Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-03
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business suit of sober black, quiet,
unobtrusive little yellow-skinned man
has been a constant visitor recent
ly to the museums of art, painting
and sculpture in the French capital.
Few people recognized <Khai-D inh,
Far East potentate, emperor of An
nam, Indo-China, who, adorned in
flowing robes Of silk, his hair dec
Grated with gold lace. the Red and
Yellow Order of the Dragon Of An.
nam on his breast almost hidden by
large plaque Of pure gold set with
huge diamonds, was seen in the pres
identical box at Longchamp on the
day of the grand prix.
A few years ago no one in his CAPT.
tai Of hue was permitted to stand
erect before the emperor or look him
squarely in the eye, yet in the mu-
seums tourists pushed him about
and elbowed him out of the way
when he stood too long before a work
of art.
One Of the first questions Khai-
Dinh asked after he had been in
stalled in the Ministry Of Colo
MES, his home while in Paris, was:
where is there a first-class tailor in
town." A representative Of lead
ing Partisan tailoring firm called,
but the emperor found his clothes too
gaudy and requested him to return
with blue, brown and black samples.
The emperor ordered six suits of the
more sober patterns. His official
robes show practically all the colors
Of the rainbow.
A great lover Of art, Khai-Dinh
has had the entire row of palaces
used as the residence Of royalty In
Hue practically remodeled, Nboth in
side and outside, since his accession
to the throne in 1916. His visits to
the monuments of Paris have been
made especially for, the purpose Of
finding plan for the reconstruction
of the tomb of his ancestor, Dong
Khanh, the founder of the dynasty,
twenty centuries ago.
A strict follower of the doctrine
of Confucius, Khai-Dinh's respect for
the memory of his ancestors amounts
to religion, and the mausoleum which
he intends erecting to Dong-Khanh
will be one Of the purest examples of
Far East architecture known. Alex
andre Marcel, official architect of
the French government, is collabo-
rating in the drawing up Of the plan,
and the emperor has made several
calls upon the architect, suggesting
notifications and ideas.
Khai-Dinh has given much trouble
to the secret service men entrusted
by the French government with the
task of protecting his sacred person.
He slips in and out of museums, at
tended only by q few of his entour-
age, all dressed in the European
fashion, and several times he has
eluded their vigilance.
Khai-Dinh, before he was allowed
to travel incognito in Paris, was the
guest at several official functions, in
GLIDING many dinners and luncheons.
He was present at all in full regalia,
but toward the end of his official
stay, he evinced some Impotence
and an earnest desire to enter upon
private life. To one of the last in
vitations to a dinner. the emperor re-
piled:
Eyes, I'll go providing there are
no speeches"
The emperor will leave for Hue
in August, but the heir to the throne,
Vingh-Ty. aged nine, will remain in
Paris, where French tutors will
teach him French literature and
western civilization and fit him for
the high place which he is to occu-
py one day at Hue, one of the funda-
mental requirements of which is that
he be a friend of France and a stu
dent of French culture.