New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-20
THE SHAH AT VIENNA,

MIGHT from salzburQ where be slept the night before
and ia lodged in the palace Of Laxenburg summer
residence of the Emperor, about 10 miles from 'ne
CITY Laxenburg is the place where royal guests
are usually quartered whom the Emperor does
mt care 10 take under his own root anu
into his family circle at sehonbrnhn' wien 'o
Gar comes, the Empress Augusta or any
az the numerous cousins of the Hapsburgs-Germah
kines dukes princes and the Hke-they are taken to
soh5nbrunn and received fai; but for such guests
A the Shah with whom o close personal intimacy is
not according TO report at all 70 be desired LxenDufg
n GOOD enough The Sultan Of Turkey entertained
there when he his visiting tour TO his brother
poentaes Of Europe aud not long the Khedive OF
Egypt made a long stay in the palace The vil
laGe is a very quiet place Of 200 or 800 yellow
washed one-story houses with green jaousies on the
border OF a lOrdy park. There is rambling chateau
built by Maria Theresa, trife imposing in its main Ia
cade but dwiudng into long one-story wings that seem
eager 70 nclose much of the pretty turf and flower
beds as apostolic of 10 astonishing distance
from the central In the park Is an older
chateau long given up to servants, besides Sum-
meg tbeater and number Of attractive houses Tor
Court favortes. In the depths of the park IA park
which, my opinion, has equal in Europe) is love-
ly lake. and the lake island picturesque castle
called the Fraugensburg, which looks very old indeed
in reality only sham antiquity, built some time
IN the century If the Shah is fond OF quiet fe
as he ought be by this time, he could not wish any
comfortable quarters than the Blue Court as the
IAxenburg Palace is called
The reception was quite informal Kaiser Franz
Joseph showed good sense In not oyerburdening with
ceremony a guest arrived from fatlguing journey on
OF the hottest days of the season. The special tram
with the shahs party first to Penzing, station on
Western Railway two miles from the city hne and
In the immediate neghborhood OF the palace Of schGn
brunn Here there great crowd of Vienna
people, who bad gone out by uamway, by
omnibus, and foot, and bad roasted in the
hot sun for two hours for the sake Of moments
a and h1aaR RaffQ 0f no
Persian monarch. single company OF infantry made
tbe only military display. The train behind tIme
and the Emperor had 70 wait an hour on Tire platform
for the arrival Of his guest "Punctuality is the polite
Of Kings says the German proverbs but the Shah
seems 20 think that the "King of Kings" has
right to be as unpunctual as he pleases
Tor he kept the train waiting for him
Balzburg long that the engineer could not make
the time. SO the Emperor, who Is never minute
behindhand, had to kill the weary hour as best he could
by pacing up and down the platform and chatting with
the Persian ambassador. Finally, at hslf-past the
band struck earorturing tune that was supposed to
be Persian air. and the train rolling in. The
Shah stamped hrskly the Emperor came forward;
handskakng followed, and then there was short con-
Versaton through the intervention Of interpreter
The personal appearance Of NasseredDn has been fully
described and needs no further reference here
The tete-aete OF the sovereigns lasted but few
moments. Both entered the and the train went on
Iaxenburg-a journey Of threeqnarters OF an hour
around the southern side Of the city and out the
broad Danube plain. The little station had been rather
scantily adorned with dollhouse shrubs from the i'm
peria conservatory Only the side on which the Shah
Rnghted thus decorated. The other side which he
was expected 10 see, left bare strip OF vel
vet carpet land beside the track, and linen awning
sheltered the stairs that led from the station door 10 the
graveed walk, where the state carriage waiting
The crowd small thar every one got good view
Of the monarchs. The village people OF course
all hand in their best clothes and there perhaps
thousand Viennese who had out during the after
noon. A cheap display OF bunting made from a
flag stats planted the lawn in front Of the sta
zion, and of Hungarian cavalrymen
pcketed the road. The Emperor ana ms
guest came down the steps eide by side
and entered the carriage; the crowd raised polite
and feeble cheer in which there not trace Of en-
1husas the soveregus touched their hats the yellow
3acketed positions cracked their whips, and the car
Tiage whrled off to the palace followed by other car
Tiages containing the high officers Of the shahs suite,
Austrian ATohdukes and other dignitaries IN gilt
tering uniforms. squadron Of Hungarian cavalry was
drawn Up on one of the entrance, and company
of Austrian infantry with band on the other The
trunpets sounded the band played the barbarOus. dis
tracing Persian tune, and the crowd cried HOch"
two three times the carriage dashed under the
nrchway into after the Emperor took
leave OF the Shah the former came out and reviewed
his troops. walking mp and down the lines and then
drove home TO schOnbrunn. A detachment Of Persian
nervants had arrived hours before, with ten
wagon loads of luggage, and the palace had already
been turned their tender mercies. 1t is said
shat when the Emperor walked through the suites of
rooms intended sbah and ms officers, be found
the mattresses, pillows, and rich silk bed-spreads
etrewn on tue floors, ana being tramped By
the servants WHO had also the carpets and were
about 10 put down others brought from Persia Gazing
ON this ruin the Emperor exclaimed 10 his adiutant
NV poor rooms Will Laxenburg ever be the same II
before :"
As for the Shah he made haste 70 get his dinner
lamb was slaughtered in the palace, according 20 the
Persian custom, and immediately roasted Ten Persian
druitares sat down table with him, and were much
better bred their master, for they used the knives
and forks and napkins, while he ate with his fingers
and wiped his hands the tablecloth. After dinner
he went straight to bed peculiar affair which had
petn sent On in advance, and set up In room looking
our IN The gardens aud park To-day lie does nothing
p" rest lohorrow he is 70 dine at SchOnbrunn, aud
VIC heA' uay There will be grand review OF troops IN
MS hohOr upon Tie schmelz. How long he will stay is
MOI Se' uoeuea' MS visit does not excite anything like
INC interest H're IL awakened IL London, Paris, and
o'i"u' WYNN" Hes Almost at the doors OF Asia, and |
Oriental costumes and faces the novelties that
they are IN Western Europe. The Hungariaps now
equal partners In the Empire stin nreserve
many OF the customs Of Their T.,t.r an |
eestOrs and Turkey, which is purely Asa,,o |
and our nextdsor neighbor The red tez and pagcv
trowsers OF Turk are not an unusual sight IN the street,
of Vienna and even Persian merchants come occas,or
ally to markets. The mere fact that the Shah a. an
Oriental Prince does not. therefore create the Juror a,
curiosity him prevailed IN England; and A.
far ~ observe his visit popular excite
Gnent than that OF tue Gar last month.
We begin already 70 hear reports Of the had manners
of the Shah aud tue vandalism Of his attendants II Ia
said that he ruined the costly curtains Of the Iuxrous
imperial car in which he Gang from sazburg by wiDng