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.- [ 4 BY MILTON BRONNER. RS. HENRY WILSON, a Scottish woman, reared in the Anglo-Saxon way, has married His Highness Sir Ibraim, Sultan of Johore, in Malaysia. % The sultan has bright gold teeth that shine - in his dusky face. Once upon a time they were inlaid with diamonds, but the diamonds have been removed now. But he still has a glittering grin. He has the privilege of chopping off his subjects’ heads whenever they get on his nerves. And he has killed more tigers than any other man in the world. He usually gets anything he goes after, so when he decided not long ago that he would like to marry Mrs. Wilson he had his servants pack up his clothes and he set out to propose. There was a whole ocean between .the dusky- skinned ruler and the Anglo-Saxon woman, but the sultan decided that at least he would do his best to make the East and West meet. There is as nice a romance as you ever read of the whole story, too. it isn’t so unusual now for white to marry the potentates of the -skinned races. 3 year the Aga Khan, one of the richest India, a ruler without territory, but a prince because he is the spiritual bead eat sect of the Moslem Church, married y Prench girl, his first wife also having a European, an Italian. The Maharajah of Indore, who resigned his throne because of a ruction over an Indian dancing girl, married Nancy Miller, an Ameri- can. They have two children now and are living contentedly in Europe. The Maharajah of Darbhanga married a One of the princes of Bhopal fell in love with & pretty waitress at the Wembley Exposition in London several years ago and married her. They are now living happily in Bhopal. The Sultan of Johore used to be known as a playboy. He was just another wild young man from the East, who had taken an apartment in Paris while he was being educated in England, so all the gossips said. Anyway, he was out to have a good time, and he had it. Then the Sultan Abu-Bakar died. The country needed money and needed it badly. Abrahim was the oldest son. The government made him come home, put a crown on his head, and asked him what he was going to do about it. H:wmm-«udmwm Rubber had been planted in some of the neighbor- erinary surgery in England and went Malaysia to practice, being employed by British government. ‘The sultan wasn't taking his affairs so seri- ously that he wasn’t enjoying life. their breeding, but trains them himself. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, DECEMBER Unusual Romance of the Rich Sultan of Jahore, Playboy, Rubber Tycoon and Tiger Killer, Adas One More Name to the Growing List of Ecptern PotentatesVhoHawve Gone West and Chosen White Christian Women for Wiwves. Princess Maimoonah, cousin and first wife of the Sultan of Johore, bore him an heir to the throne. He will bet on anything . . . a horse race, a cock fight, poker, dice, or the Chinese game of Main Poh. O it isn't surprising that the 57-year-old ruler, who is six feet tall and a mighty hunter, who will brave any jungle forest to get his game, took a chance on marrying a white woman. The romance had started long, long before the wedding took place. Years and years ago when his first wife was still alive the sultan’s physician was an English- man, Dr. Wilson. He was a great favorite with the whole royal Malay family. One day he announced that his son, who was also a doctor, was bringing his bride to Johore. ‘The sultan said that he would be very glad to have Dr. and Mrs. William Brookie Wilson come. The bfide was a Scotch lass. She was young, very pretty, very slight. The Malay ruler, who knew women as well as he knew horses, was very much attracted. The girl’s name had been Bartholomew, he learned, and she came from Kilmarnock, where her father had been a business man in a small way. The potentate flashed his dazzling grin, don- ned his brightest robes and invited the doctor, his son and his wife to come to the palace as his guests. He kept repeating the invitation. Mrs. Wilson was_very sweet and friendly, and if her Scotch sol resented the diamond mouth she didn’t mention it. After all, a king has a right to a few odd habits. His original teeth had been removed for his health. Finally Mrs. Wilson sailed away to Great Britain. Not only were the Sultan’s teeth of gold, but he had each one set with a sizable diamond. Later he had the jewels re- moved, but the gold remains. Nowmm.uhemvdedm‘hme world, the sultan mgj her and her husband. docked. He dashed around to her hotel, asked her if she would marry him and was accepted. A double wedding ceremony followed quickly. It had to be done twice so they would be sure they were officially wedded. Fnu'r the Sultan of Johore and Mrs. Wilson went to the dingy room of a “ondon regis- ter. ‘The setting wasn't a bit lit> the palatial background with its bowing servants to which the ruler was used. It lacked spice, romance, \ : 28, 19%0. MARRIED Man From Malay WI'TH DIAMOND TEETH Sir Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, and one of the ricnest and most powerful rulers of the East, with his English bride, Mrs. Helen Wilson, taken directly aftern, their wedding at the Working Mosque in England. enchantment. But he didn't care. He had come halfway across the world to get the woman he wanted, and besides there was to be another . ceremony a few minutes later, anyway. After the state official had done his best to tie the knot, the royal couple journeyed out to Woking, where stands the first Moslem mosque erected in England. Now Mrs. Wilson started to feel that she was getting into something dif- ferent Her husband . . . or half husband, since one ceremony was over and one was to come . . . slipped his arm through hers and together they walked into the dim recesses of the mosque. ‘They sat down side by side and the Iman Abdul Hadi read the Koran from the Arabic text and then translated it very carefully for the benefit of the bride. After the confession, “I believe in Allah,” the people,bemfulolmrdntlau; you people, say the right thing and do the right thing! . . .~ OPeounefl:e!mln.Wlhonlm’tthe Sultana. The mere fact that she is mar- Malaysia and also by Sir Ibrahim’s British ad- viser. But since the Sultan is a powerful ruler in his own right and has always besn a good friend of Great Britain's, the British will probably all agree that his wife can be the Sultana if he wants her to be. One thing is certain, the former Mrs. Wilson —who has to be known just as the wife of Sir Ibrahim until she gets a title of her own—is not likely ever to be bored with her husband. He can tell her of the rule which the British authorities in Singapore had for him in his youth, which demanded that he leave the island before nightfall. It amuses him now to think that they made him go home at the ringing of the curfew, but he says it was for his own good. He freely admits that he used $o “raise hell." That doesn’t mean that he can’t raise it now when he wants to, but he does it in a more princely fashion. He can outwalk, cutswim, cutride, outshoot, and . . . outdrink . . . most men a mere half of his age. The Sulatn has one or two fairly amusing habits. He will never have more than one drink from the same glass. He doesn’t care about having any other lips touch the glass, either, so he always smashes it against the wall. When this remarkable monarch goes hunting he really faces danger. Sometimes Eastern po- tentates and their white guests hunt tigers by having a regular theatrical display. Several hundred men start into the jungle beating tom- toms, firing off guns, uttering earthly yells and driving the frightened tiger to the place where the monarch and his party take a pot shot or two at the animal, But that isn’t the Sultan’s way. He takes one personal servant to act as a gun bearer and goes stalking after the striped master of the jungle on foot. He has probably killed more wild cats than any man alive. He has hunted wild elephants in the same way. ® - Drought and Nutrition. ONE effect of the drought, which is feared by Department of Agriculture experts and which is receiving serious consideration, is the possibility of - undernutrition because of the decreased family finances. In order to guide householders in the affected areas the ‘department, with the co-operation of the Public Health Service and American Red Cross, is preparing to inform the heads of families as to the proper foods to buy to give a balanced diet at the lowest cost. S Among the recommiBndations is' one that potatoes be served at least five times a week, Tomatoes, raw cabbage and fresh or canned green vegetables should appear on the table at least twice & week, and lean meat, fish or eges at least three times, if possible. e It is estimatéd that at least 200000 persons suffered from pellagra last year, and to com- bat this the experts urge the addition of ome ounce of dried yeast a day to the diet of those so afflicted. - Advice on proper feeding of live stock, utiliz- ing cheaper feeds where they may be satis- factorily substituted, and other correlated mat~ ter is also being given to farmers. >