The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31
AcRIAESE JOAN OF ARC
Miss Kang Tells Of Her Work
For Humanity.
HOPES TO REFORM HER COUNTRY

Through Education Of Women and
Training OF children the Daughter
Of Deposed Chinese Prime Minis
ter Expects to Extend Her work.
she Thinks American VVomen Had
Far BETTER Adopt Eastern Dress.
Miss Kang Tung Bac, daughter Of
Kang Yu Wei. head Of the Chinese
Empire Reform association and for
mer prime minister Of the deposed en-
peror. Kwang SD. is proving herself
just as ardent and far more practical
reformer than her father, says the
New York World
The other evening Miss Kang lee
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 ii Doyers slfeet.
There were about 200 Chinese present,
thirty-hye Of them being women.
Previous to her address to her fell
low countrymen Miss Kang turned to
the few Americans present and In very
musical broken English said:
q want to tell my Chinese sisters to
be as much ike their American sisters
as possible. ! want them to read pa
pers. / want them to know things"
Miss Kang then spoke III 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-
isfied to let the men do all the work,
but that they must instiIl the principles
Of reform into the minds Of their chill
dren; that they must educate and
broaden themselves.
"You know she said, that Con
fucius tells US that II we wish TO
teach any one we must first teach our
selves
The women's branch Of the Chinese
| Empire Reform association was then
organized. with Mrs Fung \ Nov as
president. Meetings In future win be
/ held once a week in the rooms of the
4 Morning Star mission, and it is ex-
pected that within a very short time al
1 the Chinese women in New York and
/ tie vicinity will become members.
Mrs. Flung Y Now, The president Of
i this organization. has taken an active
4 part iii mission work among the Chi
i uese women in New York for the past
seven years.
In personal appearance Miss hane
Ting Bac, the reforner, is beyond 0
doubt the prettiest Chinese woman
that has been seen in New York city
She is of medium height, slim and very
graceful. with an abundance Of blacF
hair. full. rounded, olive cheeks, Will
fust the faintest shadow Of redness II
them. q rosebud mouth, white, small
teeth and small feet and hands she
is but seventeen years old, was born g
Canton. China. and educated at th'
English schools in Hongkong and L
India
When Miss Kang was eleven years
old her father was forced 70 fee from
China, taking her with him, to escape
the wrath Of the dowager empress, ans
thereby SAVED his head, as his six asso
GATES. all mandarins, who had helped
him to organize the Young Chinese Re
form party were decapltated. Sine
then she has Travelled extensiyel.
through Europe, Asia and America
She speaks several languages.
When a reporter met Miss hang q
the home of Joseph Singleton IN Brook
lyn, where she has been staying, sh'
said:
Everything depends on the Chimes
woman. Only through the mother cal
the child be taught and how can w
expect to teach our children unless W.
FIRST edueasG ourselves? For lont
time it has been regarded as q ealam
ity in China for a female child e p
born, and we must make our peopl
realize that the women are every bi
as good as the men.
s.If the Chinese women will educat
themselves and prove themselves II
tellectually the equals Of their hus
bands and assert themselves they WI
be treated more as your America
women are treated Perhaps the Gh
nese women Of today will not see q
awakening and enlightenment Of on
rich and beautiful kingdom and see
brought to the prosperity which 70
enjoy, but the training Of the childre
Of the coming generation will hel
bring forth the desired result"
The reporter then asked Miss Kan
il she favored the adoption Of T.
American style Of clothing for Chimes
women.
"No. l do not" she said. = wea
your dress when am in your eounI
only because my native costume woul
make me too conspicuous. The Amer
can woman hae far better adopt Il
/ Chinese costume than we should her
our style Of dressing is warm, ioos
comfortable and sensible, while you
ISL Here Miss Kang gave very co
temptuous shrug Of her shoulders.
Miss Kang in2nds to stay for
year. during which time she intends
attend one Of the female colleges her
She Will take a special course in ely