Arizona republican., 1921-01-30

tai prince this was some stunt, ana it only goes to show that there are people everywhere who are trylng 70 do great things and help mankind. wrote him after my return, ana re ceived very prompt reply 10 my let- ter, in which he cordially invited me 10 bring my wife and daughter and speno some time with them.
 few minutes after we were re- ceived. his wife, her Serene Highness,
 came in, attended by two small pages She was dressed in Siamese style Tn southern Siam the ladies wear Penung, like you see in the pictures. Here m thee north it is called Sarang. The cloth is fastened around the body ana hangs straight down. They are for the rich, made of beautiful silk woven in the country and are very inter esting.
 Her Serene Highness showed me a table piled up with them that she
 had secured from every province and 1 it was a display which for Oriental
 wealth and color would be hard to
 beat.
 Praises Missionaries
 During the week we were very busy and we had a regular chautauQuas l visited the schools. hospitals. etc. One of tAe interesting experiences was the inspection of the leper colony. and here I saw some of the results oi this new treatment. This hospital was Hooked after and presided over by Drs U. and w. McKeam. missionaries, Their work in the north and in other
 parts of Siam. is grand and heroic
 As an American, and as the repreSen-
 tative of my country, 1t made me feel
 proud that these men and women
 were doing so much to help people who need help so badly. teaching, heal
 ing and giving lessons in sanitation
 and doing the things that go to make life and living conditions better, with
 no selfish interest, no idea of annex
 ing the country-only the desire to
 help. It took years to get the Oriental } mind to believe that this work was being done for humanity. but 50 wears of sowing the seed is at last bearing fruit in a better and cleaner life for many thousands of the natives. l came across some of the work of our , old friend John D. Rockefeller under ! the management of Dr. Barnes, a 7 splendid fellow. who for five years has been working among these people. During that time he has examined
 42,000 Siamese and found that 4O,ooo
 of them were afflicted with the hook worm. If the Siamese government would cooperate 1t would in a few } years be different nation. With a l population of s,0o0.000. with all the urban people going barefoot, with no sanitary appliances, with oO per ceLlt
 afflicted, you can see with that large : amount of the man power reduced to one-haf of it's working capacity. what l a handicap 1t is for the country Well. on my return had tonsilitis . and was quite i'll for two days Am all s over 1t now.
 a A few days ago the Danish Prince 8 Axel and his wife. the Princess Mar f guerite of Denmark, arrived, and as 8 we have charge of the Danish inter = ests in Siam it fell to my lot to wei 0 come them to Siamese soil. Strange 6 isn't it. that I. a Democrat represent n ing a democracy. should welcome tc d Siam the Danish prince, who is 3 o cousin of the king of Denmark I diC a 1t, and for the rest of this week everH 8 evening is engaged with some grea = function in their honor.
 6 With best wishes to all my friends 8 I am
 t Sincerely yours.
 - GEO. W. P. HUNT.