The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-22
Ii TO A BICYCLE GIRL.
The Great Chinaman Remembered
the Brooklyn Maiden.
From the New York World.

During the visit of that great Chinese
statesman Viceroy Ii Hung Chang to this
city last year he passed one day viewing
the beauties of Brooklyn, and riding
through Prospect park he was followed
by an army of bicycllsts.
He viewed them without concern until
a yellow jacket caught his eye 1t was
worn by a blond maiden of fourteen years,
who pedalled close to his carriage, with
a daring that made him feel for her safe
ty. She followed him up Eastern PARK
way. down "Cobblestone Hill" at the head
of Bedford avenue and along 1t, never
firing and now and then smiling at the
great man in the carriage, while the
crowds along the avenue at times cheer-
ed her The little maiden in the yellow
Jacket held the attention of the great man
and his retinue, many of whom forgot
their dignity so far as to-lean far out OF
the carriages and watch the sprlte upon
the flying wheel
When the Broadway ferries were reach
ed a distance of four miles from the
park, the great man looked over MS spec
tacles and asked interpreter Lo Feng
Luh to secure the name of the tair rloer.
She was called to the side of the carriage,
and with a smile at Ii Hung Chang SAD
she was Josephine Amelia Claudius, OF
No 121 Van Buren, street, at present pu-
pil in the Girls High School.
She was asked to call at the WaluorI
and promised to do So Then the great
man bowed. and the girl. waving her
hand. mounted her wheel and made her
way through the gaping crowds VINO I'M
ed the sidewalk, wondering at her au-
dacty. To a World reporter she said' az
the time:
81 guess il was the yellow Jacket that
he noticed! You know he wears one near
lv all the time / happened to have one
at home and wore it!
The next day she called at the Waldorf,
but Ii Hung Chang was not to be seen,
and, after leaving a note of regret that
she was una BILE to see him. she forgot
about the Incident until a few days ago.
Then a curious package was delivered
at her home. II contained a beautifully
embroidered scent-bag with sentiment
in Chinese characters worked IN gold
thread, which translated meant: All
things are Wished" With beating heart
she read the letter, which was written in
English and bore the autograph sigma
ture of the great statesman. In part the
letter was as follows:
Dear Miss Josephine-I received your in
teresting letter of Oct. on. Nov. 20. 1t
was forty-seven days on its way here,
which shows how far we are separated
now. am glad to receive such good
account of you and find that you are
diligent at your studies and excel in your
pastimes. admired your skill and the
bicycle and wanted to know more about
you; therefore I was very sorry to have
missed seeing you at the Waldorf hotel,
and now I am still more sorry, because
you took the trouble to go and 1 disap-
pointed you. You know the old saying:
EARLY to bed and early to rise" well,
I have always acted upon that and am
| up at O'Clock every morning. 1 think
| this regular habit has helped to make
| wise, but | am content with one of those
three blessings.
IF had seen you at the hotel should
| certainly have given you a souvenir and
| perhaps You would have given me some
| little keepsake. But / will now make
| good my neglect. Her majesty gave me
| some presents, and among them was a lit
| tie silk scent bag to hang on my belt. 1
| now send you this pretty little bag and
hope it will please you. If you hold it up
| before your eyes you win see four Chi
nese words worked in red silk; read them
from right to left, IVAN Shin Yu e."
They mean, CAN things as wished" that
is, may you have everything you want.
And hope you will. But, of course, it is
understood. more or less, that you must
| only want what you can get-what you
| may reasonably expect. This you must
| read between the lines. 1t would not do,
| for example, for you to want to vote at
| present, or TO want a SILVER uOlidI luSAedNi
| of a gold one; but time may change all
that | shall give my bicycle to some lit
tie boy who can learn to ride II. / should
| like to have you give a name for it.
you promise to write again. / shall
| he pleased to hear more about you and
your family. If your parents are living ]
| hope you are dutiful to them. Here in
| China children are carefully taught 70
| love and cherish their parents. / think
we are more particular about that in Chi
ma than western people are, and 1t has
helped much to make China the oldest of
| nations / have dictated this letter to my
| secretary, who wrote down my words in
| English.
Now, I will take my Chinese pen,
which Is a thin bamboo stick, with soft
brush at the end of II, like Gamers hair
mcneil. and write my name for you, fine
| and large, with my own hand. Wishing
YOU much happiness, your friend and
well-wisher. Ii hung Chahg'
| roI Tobu MOSby. the confederate