Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
American and Canadian Men
and Women Who Count
in China-Some Char
acter Studies.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Copyright, 1907, by Joseph b. BOwles)

Copyright, 1907, by Joseph b. BOwles)
SHANGHAI, China.
These articles engaged to tell of the
American men and women who are invest
ing their lives in heather lands. 1t Is In
the nature Of the case that these should be
pronounced personalities, and full of in
terest; many of them will get volume biog-
raphies when they die. Let me recall, In
a pfrae raph each. few of those whom l
have met in China. the reader remembering
that there are many other hundreds in the
Interior Of this immense empire whom l
have not had opportunity to meet.
AS he is the acknowledged foremost
writer upon Chinese subjects, SO Rev. Dr
Arthur H. Smith of the American board Is
n,thably the most interesting personality
among Americans in China. His books are
not more brilliant than himself; he Is a
scintillating conversationalist, at two
hundred-words-a- minute gait. Yet there IL
not a more inconspcuous or modest Amer
lean in China. He has never been mistaken
fer q fashion plate, for he is as unconVen-
ti,.,al as he is learned and original. lie
nrobabIy understands the Chinese better
than any other white man. II the lega-
ticns and missionaries had llsteneo 10 MS
urgings there would have been fewer mas
sacres and no siege of Picking in 19Oo. At
president Roosevelt's request he has just
written a book, America and China
\
Mrs p Iowrie of the American Pres
byterian mission has been more than fifty
wears In China, yet the Chinese have not
robbed her of her quaint and delightful
Americanism. Her tongue is as quick as
ever at coming keen, searching and, at
times satircal apothegms. A delightful,
informing companion, free from any touch
of pietism or professionalism, she has made
a long life count for the verities among the
Chinese; and countless heathen-worn for
eigners have been refreshed by her unfail-
ing originality.
missionary district of Hankow. seems more
like an alert, aggressive professional or
business man than an eccleSiastic. His per-
sonality almost to as great a degree as
that of his wife who was Miss McCook OF
New Haven't would be characterized as de-
lightful by any company of men anywhere
He is rich in that quality colloquialy called
| "horse sense" and there is no better ad-
ministered mission than his. In his activity
| for the Chinese he does not overlook the
white community at Hangkow, and half OF
| the time of one of his clergy is given to the
latter high religious standard is main
tanned for the church, all the members OF
| the highly trained choir Chinese of course)
are required TO be Christians; and there is
| a
| that would do credit to the Methodists
/ China is full of the praise of Bishop and
! Mrs Roots.
| | have met several Missionaries who hold
| decorations from the emperor prize
which, / understand, the commercial COM
| munity in China covets in vain. A mission
| airy doctor who has been so honored is DR.
/ H. g Beebe of the Methodist Episcopal
mission. Marking. His steady, beueficen'
and self-cacrificing work for the Chinese
| came to the attention of the palace. An in
terestng s'de,ight missionary influence
! is related concerning DR. Beebe. He had
| been invited to an official feast at the
| viceroy's yamen one Sunday, and in sending
| his regrets he explained somewhat the
| Christian attitude toward Sunday. Fol-
! some reason the letter did not reach the
| viceroy until the feast was in progress. The
| latter read 1t aloud and declared that he
| too, was going to keep the first day of tn;
| week free from official cares: and since ther
| the yamen has been closed to business or
| Sunday.
One OF China's great women is Dr. Mary
| Fulton, the head of the Presbyterian
! Womans Hospital and the Woman's Medi-
| cal College, Canton; the latter is the onb
one of its kind in the empire and It car