Novel Visiting Card.
FROM PRINCESS OF SIAM. GIFT TO CHRISTCHURChf MAN. A visiting card of a Siamese princess is one of the souvenirs which Mr. John W- H. Pippr, r, inkling pr}-r ginepr who Ims spent many years jn Siajn, has in his possession. The card is made of a pressed palm leaf, cut into the shape of a normal European card. On one side is the name in English, "Princess Poon Diskul," and on the other side the name is printed in Siamese. Mr. Piper, who is a native of Christchurch and is revisiting th,c city, after a long absence abroad, tells fascinating stories of Bangkok and its splendours. And he thinks that the English-educated aristocrats of Siam are among the most cultured people in the world, although their glory has faded since the abdication of the King of Siam.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19825, 30 September 1936, Page 2
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141Novel Visiting Card. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19825, 30 September 1936, Page 2
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