The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
tcopyisht. lgls. b. A. D. Jacobson.)

1 tOolohsnt, ely % A. II. SacooAonJ
President Poincsre, OF France. on his
recent visit TO London brought with him,
among other baggage. no less than two
| tons Of plate and linen for use at the
dinner which the President gave in honor
of King George at the French Embassy.
The linen Of course was of the finest, and
the gold plate Of rich quality and finest
workmanship, both serving to add to the
brilliance Of the festive occasion.
When King George and Queen Mary
visited Berlin the amount Of baggage both
took with them was suficient to fill sew
eral carloads. King George had to take
number of uniforms for the different
ceremonial and gala occasions, while the
Queen took a number of gorgeous court
dresses. On their return eight baggage
vans were seen leaving Victoria Station
for Buckingham Palace.
The Kaiser has small but trained
army of Wallets to look after his array
of baggage when he travels. He is a
great stickler for etiquette, carrying
| about with him sufficient number of
uniforms TO allow for changing his dress
whenever required.
But perhaps the most amazing novelties
in the way Of baggage are carried about
| by Eastern potentates. Indian princes
think little OF including an elephant or
camel In their travelling paraphernalia.
Abdul Aziz the ex-SuItan of Morocco,
who recently arrived in England. has
perfect mania for buying everything
he comes across, and his baggage is re-
markable for its quality as well as for
its quantity. He lives in daily fear of
being poisoned and insists upon carry
ing his own kettle about with him and
OF boiling the water for his own con-
sumption. Not content with this he
carries his own water tank.
Adults downfall was brought about by
his abortion of European customs in the
matter of attempted reform in admins
tration, and his esgerness for European
| inventions and amUsements, while at the
same time holding to Mohammedan fancy
for women and display. His adherence to
the Koran was doubted.
II is not known generally that Abdul
has Irish blood in his veins. His grand
mother was a handsome Irish woman,
who accompanied her husband. a British
soldier. to Gibraltar. There was some
scandal and domestic trouble and she
crossed the straits 20 Tangier, where,
after many adventures. she entered the
harem Of the reigning Sultan, became
his chief wife and bore him a son. who
| eventually ascended to the throne
| Of Morocco. He was Abduls father
Personally Abdul AziZ Is very atfable, a
daring horseman. fine shot, and a good
sll-around sportsman. Up to ten years
ago he was a powerful ruler. but. like
his palace. a curious mixture OF Orient
| and Occident He affected the customary,
flowing white 'bournous." but wore
French patent leather boots instead of
the red Morocco slippers. He was in the
habit of carrying a camera with him
wherever he went and spoke French and
English quite passably.
His favorite beverage, in those days.
was green tea, imported from Russia in
cakes; coffee being forbidden by the
| Koran. He drank his tea favored with
mint and sweetened with sirup, while
callying with the jewel-bedecked. costly
beauties and odalisques Of this harem. in
stead Of attending to the needs Of his
country and the wants OF his subjects. He
also had his own zoo in his palace
grounds, to which he drove in a hanson
cab. bought in England. 1t contained a
number of ferocious beasts OF the desert
and jungle and was in charge Of his
minister OF war to make that Official
more fierce and war-like"
But Abdurs most favored plaything
was his moving-picture theater. he ex-
posing the films himself. I read OF a
very amusing one which depicted how he
punished his refractionary wives. He
had ordered a number OF women's bicy-
cles from Europe to give the inmates Of
his harenn an opportunity to learn how
to ride There is hardly anything. how
ever, that Moorish women dislike so
much as physical exercise Of any kind,
and the bicycles remained unused. Then
a bright idea struck Abdul Whenever
Lny Of the ladies of his harem displeased
him he compelled them to mount bicycles
and ride around a track in his palace
grounds. while he took a record of their
performances with his camera, which he
! used to show them afterward, so that
they could judge what progress they
were making. Moorish women Of the
upper class in their baggy trousers and
bournouses and wells look like animated
-four sacks, judging from the pictures on
the screen. and the acrobatic evolutions,
some OF them performed when they es-
sayed to ride the cycle, must have been
highly diverting to the Sultan.
Abdul Aziz was too gentle a man for
successful ruler of brutal Berber tribes.
Had he been bloodthirsty and a tyrant Of
the true Oriental type, his subjects never
could have permitted his brothers fac
ton TO get the best of him.
II there were no alarmists, nor jingoes
to purposely create international ill-feel
ing, there would not be so much talk OF
animosity or belligerent feeling between
nations. But what is really surprising
is the fact that reputable newspapers
will print items which. II true. would
hasten crises without taking the trouble
Of guing the news it contains out ac-
cording to logic and common sense. The