The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16
LIFE IN A PERSIAN HBREM
HOW THE LADIES OF THE SHAp,s
COURT DRESS AND LIVE.

A Land of Luxurious Repos.. sh
skirts, and Gauzy Wells and wr.n.
Pers How Persian Children ana
| Nurses Are Dressed.
To the untraveled, Persia is a mama
which recalls vaguely some wonderful
tales from that classic fairy realm of the
Thousand and One Nights" or the
songs OF the bulbul and the rose, as Moore
so charmingly poetized them.
The lover of Bible history will think O,
the beautiful Esther who replaced
naughty Vashti in the favor of the ruler
OF ancient Persia, when "Shushan, the
| palace" or Susa, "the beautiful city OF
! lilies," was the centre of the worlds civ
| iliZat on.
bat the traveller of to-day, lacking the
| lu-,u. ious accommodations of cosmopoli-
tan civilization, will be inclined to depre-
cate Persia's fame for luxury, and will
| hardly find in few cushions and a pine
| sufficient compensation for the countless
| pleasures of such cities as Paris and New
York. Nevertheless, in Persia the charm
OF novelty will atone for lack of comfort.
and among the exquisite edifices of her
cities the traveller will linger, loath to de-
| part from their beauty.
The palace OF Fatally Shah, in the CITY
of Teheran, is one of the most interesting
| to the visitor. This ruler, who came to
the throne in 1897, was an intelligent and
wise prince in his youth, but, disheart-
ened with his victorious wars with
Russia, he passed most Of the latter part
OF his existence in his harem. He had 700
wives and 900 children. II ia said that his
descendants to-day number more than
5000. The state of Persia's finances not
permitting the support of such a numer
! GUS royal family, the poverty of most of
the princes of the blood royal is extreme
Many of them are Obliged to take service
as domestics in the first families of Te.
heran.
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