The San Francisco call., 1910-06-18
SECOND PRINCE OF
india IS IN TOWN
Oriental With Refinne and His
Long List of Titles Lands
From the Siberia
His Jewels, Left at Home, Rank
Among Largest of World
Collections

Maharajah Sir Sayiji Rao Gaekwar.
| sena khar khei shamsher bahadur of
Baroda is in town. He arrived yester-
day from India on the liner Siberia, ac-
companied by his wife and daughter,
and attended by secretary and aid, a
cockney valet, maid and four SER
wants. In India the gaekwar is a
prince. the second wealthiest in the en-
pire. His wife, Chimuabai, bears the
title of maharani and his daughter, In
deraraja, rates as a princess and looks
| the part.
| During the voyage the maharani and
| princess wore their native costumes,
tights. dimly obscured by clouds of
| fluffy white drapery. They went ashore
! from the Siberia in rustling silks. The
| gaekwar's complexion was the only
mark of the orient about him. His
small, erect figure was the frame for
suit of well tailored tweeds and he
wore dicer instead of turban.
GAEIkWAR RANKS SECOND
There are 500 princes in India. The
gaekwars comes No. 2 the list. The
royal party is on its way to London to
visit King George, the new emperor of
India. On the way, however, they will
visit Harvard, where the gaekwar's
| N~s-t
The prince. as heir to an annual in
come of something like $12,000,000, is
sumptuouS1y housed, but is said to be
exceedingly democratic
The maharani wears the caste sign.
little round, vermillion dot in the
center of her forehead. She is dig
n11ed looking woman and her daughter,
the princess, is as pretty as a picture.
! The princess was educated in England
and speaks the language huently.
| The gaekwar is one of the semi-in-
| dependent princes of India who are
privileged to make laws levy taxes,
mint coin and maintain standing armies.
Although when travelling the gaekwar
assumes the dress and follows the Gus
tom of western civilization he has with
him the jeweled and gold trimmed silks
in which he will appear at the court of
King George.
| He is very important individual in
his own country. He travels about his
| own domain on huge elephant with an
| escort of gaudy troopers. He rates a
salute of 21 guns. At the great dur
bars he sits near-the viceroy. He owns
the most famous diamond necklace in
the world.
He ascended the throne of Baroda
| in 1875 and his reign has been good
adjustment of many schools and hoSpi-
| tails and a vast Improvement in the
sanitary condition of the towns.
BEGAN LIKE MOwGLI
| The gaekwar began life like Mowgli,
| as a herder of water buffalo. He was
1 a poor boy in an obscure village when
/ the death of the then reigning gaek-
war left him the next in succession to
! the throne. The connection was dis
| tant, out established without difficulty,
and one day a pompous apriest came to
the village, told the boy Of the throne
that awaited him, and with much pomp
and circumstance conducted him to Ba-
roda. where he has been "it' ever since.
/ Being 'it'' in India means money
and Jewels and grandeur in such dis
| play as the western world never sees.
| The gaekwar's collection of Jewels is
said to be the most magnificent in the
world. His palace is defended by ar
| tillery fashioned from gold and silver.
! The bullocks that draw this royal ar
tillery wear golden caps on their horns
and gold and silver bangles around
their shins.
HAS SOME DIAMONDS
The rajahs diamond necklace is val
ued at $4,000, 600. 1t is composed of
200 brilliants, each the size of a hazel
nut. He left it at home, and with it
famous collarette which contains 500
diamonds, including the star of the
SOUTH the second largest diamond in
the world. In his palace he has rug,
four yards square, the pattern of which
| is worked in diamonds, pearls and
rubies. His people pay all his house
| hold expenses and he has nothing to
/ do with his enormous income but spend
| it on himself.