The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1901, Page 2

THE SUNDAY CALL HMADAME WU AND < = o 7 think they should? she wants me to Wu. Would less or the and Ho Yow interpolated: a lady was to interview . g 5 ker instead of a gentleman. She was de- Pir r goes t i ) . ted at the idea. She considered it H 10 ; i ¥ women should be ecome journalists. put in, clutching at the rds as they slipped by. would llke to see women vote. d . . Wu!" I erled, gasping. ~She was - \o fast for me now. “Don't you 1 eleph & & ugh troubles without A engag 5 X of men besides? Let - RS voting, and let us be " know H S t to them.” idea, whether she fol- owed the words or not. She answered In that was calm and firm. says,” interpreted the brother, overned they governor.” called newest She is newest of all the transition ge of fight, that our new women are she has reached the place she can wait quietly until others catch up. She is advanced thout being agsressive. She Is our Susan B. Anthony ang all the rest of them without any of is a woman in dress, matters in her own hands ana it w -stay—in—San — Flan- and T remembered 2d, to the end that 1 was to be here ten days: Cl for two months operty of her own there, w ending to, and is ple sco. All of which belng prop- isposed of 1 had things which [ wanted to talk over with her. It is the curious advancement of her at stirs wonder. Newest of new wom- 1 belonging to a race that, since the of the last dynasty were enly itz men to think- ssed the continent in. where ch sed their awfulness. S a woman in manner. Consider her. A woman interested in the ballot and equally interested in the coquetry of scarlet and gold shoes that peep. Consider her. “And is it all true?” I asked her. ‘Do vou mingle with the people of Washing- A New York minister says marriage is not a ire, and that more than 2500 of - " the 3 s he has united are happy. tc the men and lh'&q”wcm-:n together, tioned with a shade of well-bred scorn, His advice to those who would wed and Jjust as our women do and the patronizing tone that we employ e Kaoy' ety Semimod up 38 the - She understood slowly, but in the end toward corn beef and cabbage. owing, haif-dosen doi'ts: Don't marry she understood and she nodded with “She hz servants to attend to both i when too young. Don't marry until you discovered pleasure. She was waking now. She was kinds of cooking,” he went on. “The upport a wife. Don't marry a girl : etting to be tired sehold in We ol aRbatuts b who can’t cook and sew. Don’t live in six Seoteian: hty dlive — g homsehnle dn MRk rooms when three are enough. Don’t mar- Enlore. —pahty—go — dlive — go— Chinese cooks, and a white—that is. a 2 y And you re with a sigh of vellef © il black—butler. Besides these are a Chi- " 7 ' -, this red tape you Her little tapering hand, with a flash nese barber, walters, a hairdresser, two 1 queen of Chinese °f American-set jewels, made a sweeping valets who serve as bodyguard, a bls that covered an eternal round of messenger and a black chambe There are still more minor servants. wife have of late “And for your society you have to de- a custom heretofore unknown to pend upon Americans, do you not?"” a very tired at the ern st thing our legation in Washington,” explained “Sometime—Chinese — sometime — Mell- Ho Yow in his book h that can be matched in purity and pomposity by few There are several Chinese merchants “They kgep open house on and their wives in Washington,” put in week and all are per- Ho Yow. jously they received The inde: vitation.” great many must avail them- They are of a high class.” ndence of her, you sece, is in evidence everywhere. With her own fas- tidiousness she selects what pleases her L from the two fastidious nations. She de- i She nodded and murmured something to mands the best catering of both, the best her brother. “Seventeen hundred at- trained service of both. Above all, she tended the time,” he said. mingles freely in the most exclusive so- “My—hand,” she lisped, lifting the ciety of both and t in opposition to all is an open dainty, useless-looking little member and precedent of her race. For all her soft q how many « ever been letting it fall limply. It told its story fn little mousey ways, she thinks out mat- k her. The most ¥ vulgarly that one motion. Her gestures are few ters absolutely for herself and does ex- . and far between, for she belongs to a actly as she pleases. you—s race of people who do not express, but You always wear Chinese dress? g E v .Ufr utters one gesture tells as much as a French- «yes” Then, with an apologetic smile, el Lt fuvegmeniy, ; that begged pardon inasmuch as 1 wore —cow—gives—milk S AR A R R B ey Tl an Eton instead of embroldered blouse Pod st of Baling Sc e otk et Searis oD she =aid, and she struggled. I and serge instead of clinging silk, and . g 4 t i i ";m”' could see that there were other refresh- hair that was high and fluffy instead of ®how how. Tvidently she takes a great the shifting of an eve, the move of a it ¢ anpeals 1o her brother. She nae MCNS coming and in her feminine eag- low and plastered, she added: “Ilike Chi. deal of satisfaction In the young man's hand. -When the dimpling maid served % reputation as & mictrees of 1y €TMESS to tell about them, and mine to nese dress best.” independent notions and upholds him in tea and was full of giggles in the face of Englis et ahe 0 ];“_'M;: 278 hear, we appealed together to the Con- And you may be sure that it is becayse his change theugh she is satisfied with the camera, one glance from Mrs. Wu e sul. & she does like Chinese dress best that she her own dress as it is. It is very simple, served to scatter the dimples and the gig- O merica she toq. “She serves both American and Ori- wears it, and not because her ancestors by the way. I saw her in the morning, and gles. . e o beside me, ©ntal refreshments,” he explained. “The did before her. there was no blaze or Oriental splendor. Those about her obey a look. And all Oriental ones consi of tea and sweet- “My—son—dless—Melican,” she put in It was to the gorgeous coolie robes that the while she is as gentle as a pussy cat he should meats and pre be ¥ vy Bn rved fruits, such as you rather proudly, though, and she told we se= on the street what a Pacific ave- and I krow there are no claws. the wh £ jown what find in our restaurants something to an attendant, who immedi- nue tailor-made is to the chewing-gum “And you are going back to China to ks With a ~Have you learned to like American ately went off for the photograph of “my school of finery that spends Sunday in tell the women how to be independent ., cooking? What do you eat at your own son.” the park. It was dark, dull blue and of like you? table?” “He — is — fouhteen — he — g0 — high— fine silk and fincly embroidered. The tiny “Yes. Tell-them, no—make—them. Two questions at once were ruled out school.” shoes, when they appeared now and then, Walt. They—will—leahn.” X by her gesture of despair. At last it The secretary approached and explained showed exquisite hand-workmanship in Think of it. A reformer, and able to . to Was interpreted to me that she has sorted that “my son,” Who is Wu Chao Chu for their decoration. Scarlet and gold, they wait. count on him for py ©Out from American menus what she con- long, .goes to the Washington High gave out the only flash of color about the “In what way would you like them to neither. 3 lered worth while, and she has these School and takes part in the military costume. be like us?” 2 ! think it would be well for you to thicgs served to her, together with the drill. Whether he will ever come to use T glanced at the dapper black cloth suit It tock Ho Yow to tell it, but it was ask now what questions yon e pre- best of Chinese catering. Uncle Sam's_tactics against Uncle Sam of ¥ung Wan Ping, who is secretary and done obedlent to her"dictation. pares let the photographs be taken ‘““What are they?” is a matter that Mrs. Wu didn’t go into. nephew in one. “She would have Chinese women learn afterw Ho Yow said. That finished “Roast beef and sweetbreads. He appears very chubby and very se- “I wear it for traveling,” he replied to more, and she would have them permit- me completely. 1 never have a cuestion “It is the plainest of your cooking that rious and very much impressed with his my glance. He too does as is convenient ted to g0 about more freely. Girls in Chi- d there wasn't one that came she likes,” Ho Yow explained. “The military uniform. in the matter of dress. Can it be the na are most carefully guarded—chape- in the critical moment. And Chinese style is very artificial, very elab- ‘‘He—use—weah—Chinese—dless. Boys— quiet, mousey influence of the little tod- roned, you say. She sees no reason why when Mre. Wu had waited in vain for me orate, and by way of change she likes pick, pull—it, He—say—'I—want—weah— dling woman that has spread through a they should not go out by themselves 1o begin an interview according to ap- your plain, wholesome meats.” Melican—dless.’ ”* household? when they have reason—shopping, for in- “1'6 piaces or amusement " ry ur ess you sult each other. Don't come « Do to me for a divorce. proved methods, and I didn't do it, she Our plain, wholesome meats were men- She plucked at her own blue blouse to Her authority lies in the curve of a lip, stance.” “Not whe'n they are very you