The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-28
MONS. NASSR.
Ul. Edmund Yates Has Something Fur
ther to Say About the Persian.
"A Critical Estimate of the French
Army by Mr.. Arohi4
bald Forbes.
THE GRAND REVIEW At L0NGCRAMPS.
"The Farouche-Looking vagabond with
a Hang-Dog Air"
acknowledgements for Small
Stakes.
Tho Army at tho Outbreak Of the War and
Its Widespread Generalization.
GOBE-MOUCHERIE.
Nocturnal Designations of
the Shah.
THE PARIS JOURNALS.
The Versailles Water.
Works in Full Play.
FlinssI
MIR. YATES ACCOUNT
Tho Army at the Outbreak Of the War and
Its Widespread Generalization.
GOBE-MO CHERIE.
Nocturnal Designations Of
the Shah.
THE PARIS JOURNALS.
The Versailles Water.
Works i'm Full Play.
MIR. YATES ACCOUNT


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PARIS, July II, 1873.
From the accounts OF the reporters and SO far
~ one can tell by the expression OF his face Qet
them say what they WILL he is q J1rowche looking
vagabond, with perpetually sombre almost
hang-dog airD the Shah is having good time in
Paris. This is easily Ineligible when 1t is remem-
bered that the official receptions and organized
1eteS are much fewer here than they were in Lon
don. and that the Persian polygamist has conse-
quently much more time for his own diversions.
And 1t is of this time that he thinks and makes the
most: Whenever it is possible he denudes himself
Of his jewelled uniform and aigrette and, slipping
on plain frock coat and an Astrakhan cap goes
on on nocturnal promenade. Like most barba-
Tians, he is
EXCEEDINGLY CHILDISH,
and the other night took the greatest delight in
playing -Q,tardnte for macaroon cakes In
one Of the little toy kiosks in the Champs Elysees
The game was at its height when he was recog-
nized, and cry OF "The Shahp arose. In an in
slant, as II by magic the crowd round him was
immense He saw that flight was inevitable, but
he could not fly without his spoil. 'sMes macarons,n
he cried, and gathering up the CAKES which he had
Just won, he beat hasty retreat. The Unsuitable
curiosity OF the Parisans regarding their guest has
Bpurred the reporters of the journals to the CON-
y,
ti0n, or more probably the fabrication, OF stories
Astounding in detail is immense
How walks how he talks how he eats how he drinks,
Are all noted down by these Boswells small
How his suite will not sleep in the beds prepared
for them, but roll upon the floor; what shops they
visit and what purchases they make are all regu-
lary set forth day by day in journals to which the
discussion OF politics is forbidden, and which are
well acquainted with the tastes of their readers
IN mt 1arp n If In
what other civilized country, for instance, would
you ind long paragraph devoted to description
THE SHAFTS CHEMIsE-DE-NUIT,
and of his habits Immediately before retiring to
restf VINO but Frenchman would have thought
1t worth while gravey to set forth that after taking
four turns round the garden, during which he con-
sumes his last pipe, the Shah returns TO his bed
room, which is on the ground noor, undresses him
SELF puts on q garment OF white silk, lOng-reach-
Ing to his heels and tied round his neck with gold
cord, but does not take or his fez until he jumps
into bed? Which
REMINDS NE OF A STORY.
gentleman who HAD been dining out and dining
heavily, conscious that he had taken more wine
than was good for him, determined to pull himself
together before encountering the searching eyes
Of his wife who, as he found his return home,
had already retired to rest Accordingly he per-
formed his toilette de nuit in his dressing room and
with studiOusly steady step advanced towards the
Conjugal couch. Madame looked at him for an
instant, not angrily he was pleased to remark; on
the contrary, to his astonishment she burst into
peal OF laughter. ''Don't you Think she said
''before lying down that you had better take or
your hati" he had been so intent on assuming
sobriety that he had forgotten to remove his head
gear.
To resume. Before dismissng this question OF
UObenOucherte need scarcely say that the French
journals TEEN with stories relating to the Shah's
domestic life, all of which are more or less sea-
Soned with what is called ''grOs selu You will un.
derstand without any further indication from me
the little turns of double entendre and indecent
pers(hage which these stories take and how
greedily they are devoured and repeated by popu-
lation which delights in such nastiness But may
tell you as fact that when the Shah visited the
grand spinning and weaving mills at Manchester
where he saw in full employment about six hun
dred buxom and
BLOOMING LANCASHIRE LAssEs,
ne was so strick by the sight that he proposed to
buy the whole establishment, spinning jennies
power looms and female operatives-especIaliy the
female operatives-rght away and transport the
lot to Teheran. And His Majesty seemed much
disappointed when informed that the laws OF Great
Britain would not admit OF the ratification of such
. bargain.
With more consideration than was shown him in
England, the programme OF the Sbahs entertain.
ments has been arranged that 1t is only on
every other day that he has been trotted out for
of1cial receptions, &C., while he has been permit
ted to have the intervening time to himself. 1t
was probably with the view OF inducing him to
believe that we were not such grave and serious
people as we are usually represented that we led
the unfortunate man such a round OF quasi gayety
during his stay with US. II any interpreter at
tached to his suite could have conveyed to the
Shah a translation OF Sir George Cornewall Lewis
remark that "life would be tolerable were It not
for It's pleasures" there IL no doubt that the
monarch would have appreciated the philosophers
paradox. This, however is another OF those things
which they manage better in France. After the
fatigues OF his journey from Cnerbourg and entry
into Paris on sunday evening, the Shah was al
lowed to take his rest on Monday, and, with
the exception OF drive in an open carriage
through the Bots de Boulogne and round the
bouevards he confined himself to the garden OF
the Petit Bourbon, and to making himself &C.
quainted with his new quarters. Tuesday was set
apart for visit to the Park and Garden OF versailles,
where the Shah to witness the splendid display
OF fountains known as the "Grandes-Eaux }" to
be entertained at dinner and to behold such flumi-
nations and pyrotechnics az Frenchmen declare
Gan alone be found In Paris. The weather was
superb. " ANYTHING too nne, The sun was insup-