| Show MINISTER TO CHINA charles R crane educated without aid of f college has visited nearly evry every country on tho the globe and Is s master of several languages well acquainted quain ted with orient chicago charlos charles it II crano crane newly appointed minister from tho the states to china Is a aar 0 type of citi ben in that lio lie was born to wealth and yet may bo be classed in tho the roll of solf self made men ile he waa reared wath tho the idea that a college education Is not essential to the life success of a man who has a brain of ills his own and uses it ills his schooling ended when lie he had done with the public school what ho has gathered ot of learning since then has baa been from books beolia and from the world and its people na as they have appeared appealed to him in extensive travel richard T crane sr father of f charles it II crane la Is vigorously vigorous lk opposed to modern methods of education as carried on oil in tho the groat great universities and many of the public schools ile iio does not believe these institutions fit a man properly for the battle of life and says they are too theoretical and not sufficiently practical lie ile went so far as to declare it would bo be ti a good thing for one of tho the states if its state university buildings were blown up whether charles it II crane shared tho educational views of his father it Is a fact that instead of spending tour four years in college and winning a degree he jumped at once from ills bis boyhood schooling into the workshop and started the business career which ai it has haa mado made him a man of practical mind mina and alert powers howera of observation when the opportunity came tie ho inaugurated augu rated a pr program of travel which gent him to many of tho the out or of tylo the way places of the world and gave him film an intimate knowledge of affairs possessed by few men even in these days of globe trotting mr ir crane has set foot in nearly nearl I 1 y every country on the globe has penetrated to out of the way nooks and corners has occasionally fitted out caravans of his own to explore unfrequented lands and la Is as much a nt t home in russia or china as aa lie he Is on his homo home street in chicago ile iio la Is rt it linguist of considerable attainments la Is a connoisseur in paintings a collector of old and rare books and what Is more a render reader of the same ile he la is piort prominent anent as a civic enthusiast and for years has been a powerful factor in movements for the advancement of 0 f chicago commercially physically and morally during his travels mr crane spent much simein china ills his business interests taking him into every province lie he came into close contact with all classes of mongolians Mongo lians in his home Is a largo collection of curios of hla his many visits to china in all his knocking about alio globe mr air crano crane was absorbing languages langu agea in his ble library in hla michigan avenue home hoine are books written in a dozen different languages they aro are not sorted according to catalogues cataloguer catal as A lessi less scholarly schol aily owner would sort them but instead are grouped under subject heads friends of mr air urano crane say that when ho he wants to look up tip a reference on a topic he goes to his shelves and takes down books in several different languages and reads thern them without the aid of a lexicon ile ho is said to read 12 languages and to with ease and fluency six or eight five years ago mr air crane added of ills his personal for fortune time to the young empress fund for russian Ilus soldiers and sal sailors lori this gift wan wag made through count chancellor of 0 the empire and for it the donor was tho the of grateful thanks from the empress long and close contact with official and civilian life of russia lias has given him a friendly feeling toward that nation but at tho the sanio same time he has a warm spot in ills his heart for china and the chinese the feeling is said to bo be reciprocated tho the chinese have been drawn to other nieu members iber of the family professor williams uncle of mr lr crane was professor of chinese at yale and lie he Is the author of a book on china mrs crane was miss cornelia W smith whose girlhood home was ilat paterson N J where she became tho the bride of mr crane 28 years ago like her husband her interests are in the moro more substantial things of life her name doos does not appear in tho the membership lists of tiny any chicago club tho the family has a beautiful summer hovie homo at lake geneva ala and another at woods hole mass mais |
