The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-08-27
FATE'S POOR jest
Progressive Chinaman the VIC
tim OF Hard Luck.
Only Member Of His Race Capable o.
Making Scented Soap, He Meets
Death While Conducting
Chemical Experiment.

500 Kuo ls dead. And with 1T
usual irony fate decrecd that 500 kun
the only maker Of scented soap ls
China. should meet death by the very
means he had adopted to provide =
livelihood.
Three years ago 500 Kuo worked ir
q small hand laundry In East Liberty.
relates the Pittsburgh Dispatch. $40
kuo had just come TO the land Of The
white man and he was ambitious TO
learn the ways OF the West. So one
day when he heard from other OF his
countrymen that class In English Vt
which those Of the Orient were wei
coined was conducted at the Second
Presbyterian church. he timidly ap-
piled for sdmittance. In this way II
was that he met Edwin s. Gray, who
for YEARS had been guide, philosopher
and friend TO the Chinese OF the city.
500 Kuo liked the religion OF the
white man and II was not long before
he expressed the desire TO join the
church. After year he, heard the
call OF the East and he began TO plan
for his return. Then he went 10 see
Mr.. Gray.
81 want TO learn TO make soap" be
sfld
And the reason was this:
"Soap is very hard to get in China
and II costs very much. ! am going
back 10 my land TO teach OF the Christ
and | will need money. II learn to
make soap the money Will come easy"
The benefactor declared he would
ticeship In soap making for 500 Kuo.
No factory in Pittsburgh, however,
would entertain the idea OF permit
ting 500 Kuo TO use II as a school,
and finally Mr.. Gray turned to Car
negle Tech.
Yes, they would teach 500 Kuo to
make soap, and so II was that each
night after his labOrs Of The day were
tnisl ed 500 Kuo would 20 down 10
Oakland and receive instructions. But
practical experience was not 10 be
had, for tie reason that the school
possessed no soap-maklng machinery.
500 Kuo, however, had saved most
Of the money he had made since his
advent TO the new world, and soon a
complete soap-making outfit was
shipped to him from New York and
intalled In a laboratory OF the school.
Later the machine was 90 be shipped
TO China.
When 500 Kuo had completed his
soap manufacturing education he
again went TO Mr. Gray and an
nounced:
Il want 10 learn 10 make perfume.
Chlnaboy likes his soap 10 smell good.
Much more money will be made by
putting perfume In IT,"
But II can be purchased much
cheaper than you can make IL" Mr..
Gray objected.
NO" declared 500 Kuo. "There
are many flowers In China: can
make 1t very cheap
And again Tech was appealed to
aud again 500 Kuo began going TO
night school. this time 10 be instruct
cd in the manufacture OF perfumes.
s year ago 500 kuo sailed FOR his
uuuve land. and soon glowing ac-
counts began coming from him in Can
ton o. -arj..s iIe success of his soap
mnkii "a, rv.
He htg f. many friends IN East
Liberty, having become affiliated dur
ing the la, art of his stay here with
the East Iii y Presbyterian church,
where he Was lr'Wn as George
Young. and these many friends heard
often no To his work with the Chris
tian school he had founded In Canton
and of his beloved factory.
And then recently came the short
note from 500 Kuo's brother to Mr..
Gray. briefly announcing that while
mixing chemicals preparatory TO the
making Of subtle perfume an eXplo-
sion had occurred and 500 kuo had
been killed That was all.