Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-30
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

Felicitetions 20 you Minister John
son and to you Minister Size, and
congratulations to both your coain.
tries on their splendid choice Of en-
voys. How fine It Is that you both
are able to speak the language Of the
country to which you are accredited
and know the inhabitants through
years Of association and friendship.
Speaking through an Interpreter %
very unsatisfactory business; he
drones along using always . big word
when q little one would do and one
can have no heart-to-heart talks
through Q third person.
In welcoming the Chinese Minister
to his new rank of Ambassador in
the diplomatic corps in Washington,
will be simply extending the hand Of
greeting to one whom the Capital
has long delighted to honor and who
is looked upon as a neighbor and
friend. Educated ON American soil
and familiar with its institutions and
culture through having travelled ex-
tensively throughout the Union, Or.
SEE has perhaps q wider acquaintance
in the States than any other member
Of the corps. As . lad he attended
Central High School here and later
took his M. A. degree at Cornell Uni.
versity. His English Is very elegant
and many will recall his notable ad.
dress at the Washington Arms Con-
ference as one Of the outstanding
speeches Of the session.
Nine. SEE, at social functions makes
a charming, artistic picture In her
native dress, which she always wears
at home and abroad. She never az
fects Partisan or American clothes ex-
cept when shopping she sometimes
wears a top coat and hat in the pre-
vailing style, and always American
shoes. She was educated after the
fashion of a Chinese gentlewoman,
being skilled with her needle and using
her brush in artistic decorating-and
she makes the Quickest dolly clothes
for her little girl-there are six chill
dren in the family, big and little.
With q few twists Of the scissors she
can cut the cutest dolly shoes, which
she stitches around with fancy
stitches. Nine. SEE Is an ideal COM
panion to her children. As she does
not engage in public affairs nor play
bridge she has ample time to give
to her family and they are jolly
family when together.
The Ambassador designate's two
older sons we're educated at Cam
bridge in England, one being a doctor
and the other a banker. The latter
Mr.. SEE married a daughter of the
great Chinese banker Mr.. L-Ming-by
the way. Mrs. SEE, jr.'s, first name
Is Ii. and such a pretty name when
pronounced by the family. Miss Maine
SEE, the eldest daughter, is we'll known
TO Washington as young artist Of
note and a graduate of Wellesley COL
le7e. She studied art In London and
Paris and has had the honor of ex-
hibiting at the Salon She likes
American sports and was favorite
at college.
After 5000 years beginning in l9l1-2,
IL, China has been In the throes OF
changing from an empire to re-
public-the birth of q new China. -Four
million people were to be educated to
q new government in direct contrast to
the old. The population, composed
of many different races who speak
many different dialects, were to be
nodded into working human amalga-
nation. Chinese, Tartars, Tibetans
and Mohammedans.
The women of China are taking
prominent part in the shaping Of the
new regime. They are not binding
their feet. adapting their dress to
more practical uses and are standing
side by side with the men in public
life and in the home. The young
children of the Flowery Land are
learning to combine Western culture
with the learning and traditions of
centuries-much of which is so beau
tiful in their own history and re-
ligion. A recent traveller in China,
in speaking Of the people as whole,
says: I'VE need their love of good
ness and of wisdom; their enjoyment
Of simple things and their content
ment. They have lived close to the
beauty and the power Of the earth:
the lines Of their buildings. their
paintings and their carvings are as
lovely Is the lines of trees and hills
and water"
The Ambassador designate has been
in great demand this month as an
orator at young ladies' schools and
colleges-journeying out to Grinnel
College, Ohio, to address 6 large class
there. The girls here In town said
he was just too charming-so ele-
CANT, the manners Of q carpet knight,
and, above all. so interested in every
thing and, would you believe it. he
wears his hair cut just like papa's."
Do you know what lahque glass is?