The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-06
A woMAN's INTERVIEW WITH LII.
Some Decidedly Personal TnGuiri es III e
Made OF London Journalist.

/ A WoMAN's INTERVIEW WITH LII.
Some Decidedly Personal Inquiries He
Made OF London Journalist
Madame.
When L wrote to Lii Hung Chang begging
! him to be SO good as to give me the pleas
| IRE of interviewing him, / hardly expected
| that he would: but he did and / arrived
| early, l had proposed As my hanson
/ drove up to No. Is Carlton House terrace
found that I was expected for a eorgeoue-
" attired c,a1@stiaI has in WARNS ~ baId
me out. and, showing me into the drawing
| room. he begged me TO excuse him. Soon
| afterward q most agreeable EngliShman-
/ Mr.. Scott-appeared, who said that his Ex-
cellency would like to see me, and as we
/ traVersed the corridor he suggested that
should converse quite freely with him.
am not nervous, bit as / went into the
room roc flled only with ihhese was lit
| old of China. A dead silence reigned;
all the alnond-shaped eyes We're turned on
me watching me. was looking for the i'm
| mortal yellow jacket, and, not seeing it,
/ thought that possibly the master would
| come in after / was seated. However as /
proceeded a tall man rose from his chair
| and. holding out his hand, bade me well
| come with pleasant cordially.
| We sat face to face for few seconds
and mutely examined each other. I pre-
| sumo he was satisfied with his investiga-
! tiOn for he beamed on me, took a pull at
| long pipe and opened the interview by ask
ing if / was Miss or Mrs. 1 replied that 1
! was very much married, having gone
| through the ordeal twice. and that sooth-
| sayers predicted that was to be married
| q third time at ninety-f1ve, which amused
| him and his encourage, who shrieked with
! laughter. This made us friends, and the
master said that I was very amusing,
and began to ask me 50 many personal
| questions that / said: Il afraid that
| you are too clever; / came here to question
| you, but you are interviewing me. I will tell
| you all you want to know, but, please, you
| must do the same. twinkle came into
| his intelligent face and he waved his hand md
| through all my history, which he said was
| romantic; but he could not understand why
l was Journalist.
IF you really are a journalist suppose
| you have been following me about said
oh indeed, no. do not do that re-
piled, and I noticed that the contented
smile had vanished; so proceeded to make
| that reason i am here Naturally. I had
to find how well he was up in our iitera-
ture; he discussed our artists and writers
could show and he was evidently pleased
| when I told him that he had surprised me.
He inquired how much l made by writing;
| ever had any of my articles rejected. With
| a merry laugh 1 admitted that / had. which
| was the occasion for another hilarious out
burst; when all grew serious he re-
marked that it was hard for me, as he was
| sure / very brilliant.
| IF you make mucil money, you must
be very rich. What do you do with it? Do
| you save it?"
to put by some, thereby, giving me lesson
in domestic economy. could spend ever
so much more than ] have-life is expen-
sive, and pleasures cost 50 much, and the
future arranges itself if you do not worry
over it''-a theory that did not satisfy MIN,
for he shook his head.
Then he told me about his engagements
f TOR { hint oa AND a the Bank Of England
L made another attempt to extract his
opinions about us ana 10 h nnf out o wh bf
he most adroitly fenced my remarks by
asking me questions.
electrical battery. which he apologlzed for
using. I rose to go, but he invited me to
remain saying l amused him. Considering
mvself an entertainment" 1 proceeded to
tell him of my adventures.
why do you not come to Gilman he
I explained that I could not afford it.
but if you going to Morocco you will
spend lot of money. and you Will be eaten
up; you had better come to China.
/ replied that L was going to Morocco to
gain new impressions.
sAnd you will spend all your money, and
will have to stay there forever What will
Write my experiences to the papers and
make some more replied. which amused
him vastly. He laughed SO much that it
needed an extra pull at his pipe to restore
his calmness. Ali this time the attendants
We're using the battery. first to one hand
lightful. unconventional interview | ever
had. THE master" as his suite termed
dressing-gown, and a black silk cap, with
a handsome diamond ornament in it,. He
curious to know my age. i re-
Piled by telling him that English women
had one secret and he must not expect US
to tell it, .
he said I begged him to guess, but he was
too astute to do this. He gently inquired
why | minded telling him. Fearing that he
was giving me few extra years. I owned
up to the right figure, which pleased him,
and by his sa and ar ienzg trs I've
the next question was the ages of my hus-
bands, asa total
other. Women are not allowed two hus-
bands at the same time" said
Would you like two?' he inquired. i
said that nen~were not of much use.
That is very sweeping accusation. ne
replied; but qualified II by explaining that
my remark had it's limitations.
/ had always understood that Cinnamon
were unimpressionable, but as l looked
from one smiling animated face to the 9TH
ers L concluded that I was misinformed.
I found his Excellency very good company
and though he had a delightful curiosity,
he had. also much originality, and the
pleasant position Of feeling that | was . en-
Pertaining Engla LAND, gnsTits with my talk
please tell me which country has most
forcbly impressed you.
Small States cannot be classea with large
ones, for each has its own characteristics.
and each nation it's distinct institutions.
/ have been greatly impressed with every
thing I have seen here.
(which women do you consider the most
.AIl women are beautiful, but some wom-
en- have their waists too small.
| saw when he donned his gold-rimmed
spectacles that he had been taking in my
proportions. and / was not wholly unpre-
pared for his remarks; he suggested that I
could make a lot of money by writing in
favor OF large waists l am afraid I failed
to convince him to the contrary. He spoke
in favor of our feet, and admitted that it
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 I had been
there more than an hour; imagined that
ought to say good-by, but he wanted to
hear more about my writings and I told
him about the portraits of the. Leaders of
Society," and the interviews that [ wrote
which were now appearing in Madame
and he expressed a desire to see them. I
promised to send them to him. AS it was
time for him to 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
tendants conducted to the nall door
where with many expressions of goodwill
we parted.
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