The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-27
The ultanof Djoka.



Of the resident to the Kraton, or palace
city OF his majesty. we went through a
great gate hy n crowd of native soldiers
ana officials, who straightway sq1atted I'M
I'll our procession was by. We drove across
n great court Inside the walls aud finally
stopped befoN un0ther gorgeous gatewny,
the entrance To the palace grounds proper.
Here there. were officials wearing niigl
white and black slgarloaf caps not nnhke
those worn by the Porsians or Corcan gen
tlemen at home. Each cap was about
eight incnes high without visor; was
the exact shape OF n sugarloaf with the top
chopped OF, and was made of some trans
parent material which looked to me ike
paraftne wax. From the ears to the waist
the officials were perfectly bare. for Ac-
cOrding TO court etiquette no man must
wear a Jacket or anything around the
upper part Of his iAdy while in the palace
geous walstcloth belted about him falling
from his waist to his thighs and under this
a pair of tight pantaloons. Each man
had o great knife or kris with gorgeous
handle Of silver or gold in his belt. aud
the richly carved metal showed out against
the highly colored calico wnistcloth. Wa
saw thousands Of these men as we went
on, Inside the palace. They s~quatted in
salutatlon 9s We passed. and later on squat,
ted about In front of the great pavilion
where we were entertained by thu tlLA,
Tha Sultan at Home,
This pavilion had a viat roof, upheld by
many wooden pillars, beautifully carved
aud decorated with red lacquer and gold,
Tho sultan WINS sitting unon a throne with
In II MS we came nm and the crown prince
stepped down frouNa loves seat and came
out to the Dutch reside q and shook hands
with him. As the sultan saw the resident
he arose aud stepped forward, the Dutch
resident moved toward him. md the two
Of them shook hands and sat down Side by
side. We merely bowed TO his majesty,
aud were then conducted TO seats in tho
rear Of him. which gave us an excellent
view OF the court.
Inc scene -W&ES curious one. In front Of
US ana TO the leit. excluding on ana on to
the walls, was a sea Of these hult-nukcd
mobiles, each squatting on his launches,
WIN ms whlie. cap on ms hchu. 10 me
flEht, more III IIout oil me sullnh, was an
Gqu9illy large collection of women, az pare
ne4ucii' pure neckeu ana pure Hnoul'r.'I'
ana an SqualtlhR doWn on lnelr heels Each
ilau Il gay ,Sht"hg wrapped tightly ahput
nct HoSou, JUST under me arms so ihnt as
! hooked | could see only the bare shout
gerS' ,ncciS ana mead OF the women, inc et-
itrl uelhE thhl OF y seq oil mixed, 5elloW
beauties Submerged 10 the arHlplis'
A Look at the Sultan.
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'uv nu','" say N''"'n ''" '''' ol me' nv
Is a tall, hnc looling old man, now slightly
STONED. uc wore n bl,ck sururlooC can
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,.''' ''''''' H' ~"'" " "'''N |"'"''' ""'V'
blAzed with diamonds and medals, and a
got,o,rs e,r,i,,s hnlot, v,btcb yborc ont
,7' o'
sI'PP'rS "I g"iu' lie mas uue features ana
looks Ike a thoroughbred. He is said to-
b, v-cu ad,cot.d and TO l.. MAN, az
sou W.
ahiUly' JuSi b'hlhd MN STOOD "a numpet
Of female slaves, each holding a certain
thing In cng, IN, utobt ue,l n oro bod
W
q pelel DON announcer q cigar hoN ana others
articles Of the toilet. Near him sat the
crown nrtrro ,yb, ,ls, ma five sIorc,
'"" F''"''' WV "'' "'u "' ''"'''
about MN. Tue crown prince wore n
blue SILK Jacket ANA q gorgeous saroag. lie
% nuu iov.n bios' Gar I'p' g ".' had 1 g ppnS Rp -
in his holt, and as he came up to The
pavilion 4is hag'hacked, servants carried
of Kim noInr o ci Ijc is 81 - " Mi [ynlIioww
color. having very bright black eyes. Ills