The times., 1898-11-13

His excellency. Phya visddha suriya-
sakti, the newly accredited Siamese min
lister plenipotentiary to the United States.
is plainly not at loss for titles. In ad-
dition to the possession of number of
minor titles and decorations he is COM
mander of the Most Noble Order of the
White Elephant, and commander. also. of
the Most Honorable Order of the Crown
of SIAM AS he is the representative of
his country at the Court of St. James as
well as the United States, he will div de
his time between the two governments
with permanent headquarters in London.
He is now at the Arlington for an i'll
definite stay, and though he will go later
to Great Britain. he will return to Amer
lea from time to time as necessary for
the conduct of his Office. AS he speaks
English fuently, and is progressively
Anglo-American in ideas and dress his
presence at the National Capital will be
n desirable acquisition 10 the diplomatic
corps.
A prominent society woman, who
is popular among the foreign dignitaries
who represent their governments at the
National Capital. claims that there is no
educational system yet organized that
can produce such satisfactory results as
a war As proof of her assertion she
points to the recent Spanish-American eX-
ample that has made the dullest mind Ia
miliar with the topography of the Phil
ippines and our new possessions, whsre
before, to the average man and woman
Spain itself was hardly more than a
splash on the map.
II shall have to take Il course of ST.
amese history" she said desperately, be
fore | risk an introduction to the gen.
tleman with the unpronounceable name.
When anybody speaks OF Siam, see in
my minds eye a saffron-tinted emperor
in gold clothes, riding on white ele-
phant. with pair of vassals in the back
ground tanning him with peacock feath-
ers and with other vassals scattered mis-
cellaneously around, with their fo-eheads
touching the ground. II is very highly
colored picture, and sometimes when 1t
takes a notion TO take on microscopic
movement. l see the sacred elephant lift
his feet to make pulp of the unfortunates
kowtowiug around. 1t is Very limited
amount of information, but 1t represents
INV stock Now, il we could only have
war with Siam, it wouldn't be week be-
fore every port, city, and official IN that
queer corner in Asia-isn't it Asia =
would be household words-so, you see,
there is always silver lining even 10
war cloud"
Win the st'iN
ambassadors on visits to their respective
countries, together with the departure
of the Austro- Hungarian minister and his
lovely wife this week for Vienna, to be
followed later by the fitting of the Nene-
zuelan minister and his daughter, Miss
Andrade, for Winter visit to the min
ister's brother who is the president of
the Republic of Venezuela. the embassies
and legations are not in social evidence,
as is generally the case at this season of
the year It is generally considered that
the Russian ambassador will give num-
ber of brilliant entertainments, and that
the beautiful ballroom of the embassy
will be waxed and decorated for many
Joyous DANCE The Mexican Herald, of a
recent issue. announces that II is the in
tention of Senior Romero TO return TO his
post at Washington. if possible. before
the beginning of December.
On Tuesday. at noon Miss Amy Mahala
Fletcher, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward r. Fletcher, will be married to DR..
Thomas Pinkney Chapman. The cere-
MANY will taEe nlaoo a4 An1rnf Varuan