Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1900 — Progresive Orientals. [ARTICLE]

Progresive Orientals.

The orientals of the diplomatic corps are much more progressive than the Europeans In adopting American customs. The Chinese minister was the first among his colleagues to acquire the bicycle habit, the first to own an automobile, and his enterprise Is shared by Turkey’s representative, who is quick to take up the fads of the day and ably conducts an a'utomoblle over the fashionable drives of an afternoon.