Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-04-24

dustry wherever 1t has obtained a
good foothold The Bermuda peach
crop, for instance, is now a thing
of the past. The fly is believed to
have originated on the west coast of
Africa, its name being due to the
great damage 1t did after it had been
carried to the Mediterranean. 1t also
spread to Bermuda, South Africa, Aus
tralia and New Zealand, whence it
was carried in ships cargoes to Ha-
wall. In all probability the fly would
be in California today If it were not
for the fact that no fruit Is grown
In the immediate vicinity of San Fran
cisco. The great danger is that some
traveller may unknowingly bring with
him pest-infected fruit, nuts or veg
etables and introduce the fly into
region favorable for it's spread
Commercially the quarantine will
not seriously interfere with Hawaiian
industries. Bananas and pineapples.
the only fruits which are grown in the
island in commercial quantities, do
not as a rule carry the infection.
When properly inspected and packed
in accordance with the departments
regulations, they will, therefore, be
allowed admission. Other fruits, such
as alligator pears, Chinese ink Der
ries, figs, guavas, papayas, etc., are
far more dangerous. They have how
ever, little commercial Importance.
New Ambassador From China.
The new ambassador to the United
States from the Chinese republic,
Kai Flu Shah, has come to Wash
1ngton with his family and ret
inue, and proves to be an interesting
personality. In ten minutes CONVEX
sation with the newspaper correspond
ents he managed to display the quail
ties of diplomacy, humor and gal
lantry, and discussed such topics as
4 the progress of modern woman.
1 The question Of suffrage came up
naturally.
No, you are right; Chinese women
have not the VOTE" said Mr. Shah.
But great changes have come in the
life Of the Chinese woman from the
time when she used to bind her feet
to the present time, when the woman
of the better class would not think of
binding her feet or her children's. So
perhaps in time Chinese women will
be given the vote, for The attitude
! toward them lis undergoing a marked
change"
Suffrage In China.
When asked If he believed that it
would be good thing to enfranchise
Chinese women, Mr.. Shah smiled dis
creetly:
THAT Is very big question" he re-
piled with charming evasiveness, but
something of his real attitude in the
matter might have been surnlised by
his answer to the next question
ooh, no, / do not believe that my
daughter thinks Of votes for women
in China" he said hurJiedly, and lit
tie line of worry appeared for the
fraction of a second 81 his calm fore
head. His daughter, he said, had been
to schools in China, and in the five
years from 1903 20 1908 when he
served as consul general here, she
went to the Barnard Preparatory
school. Since then she has attended
what is called normal school" In
her own country.
'This normal school is not equal to
your colleges" he explained. ut is
more like your high schools and
teaches arithmetic, geography, history
and other thtngs. We have no colleges
! or universities for women in China
My daughter has not yet decided
whether she will study in America this
time. do not know whether she will
go to college.
1--WE have public and private schools
which are open 90 girls in China. The
public schools are free to all. But we
have no compulsory education laws as
you have, but msre and more girls are
attending the schools. think we may
have compulsory education some
time"
Praises Mission Work.
Mr. Shah, although not follower of
the Christian religion, spoke enthusi-
astically of the education work of the
American Christian missionaries in
China. He said, too, that the Chinese
i women who had attended the mission
airy schools were reused to work for
other Chinese women, and were doing
much to improve conditions.
The new ambassador wears Ameri-
can dress, as do the other members of
his family. He said that the majority
of the men in his country were adopt
ing this style of dress, but that the
women still chung to their silken
robes. When it was suggested by a
woman correspondent that it would be
too bad for the Chinese women to give
| up their native costume, because it
was more beautiful than the clothes
of the average American woman, all
the gallantry of the little Chinese am
bassador rose to the occasion. He
surveyed the speakers ancient winter
suit of rough, DARK stuff and declared
that the costume of the American
woman left nothing to be desired.
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