New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
WHAT THE sIAMEsE SAW AND DID.
VISITING rnE NORMAL coLLEGE-A flRE DEFIANT
MINT rxHIBITION.

VISITING THt NORMAL Colbtuh ''''"
MINT rxmBiTIoN.
r,e,oo, hundred school girls sat in the Normal
College Chapel Wednesday morning "" ciock anu
a ooO eves were fastened on n group oi s"aIthy
Orirntas dressed IN London maze ciY,hc g.. fro,g
Looked disappointed a. they beleld the lar nVni
Hellenic features aud the not particularly WSli-
lifting black coats and striped trousers uut lght
,ned "a ith interest when they had travelled down
to tbe dnintv little feet encascd in tho nattest OF
patent leather shoes of the to0tr plck ordtI' ne
OrentalS who all held shiny SILK hats IN th'lr
hands were members of the Slamese Embassy,
Prince Mare half brother of the King OF SiaI
wore a scarf pm formed of q diamond studded
miniature which distinguished him from Prince
Sonapandit. whose scarf pm was i"imeu ol uia
monds only. Major S'naugh, the secretary, VINO
speaks English with q strong oxford accent, ac-
uuirci during his term OF residence IN thdl veneer
aLle University made MP what be lacked IN dla-
uonds hy the hri!lan,y Of ms check trousers. The
native clerk. luan, NihciOrce Nyke, the Eng,ish
secretary. Dr. Chandler the missionary VT
LOTUS an English atttchr, and Consul ). j. Smlth
made up the rest of the party. PRESIDENT liunlti'
no q neat little speech. introduced HIS Royal ilgh.
gigglcd as his many titles were improssNcly de.
lNcrcd by the president, who ait.rWaid r'l'ri'd
To- letter Doc had read to The pupils IN 80; lhlS
lrttcr Was received from "a Mr.. Mel arland who was
the head of the school system of sam, and VINO had
borrowed his methods from the Normal (oIcge
Dr. chandler than spoke for the Prince. WHO alter
giving ana apprchcnslvc glance ai ilr ''V"" rEttS
made mp ms mind that hc had nothing 10 say ne
doctor said that hen hc hr't went 10 Sl'in 'Il'
was not % woman iu the kingdom VINO como lcau
or vr.fr Now every member of the Royal House
hold could do both though not as well, perhaps as
thc Normal College girl. Al TINS the 'JVV mouths
smiled and looked pleased. Inc girls thth went
through various exercises in singing and ne
signal from the pianist, VINO slt below me pat
form filed ont two 10y two 70 another hall where
they went through snndry graccinI callslIrhlc eA-
crcisrs Tine children were also inspected III the
training department and went through thcir cA-
iii, Embassy then drove to Theodore A. Have
mcvcr's house where they lunched Ait"rWaId
they accompanied Mr. Iiavcmrycr 10 ms sugar re-
. lt4f ftft 4 4
rlot.d ,y Commissioners Van Cot and IuToy 70
Engine House No. 30. IN Great JoneS-st Here the
drove to liook and Ladder House No; j. ON East
Thirteenth-st. where an exhibition Of the fOmper
apparatus was given hy fucmcn BlnnS 6i&ham
and Barrett, who climbed mp the side 81 house,
aud slid down with startling CELEBRITY. Finally the
Prince and his companions were taken To
FirLtceuth- \ and Fourth-avc.. where an alarm was
rnc brugugup EngncS II, rs and . and Hook
and Ladder Trucks , aud :. Water was ,qniItcd
over a p1cat portion of Union square, ana the
plentiful drcnchng OF a score on small boys Dious"
The first smile to the face of HIS Royal iilghnesS'
Prince Mare. H
Yesterday morning the Embassy, though tired
with the previous days cXertlons, accompanied
Commissioners Hess Porter and brennan to Nards
and BlaciNyelI- Islands. AT two o'clock lunch
was given at the Penentlary to the VISITORS ana
they attcTward listened TO concert by military
band. The inmates of the Lunatic Asylum list
eucd TO il also
fatigue drill and parade Of the 9TH Regiment and
the presence of the Sidmcsc Embassy, would DIS
tIngul>h the AmOry at NlAiy-SeNenth-st Iast even
inc drew "a large company to the armOrN. The
Ambassadors were dressed IN the ordinary Amerl-
can street costume. The company tactics and
formation into line greatly interested the lntcll
gent Siamcsc and their queries showed their appre-
cation of the only American regiment they had yet
SEEM and their admiration of the perfection OF
drill The visitors were taken through the
Arnorv Offices company rooms, library, reception
room gymuasiuul cOmuisSuy and down into the
vaults The formal reception by Colonel Clark
and Lieutenant Colonel Smith was brief, though
Hearty. and as soon as the inspection of the build
ing VA, over the Embassy went To their hotel
Alter the drill the regiment marched to Twenty
sccoud-st. and return.