Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1914 — A SHORT PROGRAM. [ARTICLE]

A SHORT PROGRAM.

Good Story Which Shows the Chinaman Is Not Humorless. The Chinaman is not wanting in a sense of humor. The Hon. Maurice Baring the author of “A Year in Russia,” relates an experience with a Chinaman, who, while the author was in Manchuria,, came from a house in the tumble-flown village at which a mid-day halt had been made, and announced that his child was ill and that he sought a doctor. Mr. Baring, who had some medical knowledge, went to the house where lay a brown and naked infant, with a very fat stomach. He made the baby put out its tongue. It wa« white. “What has he been eating?” asked Mr. Baring. • “Raw Indian corn,” replied the father. Mr. Baring prescribed cessation of diet and complete repose. The Chinaman appeared to be much satisfied, and asked Mr. Baring if he would like to hear a concert. “Very much,” was the reply. Then the Chinaman bade his visitor sit down. Presently another Chinaman came into the room, and taking a large and twisted clarion, like the wreathed horn old Triton blew, he blew on it one deafing blast, and hung it on the wall again. There was a short pause. Mr. Baring waited in expectation but the Chinaman turned to him with a smile. “The concert is now over,” he said. When the Englishmen had finished lunch, and just as they were about to resume their journey, the Chinaman in whose house Mr. Baring had been entertained again rushed, up, breathless. "In your country,” he said, “when you go to a concert do you not pay fd'r it?” The concert was paid for, says Mr. Baring.