New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-15
KAVAZ OUTSHINES
Chief AT BARBECUE
Gorgeous Flunkey Is Taken
for General, but Turns
Out a Butler.
PERSIAN LAMB AT
FEAST TO MINISTER
Poodle Extracted from Cannon
About To Be Fired-"Bis'
marck" Fond of Pig.

rrr,r, a star Correspondent OF The Trioune.l
Norris Plains. y. j., June Alt re-
ouir.d q Lamb 10 reveal 10 the world the
delights OF roast pig, but any one "np
ever tasted roast lamb Persian style'
stuffed with rice, needed no Lamp 10
tell OF its glories.
GIorious as is Persian roast lamb, more
glorious is Persian Kavaz. In iac''
there IL nothing more glorious gorgeous
and slittering than a Kavaz. He out
shines everything about him, The sun u
q rushlight compared 10 him.
Roth these things were demonstrated
her. this afternoon on the lawn OF the
eountrv home Of the Honorable Haga-
zoon Hohannas Topakysn, Consul General
Of Persia in New York. And II is hktly
that IL some of the Caribs whose cann-
haustic culinary art developed the bar
becue had been on the lawn this atter-
nom they would have been able TO inform
YOUR correspondent whether kavaz OF
a whole lamb, roasted Persian fashion, IS
the true chef deuvre of this great open
air sport.
But. fortunately for the Nartan Fer
n1anian, the aforesaid Kavaz, the only
enthusiastically inclined person around
was q harmless Philadelphia, who ad-
rnitted he liked snails. The Philadelphia
was one Of the friends of Consul General
Topakyan, who with score Of others
nsrtook Of the barbecue on the lawn in
honor OF his excellency. General Mehdi
Khan, Persian Minister to the United
States.
Pay Honor to Kavaz.
For a time the honor due General Khan
was offered to the Kavaz by some OF the
Americans. who looked on his Persian
lamb fez, the glittering gold braid that
hung in many festoons from his red
edged black uniform and the gold
epaulettes and other decorations and
thought he must be the general
II was not until they had been intro
duced to the Persian Minister and had
seen the Kavaz serving the roast lamb
that they understood that the object Of
their awe was a high grade butler of an
imperial consul general Later, when
they saw him take the footman's place
on a landau in which the two Persian
diplomats were seated, they realized he
was a combination not frequently met
with.
OF course. there were more daintes
than roast lamb TO eat. Fermented and
frozen curds and whey and pastry drip
ping with honey took second and third
place. in the estimation OF the guests.
The barbecue was TO have begun at two
O clock. Sirigan Topakyan, the younger
OF the Consul Generals brothers, was re-
,nonsible for the two n mute delay. He
was leading around the French poodle
"Rob" Fitzimmons gave his brother, and
the poodle insisted on trying to crawl
down the mouth of small cannon in
front OF the house just at two o'clock,
the moment one of the servants was
ready to fire off the cannon, as a cue for
the Kavaz 10 stagger out onto the lawn
with the roast lamb.
When siragan finally got the poodle
away from the cannon and the latter
was properly fired he said:
This dog is awful. Have TO keep him
up. But he was nothing compared TO Bis
marck Bismarck is now dead. When he
vas alive. he was the biggest Great Dane
hereabout. Very fond of pig. Ate up
many OF the neighbors'. The neighbors
threatened to shoot Bismarck. Why they
objected to Bismarck's eating pig l don't
know, for I'm sure none OF them ever
lost anything by his fondness for pork.
From the bills they presented to my
brother you would think Bismarck never
ate ANYTHING but a blue-ribboned porker.
Fact Finally We had to lock him up.
Only did IL one night. Locked him UP in
a barn with a young calf In the morn
INK, all that was left Of the calf was part
OF the head and its hoofs. Then my
brother, who loves his little boy Harold
very much, not knowing where Bismarck
would stop. decided to have him put out
OF the way"
sirigan sighed. Then he added, "Of
course. you know this barbecue is because
General Khan sails Tuesday on the Water
land TO attend the Tai Guzari-that means
the coronation-of the Sultan Shah Ahmed
Shah. My brother gees with him. Cen
eral Khan is one Of the richest men in
Persia. owns about two hundred villages.
Sort OF a monarch. Has power OF life and
death over his subjects. Why, II he killed
a thousand of them, not word would be
said. Not one word.
photographer. who was within ear
shot drinking all this in. asked: Gould
he do that now?'
"Oh, he wouldn't. One OF the finest
men in the world-gentle, kind, gener-
Gus. But he could. They don't do much
OF that now. Old times passing. Amer
lean, French and German colleges down
in Persia educating the people. Differ
ent times altogether. Persians getting
Americanized. Why. do you know. when
/ FIRST came to this country and saw
people running for cars l laughed and
asked my brother why they ran. He
.nid. They want TO make money