El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
FRANK G. CARPENTERS LETTER.
THE KHED|VE Of EGYP 7

500 acres. It is equipped with the most
scientific machinery and implements
and its buildings comprise a model viii
| lage with which is connected a school
club, a mosque and an uptOdate fire
station. The khedive has breeding es-
! adjustments there, and he imports the
finest cattle and poultry He is noted
as a horse rover, and has recently In
! augurated a company to improve the
blood of the Egyptian horse. His posi-
ton is such that he can get the finest
! of the Arabian sires and the best pure
/ blooded stations from Nejid- Arabia,
are sent to him by the Bedouin sheiks.
He is also interested in camel and mule
| breeding, and has some of the swiftest
| of dromedaries Some of his camels
can travel IS miles a Jay, and are
worth as much as the finest horse.
His highness exhibits at many of the
agricultural shows, and is often among
the prize winners there.
His Daily Life.
| During our talk 1 asked the khedive
| as TO his daily life. He replied that he
had all he could do from daylight TO
dark, but that he believed in hard work
and thriyed upon it. In addition to
his official duties, which are many, he
| has the management of his own estates
| and various enterprises. He said that
many Of his days from o'clock in the
: morning until O'Clock at night were
/ taken up at the palace.
From other sources 1 learned that
/ the khediYe is almost as strenuous as
| Theodore Roosevelt. He rises at .
o'clock in the morning, and, after
| dressing and attending prayers at a
mosque, he takes a long drive in a
carriage or motor car through one Of
/ his farms Sometimes he goes on pa
| rade and attends review Of troops
| He is usually back for breakfast at
/ 1870, or rather for his cup of coffee,
/ for he takes little else. After this he
looks over his official papers until
noon when he has lunch, or break
fast, as it is called here. After break
fast he chats with his visitors and gives
receptions Of one kind or another, and
! then reads or works away until sunset,
when he again goes to his farms At
! Z or 8 o'clock he is back in the palace
for dinner, and his evenings are spent
with his family.
The khedive is a sportsman. He
rides we'll and shoots straight, and,
like our own strenuous expresident,
can wear out almost any man of his
suite.
The Palace Of the Khedive.
The khedive has a half dozen pal
aces The Abdine palace, where I was
received, is his chief official residence
1t is a Struggling pink and white
building with grand staircase. enoT-
nous rooms and gorgeous furniture 1t
is lighted with electric lights and car
peted with rugs mostly from Europe
The furniture is European
The khedive's bedroom has marble
bathroom attached, with special ar
, engagements for shower and douche, but
there is no Turkish bath, as in the
homes of most oriental rulers. His
study looks like workroom- 1t has
a big library table in the center and
his highnes has a telephone always at
hand. The ballroom Of this palace
is large, and il is especially gay every
winter on the occasion of the khedive's
annual ball, to which $50 guests are
invited. Connected with this room
high up is latticework, through
which the yelled ladies of the royal
harem can peep down and watch the
dancers while they listen TO the strains
of the band.
Another official palace is that of
Rasel-Teen at Alexandria This lies
right on the harbor, with a beautiful
outlook over the Mediterranean sea.
His favorite residence near Alexandria
is at Montana, which is within a mile
of Aboukir bay. made famous by Mel
sons victory over the French fleet
there about a century ago This lat
ter estate was reclaimed from the
desert only few years since. 1t has
now forests of quick growing trees
and parks which have been stocked
with game from Europe. The khedive
has a camel corps on the farm and he
starts out from there with Bedouin
riders to make long excursions into
the desert. The place lies right on
the sea and the khedive's yacht is often
seen there at anchor.
His royal highnes has a turbine
yacht, which is said to be one of the
finest on the Mediterranean. 1t was
originally, a two-funneled paddle
steamer of about II knots, built 40
or more years ago. This was sent back
to Glasgow and rearranged through
out. The ship has now Parson tur-
bines and three screws. 1t can make
II knots an hour and has averaged
Il "a knots for a long distance. The
yacht is beautifully furnished in Euro
pean style, and its appointments are
those Of a millionaire.
a Rich Ruler.
AS to the wealth of the khedive
he has, I doubt not, millions and to
spare. He is a money maker as well
as a money saver, and the English
governmet allows him out of the reve-
nues of the country $500 900 a year
He has single estates which will /
venture, Approximate a million dollars
each in actual value, and stocks and
bonds in many of the best institutions
of Egypt. He owns apartments houses
in Cairo, cotton plantations in the delta
and much land which would sell at
auction for from $500 to $1,000 per acre.
His highness has good business
Judgment, and everything he touches
seems to turn into money. His sub
jects often criticise the simplicity Of
his living, and say it would be better
for the country if he spent as his old
grandfather Ismail did. tens of thou
sands of dollars a month on entertain
ments of one kind or other.
The Khedive'S Family.
The khedive was married years ago
and has five children. all by that wife
According TO the Koran, he has the
right TO four wives and any number
of cOncubines; and a story is current
that he has increased his harem with
in the past few nJhs II is not
polite to ask MOaammedan as 10 the