The times., 1897-07-31
MINISTER HIU's NEW HOME
Chinese Legation Moves From
the Country Infs Town.
A DEMOCRATIC EXeELLENCY
retvuis l,.. sanding the Age of the
Chinese AristoeracS, Exclusive
n,.s. Does Not Reign There as at
Some OF the Other Legations
as a. Master OF English.

The y.iio7v folds OF The Chinese flag
mo longer floats III the breeze Of the coun-
try. IL Was flying yesterday from the top
az the gray stone palace at @ and Eigh-
ternth streets northwest. All around the
new home OF the representative of the
Flowery kingdom, there were wagon
loads or facts tc show tRat the Chinese
embassy lad been literally moved INTO
new aud more ooggeRial climate
The sIeus or the moving we're oi eoois se
lust a. uuch OIL patchwork picture AT TIE
former Legation on Fourteenth street as
tssey Sese IN Tie city Everybody aDoGt
the Fourteenth street place appeared TO De
nanny ovel the move with the exception
periaps, OF the parrot Of T2-B- TSin, " Isieh
was scrcauling something in dialect tiial
sounded like a protest. This bird was
doing the phrases which Dorothy Morton
has put on tie stage, aud after all ttey
NAY have breu, correctly Translated, a
C,siaes. Rhapsody instead of ;sfuneral song.
Secretary Chung remained at the ola helne
of tue legation 10 make the formal trans
Ter, and 70 uurE over all Of TIE chatteis
10 the proprietor.
sartinr could exceed the satisfaction OF
The Chimes minister by Reason OF his ar
rivaI svuh tie mos valuable or his iares
ana FseEates al his new asld exquisite hoiiie
They have lares and pen5Ies in China, but
Bot tie onearried torsas, or aH1putatsd, ar
heaaIesss little gods and things they used IL
Ra,i,s, and Which it Is permissible 70 say
trIoae u every household
4 A.. .hinCs with histories a the eynhassy
wousd fiu a bool; The minister, even IN
tne excellent mood which peFvated him
We. eraay. lid not have time 10 talk about
them. all iH!t TWO OF them, which had been
unpacked. were handled as deliyStely rs II
they had becn made OF glass Ell filigrce-
T. Is something OF commentary on the
fashions, natural OF affected, Of diploIeatS
that tiscre i more democracy about the
Cbtac~c alni,qssy than there is at any other
IeEah0n "a town: and Yet there was an
..eislrocracy in China, it Hay he recalled,
when ne Britaus, who now rale the waves,
or say lIey do, were quite content TO eat
acoraa a. each OF their dozen meals day
OBe can -..a he Chinese minister J. Amer
icsiiae. brsitaply calling Tor him, atthe door.
when Won call on Their excellenoies from
such I.loden nations a. Spain, Egs.Iand,
Aus,r;a OF San Marine. you're lucky Il you
see them that day.
His e.oelcncy from China is different
lie speak English better tban some diplo-
mats WHO we're bOIn 3 Gao miles nearer
washington. 1t Was perhaps only the ran
Of the nanister which betrayed his Ration
ality: also a little Incident which Indicates
tl,s.t in China they have an idea rha. Japan
81 "A Is
she Is OF a. she V as during tie late war.
Mr. wu Is thoroughly democratic. Hewas
quite glad To see a reporter, although he
was bgsy, as most people are on moving
dav Tiings werein disorI.T. He regretted
tEat the moving had not been completed. 81
thai he could have an old-rasIioned talk
aB0ut Chinese furniture, Chinese art, Chi
Hese ways, and, in trutb, Il good many
things which would interest people On this
side Of the water.
Tie new house j. to be furnished about
hair AID half American and Oriental, and
Oriental It may be submitted, means
Chinese. not Japanese
Mr wu said that he was delighted
TO get down in that part OF the city
where the other embassies are, OF, as
he puts it, he Is pleased that lie Do longer
lives fn the country. The minister, Oi
course, does not mean that there is any
thing particularly bGcGic about the streets
in tie heart Of Mount Pleasant, bat re-
ferred only 20 the distance Of that old
Legation from the downtown rI-li.a ssieS
IS the British, the Spanish. and others,
the Letter mansion, Stewart Castle and
ST Andrews new granite church.
The na9ster was attracted to the new
home, "a dogbt, by its architecture. II
Has pacOda lake eHliHeuces, towers tina;
look Bkc Companies, a cute corner that
look like the roof OF a Bungalow, ard in
every respect it is al light. airy, and
graceful. ahe aTioso style OF China and
Italy The style is very pretty, the best
renaissance with twin coininns, italiC
capitals, aRd Roman arches as the features
OF the exterior architecture, one Of thS
ntost attractive hoIaes OF embassies in the
city
Mr. We said that lie had 10 reasons for
a Grange. except that he wanted TO be in
the midst CT The diplomatic and social
life Of tue great city. Ue was asked II
Madame Wa would have any ing social q f
fairs this season. Oh YES be said
If I an here he viii leave here IN q
day or two fDr New YorE, and after that
he and bis family win spend q while al
the seaShore or among the mountain
''But tuat,'' he said, rs quite prob
lem. and al on account Of your delight
fuI Washington weather. II ir remains
like THIS" he said. ecstaticany, "why, there
VIII he no pleasanteF place in the world
tiian the capital city ITSELF
The minister VIII have the new legation
furnished half American and half Chinese
Some o. :tag very pretty articles for the
first fucr drawing room suite were al
ready iH position. While others mixed v iuh
the pretty American half were an interest
ing Hclauge.
Tue transfer Of the old legation home
was finished yesterday afternoon, wher
the whole official family Of forty wer,
ct home at 0 and Eighteenth streets
Even thc queer paroquet, which protested
in tire morning in the Tlen-Tsin dialect
dt sounded like that, had become recon
ciied auG sept 10 peace beneatBtiae dragon
as he rlosted to and FRO in the air above
tue minister's new castle.
Banks and Robinson Are Ready.
Toady RanSs and Monk Robinson are il
fit condition for their battle to finish