Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-29

Occidental Ideas Getting into ORR
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Teheyan Cofyespoadeace Pan Nal GGsftte.
The wave Of civilization is gradually
sweeping over Persia, and soon the Per-
sian, of the capital at least, will more re-
semble the Levantine Of COnstantinople,
or rather Pera, than the hospitable and
amusing bigot that he was very few
years ago. When the Shah first went TO
England, although Persia boosted Lord
High Admiral or Derry u Beg Gilt. Lord of
the Sea- her fleet consisted OF one poor
hundreu-tOn paddle yacht, which gene
rally lay oil Baku, on the Caspian. So
Ill found was she that when the King OF
Kings started in a Russian steamer it was
| round impossible TO put her engines in
motion; and her commander, gTandee
In shawl coat and big black beard, trem-
bed lest the Persian universal remedy of
STICK should be applied TO his reluctant
soles. But things are changed; now there
is Persian fleet. The steamship Per-
sepohs is at anchor OFF Bushire, in the
Persian Gulf, and the steamship Susa,
small river steamer, is lying off Moham-
| merah. The German crew OF the Per-
sepolis all left her on Jan. l and returned
| to Hamburg. The Captain and s0tiicers,
all Germans, remained aud are busily en-
gaging and drilling crew OF Arab sailors,
Persian subjects picked up in the Gulf.
steamers and they DO no work. OF course
they are of no use whatever, save to Gre
ate complications in the Gulf. They cost
t3,5OO year TO keep up. Stlll there is
this fleet, and the PersepOlis Is a line YES
sci, carrying four krupp guns.
The Russian element IN Teheran is very
strong. The ''unclean BEAST was long
tabooed in Persia, save IN the stables of
the great, where one was generally Kept
nomInallv because "hls breath was good
for The horses" really to turn the IIUter
with his busy snout. These solitary pigs
never left the stable 50 long as horse
was in it. They were Of the wild breed,
caught young and showed intense atiec-
! ton for The horses. When all the horses
left piggy" turned out too and would
| march at times several hundred miles
! with the friends of his infancy. Now,
| however, genuine porkers may be seen
| about some OF the streets of IeheTan run
| ming loose aud scaNenglng just as they do
! in the Russian villages.
| Numerous Europeans have visited the
| Persian capital lately, probably attracted
| by possible complications. Then "a sew
| ing machine company has set up depot
with many machines. The company pre-
! senled magnificent plated machine to
| the Shah, but as a seamstress W orks here
! Tor nVepence day and feeds herself, sew
/ Ing maculnes are not perhaps much want
! ed as yet. Many civilians and CONNER
| cial men have passed through; but as there
| Is no real way TO recover debLs in Persia,
these latter will mostly have their labor
for their pains. Consuls, not Armenian
| or Persian agents, are what the English
merchants want, and they are not
Erathed; consequently trade with
Persia, from England at least, is not
| large. On the other hand, Rus
sian or German trader inds no diff
! Guilty; his debts are recovered. The Ger
man Minister has certainly protected his
| subjects to some purpose and portraits Of
the German Emperor aud family, Bis
! marck, MOltke, etc., are seen every where.
| Even their statues are getting plentiful.
Nearly every matchbox has the Prussian
| eihgy ON 1t. In fact, In the race for trade
! the Germans are running the Russians
hard.
A young Frenchwoman has arrived
! who teaches music, giving piano lessons.
| The NaIO-u-Sultaneh, the Kings third
| son, has also his pianiste. The case of
| the jews In Persia, too, seems likely to
be bettered; Hebrew dentist has arrived,
a physician, and a chemist; DR.. Aibu,
also Jew, is now professor OF medicine at
| the Royal College.
| But the most striking innovation is the
| Introduction OF the theatre. There is now
real live actress in Ieheran. 1t is true
| LuaL she Is Jne VIE OF German CLOCK
! maker, and that she does not know
word OF Persian; but she played IN a Per-
sian piece, by "a Persian authOr-saVe the
mark! He did not tell the Persians that
his drama was "LOurs ct lie Pacha" Of
| scribe, well known On the English stage,
| having been previously translated, adapt
| ed or stolen by us years ago. The artistic
! learned the part by heart quite mechani-
| cally. The acting was beneath contempt.
| SUN the lady has the honor OF being the
| first actress seen on the Persian boards.
| Women's parts in Persian plays are sus-
| tanned by boys. After the great effort of
| the evening some amateurs among the
| telegraph staff gave negro entertain
| menC which lasted six minutes. The whole
| performance took only 10 minutes. The
! seats were five and ten shillings each,
! boxes 81. There were four performances
| for the nominal benefit of the poor of Te-
heran. Total receipts, 800; but the eX-
| penses were $3.50, and the French band
! master who started the matter was out OF
| pocket the difference. Now the Persians
| say, wv mere is the money for the pOOr?'
| The shah was present incOgnito at the
! second representation. 1t is SAID he was
amused. He sat hidden from the audi
ence behind window; in the middle OF
! the performance he broke one Of the win
dow panes so as to be able to see aud hear
! better.