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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1920)
r M 2 fe V F ? - DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEURASKA. i$f nP fBWif& ' j? sift h Mw &Wmr M wIRkv1: - J J Bffi Bill i ltrTMfi cy22Sf:::::ll ' COMING EVENTS IN FALL SUITS (f VHJxtfl) III: ii'cunt donth of his rojiil iUe- ness.. Chao Pn Clinikralions 1'hlva nirtli. I'rlnco I'hlts-anulok, the l-'ir pivstiinptlxc to the Siamese throne, (llrei'ts attention to the fact that Klii" Ilnina VI Is the isfht hachelor klnj,' of Siam In 12,500 years. Ami, what is. more, It Is international diplomatic gossip that he Is waiting to win an American woman to hharo Ills throne. One i eat-on may he that King Kama lias seen American heauties in twenty .states of the Union. Kama VI, known to his own people as Senuiet l'liru Piiranilmlr Malta Vajiravndh Mongkut Krao, Soimlet I'lira Kama Thihodl VI. is one of the most interesting monarch, w, rites Fredeiick Dean, M. A., in the .New York Trlhnne. The first hachelor that ever -at upon the Siamese throne, lie is said to hu waiting for an American girl to share his throne. The king's grandfather. Malta Mongkut, used to say that he desired and had a member of every fninllj of note In bis kingdom In his "hou-ehold." No outsider over knew Just how many wIm's lie did have. His s-.m, Malta Chtila longkorn. the father of the present king, bad three whes on the day before ho was made crown prince. On that day he married ninety-seven more to make up the complement of one hundred, which was the pioper number of wives f)r the crown prince to have. When he died ten years ago be had between 7,000 and S.000. When his son, the then crown prince, leturned from his long May in Kurope be had spent a tblid of bis life in England. Krance, Germany and Russia, and had made frequent visits to IJelglum. Italy and Spain, Xorway, Sweden and the Netherlands his father presented blm with a collection of Siamese beaut le-, saying: , "My son, here nre something over n hundred of the beauties of the court for you to start light limixekt en!ng with, nnd to these you may add ns you see lit." IStit the young prince, much to the discomfort of Ills royal father, told the monnich that he would have none of this wholesale marriage business, ant! added that when he was ready be would marry "ono wife, and she shall be the queen of my heart ns well as the queen of my realm." Ills father took the decision of bis son ery much to heart and sonii have gone so far as to say that bis boy's stuhl orn adherence to his word helped to end his royal fnthi r's life. When his majesty Mahn VaJIraviidli known thereafter as Itania VI cnnie to the throne, as there' was no queen and no heir, a iown prince, or, as they say In Slam, nn heir presumptive, had to bo chosen, and the lot naturally fell to the late I'rlnco I'hltsnnulck, who wn a brother of the king by the sumo "Mother. Slam if. n polygamous country. According to Slumese law n tnnn mny linvo ns many wives ns lio run support. The households of royalty ran Into almost coututoss numbers. Old King Mong kut, the grandfather of tho present monnrch. used to Miy : "I like large families. I linvo elgbty-slx children " The present king lms something like twenty halMiroUiorH and any quantity of half-sisters, in doing nwny with the royal harem his mnjesty strut k a blow at one of the oldest and most funda mental customs of the country. And If he t booses to step out of the beaten track and marry a foreigner ho will be carrying out but one more yt bis unexpected reforms, for which he has been noted ewr since he came to the throne. Itiina VI Is a remarkable man In many re sports At the nge of twelve he was sent to England, where bo lit tod Into the foreign school regime In lss than six months. lie plnyed foot ball nt P.ugby, learned to fence, ride nnd swim; entered Into tournaments of golf and tennis, flirted and wmte love lyrics. Later ho went to Heidel berg, where he crossed swords with tho daredevils nnd drank and sang his way into the hearts of his fellow workers Returning to Fnglnnd he entered Chrl&t college, Oxford, wlieie on graduation he took the first prize nwny from seven of the brain iest of Britishers, and then went to Paris, where he wrote a play that was produced nt the Comedle FrnncalHe; he leturned to Germnny nnd wrote his thesis for h's doctor's ilogree In German, and, nftjr'isltlns; e-vory court in Europe, returned home bv way of America, where be stopped long enough to pay the president iui extended lslt ani "looked oxer" twentj of the .states ot the Union, lit; Is the only eastern monarch with a western education the most democratic despot in tho xxorld. For Slam is an abs-uluto nionnrchx ; pos sibly the most absolute monarchy In existence today. Itnma VI holds In the palm of his hand not only the property and possessions of bis !),000,(M) subjects, but their xery lives. A fexv years ago, when China was In the throes of not one, but of several revolutions, nnd had declared two 'republics," the spirit of unrest started to trickle down into little Slam, but stopped nt the border. Slam' Is called the kingdom of "Muang Thai" ("the People or the Free"), and nothing could enter that paradise to disturb that "free dom." The country Is so prosperous, the taxes are so low, the advantages are so numerous that those living in Cochln-Chlna on the east and in Uutnia on the west are clamoring to get oxer the Siamese fence to become partakers of the plenty that awaits all who make their home In this en chanted land. A ruler who Is so xxise and so good, so goner ous and so far-sighted, Is capable of performing many modern miracles. He Is but forty jears of age and has bevn on the throne ten years. Ills father ruled for forty-two; his gtandfatber xvns hale and hearty at sixty-three. With bis consti tution of iron and his well known temperance In all things nothing but an untoward accident should deprlx-e Slam of her democratic ruler and the world of one of the progressives of the age. Over a half century ago King Mongkut bad In his palace xvhnt he called his "Ameilcan room." Around the walls were paintings of e-erj presi dent of the United States. Often ho bus been heard to say: "I am planning my own country on tho customs nnd the laws of America." Ills son, tho Into King Cbulalongkorn, sent his son to the White House In Washington for a visit "that has been denied me, and which I con sider to be one of tho greatest of deprivations." Ever since Slam wns opened to the West America hns been foremost In Hie minds nnd the hearts of the Siamese rulers. And If In his best Judgment this eastern monarch shall find a suit able mnto among the women of America he xvlll but cement the long friendship between the Innd of the "free" of Asia and that other Innd of tho "freo" of America. Mnny years ago a Slnmose monarch found blm. self among a people without a xvoman of high enough rank for him to niuko his queen. So he married his own sister. Since that time tho cus tom hn- pievnlled tint tho ruling monnrch must marry nt least one of hN half-sisters, for tho heir must be possessed of to.xal blood on both sides. The late queen mother xvas the half slstor of lils majesty, Maha Chulnlongkorn. Her sons, therefore, were eligible to kingship. The late prince xvns the next In age to the king, and, In ox-ory xvny, was the rightful heir to tho throne. Educated In Englnnd ami France anil having lived for a long time In Ilussia, whero ho xvns captain of the guard to the csciir, It was but natural tlmt bo follow In the footsteps of many of the other uinm hers of the nobility and the rojal fnuilly of the Slnmece court, nnd marry n foreigner. His choice xx-as a ItusKlun Indy, not of toyul birth, but of good lineage, who became Prlnccwi Catherine of the Shinusn court. The new prince! wns a vi vacious young woman, handsome, clover, a good linguist and nn all-around wife- worthy of the bril liant man she bad raptured. She xvas quick to pick up the Siamese tongue and spoke It iliiently so fluently that she becanio the go-betxvoen nnd Interpreter lor Siamese nobil ity and many of the other young European ladles who. like herself, .bad married the blue-bloods of Slam. She was tiie first of their number to don the Siamese costume and xvore It with such grace that the others soon followed, ami not long ago the queeu mother was delighted to see all of the "foreign princesses" appear befote her, robed In the brllilant-hiied dress of her own court. Of course, being a foreigner and not being equal in blood to her loyal husband. It xvould be impossible to think that one of her txvo sunn should possibly xxear the Siamese crown. And o the choice may be the third son of the late King Cbulalongkorn and his ro.xal spouse the late queen mother, who before her mairlago was known us Princess Snxx-a Pa Pongse. This third son, Prince Xakorn Ilnjnsrium, like his brother, the king, is unmarried. His younger brother, howexer, Is married, and married to a half-sister, a daughter of King Cbulalongkorn. Ills issue, (liereftue, would be In line for the tin one. What may work a great change In the policy of the king at the present crisis Is the fact of the death tif the queen mother, xvbo died last Nox ember and was cremated last month. She was a wnimiu of great 'haraeter and her opinions bad xvelght with her son, the king. As a eh'ld she xvas a brilliant creature In both mind and body. Long before she wns chosen to be the queen of her royal brother she xvas eager lo learn everything that "brothei" learned and nothing wns too hard or too difficult for her impatient and Impetuous mind. In after life the little princess proved to be all that she had promised ns n child. A lover of I lie beautiful, she demanded and had about her the be-iutlful things of life. Not only floxvers nnd colors and Jewels for the body did she demand, but flowers and colors and Jexvels for the mind. Never before had the young women of Slam so universal an opportunity for study. The queen mother built school after school schools for the princesses over which her own niece was placed as "school mother" and for the staff of teat hers of which she searched Englnnd, Europe and Amer ica. Not content xvlth this she instituted other schools for the others girls xxho bad no royal blood In their veins, but who bad brains In their heads primary schools, graded schools, high schools. Long before the xvnr she had become interested In hospital xvorlc and had hospitals for the r. omen of Slam as plentifully scattered tlirouuliniit her ktngdom as had her royal husband phi'. ted hns. pltals for men. And, when Slnm entewil 'he wir it was the queen mother xxho starle-! (!. 1( d Cross work and gathered around her the tb'.ef women of the nation.' Not content xvlth the I -pltals ulreidy built, she built still iiiHtt,,ii larger and better equipped than any li'or 'n the kingdom, and for It she sent to the uttermost parts of the world for the best In exrry dpn-t-monr. When the young king ovorthre.v nil preccd. nt nnd declared that he would not niarrx anx ,f bis half-sisters that ho xvould not tolerate the rcxal Inn em and that rather than this he wouiti to main single. It xvas the queen mother xxho stood by him and who nsslstod him In bringing nit the "women of lb( court" nnd compelled them to be recognized as n part of the nexv scheme of things. At hlf majesty's coronation ceremonies ihe young women of the court Ihe king's Iiulf-sNtets and others xvbo xvould naturnllv hnve become :nein hors of hbi household were, for tln first time In Slamestt blftory, seen nt the roai ball. In the tbenteis. nt (tinners and other roy.il public func tions. It xvas the young king xxho decreed the new order, hut It xvns the faithful queen mother xvbo made the new order a practical factor tn the life of the Siamese court Slnm Is ii tiny little kingdom, so cunningly lucked nwny under the enves of greater China that tho nvornge globe trotter pnst.es It by It hour so much as a baekxvard glance. I'ut he "tho dues stop lingers, and. lingering, Is lost In Ihe lure of the luxury of this diminutive Aslntlc paradise. For Slain Is the lb-best country of Its size In tho xxorld, nnd thnio who have lived there longest claim that It Is most fascinating. The capital of thu sfnte, Bangkok. Is a! tun ted on the Meiiani Chan Phyn ("the Uoyal Mother of Wnters"). a stream that, rising up In the tank foroats of the North, cuts In txxnln bulb the cum. try and Its capital and, broadening !t li'ii-k flows mnjeatlcally past the flMilng xlllages. p-i't ibo paddy lleldn and cinptliw into the Gulf of Slain. Tho cnpltnl Is ten miles upstream, n flty of nearly nine hundred thousand persons, h U cull, ed the Venice of (he Enst and It hn more rannln than its imtnwnke In tho Adriatic. The SlHimviH nro it soft-volcetl. pleuure Kntng people; the corners of their month turn iij t,oy are always linking for something better Pfil raw f flSl I fUEwil, Hfc' WmX I wMmllWl ,JBr i Bng iMpw ii eKraMntaHr PWrnHinR.- shWn f ' 1 rwwM srll ISHHf affSHoo'.w. met sm W&t& SUCH essential things as suits, nnd other clothes for tho street, nro launched by their manufacturers long before the season for their wearing Is at hand. This must be done so that merchants may buy them a little In advance of the time when they nre needed. September llnds the public Interested nnd October finds them buy ing very briskly their practical clothes for general wear and there Is consid erable business earlier, for outfitting young x omen xvbo are going nwny to school. It Is for the benellt of such fortu nate young persons that the very at trnctive suit shown In the Illustration Is offered for consideration In August. It Is one of many attractive creations that arc specially well adapted to the lines of youthful figures. Draxvlng such conclusions as may bo gathered this early In the svnson, skirts nro to vary considerably in width, the ex tremely narrow ones not appealing to people of tho best Judgment and there nre really not any models that can he called severe In lino among the nexv coals. Skirts may be plain or plaited. Coats arc a matter for rejoicing, hav lug those vague outlines that aro called "easy" and aro particularly smart. There Is a great variety la them and In sleeves-, which may groxf less as the season grows older. It all depends upon the appeal of the sev eral styles to tho public. One cannot go wrong In the selection of' a suit like that one shown In the picture. It hns a straight skirt In n. conservative length nnd Just xvido enough for comfortable xx'alklng. The coat Is straight with narroxv bolt con lining It at tho xx-alst and there nro very long ends at the front, llnlshod xvlth tassels. It reveals tho persist ence tvf embroidery and embroidered effects in Htyles for fall nnd Indications aro that this vogue has not reached the trest.of thu wave In Its popular ity. The collar merits special atten tion, being a mixture of styles and a novelty. Tt Is so arranged that It can be tbroxvn about the throat llko n short scarf nnd Is prettily flirished xvlth flat tassols. Buttons secure It Id the position shoxvn by the picture, PIN MONEY PROPOSITIONS TIIEUE aro women In every com munity who xvould llko to earn phi money by some moans that xvlll not Interfere xvlth their homo duties. In the lnrger cities there are "short hour" women employed In the shops, xvlth houi-w from eleven In the morn ing .until three or four In the after noon, who find they can ninnage their household affairs and go to business too. But their homes are usually small and convenient apartments In which housowork Js reduced to a minimum of effort. The same oppor tunities do not come to women In thu smaller toxvns nnd villages or on tho farms. In the lnrger communities also there nro opportunities or mer chandising hi n small way. Sotno women, fnmlllnr with millinery, do a thrifty little business In tho spring and fall of the year, buying and sell ing hats which thoy display In their own homes. Waists and neckwear prove worth wbllo for others. A busi ness of Ibis kind Is usually conducted by women xvbo linvo had experience In a store at some time. About the most salable of all things are good foods. Women who excel In any direction, as In making bread or cake or preserves, Jams, pickles, or In canning fruits, have an opportunity to build up a peiinanent source of In come If they can Introduce and mar ket tlielr products. Many of them aro using the paicefs post for shipping di rect from country to city. The llrt requisite Is to gather together u few customers, and this must bo dono either through solleltallon by mall or by personal solicitation. A friend will sometimes iiulcrtukc to place farm products amor,g her acquaintances In the city, and niter the producer gets In touch xvlth u few regular customers these can be oskeil to lecommeiul commodities to their friends. Pre sent', Jams nod pickles, being lesn perishable than rcsh fruits and more profitable, ought to prove iuleroKlha prospects to xxoinon xvbo excel In mak ing tliem omen xvho live near the main traveled loads urod by motorcar tour ists often pick up considerable money during the sutnmnr months selling nil sorts of eatables to the passers by. A Hlgnpoxl at die ifde of the. road di rects the hungry and thirsty motor nnrty to the wayside lofroNlniionts, Sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, bread ant butter, doughnuts and cookies tin conveniently handled, Women xvho (hid thoiwlxea iunr summer camps for boys or girls can usually arrango to furnish supplies of soulo sort to them. vj Besides these usual mcam of pick ing up pin money there nre opportu nlfles for women xvho own nnd drlvd "cars. In summer uiul wln'lor rosorts they got together slghtsceWig parties nnd lake them on short motor trips that yield n pretty profit, or they es tablish a regular trip carrying people to and from certain point's. Women have proved themselves quite equal to' driving motorcars In all parts of tho country. Some young xvomen have a very happy faculty for entertaining children. They undertake to look after a number of little ones ono or two afternoons In each week, roleni big liiotlieis from their care for ii brief time. The children must ba brought to tho home of tholr enter tainer ami called for. She provides for their amusement and gtves them any attention they may need, for u feo. By looking after a number of them regularly the Income Is worth while. Some xvomen nnd girls tiro success-' ful In soliciting subscriptions to peri odicals and books. Some do xvell sell ing merchandise, as stockings, corsets, i embroideries, among tholr friends. In considering the matter of making pin money It Is necessary first lo tako stock of pno's accomplishments to dfr. terinlno xvhnt work Is easy to excel In. Women xvho know hoxv to plan all tho details for entertainments, luncheons, dinners and parties are In demand In thickly settled communities and many of them turn their gifts to good uc-counl. tAMA" &rfri,v'' The Modish Overblouae. A boon to limited Incomes Is thu modish overhloii1), which may ho mudo, In all lingerie types and, aided by u single skirt, gives the appearance ot many different frocks. One of tho smartest versions of a more elaborate, garment was developed In heavy tliut mesh, hip length, tljed Judo groon. Thu iiotk line xvns influenced by tho pronunt oriental mode and reached in straight beaded bauds from shoulder to shoul-di-r. J An nxrinlddy of blue crej.o do chlnq Is cmhiioiii "I in an nlloxcr de 'ii In w hid b '