The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-13
Mrs. Helen E. Gardener
Spent Six Years Travelling
inlTwenty Countries.
AYStCHINA WILL
STARTLE NATIONS
People Wide Awake and Working,
But SecreGve-Traveler Will Lee
ture atiBrooklyn Institute.

With sixtye6rs' research at her finger
tips, Mrs. Helen 4. Gardener has re-
turned 10 the United States, and with
81 the next few months will have com
plstsd her preparations for a course of
? lectures az the Institute OF Arts and
p Sciences, OF Brooklyn, y. Y. the larg-
est institution OF it's kind in this oOun-
try, and one OF the most noted IN the
world.
Mrs- Gardner spent the last six years
IN a tour OF the world. She did not
slip out OF one country into another
with only a smattering of hOv :hs
: women dress and the men work, but
she actually lived in twenty countries
long enough to make an exhaustive
studS- OF each, and comes back 10
Washington with a fund OF interesting
facts and figures.
The subjects upon which the first
course OF Mrs. Gardeners lectures will
be given are Porto Rico. Hawaii, the
. Philippines: The Yankees Of tbs
! Orient Education STRAY Bits and
! Character Studies in Japan Mike,
( the Beautiful" and China. Others
will follow.
Fascinated by China
Mrs. Gardener Confesses that while
she was so fascinated by Japan that
she lived there a year, instead Of an in
tended few months, she cannot deny
her greater interest in China and It's
people.
China IS going TO give US ire
mendous surprise" she said this az
.ternoon. at will be a surprise such
as the world has never known. The
whole country Is waking up-its men,
women, AMI cai,dren ate working To-
ward an end nat will oFen the eyes
OF the world. They are doing it quiet
u. and one cannot tell how because
they keep their own secrets. But it IS
coming. They are studying and learn
ing and prohting by both. And the
women are taking a large part in
the awakening OF the kingdom. II is
they who are responsible for the boy
colt OF Japan. Indeed. yes; the women
OF China are by no means the little
dependent folks that we have been
led 10 believe. They are wide awake
ands are making their power felt.
During my visit 70 China I could
not help but feel genuine regret that
Americans do not know the higher
class OF Chinese men Unfortunately.
with a few notable exceptions, We get
the coolie class here. This class is
thought no more OF in China than II
is right here in Washington. But the
higher class men are cultured. schOl-
arlv. and thoroughly versed in the
fne arts and polite usages which pre-
vail in this and every other enlight-
enEd country.
China Getting Wonderful Army.
China IS getting q wonderful army
and is sending thousands Of its stu
dents abroad to study just as Japan
did. It is believed the government
superintends and manages these edu-
cational enterprises, but nobody knows.
China does not tell
The Japanese are a wonderful peo-
nile and in spite OF my loyalty TO my
own country and the fact that am
closely affiliated with the army, I am
hound to acknowledge that Japan, IN
znite OF our efforts IN the competition,
has the finest Red Cross organization in
the world Those little women are
T1rarvels as nurses and doctors assist
ants. Their personalities are peculiarly
Atted to such work, and they have
brains for Il. It IS wonderful-far more
so than an American who has not visit
ed the country would ever dream.
''I think we have always regarded the
Japanese women as dainty, picturesque