Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — HUSBANDS GUARANTEED. [ARTICLE]

HUSBANDS GUARANTEED.

No Woman Need Remain Unmarried ia Siam. There is one country in the world, where all the women, no matter how plain they may be, can be certain of securing husbands. In fact this is guaranteed to them by law. Thia country where none need remain i> -ingle blessedness is Siam. There every woman who has reached a certain age without finding a husband, can if she will only express the wish, be registered as one of the “young daughters of the king,” that is, she is placed under royal protection, and the king must provide her with a husband. This duty is discharged very simply. If any male Siamese commits a crime, or even is guilty of a misdemeanor. he is neither fined nor sent t« prison, but is. condemned to marry one of the women officially under the protection of the king. If their violation of law has not been very serious they are permitted to make a selection, from among these “royal daughters,* but if the crime has been a grave one the malefactor is compelled to marry that one selected by the court, and of course she is the ugliest or worst-tem-pered of them all. Owing to this ingenious system no woman in Siam need go through the world unmarried, but perhap? some of the ladies from New England—and others—would' prefer not to marry under conditions such as these.—Cleveland Leader.