NOT AN EARLY RISER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10, 12 September 1913, Page 4

NOT AN EARLY RISER.

The diary of Li Hung Chang is still ending its way into print in instalments. In a note just published, the impression is conveyed that he did not favor early rising, and while in the Russian capital some years ago he ap- ( pears to have jotted down his views "1 have learned that we start early, to-morrow morning," he wrote. "Tins is i.o:. as 1 like it. I would much prefer to begin the journey now and sleep on the train. To arise so early in the morning seems to be foolish Western practice, foolish especially among men of State, who could so much better transact their affairs at night, when all is quiet and the mind is most alert." Li Hung mentioned I that the statesmen of Europe seemed to "look for their pleasure at night, going to banquets, theatres and fancy parties." "To this," ho says, "I attribute much of the intrigue known to all these Courts. Women cannot enter the council chambers nor miiKt speeches in Parliament, but tho\ work their wiles at the parties am operas." Which latter remark indi cates the Eastern statesman hat learned some things by contact witl the West.