The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-11-06

"friend" Siam into giving up very large poi
ton Of her northeastern territory ana mas pee
watching for more than half century lol a
ripe opportunity to turn the entire Klnsuonl .a,o
a French dependency; and England. on the sou.n'
ia Guarding her Malayan peninsula with more
and more skill and care, hoping Tor her cnaee w
squeeze her neighbor into hole ana 'nen ~
extricate her at the price OF some OF .he au.aoes
land belonging to the lord OF the whl.e e'epnan
America alone of the three most influential ma
tons in southern Asia has never sought for con-
nuest Of land or for official emolument Tor 1avors
past present or future. Her stars anu o'iipee
for the last three-quarters OF century naye
floated from the masthead OF the American eon
sulate undisturbed amid all the vexatous lfVaf
ries for political and territorial gain wnlcn nave
obstinately come to the surface with great regu
laritv-some of which have been referred TO
Uncle Sans resident deputy for settlement
So 1t would seem that If the king OF SIAM
were to marry an American he would be but FOL
lowing his political and social predictions and
would be endeavoring to bind still closer the
bonds of friendship and real brotherly aHectlon
that have held through the reigns OF his two I'M
mediate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and ChulalongKorn'
But these is better reason than this for MS
preference. Vajiravudh Is not only very lnoe-
nendent but preeminently practical person, ana
has often openly admired the independent and
practical young American women whom ne HAS
met both in Europe and here. man OF tremen-
dous energy and vitality himself, he has 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 Samese ladies are ex-
amples of some of the most beautiful or crea-
tures They are slender and small boned; they
carry themselves with exquisite grace; their eyes
are large and luminous and are half covered with
heavy lids and long, sken lashes; their voices
are low and their hands and feet truly Andalu-
sian. They are companionable and steadfast and
make ideal wives and mothers, ana, taken col
lectively fifty or a hundred of them will combine
to nlease 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 happest queen OF the
century.
She will be the bride OF good looking young
man of thrty-three who Is graduate OF oxford
and Heidelberg, charming conversatlonanst ana
speaker of and writer In many European as
we'll as many Asiatic languages-a writer OF prose
and poetry, of fiction and philosophy good
horseman fencer to be feared, lover of sport
and ..raless worker with exquisite taste as 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
to have the making of the Ideal husband
and lover, as we'll as 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 compensatons
for even the lack Of opera In this charming east