Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

He has rooms on the ground floor of the
house and when the ex-shah drives out he
accompanies him, but unless 1t is to see
the port or some interesting part of the
town this eastern exile does not go out
once he went to the theater. and was
bored to Death. The circus interested him
more, but In general he seems TO be
apathetc to his surroundings. HIS suite
goes out a good deal more and spends
hours walking up and down the principa
streets and looking into the shop win
dows, but it's members keep aloof from
Russian society. amusing themselves
chiefly in the cabarets. so that they see n
distinctly uncultured side Of Russian life.
The cX-shah has taken the house he lives
in for one year only. When the term has
expired he intends 10 move toward the
Caucasus where the climate Il dryer and
warmer in summer.
Soon after his arrival in Russia the eX-
shah sent a message to the car. asking
tn be allowed to visit him--at that time
the Russian court was at Livadia. in the
Crinaa and therefore, quite near Odessa.
The ear sent back u curt message OF re-
fusal. 1t is said that this made Ma hmud
Ali so furious that he declared he would
go nowhere and see nobody.
AS a matter Of fact, he is practically a
isolated though central position. 1t is
bull; in such Il way that two sides OF IL
overlook the sea. One o. the Two re-
aiming sides is separated from the other
hy a high wall. while the other races
the street and is guarded day and night
l,v a couple Of policemen. Nobody can
enter without being questioned. and I'M
less the visitor comes accompanied by
one OF the suite he has hut little chInce
of ncttin. in for if ne asks for the shah
~. hot hi mai
Strangers and if he asks for one of the
suite he is Obliged to send up his name
and state the nature of his business.
The house is furnished in the simplest
possiDle manner. Downstairs the rooms
arc devoted 10 tn" use Of the suite. They
are. for tn" most part. large and well
lighted \ ''diyan" or large couch am"
a few chairs compose their furniture.
The dining room Is bare and SHABBY
without a carpet or pictures
The ex-sial and his family Iive up
stairs. There is large covered veran-
dahl where the children play, at the top
Of the staircase The other rooms are
devoted to the eX-sflah's use. Then come
the women's quarters. IN the town they
say that these rooms are in very nn-
tidy state but. as none of the towns
bepbie nave ever Gccfl III lnt.n, IL IL
hard To tell how they get their informa
ton \ei2hbors from over the way who
spend :, good deal OF time watching the
mysterious newcomers have occasionally
the satisfaction of seeing one of the wom-
en- Of what they call the ''haren' glide
onto the balcony and hang pair of
white stockings out to dry. They are
generally dressed in shapeless white
rloakS and shaWls arranged In such n
way that their faces are completely hid
den They live the life of their country,
where the women shut themselves up in
the house as soon AS the bad weather
sets in and remain therein till the spring,
and tlIey arc Mortified A the way in
which Europeans rum about in the mud
and rain TO them il seems very UNI
lignifed thing for II woman TO do.
Nothing annoys the eX-Shah so much
as "a photographer. He has never been
phed in his OWN country-rXcept
FOR a snap taken when he did not know
t-aud his first experience of the camera
was at Odessa. one afternoon he and
his suite went to the races. When lie
was descending tho steDs from the stand
4 man came up with Il camera and ges-
iculated wildly that he might stand still.
Not understanding. what was wanted Of