El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-18

was the chief surgeon OF the army
(Hakim Bashiefou) in the province OF
Aranbayjan, Persia. These royal jobs
are hereditary, and his majesty the
shah OF Persia is waiting till Mira
Rattle gets his degree of NJ D. at Co
lUmbia; then he viii hand over TO the
young pan the office Of mis- father
Meantime the Persian government has
hal 20 content itself with an under
study in Raffie's place.
The young Persian has a cinch on
Tat ROYAL job The laws Of Pc. sia ara
still much like the laws Of The Modes
and Persians, which eeuid not be al
tered" and the fact that Rattle junior
is the son Of Rattle senior. and there
fore entitled to the old surgeons place,
is something that even HIS majesty tho
shah would never think OF question
ing.
Mira Shore Muzaffar Rattle knows
this. Therefore he intends staying in
America as long as he likes And when
he goes back it may be that he will
not take the royal job at ALL
He has learned many things while
in America, and there is so great a
chance for Industrial development in
PerSia-with only 500 miles OF railroad
in tlle whole country-that he may de-
vote his life TO the commercial and IN
dustriaI development of his fatherland-
The underStudy in the royal army
hopes he will.
The young student is an authority on
cholera Now cholera, according to
Mira Rattle, Is the most popular NAL
ady in Persia 1t Is TO the Persian
what appendicitis is TO the more highly
civilized American. only, as he re-
marked, you can have 1t as many times
IS you like, or, rather, as many times
you can stand it.
Education Begins in Persia
Rattle began his education in his ma
tive country.
At very tender age he was placed
under the care OF private tutors and
became an apprentice In medicine 70
one Of the well known physicians of his
native city, Hakim Habib Ullah. After
his fathers death he attended the uni
versity of the shah, the Royal Poly
technique College, at Teheran, where he
received his first lessons in the Eng
lisb language and literature.
z.@is gave him his first desire to
travel and study in foreign countries
He told his tutors that the royal job
could wait until he got back. and.
much against tbs will Of his relatives,
he left Teheran IN company with fell
low student, a Persian nobleman, with
the purpose of going to Europe TO
study. He went first TO Cairo, Egypt,
where he studied English. and Arabic.
Then he travelled through Palestine and
other countries about the Mediterran-
can and finally arrived in Paris. at the
time of the exposition. His great desire
was 10 complete his education IN Amer
lea, so he sailed for New York and
looked about for suitable college At
last he determined upon the university
OF Chicago. which he Immediately en-
tered and from which he was graduated
last year.
He matricuIated at the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons. the medical
department of Columbia. last fall
Persians Pleasure Lovers.
Americans are the absolute antipodes
of PersianS" he said. you live for
money and you die for money. You kill
yourselves trying to get 1t. All your
energies, your more recent educational
programs, everything is directed to-
ward the acquisition Of wealth Now.
this has resulted in the most perfect in
dustrial development in the world II
has its advantages in that direction, at
least, whatever may be said OF the dis
advantages of such g. system
Now. in Persia" continued the stu
dent. "the exact opposite is true. 1t
would be impossible to make a Persian
even understand the American indus
trial system. We are pleasure loving
people. We don't study practical
things. Caste lines are very rigidly
drawn. and. until short time ago. il
was considered n disgrace for any but
he class of tradesmen to engage in
business This system has resulted in
the absolute neglect for centuries Of all
industrial progress. Why, in the whole
of Persia we have only 500 miles Of
railroad"
@sThe opportunities for American capt.
-
are almost iimitlesS. I have interested
several OF your prominent financiers
myself. Think of the chance for rail
road building there, with a country OF
Persias size, its population. its natural
resOurces-and only 500 miles of rail-
road. Allah, 1t makes my heart ache
But soon all this will change. Persia
is bound to develop. It can't help II.
And there are fortunes in it for the
pioneers Of that development"
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