Evening star., 1924-01-20
Wife of Esypt's Envoy
Thoroughly Familiar
With Customs of u. S.
All Attaches of Embassy Are
CARRIED in Conventional
Style, Bringing None of
Nile Picturesqueness With
Them.

The coming OF a minister from
Egypt, in itself an epochal event,
gathers additional interest from the
fact that Seifoullah Yousry Pasha
and his staff mark the establishment
of the fiftieth separate independent
nation holding friendly relations with
the United States. OF these, thirteen
are represented by ambassadors,
thirty-three by ministers and four by
a permanent charge d'affaires. The
ancient land of the Nile Is for the
first time represented in the new
world, and in the staff Of the minister
there has been added a new reli-
gion to the many already in existence
here, that of the Prophet Mohammed,
ono OF the oldest and most powerful
of existing creeds and possessing as
many followers In the aggregate as
the Christian faith. A Mohammedan
priest, Mohammet Tamara is a men,
ber Of the minister's staff, and will
administer religious consolation to
the Egyptians for the time being in
the suite of rooms in the New Will
lard where the legation has been
established, but later, perhaps, in a
separate edifice or part of one. The
Egyptian minister has as g. confrere
already established in Washington, so
far as following the prophet goes, the
Persian minister. Mira Hussein
Khan Alai. Should diplomatic rela-
tions be resumed with the new re-
public of Turkey, third envoy of
the Mohammedan faith will be added
to the diplomatic corps of Washing
ton. h,
But supreme interest centers in the
wife of the Egyptian minister, Prin-
cess Zenab. niece Of the former sultan
as Fouad /, King of Egypt. The
princess is Fouad's niece. the daugh-
ter OF one of his several brothers and
one OF the eighteen priQcesses OF
khedivial rank enumerated by the
Almanach de Gotha and the British
the distinguished diplomat. who was
then an undersecretary Of state un-
der the khedivial government, and
has In recent years accompanied him
to London and Paris, whittier his
duties on various international tri-
bunals called him. Princess zenab
represents the new order for women
of her faith. which was brought about
by the upheaval caused In Constan-
tinople and other capitals where the
state religion was that OF the Prophet
Mohammed, by the collapse of the
1ufklSn empire. Suc mas Deen CAT0-
fully educated. and as Egypt was a
protectorate Of Great Britain in her
youth. an English governess had q
leading part in her instruction, and
she knows not only the language and
literature of Great Britain and in
cidentally Of this country, but also
the spirit which pervades its femi-
nine world. Princess Zenab will min
gle in the social life of Washington
when household arrangements are
completed and all preliminaries in
cident to the coming OF q new Dip
iomatfc household have been settled.
At the present the minister is
changing the suite which had been
engaged for some months prior to
his coming, with view of securing
far more space for his chancelry and
more privacy and comfort for his
family. He will as soon as spring
opens select a home, possibly one
with spacious grounds, but In the
meantime he will remain at the hotel
until he is more familiar with the
situation in Washington.
Princess Zenab and her young
daughter, the Princess Loutsia- who
10 just seventeen, VIII after follow.