Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-18

Chang. lie has spent some years in
London, and he speaks Engli N per
lcclly. lie IS so close TO ~ Hung
Chang that he understands almost his
every thong No., and Ii the great Chinese
earl has an interview with the President,
q Will be 10 Fcng.i.1h who will act as
the Interpreter. ] have had two inter.
views with IL Hung Chang during the
two visits which ! have made to North
China, aud In both cases | arranged ior
the audience through Mr.. Lo Feng.I.oh.
This enabled me TO get quite well
acquainted with Mr. Lo, and | found
him 4 man OF broad reading and much
Information. At one OF our meetings he
talked Of Huxley and Darwin, and he
expressed decided opinions upon the
beauties Of Emerson and Carlyle lie
Is q tall Chinaman Of about forty years
OF age, weighing, | judge, 200 pounds.
He dresses In good taste, and, like the
Chinese OF the better classes. wears
quite imposing clothes.
now BARL IL DRIssRs.
ii Hung Chang will be by all odds the
most dislinE uished.looking Chinese that
has ever come to the United States.
lie has, you know, been again decor
ated with the imperial yellow Jacket
aud on state OCCASIONS here he will wear
his three-eycd peacock feather This
yellow Jacket Is OF the finest satin. II Is
embroidered upon the breast and back
with double dragons in a circle. The
thrce'eycd peacock feather Is the same
which his excellency wore during the
great banquet that he gave to Mt. John
w Foster during nav stay IA China.
lie had on the yellow Jacket and the
peacock leather when VIC entered the
palace, and kept on the latter until he
sat down to the table. when u was taken
oil with the hat in which 1t was fastened.
ii Hung Chang would be a striking 6g.
urc In any clothing. He stands over
six feet one inch in his stockings. and
the boots OF black bfoadcloth which he
wears have soles Of white wood about
an inch thick, which makes him look
taller. lie wears a long gown OF bright
yellow satin, which falls from his ntck
To- his feet, and over this he has upon
state occasions his yellow Jacket. bar.
ing one OF my visits 10 HIM his Jacket
was vi seal brown velvet, fastened with
buttons OF gold, and At another time he
had what seemed TO he long scalskin
coat with very full sleeves. He keeps
his hat on while he Is in the house, aud
his official lat looks Tor all the world
like an Inverted spittoon, the brm BE-.
ing turned up all around. The peacock
leather Is fastened by button to the
top OF the hat, and il sticks far out be.
hind. When not on dress parade Earl
II wears fine skull cap oi black silk,
with a crown shaped like hemisphere.
When ! saw him in 1894 this cap had q
blg solitaire diamond IN the front Vt Il,
aud BIZ diamond ring spafkled On one
Of Earl LIS long yellow fingers lie
then had on trousers Of rose colofcd
satin, which were tied around the ankles
much like drawers, and could see that
these trousers we're wadded and quilted
IN order that they might be the warmer.
During the Interview some champagne
was brought in, but II Hung Chang
took only a sip OF this, and | Afterwards
learned that he did not drink, and that
he don't much believe IN intoxicants.
lie is a great smoker. however lie
uses Chinese watcr.pipe, a sort OF a
long stemmed affair with a silver bowl
about as big rs your fist, containing
water Into this bowl Is fitted a tube,
which holds the tobacco, AMI you draw
the smoke through the water before II
gets To your mouth. When II Hung
Chang smokes he does not hold the
pipe IN his hand. lie has servant to
act as pipe bearer, and every minnie OF