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Show WOULD WED KOREA'S KING. Many Girls Write Asking- Emperor to Marry Them. Tho -Emperor of Korea, though practically practi-cally deposed by tho protectorate Japan has established, has other troubles. Somo tlmo ago tho newspapers of Europe Eu-rope and America published many storleo to tho effect that he had married an American girl, Emily Brown by name, and that she was tho ruling spirit at tho court of tho Hermit kingdom. For a time only a few letters' from other women, both American and forolfjn, were received asking ask-ing for similar favors from the Emperor and his courtlors, but since tho Russo-Japancso Russo-Japancso war has called attention to Korea, tho Government lias been so flooded with appeals from women who fcol an overweening desire to emlgrato to tho Far East and become tho wives of bo-rpbed bo-rpbed nobles of tho Korean court that the formation of a marriago bureau seems Imminent Tho fact that tho Emperor already has flomewhero between ten and ICO wives deters de-ters tho applicants for wifehood not at nil. From their letters, they accm to feci that what would bo entirely disgraceful ' In the countries of their birth would become be-come tho .proper thing here. Photographs, too, have been received by hundreds. Most of them aro of women who aro pretty, and the letters accompanying accom-panying them lay great stress on this fact. That tho Korean standard of beauty differs materially from that of Western nations is another thing. which tho fair applicants overlook. As a matter of fact, tho. Emperor ncvor married an American and of courso never will. The story of his marriage started in Appleton, Wis., from tho fact that a missionary riOmed , Brown, who hailed from that placo, came here with a daughter daugh-ter namod Emily. That is all the basis there la to tho story, but that was enough to start tho talc. Minister Allen, who, as won as tho Government, has received manv letters .from American girls on tho subject, has become so tired of it that ho haa had a printed form published and sends ono in reply to every applicant who la thoughtful thought-ful enough to Inclose stamps. This form states simply that there Is no room in Korea for foreign queens, wIvcb, nurses, governesses. or companion. Seoul Cablegram to Chicago Intor Ocean. |