The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-11
JAPANESE COUNTS DAUGHTER.
Curious Career OF Young Cincinnati
Girl Now studying Music.


More unusual circumstances of birth
adoption, desertion, training and travel
not TO mention her own unusual pluck
are found in the 20 years of Cincinnati
young woman's life than can be discov-
cred anywhere outside of a novel. Ii
mas startled some who know Miss kath-
arine Agnes Gulick, who has been a
pupil at the College of Music for two
years, TO learn that her real name is
Suma Matsu HOMO, and that she is the
daughter of japanese nobleman and
an American mother. Count HOMO of
Japan married Miss Emma Tyler. who
was of branch of President Tyler S
family, and a Virginian, in Philadelphia
in 1876. the year of the great centennial
exposition. The only child of the union
is the young lady now in Cincinnati.
who was born in Boston in 1878. The
mother was an orphan, who was teach
ing school in Philadelphia at the time of
the marriage.
Count HOMO remained in this country
until his death, which occurred a few
years after his daughter was born, en-
gaging in business in Boston and New
York. The japanese were much more
prejudiced in those days against for
eigners than they are now and the
counts family never fully forgaye him
for his alliance with the American.
When Suma Matsu, the daughter, was
years old her japanese grandparents
became reconciled to her father, who.
upon their request sent his only child
to Japan to be brought up as a Japan
csc. The mother and father died soon
after.
On board the ship which conveyed the
child to Japan Rev. o. Fl. Gulick and
his wife, both missionaries. were pas
sengers returning to Japan from visit
to the United States. and they conceived
a great love for little Suma Matsu
HOMO. The Japanese grandparents
greeted Suma Matsu kindly enough, but
the child was lonely and was soon taken
ILL., The Gulicks visited the grandpa
rents and finally prevailed upon them
to give up the child and let them adopt
her. Her name was changed to Kath-
arine Agnes Gulick. She lived with her
foster parents in Japan until she was
over II years of age, when she sailed for
Honolulu with Mr.. and Mrs. Gulick.
They remained in Hawaii eight months.
when they came to San Francisco. visit
ed the Western cities and the worlds
fair, and then went to Oberlin, Ohio.
where the Gulicks had relatives and
friends. Katharine Agnes went to schoo,
at oxford. Ohio, and then went to Gin
cnnati in 1894.
While at oxford she had picked up a
Catholic prayer book on the street. and.
after carefully perusing it, concluded to
join the Catholic church, which aston
ished and angered her foster parents
the Gulicks-who are Congregational
lists. They gave her the choice of giving
up her Catholic faith or being disowned
and uncared for by them after she was
Is years old. which day was close at
hand. She chung to her faith and for
mally made her first communion on her
18th birthday. Since that time her foster
parents have not given her penny. She
went to work in a dentists office and
taught elocution i'm the meantime.
Music was her dream. and friends as
sisted her to enter the college of music,
where she has been hard student ever
since She has ambition to become a
public singer, but if she finds that she
is not suited for that she will content
herself with teaching.