The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-26
EAST AND WEST Do MEET
L. \. TCHOR-BAJ-O6LU HIM.
SIR nTRODL THEN.

RrliliaRt start Pantnirttea Persian
~n Dancers a. the Flrsi NeetmE.
Y. rchor Ia i-oglu. EHendi. who by
his rwn reckoning IL Grscian Turk and
VI, 10 also tho president and founder II
the International society Of the Orient
ard the Occident. which was incorporated
Yesterday. sat IN the nelrest approach
g., throne IN the furnishing of the Hotel
Manhattan last night and smiled bland
Drrco- Turkish smiis over the heads Of
AZ hule girls IN Persian pantaloons.
uh1 did tho sun dance Of the ZoFOastrians
~ Harlem 20 hs ssndalisd fest About a
hundred msnbsrs % the newly hedged
.,cietv. Including Chinese. several
Gr,a,s q Sy-.1n and several plain mem
lsr. 1f rr. yedanta Society u Brooklyn
r.uru. the glimmer of Tohor Efend's
smile and smiled back In unison
mo ,dy press agent % the new society
said ru her advance notice that Henry
tleNs alfred ia hrs imperial Turkish
robe and turban. the new insignia u the
srriery pinned On his breast an emblem
ol aaarr. Charity and unity would he
urssart But Mr. Clews and his new
Turkish role. Mayor GaynOr. Jacob a.
Scn.H and other well known Orientalists
VIII, we're expected fbund IL too rainy
'a shows themselves
he fhendi. whose first initial stands
f Ithemios and who IL not TO he con
founded with an adept in the occult who
- t .,-..- d. ~, t,.-t liz a = ..,A % 49,
N>a lesembled him. hut who was then a
Hindu. wore a golden star in the front
u his tasseIled turhan Miss Ursuline
h Cimerty. who y the secretary Of the
new society, and Helen Bergen Steigner.
second vice president. also wore staFN
But. a. Mas Cunerty explained. these
stars were not the emblems Of any inner
and esOieric branch u the International
society Of the Orient and the Oocident
The real hadge, which n now in the
course 0f manufacture. would contain
"A camel. an esale and some other
typical animal. all suspended from a
crescent, Miss Cunerty said.
The education protection and adj
vancement Of the Oriental immigrant
and the expansion 81 social. commercial,
and political relations between the Orient
and the Occidant' IL the scope Of the
society's propaganda az TchOT Ehendi
put t. Ne said that he had lived for only
two thing One the study IT the occult
from a scientific standpoint, the other,
the founding Of Just such a noble and
glorious Work as he Jaw there before
him last night.
Tho charter members OF the new or
Fanizafion include Or Jokichi Takamine.
the president Of the Nippon Club, Prof
Abraham Yohanhan. a Persian on the
staR Of Columbia University. Col David
Banks Sickela, who used % h. A nerican
Minister % Siam: the Baroness De Re-
haEliati. Who Ia an enthusiast in Oriental
ognctng. Louis Lee. a Chinese Christi an
preacher, and Constantine ~ Cochinous.
a Greek
WITH ire atooption 81 Mr.. Hildrcth.
whO YES imtroduced ~ a represents two
q tho kirg % 6icm. more of-thc Con~ulp =
corps in tho city appeared - lend hts
uihcal dignity % tho minEling q Fast ard
West
Whom TchOr-haj-ogha. whose picture
ilMmincs tho Official stationery u tho
society. took his sect 30 touched the
fingers n his right hFrd % his heart.
he lips ard his forehead crd spoke
The Eferdi said thft truly a vision
he'd com" o. him that night the vision
~ Il' 'Ii"ul NAAuAlah " ult7HA tu' NlNtuaiA
M better understanding end all love.
Il pIessod him that Amcricsns had como
~ root him. tho reprosor tative 81 tho
H-.er' hrn way. The iritiG ton foo into
IT, society was only g. az present but u
would b. going up
Saytng which. fch0r tEendi saved his
hand and the haroneaz Do keha Eliati. Who
Wprc a Grecian robe and n gilded diadem
ever her brow. marshalled her ia Pers,An
-'in dancers They came running In Wtth
l'tle shriakE and bowed al the feet Oi
TchOr Ehsndi then they danced. all
s0angl.d and nantalsttsd IN their Persian
costumes After their alteration n the
electric cluster over the W 'ndis head
mad been complsted Mr. Iurian kssnay
gave an imitation Of an Fnglishman NJ.
tempting elOcuiion. The evening closed
with toasts in Siameae punch 90 the lifo n
tho new society.