The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
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lection for the circus riders at the hippo
drome. At the Louvre once the director
had a beautiful speech ready, which he
was preparing 10 deliver, when his majesty
remarked: Move on" And they moved
on. 1t was not precisely polite, but ii was
a most effective mode of stopping long
winded speeches.
Once when ne was at Vienna the empe-
ror gave a gala dinner in his honor, ana
neatly proposed his guests health. On
this occasion the shah did not reply at
all. He pulled a little bit of paper out Of
his pocket, looked at it carefully and
then sat down. This was not discOur-
tesy. He had conhded his inspiration to
paper, and when he came to consult his
notes he found them illegible.
The shah rarely wrote out any speeches;
he used to rise and tremendously bow.
lie did so on one memorable occasion az
the Mansion house in London. The
mayors footman, who stood behind the
SHAH DESTROYS that his majesty should
not be incommoded, slightly pulled back
his chair, with the intention, of course,
TO push it forward again when the EEK
pected speech was ended After the bow,
his majesty abruptly sat down, and, luck
lily, Just allghted on the end of the char,
or he would have disappeared altogether
under the table. When he was first in
London, by the way, he obstinately re-
fused to open the Mansion house quad
rifle with the Princess of Wales, who, he
thought, was too thin. In defiance of all
etiquette he led out the Duchess of TecK,
as there was more of her. Despite this
fact, however, the shah's taste for beauty
was good. lie appreciated fully the WO-
men IN Austria and Hungary whom he
to lilies.
He was a most lavish distributor of
presents, for which he did not always
pay; While he gave his gorgeous orders
away with prodigality which must have
mace certain European monarchs green
with envy. When he left Paris he sent
a superb necklace to the Duchess of Mae
Aianon: lie, however, forgot to pay for
u and the marquis himself had the
pleasure of doing so. 1t cost $50 600. The
shah could never be persuaded to run
any risk Of accident. He refused to mount
the Elitel tower, and he said he did not
peneVe That any intelligent man ought 10
ascend that dizzy structure. His enter
tanners succeeded in getting him as far
along as the first story, but they never
got him any further.
The shah was fond of circus enter
talnments, could appreciate a music hall,
and was not averse to garden parties. on
MS last visit to England Lord Salisbury
gave garden party in his honor at
Hatfield, and, for the shah's amusement,
invited an exhibition of shooting by q
man who shot corks off a lady's head.
The shah, seeing that it was 50 easy,
asked II he might try, and, holding a
repeating rifle in his hand, swept the
barrel around in the direction of LORD
Sallsbury and many of the guests, not d
little to their CONSERVATION. The laqy
performer refused to allow herself TO be
shot at, and the shah then invited the
Persian prime minister to take the lady
place. But to this Lord Salisbury, II
friendly fellow-feeling for his Persian con-
frere, decisively objected, and in the end
the shah was disarmed. In the prov
inces of Great Britain the shah used 10
draw greater crowds than any member Oh
the royal family, and he was usually re-
garded as displaying marked intelligence
in all that he DID or said. Everywhere
he cut a picturesque figure, and as sucn
he will be missed. Probably, however, ms
disappearance from the scene will saddsinl
court circles very much less than II VIII
spectacle-loving persons, for his perlout11
does not adapt himself with east to west
ern social customs.