The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23

such if they offend his prejudices. Fortu-
natelys his language is so pretty that the
opprobrious title frequently passes for a
term of endearment"
Nasrit is a devout Mussulman, and was
intensely Mortified to find the familiar
terms on which dogs, so abhorred by Mo
hammedans, are admitted to English
households. The friendly nose of a dog
thrust into his hand was the signal for a
flood of tears and vehement insistence on
a triple scrubbing of the member so de-
MED. The love of animals inherent in
boy nature has changed the spirit of
Nasflt preJud1ces, and he now scampers
prettily about lawn with a sympathetic
English bulldog as friend and confidante.
AT dinner he looks askance at half
glass of water, insisting, Persian fashion
that 1t shall be filled to the brim as ocular
PROOF that the glass has not been touched
Dy other lips, After drinking claret he
washes out his mouth three times this
precaution alone enabling a devout Mus
sulman to partake of alcohol Sitting
cross legged at the table contentedly eat
ing his outlets, his bright eyes wandered
necessarily round the room, noting novel
ties, and between times he asked eternal
questions as to the habits of the English
monkeys"-his fellow guests!
30 that Allah Nasrit Khan is a most
interesting little person to invite to din
ner!
After the period of widowhood prescrib-
cd oy the Mussulman faith, conveniently
limited TO four months and ten DAYS. had
expired, several Persian noblemen made
Beebee offers of marriage, for it is now
regarded somewhat al a mark of fashion
to marry an English wife.
But my experiences of a Persian harero
were so unhappy as to remove every wish
70 prolong them" she says Everybody
IS astonished that my child and left Per
STA alive, for it is a country of intrigue
plot and sudden death But Sir Mortimer
Durano' whose kindness can never for
get, sent daily from the legation to nv
house, and constantly reminded my sur
FOUNDERS that l was an English citizen.
notwithstanding this, three attempts were
made after my husbands death to poison
our food, and but for the protection of
the British minister we should certainly
not be in England to-day"
Asked as to her daily life, Bebee said:
Although much was terribly unhappy,
there were some pleasures. My husband
built me pretty English looking house,
ana We sent home for seeds and plants,
and grew English flowers, most success
fully. The climate is lovely, and I fire.
quently rode out on horseback, closely
yelled.
1.-THE demeanor of Persian men toward
women is very insulting, and though in
our walks abroad we were preceded by
a soldier and guarded by four black SER
wants, we had very unpleasant experiences.
30 We preferred to drive or go on horse
back. Sometimes we ventured on expe-
ditions to shops and other public places
prescribed by Persian etiquette, and on
such occasions disguised ourselves in ser
wants clothes and saw the sights of the
town without detection. Persian women"
she added mischieYously, manage to get
some amusement from the outer world
without the permission of husbands. Thus
we visited the public baths and mixed
with many interesting and forbidden
phases of life"
Are Persian women very beautiful?"
The veil gives an impression of SUI
preme loneliness. In reality the faces are
most disappointing, and figures square
and ungraceful. The ideal of beauty in
Persia is to have dark eyes-blue or gray
eyes are rarely seen-and black eyebrows,
painted so as to meet across the fore
head. If the hair is naturally light, eti-
quette demands that it shah be dyed
black, this being done at the baths. A
bath On Persia lasts from early morning
till late at night the hair alone being
washed seven times with soap and water
Fair haired children, even, must have
their locks stained black. Persia is the
land of paint, powder and dyes, and mag
nificent dress. A favorite dress trimming
| consists of a bordering many inches deep
| OF real pearls, and our beds and the cush-
| ions on which We lounged were heavily
beaded and adorned with pearls of price
| When 1 went to Persia my gowns attract
! ed interesting attention, the ladies being
| particularly amused at the number of
| seams In my bodices.
| Look they said, 'Beebee had so little
stuff she was obliged to join and patch
| her dress
But they soon understood that these
seams caused the gown to fit and show
| off the figure, and the shah's sister was
| so pleased with the innovation that she
| introduced the many scanned bodice at
| court, so that can claim the distinction
of setting the style to fashionable Per-
| sia.'
''It Is a prerogative of the Shah that
| every woman in the kingdom must unveil
| before him, and any woman he takes a
| fancy to forthwith belongs to him-be she
| the wife of the most powerful nobleman in
| the country. l knew every one of the
| Shah's one hundred and sixty wives, as L
| constantly visited his harem.
| Persian women dress their hair in doz-
ems of tiny plaits, and on very grand oc-
casions these are unplaited and the hair
combed to stand out in a hideous thick
friz round the head. My sister and 1 de-
/ lighted the Shahs sister and several prin-
| cesses by teaching their black maids to
| dress hair in English fashion. Nearly all
| the servants are Arabian slaves, but IL
is becoming very diff1cllt to buy them. My
| boys nurse was an Arab whom we bought