Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-01
BAGGAGE BY THE TON
Nurse Girls Around Scott Cir
|. Gle Gaze With Awe.
CHINESE PARTY MOVES IN
Distinguished Visitor Will See Pres
ident Tomorrow.
PLANS FOR THE RECEPTION
Secretary Of State to Make the Pres
entation-Members Of De1ega-
ton Take a Drive.

Tang Shao vi, the distinguished Chi
nese official who is here to thank the
President for the remission of a large
amount of the indemnity guaranteed by
China for damages growing out of the
Boxer rebellion Of a decade ago. will be
presented to Mr. Roosevelt tomorrow aft
ernoon at $50 o'clock. Secretary Root
will make the presentation Of Tang and
such members of his suite as accompany
him. At that time Tang will present his
letters from the late emperor and en-
press dowager which accredit him with
the special mission to the United States.
Arrangements were made with Secre-
tary Root at the State Department today
for the reception tomorrow. The special
ambassador. Imperial Prince Tsai Flu,
and several other members Of his suite.
accompanied by Minister WI. called on
| the Secretary Of State this morning. To-
days meeting was quite informal and de-
void of ceremony.
Baggage, Baggage and Baggage.
Scott Circle presented novel sight this
morning when all the nurse girls of the
neighborhood lined up in front of the
large brick mansion. 1901 18th street. to
watch the Chinese baggage moved in. 1t
was a representative gathering of all the
best families. and there were few nurse
girls from the plain people, as well. And
although the nurse girls madams might
hold up their hands in seventy varieties Of
exquisite horror II they knew their little
dears shed the fine textured aura of ex-
clusiyeness and assumed the common or
saIden toga of curiosity, yet the sights
about Scott Circle. when large portion
were suff'o tent to arouse the latent curl
psity of tine most lorgnetted dame.
The house will be occupied for several
months by Tang Chao vi. The bagga &c
belonged to Tang chao VI, PRINCE Tsai
Ii Ching Fen, Pi Lu LANG. Len Shin
Chung. Hsu shih Yang. Liu Ying Lin.
Yang Yu Yin, Yang Yu Sin. Tong Kang
Chong Chung Nun Vow, Chang Hong
| Yon. Yung Kwai. MRS. Yung Kwai Ow
Ching Che. Chu Sing Yuen. Wang Chin
Su. Chi Tsin Su. Tung Yuen Ting, Tong
Chiao Kung. Wang Yuen Ching. Hsiao
Chi Nan. and perhaps a lot more. all Of
whom are In the special ambassador s
| what one Is writing when the interpreter
rattles off such names with six-cylinder
speed.
A Lady-More Baggage.
Well. as one of the party Is a lady, the
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alley which runs through the block next
blocked with moving vans. There was
a great line Of them extending far up
the alley, fading away In the distance
and looking like the pack train of an
enormous army. There was so much
| oriental baggage that the "smashers" had
| their lunch with them. intending to make
| day of 1t. There were trunks of dis
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| on them that looked like brands of tea.
| but which are really the names of Illus
trious and aristocratic Chinese families.
There were boxes of oak. wrapped tight
were distinctly Chinese bundles. exactly
like the boxes that firecrackers come In,
And. for all the watching nurse girls
know, they do contain firecrackers.
There were two very smart looking and
smartly dressed Chinese boys who got
| a line on the American baggage smasher
| in short order. The two youths were
dressed in black silk. wore black silk
| boots and black caps and each carried
a pad and pencil In his hand. There was
not II Kun Yen Fow and Lang Flu Ii
knew it. They checked of the baggage
in detail and saw that'no one tempered
with 1t. They also saw. to II that Kung
| Wong Sis trunks did not get mixed with
Jung Pow Loo'S because it stands to
reason that all tho English Wallets In the
world could not separate one Chinese
gentleman's luggage, from another's. even
| if the trunks are plainly marked-in
| Chinese characters.
stoppage Of Traffic.
So while the two smart youths worked
and the baggage smashers eanted under
the sweltsring rays Of the December sun.
tho mob of nurse girls thickened until
tranc was stopped for a while and it
looked as II there was another Washing
ton eitizens' association forming. And
all this while tho folks In the house were
| preparing to take a drive,
| That really is the News Of the day. but
Il is commonplace compared to the ex-
element over the baggage, DR.. WI
ingfans-everybody knows hin-Mr,
! Chung. the interpreter. and a whole lot
| OF others lined up in the porte cochere
| and argued about who would go in that
carriage. and finally DR.. Wa had his own
| way and took a seat. alongside Prince
Tsu, who is a member of the royal family
| back in Picking and who might have an
! oriental secret or two up his capacious
| sleeves
| Some Of them wore the most splendid of
silk robes and others tho most splendid
Of silk hats Wherever they learned to
wear American clothes they We're taught
! the lesson mighty we'll, because there was
| nothing on Connecticut avenue as late as
last Sunday that could touch them for
I sartOrial effect.
English Butler Reticent.
| Who're did they got The English butler
| 1T ths door said g didn't know, and init
mated that 1t was aQbody's business. lie
BAY be right, after all, but that great
1 crowd OF nnrsemaids has him sized up, al
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