The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-13
FAIRBANKS NICE,
DEbS A DREAMER,
SAYS MINISTER WI
Discusses Woman's Suffrage,
Socialism and American
Go-Ahead Spirit.


IN LIE OoiitliIeiltdl f1OtSl idtl night
l found WI Ting Fang, cleverest
Of men, for indeed a man must be
wonderfully clever to hide his real
thoughts from one so completely as
does WI Ting Fang.
Behind that smiling, shrewd call
cu1ating, judging, and withal kindly
Oriental face is Il brain, a brain such
as o and j seldom coine in contact
with; IL brain that weighs things and
sees men as they are; that strips away
a. mans deeds and reveals his motives:
that laughs quietly at his petty con-
ceits and mocks at his little selfish
ambitions; that recognizes the good and
Immediately detects the evil in every
that is the brain of WI Ting
Fang, If we could but see it, but We
won't.
Mr.. WI is deep, with centuries Of
Oriental repression and mysticism be-
hind him and you nor l could dare
attempt, to fathom his thoughts.
Perhaps it is lucky for us that we
cannot. Our egotism might receive too
decided a jar.
Come in. Come in" came in excel
lent English as Mr.. WI advanced to
meet me. lie held my card in his
HAND, and read il. aloud with great de-
liberation. "Ad-e-Iine Stanley Carr
ick. REPRESENTING the Newark Eve
ming Star. Member New Jersey Wom-
ans Press Club" he. quoted, emphasize
ing each syllable, then you arc i'm
po~rtant?'
T "Far be it from me, Thought l, and
said, "Oh. no; I'm not important"
Mo- he echoed, inquiringly. De-
cidedly, he was impressed by those
titles. t4t
1"I interviewed MI. Fairbanks this
morning." sale l.. DO you like him."
Likes Fairbanks.
oh, yes answered Mr.. WI Mr..
Fairbanks is a nice man
Pm going to see Eugene Debs i'll a
little While, too. What 10 you think of
him."
WI Ting Fang ooked refiectively at
his little brown hands. Il think Mr..
Debs's ideas are beautiful, but they are
not practical" he declared finally. I'm
afraid I do not know enough about this
socialism to discuss it."
Evidently the great Chinese minister
thought it time to take the ~conversa-
tion into his own hands. | was asking
too many questions.
DO You write well?' he suddenly
asked.
When | recovered /. modestly said
he'd have to ask some one else,
1? l wonder.
"Well. do you write fluently?" he put
the question in another form. ooh.
~, - ,Y--x.-N,a1 1laonxrItxy $3.50.
write by the yard, If it was only a
question, of length, And then I began
to feel as if he was laughing at me, al
his implacable face had not
a particle.
'Do you live at home?" he asked.
"Of course aid /.
well, then, what do you do with
your morey?' | rolled my eyes up
ward, igurativcly speaking, and an
swered, CLOTHES and board and other
things" Mr.. WI said nothing. He
couldn't seem TO comprehend why any
girl should live at home and still be
able to make money.
II see" he announced a. little later,
you earn your own living" / nodded
assent. too overcome. for speech.
well" Mr.. WI reflected, this is u !
go-ahead country
what do you think of women in the
business world" said A.. s.. c. DO
you think they arc. there for ultimate
good. and do you approve Of a woman
the home circle and going out
to fight her own way?"
I'VE cannot judge new conditions by
old standards" said he. This country
is being educated up to many things.
It's IL have gained an important
place, and they are filing it well. I
h-ye heard OF many remarkable things
lone by Western women. and think of
those women in London who. are fight
ing for places in Parliament"
Standards Changing.
DO YOU think they will ever get
what. they want?" asked /.
Chimes are changing" answered the
minister sagely; so arc standards. But
the time is not vet here for women 10
tYou,n quote me- correctly. won't
you2" Mr.. WI suddenly asked. .''Many
have exaggerated greatly what
| have had to say, | hayea not said
many Of those foolish things they have
said ! said. No. man would. I must
just ask YOU to he fair"
The phone rang. Excuse me-, said
Mr.. WI, just as would have an Amer
."I am not used to this arrange
But he. knew how 10 manage
L. The Presbyterian Union, or it's rep
.nsentatives, was waiting downstairs to
line with him. I
How long have you been doing this
Nriting?" he asked.
"a little over. W years | told him.
Mr.. Fairbanks asked me that, too.
do you like American newspapers"
Very much answered he. 'sThey