Show eccentricities IN PALACES of siam who according to late reports has had a palace constructed ted which he can submerge in the sea at will and so live under water whenever he chooses is not the only monarch who has indulged in eccel trici tica of this sort Ili has preserved the memory of the ice palace built by the russian empress anne who punished several of her dainty courtiers by compelling them to pass the night in this great chamber of state where they were almost frozen to death CZAR PAUL ancestor of the present emperor of russia constructed a room formed entirely of huge mirrors where lie spent several hours walking to and fro in full uniform a singular taste for alie ugliest man in russia possibly he wished to get used to himself of the native princes of java cooled his palace by malting a stream fall in a cascade over the gateway and the indian despot sahib placed beside his dinner table a liec figure of a tiger devouring an english officer the roar of the beast and the sli rieks of the victim being imitated by hidden machinery |