New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-10

such violent dislike to spinach when 1t was sefVed
TO him for the first time that he elected IT from nus
mouth on TO the plate of his neighbor. But 10 all
these to most of the other stories there IL anotn
side. The charitable and well Informed explain that
these contributions were meant as marks OF royal
favor and were in the hight of good breeding. since
among Orientals il is the custom to bestow on a
guest the choicest morses from the hosts portion
and King always stands in the relation of host TO
everybody else.
IL would. at any rate, be mistake to suppose that
the Shah is wanting in pOliteness to women, as he
| understands il, or even that he has not learned
great deal and adopted great deal from European
manners. There could not be a more striking proof
of this than his instituting an Order for women
and comforting decorations on them-a performance
which offers not merely violent but ludicrOus con
tIast to ordinary Oriental notions So of his com
pliments TO the Queen and the Princess of Wales and
the marked courtesy shown to the latter wherever
he has met her. But yUu know all about that al
ready, and they official persOnages, 1T may be
said. He has, however, been not less civil to other
ladies TO whom he under no political obligation
He was surprised, as well he might be, oy the num-
Der and spendor of the diamonds worn by the Mar
chiOness of Westminster, and he surprised her not
less by telling her that they were much finer than
his own. His reception at Stafford House was
marvel of profuse elegance, and was followed by
somewhat marvellous incident. Stafford House,
should say, enjoys an easy prominence among all
London houses for the magnihcence OF its
entertainments Its size and position, to
begin with, are unequaled. 1t is half as
big as Buckingham Palace itself, from which it is
not far removed the two having each double front
on ST. Jamess and the Green Parks. 1t was in the
days of the former Duchess of Sutherland, mother of
the present Duke, and well known by name in
America for her Anti-Slavery sympathies, that Stat
ford House acquired its peculiar celebrity She was
woman TO whom high birth and great wealth
seemed suitable and natural for her tastes were lib
eral. and she loved splendor. She kept an army of
servants, and an army of servants is rather more
costly luxury than an army of soldiers. Their hive
ries would have put to shame the most snowy uni
forms Before she died great part of her retainers
were dismissed and pensiOned of. But the pensions
were given on condition that the holders of them
should return to their old posts great occasions,
and this they do. Without them the household
would be counted numerous; with them II presents
such an array few private mansions in the world,
OF none can equal and as they are perfectly drilled
and know the ways Of the house. there is no confu-
siOn nor any indication that this double retlnue Is
not the ordinary equipment of the house. The
effect is princely and Stafford House is a princely
residence with its broad halls, its great staircase,
its noble rooms its priceless treasures of arr, and all
the rest.
All this so much impressed the Shah that, on the
morning after his reception by the Duke, he sought
an interview with the Prince of Wales for whom he
is said to have taken liking. As he is not man of
many words, and French is the only language IN
common between him and the Prince, and he speaks
il with difficulty he lost no time in explaining what
seemed to him so plain as to need no explanation.
He simply advised the Prince to put the DIXIE of
Sutherland to death. AS the Prince naturally a
little surprised by the abruptness of this suggestion
and he and the Duke, are moreover, great friends
the Shah urged with much eagerness that it
was impossibIe powerful n subject could be
permitted TO exist without endangerng the throne
When the Prince explained to him that. however
lust his Wow might be- the laws of England did not
allow king to put a subject to DEATH the Shah be-
came much depressed Presently he rallied, and
claimed " But at least you can put ont his eyesw
II was difficult to make him understand that even
this could not be safely done; and when he at last
broke off the interview he was evidently persuaded
that there could be little security for a dynasty
which possessed so slight authority its subjects
1t never could have occurred to him
that there was an improperly in accepting
the Dukes hospitality in the evening and proposing
his execution the next morning Nor did the failure
of his plan deter him from accepting the same Dukes
invitation to Trentham. where he has seen spec-
men of life in an English country house not less
remarkable than that in London, though there are a
dozen places in the country that may rival Trent
ham, and no palace in town to vie with Stafford
House. q. W. S.