New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
VISIT TO QUEEN M0TFRHOTH CHAMHAN GONE NEW ORIENTAL SOCIETY
To Promote interests OF Far
Fasteners in All Countries.
HOLDS ITS FIRST MEETING
Occident Outnumbers, but Orient
Makes Up This Deficiency
by Gorgeous Robes.

The International Society Of the orient
and the Occident. which received eertih-
cate of Incorporation in the Supreme Court
yesterday, held its first public meeting last
night at the Hotel Manhattan. The Occi-
dent was decidedly in the ascendancy eN-
cept in TIE matter of dress. for none out
shone the splendor of z. X Tchor-Baj-Oglu
Effendi. the president and founder and
chief cook and bottlewasher. He wore a
yellow robe which swept the ground,
adorned with glittering buttons. and white
turhan.
Euthimios. for that is his first name. said
he was a Greek Turk and that IL was his
mission in life to make the society sue
cess: a far higher mission, he explained.
than the teaching of the. occult. in which he
confessed an interest Another Oriental in
native costume was Louis Lee, assistant
pastor of the Presbyterian Mission. Mr..
Lee, who is a Chinaman, had on a purple
toga.
And then there was a near-Orienta1 pres
ent-the Baroness de Reba gIisti. The bar
oness, whose native land is Italy. they say,
wore crown that dazzled the eye of the
beholder and robes 10 match.
Some material distributed by the press
agent said the company would contain
Turkish robe and turban. the new insignia
of the society pinned to his breast-an en-
blem of peace charity and good will"
Millard J. Boomer chairman OF the ex-
ecutive committee told the reporters that
this was a nistake-that Mr. Clews was
expected, but in plain clothes. At late
hour the banker had not appeared. much
to the disappointment of the promoters
4 he q
didn't stand about and buzz in knots. as is
the custom at a tea fight. They sat, NEST
of them, and held subdued consultations.
dividing into national groups 1t is the
society's object TO overcome this dtf1dence
in time. It's various objects follow:
TO promote social, commercial and po-
Htical relations between the Orient and the
United States.
To aid. protect and educate all inami-
grants as far as possible and cooperate
with the United States government in its
efforts toward making better citizens of
immigrants and in their proper distribu-
ton throughout the land.
To promulgate the movement OF the
worlds peace. good will and unity of re-
ligion between the people and nations OF
the Orient and the Occident
ITO found an International Institution of
the Orient, including an Oriental museum
and trade school with an educational de-
partment"
The president read off these several OBJ
tects after the reception when the meet
ing had been called to order. They were
approved of by Lorins Townsend Hildreth.
former sianese Consul General who fol-
lowed with an address. in which he told
the hundred or more persons present what
q lot of good the Seamen's Institute and
kindred organizations had done.
Then the baroness played the acconpani-
ment to some Persian dances which a
troupe of little gypsy girls performed.
Recitations by Lucien Kesley and Henry
Steigner followed, also refreshments. which
included Japanese rice cakes, to overcome
the Occidental flavor of the lemonade. The
tickets cost so cents each