The Washington herald., 1912-07-23
INDIAN PRINCE
CURE FOR DEATH
Chockra Nathoo L Here to Show
How Life May Be Pro-
longed.
HIS HIGHNEss MODEST
y ABOUT LAST PHOTOGRAPH
The Great Doctor Says He Has
Lived in Des Monies, but Does
Not Boast About II.


rived in Washington with cure for
death. at least he says so. Flashing
his black eyes In a most admirable man
ner for one having nothing more serious
| on his mind than a Pittsburg stogie and
! interview, the prince. who says he is an
| altruistic missionary. without taint OF
mercenary motive, inadvertently dis
closed yesterday that he is the star
salesman of a method Of restoring life.
The dapper little Insfan prince, who
| says that but for his uni;nching devo-
| ton to Christianity he would be ruling
In wealth and luxury over q large king
dom in India. repeated his assertions of
the day before that he has come to save
all men from death and that he himself.
being already eighty-seven years old,
expects to live q thousand years.
With his long curling black hair fall
ing gracefully over well-rounded shoul-
ders, clad In an American silk shirt and
his smooth youthful countenance he al
ternately reclined In a comfortably up-
holstered chair and jumped excitedly to
his feet In the course Of his interview
In his apartments at a downtown hotel
He said point blank that he had moth
ing to sell. IT am an objectiess servant
of the Lord" he said with great con-
viction.
As the prince spoke the reporter
looked past him to a stack Of cardboard
packages and small Jars of cream over
which silk paJama coat had been
thrown.
His Perfect Method.
On each package was printed the like
ness of the prince with his flowing locks
shown to good advantage HI, per
fected method could be read distinctly,
but the rest was blurred. The prince
was asked for a photograph.
"Oh, no, no. said the prince hastily.
as though the gravest religious sacrilege
had been committed. Il never allow
my picture to be printed. 1t Is against
my principles and family traditions /
could not think of it,
After considerable persuasion the
prince seemed to be getting the better
Of his religious and traditional scruples
on this point. and finally said that he
would give the reporter a picture IL he
would call later. He said that he didn't
know Just where the picture was. It
was In one of his trunks, but he did not
care to open these trunks in the presence
Of the reporter.
Il travel simply as c. A. Nathoo,"
said the prince. and never use nv title.
as II would be an unforgivable insult to
refer to mans title in India, and 1t is
also against my principles as an Ameri-
can citizen
On one of the trunks which VIA. in
Nathoo's apartment was written IN
large red and black letters prince
Nathoo.' OF course only baggagemen
and porters would ordinarily see this.
but 1t would appear to the ordinary per
son that more effective measures might
have been taken to suppress his prlncely
identy. Porters and "bell-hops'' could
OF course be bribed not to tell anybody
about it. but even this would be a great
expense. and not at all certain of OBJ
tanning the end.
Death Unnecessary.
Prince Nathoo. who says that death is
an entirely unnecessary experience for
a man to suffer. received his interview
er with suave graciousness. He looked
at him intently as he shook hands quite
cordially. Nathoo has a very dark skin
and well-shaped face. He wore a silk
shirt, washable tie with an enormous
stckpin Of six large stones, blue trous-
ers, brown silk socks and small brown
slippers. Heavy 1eweled rings were on
both hands.
One Of the first things that appeared
to cause the prince difficulty was the
spelling OF his name. Finally his valet.
who Is an American, spelled L for
him. Meanwhile the valet asked the
prince ingenious questions which led
the latter to make answers calculated
to startle. Although he claims to be
eighty-seven years old the prince does
not look to be more than thirty at most.
The prince says that his father who Is |
ITO years old. is Brahmin priest in |
Calcutta and will doubtless live for |
centuries to come. He says that he |
himself il a strong advocate of wonen's
rights and expects to render great serv-
ice to the suffrage cause. Perhaps he
will give everlasting life to some suf- |
fragist, he said.
The prince is a citizen of Des Moines, |
Iowa, where he says he has property. |
He has been in this country nineteen !
years, he says, travelling about and |
spending most of his time in Des Moines |
and Los Angeles.