The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-18

NUMBER Of questions about r,syy,,...
s aLIo II was largely due to the i1fo--+S-S
l4Cit WlliCn Captain StOU yvas - q
nm ti4aJ the position aIrea5I- -
LeTIeu 70 was offered him CoIs-S-
t 3So.i Loulo no end of interest aDS
az sIL -S 7s3- IN Chang for the lsffs~
was ike q small child in his cUr5osir@-
Ii was no stiCkier for the T5oatis-
Wusn ~ came to interrOgatorias At
oWeli reception given in Vasb57 60 e
- i-CIioT ne asked the women a r,777,-
per Oh embarrassing questions II 4.
49, soIieIdily known that in China
-llo "GiIi0i wear no cOrsets. When ~
SaW ei-S contracted waists Of the So
ciety women he immedisteIy, $3.50
to know all about if wanted
How do you make vo,,- -,..t.-.-
sInall ne asked one woman
4hen ne cCuldn { understand v-b,- s5,.,
LuI hSo Teu. oOnlebody Whispered IA Ar
100 Is'IISiie-n that cOrsets were
re- pOiIslDle ana ne asked the woman
why she made herself so 71-.,-oS--.
able Her retreat was ALL III - VI L
according to Captain StoU Jul
The captain says Chang v-ss
admirer of President Cleveland % -
innocent way he gave Grover r. Ia u
for most of the good things ~ ~ ~
United States and was much ssto1{.t--5
when informed that there were . -.
others who helped.
Ii desired a lot OF fnforma+ior ,7.
the public school system. he viejSeS
q number Of the public schools 80
declared his intention Of inaugursti1e
something of the kind in China nh
army and navy. the railroads oyTer
which he Travelled with Captain StoU
in fact everything he saw interested
the gentleman from China and kept his
hosts busy giving him information
about them.
In return Chang and his secretaries
told about China and Chinese customs.
They talked Of the great difference be-
tween their country and this. and
while they couldn't forbear mentioning
the fact that China's civilization is the
Oldest IN the world, they freely ad-
mitted that America was far ahead Of
the land of their nativity or Of any
other country they had visited.
He was greatly tickled over the
bootblack stands he saw on the street
corners" said the captain. 1T amused
him extravagantly to learn that Amer
leans stopped to have their shoes. pol
ished at all times Of the day. I was
with him when he took his first ride
in an automobile. and he thought it
was the most wonderful thing he had
ever seen. He asked dozens Of ques-
lions about it and expressed the in
tention Of owning one Of his own
The stories which have gone out
about Ii Hung Chang's moderate eat
ing are all a mistake. He was a pro-
digious eater. He ate everything that
anybody else eats, and IN large guam
titles. never saw anybody who
smoked as many cigarettes. either But
for all that he was a fine looking Chi
naman, standing 6 feet 2 in his stock
ings, and when he got his Chinese
shoes on he was way up above every
body"
Chang gave away a great many pres
ents while Captain StOll was showing
him around. The captain thinks he
must have distributed at least $4,000
worth. Captain St0ll was the recipient
Of a lot of fine tea. silks. Chinese rings
and other valuable mementOes Of the
trip Most Of them, however. were de-
stroyed in a fire which robbed Captain
Stoll Of his home in Washington a year
or so ago.