Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-29


New York city and presented the amor
ous proposal OF the far distant prince.
Prince Sing is at present guest at
the Hotel Alexandria. The distin-
guished visitor is maintaining gor-
geous suite of rooms, and according to
the bellboys is proving himself a
''prince" by his profuse tipping. Sew
eral young bank accounts have been
started by the employees Of the Hotel
Alexandra since his advent to the City
of Angels
Prince Sing, as he came out of the
Mission Indian grill in the Hotel Alex
andria last night, with the greatest re-
luctance discussed his visit to this city.
Speaks of Mission
my mission to Los Angeles is one of
a delicate nature" he said slowly.
However, l believe that you can do
me a great deal of good-that is, IL you
win make it clear that am in search
of another wife or more wives for
proxy.
prince Tabek detailed me to go to
New York city and propose to Adele
Ritchie, the beautiful actress But l
regret to state that 1 have failed.
should say nothing to you about my
business had / not already been told
that you westerners were so far ahead
might pay me in the end.
prince Tabek happened to see pic
ture of Adele Ritchie and Immediately
fell in love with hr. / was detailed to
propose to Miss Ritchie, because 1 am
Prince Tabek's most intimate friend,
frankly said Prince Sing.
''If go back with only one more wife
L shall be as pleased as Prince TabelS,
1 shall feel that have accomplished at
least something.
'I suppose L am qualified to an extent
in selecting a fitting companion for
Prince Tabek'' said Prince Sing, at the
same time knocking his opera hat
into shape. Il now have more wives
than Brigham Young had. My official
list is greater than Brigham Young's
list, that is to say, more than nine"
Prince Sing laughed and looked out of
the corner of his. eyes at Mrs. Katherine
brewster, who was his guest at dinner
in the Mission Indian grill. Mrs. Brew
ster sought one of the chairs in the
marble hallway and hid her features
behind one of the menu cards she was
carrying as souvenir of the dinner.
Neither Prince Tabek or myself are
seeking for women of wealth. We want
women Of refined tastes, of good educa-
ton and of some marked beauty. In
maintaining the many wives there is
of necessity a great expense, but the
families to suffer this expense"
In Case of Divorce
IF the prince desires to become
divorced from some of his wives and
the wife should not share his views
upon their domestic relations then
there would be a split, similar to the
splits in the political parties in the
United States. If on the other hand
both are willing to dissolve the part
nership everything is peaceful and the
young wife may return to her father
land, her parents or go where she
chooses at the expense of the divorced
prince"
In the coming to Los Angeles of
Prince Sing upon the mission for his
intimate friend Prince Tabek, Los An
geles girls will no doubt grasp the op-
portunity-that is, those who are
anxious for a trip from here to Singa-
pore-al expenses paid The only quail
ification being that they must look
good to Prince Sing.
Prince Sing has arranged to have his
friends prospective wives interview
him at the Hotel Alexandria on the
mazzanine floor Should the number of
applicants become so great that it will
become cumbersome to the manage
ment of the Hotel Alexandria, Prince
Sing will act upon a suggestion made
to him last night and establish an up
town making good" or "examina tion"
Office. Prince Sing will divide his time
between the two places in such an
event.
Says He Is Sincere
Mrs. Brewster of 1927 Brighton ave-
nue. of this city, who was Prince Sings
guest at dinner last night, explained
that in view of the fact that Prince
Sings mission may appear humorous
he Is nevertheless exceedingly sincere
In it.
Prince Sing, coming as he does from
far away Siam, is highly educated. The
visiting prince speaks and writes Eng
lish with the greatest ease and can con-
verse upon most any subject. During
his travels and that time of his life
which he devoted to school he has be-
come thoroughly familiarized with the
customs of the people of all nations.
In only one city in the United States
his former qualifications stood in his
way. That was in Salt Lake City.
While there he made application to
enter the temple. He was told that
only Mormons could enter there. .'Well.
my dear brother" said Prince Sing, 'I
assure you that I am as thoroughly
qualified as you in that l have more
wives than Brigham Young" But
Prince Sing was refused entrance into
the temple and it is one of the mys-
teries that has puzzled him ever since.
While at dinner last night the table
was set for three guests besides Prince
Sing. Plates and wine glasses were
placed at the two vacant places and
wine served in the glasses. From the
glasses the wine was poured into a
large decanter and kept by Prince Sing.
Prince Sing even lighted a Turkish
cigarette and then extinguished the fire
and placed the cigarette on one of the
vacant plates.
After each course Mrs. Brewster tied
red ribbon around the glass used by
Prince Sing and blue and a yellow
ribbon on those which We're placed at
the plates of the absent guests. These
were all purchased from the Alexandra
company and shipped away--one set to
New York city and the other to San
Francisco while Prince Sing retained
set for himself In addition to the
decanter OF cut glass.
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