Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-30
4 CHINESE JOAN OF ARC
Miss Rang Tells of Her Work
 For Humanity.
HOPES TO REFORM HER COUNTRY

HOPES TO REFORM HER COUNTRY l Through Education of Women and Training of Children tRe Daughter of Deposed Chinese Prime Minis ter Expects to Extend Her Work. | She Thinks American Women Had Far Better Adopt Eastern Dress.
 Miss Rang Tung Bac, daughter of
 Rang Yu Wei, head of the Chinese Empire Reform association and for.
 mer prime minister of the deposed em-
 peror, Kwang su. is proving herself just as ardent and far more practical reformer than her father, says the New York World
 l The other evening Miss Rang lec- tured to the first audience of Chinese women ever gathered in New York
 city, with the object of forming
 woman's branch of the Chinese Empire Reform association. The meeting was held in the upper rooms of the Morn
 ing Star mission at IT Doyers street. There were about 200 Chinese present,
 thirty-fve of them being women. Previous to her address to her fel- low countrymen Miss Rang turned to l the few Americans present and in very musical broken English said: T want to tell my Chinese sisters to be as much like their American sisters l as possible. I want them to read pa
 pers. I want them to know things" Miss Rang then spoke in her native
 tongue for over half an hour on the needs of reform in China. She told
 the women that they must not be sat- I isied to let the men do all the work. but that they must instill the principles l of reform into the minds of their chill dren; that they must educate and | broaden themselves.
 s.You know" she said, "that Con- l fucius tells us that if we wish to l teach any one we must first teach Our- l selves
 The women's branch of the Chinese l Empire Reform association was then l organized, with Mrs. Flung Y Now as | president Meetings in future will be l held once week in the rooms of the l Morning Star mission, and it is ex- l pected that within very short time all l the Chinese women in New York and I the, vicinity will become members ] Mrs. Flung Y Now, the president of l this organization, has taken an active l part in mission work among the Chi 1 flese women in New York for the past l seven years
 l Tn personal appearance Miss Rang | po hn c a l doubt the prettiest Chinese woman l that has been seen in New York city. ] She is of medium height, slim and very l graceful, with an abundance of black i hair full rounded, olive cheeks, with l just the faintest shadow of redness in I them, a rosebud mouth, white, small l teeth and small feet and hands. She l is but seventeen years old, was born at | Canton, China and educated at the | English schools in Hongkong and in
 India.
 When Miss Rang was eleven years i old her father was forced to ice from l China, taking her with him. to escape l the wrath of the dowager empress, and ] thereby saved his head, as his six asso-
 ciates, all mandarins, who had helped l him to organize the Young Chinese Re l form party were decapitated. Since l then she has travelled extensively 1 through Europe. Asia and America. l She speaks several languages.
 When a reporter met Miss Rang at | the home of Joseph Singleton in Brook | lyn, where she has been staying, she l said:
 l Everything depends on the Chinese | y, or, l the child be taught, and how can we l expect to teach our children unless we l first educate ourselves? For long l time it has been regarded as calam- 1 ity in China for female child to be
 born, and we must make our people 1 realize that the women are every bit l as good as the men.
 l "If the Chinese women will educate I themselves and prove themselves in l tellectually the equals of their hus- bands and assert themselves they will l be treated more as your American l women are treated. Perhaps the Chi nese women of today will not see the awakening and enlightenment of our | rich and beautiful kingdom and see it brought to the prosperity which you
 enjoy, but the training of the children | of the coming generation will help bring forth the desired result
 The reporter then asked Miss Rang if she favored the adoption of the
 American style of clothing for Chinese women.
 "No, do not" she said. T wear your dress when I am in your country
 only because my native costume would
 make me too conspicuous. The Ameri- can woman had far better adopt the Chinese costume than we should hers.
 Our style of dressing is warm, loose, comfortable and sensible, while yours
 is"- Here Miss Rang gave 8 very con-