their
understanding will be the less liable to
accept foolish stories about one of the
greatest men in the world.
Nothing is more ridiculous than the sto-
ries which prevail of his dietary, He does
not eat birds nests or sharks fins or pre-
served ginger or other dainties which are
served to tourists in the chop houses of
| Chinatown in San Francisco 1t is true
that he carries with him his own cooks,
but this. as he explains, is because, being
| an old man and careful of his stomach, he
wants both cooks and doctors about him
who understand his constitution and his
taste He does not, as has been said, fear
! poisoning, but he has holy horror of in
| digestion.
The cooks are three. They have a cor
ner by themselves in the Waldorf kitchen,
| a range of their own, and a couple of ia
bles upon which to work.
| The chief cook is an old servant. His
assistants are young men. None of them
| speaks English, but each of them has the
distinctly Chinese gift of saying nothing
Ito visitors who ask impertinent ques-
! tions) and all the time Saving wood"
Lis cooks like all the others in his en-
tourage, know the taste of early morning
| air. The viceroy has the "old mans
vice" of early rising. He was awake at
o'clock. and tea was served to him be-
| fore he dressed.
Ii Hung Chang wore his best yellow
jacket when he called on President Cleve-
land, says the Journal 1t was a gorgeous
affair of sunshine plush, yellow as an
orange, and fairly radiated light The long
silky nap had a most exquisite sheen. 1t
| was positively luminous, and shone like
| FURNISHED gold
Secretary Olney looked dazzled by it as
he followed the Earl to the carriage and
all the way to Mr. Whitney's house.
Like Lis other yellow Jackets, this won
derful one was cut in one piece. Women
| would say, to explain the matter, that
| IA Har
gussets. or any excuse to hang otherwise
| than straight. 1t was fastened with queer
little gold knot buttons and loops of
cord.
The sleeves were chopped off below the
| elbow to display those of his inside coat,
which was of a magnificent mazarine blue.
The material of this undergarment was
sort of brocaded China silk, exquistely
soft, and patterned all over with Celestial
flowers in, satin, se s4et a. tsr
The collar rolled over onrto thavyellow
jacket, making a line Of blue around the
| throat
Below his golden overcoat, Ii wore a dl-
| vided skirt. 1t was of Burgundy colored,
dull finished silk, and was split to display
lovely sky-blue silk petticoat. The dark
er skirt had a row of gold buttons over
each knee, and some little black cord loops
to initiate button holes.
His excellency wore the same shoes he
did when he left the steamer, or ones just
like them, shiney, black satin affairs, that
shone like patent leather and crumpled
around his ankles 1ke mousquetaire
gloves.
His hat was also black. 1t was of felt,
built on the lines of English turban
with a turned top brtm that had a lurk-
ing inclination to roll outward as 1t near
ed the top of the crown. This was sur
| mounted by an agate ornament, held down
! by a network of gold. 1t looked more
like an incandescent bulb than anything
else A lot of little red cords fell in a cir
Gle from under 1t, and toward the back
long, brushy, black horsehair TAIL in
which LIS two peacock feathers were ar.
ranged, fell almost to the great mans
shoulders. In an agile of about As degrees
from this lot OF pale apple green sew
ing silk was wound around its stem, CIV
ing the effect of a feather buster.
Contrary to his habit in London, Ii
! Hung Chang wore no decorations Thers,
his yellow Jacket is said to have been
ablaze with orders, but yesterday IT had
| nothing but its gold knots to set IL off.
In the carriage he held an umbrella over
his read. 1t was a close-rolling, steel red
one. with plain, natural wood handle.
| After returning from his visit to Pres
| ident Cleveland, Ii Hung Chang took
i nap, had luncheon, then made his toilet
to receiver Mayor Strong. He donned
magnificent gown, in style a sort Of cross
between a princess wrapper and a bath
| robe. IL was Oh crimson SILK, emDTOlueTeu
deliberately with gold. He wore a skull
cap of black silk, with queer little knot
of crimson silk on it's top.
Lii Hung Chang's evening dress differs
little from his morning suit. The little
consisted last night In the difference of
the material of his yellow Jacket. This,
apparently, decides the question whether
it is a frock coat or a swallowtail.
If of plush it takes the place of a Prince
Albert; II of satin it is the proper thing
for dinner. At the banquet given in his
honor last evening, Earl Ii was in excel
lent form His yellow Jacket was of beau
tiful orange satin. He wore the same pet
ticoats ne did in the morning.
One of the first questions that Ii asked
the mayor was what his salary was, says
the Press.
IT get $4,000 year." replied the mayor
do you live in New York;" asked Ii.
yes" replied the mayor.
well, we don't do that way in China"
said Ii. There we never make a man
ruler Of a city in which he lives II is