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Show THE NEWEST CHINESE WOMAN." Imdllng quietly In 8an Tranclsco l the newest ' ( lilnese w'nmiin In the woill-H wonmn whose ijlstlnguhhed ra reer Had splmtlld Ameiican education make her aisvaneed ev u among (nu laslsn women flf hrnln nnd fit her to iKiir will' dlriiti) the inuiit Mattering title 1 t lilacse can bestow on one of hU nation na-tion thai of scholar lr innal Kin-she la n momher of til" medical profiaslini betir all tan Indications In-dications of the Ainriiraii. nuw woman In llie lest sense (If vouiso her dress Is I uron an her 1 omtaand f her lunguuge MawUss and tliffiint Furthermore to be In kiinlna with hi r pu? she shows a diildil baiting inward women dubs slid llior.l.s to tin latter lliullvlt), has taken tu the lostium and I1114 deveiopi 1 Into an cxlucntlonal IccUircr of brilliant ability The ( Ircmnsiatirt s that developed T)r iimal were picuUarl) tsvorable tn her ftdv lllcenitnt from the oonvernional eus-tnuis eus-tnuis vt the most cc nservallve race nn earth Hlu whs Ii.tii 111 the cite f S IS snath or Shanghai Mag I'd wh ti llanslalnl im ins llie 1'llv uf lb I'i in llll VVavi and there the triennial iv initiations arc In Id fo the national otlltcs Ibr findl was of tho mtndirln class sad li r futhrr King f.lng iou was u siliol.ir f ronld rable reputotlnn an 1 a t hrl linn convert Me had the dli Urn tlnn f 1 Ink unions; the rlrt t hlnoin t studv the l.nitllan King ling nll became an ( r lain I Irribct. rim mlnliter and when hu d luubtcr w n b rn ho was conduttink the null self supporting chtin h la Nine I'o So amnl Kin w is born a I hrlstlan und h r fathers Inllilen e did mill h to ship Im r rimer although he dlel when shi was but two and a half ears old King Mug Yous adviser nnd steadfast rrlind wis I)i Mel iiithv mission il) ill Inlllat and nlDsliliin and at the tlmo of his death the 1 hlnise (lerg)lnan lovingly lov-ingly consigned his duiKhtcr tn the eirs of tho doctor ond bis wife I)r McCarthy McCar-thy scon nfnr Is came lVmlgn !ccretir In the llrsl t hlnese legatlnn from Chins, tijapin and bcgiiii hi r travels When na uirs if age she was liiniiBht to Mnerl a Willi her foster father little Ya-111 Ya-111 il Kin I was nulti 11 iiirlnslty (hen sho ex-llutmd ex-llutmd In her hrlkht wa I hlneie unl espic tally ihlldrm were nro In those dive ninl the little girl clad In Iter gai native cnatumr was a nlno tlivs' wonder In Sew V.rk We 1IIU11 t Slav laliir In America but returned tn Hhanghal where Hie Kiveinnicnt appointed I)r Mel irthv tn Inveatlituie the (uses of aeveral coolies who bid been shlpwr(Cked off Ih coast of Jin 1111 Tin revival of learning was lust beginning In J an nt that time and mj foster fithcr was appointed to the chair nf scl 11 es In the ncwl) foun led unlvrrsltv or Tok)o We staved live )ears In Jipn, onl I remember many of m) fosUr fathers 1 iplls who hove since became famous men In new Japan I myself my-self studied at nunc and leirnlng was made so ensj and 1 1 iant for me there that 1 absirbed much more bonklshness than Is possessed I i mot girls of m aire In fact when I cam to America at the oe of 11 and entir 1 upon my higher education 1 was sm prised to seo how far had advanced b( c ml the American tlrls who entered cnlleco with me The Chinese girl was llrsl registered as n Htudcnt at n private bnarllnir school In New inrk and after a term trere and a vacation trio to llnnnlulu returned tn enter en-ter the Women Midlcal college of the New ork Inflrmarv (now 11 branch of 1 nrr-elt Medical si hnol) W hlle there amal Kins superior scholarship beKiin to show Itself, and afler a threes )ears tonne sho wis graduHted ttrst lit her class A competitive examination fir an Ititerneshlp In the Mount Vernon as)lum was the next hinor won by the brain) little lit-tle woman who would have begun prac-tlco prac-tlco nt onco had not rate. In the guise or a v.ell.wlshlng f sti r mother, Intirvened "My fofter mother came to see me ' she explained, 'and when I told her what I till' neleel ti to she laughed and said I) I diiir, I am afraid von are getting n little I loo striing-inlnlert1 I)r Mci'irthy was I In the diplomatic corps at Washington si I Mrs Me tarths took me back with her to I enjey the society of the capital and euro I mvsclf of what sho called my strong-l strong-l mlndednf ss |