Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
Civilization Upside Down,
Declares Exiled Persian

They are all intelligent and lively
and Interesting; but fearfully old Why,
1 the youngest woman I have spoken to
here is at least eighteen years old.
and some, who call themselves young
| and are not even married, are twenty
! four and over
Fair women with bright compilations
seem to please him best, and he has
| quite succumbed to the charms of a
| young lady OF twenty, who has light
brown hair and a very high complex
| ion. Evidently things move quickly
in Persia. for he met the young lady
one evening at his concul,s, spoke a
few broken sentences to her and pro-
| posed the next morning through a
mutual acquaintance. II Is to be doubt
ed whether the young lady's parents
will accept him, as he has left%no less
than six wives behind him in Teheran.
the eldest Of them. he says. is get
ting middle-aged, being just eighteen,
the youngest is little over ten He
does not think of bringing them to.
Europe. partly on account of the eN-i
pense; but the gossips say that, il he
stays in Warsaw. he intends to estab-5
lish anew, harem. Probably, if.he does
so.S his wives in Teheran. will be, sold
off by auction to some member of the
shah's family.
The prince finds great amusement in.
walking in theistreet--a- thing he never.
did beforehand to look at the lighted
shops at night and the people. The
traffic and the. electric cars amaze him
and vet Warsaw is such a small city
thanione wonders what he would think
{ of New York or Chicago.4
AUTHORIZES FOR SECRETARY.
Iii his.suite lisa doctor, Chadzi Mirzyl
Mahomed Ale Fahkmol Hakumy, who
has been with him; since he was twelve,
n 1,,@4
the most interesting of the whole party.
being no less a. person than the novel;
list who writes under the name of
pierre de &Coulevain,'s one of. if not,
the most popular of living French au-
.thoressess. She is a great friend Of
America and Americans, as her books,
and especially her "Nobesse Ameri-
caine" (A1nerlcan nobility testify.
Amongst her other most successful
works are the new famous Lille In
connue" (rhe Island I'm llnoWn), which 4
treats of England. Sur la Branche,,'
and Eve Victorious Her real name
is Countess Vikulinova: she is half
being a Princess yolkonska, of dis
stinguished Russian family. Her hus-
band was Russian, but, until she
went to Persia, Pierre de VouIeyain'
spent her life between. Paris and Bor-
deaux. She went to Teheran with the
}lnCenLlOll Oh sSIOululIiS q gfJel1Cll girls
school for the daughters of Persian no.
bies, having the education OF eastern
women very much at heart. The Med
zylis'' or Persian parliament, was To
give her charter, but since the shah
dispersed that assembly with all the
abruptness of an eastern despot she !
was obliged to leave Telleran, and at
the princes request consented to ac-
company him to Europe as secretary
and guide till he should make himself |
more at home there.
EVERYTHING UPSIDE DOWN.
She contemplates writing book upon
Persian customs. which she has had
ample opportunity of studying The |
prince says he does not know what he |
should do5without her, for she is tho
only person who can explain what he |
wants to the new world he has en-
tered and who can introduce him toFits |
many new wonders. SO strange are |
they to me-" he told her. that want |
to keep rather quiet at present, be- |
cause one must get used to them little I
by little. Everything is upside down |
here. i feel as II I We're walking on /
a ceiling. suppose you get accus-
toned to it in time
He much wishes to visit England and +
but the. shah, who does not I
like constitutions. liberal opinions, or
democracy, says he must spend his time
of exile in, Russia. And here. says
the prince, 81 shall have to stay
KAJETAN DUNBAR