The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

ABBAS HILMI, THE PATRIARCH
OF 1907. TALKS WITH OUR COR
RESPONDENT IN THE CAIRO
PALACE.
How the Khediye Lives and a Descrip-
ton OF Some Of His Residence
His Big Farms and HOW He Man
ages Thcnl-His New Railroad,
which May Be Extended TO Iripoii
His Highness as a Stock Breeder
and business Man-HiS Daily Lie
and FamiIy-A Mohammedan With
Drink Nor GambIe-A Comparison
of Him With His Father.
Copyright, 1907. by Frank G. Car
penter)
When 7 was in Cairo sixteen years
z / had a long talk with IeVFhk
Pasha, who was then khediv or Egypt,
Today 7 have had a talk with his son,
Abbas Hilmi, who is now on the
throne. Both of these interviews took
place in the Abdin Palace, the great
structure which forms the business Of
fee and offcial residence OF the rul-
ers Of Egypt, situated here IN the
heart Of Cairo.
The interviews were arranged by
Uncle Sans diplomatic agents, who
act also as consuls general to Egypt.
The first was by Consul Genera Card
we'll, who represented US here in 1889,
and the other by Consul General ID
dings, who is now the diplomatic agent
of the United States. h audiences
were in both cases held in the after
noon. and the dress required was the
tall hat and morning costume Of frock
coat and light trousers, customary for
official calls. We went to the palace
in the consular carriages, with a gor-
peous dragoman of the legation on the
seat beside the coachman, and were
met at the door in both instances by
the soldiers of the khedive.
The Abdin Palace.
The khedives of Egypt have two Of
alexandria. That in Alexandria is the
Ras-el-Teen Palace, situated right on
the harbor with it's windows looking
out upon the khedival yacht and the
ships of half a dozen nations which
are at anchor there. The Abdin Pal
ace faces'a great square in the heart
of this biggest city of Egypt. 1t is built
In the form of a horseshoe, and its
two stories have many look
fng out upon the square. There Is a
grand entrance way in the center, and
at the left of this a door which 7 am
oIu LOCUS ~ III lIlA tNiNA ~ oNtASA
private apartments of his highness.
AS u carriage drove up to the pal
ace we were passed by q closed coach
drawn BY magnificent Arabian horses
On the box beside the liveried coach
man sat a sober-faced eunuch, whose
black skin and dark clothes seemed all
the more sombre under his bright red
skull cap. In front of the carriage
ran two brown-skinned bare-legged
syces with their Wands held up in
front of them, warning plebians to get
out of the way. I afterwards learned
that this carriage was that of a prin-
cess about to call on the wife of the
khedive.
The palace doors were opened to US
by an Arab official, clad in European
clothes and wearing the red fez cap
which the Egyptian never takes off.
whether in house or out. We first
came into a grand entranNe hall, floor
ed with mosaic, the walls of which
were finished in cream and gold, and
then went up to the second floor by
a staircase so wild that two wagon
loads of hav could be drawn I'D it
without touching. On the second DOR
are the reception floors for visitors
and also the apartments reserved for
the chamberlain, masters of ceremony
and other officers of the khedive's
household. Here we were taken into
the large parlor by one of the khe-
dives abine ministers, who chatted
with us until an official entered and
told us his highnesS was ready to re-
ceive us.
Face to Face With the Khedive.
We were then conducted across the
hall to the chief reception room of
the palace, and a monen later were
face to face with the young khedive IF
Egypt The room was the same in
which I met his father, and our re-
ception was as free from ceremony
md nc nnr1io1 nc tLoT 7 lal 1900.
years ago. The young khedive does
not look much like his father. He
has more dignity and is a trihe taller.
He has, however, the same light COM
plexion, the same hazel eyes, and the
same broad, open forehead, straight
nose and full lips. He is, I Judge.
about five feet, six inches in height.
but his tail red, fez cap makes him
look taller. The father had a full
beard, but the son is satisfied with a
brown m~oustache. Both men dressed
simply, the father wore a black coat,
vest and trousers with the coat cut
rather high and preacher-like. His
only iewelry consisted of three go!d
studs, the size of a bird shot and a
watch chain of thin golden links. His
was black, and as rumem-
Der it. was of the bUarft~a variety.
III those that you buy on lower
Broadway for % cents. His highness
of today wore a double-breasted frock
coat and light trousers, With q neck
tie of light coIored silk, which he hal
apparently tied himself.
In both instances, after shaking
hands, these khedives, father and son.
led the consul general ard myself to
: seats on the opposite side of the room
and each took his own place on a di-
van there and sat with one foot under
him. There seemed to be nothing un-
dlgnified in this attitude, the manner
of both being perfectly simple and
free from ostentation
Model lives.
During the talk of today cigarettnsi
were brousht in, and the consul gen.
%ral n myself each took one and lit
it His highness refused, and upon
my asking him if he did not smoke.
he replied, NO" I asked the same
question of Tewfk Pasha, he told
me that he neither smoked nor drank,
saying that MOhammedans do not
believe it right to drink anything in
toxicating, and that he tried 10 follow
the laws of life as laid down by tho
Koran.
The present khedive drinks nothing
but pure water. And he is, am told.
quite as religious as was his father.
He says his praye Immediately upon
rising and goes to the mosque every