Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
MADAM WU TALKS.


 Of the most charming, little women. i'm aginable. and her chief charm lies In the, fact that she still retains her ori- eltal dress and manner. and cares not, at all to ape her1 western sisters But why should sle2' Certainly her per- sonality would not Ebe improved by American dress. and no amount of ar titicial complexion beautifiers could make her delicate olive skin more at tractive. Madam Wu is surely per feet type of Chinese beauty. and she has enlisted the admiration of all who know her in Washington. Her friend ly nature has won her many friends, and no lady of the diplomatic corps is more popular. t...
 l sat before her. the other day. in the drawing room of the Chinese legn7 ton, and was greatly impressed with her delightful manner. She is short in stature. and it was necessary for her to use q footStool for her .fe2t t. Seated here in q high-backed chair of oriental wood. with the stool beneath her feet. she booked as if seated on the throne of China. and 1 couldn't help thinking what a very great i'm provement she would be over the dow ager empress. But she spoke in any thing but a regal tone and manner. Her face beamed with pleasantness. and she discussed subjects which are not usually touched upon in councils of state. The principal topic of our conversation was that eyer-interestlng question. "Is not the American girl eIl" titled 10 the admiratio of the world v
 Madam W'u is not wholly convinced that she is. though on the whole she does consider our American girls very wonderful. You see.' she. said, in her fascinating pigeon English, ' American girls are lacking in, some qualEies which We think very. neces- sary in girls in China. I sometimes think they haven't enough reserve in their manner. and that they are too much in public Of course. 1t is hard for me to become used to the freedom of girl life in America. but 1 am com ing to it by degrees.
 While we were living in England, I was often surprised at the ways of English girls; but. when l came here, I found that American. girls enjoy a still greater freedom. Perhaps it may have good results. In China, girls are prevented from having any knowledge of the world until they are married, and for this reason they are always helpless and thoroughly dependent. Even after marriage they learn but little of real life. unless they are very poor and are obliged to work hard. Now. American girls seem always to be able to take cage of themselves. l am more and more aStOnlShed every day at the things American girls are able to do. They say there is hardly any proft sson which women do not follow and that some times they are more successful than men. When I write of these thingssto my friends i1 China. thev can hardly believe them to be tr,le They eapff9t conceive of wo- men doing some things they do here. But I tell theln l think it a good plan for women to be able este take care of themselves in emergencies. 1 don't suppose<any American girl is helpless as long as she has her health. for every young woman here@see{ns to Have soma 9 accompli shment which enables her to earn a liveliho5d.
 Madam Wu 5lookedz sad when she spoke of the Servlnt$ problem. which seems to be as serfoNss in Washington as in others of ouf. 4dlge. cities Exlt dently the GhinesR7 legation has trou7 bles-of it's own ain this direction. j. It seems too bads"lsaid Madam Wus that so few American women caTe to be ser wants There seems to be. practically no servant class here at all. l am afraid all the girls want to be prOfes- Sional women. and they look upon hCusework as degrading. Some wo- men here have told me that this is the case. Surely. such a state of affairs cannot last. The profe ssions will be come overcrowded with women and there will ba such. a lack! of servants that something will shave to be done to provide them.5s "f."5to- -s
 Your American girls have a great
 nf l,n, devote too much time to it. There are girls who apparently do nothing but attend entertainments and plan them for themselves. Society is a good thing. in moderation but too much of it is not good for any one. American girls enjoy society more than any other girls in the world, and 1t must take their minds from other i'm portant things. Still. girls here are wonderfully well educated. They have knowledge of many things. l am often 8stonished. when l talk with them. to find how many remarkable facts they have in their minds. They know what is going on in the woHl(l, because they read thu newspapers. and they are versed in his torv tCo. Why. you would be surprised te know how much s0ma girls know about China. At home girls of the same class know scarcely anything of America, except that it is a country far away ., a.
 If Chin SC women ara4not usually cnlight ned. Madam Wu is certainly an exception to the rrle. She has a good understanding of America aud Americans. and can discuss the topics of the day in most intelligent way. Although she doesn't believe in too much societv. the occasional entertain ments at the Chinese legation are looked forward to- with plsasant an ticipa ton by Washington society aud are classod among. the most enjoyable events of the season.-Succcss l
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