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Show TiNG-FAG COMING BACK If he still retains one-half the enthusiasm en-thusiasm for which he is famous In America Dr. Wu Ting-fang will have the time of his life when he returns to Washington to enter upon his third term of service as Chinese minister to the United States. His many friends in official and In private life are already al-ready planning to give him such a welcome wel-come as has never been accorded another an-other returning diplomat. His capacity ca-pacity for enjoyment when it comes to banquets and dinner parties and his power of endurance when it cornea to pink teas will in all probability be taxed to the utmost. The more streti-ous streti-ous the program, however, the more gleeful will probably be the indefatigi-ble indefatigi-ble Wu Ting-fang. With the announcement that Dr. Wu will come to this country as representative repre-sentative of Yuan Shih Kal, president of the Chinese republic, society at the national capital has shaken off its springtime lassitude. Stories of the . i ..! A .' hi -1 i': ' k i famous Chinaman's sayings have been revived. Anecdotes concerning his eccentricities, ec-centricities, his startling originality and his sharpness of tongue are numerous. numer-ous. He is remembered a3 the man who made the interrogation point famous. He known as "the human question mark." |