A CHINESE LADY-KILLER.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3763, 7 August 1883, Page 4

A CHINESE LAD Y- KILLER.

gossip of Washington points to the tippvoiieliiny departure of the " i'lower of all China, '■' the young Chin Chi Yung, for Europe on a diplomatic mission to the Court of fit. James, the Celestial Government being just now occupied with the comparative diplomacy of the different countries of the world, by all of Avhich China expects ere long to ho proclaimed .sovereign lord and master. "Mr Chin," for .so the young hero is called by the Indies of Washington, is described us a lady-killer of the first water. "One of the greatest masters of ilirtatioii I have over mot with !" exclaimed v young lady by whose side ho had seated himself at one of the balls at the White House. Mr Chin's complaint that it was the thickness of his soles alone which, compelled him to inaction while the rest of the company whisked around the room was capped with the observation, " but it is not only the soles of my feet that are tixed ; it is the soul of my body that is chained to your side." This speech displays not only his gallantry but his knowledge of English, which lie has acquired mostly from the fast young men of New York. "Mr Chin," unlike his countrymen in general, refuses to don the European costume, but wears the "full Chinese" in all its glory. lie wears garments of blue and yellow satin gorgeous to behold. He weal's the junk shoes of black satin with f-oles of white felt ■> inches thick", and invariably folds his hands beneath his loose hanging sleeves (always lined with bright coloured satin) whenever ho talks to the ladies. Mr Chin has the brightest and most intelligent countenance it is possible to see. His eyes are black, and, although alaiond shaped, very bright and sparkling, and when lie smiles he displays a set of toefh which put those of the American beauties to shame, and they frequently suggest the idea of bringing over a Chinese dentist to repair the damage caused in their own rulvlicrti by the climate, according to their own account, but ascribed unjustly to the exaggerated consumption of the sweets and ueids in which they indulge. Tho ambassador, Mr Chin's uncle, is a fat, easy-going Chinaman, seemingly iudirceront to all that is going on around him, and yot never losing a single item of the proceedings. His nephew is called upon to interpret the pretty sayings of the ladies, and it is quite delightful to behold the mighty Chang Tsao Jti, reported as grave as a patriarch at the Council .Board, shake his fat sides with laughter at the little coaxing speeches tmd cunning compliments, addressed to him, which he knows xery well are put out to interest, as it were, and expected to bring in big profits in the way of ivory fans and jewelled hairpins or cedar-wood boxes.