The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-27

ana spoke 1t ftuently-sO fuentlv tb., :.
the go-between and Interpreter for SIN
ity and many of the other young Eurm
who, like herself, had married tho NM,
Slam. She was the first Of their puphd
the Siamese costume and wore II with
that the others soon followed, and ua
the queen mother was delighted ia
the foreign princesses" appear before
In the brilliant-hued dress Of her own
OF course, being foreigner and
equal In blood to her royal husband =
impossible to think that one OF her
should possibly wear the Siamese crown
the choice may be the third son Of the
Chulalongkorn and his royal spouse The
mother, who before her marriage was
Princess Sawa Pa Pongse. This third q
Nakorn Rajasrima, like his brother, til
unmarried. His younger brother, hon
married, and married to half-sister,
Of King Chulalongkorn. His issue,
would be in line for the throne.
What may work great change 10
OF the king at the present crisis Is u
the death Of the queen mother, who
November and was cremated last most
was woman of great character and h9
had weight with her son, the king
she was brilliant creature-in both
body. Long before she was chosen !
queen of her royal brother she was eager
everything that "brother" learned and
was too hard or too difficult for her
and impetuous mind.
In after life the little princes proTa
that she had promised as child. log
beautiful, she demanded and had aboa
beautiful things of life. Not only ms
colOrs and jewels for the body did she
but flowers and colors and jewels fof
Never before had the young women 9
universal an opportunity for study.
mother built school after school-senoH
princesses-overw which her own niece y
as school mother" and for the stan
Of which she searched England, Europe
lea. Not content with this she lnslla
schools for the others-glrls VINO Inv
blood In their veins, but who had p'aAs
heads-primary schools graded sei'
schools.
Long before the war she had beeope
in hospital work and had hospitals ~
Of Siam as plentifully scattered 'a'us
kingdom as had her royal huspahu
pitfalls for men. And. when Siam eh'eis
1t was the queen mother VINO s'a'e
Cross work and gathered around ie
women Of the nation. Not contem ~
pitfalls already built. she bun a@
larger and better equipped than an, y.
kingdom, and for 1t she sent ~ "
parts of the world for the best III e'''
ment. n
When the young king overthfeN
and declared that he would mol Una
half-sisters-that he would not w. :.
harem-and that rather than u''. y,
main single, 1t was the queen NV. 80
by him and who assisted him y ~. M, 4
women of the court" and coniie
recognized as part of the new 80 -
At his majesty's coronation ce'.n ~
women Of the court-the hhs ~
others who would naturally nav :.
bers of his household-were. io' s.,
Siamese history, seen at the
theaters. at dinners and other t.
lions. It was the young KING =, =
new order, but II was the fa''n 80
who made the new order y
the life Of the Siamese coun. =
Siam is a tiny little kine srs.,s
tucked away under the caves o. WM
the average globe trotter passeIv -, 4
mnch as a backward glance p
stop fingers, and. lingering = .Ssx
the luxury Of this dim'nu.i.e am
For Siam is the richest coun' IA ~
world. and those who have Nv.
claim that It Is most fascina r.*ak
The capital Of the state, ,...ss Rsss
on the Menam Chao Phya ~ 80
waters"). a stream that. r'sln. -
forests Of the North. cuts In 'ss ,rs
try and its capital and, hroadeh' SiI,ass
majestically past the fsnihs M ca
paddy fields and empties nv .,s,ress
The capital is ten miles u rsrs,Ds
nearly nine hundred thousahu & has
ed the Venice of the East anu ,.ae
than its namesake in the Au "a rlss
The siamese are a soft-voiee =. + "a
people; the corners of their . u. hstsE
are always looking for soIle'n