Show 0 t I IC I I A C r r t 1 7 Ji Jil t 1 j jr I ra vr I WV Vr b I rk r J 41 i S I j SS J h Iz i j c j J 1 t I b bi bL i L rJ t 4 4 I I i fJ 4 if r q J j n r c f The rhe Queen Alighting 1 I From Her lieI Carriage i L c 2 OR several ear It ft hns has been an on announced F Fon periodically that the king j hig of or Slum Slam wan wn about ab to 10 visit vl 11 America The lust last Intimation of oC this sort orL that seemed to 10 he e a II cel certainty was Just previous to 10 the opening of oC the St Louis Loul Lou rail fair but the song long looked for or Asiatic potentate did not lIot Ills his appearance This season Renson therO therl line lias been beena a SI vIgorous revival oC or the tho matter matler and und the report that MB hll Siamese e majesty was us II to visit the western world has luts been bee II made exceedingly exceeding plausible l llY by y the fact that ho he ho hilt has actually reached Europe where here ho he Is now malting n Cl round of ot o loyal 1 visits vl That this picturesque e rn decidedly progressive oriental has hl long hud had a de dc to set se fooL loot on wi the western west rn conti and has bus been on tim the point several times limes of oC yielding to It Is undoubtedly the truth American residents In Sinus have hao la confirmed the statement and have hll been convinced that It was only a Cl HUBS lion of o times anil Ihrl opportunity DeCore leaving enIng Bangkok on his pi went tour the king kins assured his two American ad arl advisers Edward Henry Strobel formerly professor of oC International law at find Professor J L Vesten of ot the same university that thal ho he cross cros the Hie Atlantic Jf If J he Ide could manage It In lii any an possible way Vay Ha llo has arranged lo to complete Ills hla lil outing Jilting In seven months from froni the day clay of o leaving Slam and end as ns the thu matter 11 now stands s It probable that filet If It 1 Europe should choul l not noL prove too alluring his majesty may ma return by b the he western route A Business Matter Mattor It Jl Is not nol the kings s first visit to 10 Ku Eu u roPe ropo When he was vas a much younger nan man during the tho early part dart of or his Idis reign he explored explore Paris Puls and ando other her continental capitals That former orner visit was IOS In inspired by curiosity and the determination lion tion of a an SO unusually bright young ori oriental on to 0 see f ee for Cor how the occidental dental world lived moved and had Its being fh raison ralson detre of oC his present resent journey Is of quite another nature lie ile e has business s with both France and England l bu of at a n very cry serious and important character French and Brit ish lh expansion eq lon In AM A Asia la a and the Impending possibility of or being absorbed Into either cither one or the other of ot the tho constantly ad advancing advancing Unit are creeping In lii Inno no Co surely and 1110 no so rapidly lalI II lire dire at III the thu bot hot bottom bottom tom tOni of ot the king of or Slams Slains extended visit to lo each euch oC ot those counts lew Ho He und his Ills clear cleat wiLted American an advisers realize reaUze the Importance of oC Immediate at attention i t to this matter und Imd the tue mission of the little II oriental rider siller Is lets less social I than political al alA A Liberal Monarch Is 13 the most liberal monarch of ot Asia Aia and ond he Is also the most up liP to date dute with ii Ij for modern ways hid imd l n that Is If really very eT remarkable There Is no other In the world who vho Is accustomed tomed 10 to receive more abject u homage from his hIlt subjects than Is the king iding of o Slam He lie Is Ii the tho sole loll proprietor of a arno most rno t formidable and Imposing array of or titles Among other unique things ho be Is supreme arbiter of the ebb and now flow ot of the tho titles tides brother oC cC tide thu moon half dother of the sun slIn und and ala owner of oC four 1011 end and twenty golden um urn umbrellas umbrellas brella Whenever he emerges from his palace Into hue tho ho outer world his faithful subjects pio prostrate themselves with little regard to t the condition of oe the tho highway or to lo the fact that they happen happell to have on their very vcr I best hest clothes When the they approach his I august presence even the noblest In the kingdom must advance on nil all fours Cours So rigid is the court etiquette that even een his hilt favorite wives wlas own brothers are arc arco obliged o to remain on their knees when he ht Is giving The king oe slam Slain is a n far fal bigger man mun manin in some seme ways wa s than are arc the occupants of or European thrones He ile Is Invested with powers more mor autocratic than limn those thel be belonging b longing hInging to the czar but his despotism is ill so paternal In its lis nature than It Is III not nol tempered by b fear of assassination The Siamese have not yet et adopted the tile habit hit of oe bomb throwing and amId they the do rio donot not appear to 10 have hae reached reache that stage sta a of oC enlightenment in which an all absolute ruler Is Pd believed to be a n costly nod and un nn desirable superfluity It his has never neer oc oe r l Ui ii 1 s r l I II i iR R II th I l f 1 1 1 r I i t t L t 4 I e ei eI il t M j jf f f f H ro 1 P i iP e i i j P Jt J i j t h t r rI I I td j CW t j t 2 t 1 I 1 m mv h v K j 4 rw tM j l Ii r r re PICTURESQUE RULER Is 1 Now TOURING llA liAS PROMISED TD VISiT AMERICA IF l POSSIBLE Fi i I I i iI I I y r 4 I I i ff I lb w I ii i n K wiM fT r P V VI I L ti r Crown Prince Prin of f Siam Sum I v 1 t t t 1 ji 1 t J 1 il IJ i r M fI I t J It s r 6 J i V c G 1 1 I tio i It I il 1 i W King I Kin ng k lt f i 1 t l 1 t I t I I em red to them th m that their t king Is I 1 any anything nn anything thing thin less le s them he lie claims to be even though he lie numbers the aun Iun and the moon among Ills hum near relatives A Modern Croesus Is so SC well equipped that he ho will ill have no culty cult whatever when ho lie comes to Amer America AmerI ica lia I in making makinI a IL profound Impression for Ol although the citizens ot of this great greatest est cit ot of republics do not take kindly to those who Mho claim intimate relationship with the heavenly bodies they the cannot help being Impressed by b the tho of oC a man aman whose income is up upward ward of o a 1 year ar He lie e Is re reputed reputed to 10 be the Midas lUdas among amons Asiatic Tie The gorgeous royal palace nt ot Bangkok Is a walled city within n a city Behind the line ot or warlike sen Ken sentries sentries tries that guard Its massive gates Is 15 stored treasure far In excess of ot that tho t which conic come to light at ll the sacking of thy the Chinese summer palace In 1860 This wonderful royal residence Is really a R double palace into Its interior part no male mule hus lills over ever been permitted to set et foot It Ills Is devoted devolld ex cx exclusively e elusively to about women and one man his majesty of oC Slum Slam The Siamese call all the structure Kang Sal Nal al The Tue In Inside side and It If is held so sri sacredly that It ItIs ItIs itis Is considered a breach of ot etiquette to 1 I eP mention It above a n whisper One Olle of lIr the most InO t amazing ln features of this splendid creation Is the famous submerged harem situated in the lie middle of an on artificial lake Inke It Is constructed almost entirely of or crystal er oC or various vailous hues huell the time plates plate of ot which It Is composed being blu held hold together by I an IIIi Insoluble cement the tha secret oC or which is known only to toone toone one ono family In iii the Ule kingdom The curl curi curious ous null affair is ornamented with glittering crystal cr turrets and minarets and when unoccupied it floats noat on the of oC the lake When lila his majesty deshell to rid himself of tf the ther responsibilities nt at attached to the tho business of or reigning uc cc companied by ly his favorites and those whose society he finds restful he lie through the single door which when closed makes maks the structure both air all alland and water vater tight At a It signal certain valves are or opened and the house of ot glass descends to the time bottom of the lake lokI The fhe arrangement to provide an pu ado ade adequate quate air supply KUpP is perfect find cart In the hot c climate II mate of Asia the tho con coil affords anor s a l retreat that is dell deli deliciously cool und 1111 free from the thc annoy annoyances I ances of the upper tipper world The rue port part of oC lie tho royal rO ell Into Inlo which man num may Imlay niter Inter without profane profanation tion was as built by 1 European artisans about a century ago timid and Is a u wonderful combination of Caucasian Id ideas as und barbaric barberic splendor has done dene much to lo modify the latter Kilter Since he lie began 10 to reign at tit least leat thirty rooms roana have hat been fitted up with Louis furniture Coral tore and amid decorations rime fh great room In Its which the mime J s of oC powers are received lies hah been dealt with quite recon rc In the most niost em t 7 1 I i thorough and In fashion The fur Is in colt nolle f oll Spanish with the thu Siamese Slam J coat coal of ot appear appearing uI peRI ing III on Oil every el article Another radical move MS the king has Jinn been hc ell to abolish h by h royal 1001 decree the stable of ot white whILe ele elephants Ie go So o Inseparably associated In tho the western rn mind with Wi tb everything lug Ing to Slum Sin in At A t the present t time ime t only halt hale a CI dozen huge Image ecru colored colore animals inhabit tIme the royal Io al and they the are arc arenow now 1100 seldom Sll used uel for far state ceremonials Still Dark Theologically No So 00 one seems to cm know how lion far Chul admiration for tor things we l has lins modified his hill religious views f fHe He Ite has Ims never any on disposition l tion tiomi to disavow time tile state religion which is hLa cUllous mm form farm of oC an on which an extra supply of or superstitions has been grafted The Tue Ih great palace l II Is still by b the holy 1101 rope which lute has hll been heen blessed by hI h the priests II Is il In Inconsequence consequence expected e to 10 wind off the tho fiendish host hORt whose especial object It Is Isto Isto isto to prey nn Oil royalty lO It i and Its multitudinous off It Is one of the dogmas of this strange math fath that a demon mon can be lie overcome OI ome only by h another t of increased demoniac power pOW The Thu man made de do demons demons mons nione employed tot for this laudable pur purpose pose In art aro ar hideous effigies set 1111 et lit at known to 10 be b frequented by h their of II time the Invisible world It seems Incredible that thaI the king should have faith In the ability of f these foes to do tb lI him Ii I tim bin hu 1111 in but hut when he lie goes to IO the time temple for fat public worship he lie al nI always aIwa ways wa t raises his lila high hat and makes a i I reverential leer bow an is It I his cc passes She Ilie two that guard the tue entrance Although It Is a L much man maim being hell accredited with a I Iscore score or oi snort inure of or official ml I wives and an nt Indefinite number er of or wives by courtesy courtest y the title of 1 Iii 11 vested in a single perron On the th estimable hlo Pongs According to tho the testimony of American resident In iii Slam Slain the time king Icing regards the tho harem feature of or his hi domestic life as all ti n veritable nuisance and would abolish It gladly if It he lie could summon thO Ihl courage co to take talie a stop step so 50 radical In Slam Siam It Is considered ere the tIme noblest fortune fortuno that eon con befall u a L young maiden to become all asi in inmate mate of the tho royal ro ul household hOlls hohl and the most nobles In III the kingdom om use all their influence at mit court to ob on obtain tain tu In these coveted coHe positions po for their daughters Until this custom custon can be ime unpopular there Is little opportunity to abolish It but those who know believe that l h iw Is III sin sill sincere cere In his determination to 10 put tut an end to the degrading barbarians The Tue queen of or Slam la Is the kings halt half sIster r They had 11 the thu saimie I father but hut ml t mothers mot he liens She Sli Is I declared by Ain il who have hue met her lien to 10 be he most 1 and attractive Although she In is I III in her lieI year ln nUll and Is ts the th mother of or two sous who have huse passed 11 el their she sime he still pre ore preserves serves the lime well mounded figure that the tue well veil born holl Siamese e wo womas i 0 mas In the tilt which she sIte 1118 In imi the tile seclusion of If the palace valace mid occasionally at mit native festivals she makes an nn lb exceedingly I agreeable 1 picture This rids native dress uresH s consign ot of white silk Milk kilN kuei breeches with blouse of ef the Iho same comae II material 1110 set el off 13 h u broad brol sash saMi o of mange silk She wears vears hei her hAil I short hort and 1111 1 combed straight back hucl During the kings absence from Slam of ot state me ore being conducted by bythe bythe byI the lie I prince who visited villi led America about five years ago and HO 1 0 pleased leu sell with sis us that lie he promised 1 to come again and an 1 often onon Ho lie HoIs n nIs lieIs Is a highly high cultured young educated in tim England That t he was 11 not nota 4 ti dull student in lii the tile n ot or Caucasian ways way of or doing boing was waR made evi eI evident dent dant by his hili violent attachment to Ma belie belli Oilman who Will was appearing In III the lime Casino HII iri at III u Ii London theater He HeIs HeIS I le leis Is reputed to have hae offered her hel the Ihl position 1 tion of or wife No 1 but hut Ih Ilie he lady indy In who Is now no E I Corey Cosey Core foresaw 4 difficulties In the Ihl way WI of If accepting tho fluttering proposal The Tho second s son Non ha h hI Imie I military tactIcs in the German army II Im his younger brother hsi h t 1 sOnic some time lime t In lii the She Russian nU iii ii ita m establishment l J ot 0 long bug ago 1110 the sui stil department at receive r e flom Slum Iam an nn Intimation that tutU one omme o e konI nephews expected led to 10 become u it candidate for foi 01 the tue naval Head only emy eln at tit Annapolis SILAS 3 0 O |