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ern capital. One of the most beautifully situated
cities in southern Asia. stretching down on both
sides of the Manam river, and sumptuously pro-
vided with cool gardens, broad highways and
inviting parks Buddha's city is as cosmopolitan
as a united New York, Moscow and Budapest.
On her street, and her waterways-for Bangkok
is the Venice of the east and is provided with
canals than roadways-are to be seen
Americans and Chinese, English ladies and
French cavaliers. German barons and Russian
diplomats. Malays, Abyssnans, Parthians and
Turks.
Ever since the days of King Mongkut there has
been delightful colony of European and Ameri-
society in the capital. King Chualongkorn,
with his many years spent the continent, en-
couraged the sending of some of Europe's best
diplomatic timber to his little Paris of the
South" and fostered the intercourse between his
native princesses and the foreign hostesses and
King vajravudh is stimulating in every way the
mingling of the races within his realm. There
are half dozen clubs in a radius of few miles
from the palace, all with more or less activity
of social nature, and springing from them and
from the embassies from the increasing foreign
population and the aristocracy of the native gen.
try there has arisen large cultured community
in Slams capital, community that needs lead
err And who can do these gracious honors with
more dignity than the soveregn's queen!
But there is far more than all this that the
King of Siam is looking for in the American
wife-far than even the leadership of the
most cultured set in the kingdom. Vajiravudh
has stupendOuS ideas for his country and It's peo-
pe and already tin less than two years since
he set the crown of Siam upon his head he has
had time to show of what stuff kings made.
The reported rebellion and reputed uprising of
republicanism he halted with word; the wishes
of his late father in affairs of state and religion
have been carried out: he has revised where re-
vision seemed best and has made where
the old could longer serve; he has chosen
wise counsellors and has pressed many men
into new positions; himself young, he has drawn
about him the youth of the kingdom-the new
minister at Washington, Prince Triados Prabandh.
is only thirty and. like his majesty. a graduate
and put into execution seemingly impossible i'm
provements. from the laws the statute books
to the trivialities of everyday living. Altogether
he is personality to be watched; one upon
whom already focused the eyes of both the
east and the west.
Vaiiravudh is the first Asiatic ruler to have
studied in western schools. Numberless Japan
ese and Chinese of high rank have been well
coined to the educational centers of Europe and
America but never before has a crown prince
or budding emperor been allowed to mingle with
the rough and ready westerner Vajiravudh, the
king of kings; head of the most ancient empire
of the earth he who in his supreme rulership
holds rights and privileges withholden from all
crossed swords with the daredevils at Heidelberg.
drilled as a private at Sandhurst and won his
spurs in competitive theses aga'1St the brainiest
of Britishers at Oxford.
This is the who. according TO rumor is
seeking an American wife to aid him In his rulel