Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-11-07

aeriondo Siam into giving up very large por-
ton of her northeastern territory ana mas peon
watching for more than a hall century ~
ripe opportunity to turn the entire Kingdom in.o
a French dependency; and England, on the soutn'
ia guarding her Malayan peninsula Win inolo
and more skill and care, hoping Tor ner cnanoe ~
squeeze her neighbor into a mole anu enen ~
extricate her at the price Of some OF the auJaoen
land belonging to the lord OF the wnlte elephan.
America alone of the three most lnluen.iai Ia
+ions in southern Asia has never sought TOT coh-
quest of land or for official emolument lor laws
mast present or future. Her Stars anu 0liipoo
for the last threequarters or century n"No
Aoated from the masthead of the American con
sulate undisturbed amid al the vexatous IlVaf
rios for noltical and territorial gain which nave
ohstinately come to the surface with great resu
laritv-some of which have been relerreu y
Uncle Sans resident deputy for settlement
So it would seem that II the KING VI siam
were to marry an American he would be out Iol
Loving his political and social predictions ana
would he endeavorng to bind still closer the
bonds of friendship and real Drotnery aAect.on
that have held through the relgns OF MS TWO III
mediate ACKNOWLEDGMENT and ChulalongKorn'
But there is a better reason than this LOT MS
preference Vajiravudh is not only very lnoe-
nendent but pre-eminently practical person, ana
has often openly admired the Independent ana
practical young American women Wnom ne nas
met both in Europe and here A man OF ueinen
dous energy and vitality himself ne mas natural-
women whom he has admired enough to make
his companions and has found them In the
women of America in more pronounced degree
than in the women of any other country In the
world Among his own Siamese ladies are ex-
amples of some Of the most beautiful OF crea-
lures They slender and small Doneo; 1ney
carry themselves with exquisite grace; their eyes
are large and luminous and are half covered Win
heavy lids and long, silken lashes; their voices
are low and their hands and feet truly Andaiu-
sian They are companionable and steadfast and
make ideal wives and mothers and, taken COZ
lectively fifty or a hundred of them will combine
to please almost any husband-preferably syba-
rite. But the present ruler of their kingdom is
looking for wife and not harem, and unless
he changes from the manner of man he has
shown himself to be in other matters pertaining
to himself and to his rule he will select and OBJ
tain the girl of his choice and will make her the
most envied bride and the happiest queen OF the
century.
She will be the bride OF good looking young
man of thirty-three, who is a graduate of Oxford
and Heidelberg a charming conversationalist and
a speaker of and writer in many European as
we'll as many Asiatic languages writer OF prose
and poetry, of fiction and philosophy good
horseman fencer to be feared, lover OF sport
and tireless worker with exquisite taste to
externals as we'll as in matters pertaining to the
mind Generous and loving by nature and with
an unlimited pocketbook to satisfy the desires
of himself and his beloved, King Vajiravudh
seems to have the making of the ideal husband
and lover as well as an energetic and wise ruler
of his kingdom.
Geographically Bangkok is usually considered
as far removed from Broadway as is Mars from
the Metropolitan, but there are compensations
for even the lack of opera in this charming east