, 1873-11-15
THE PLATFORM.
Mrs. Leonowens' Lecture on
Islam, Its Court and
Customs"
A Nluch-N1arricd King---The Form
Of Observation-Disclosures
Of Bangkok.
The Paradise Of Woman-suffragists,"A
City Inhabited, Governed, and
Guarded by Women


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
~ sers insofes''aB nno lnstfuct,9o lecture "aB
ao4iVefco lnat evening IN tho Iey. Mr. Wontts
Church, at tho cornpr OF prnirio nYenl1o md
snhloct ho;ro a;,n, IT, ro,,rt o,,1 1.uata,-'. ),
na'S .s a"1'.'' '.e eoa1t a''u S.'su'ue
iho lectufor posah oS stating tint the latc
King OF sian1 sent to Col Kavanangh, then
Governor Of Singapore, for m English lady to
n,-;n, -. ,au w.. oo ,''os1 - u o.. @na'
o"ns ~ not Aho"loiso u tno osiul'al '.,. 1al-
gnages, ello "as tfaeht'onod as tho i'ttest ior
tho position. At first it WIS with
n rnf @ has s so % e to fd etora IN
Undertaking tho work with glow Of enthusiasm
The late Hing was emtnonsIy proficient IN tho
Oriental tongues. and showed toward priests,
ac;oncoa nm an1,ohtanol o,crn1nr n, to,crnnco
4Itoneo "u oNo''A' - 'o'''""eo'
~ ""o nAo".ao nio an'oil.on W laee !oi A't w.
compltshcd English Hcholnr, and, to this ontl no
Office, which ho was Mt no loss to
4eon In conr r. mov bavo ham t1o
s..,.t.,x< 49,. .. -, A.. ;,~" 49,
printing olaco WHICH s"hBeb.ca 'no ,uoa III sn
English goyorncaa for tiB eighty children. In
April, 1862, Mrs. LeouowcnB opened her school
in tho heart OF d city into Which no foreigner
nd o,..r h,for, ro,,ot,o,o. a. +bo ,,fo x;3l;r
aN t,''- 49, .,s, ,t,so,.. ,,..,,..;...
thla strange 1'laeo bio "hH ollt'fe!y "nncl"alht-
cd, but gradually all tho din life OF tho place
uame to hcr ken until, by force Of mupl contact,
fin who]o stnotl ou. c1ear md tr,,o. in NIL its
oa1 u;.r;n,,,,oo a, 1;ort s,d oh,ao sn1, ia
D", ",,-, r. .s ~ ,ns.: .n,'" ,-:,s.1a."s
cal'eo ny lts PeoIio Au"ns :! !na'--dae h!nsao"
rived from Malay word, Sayam, or tic
"nrown rncon and Ia uoyor used bv
a.. .,sI:.... .,'o,sI.,. =. .,.. .,.-.
'no iia1'ea .nolt,7oi'on, "u' ~. 'ho coun1,y
over 30 named IN tho ancient or modern annas'
long to TINT poworful 1udo-Europoan raco to
,sa,, 1,,.r,,,o n,ro. T.. ,:,,..ia,, tr,,or tr,oo
"AsA iA1po o"oa 4'a :. 1ss't
.helr gohea1ogS oach 70 tho 'ifss asc'plos o' 'ne
Duddha, and commence tllcir records tiyo CEN
Tho Government of Siam consists of House
IF ,,rdu ~ gov,o,,o1, a,,a aocrst oo,,,ci1 ~
y. 1 ~ .o.n, ".>t =: t''Ia,
III .o 1ons ~ su
hold ut midnight, WHOM tho doors Of tho palace
aro closed and Guarded. and at those sessions
ti,o .naat ,xo;,.I'.~ and ;r,rortsu, o5ro;ra ~
60. :r, ~ sun,
promo King is composed Of two distinct and
entirely independent organizations, tho one of
women. tle otber of men. Tin 1ntter consiYta
~ nrxt t1a T;no m i,s au,raroo ,oo1 lin
W ".a'' 'Ae 4.'us ~ '"r-Ao aao ~
mighty secret council. aud, bosidos, 3oo mobiles
with 400 pagos in waiting, comprising lctors,
mace. fun, cup, aud umbreila-bosrers In addi-
ton to this tlloro is private body-guard Of loo
Japanese soldiers, dressed in au ititlescribaby
fritghtf,,l manner, their bodies being covered
with painted asrmor, thor faces hidden by
grotcsque Masks while on their foct arc
Kind ot bronze nhoc made to reprosont tho
hinge claws of tiger. Tho rulo OF tho
King il absolute, though tempored by Law aud
custom, but every subject haB right Of conf
plaint to tho King, in PERSON, against any oiil-
cial. The person OF tho King iB sacred aud
oven tho highest OF his subjects approach him
in tho most abiect posture, crawling upon all
fo1lrs. No person Gun stand erect iii his PRES
ence, or pass over Ills head, rulo which cauHca
sianleso royulty to inhabit tho upper stories Of
his palace. In order tint Ao may
not, pass undor anything which human
feet have trod, all the bridges aro constructed
with draws. The hcad is hold particularly
saered in siam, and tho hair Of II royal pupil
whose head Mrs. LcouowenH Ind approylugy
pattcd, WAS immediately after shaved on. Mra.
Loouowons experienced some difficulty ut hor
first interview with tho King on account Of hor
objocilng to enter tho royal presence in tue ab-
jcct attitude already described. At Inst coul-