New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-09
RECEIVING THE SHAH.

THE moNARCHs TABLE AND SOCIETY mASnEhs-A
RECEPTION WITH THE ASSISTANCE or TIE
HOUSE OF CoMMoNs-THE DAY AND THE sHuT--
THE ENGLISH SHIPS AND THEIR NAMES.
(FBon AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRIBUsEi
LONDON, June A.--It was midnight and the din
ner party bad not yet ended. In fact life IN London
seems to consist Of unlimited dining Ihaye arrived
at a state of mind when can I tell where ono din
ner ends and another begins. Owen Meredith is
right Here
One live without love; what but pinings
But where Is the man that can live without dDIngr
There were no bOres at this particular dinner There
were present a Russian az handsome al be is distin-
guished who told me how he read THE TRIBUNE
constantly far away in the wlds of Moscow. baron
ets and NJ P's who had Travelled in America, and
wanted to 90 back because the women
charming-fair women, and an American by thu
singular name of Mark Twain Dir. Twain is en-
deavoring to nstil civilization into the Shah by sit
ting on the floor and playing draw poker, and says
that his august pupil makes wonderful progress Ia
this great American game. and will soon be able To
play against the American Minister OF the
brilliant editor Of The Louisville Cour1er-JourndL
who now pines in May Far for
partner worthy Of his deal said
il was midnight, and were talking about tho
claimant Prince Of Persia" he is called by the
mobs. say mObs because | am in England. II
were at home should say the people," but here
We always call the people "a mob" Il never was
so ashamed of myself as / to-day confessed
agreeable NJ p For two hours | stood on a ginger
beer barrel in order TO see the Shah. See him did.
He looks like a crafty Parsee merchant and fine
fools we are making of ourselves" Bother tho
ShahD exclaimed one dignfed looker-on. why
thought he was gilded all over; and the brute has
no manners.D "No manners, and very bad TASTE
remarked another. But he is improving. AT st.
Petersburg his sportive attendants amused them
selves by cutting the flowers out of the palace car
pets and the heads out of portraits hanging on the
walls Their master patronzed the Car and toid
him to 20 on in his present course. He the King OF
Kings, approved"
"Ab. but the banauet at Berlin must have been
screaming fun chimed in the BarOnet The Shah
eats with his fingers, and whenever be disiked
dish he took the food ont of his mouth and threw II
under the table. Picture the dismay OF those about
him. Here too, he first drank champagne, and be-
came screwed, whereupon Lord Russell turned to the
French ambassador, saying: It appears that tho
Shah is fond of French wine Cest biea ndiurei.
instantly replied the Embassador dams Ia unit ous
les chats soa grs'7 This is the neatest double pun
| ever heard, and undoubtedly originated with Lord
Russell who is one Of the wittiest Of Engshmen9
1.-THE Shah approved Of Kaiser William, but dis
liked the Empress and, on taking leave Of her bus
band expressed great surprise that she should be
allowed to exist / advise you to get rid OF that
old Augusta were the Shahs last words at Berlin"
"Our King interpOsed a noted Belgian, was OK
cessively nervous about entertaining the PERSIAN
horde Obliged to put beds in some OF the palace
drawing-rooms, he feared the destruction OF yaiu-
able paintings and furniture but beyond dirt did
not realize his expectations. The King of Kings
spat on the audience at the opera, but otherwise
behaved well enough. His followers had
mania for driving. In Persia they always ride
Once in carriage they would refuse to get out, In
ssting upon being driven from morning until night
in consequence Of which the royal horses are amost
dead" @'.@-4E -.
These charming stories gave me quite an appetite
for the Shah. had already been drawn TO him by
his cleyerness in disposing of mourning. When the
news reached him at Berlin Of the death of his
mother he, King of Kings sent home the three
Shahesses and decreed that the royal grief should be
postponed until his return to Persia which fact re
minds me of the Yankee woman who, upon being
told at dinner Of her husbands death, exclaimed.
lust wait until I've done eating, and I'll show you
some tall crying They say that the three Shahesses
are to have their heads chopped of because Of
unvailng their faces in public. DESTROYS Of
beholding the man who can chop OF his
wives heads and yet be received by that
model wife and mother" Victoria who is ex-
tremely particular about morals, listened TO par
lamentary siren and promised TO go TO Spithead the
next morning to witness the Naval Review. IL was
the next morning when 1 promised, so that a. |
arose at o'clock o. m. it is pleasant fiction TO sup
pose went to bed at all. Upon finding myself in
parliamentary train, occupying Carriages
with member of the Government, one Of
its most violent opponents, Conservative
III. liz
as though they had never called one
another names, felt extremely Obliged TO the Shah
for being the cause of bringing together happy
family for my benefit. Think of the "reg1ar knock
down of intellect" on that train, and what would
have become of the country had it gone to eyerst-
ing smash This intellect. however, did not seem TO
be appreciated by the multitude assembled at Perts
mouth, for when one lusty Britisher asked which
of us was the Shah, and received answer that We
were the Commons, he irreyerently exclaimed, Thu
House of Commons be bowed
OF course there were detentions, but we finally
arrived at Southsea, and, walking through the
dock-yards passed the awning which was TO shelter
the Shah route 20 the yacht Victoria and Albert
Perhaps it was accidental, but the greater part Of
the pass age-way was covered with the American
flag, which saluted standing and in silence. Thea
we boarded the fine transport steamship lamar.
consecrated to the Commons, and sat down to
breakfast provided gratis by the nation. How much
the Shah will cost the nation know not, nor does
the nation but | shall be much surprised if
the poorer classes do not find grey-
ance and turn it to good account
should if l were one Of them. Steaming
away from our mOCrings we lazy drifted of tho
shore waiting for the coming of the lustrious per-
sonages. Here ordinary folk are call ed persona
and royal folk called personages." like these
distinctions. They keep classes apart and foster
that nobeSt Of all traits, SunkeyisIn. like to see
journalists panderng TO this sort Of thing by pub
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