Evening star., 1923-01-02
MISS WEN, BACK,
To WE'D IN SPRING
Pretty Chinese Girl Says No
Force Was Being Used in
Plans for Marriage.
HER UNCLE IS DISGUSTED
Declares Ring Has Been Returned,
Although She Still Wears
One.
HER UNCLE IS DIsGUSTEI

Washinston's Chinese puzzle gathered
itself UP into additional knots and
jumbles again today when
Mildred Wen, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Wing Ling Wen, after her reap
pearance at the home Of her parents,
3l6 9Th street, came out and said to
newspapermen that there was no force
at all being used to push her into the
matrimonial pond, and that the plunge
was to be taken sometime in the spring
when the waters would be less chilly.
Now, Mildred disappeared first on
the Friday before Christmas. She
dropped out of sight while arrange
ments were being made for her mar
rtage to George Nom Lee In New
York. On Christmas Day she bobbed
up again at her home. nonchalantly
explaining that she had just visited
some friends for the short time.
Disappeared Second Time.
A day passed and on the afternoon
of December 26, Mildred vanished
again. She was with a girl friend
when she asked the other to wait
while "she walked around the corner.
She didn't come back from the walk
until last night.
Meantime the family issued COM
muniques to the world telling of the
abandonment of the plans for the
wedding. They wanted Mildred's en-
gagement ring back. Back came the
ring the other day. Then they wanted
Mildred back. Back came Mildred.
And now that Mildred has returned,
the wedding bells are beginning to
tinkle again. Mildred says that she
is not being forced into a wedding,
and has not been. that she did not
send back the engagement ring. but
y.WA Alen Ia Ia Rf fVe
mothers, which is believed to bring
the one that sends II to the one who
wears it, and that she likes Mr.. Lee.
Lee Believed willing.
Mr.. Lee Is also believed to be will
ing still to take his prodigal bride TO
the altar. Information to that effect
is had at the Wen blishment.
But here tangled skein In the ro-
nance winds itself up into a knot;
George Y. Wen, Mildred's uncle, and
the chief of the Wen forces hereto
fore, announced today that he was
Through" He said that he didn't
know anything about the case and
was not interested any further. ne
was seen while taking care of the re
ceipts in the restaurant below the
Wen apartment.
Between his exertionS OF ringing W
the cash register and thanking Gus
toners, he told newspapermen tina
diamond ring and that 1t really wal
the engagement ring. And George
seems to know what he is talkms
about. He is emphatic about the dia
mond engagement ring that was re-
turned.
While Mildred talked to newspaper
men a young Americanized Chinese
speaking English as X born in hala
mazoo, with all the id4oms and phrases
of the native American, but witnal
good command of the adopted Ian
guage, showed UP.
He explained that he was a brother
to Mildred. He attended New Yorh
University and was hone for the
holidays He gave the explanations
smoothly and nicely until he was
asked why, II Mildred never had any
objections to marriage. she ran away
Q. few times. And his answer then
was to explain that her return was
occa stoned by sympathy for her par
ents. He didn't explain the point In
Further Investigation among other
relatives of Mildred developed the
fact that they. had never heard OF
any ''big brother tr the family.