Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-15
Geographic News
Bulletins by the
National Geographic Society
Teheran Khaki Capital

Teheran Khaki Capital
Though the American govern
enent's reported request for an open
door policy in Persia will command
attention. Persia inevitably. because
of its physical geography, present a
closed door to many modern forms of
communication and commerce" say
2 bulletin from the Washington, ID.
&C.. headquarters Of the National &C.
ographic Society.
'Teheran, it's capital, represents a
! compromise 1t is set far enough
back from the Caspian Sea to rem
der 1t difficult of approach, but 1t is
pm the rim of the Iranian plateau
sible.
Wear Veil and Ballet Costume
AN oriental city whers women
adhere rigtdly to the veil in the
streets, but have adopted the s
tune OF the ballet girl in their homes
promises n medley of the West and
| East. Donkeys and trans. snake
charmers and automobiles, ragged
beggars and ladies of Partisan fash
ion from the foreign quarters. alley
like thoroughfares of mud houses
and broad, shaded streets o. Euro
pean residences, vendors sitting cross
legged, chewing melon seeds, who
would resent your paying the first
price they asked, n modern drug
stores where it would seem you
might buy anything but drrgs-such
is composite Teheran.
"Teheran Is Khaki. Khaki is a
Persian word meaning muddy AS
you approach. its houses of mud
blend into the treeless landscape:
when you are in 1t the tan of face
and costume of its people. the non
descript hues Of its myriad donkeys.
blend into the Khaki picture.
Donkeys, DOnkeys, Donkeys
THE donkeys of Teheran deserve
a paragraph of their own. In the
older quarters of the city they take
most of the street. A pedestrian Of
ten has to press against the wall
to let by the donkeys which are en-
veloped down to their scrawny knees
with brush wood, the donkeys with
their equally nonchalant riders, the
donkeys with OF meat ami
mails being driven to markets and
just donkeys.
MANY Of the occidental features
Of Teheran represent the normal
penetration of trade activities,
some of the more i~ncongruous as
poets resulted from the efforts of the
late Shah N~ase-ed-din to introduce
wholesale the practices he observed
upon a visit to Paris. His Highness,
so the story goes, was attracted
by the ballet at an opera and order
ed the front row purchased for his
harem. Finding that impossible he
commanded all the ladies of his very
considerable establishment to adopt
the ballet costume. Other harems
followed the fashion hint of the
royal residence.
Built Of Mud
"While the beauty OF the DUN
try around Teheran is different from
the natural beauties of an American
landscape, it has an appeal OF Its
own. The city is nearly 1000 feet
above sea level, within sight of
snow-capped mountains. For the
most part it literally is built OF the
mud on which it stands The pal
ace OF the Shah. from a distance
strongly suggestive in It's outline
OF our u. S. Weather Bureau build
ing, in Washington, n other gov
eminent structures are grouped In
the squar In the palace is the
famous throne of inlaid gold ana
dazzling crow jewels, purchased In
the years before 1906 when the shah
of Persia was As complete an auto
crat as the Sultan of Turkey and
had an untrammeled sway with
public money.
You can ride out of Teheran on
a railway train for only six miles to
Shah Abdulazim. Persia has been
called the most uncomfortable
country in the world for travellers.
The carriers are limited to donkeys
and camels in most places yet
though Teheran may now be reached
by motor over excellent roads con-
structed by the Tsar when Russia
was competing with Great Britain
for the balance of influence there
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