The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-23

A charming visitor is Mrs. Brott of Washington, a gentle, white-haired lady of the old school type, who is here from Washington as the guest of Mrs. J. E. Frazier in Mountain Terrace. Mrs. Brott is a most interesting woman, but partic- uIarly so when she talks of the recent status of affairs in Persia. It is espe- Robert Brott, is secretary to the much discussed MT. Morgan Shuster She re- ceived a letter from this son day or two ago, which incorporates some inter estng facts. Some of it's lines are re- produced here. He has written from Te- heran, where he is staying at an hotel until summer when he will be at the palace, and, like most other travellers,
 is finding it astonshingly easy to grasp the language of the people among whom he lives, since he must do so or be un- comfortable in many ways.
 q am picking up more French every day and can understand most every thing that is said to me in that language. The landlady and walters at the hotel all speak nothing but French or Persian, and the fact that I have no other me- known is a good thing for me. MT. Sinister has a French stenographer from Paris, and he and I have arranged to meet in the evenings and exchange French and English conversation, l talking Eng fish and explaining English to him foi an hour, and then he doing the same for me in French
 q am very much pleased with my sur roundings. Mrs. Shuster gave an al home last Friday and I was invited. She is a delightful woman, so sweet and unpretending. Sinister is all right, and an ideal man to work for. There are four assistants to Mr. Shuster, who are heads of the several departments. They are all agreeable and sociable. l do not have to stay at the hotel at night, but can come over and sit and chat with them: so there is no danger of my get ting lonely. At Mrs. Shuster's reception I met Miss Russell, the daughter of the American minister here; also met a Miss Poetter from Boston, whose father is a Presbyterian missio iary. There Is Catholic mission and l attended church yesterday morning. This being Moham- medan country, Friday is their Sunday and everything closes. The result is that we work nearly all day Sunday and sus- pend on Friday.
 "My work with MT. Shuster bids fair to be very pleasant and congenial. Be- sides doing his stenographic work l will have to look over the correspondence that comes in written in French and make translations of them in the form of a memorandum for him. The work has not been particularly arduous thus far, and the hours of work not excessively long.
 .'The climate here is delightful There is very little rain at any time, and every day is a constant flood of sunshine. It is said to be much like the climate of Colorado and would be an excellent place for consumptives. There is magnificent Turkish bathhouse here in the grounds.
 It is all tiled and contains great pool of hot water large enough to swim in. We have the use of this bath and the attendants furnish us with towels and soap. It is a delightful luxury. We were indeed lOlluldte III lie liiio We tooh for coming here, as, if we had been a week later, we would not have been able to get through Russia at all, but would probably have been held up there. Shus- ter is having many difficulties to over come, due to the resentful attitude of England and Russia toward his conduct of affairs here. l have written out a long statement of what I have learned of the situation existing here during the time of MT. Shuster's incumbency, but do not deem it wise to incorporate it in this letter. as all our mail has to go through Russia and it is generally sup posed here that much of it is held up by the Russian authorities and censored, freouently never reaching it's destina- tion. Just think-I am writing this in November and it will not reach you until nearly Christmas"