THE SHAH'S WIFE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4688, 7 June 1890, Page 4

THE SHAH'S WIFE.

The wif-i of the Shah of Persia is now In Vienna, whither fho came to consult eminent cculis:?. She is 45 years old, and of a rather delicate form, and lost hsr right eye some four years ago from glaucoma. The disease mide ita appearance in her left eye, also, about thics mon'hs ago, and oho was strongly advised to corns to Kutops and obtain tha very ioit treatment ta be hid. -"-he rem <ed to mako the journey, however, until har sight was entirely goae.

--cciety is greatly excited over the circum"tjoaa attending her visit. When the day fcr the operation arrived the clashing of Western customs and Pastern prejudices occisioced several carious ecenes. Three eunuchs of the lady's suite insisted npoa remaining in the room, and almost assaulted ths> ccaliit when he asked tbo lady to remove her veil. Tho canuahs proposed that the veil ahonld be cut around the eye where it was necssary to sea that organ, but nowhere else. The Persian Minister and the eunuchs had to be removed by force before the operation could be proceeded witb. The eunuchs fought savagely, and it will now bo their duty to report to the ;-hih tho indignity to which bis wifo baa been subjected, and which, according to Persian law, is punishable by daath.