Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21

said. the sultan himself. She Is much
feared. and some ugly whispers are ut
tered about her past For instance Il is
said that the old sultan had an elder son
by another wife. but that she was anxious
TO have her Oldest son. the present sultan.
on the throne This WIS impossible with
out the death Of the father and the older
boy. and they both died very Suddenly. il
Is whispered. by poison
The sultanA Is a woman Of strong char
actcr. General Bates realized her strength
and did what he could TO make her our
Trend. giving her some money. well as
other presents She WINS very much pleased
with the general. and at the close of his
interview. presented him : gift IN return
1t consisted of her dead husbands purple
trousers and hts embroidered satin Jacket
which she had treasured for many wears
fHese clothes were so rotted by time that
you could stick your finger through them
the suitana was courtly with the general,
apologfzing for the poorness of her home
and telling him that now that the Amcrf-
cans were here she hoped to be able 10
build better one In which TO receive them.
put sne ADDED Although my house is
poor and broken down, it Is always at your
disposal
The Suifana and the Phsnsrrnpb
During our audience with the sultana she
asked us for some more rolls to use with
the monograph, which General Bates sent
hef at the expense of the government.
ibere was phonograph on one of the
suEooats which first came 10 tho Sulu
lsianas 1t was SHOWN to the Mor,os and
among others. to Rajah Muda. the son ~
lhe sullaha ana brother of the sultan The
,aa We were allowed to talk into it, and
tney We're so astousicd thereafter ,b.r
utey went around TO everything on tho
snip talking into ii and putting up their
ears expecting to hear It talk back ono
snn,.,a "a Lne mouth OF six-inch gun and
shouted some verses from the Koran. and
Ihen put his ear against the pun y,ai.i,,-
Ior reply Rajah Muda was asked -
sPeak message into the phonograph Ia
me batto Tantong of Bongao When tba
uI-to' week or so later. heard the sama
words from the monograph he Thought II
W. message from Ali and couId mi
understand how il came ~ 4'o'
RaJah Muda told his rnotbar 81, ,,,f.
about the wonders he had co., -, ,
thereupon asked General Bates To send ber
one OF the wonderful talking pacbincs
', |" men II came to Jolo she was very anxious
70 get II, and she wrote to Can,ain uasa
corn message in Arabic. sealing n with
i leI royal seal have a photograph Of the
Ter ana nave had the Arabic translated
II reads as follows:
My Brother, Adjutant and sac-s.-, -. a.,
governor of the Americans:
Deg 10 inform you that / should like n
Irahe a LOOK at the picture machine thai
makes noise in order to gel acoI,,i,taS
with It, If you VIII send II 10 mo 80 -
uo SO oy one of the men belonging To vour
son, the Rajah Muda. Beyond this / wish
you lNN DeSt wishes
Signed and sealed by
co SULTANA INcHY JAMII,A."
Japan Hagadorn. in response. tool she
machine over to her and showed her how, -
Work Il. he had some verses of the En-,,
ieclted INTO II, and also some Of ,bo .-ar
songs OF the Moros. Her majesty was de-
Iishteu with II. and she is now esuaciaIlv
a ttS. 10 nave more monograph cylinders
t tnet she may thus record the songs and
history of the Moro people anu
An Hour With tho S...
L was much impressed with the su1tara
during the hour or SO we spent with her
her home Is very much like that Of tho
sultan. only. If anything bit mean.r.
Inc old lady was dressed in a gown OF
prlght coiors, with a lavender shawl spread
over her shoulders and a yellow and white
handkerchief tied around her head Her.
SKIN Is light brown, her eyes black and her
leeth IKE oiled ebony. She has a straight
nose. thin lips and rather strong features
she was seated with one Ley lIn5ar r.
on divan in front of a table Covered Mir
a red flannel Blanket upon which was +,
biack betel box bound with silver From
TINS boN she now and then took a chew
Notwithstanding these little accessories
the old lady received US with dignity and
courtIy grace She asked us to be seated
ana pala compliments by wholesale. She
told captain NaZaro that she liked him ana
that she believed that his heart was as
white as his coat. She said she was Tho
friend OF the Americans and that she
thought that they would benefit the conn
Try and people Later in the day she gave
US luncheon entirely of fruits telling rs
mat We must realize that SIZE thought rnuch
of the Americans or she wouid Tof h.
treated us to this royal feast
FRANK G. CARPENTER