Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-12-09

In a Pennsylvania Military Co''eas
Preparing to Take the Course at
West Point Military Academy ~
$12.5o a Month Supports Three
Wives.
Found one place on the face OF the
earth where the high-cOst-Of-liVinS
jinks has failed to cut any capers.
Down in the tropie isle of Shu,
where gaudy parakeets nag the day
long in the palmetto trees the average
citizen is still able to maintain three
or four wives without any perceptlb't
strain on the family purse, and any
man may keep safe distance ahead
of the sheriff on the exceedingly mod
est INCOME Of $3.50 a month.
This glad Intelligence has just been
brought to America by Prince Halls
Jasana, favorite nephew Of the Sultan
of Sulu and son of Halls Abubaker,
former prime minister and chief ad-
wiser to his royal highness the Sultan.
Prince Halls Jasana has enrolled
as a cadet at the Pennsylvania Mill
tary college at Chester, Pa, where he
intends to remain for three years pre-
paratOry to going to West Point. His
idea is TO absorb all Of the best
Yankee military training so that he
will be equipped to return home and
successfully tackle the arduous job OF
bOssIng the Sulu army.
For several years Jasana has been
undergoing the exhilarating and in
structive process of Americanizat'on
and for that reason he has discarded
the title "prince" and insists upon he
ing called plain Mr.. Jasana. His ar
rival at college was not accompanied
by any of the accustomed pomp and
fanfare OF the royal house OF Sulu.
Not long ago Philadelphia had an
opportunity. Of seeing his august uncle
in a moving picture travelogue. In
that picture the Sultan occupied a
throne of silk and gold and fully
score of servile lackeys were endeav-
oring to make his royal hghness as
comfortable as possible. Seven blacks
were keeping the humid Sulu atmos-
phere stirring about his majesty's per
son by means Of long. handled fans
made of ostrich plumes and others
were hurrying about preparing refresh
ments for the great dignltary.
Prince Grips Trunk Also.
But Prince Jasana came to =. NJ. &.
much after the manner of any other
plain American youth-in an over
worked taxi of mud encrusted wheels
and faded varnish.. And when he
aIighted at the college steps the erst-
while prince gave the driver hand
at the steamer trunk perched on tie
front seat. But when he rendered the
taxi man a bill and murmured Keep
the change" In almost perfect English
the driver beained with surprise and
content. The bill was not small
one.
The prince was attired in a well
fitting suit of light gray and wore a
becoming tie and soft brown hat,
which harmonized with the olive
brown of his skin and the darker
brown of his intelligent eyes. IN the
veins of this supple young Sulu runs
the blood OF noble ancestors extending
back more than 500 years.
His eyes glow with pride when he
speaks OF the traditions Of Ms race,
hui he is n model of drunkenness in his
eagerness to grasp the very essence Of
American democracy. His father Is
very rich and HIS uncle the Sultan,
many times millionaire. The latter
in addition to presiding over the king.
dom Of Sulu under American super
vision owns half of II romantic island
of BOrneo and draws huge revenues
from his estates and plantations there.
Though for centuries Ii has been the
custom Of his race to take more than
one wife and maintain harems. Jasa-
ma has been converted to the one wife
idea and other commendable institu-
tiOns Of modern civilization with which
he became acquainted while attending
the American college at Manila.
1.-THE high cost Of living" said
Jasana, "has never once nibbled at
Sulu. Food is plentiful there and
cheap. The same applies to clothing
and other necessities of life. A man
may live royalty and support family
on $3.50 month In Sulu. That sum
will provide him with good home.
food and clothing and enable him to
support two or three wives comfort
ably or course, not much clothing
is required In Sulu-that Is one reason
why wives can be supported so cheap
ly. Eighteen dollar shoes are also
things unknown in Sulu. for which all
Sulu husbands are very thankful.
"A man in Sulu may have az many
wives as he can support. My uncle,
the Sultan, has FIVE at present. He
could have as many as he desires. but
of late he has seemed quite satisfied
to let the number rest at five."
Praises U. s. Work In SuIu.
The young prince paid high praise
10 the American administration In
Sulu.
"Naturally," he said. sit came as a
great shock to our traditions and our
mode of living when we were Obliged
to pull down our national flag of five
stars and bow to the will of the
United States. The coming Of the
Yankees swept away our Institutions
OF slavery, upon which our empire
was founded.
"Over night thousands and thou
sands of men and women became free,
and there was inaugurated new
economic System which shook the very
bulwarks Of the nation. My fathers
hundrpda nf sIavns xuara immpdinfnlu