Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-03-23


considered a great compliment"
Mr.. Sulmon Mohammed Ia Mr..
Little's chief fnnctionarv and inter.
preter. His business card looks like a
comrromise hPiw Chinese laundry
bill and railroad map n Kanopolis.
II Is Mr.. Mohammed's Job to act as
interpreter and general Interlocnter
between his nibs. the consul. and their
nobs. the potentates. Bnt Mr. Little's
soc'al dntina are nv no means limited
~ the forpi0n ROYALTY He 10 the head
~ American society In the town. and
peoplo who want 10 ba stperpd into the
presence NJ the lhedive invite the
Young Kensan ont good deal. "ThPrp
are hair dczen fine hotels here and
thew are ALWAYS crowded with the
wealth hoautv end fashion NJ Europe
and America II Ia pretty generally
conceded that the American women
are the rrPt'ipst. most interesting.
heat dressed. heat behaved women on
earth There are two here from Kan.
ana Citv: fine AZ silk -pongpe silk nj
that. The agent and consul general
NJ the rnites States If America IL
supposed 10 he what the bows used to
call fell NJ a hellnw In the present
case he IA not Rnt all the came he In
10 eel % ali
Americans socially. l work at the
precedence trade vprv little; but thev
dine me and invite me ont good deal.
To poor devil from the prairie who
used 10 wear jeans trousers. has fol-
lowed threading machine ard who
used to of bear in a brickyard, TIA n
bit odd and novel. Still get on first
rate. am supposed tn he in tolerably
good form. except that don't crease
my hat. won't wear a white tie, often
forget my kids and want TO put nv
hands In my pockets. One Of the
bonarza kings daughters invited me to
go to Jerusalem in her party. l spoke
OF finances. On she said gaily, 1T
will only take few $50 gold pie ces. )
| told her that out in Kansas had got
80 that could hit peewee on fence
rail fifty yards off with $40 gold
piece but II took practice. The Amer
leans here as a rule are well bred, well
educated and civil. but they have the
foOlest notions about the value of
money Of any Americans l ever saw.
1.-THE other day / had to call on
Yokaub Asiin Pashs, secretary OF edu.
cation. A duck | might as we'll use
the Kansas as the Turkish to describe
the nnnkey) in an $50 suit of blue
Turkish clothes. flashing a scimitar,
sits by the driver to herald my APP
proach to the palace. A few suhordi-
mates show me from room to
room rapidly. Then the pasha
comes forward to shake hands, gives me
a very large chair, cigarettes and coffee
half grounds and no sugar or milk,
not like Fred IIarvey's ny long shot)
IN small cup; then the pasha talks.
The pasha was educated in Paris and
London; is Armenian by birth, Egypt
ian by life; speaks Arabic, Armenian,
French and English well. German,
Italian and Greek some. didn't give
him a chance in all these languages,
but he has record If this sort. Tie IL
very well informed gentleman,
went to the pyramids Sunday; then
with pretty American girl, who I'M
derstanda the Kansas language and
doesn't scare at the cars, took campls
and rode around the Sphinx and the
pyramids. was bit disappointed
with the pyramids simply a lot of
stones piled up in regular order not
ut all imposing.
A Wichita man sent me postal
card IN route around the world and
asked that [ write something on it, I
had u bouquet Of Egyptian flowers on
my table when the card came. They
were Of the kind that famed Cleopa-
tra's passion ard are laden with the
fragrance Of loves 1T n thousand thous.
and years But my heart went back Ia
Kansas IA | write:
you may talk sbeut ser lilies, yer v,lets
ana yer 70 IS
Yer a-ter-. nm yer jess, m,ns, an yer other
poSirs:
| I'll allow they all air beauties and full 81
rich pe FUN"
But w,n' 10 be in Ratsas wh,n the sun.
d wers bloom,
Aud the probabilities are that by the
grace of the presidential snickernef
Mt. Little, who ia a good Republican
as he is n bright young man, will be in
Kansas with his official head under his
arm in tinfOi "when the sunfowers
bloom. TX. q. Star.
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Inc lower house OF the russian u.~.
has passed to u third reading bill TO