Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-31
ABBAS HIM. THE PHARAOH OF 1907
TALKS WITH OUR CORRESPONDENT
IN HIS CAIRO PALACE

| ed to 'rripoli Much OF the land along
| the road has been redeemed and a
| large part of this belongs TO his high
| ness. He has put up a number of
| villages here and there in this region;
] and | am told that the road is paying
| SO well that the track, which was
originally u narrow gage, has had to
be widened. His highness Is much in
torested IN the road and II Is said that
he sometimes mounts the locomotive
and manages the engine as the train
goes. over II.
In speaking about this road he told
me that he was wei satisfied with It's
present condition, and that he thought
that II might be extended along the
coast of the Mediterranean as far US
Tripoli and be made TO pay.
l am told that the khedivc has made
a great deal of money within the past
three or four years His farm lands
have doubled in value and the great
boom, which Egypt Is now having,
has added greatly to his wealth. He
Is said to be investing largely In
Cairo itself, and among other things
Is building some apartment houses
which have elevators, telephones, cleo
trio lights, bathrooms and all other
modern Improvements. He mas
brick factory on one of his estates near
here, and his profits from his cotton
and other crops must be great.
THE DAILY LIFE OF TILE KHE-
DIVE
/ have made some inquiries about
the daily life of the khedive. II Is a
quiet one, but full of business and hard
work from daylight to dark. His
highness is an early riser He is US
ually out of bed by g. and his prayers
are over shortly afterward. He eats a
light meal upon rising and then takes
n carriage and drives over his farm
for an hour or 40. After that he goes
TO the palace of Ilas eli Tin if he is
In Alexandria: or of Ablin II he is at
Cairo, and looks over his official bust
ness, receiving such audiences as have
been arranged for. This takes up the
rest of the morning.
He eats a substantial breakfast at
noon. In all his meals he sits down
at the table and uses a knife, fork
and plates just as we do. He often
has guests with him. At other times
he dimes alone with his wife and fam-
ly. After breakfast no talks with his
friends or family for an hour or so
and then goes out for another drive
in his carriage. At this time he il
usually with some member of his
court, He may go again to his farms
in the afternoon or he may go back
TO the palace and attend TO certain
official business there. His dinner Is
taken at Z or S. This is served in the
French style, and is usually eaten in
company with guests, BY 10 o'clock.
or II at the latest. his fighness Is
ready for bed, and is tired enough TO
sleep like baby.
THE FAMILY or THE KHEDIVE.
1 have spoken of the khedve having
but one wife, This is the Princess TX
bal Ianem, whom he married when he
was about 20. She is said TO be both
accomplished and beautiful, but, like
all Mohammedan ladies' she leads 10 a
large extent a secluded life, and does
not appear at the large functions at
the palace. She is not seen Mt the
lIhedlve's grand ball, which is given to
his officials and the foreigners about
once Il year and to which something
like 1900 guests are invited She is
present, however, all the same, for she
has a curtained chamber which looks
down upon the ballroom, and the cur
tains are arranged in such a way that
she can see the dancing and flirting
while she, herself, Is unseen. Her
majesty has gorgeous apartments in
each of the palaces and she has little
court Of her own of which the noble
ladies of Egypt are n part.
The khedive has six children, two
boys and four girls. The eldest is the
Princess Emma Hanem, who is now
II. The next is Princess Atiatou-llah