THE UNCONVENTIONAL SHAH.
■+ — . — . DINNER IN HIS SHIRT SLEEVES. Paris ft-*? ntver known a sOYea'eigri who paid so lilt!* at tpnti.-n to the etiquette of [■he IV'toro! us his Majesty the Shah. Our diiy. wlini hi 1 won to .see the President, of Iho Rcpuhlic »{ R-Binbouillet. M. LmilicM and his distiu>:iii*lK'd j>vie-st- arrived at t!iP railway slat inn Ije-fnrc tlie retuvro train whs ready. Tin- Sha-h was tired, andl took i' .M-ar. on the platform l;ko any thirdclass passenger. M. i.oubet did the same, ;uul then 1 they sat. the head of th? Republic iiiid ilie chief of (lie- Persian nation, ccn-vi-rsiuvj-fiimil'-Kriy ahem P-aris, fhf M-eather, ;iiul thf-ir he.-i.lth, until the train should niiike it' Hp]iC»vam:o, On iiiiiither occasion lim weather was hot, .i r: f I sultry, ;<rul tho Shah, ferling unenmforti'hly warm while he was? at luncheon, tmik off his coat and finished his meal in| his shirt- sleeves. It is g-en c ral!y .-njjpood that his Majesty ink's his nv.tls alone, hut that is noli >l i-ii-ilv (■■>! if< I . fni, whilo he. f:il.s. Mii>iy["i-s ami att-.uiip< squ;M on thr floor around him, mii el if Miirmmie whom ho wants is not- present, lliP- Shah at onre despatches a messenf;cr in rind him. The" r STiah dors nnl cam- for nwnv rhVni thrpf or fnur couix^. He lakes neither wvr.i- ii"r hrer. jut fi-rrinaf Kvian water, and 'ho is vrry fond of Auhprgine.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7545, 30 October 1902, Page 2
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234THE UNCONVENTIONAL SHAH. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7545, 30 October 1902, Page 2
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