The Shah in Paris.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7956, 20 October 1905, Page 4

The Shah in Paris.

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This week's purchases nl II"' Shah include a t-in.-lii.iil->liiiki-r of a new .ir.de 1 . two br.ck coloured cranes iju.sf l:ofii) from Uh- Talis Zoologi--al pai'dens, a sea monster that rallies a liK'it i" l'is lifa.fl that I'c can turn oil and on as iaicy listcth, and a stceiablc automobile train nl" the Kviianl type. This is only a yian of .vhat I'ans's -liesl individual cuslumr puichasid, luil the list illustrates tilt catholicity of liis tastes. Or, put it another way, it illtistiattt lis inability to say "No." Day after day a loiir succession of tradrsmen demands audience of the nonat'eh, who twists his lonj; mous.achios for a moment and then says "Yes." This is a sure prelude o! .niyinq. A member of his suite cs:i'ina(es the Persian potentate's pur:hases iiij'ans at an average of !",- flUli francs, uf iiluu a day. Add to .his the fcl!Hl a day i»i costs the. Shah or his treasury to support his' ,uile of eighty pel sons at the Klyscc r'aUce Motel, and wiic can see at a .nere glance that His Majesty lias la galctte, or, in plain Knglish, plenty uf hard cash. Only two sellers came oil badly bis w : cck. One Was Lieutenant Henard. who made bis stccrahle aulutraiu circle the liolel several limes! ;ur the Kojal customer. Tin' Shah •;a\c a ol li,.iror at lis colour—a malignant ye'low. "Take il awa\ '." be shoittiil al the (iiaid Vizier. "We shall all he rot-on.(I :" 'I he iliflieiilly was explained to Kenalii, "ho said he Would bring another of a restful blue on Ihe morrow. Next day the Shah wan Inl the yellow one, but with lb' colour chang.d. and on Heiiard's exulaiuiug thai the yellow one was already sold, kicked' (11> an awful low. lie was in such an awful temper that the loin dations of Hie hotel be-.an to tremble, ami the llooi was divertd (aceoi-iliiu; to witnesses) with genu-fli-ctins propitiatory forms, during whose evolutions the mveniol eseapel. ivtlli the tiiand Vi/ieis assurance that the matter would he fixed up |o everybody's salislat;tloli.