Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24
PSniai Now in Tow Of the Juvenile Scion
Of 0Onnsught.
IREcKED NERVES COST HIS COURAGE
Stops Regal Train Three Times Because
he il Fearful.
LoIE FULLER FINDS HIM BOLD ENOUGH
she is Annoyed by His Too Close In
spection OF Lighting Effects
ana Declares He
is Cheap.

Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Aug. 2s-(New York World
Cablegrsrn-Special Telegram 1.-The shah
OF Persia is a sick man, which accounts for
his moody demeanor during his stay in
London.
He has a serious internal malady ' hich
cannot be surgically treated, and 1t makes
him nervous and irritable. All efforts to
amuse him fail. The prince Of Wales gave
up trying to entertain him and went to
visit Lord Ripon in the country. Prince
Arthur OF Connaught. only a lad, is now
showing the shah around. The entertain
ments provided for the Oriental potentate
are mainly OF a Juvenile character, lnclud-
ing the Empire Music hall, the hippodrome
circus Nine. Tussaud's wax works and the
Crystal Palace fireworks display.
The shah does not conceal his dsappolnt-
ment that he has not been dining in COM
pany since he arrived. This aloofness is
partly due to his Illness The court circu-
lar inslnuated that he attended a dinner
In his honor at Buckingham palace given
by the prince of Wales. representing the
king, but the shah was not there He did
not attend the oficial dinner given by Lord
Lansdowne as the foreign minister, and
even at the Persian legation he lunched
alone In a separate room.
Too Speedy for Him.
The shah is morbidly nervous, and espe-
cially while travelling When he went to
Portsmouth to meet the king he stopped
the train three times because Il was going
too fast for him. It was running twenty
three miles an hour. On the third stop
page a railway Omciai remarked in u iow
tone to the newspaper men: "If this is
too fast for him he had better get out
and walk" The shah's moroseness did not
wear of aboard the royal yacht until he
met the queen. with whom he conversed
In comparative calmness. He also ap.
peared interested when Princess Victoria
snapshotted him, He has only been seen
20 smile once while here. That was when
he suddenly found himself face to face
with his own efigy in Nine. Tussaud's wax
works exhibition. He made some comment
in the Persian tongue. which caused his
suite to laugh, but they declined to inter-
pret It, The visit will end oficially to-
morrow. but as the English channel is
rough the shah will not cross to Calais.
but will wait at Dover for a smooth sea.
He is not likely to repeat his visit.
Mile. Loie Tells Different Tale.
PARIS. Aug. 2S.-Lole Fuller, whose Eu-
Topean tour seems to have been profitable,
Is having extensive alterations made to her
house in Paris. She tells how she was sum
moned from Berlin to dance for the shah
lately at Contrexeville, where he was taking
the waters before he went to London. The
shah wanted to have every trick of the color
lighting explained to him and boldly FUN
bled among the folds Of her dancing skirts,
to ascertain how the tiny electric bulbs we're
arranged, until the dancer manifested an
noyance Mile. Loie says the stories of his
gifts of splendid gems must be falsehoods,
for, aside from her fee. which was paid by
the grand vizier, the shah only offered her
q box OF the poorest sort of candy.
The shah is expected TO arrive here Mon
day with his suite Of seventy-hve persons
and to remain until September 10. He
wants a summer residence in Paris. Kara
man Khan, his aide-de-camp, tried TO buy
the former mansion Of the king Of Hanover,
now the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harris
Phelps. and failing to get 1t secured apart
ments In the Elysee hotel for this visit
The shah will build residence here in time
for his occupancy next year.