Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-30
THEINsIDE or sI4AsE.



Alfs. r.nbiloss ems. who Vas gosesmess
Of the y0ung Princes ofs SIAM published
a sketch OF the Prime Minister of that
country IL f0IlOws lie Was the actual
ruler OF that selni~harbarOus realm and
the prime coniriser of ifs arbitrary polir
cs. Black. buG conielY. robust and Wig
orolis. neck short and thick moss large
and nostrils wide, cses inqaliSitiNc AMI
p.neiruting; his was tlifs naSsisr brain
proper to iii intellect deliberate and syS-
iesnntic Well founded In the hest
idioms of his native tongue. lle expressed
strong and discriminatihc thought in
words atoIl@s aecuratr and abundant.
His only vanity was his English. She
also sketches his harena.
'sWe discover in the ccnter Of the hall
Il long limo Of girls with skins of olive,
creatures who in years and physical
proportion are yet children. some twcn-
IL in number, with transparent draper
les with golden girdles, their arms and
bosoms wholly. nude aud covered with
barbaric ornaments iof gold. Their on
ly garments the lower skirt. floating in
light folds about their limbs. il one Of
very costly material bordcrcd heavy
with gold TIN the end Of their fingers
they wear long nails of gold, tapering
sharply likelclaws of d bird She de-
scribes d dance in this hareIn while the
Prime Minister sits stony and grim. his
huge hands resting on his knees in sta
tuesque rcpose. His department to his
female slaves was studiously ungracious
and mean.
I'm the midst Of Bangkok is i sort of
sanctuary for criminals, where lurk fugi-
tiyes ofgevery class Women in disguise
AZ men, men i'm the attire of women,
hiding phases of every yilcness and
crime of every enormity. 1T once The
most disgusting, the most appalling and
the most unnatural the heart of man
has conceived. Most Of the Women who
died In 1868, were Of gentle blood, the
fairest Of the daughters Of the Siamcsc
mobiles and Princes of the adjacent tri-
buiary States; the Queen consort was his
own half-sister Beside ni:nly choice
Chinese and Indian girls purchased am
nuallv Or tho royal lsalenn bv 8genfs
hpin Hancock and Behga, ellor1nnns
sums were offered YEAR after year Mt
Bangkok and Singapore for m English
woman of beauty and good pafenlage
% crown the sensual collection. French
women offered lenselyesfoftls tlseliaTesn,
but tile King would not saeeept tllpRs
Although religious ceremonies were
hhlsl it this court Mrs. Ieniiowelis SAYS:
The King of Siam was more sSste-
matically educated, and Il more cal1a-
cious degourar of books and news than.
perhaps any man of equal rank In liis
time. In inbnrn integrity and stcadfast
principle he las no faith whatever. He
sincerely believed that every man stroyo
to compass his own ends, and when
sometimes / ventllred to disabuse his
mind of his daring scorn for motive and
responsibility had the inortiiication to
discover that ] hal but helped him toan
argument agaillst myself. It was simply
my pecslniary irlternst toslo So Money,
money, money. That could procure
anything. The love Of children was the
constant and hearty virtue Of this despot.,
They appealed to him by their beauty
and their trustftalness. They refreshed
him with bold innocence of their ways.
At q o'clock he retired 10 his private
apartments, whence issued Immediately
pecltli;u domestic bullctins, in which
wer named women whose presence be
particularly desired iii addition 20 those
whose turn it was 10 wait that night.
His spies penetrate into every family of
wealth and influence. Every citizen
suspects and fears always his neighbor.
sometimes bis wife. " Cincinnati EN-
qstircr.