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Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-29
IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO

The Burns Union club gave 2. banquet and a dance in honor of tha Burns anni- versary at Carpenters hal! in GreenevfIla last evening. There were quite a number of participants.
 Friday. Jan. 2T, 1s7f.-one might havs been justified in supposing that this fourth week of January in the year of grace 1871 had had its All of snow when the flakes ceased falling Tuesday; but no, the heaviest fan of the year wns in reserve. It showed all day yesterday and late into the night. Travel by pub lis conveyance was generally suspended We are blessed with several inches Of snow and may confidently rely on Eood sleighing at least
 The attendance at the ban of Et. Mary's Temperance cornet hand at Breed hall last evening WIS not large: but the band showed they could give a pleasant and well managed ball
 London was full of rumors yesterday that negotiations were In progress. and even that terms had been agreed upon for the surrender of Paris. Paris must fall. and that speedily. The people have lost confidence in Tfochu.
 Saturday. Jan. 2s. 1s7I,-A meeting of the representatives Cf New London coun- ty was held in the superior court room yesterday morning. Hon. B. B. Thurston I a tax of three-quarters Of a mill be levied on the grand list Of the county of New London for the list Of 1870 for inc purpose of payins the sum of s2o ,ooo for the purpose of uniting with the town and city of Norwich in the erection of the new courthouEe and for Tho purpose of paying the existing Indebtedness of ths county.
 The horse railroad company discz rded
 wheels altogether yesterday and runners
 were substituted instead. People appHe.
 ciated the opportunity for cheap sieiEh
 ride and large sleighs were filled each trip duSing the day.
 There was a large attendanss at th, William NJ. Williams s. F. D. Go. No. ;
 ball in Breed hall last evening. The fui Philharmonic society furnished the rnu l sic Members Of the New London anl Stonington fire departments were pres ent. The ball was a most enjoyable one
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-29
Mary Pickford Aprons, SSc
Extraordinary Values From Our
 Linen and Domestic Department

25 dozen, extra large, size 2ix42, Beached Turkish Towels good weight, former value 59c-Pncs now 20 dozen Jacquard Novelty Turkish Towels good assortment, former values $1.oo and SIPS Price now ..................... 72-inch Bleached Table Damask, in three choice designs, former value s1.49 yard-Priee now... Bleached Sheets, size S1xo9, splendid quality, former value S3oO-Price now w.............. $ One case of 'FWoolnap' Plaid Blankets, assorted, pink and white, blue and white, tan and white, gray and white checks, size 6oxSo former value
 S796 pair-Price now w.................. 25 Beacon" Comfortables, assorted colorings
 former value s125o-Price now ........... {
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-29

and now l am able to work and feel like working. I have been recorn- mendng your medicine to myfriends. and you are welcome to use my testi- monlal for l can never praise your medicine enough for whatit has done for me. "-RHoDA E. CARBAUcH. R. R. l, Hagerstown, Md.
 Women will tax their powers of en- durance to the limit before giving up. and 1t is then some womaniy ailment develops and they have to give up en- tlrely. When a woman suffers from such symptoms as irregularities. headaches. backache, bearing-down pains, inflammation, nervousness and
 the blues, " it is well for her to profit by Mrs. Carbaugh's experience and try Lydia E. Pinkham's VeGe- table Compound.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-29

'm y body as swollen endI often
 had pains so I had
 lie down. Twas treated by a phy- sician, but he did not seem to help me at all. My sister had taken your medicine
 with greatresults so 1took Lydia E.
 Pinkham's Vege- tahla Gop,1o,.-I
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-29
PIANO TUNERS
LEGAL NOTICE
9 cIairement Ava
Phone sss.2


 FRED LOVELY VS. BERTHA LOVE- ly. Supplemental Order of Notice.
 State of Connecticut, County of New London, ss., Jan. 14, 1921.
 Upon the complaint of the said Fred Lovely. claiming for the reasons therein set forth a divorce, now pending before this Court. having been returned thereto on the first Tuesday of October, 1920.
 It appearing to and being found by this Court that Bertha Lovely. the said de- tendant, is absent from this State and gone to parts unknown. and that notice of the pendency of the complaint was given ss required hy order of notice heretofore issued and now the plaintiff asks for further order of notice in the premises.
 Therefore. Ordered. That notice of the pendency Of said complaint be given by publishing this order in The Norwich Bulletin. a newspaper printed in Nor wich. Conn. once week for two weeks. successively, commencing on or before the 22d day of January, 1921.
 By order of Court.
 HIBRERD R. NORMAN. Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court fOR
 New London County ian22a
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-29
TWO SISTERS
 GET HELP
Praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
 what it did for Them

Hagerstown, Md.-"I was weak. over worked, and my periods stopped
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-29
Candy Specials

4oc Walnut Fudge, fresh and delicious-Speetal price a lb... 20 Enterprise" Chocolates, in- cluding Nougatines, Cream Walnuts. Caramels, Molasses Tablets, Peppefnints and dozens bf other kinds -Satur- day at ....................... 3se 40c Paper Kisses, as sorted favors-Speciai price ID 2ee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Operators Buy and Sell
Large Flats on Heights

fsasc Portman and Edward Schwartz
-nrcbased from the Shenk Realty and
construction Company, through Jacob
Comnertz, the Grand View, s. six-story
elevator apartment at $50 St, Nicholas
sverue. southwest corner of 155th
Street, which fronts 1922 feet on st.
Yiehelas Avenue and 593 fest in the
street, with westerly and southerly
ines Of 100 and SOTO feet, respectively.
portman & Schwartz have resoid to
David Warbash, a Baltimore investor,
he two five-story modern apartments
l4s and 157 Verlnilyea Avenue, 5ox150
Thu A. z. Realty Company, Inc,
George Zanderer, president, sold to the
shenk Realty and Construction Com
psny the Wilpod, q 51s story apart
,aent at 1856 Edgecombe Avenue, 20x100,
Patrick Toner bought from Anna
Peterson, Rebecca NJ. Clausen and
Marie K. Link 316 and 31S East Thirty
third Street, four-story tenements, 45X
100. He owns 40 feet in Thirty-second
Street, ahutting. The broker was Will
Fam J. Coen.
o'Reilly & Dahn sold for J. II. Hal
loran 1908 and 1906 Second Avenue, two
hve-story tenements, 25x75 each.
The estate of Lambert S. Quacken-
bush SOLD the fve-story tenement 103
East Ninety-seventh Street, 25x100,
through Nathan Schwartz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
history West 18th ST. Loft
Brings S2l7.5OO at Auction

bryan l.. Kennedy sold the twelve
story loft at 20 West Seventeenth
Street, 3Sx92, at auction yesterday for
5zl7,500. The eleven story loft at II
West Thirty-second Street, and the
dwelling at 1911 Silver Street, sched-
uled to be sold, were disposed of at
private sale. Other sales at auction
by Mr. Kennedy follow:
For the estate of Bernard Courtney,
Lib and 100 Seventh Avenue and 203
aud 205 Seventeenth Street, northwest
corner, three and FIVE story buildings,
to Henry B. CIafin for $4,000; 207
West Seventeenth Street, a three story
tenement, 20x75x irregular, to William
acCienahan for S14,75o; the northwest
corner of Seventh Avenue and Six
teenth Street, four-story building, COX
90, to Harry Newcomb for $73, 900; BOT
West l07th Street, four-and one half
story dwelling, 19x100, to William j.
Whalen for SAP 900.
:, Mr. Kennedy sold in the suburbs 407
Union Avenue, the southeast corner of
East Fifth Street, Mount Vernon,
two-and-one-half story dwelling, 110x
~. to j. r. Mack for $4,000. The es-
Late comprising ninety-one acres at
heywaydin, was sold to Sam Kressen
LOT $3.50, and the three-story dwelling
az Grand View Avenue and Cherry
street, Katonah, for S13.5o0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
SrlretyCompan,y
Ruysin Allllexed
Wall Street
National Acquires Washing
ton Street Block Across
From Curb rs Site for
New Fall Structure

interests Unidentified with the Ma
.,onal Surety Company nave purchased
i. ten old tenement properties oc-
..ny;ng the block front at 1913 to 1S1
Wellington Street, 4. 6 and 8 Albany
S.,se. and 8 and Carlisle Street, adj
:.;rinr. The twelve-story Ha8S
S"iisinc occupies the Greenwich Street
tront OF the block.
ag The property was purchased from
~ Markham Realty Corporation,
clarence ". Eckardt, president, 1t has
srontaee Of 116.4 feet on Washington
ssreet and 1856 feet, respectively, on
siSany ard Carlisle Street,
Il is said that the property will be
;r,nroved with a large building to carry
- tbe activities of the National Surety
co - now housed in the United
Sssfes Neatly Building, 115 Broadway.
The Hazen building is owned by the
rouitable Life and is occupied by it's
slsrieal force. 1t is opposite the new
suildine the New York Curb Market
association has erected, which is ex-
peeted to be completed in few weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

to Alexander Roman, and in 81 and SO
Nassau Street to I. Press e. Sons.
Hirsch IL Friedman leased at 301 TO
500 Seventh Avenue. corner Twenty
seventh Street, the fifteenth and nine
teenth floors to Weinstein & Sorito and
Ruskin Brothers.
Shaw, Rockwell 81 Sanford leased at
4s7 Central Park West to Aglaia
Argyrie; at 2261 Seventh Avenue to II.
Kuznet; at 269 West Twenty-th:rd
third Street to the Postal Telegraph
Company, and at 1872 Second Avenue
to Louis Rosen and Sam Gerstenhaber.
He'll & Stern leased in II and Is
West Thirty-second Street sixth floor
to Fanchon Dresses, Inc; in 81 Union
Square fifth floor to Arnold Stone g.
Co.. Inc; in 80 and 90 University
Place store to Progressive Furniture
Company; in ITO and liz Fifth Avenue
seventh floor to Zeeman Brothers; in
III and 119 East Twenty-fourth Street
second floor to Good Will Cravats, Inc,
and in 8 and 10 East Thirty-second
Street part of eleventh floor to Edwin
Kressler.
J. b. English leased to Victor Wolfe
store at 333 West Fiftieth Street.
Peter Grimm leased easterly store at
80 East Eleventh Street to Weber,
Mack & Seibel, Inc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

100000 The entire transaction. in
Guiding ground and building rentals,
cost Of the improvements and taxes for
the period of the lease involves over
$4,000, 900.
Mr.. Zubow purchased recently the
Marlin-Rockwell building on the south
west corner of Madison Avenue and
Forty-sixth Street through Mr.. Nit
chell, who also resold it two weeks
ago fer 2ubow to August Heckscher.
He ID now erecting an eight-story
freproof building at 10 East Forty
second Street, running through to 16
and IL East Forty-th{rd Street from
the National City Company.
Albert B. Ashforth, Inc, leased Of
fees in the Liggett Building at Madi-
son Avenue and Forty-second Street to
the Il. r. Hauserman Company, Inc.
The Duross Company leased to the
Weyant Electric Supply Company the
store and basement at SO DEFY Street,
and to G. r. Smith the third loft at
80 and 81 Warren Street for a term
Of years.
The Charles r. Noyes COMPANY has
leased offices on the ninth floor of SO
and SO Pine Street to the Columbian
Commercial Corporation, Ltd, and on
the fourth floor to Alexander D. Feitel-
berg; in 81 and SO William Street to
Alexander B. Marvin: in 70 Wall Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Physicians to Pay 100000
For Use of LaCew House

Mrs. J. II. Ladew has leased far
.#enty-one years her four-story and
basement residence at S13 Madison
Avenue, northeast corner of Sixty
eighth Street, on plot 29.5x100, to the
IS East Sixty-eighth Street Corporation,
composed OF several wellknown physi-
clans, which will alter the property into
doctors Office building. Harris,
Fought & Co
Last December these brokers sold
1l4-1e East Fifty-fourth Street to Med
eal Chambers, Inc, another syndicate
Of doctors. and this property is now be-
ing improved for the same purpose. The
amount involved III the present lease is
approximately 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Re al Estate News
Give Six Structures at West
Broadway and Leonard ST.
i'm Part PAYMENT

The thirteen-story loft and store
building at So Fifth Avenue, northeast
corner of Sixteenth Street, 49.10x14I,
with an 81" in the rear 25xs5, has
been bought by the West Broadway
Leonard Corporation (Isaac Portman
and Edward S. Schwartz) from the
Shenk Realty and Construction Com
pany.
In part payment the buyers gave the
six four-story buildings at the south
west corner of West Broadway and
Leonard Street. i25x50. Bernard Lon
don was the broker.
McCotter & Davis sold fer a client
the southwest corner of Charles Street
and Seventh Avenue, vacant plot, 56x
ak irregular. The buyer will erect a
store and studio. The same brokers
sold for the 0'Hara xtealty Company
"a Sixth Avenue, three-story store
building, 17x56, adjoining the southeast
corner of Fourth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Operators and Investors
Purchase Flats i'm the Bronx

Philip Leschnsk purchased from the
Amphos Realty Company the six
story Court Washington apartments, at
245 Fort Washington Avenue, southwest
corner of 10th Street, 191x15o.
Harry Calm sold, to Kriegsfeld Realty
Company, Inc, the flats, and dwellings
at go to 914 Melrose Avenue, northeast
corner of 162d Street, through Edward
Polak, Inc.
Joseph Sager bought from client Of
William s. Baker the five-story apart
ment, 102.6x100, at 1885 Creston Ave
nue., north of fremont Avenue.
The Khot & Mitchell Company sold
o plot 28x47yl00 at Longfellow Avenue
and 174th Street. The buyer plans to
erect two-family house.
Samuel Roseff sold to the Fusion
Realty and Construction Company, 10.
seph Kleiner president, five lots on
University Avenue, $50 feet north OF
Tooth Street. The purchasers have
started e&eavating for fve-story apart.
ments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Metropolitan Life Advances
S7.5O0.000 on Real Estate

The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company has authorized loans on real
estate amounting to ovet $7,5Oo000. Of
these about S2.00o,op0 are for housing
loans which include ninety-two dwell
ings, mostly in Johnson City, N. Y, a
manufacturing suburb of Ringhamton,
and in Memphis, Tenn. Loans amount
ing to about S1,300,000 were author
lied on thirteen apartments in this city
% accommodate 433 families. About
100000 was authorized on business
buildings in number of cities, princi-
pally in Boston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
S5,OOO,OOO Office
Improvement for
Grand Central Zone
Joseph Zubow Rents the
Schmidt Property ON Mad
ison Avenue for 63 Years
as Site for Tall Building

A. c. Mitchell has secured from the
Acker, Merrall g. Condit Company for
Joseph zubow q sixty-three- year lease
of the former Schmidt property at s43
and 345 Madison Avenue, with front
age of 80 feet by 100 feet in depth and
the abutting property in the rear, at
East Fortyfourth Street, owned by
Charles A, Dards, florist, forming an
81" around tho northeast corner of
Madison Avenue and Forty-fcurth
Street. Bioodgood & Sugarman, archi-
tects, have prepared plans for the i'm
mediate improvement OF the Madison
Avenue parcel with q twelve-story
store and office building, to cost $780,
600, and the alteration into modern
building Of the five-story dwelling on
the Forty-fourth Street parcel, to cost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
WEsTCHEsTER COUNTY REAL EsTA fc
MT. VERNON
BRONxyJLLE @
10Y RN ARR

PELHAM
I0s--SHINGLE HOUSE. II rooms. tiled
baths; owner going West, must sell in
weeks: SIS 800
1o7-HALF TIMBERED and stucco; 10
rooms, 2 baths, steam heat, copper screens
fireproof garage; all in excellent cendt'
lii-WELL PLANNED HOUSE. bed
rooms, living room, electricity: enclosed
porch for wintsfi large plot; possession
in so days. Price SO, 600
toulouse OF Z ROOMS, slate roof; can
be bought for So 600 less than actual cost;
garage connected with house.
102--NEARLY AN ACHE II rooms.
baths. hot water heat, parcuet doors
throughout; owner very anxious to sell :;
will consider offer.
ios-JUsT CoMPLETEDs highly re-
large rooms, baths. installed with the
very latest improvements
TOULOUSE. II. billiard room; steam heat,
woodwork oak and white in bedrooms
and orchard featured.
104--0NNER LEFT TOWN; Il rooms. 4
baths, steam heat; plot 25sx125; ga
rage for cars, heated by hot water
d minutes from station. reasonable terrns.
DOLLHOUSE IN GOOD SECTION, cor
veniens 20 churches, schools and shop
ios-HoUsE. ROOMS. 5 baths hiss sun
porch: every room Hooded with sun
shine. highly restricted; can be pur-
chased between $500 and $4,000
let's and Eavatorfes; IDEAL for sraatl
family; is offered at So 500 below cost
ios--EI.M ROCK ESTATE. ~ acre
plots. located IN the most picturesque
section and Harlem r. r.. prices rsnge
from % cents square foot mp
| COOLEY REALTY CO.
80 PR0spECT Ay.
Tel. HilLcress Sse0-1 MT, Vernon. ". Y.
| REAT. EsTATE ERCN Ws q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Otto III. Kahn Transfers
S2,000,0 900 Long Island Realty

:, Otto Il. Kahn, banker, and his wife,
Mrs. Addie Kahn, have transferred
property in Nassau and Suffolk coun-
ties valued at more than $4,000. 900 to
the oheka Corporation, of Woodbury.,
Kahn.
Included in the transfer is the fine
country estate Of the Kahns at Wood
ninry and large acreages in that vicin-
w both in Nassau and Suffolk coun-
ties. The consideration referred to in
tae deed of transfer filed in Nassau
Sounty is nominal, but revenue stamps
attached to the papers indicate an es-
.,laated value of s2,160,0o0 on the real
estate transferred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
In the Auction Room

~ Joseph P. Day
y ANToN ST. s47. -. rs w,rlest 81
1sxts. e-sty and 4-sty tnmt; Charles n
ee, ina and tr ct al agt Kate Connold
q. Cue, szz,7s4; taxes. etc, s2.leI. so;
s sg ne plaintiff for sfg. COO.
AVENUE A. f74s ~ q ~. =. oava4
"a ss.y tnnat and str: Alice & Williams agt
ssssSafss = Davis OF al; due, Slo,ss AS:
n IL ETC. s27s,se; to the piaintiff for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
$780, 900 Masonic Temple
For Negroes ON 7th Ave.

4 me Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. and
=. ~. David w Parker president, pur-
sanased plot at the corner of Seventh
ayenue and 144th Street for Masonic
temple for negroes, which it is said
VII cost 100000 to erect, work on
@nicn VIII start June 8. Fl. P. Knowles,
WSsehltect, who drew the plans for the
gsS.ss9nie TEMPLE, in West Twenty-fourth
tseI VIII design the proposed struc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
NEW JERSEY REAL ESTATE
A SERVANTLESS HOUSE AT LAS
Sc, 600

EASY COMPUTATION TO NEW YORK.
Permanent home. everything modern and
ready for occupancy at above price; no
extras: steam heat, parauetf floors. beauti-
fully decorated inside and out. Select.
strictly residential neighborhood. Water
sports. golf, country club. schools, churches
markets. Nearly loco feet elevation: no
MOSQUITOES. Big living foon. with huge
open fireplace. Many fine old oaks and
birches supply abundant Eshsde. No seq
wants needed; electrically .equipped through
out. including electric rapge. vacuurn clean
er, washer, electric lights and base piugs.
Balance. after initial payment, can BIO paid
up with less money than you viii wa@ta in
rent the next few yeRxa. Investigate. p
D. woRcEsTER. Suite 1912, re bread
way. N. z. C. Tel. 1872 cort.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
NEWARK, N. j.
At The F5our Corners
BROADs& MARKET

.5ox2oe: 4-story brick: mercantile build :
ings; stories; lofts; running through to
rear street.
2s-year lease; hest business seesseS ia
city. Immediate occupancy.
Kw AENNEp sTs Broaa ssrasas
SA1ssvAAAsS Newark, NJ s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Long Island

TWELVE ROOM house, beautifully fur
nished ali modern conveniences; garage;
private bathing beach; from June / to
Oct. !; $4,000. Phone Great Neck 1876.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
A COMFORTABLE APARTMENT
LOCATED WITH
pOCcEGSInN

sios per month for 5 rooms e. bath. IN the
elevator apartment house 10 East ssth
ST., near Fifth Ave. Living room 2e II,
long. Unusually spacious closets 3xs H. a.
sx6 u. Apartment just renovated 4 dec-
crates; Simple, equitable tenant-owner-
nents have been sold 6ther apartments
OF three. seven e.. eight rooms William
Cruikshank's Sons. agents. SIS Liberty ct.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
New York State

LAKE GEORGE. Adiroudacks. Beautiful
small estate: sacrifice at two-thirde pre-
war cost; terms. Address owner. Frank
Minzey, Lake George, n. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
A $40 BILL.

building plot, 50x1oo, or larger, at Bryn
Mawr Park. close to city and station; IL
lots have been sold here within tho last
few days, IL you want one ii will he well
to act quickly. Theseslots are BARG AIMS.
Come out and look them over Robert t.
Farley Organization IL L. a4th Sc. Murray
Hill 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

long ISLAND REAL ESTATE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
New dorsey

NEW HOUSES AT ys,Seo UP
frame; steam, parquet apors. electricity;
plots 4ox1e0. Michael Eros. & Christian
sen. Mapiewood and Palisade ayes. Te!e-
phone Hackensack 533-R.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

COUNTY REAL ESTATE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES
Manhattan

LARGE corner store. 2O15 Amsterdam av.,
corner 160th ST.; will divide to suit
tenants; suitable druggist, real estate.
candy or shoe store. Dan
ker, 461 West 155th ST. Phone G0s6 Wads-
worth
The mirror., 1921-03-24
THE MOVIES" IN SIAM

The Siamese love the movies" They
flock to Bangkok's motion-picture thea
tiers. In each of these theaters there is a
royal dais, with chair for the King and
a table for the royal elbow and large
porcelain jar for the royal spittle 1.-THE
King does not chew betel-nut, but all of
his subjects do; so the jar is de rigueHr).
The King often comes for the premiere of
a new picture. Usually the film is we'll
worn French or American product, which
has been broken so often and pieced to-
gether so quantity that following the story
becomes an acrobatic feat. The Siamese
follow it eagerly, unmindful of strange
gaps in the plot. But Charlie Chaplin
may gambol in vain if the King is in the
theater, for the audience turn their backs
on the screen to look at royalty.
The King, like most Siamese, is intense
ly interested in all forms of the drama.
Not only is he patron of the classic
dances and the old, classic plays, but he
maintains company of players who
enact modern plays, many of them adapta-
tions from the French or English, made
by the King himself. In the royal library
in the palace enclosure, where is kept a
wonderful collection of books, including
ancient Siamese manuscripts written on
palm leaf, old Chinese scrolls, medieval
missals from Europe and modern books
in many languages and on many subjects,
the Krom Luang, or Honorable Baron,
who was custodian of library and royal
museum, showed me an edition of Shakes
peare translated into Siamese by Rama vi,
and also poems and plays in English and
Siamese, of which the King was the
author. After he had showed me the
many interesting things in his custody, the
Baron-he was charming exemplar of
the older Siamese aristocracy-asked me
to inscribe my name in the gucst-book.