Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16
AMERICAN GIRL SPURNS SHAH
Emily Barnaby Now Has Millions and
Has Lost the who
Owned Them.

Copyright, 1907, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, Feb. 15.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram EMILY Barn
ably, a Cincinnati girl, has just arrived here
from Tabreese, Persia, after a most ex-
traordinary adventure. She was among a
lot Of beauties selected here two years ago
by the shah for various Offices at his court
and was sent ahead to Teheran under escort
to await his pleasure.
Emily then was a destitute student of
music and had applied to the recruiting
Persian minister upon the advice Of a
friend, an American, who had accepted an
engagement. Emily was duly presented to
the shah, who gave a short and to her I'M
Ineligible answer to his minister, and the
latter told her she was engaged.
She left Paris three days later with nine
other girls, mostly French, in charge of two
old English shrews who have been long at
tached to the shah's household. She re-
NAMED at Teheran four months before she
saw the sovereign, when two American girls
were Unexpectedly summoned at midnight
and asked II they could entertain the shah,
who was troubled with sleeplessness. The
p~otentate was found in his bed surrounded
by a crowd of attendants, among whom was
a physician who spoke English. Emily's
friend played the piano while Emily sang
and danced. The shah, at first languid,
soon became interested.
Next day Emily alone was summoned.
Before being introduced she was dressed
In oriental gauze, by the same two English
shrews, who complimented her on the fact
that the shah had taken a great fancy to
her. At the second interview the shah tried
to express his fondness. and Emily OBJ
jected. When she finally broke down and
cried the shah's anger was Modified, and
he ordered that she be taken to her apart
ment, after sending her a considerate mes
sage, accompanied with valuable presents.
Thereafter she saw the shah almost daily,
being his ~favorite entertainer. She says she
learned to like the shah well except when a
tender At seized him.
After nearly a year the shah grew ugly
because Of the girls steadfast refusal to
become a member of the royal harem. and
she followed the advice of a French physi-
clan and ran away from the palace. She
hid in Teheran three days, and then the
physicians servant took her, disguised and
yelled Hke an Oriental woman, to Taberes,
where she lived secretly with kind French
nuns. Four months ago Emily married a
wealthy Partisan merchant, young, hand
some and a Catholic convert. But the
shah's emissaries finally located her and
she fed, finding the country unsafe.
tn young couple Joined a Russian cara
van, reached the Black sea and sailed from
Batoum for Marseilles aboard a Greek YES.
sci, which stopped at Thebizond. There
Emily's husband went ashore, saying he
would just take a short stroll. He never
returned, and his wife does not know
whether he was murdered or deserted her
Being afraid to risk herself alone In a
strange city. she continued her voyage and
finally reached Paris.
She tells your correspondent she has mos;
OF her husbands wealth. Jewels, a cargo OF
precious rugs and more than 81, 900, 900 in
money. She left today for Berlin to join
American relatives.