The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08
ch,.a,s Grand ola woman.

Cathartne III. Of China IL not merely
great empress. historians OF the future
may be trusted to regard her as q great
man. A dispatch recently cabied from Pc
king TO the Herald describes her a. seated
On dais receiving The ladies OF the dipio-
matte corps The emperor 10 reported TO
have been also present. but unimpor.antly,
at her left II was nice Of her. though. TO
let him be there at ALL He h bat the
nephew OF his aunt. II Ii the lady VINO
reigns and who has reigned for thirty
seven years. SAID cunsncius: Man - %
woman what the sun Is to The moon: he
orders. she oheys, and harmony Is the re-
suit" Ccnsuciux was wise IL hts genera
ton. bat not IN nineteenth century Cathay.
There the moon orders and not the sun
merely but the nephew also oheys II Is
as WEI perhaps There are predecessors
Of his who baked and who because OF II
rejo.nei their ancestors instanter. Catha-
rine II. OF China u faiy who likes her
own way. That, hoveNer. is natural
Catharsne l. Of Russia began LIE AZ . ser
want. Casharfne II. of China began AZ a
slave. 1t is said that contrary 10 the local
custom her face l. no: painted. But every
thing about her Is contrary to local Gus
tom. Never TIL she emerged from her
sculiery has a woman dream. q! OF userp.ng
the Dragon Seat. Fancy az o6aissque etep-
ping from the seragifo and oustinx the sui
tan from his throne Such q performance
IL un Imaginable. and yet this lady has
done better. one might ever say worse.
The empress dowager !. by birth q Tar
tar. The fact ts worth noting. Tartars do
no. rnu;ilate their daughters feet The
girl rad free use OF hers. At tina age Of II
she Was soia TO mandarin. In and abou,
his household her feet took her where her
superters could not 60 A Chinese girl
wao usaTrles passes from one prison 10 an
other. OF TIE outer world she knows roth
ins. of that outer world her slaves know
all. II vas this way with hssie TA An
What she DID not know she guessed and
what sac could net guess she learned See
learned 20 dance. A bee could not equal
her SIZE learned 20 rad On the lip %
her tongue we're a hundred Norsx each
more diyerrtrg than TIE other On shs
tora-scra sire learned 70 s.rErn TIE three
netes ina. arr fear - The Orient she ra~
rrsa's6 surprisingly. she learned more d.
neal, tsings. tee: how 70 arrange basket
oc s-i11t. how TO touch flowers. how -
smile and how 10 hold Ger tongue Aston
fsses1 a. the prodigy. the mandarin ~ent
aer as 81 curiosity 60 his sovereign a. Pc
king One day .he Son os Heaven noticed
her TIE slave became favori.e. and f,e-
coming = r1osher. became also q secondary
wife Thers. ore might suppose thAs had
size aTnbs1scns they woul5 have ressAss IL
vas tAe-e thsy began. Though that n
thirty -ssver year, ago they have been To-
e-sastE< ever ssse. As recently related
here. there sEccssGveiy departed this NE
TIE SCR es Heaven. ira Sea 81 Heavens
sons oSs~rs vao were IN TIE way Ts~r.-
AFTER ere was supreme TIE week before
lssr. when the lA3iAs @, IRE Diplomatic
esrEss yaradei before hsr, sire rsasfss n.
vie OF The British ambassador or ne
cheek The Herald states saat in -, dong
sse wore = charming smile. ora may
re@ellr believe IT, Her hand Is a. strong
~ Der ~-ss t. pvo-is.ous In ro.eru tines
both are un paraIseies- There IA traee. an
esaer t-ssAscs OF . sssvs attaining imperial
power. hut Il occurred ~ Hayts ARD VITA.
ccrssrs II HaFtt cnss not count Ever, Ctr
eFNss tna sAoy - arSGIe- Regarded
merely 80 . Chinese nrserAcxer. sac ID ess-
tined &c sarn t-to history with q tame tn