One Thousand Scrolls Sent to Yunnan Funeral Frost Our Own Conmesroxsext Yunnanfu, Sept, 29.
Esriy this month Miss' Lung, only] surviving sister of Gov. Lung of this Province, died here, the efforts of the physicians at the mission hos~ pital being unavailing. She was but '46 years of age and a most interest-jing personality. In many ways she /was the Governor's "right hand man," ably representing him in this part of the province. With great power in her hands she used it justly and ably. One is reminded of the Empress Dowager, though Miss Lung way less gifted at intrigue. Her will discloses that she has given $20,000 (Shanghai) for the establishment of a school for iris here.
Her autobiography stages that she never married, first, because she needed to care for her old mother, Jand, second, as she had to assist her brother in the affairs of State. She had good training as a girl, partly fin the mission school, and partly. in [the Chaotung Normal School, "and there evinced the keen mind which ]was developed later by her share in the political affairs of this Province.
It ig interesting that quite a number of Nosu girls of the present day fare endeavouring to follow her example and remain unmarried, Cer-{tainly the hope of the Province is in leading men' and women such as [Governor Lung and his sister, able representatives. of the numerous tribes forming about halt of the population.
The funeral of Miss Lung will not] Joccur for several days, but yesterday {the remains were carried to her sum-Jmer home, eight miles distant. Such display likely has never been seen fin these parts. AN schools, soldiers fand guilds, took part in the process sion, and about one thousand scrolls [were seen, Nanking and other places being representa. One of these stated that Miss Lung had been reading Pilgrim's Progress just before she died, and that her departed mother Jeame to meet her on such a journey, fand thus she had not really died all! In connection with these reprepar-Hons, a mew Stinson aeroplane came {from Yunnanfu several times, but the Governor, though announced, did
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