The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-09
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IT IS NO wonder that the Chinese
minister is so much on the tongue

IT IS NO wonder that the Chinese
minister Is so much on the tongue
OF the public. He is unique, he is
superb, Notwithstanding his sIanting
point OF view when he gravely sug-
gested that the way to solve the negro
problem Is by miscegnation. This is
one Of the few slips he has made in
his diplomatic career, for he is a born,
as well as a trained diplomat. When
you talk with him with the honest en-
deavor to adjust your mind to oriental
standards as you may know them, you
suddenly find yourself all at sea as
regards your previous conceptions and
views. Minister WI Ting Fang is no
more an oriental than he is a Navajo.
He is as much Irish in his nimble wit
as he is German in his metaphysical
turn of mentality. He Is as much
French in his polteness as he Is Mo-
hammedan In dignity. He laughs mer-
rily like an Italian boy and shows
every one OF his firm white beautiful
teeth and yet you catch him giving
you a steady curious glance just as a
Yankee with row of ingenious brain
cells might mentally speculate on
your abilities or your bank account
and how you made 1t. He is a cos
mopolite and belongs as much to our
own race even If his eyes are a trifle
askew as he belongs to the land of
lies and past intellectual greatness.
=
"Mr. Minister" appears to be the cor
rect form of sautation when one grects
the Chinese representative. At least
that is what the fine ladies who crowd
ed round him the other day were
pleased to say at every other breath.
He had a beautiful time, Mr.. Min
lister had. He smiled and smiled until
the jaunty red cap with the button on
the front blazing with large diamonds,
| almost slipped down his queue. Nicely
braided and sleek was that same queue,
but all me! 1t grew thin at the ends and
alas there were many little silvery
hairs deftly following It's kinks. Even
great personages like Mr.. WI cannot
preserve eternal youth, although his
thick, well groomcd moustache is as
black as ever and his dark eyes flash
| with much of the fire of youth.
He wore a splendid red robe richly
embroidered which came far down TO
his feet, in their funny shoes. 1t
seemed rather decollete---that red robe,
as compared with all the other gentle
men with their second story stiff white
collars, but his brown muscular throat
| rose firm and pleasing in its lines and
perhaps it was rather better in contour
than the average girlish neck tortured
and compressed by tight collars.
One who had seen him last summer
at the convention in Philadelphia re-
| marked upon his gorgeous yellow robes
on that occasion. "Ah, yes" he re-
| marked, yellow is the imperial color.
That was the day Mr.. Mckinley was
| nominated, was it not?" Thus leaving
a pleasant little impression with the
implied compliment
There is no use denying the fact that
the Chinese are a curious people. They
| certainly thirst for knowledge and Mr.
| WI is no exception. He is out after
| information. His persistence in ac'
quiring it is truly a study. The sub
| ject of conversation the other after
noon turned upon Senator Quay.
] "Now why do so many people not
like Mr.. Quay?" demanded the minister
| in an Interested tone. Now you've
been reading the North American o'
| the Philadelphia Press" replied the
| Pennsylvania woman whom he had cor
| rallied with his interrogations. She en-
deavored to explain that a very large
number Of people indeed We're devou
| admirers of the senior senator, Whei
| Mr.. Wu remarked half inquringly
but you Pennsylvania women can
| vote?" mo but we control seVera
votes apiece was the retort, which in
stantly arrested his attention" NOV
how do you do that" he demanded ol
the instant, and when told that Penn
| Sylvania women were rather apt L
manage their husbands rather success
fully he was intensely alive to the sub
ject and simply wouldn't drop it unit
he practically had a diagram of tn
methods employed. A process whicl
began in a joke by his victim soon be
came embarrassing in its serious pro
portions for he proceeded to take note
of the replies elected
| The next matter which engaged hi
attention was queries concerning hi
host. Mr.. WI was determined to dis
cover the amount of Mr.. Connell'
wealth. Nov just how much is h
worth?" he imperatively demanded
The question was embarrassing and be
sides Mr.. Connell had never taken tn
public into his confidence on the sub
ject hence Mr.. Wu's thirst for know
edge on this point was destined to rt
main unslaked but he certainly wa
persistent in the matter even to I'll
extent of consulting a member of I'll
family about it.
Il like TO go to teas" he announce
with the placid amiability Of a child {
he contentedly munched a bon bol
MY wife she does not often go. ST
has the little feet and it is hard for n,
to stand. You know in my country Il
women squeeze their feet, you squee;
your waists instead" and he smile
gulelessly. But me l like to go
teas and l always eat the good thin.
and talk with the ladies. | like
talk with them much" Then he su,
denly began to struggle with a sma
pink ribbon which had been tied abo
a bread stick and which in his absor
T tion in talking he had omitted to l.
: move,
Il am eating something which do
not belong" he remarked peaceful
as he extricated 1t from between /
T teeth and went on saying pretty cor
| plinantS