New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-18
THE SHAH IN PARIS.
HIS FANCY FOR DINAu, TIE SENEGAL KING -
NJ LoCKRoY ON JOURNALISM.


be WAS u,cd e. reconcile Paris TO the idea OF
uonarcliical restoration b. tie Dac de Bsosn', VINO
was Prime Minister In 1913. the date OF ms
,eccnd visit he WAS hardly noticed MdcMahoh
lad then resolved TO retire. and did not want 10
90 10 expense except in showing hospitality 10
the Exposition notables and the Princes VINO
headed ROYAL Commissions. So the Sian WAS
entirely neglected The Republicans were on the
TOD of the wheel, though not in oli'e. Every one
at all well disposed toward the Republic oeheNeu
in Gambctia and his friends, and there WAS Il
reaction against monarchsm which caused al
Royal or Imperial personages save the Prlhce oi
Wales TO be looked upon with disiavoF
Nothing could DC finer than the bearing OF
MacNlahon when he cid the honors OF the french
capital TO Nasr-ed-Deen in 1873. lie looked
man Of a high, straightforward spirit. who pore
his honors with simplicity and was as much at
home in . palace as if born there. Pans had re-
covered from the battering ii met with III 1871.
The long avenues built by liaussmann were stll
new and the freeStone houses on them WINE.
Democracy WAS cowed. Twenty thousand
parisians We're shot in " the week oil
May" by Versailles troops, and 5000 or 9OOo
were in prison or beyond the seas. All the
fashionable people who went in for Throne ana
Altar" exultant and ea ger to look their best
company at the Elysee and the Due dc Broghes,
when parties were given there TO the Shah was
extremely aristocratic. Equality reigned. There
was no special salon at either place for the
diplomatsts and the Imperial guest One saw
men and women so used to court ceremonalS rs
TO take them for what they were wOrth-and no
mere There was tone in manners and style IN
dress of which / find few traces 1t was
tone that went well with festivity. Last ngh1
missed it at the Elysce which, however, was IN
point Of decorative beauty infinitely superior 10
what it was under MacNlahon.
The troops were more in the habit of pipe-clay
when the Shah first came 10 Paris than they are
now Theirs did not suffer slovcnlineSs in the
army and put his foot down jobbery. SO did
MacAlahon. As consequence the cavalry horses
were worth the money paid for them, and uniforms
and harnessngs were kept well furnished. On
Tuesday the streets were ill-watered, ana the
troops. horse infantry and artillery, were mt'dy
and sadly in need of " pipe clay They looked
rs if in slOp Clothes though in their best be-
longines There must have been deployment OF
soIdiery for "a length of two miles on two sides
Of the avenues through which the Shah was 10
pass NJ Carnot's open landau and four was the
one rrdeeming feature of the pageant The
horses were bought in England, and are splendid
other respects.
The Shah nhabits mansion of which the share
holders of the Bank of France are the owners. 1t
, is ir "A new part Of the West End. and near the
house where Victor Hugo lived, in the avenue
called after him. French upholSterers have lost
none Of their cunning under the Republic. They
have fitted up this mansion with exquisite taste.
The Garde Meuble," or stOrehOuSe for State fur
nture WAS at their disposal, and they selected tie
masterpieces Of BOule and other Crown cabinet
makers and decorators in the reigns OF the Four
teenth and Fifteenth LOuises. The siateliness OF
Versailles and FOntainebeau and the elegance
OF the Tranon are in combination with modern
comfort and convenience. The chamber in which
the Shah gives his audiences is as large aS The
Sale DIES Fetes at the l'alais Bourbon line Of
mirrors the tallest that Saint GObain ever turned
out panel this chamber. They have Fittings
between them the whole way down OF crimson
satin. and reflect large Sevres vases filed with
plants and flowers. u throne canopied with crimson
ard gold brocade, two arm-chaiTS, some B)u'e
tables made by Boule himself. an infiniiy Of those
gilt and cross-legeed stools called tabouretS, on
which duchesSes had in former times right TO sit
in the Royal presence. and. through square, pro
jerting window Of vast dimensions, the pleasure
grounds.
Diplomoti1uc on Wednesday at full dress levee
and the Russian Ambassador. To-day His Excel
lency paid him the compliment Of going again in
full dress and wore the Grand Gordon Of the L.
gon Of Honor-which his brethren OF Germany
and Italy thought was way of showing the
Persian Monarch that tie Car prizes the anIity
Of the French Republic
The Shah nj ght before last dineI al the Official
residence of the Minister OF Commerce. he st
between Nr>dame> rrard and Cons,anN whom he
amused with his point-hl'uk questions and r.
marks When he leaving his hosts he saw
that magnificent SENEGAL negro, Dinah, King of
the Nalons, in the antc-I0om. Dinah is coal
black, tall, powerfully built and from Il plastic
point of view, superb He dresses in grOteSQue
manner. wearing less the cross OH the back, tie
altar yeStmcnts, thicsly embroidered in gold of
Catholic archbishop. smoking-cap that almost
matches. and white pantaOons with gold stripes
on the outer SEAMS. The Shah was struck with
Diuah'S exterior, asked who he WAS went up 20
talk TO him, returned in his company to the
drawing room n had quilted. and Oh bidding him
eood-eyeniug asked him to be sure TO call on him
Iext day Dinah accepted the invitation He
found tie Shah with map of Africa on the table
The Persian Monarch got the African 10 show him
whcrr his State was. and catrchzed him as
20 The slave trade, French and British
ri,altics, what the missionaries are doing and
how far his subjects ere advanced in civilization.
To-day lac sent Dinah Damascus 1cimitar Of
fare workmanship, with diamOnd-studdcd handle
IL was tremendously taken by The French
Minister at 1ehefan who is now in Paris and
an aidc-dc. camp Of the Shah. Dnah WAS last
NIGHT ~ the fete given at the Eiysee in In,
ShahS honor, and was The admiration Of all
,ic mn SIS who saw him there. This cufert al,
mont was singaiarly brilliant one. i the,tricIl
aud an operate performance took place in tlc
shghS presence in cOncert-rOmn that has befn
gently added TO III, Elvsr2. The Shah. Win
his officers in dark ana richly embroidered
,nuics: Dlnah and his tributary chiefs, thr latter
dressed in white and blnc togas: the Imperial
Princess 90 Amman and Japan and their suites
end n number Of Arab chiefs and splendid looking
in In. -