The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31

tr,ni trGI,' and some are double and others SLe Wong and Kung. and Chung and Cheng' and Pong and Tnnr and Yun and aas s, ana Yu and Kai, and Tze and Pei e..N... anu combined in them How could any so r, s9s Form friendships with people 9o 9sy. naiiiedz The interpreter. Pong Tze , .u or Wong Tze Pong (the sneeze is iu 'ne middle word, however the Wong 9Srl-,.l 1,.u lphs may be placed), speaks good .-..e .la .I9u' which he learned atea Protest- +,, 'i-.ssi9h school at Shanghai. He uses aJ .ia3.,., "oIos } sentiment" appreciate"
 sili 'serVanO as might an American. and speaks of the Fmnresa Dowaaer as
 remarkable specimen of Chinese wo- nidnhooo' and quite on a line with the cleNeIest iaa1es of Europe and America" one IS conservative. of course. but in many respects an advanced reformer. For instance she is against crippling the feet Of female infants, and she has told the inahuarlhs apoLt her to leave off burying thelr minds In books of philosophy and study those sciences in which the Japan- csc have acquired proficiency. She will be all curiosity to hear of the entertain ments to which the Prince went at Wash ington and St. Louis. of his impressions of American society at the White House at the residences of secretaries of state and on the golf links and the peculiarly American features of the exposition. which Is simply the most American pro- duct the United States has ever evolved. and quite equal to Niagara in stunning bigness and power. The Japanese min ister and tho chief commissioner at the St. Louis exhibition are counted crack golf players.
 Views os Roosevelt.
 I asked the prince what he thought of President Roosevelt. He at first attempt- ed to mime his answer, and then ex- plained that the president impressed him as noble spreading tree growing in height and dignity He looked good king-man. Miss Alice Roosevelt struck his highness as just lovely" In answer to the question, Perhaps the Empress Dowager might like to secure her hand for the young Emperor" the prince looked grave first, and then went into a fit of laughter.
 The president asked the prince to a state dinner, and sent him round to see the sights of Washington in buzz car They saw naval homes demonstrations by fire laddies, Washington's grave; went every day to receptions, teas, dinners, and they left Washington wondering how any human creature could bear such high pressure life. They found the pressure at St. Louis even greater. The waterfall palace there took away the prince s breath, and he felt lost in admiration at the gigantic flower clock. The hands and all the figures on the dial of this monster clock are jardinieres. It keeps time with the exactness of naval ehronometer. It was just the thing for a summer palace garden in China.
 It would have been silly to have tackled the prince on questions of high policy. He cannot know much about them, and if he did he would parler pour ne rien dire One could not extract high-fown matter from his gestures. mods of the head, ob- lique little blinking eyes, benevolent smile, and very celestial clothing. An answer to a question as to whether China were like ly to relapse to her old ways would have been too much for a serious interviewer. Going to revert? Not so foolish Old fashioned China is dead as old-fashioned Japan. The importation of American flour has killed it. Eating that flour has altered for ,the better the bones, the brains and the snews of our people, and is giving them an energy far greater than any they showed when they lived on rice only"
 It would have been useless to try to draw the prince on the comparative mer- its of Paris or Washington and St. Louis fashions. He thought, however, that venerable French ladies dressed less ele- gantly than yenera ble American ladies. The latter he had heard had French raids skilled in hair dressing and dress n aking. As they received better wages in America they deserted their French mistresses, to the disadvantage of the latter. Chinese ladies of rank were se- oond to none in elegance. but of the old fashioned Chinese sort. They wore robes of silk and satin made nowery with col ored embroidery, and had means for re- newing on their lips and checks the bloom of extreme youth Their courtesy to each other-for they never receive visits from gentlemen-had a more cer- emonious character than the courtesies of an American drawing room. Chinese philosophers remarked that when wom- en took care to leave no ceremony out in visiting each other they had little time to retail the gossip of the neighbor- hood. At the same time, there was no saying what the century might bring forth. The world now spins around fast CT than 1t used to. One thing Is certain. What? "That high philosophy has had its day" "Confucius, you mean?' The prince nodded slyly before the in- terpreter had time to translate. 1 took note of the nod and caught the princess eye in putting the questions that follow tQs IlOHFNti HIS wal ilitSo plNNNAAeNN AiAA giving direct answers.
 Agriculture Honored.
 Agriculture Is held in high honor In China, so high that once a year the emperor guides the blow the whole length of A long piece of fallow ground Pu Lun inspected with deep interest the Agricultural Palace at St. Louis and has picked up for importation some cunning notions about husbandry and fowl-rear- ing. The beamlngly benevolent face spread into a broad laugh as he thought of how the chicken farmer over there cheated nature with the incubator. There were no mother hens to grieve at massacres of week-old chickens, now so much appreciated as a delicacy by Americans who have traveed in China. Pigeon breeding for racing and carrying messages had been also brought to high pitch of perfection. Pu Luns eyes became dull, not to say dead. when these birds brought around the conversa-