The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-12

| tom to wash the hands When ] re-
turn to my own country and say that
!, even 1, a miserable dog have done
this constantly, every man will be un-
believing and shut his ears to mo-"
But Paris astounded him: Before
every house there is "a woven carpet,
ana ana, l am encouraged and not with u
wipe my feet on It, With the speed
of cry am taken even to the high
est noors, where there are rooms with
little wheels that. being turned. dis
not how this Is done; but notice that
| the water comes from the earth: the
fire is kindlcd." When he went to the
Louvre" shopping he got out his Chi.
to learn that the merchants were hon
est. He. thought Parisians must be
enormously rich. they wore SO many
clothes" He noticed that they spoke
full Of sweetness lie L said the woman
cook at the hotel fed him like a dog
and obviously did not fear God" He
concluded by saying. IF 1t were not
for this Paris would BIZ the land of
The Chinese minister at The Hague
told me that In England birth made
the aristocrat, In America wealth. but
In China learning. Now who is civil
the Chinese classics by heart, and
there are $500. He is the son OF a
gardener. Gardening is high-caste
profession with, us, though you put it..
ing with the mighty Lords own works
as 1t does, among the humblest Be-
lieve this: all can learn from each
other. When heaven is displeased, peo
know all, not understanding that they
know nothing, or only as drop of
water the ocean, as blade of grass
the earth, as one cloud the sky" he
said In his own Understanding tongue,
which his interpreter translated. The
secretary OF the legation was fond OF
chess. and one day ne mentioned that
they play two kinds in China In one
sixty pieces are used; In the other 500.
A game with 1920 pieces engaged lasts
years. Sometimes it Is inherited and
finished by the second generation OF
players. a record having been kept Of
Its progress. and that with much GER
emory and scrupulous honesty. Chess
is an Eastern Invention and is said to
have been brought back to Europe by
the Crusaders. who substituted castles
and knights and bishops and kings and
queens for Eastern titles and i.5 !, terms n
lightful book on Russian Turkestan,
relates his experience among the Kir-
ghiz In chess. He was travelling with
member of the Paris Chess Club, as
1t happened. and he belonged to tho
st. Petersburg Club. So every eve
ming. while his guides and servants
were preparing meals and pitching
tents. 1t was their custom TO have 9
game of chess to while away the dull
interval. And when the kirghiz chiefs
looked on at 1t they simply thought
them curious savages. But one eve ,
ming the baron was suddenly check
mated in most mastery style. and and
the chiefs roared with delight.
believe those fellows know what we
his friend, who replied, "1mpossible!
However, he motioned to one OF the
chiefs to sit down and play He nod
ded gravely, adjusted his sheepskin SO
as 10 leave his hands free, sat down
and proceeded to beat both men, club
experts as they were, out of their
boots! It was their favorite amuse-
ment and q great relief IN the long,
weary, monotonous, shadeiess Journeys
OF these nomads. and the whole tribe
played-men. women and chtldren-all
their lives long; as children, with Bits
of dried cowdung. pebbles, bark, leaves;
as adults, with ctlriously carved wood
en- sets, or. among the rich, superoly
carved Chinese ones, on which years
OF patient toll had been expended.
"Certainly we lost the conceit In TuT-
kestan." writes the baron, but that is
true gain always. and l have Ions
known. as diplomat that 1t is the
stupid man who despises others, no
matter what ground he may seem 10
have for doing So