The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-26

| is probably the most colossal shopping
! tour ever heard Of. II is enough TO make
an American woman green with envy
for the rest Of her life to think that she
| cannot shop on such a scale.
The Shah's visit has been a bowling
! success. The French have gone into &C.
stasies over the honor he has paid them.
He is the only sovereign who has paid a
/ prolonged visit to the exposition and the
only one who has occupied the palace in
tended for severeigns. This building,
magnifcently entitled "PaIais des Sow
Grains" was set aside in the hope that
the European sovereigns would come
along one after another and make them
/ selves leading exhibits. The Car of Rus
STA and the German emperor disappoint-
ed the authorities by not attending. The
| prince of Wales, who would have come
in any other year. was kept away by the
/ Boer war and the anti-British feeling in
. France
/ The Shah has had it all his own way
1 and has been the lion OF the day. The
/ papers dwell on his gentle and. amiable
nature his romantic and melancholy ap-
/ pearance and his admiration for French
( art wit, beauty and so forth. One less
inspired by local business enthusiasm
would be apt 10 see other than the ro-
mantle side Of the Shan
He is totally unfamiliar with the table
manners of civilized Europe Or at least
he has a supreme contempt for them.
He eats with his fingers, and eats what
ever pleases him, without regard for gas-
trouomic rules or digestive consequences.
He is in a poor state Of health. owing
chiefly to the variety and inordinate GUAM
tity Of his diet His trouble is said to be
diabetes. and in view Of the vast amount
Of sweet things he eats, this is not i'm
probable If he were 10 ride one Of the
bicycles he IS taking with him TO Persia
81 would do him a vast amount Of good,
but probably he won't. His pleasure is
to see others ride.
Accompanying the Shah Is an enormous
suite Of courtiers and officers OF various
kinds. The majority Of them are Per
SLAMS, wearing the national costume Of
the upper classes. including a frock coat
braided with gold and a sort OF fez
known as the "khnah." Among the
suite. however, are an English doctor. a
French gardener and various other for
eiSners. The Shah once paid an English
dentist $500 for removing an aching
tooth
When His Majesty cats he sits alone at
the table 4 hundred OF more dishes are
spread ont on the table. Into these he
dips al random with his ten fingers, some
what as bee sucks honey from the
flowers. but not 50 gracefully.
The char7berlsirs stand behind him
while he eats. Whenever he comes - a
dish Of which he IS not quite sure he
smells u It and hands It - one CT the
chamOerlains 70 taste II this function
a-y appears pleased and unhs-nef. the
Shah goes in and eats himself. There are
plenty more chamherla1ns within call in
case these two ge- put cut Of action
When the Shah likes a dish he exclainas
''Tomachs konid''
The Shsh's favorite dish Is a p-s7a-a-
ton Of rice with vast amount q but
ter and sweet sauce. He also likes al
kinds % meats. He eats everything with
his fingers, and all bones and ether de-
bris he throws upon the floor Any
house occupied BY him becomes uniuhab-
table BY white people until it has been
thoroughly cleansed.
one day the cock rashly placed b-ttls
az Worcestershire sauce On the table in
the midst Of the varied dishes irto which
the Shah was about 70 plunge. The con