Evening star., 1940-05-12

municant of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church and 1t was through mis-
sionaries Of that faith that she first
came to America.
After reading Nine. Chiang's book,
which is largely made up OF col
lected articles and essays, many Of
which have before appeared in this
country, there is no doubt In ones
; mind Of her firm conviction that
China will remain for the Chinese,
and that history shows throughout
the centuries that China has al
ways absorbed her invaders. OF the
superiority Of the Chinese, cultur-
ally, over the Japanese, she has no
doubt. And sometimes in passages
OF extreme beauty she writes of her
faith tn the ability Of her people to
work out their ultimate destiny as
; democracy.
She not only devotes herself to
working night and day for her
people, but gives generously of her
private means. As an example: In
the mountain-valleys Of northwest
China, there are six thousand
women from the mills Of Hankow,
who owe their lives and livelihood
to Nine. Chang who gave the In
dustrial Co-operatives the money to
move these women out Of Hankow
and to set them up to work, so that
now they are weaving and spinning
on the most primitive looms, thous-
ands of yards Of cloth their country
must have.
One of the most far-reaching and
beautiful of her charities is her
care for war orphans over fourteen
years OF age, who were roaming the
country. She organized hundreds
Of these orphans into industrial
units and sent them to Szechaun
and Thibet on the far western bor-
der Of the Republic where they have
learned to make woolen blankets for
the soldiers and to wash gold for
the Government.
Said to Resemble
Late Empress.
In her forcefulness and striking
personal traits of character Nine.
Chang Kai-shek Is said by the
Chinese to resemble Chinas grand
old woman TIE Hsi the last empress
Of China who died thirty years ago.
She was a Manchu aristocrat and
was called by the lovely name, Ye-
honala. The old empress is familiar
to thousands of Americans through
her ife-Size portrait in the National
Collection OF Fine Arts in the Ma
tional Museum, which was painted
by the late Elizabeth Augusta Carl,
who had the thrilling and unique
experience Of painting the old EN-
press in the Imperial Palace in
Peking-Peiping-in 1903. The por-
trait was presented to this govern
ment by China during the admins
tration Of Theodore Roosevelt. Not
the least notable thing about the
portrait is the gigantic frame of
carved camphor wood 20 feet high.
In passing may we say that Mr..
Ruel Tolman, acting director OF the
gallery has simply transformed the
first floor of the gallery by his re-
arrangement Of pictures and sta
tuary and the Alfred Duane Pell
superb collection of Sevres china
4nd other objets d. art which were
formerly so crowded together that
much Of their beauty was lost.
The Sevres collection is now dis
played in mahogany cases Of simple
design reaching from floor to CELL
ting, thanking the doorway leading
4hto the hallway between two small
galleries. Through this hallway
1eading also into the Gellatly gal
1ery he has opened up a vista
through which one can look through
$he great south door of the museum
TO the green park beyond-a scene
df rare sylvan loveliness on these
tlfst spring days.