The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
YOUNG SHAH OF PERSIA LIKES
AMERICA AND WILL VISIT i

: many things in his Palace Of the
Rose Garden, but it was not possible
ito ask her about the many plots
Matched in this place of eastern lux
ury and splendor-plots which have
brought Persia down from a glorious
past to the threatened ruin of the
present. 1t was related to the visitor
that when the young Shah feels dull
or downhearteu he goes and throws
! himself into the arms of the good
nurse, as if she were really his
mother, and they cry together, show
ing that childhood is the same
whether among the high or the lowly
I The Shah is very fond OF his father,
the ex-Shah, and his mother, and in
quires after them continually, espe-
cically after his mother News from
them is regularly supplied to him
through diplomatic channels and the
same channels convey news of the son
to his parents. The Shah's habits are
most regular He eats well and par
.ticularly fancies fruits and pastry.
The mornings are occupied mainly
with school work and the afternoons
with play, gymnastics and military
training. He possesses a large collec-
ton of toys, mostly of an instructive
character and a big hall is assigned
to these The Shah passes consider
able time there.
Relations of Brothers Ideal.
He never separates from his little
brother Hassan Mira. The relations
of these two princes are ideal, being
marked by brotherly love and kind
.heartedness. The young Shah has
keen judgment and his manly quail.
ties have won for him the devotion Of
everybody in the palace. The ser.
wants worship him and they do their
best to satisfy his every whim. The
hoy is the exact contrary of his father
who had every trait of a tyrant This
anecdote was told the correspondent;
One day when the young Shah was
walking in the gardens he heard a
noise and on approaching found the
palace servants amusing themselves
with cock fight. His majesty or
dered the cocks Immediately separat
ed, saying that it was monstrous to
allow two poor creatures to injurc
each other in that barbarous way
The two princes study together az
the Mekteb SHAH, or royal schoo
where there are twelve other pupils
all sons of high noblemen, The sub
iects taught are the Persian, Frencf
and Russian languages, history, geog
raphy, mathematics, drawing an,
gymnastics. They are taught by sew
eraI learned Persian officers. Til.
Shah's favorite studies are history
drawing and painting, and he is So
clever that he often tests the know
edge of his teachers. He treats nj
\ companions democratically, and play
n and studies with them, frequent.
y helping a backward student.
u Talks With the Correspondent.
y When the correspondent was lie
g into the study room and presented a
the representative of the Chieag
q Daily News the Shah was sitting at
desk drawing.
a 81 have come, said the newspap'
q man, TO obtain your majesty's view
on certain questions, hoping yo'
words will be published in the West
"Oh," replied the Shah, you a
. the correspondent of foreign new
ST. paper?'
as Eyes, your majesty, the Chica
as Daily News
lie THAT is an American paper"
in said, for Chicago is in America
or Here the boy looked at Hadji Saya
(Cotinued on page ten)