The Washington herald., 1907-09-04


the Chinese Foreign Office.
Headed by Taotai 3. c. Wan and Mrs,
Wan. six young Chinese gentlewomen
and eleven young men arrived in this
city yesterday morning on the l0:40 train
over th& Pennsylvania Railroad from
Chicago. They are all destined for a
collegiate education in this country. and
are Of particularly brilliant mind.
Several officials of the Chinese Lega-
ton met the party at the depot, but they
have not yet been presented to the Min
ister They viii meet him to-day. and il
is probable preliminary arrangements win
be made for placing the young people
in schools The young men, it was said
at the legation, are all TO sc TO North
ern universlties- Yale. Harvard. Cornell.
and Columbia. but II has not been def-
nitely decided where the young women
will be taken.
The entire party was sent to this cOun-
try by the Nankin provincial govern
ment, at whose expense they viii be
educated. They are ali graduates of the
government and missionary schools, and
before selection passed a rigid examina-
ton to determine their fitness.
Register at Oxford Hotel,
The entire party is quartered al the
Oxford Hotel. and their names are as fol-
lows: Ii Chen 10. Hsin Yao-chang, Nei
Hei Chung. Cheng Chi Fan, Chen Ia Teh,
Tsao Yun-Siang. Yang Ching Ping. and
Tsai Ping Ye, all from Shanghai; Hu
Tun Flu, Of Wusieh and Taotai B. c.
Wan and Mrs. Wan. Han Ngan. Miss
Woo Ping Hsia. Miss F. Y. TsaO, Miss
Che Che Wang. Miss C. n. Soong, Miss
H. C. New, and Miss NJ. L. soong. all of
Nankin. China.
Every one OF them speaks English flu
emily, is socially inclined, and perfectly
at home in this city. They are all dressed
In up-tO-date American fashion Last
evening several Of the young men were
about in. the hotel lobby, locking around
at things OF interest and engaged IN con-
verSation, apparently oblivious of the.
amount Of interest they were attracting
Han Ngan and several of his COM
panions purchased a number of souvenir
postcards Of the National Capital. con-
tanning pictures OF the White House,
Capitol, Library. and other buildings and
places Of interest, which they explained
they intended sending to friends at home
The young women. in accordance with
the Chinese custom, kept in retirement as
much as possible
Take In the Sights.
All yesterday afternoon and evening
was spent, however, in seeing the sights
The entire party went 10 the top of the
monument and looked out over the city
from its dizzy height They thought it a
wonderful construction" and the view
fine quite a marvel" said Han Ngan.
unlike anything we have IN our coun-
try" The parks and the driveWays were
also visited after the trip 20 the monu-
ment. Some members of the party spent
the evening writing home and sending
souvenir pOstals. fully a hundred being
addressed to relatives and friends in Nan
Kin and Shanghai
TaOtai Wan. who accompanied the stu
dents. is second secretary of the Chinese
foreign Office and a mandarian. He
with Mrs. Wan, Is on tour Of the world
After a short stay in this city they will
travel nOrthwaTd and sail from New
York for Europe. After tour OF the
northern countries they viii go by boat
through the Mediterranean visiting Greece
and Egypt They will then go through
the Suez Canal, visit India, thence to
Hongkong, and from there home to Nan
kin.
Land at Seattle.
The party came TO America by the
Great Northern steamer Minnesota land
ing at Seattle. From there they took the
Great Northern Railroad TO St. Paul.
transferred to the Burlington for Chicago.
and came direct by the Pennsylvania to
this city. Han Ngan, a particularly
bright young man, stated that they had
enjoyed the trip immensely and were
greatly impressed with what they had
seen Of this country.
Most Of the young men and women
from Shanghai are graduates of St
Johns College, an Episcopal missionary
school in that city. Some OF them from
Nankin are graduates OF Nankin Uni
versity. Methodist Episcopal institution.
The remainder are graduates of the gov
ernment schools and colleges. Tsao Yum
Slang and Miss F. Y Tsao, are brother
and sister, Although there is an apparent
difference in surname, such is not the
case. In one instance the surname is at
the beginning, and IN the other at the
end This is explained by the fact that
It is the Chinese custom to place the sur
name first when giving the full name as
in the city directory, or any other classi-
fed alphabetical list Of names, but in
abreviating, or giving initials. as in the
young lady's name, it is necessary 70
place the surname last
Differences in Surnames.
Hu Tun Flu and Miss Woo Ping Hsa
are also brother and sister, but their sur
names are different This is also a char
acteristic of the Chinese language. Miss
Woo's name in the Shanghai dialect and
Mr.. Hu's is in the Mandarin, and accord
ing to Mr.. Hu himself, there is a vast
difference, so much so that persons of
one section of China find the dialect of
another province very difficult to under
stand. Woo. however, is the same as
Hu in the Mandarin. and just vice versa.
The Misses Soong are sisters and their
names are given as in English.
Han Ngan, who is a graduate OF Nan
kin University. is particularly bright and
a fluent conversationalist He can talk
interestingly on variety of subjects,
and displays unusual intelligence Wash
lngton. he says meets all his expectations,
and by the way. that is just what I
told another newspaper man in Chicago,
when he asked the same question of that
city. he said. He expressed himself as
liking America and American customs,
and as being glad Of the opportunity to
come 20 this country
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quarters from the Baltimore police last