The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1873, Page 4

4 i THE SHAH IN VIENNA "The Reception by the Aus- trian Emperor. A QUET LIFE IN LAXENBERG, come . Bills Manners and Customs, People Think of Him. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. lakes and wide, wandering meadows an inviting | presence. He has four dogs who are under then came a false alarm that the monarch was coming, but it generally came from a wagon load 1 | of trunks, or rather with several wagons loaded With the baggage of the Persians which came ahead and afforded us great amusement in studying. One box we were sure contained his fiddle, while another was so curious in constructien and forbid- ding in aspect that we could not selve it, and came to the dark conclusion that it was an instrument oftorture. But we are lured from these problems by the movement of a small body of cavairy. Then the Court carriages—the first with noble a pair of horses as ever pawed the green earth—groomed to look as smoothly a8 my lady’s warm, gloved hand. On these horses and What the | are yellow-covered grooms; little weasel-faced men, who looked like boys, and perched on their horses’ backs, On the box is the proudest man in Laxen- |. berg, @ person who looks as serious and as gifted as the Duke ef Wellington. And nowthe sun has gone over the mountains and the evening come The Visit to Schocnbrunn and the nearer and nearer. Would he come before dark? Reception of the Diplomatists. AT THE EXHIBITION. Well, we do not know, but this lighting the torch is suspicious, Moreover he is a Shah upon whom you can place no dependence and he may not come before morning. ARRIVAL OF THE SHAH. It is eight by the clock and there is another alarm. Music, by heavens! We make another rush to the line of curiosity. A train comes The Royal Progress Through the | steaitity im, and we note a Mutter among the Industrial Palace. Gis Majesty Plays Ohess While the Kaiser Waits. WA PENCHANT FOR MARBLES AND HEMP, His Admiration for the Vi- enna Ladies. HOW HIS MAJESTY FALLS IN LOVE. jHe Does Not Visit the Amer- ican Department. * VIENNA, July 31, 1873, It was not known whether the Shah would really ®ome to Vienna. The rumors of the cholera had me abroad and had been fanned industriously y the outside papers. One of the physicians of is suite came to study the disease and see whether ere Was anything menacing in its preseace. The port was favorable; but as a soothing influence the royal mind it was decreed that the Persian rd should not dwell in Vienna, but, circling round the city, go to the Palace of Laxenberg. PREPARING FOR THE SHA. There are many palaces in the Austrian family, ut RO One more beautilul than Laxenberg. There more grandeur, more pretence about Scheen- runn. Schoenbrunn is too near Vienna to be uring to a@ royal mind concerned about the holera. It is also a family palace. When the Rus- } lan Emperor came he was lodged there, and there kewise is lodged any visiting member of the yal families. The fiction of royalty is | hat all crowned heads are of the same family. Wictoria is “Madame, my sister;’? the Emperor pf Germary, ‘Sire, my brother,”’ to Francis Joseph. ¥ do not know what relation the Sultan holds to | the famtiy. My impression is that Francis Joseph, e the Brooklyn gentleman who found his wile Scariet beings and those in orange. ‘The first car- riage drives up to the end of the long carpet, A Persian officer, in a dress that would make suiteble window curtains, or a morning gown, walks rapid- ly down and stands at the carriage door. Then comes an Austrian officer, that we took the liberty of creating an archduke, who stands at the door. Then slowly walking, in field marshal’s uniform, the plumed hat, the imperial scarf over the shoulder, the breast blazing with decorations, gravely bowing to those right and left who do him honor, we see in the shadows the kind, sad, genuine, manly face of Francis Jo- seph, so well known to all eyesin Vienna, Then at his side, in a slouching stride, looking at no one, with closed lips, garnished with a thick, waxed, curled mustache, a sharp nose, almost Ro- Maan in shape, hali closed eyes, swarthy features, with paie lines—paler even from the contrast with the brenze skin; an expression of haughtiness, superciliousness, of contempt that I have rarely seen written on the human face; his hand resting on ajewelled sword; his head wearing the velvet hat and the diamond cluster; the garment blazing with gems; strings of gems ridging and cording the breast from arm to arm, slowly slouching in, we see the Shah of Persia, who among other offices is King of Kings, Vicegerent of Mo- hommed, who was Prophet of God, and who, accord- ing to the Persian authorities that I have been reading on the subject, has a nobility without be- ginning, coming from the heaven of heavens, with @ power like the power of fate, the dust from whose girths forming the heavens and the sun of the universe a plain button from his turban. THE ARRIVAL AT THE PALACK. The Emperor walks to the opened carriage door, and bows to the Shah, The Persian monarch re- turns the salute by touching his hat with his finger and stepsin. Standing for a minute or ¢wo he ad- justs his gold spectaeles, looks around the crowd and the scenery of the hills beyond, and takes his seat. The Empress steps in lightly and the carriage goes off at a ‘trot. No one cheers, hats are removed, the Empress bows, the Shah sits bolt upright and makes no motion until he comes to the palace front. There a regiment in line salutes him, and the band plays the Persian March. The Saab touches his hat, and the carriage enters the grand courtyard, and the monarchs, de- scending, enter the grand saloon. Here, in watt- ing, are the high persons of the Austrian Empire— the Crown Prince Rudolf, son to the Emperor; the ad two mothers-in-law after they were married, ds it necessary to draw the line somewhere. | he Oriental potentates and our President of the | United States are called “great and good friends,” | id when they come are ledged in palaces like enberg. This is where the Sultan resided, I esume that if Geueral Grant came on an official Misit to the Exhibition he would be quartered in the very room where the Persian monarch is sup- posed to kill four hens and three lambs every pvening. The rumors that came to us of the Per- Bian royal progress were not of a character to ex- ite enthusiasm in the mind of a thrifty Empress | fine the Kaissein Elizabeth, The Shah was prince who had queer ways. He was a w unto himself in all things. He per- wuitted his followers to take dreadful Jiberties witn the carpets and furniture; cut Bigures out of the tapestry; to carry off candle- pticks and specimens of wood-carving, and splash Boup and gravy ower the purple and velvet hang- Ings. How true these circumstances are I cannot Bay, not having access to the damaged furniture } and upholstery, but they were written at length in | those wicked Austrian journals, and so widely believed in the most elevated circles that before the coming of the Shah everything was prepared for him, by the removal of the ancient and historic decorations from the royal apartments and refur- mishing them in the freshest and gaudiest style. ‘The Persians might do what they pleased with ‘he furniture. They would not be permitted to Aestroy the old associations which, as Mr. Longtel- Aow assures us, gold cannot buy. THE SHAH’S RESIDENCE. Laxenberg is a beautiful palace, lying in a valley gouth of Vienna, only a few miles distant on the woad to the famous vine country of Véslan. A long, ‘Mndulating, picturesque valley, surrounded with ‘hilis, on the crests of which you see quaint castles cwhere the knights iived centuries ago, But the ‘Knights are dust, and their swords are rust, and | heir descendents live in Vienna palaces, and the fooks and crows and night-distressing owls in- deabit these terraced and picturesque ruins. It was ‘written that the Shah would come at geven, and would drive across the coun- wry to Laxenberg from a little way-station, Whe afternoon was very warm, and the white Miust covered the burnt fields, and made *shem look barren and bleak. Behind the hills we Wancied the rain was coming, and were almost dis- posed to weicome it, even at the risk of depressing ‘the welcome of the Shab. But the rain did not woe, and as we bowled into the little village— ywhich is really a fringe to the palace—there were Wags to greet us and men and women in holiday wostume. The little station was surrounded by a \uard. Flowers and shrubbery and green growing | Plants lined the railway track. A band of musi- Wlans, in white Austrian costume, were in an open Bpace in front, arranging their drums and instra- nents, how and then blowing # squeak through ithe musical horn to see what harmony Mt contained for the Shah. The nursery maids ‘were im force and openeyed children rolled jn the grass and clapped their hands over the streaming fa A correspondent of a New ‘York journal sat on a long wooden bench, finding mourishment in an apple or a peach and rubbing Dis pencil as though he would caress it into elo- ‘quence. There were the usual anxious persons in attendance—an anxious officer, in full uniform, ‘with @ cross, who fondled his stubby gray beara thonghtfully as he looked down the vista of the railway track. So we killed time—your correspond- ents and their colleagues of the other news- papers—in speculating upon the rank of the ofiicer, gand, as is quite safe in this land, we came to the conclusion that be was an archduke, and that we should so represent bim to the confiding New York public, There are so many archdukes here that you are safe in any venture of this kind, AWAITING THE SHAH. ‘The rival taverns were in glory, and the bewil- dered waiting boys ran here and there with the foaming beer for thirsty villagers waiting for the Shah, It seemed as if all Laxenberg was out, and His Majesty was discussed in high key. “How many wives had he? Had he as many wives as people said? Were bis diamonds worth a million gulid- ers? Wouldn’t he be a good man to meet alone on Duark night? Was he black? Did he kills hen every night before retiring? Did he have a pri- vate butcher? Did anybody know that he had two men banged every morning before breakfast in his own country? Why didn’t he sell his diamonds Grand Dukes Ludwig Victor, Albrecht, Rainer, Sig- ismund, Leopold; the Grand Dukes of Modena and Wurtemburg, Count Andrassy, the Prime Minister, “and the Cabinet, officers of the Court—in all a splendid gathering, who honor the Persian mon- arch as he clumsily moves among them, acknowl- edging their salutations as the Emperor presents them one by one. GOOD NIGHT. This over, the two monarchs returned to the ‘ront of the castle and stood a moment on the bal- cony, that the people might sec and shout, which some of them did. Descending they reviewed the troops who marched past. But it was so dark that I venture if His Persian Majesty had a good view of the Austrian soldiery. Then came 4 little enter- tainment, supper, before bedtime, I suppose. About ten the Austrian Emperor and staff returned to Vienna, leaving the Shah to kill his lambs in peace and have some comfortable repose, dream- ing, let us loyally trust, in true Persian rhetoric, of & majesty so inconceivable that on the hoois of his steed hung the shadows of the new moon and around his stirrups are the chorus of angel bands. Quiet Life in Laxenberg. VIENNA, August 1, 1873. His Majesty rested yesterday after the fatigue of travel. A crowd of villagers clustered around the Laxenberg chateau all day, but were not allowed tointrude. Accompanied by his sons he went out on the lake and was rowed in a gondola to the Franzenberg Castle to see @ collection of pictures and trophies ef the House of Hapsburg. After studying this, and, as tne wicked Vienna journals insist, gloating over the instruments of torture preserved from the good old times when no one was wicked and the boys all attended Sunday school, he{visited Schoenbrunn and dined with the Emperor.’ There is a story that the Empress sent word to the Shah to know what time it would be most convenient for her to receive him, and that he replied when he wanted to see her he would let her know: and that the Empress in high temper packed her dressing-bag and started for the coun- try, and will not see the Shah. How true this is, my relations with the Empress give me ne oppor- tunity of saying; but true it is that she has gone away, and that it 1s announced for her health, How the Shah Spends His Time. VIENNA, August 2, 1873. His Majesty continues to enjoy the castle and its pleasant seat. Yesterday he was a good deal of time on the water. The diplomatists came ina body, alter dejewner, and were received. He dines in the open air in the cool of the evening, the Per- sian carpets being spread upon the grass. The young Persian princes were not satisfied to have different reoms and had all their beds carried into one room. In the afternoon he wandered along the banks of the lake and by the fish ponds and amused himself by feeding the fish with bread, which court servant carried. Unless when in the society of the Emperor, he is, as a general thing, alone. I am sorry to hear that he sleeps late and that no one dares to wake him before his time with questions about his coffee or his boots. He sent the. Crown Prince the Order of the Lion and sun, in large diamonds, and the same to Count’ Andrassy, in smail ones. There is @ rumor that he is absent-minded, and that the other day, having started on a special train for Vienna, he found he had forgotten his spectacies. So the train had to return, and rait, way critics said it was a mercy there was not a collision, When he rides it is generally alone. It issaid he insisted upon having all the servants changed. The waggish villagers at Laxenberg say they need no lamps now—the diamonds of the Shak are so bright they illuminate the town. He is fond of drawing, and makes sketches of the chateau and the scenery. When he traveis in the imperial car he remains alone in his compartment, There is arumor that he is a huge feeder—<linners with nineteen courses, But into these details I must not descend. He likes to sit on the floor when he smokes his nargiic, and takes no serious resolution for the day until the three hens are killed. He has unlucky days and lucky days, and when they told him of the fete at Schoenbrunn he | monarch wito means to have his own way wherever he is. The Visit to the Exhibition. VieNNA, August 3, 1873, It Was published in the morning that the Glory of the World would visit the Exposition. He had, as yet, not seen Vienna, The capital had deterred und keep bis people from starving? Would he carry away the Kaiser's furniture?’ These and other = fumocent = discussions we! Boisily conduced over the pen Now him. Rumors of cholera and the hot, blazing sun, ‘whith for a few days have made the fle!ds look like bath: Made Laxcobure. wil) iw cool groves amd said he would see how he felt about it, Plainiy, a | home. But coming to Austria and not seeing the Exnibition would be impossible to a curious- minded Shah, who, among other prerogatives in his Persian land, is the source of human peace and intelligence. So yesterday morning it was made known to the curious Viennese that he whose praises the meadows sing would arrive at the Southern Railway statiom at noon. The palace whicli he occuples is about as far from Vienna as Spuyten Duyvil from the HERALD office, and just before noon the Kaiser Francis Joseph, in his upiform as field marshal, rode to the station to meet his Oriental brother. Francis Joseph looked exceedingly well as I saw him hur- rying through thé Graben—the Vienna Broadway— bowing his plumed head to the right and left, When the station was reached there were many higb persons in attendance. Baron Schnarz- Senhorn, with the historical hat; the Archauke who commands the army, other Areddukes, officers of the imperial staf—a glittering company, profusely red and blue, who floated around the Emperor like @ cloud of many colors. Further- more there were long ranges of greencry—plants bearing fowers and on the walls decorating flags. The day began with cooling memories of last night’s thander, aad rain was spattering fitfully. The Kaiser was hearty, friendly, familiar as he stood waiting, the centre of an animated, amused circle, looking now and then at the clock. We knew the Shah was really coming, that the special train had left Laxenburg and that, great as was the power of the monarch, from the very fear of whom the mountains beget rubies and crystals and the waves of the sea send forth the coral and the pearl, he would not take liberties with special railway trains running at high speod. lt was something to know this, for he ts a monarch who hasno respect for engagements, and would not hesitate @ moment to disappoint even as august a King as the Apostolic Majesty of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, who stands here shifting from one leg to the other and pulling his thick, brown whiskers into a cluster in an absent-minded way. THE SHAH IN VIENNA. A bustle, a whistle, the rushing of steam, a move- ment among some railway persons, and a long train glides into the station. The Emperor ad- vances to the door of the central carriage—bis own private imperial ‘car—which is now at the service of the Shah, The King of kings is seen as the train creeps in, standing alone in his apartment, looking out of a large plate glass window. He greets the Emperor, shaking hands as he descends, and gazes {rom one to another of the staff in a list- less fashion as the Empercr presents them. He looked very tired and actually yawned as the Em- peror went through these ceremonies of courtesy, and seemed a bored monarch, as in a slow, hesitat- ing, languid way, one leg almost tripping over the other, he walked to the carriage. You may care to know that the earriage was drawn by six horses, that two men in full livery were perched behind it, that jockeys in orange rode the horses, and that there were feathers enough in the party to furnish an unampitious millinery establishment. A mili- tary band playéd music, The Emperor sat on the back seat, the Shah at his right. In front was the Archduke and the Grand Vizier. The assemblage of citizens was not large. The rain had ceased, but threatened to come again, and curious people were in the Prater waiting for the cortége. The retinue of the two monarchs was, as I should “judge, in number about fiity. THE SHAH, ‘The hero of the sun, who rides on the heavens, accompanied by the moon and stars, was in a som- bre moed. His spectacles troubled him by never asserting themselves on his nose. His face looked uke a combination of Edwin Booth and Judge Bar- nard. He corruscated with light. There was the diamond aigrette, of which all the world has heard, The coat, with the loops and braces and ridges of diamonds; the belt which sustained his sword, and the sword itself, covered with gems—precious stones enough, we would think, to save many thousand Persian men and women from starva- tion, if this glittering Prince were in any way 60 minded. Francis Joseph was atame object beside the Persian monarch, and yet Francis Joseph had jewels and colors enough Of his own and was a radiant being likewise. The postilions in orange and white; the feathered footmen in blue and scarlet; the driver in red, who looked as solemn as a Harvard professor; the Emperor, tn his many hues; the six gray horses, with all the strength and fire of Andalusia in their lithe, wil- ung limbs; and, above all, the Prince, whose gracious smile, falling into the seething hell-fires, would, as the Persian poet tells us, smother then at once and forever—this prince, for whom the hyacinths and the roses exist only to breathe forth their fragrance, the very King of kings himself, ridged and glistening with gems—iormed a group of beauty almost of splendor, pleasing to those who looked on, who took off their hats and cried out a3 it whirled along THROUGH THE PRATER, Ido not know that the glory of the world—the cold breath of whose favor stilleth the Wintry storms—expressed any emotions about Vienna. He rode at an easy pace, studying the crowd through’ bis spectacles; sometimes rubbing his eyebrows and forchead, as though resolved to keep awake; staring at the arsenal and the barracks, and looking curiously a second time as the Kaiser told him their uses. So on across the lion-guarded bridge into Leopeldstadt, the beautiiul, blue Dan- ube looking muddy and dry, and thence into the Prater street, which was lined with a throng of men and women, who saluted him with silent courtesy; thence into the noble avenue that runs through the Prater—the avenue with tne dense, sun-defying treea, under whose branches a multi- tyde awaited a glimpse of that majesty whose move- ments resemble the circling heavens, The booths were abandoned, the showmen left their snakes and double-headed girls, the beer drinkers permitted their beverage to pall and deaden,,the nursery maidens forgot their charges, and the idling lounger in his morning walk paused to see him, What your correspondent spectally noted was the absence or soldiery. An occasional armed and mounted policeman kept the way, but no more, Except the sprinkling of radiant officers who floated around the Kaiser, the Shah saw no armed men in authority; nor was there any escort other than his own train and that of the Emperor, IN THE PALACE GROUNDS. Noon had well gone when the cortége reached the great gate opening to the Exhibition. You Must know there is one gate that opens only to kings, and to-day two soldiers steod before it on guard. Around the imperial pavilion there was a dense crowd. To-day the pavilion showed what one rarely sces—evidences of hamanity—that some real persons dwelt within its walls. From the chimney @ thin line of smoke curled, show- ing that the pot was boiling for the Toyal refreshment. There were gorgeous persons in waiting, one creature mainly in scarlet, and a coat with a white front, who was a study in tailor- ing science. Ido not know his rank and would not venture ® guess, preferring in these royal countries to suppose every gaudy person I meet as @ member of the nobility, But the creature in question stood with a stick in his hand, and by bis | movements the crowd noted the imperial progress. A whiff of rain thinnea the crowd, but it rallied and at one o'clock the distant music announce: that the retinue had entered the gate. Now with strained, craning necks we see tt winding through the trees, now it comes into the narrow path; ina moment the flood oi glory rolls up to the door. ‘The Emperor desceuds, the Shah swiftly after, and pass in, i _ STUDYING THE ROTUNDO. The ruler of rulers, upon the garment of whose life the very stars are golden letters, came to the front of the building and raising the curtain studied the Industrial Palace for a few moments, while the crowd studied him, The Viennese have | an amusing interest in this Shah, Iam afratd if he knew the German tongue and could read the journals we should feel something of that wrath which according to the adminigtration press of Teheran, ty suficient to make Himalaya tremble to its base and smoke like the forges of Vulean, You would not print one half of the improper and irreverent stories told every morning about the Shah. The papers are fll of inventions as to his manners and customs, the women who follow him in maie clothing, the trouble he has to @ special oMcer. This oMicer we are gravely told 1s called Oberhofmetsteramisviceceremonienprotocou. Every evening at sunset he kills three hens, ‘There ere four gazelles in his train. Only yester- day he received from mothers in Vienna letters to the number of two hundred, each one containing & Photograph of a daughter and an offer of the fair hends in marriage, should His Highness desire to increase his matrimonial responsibilities. He has found 6ne Prussian wife already, two or three from England and no one knows how many from Paris. Shall Viensta iag behind in this unique and extra- Ordinary emulation? Never! say the journals; and we are told that Viennese mothers throw their daughters at his feet. As to what he does with his knife and his fork, his quaint customs at table, his affinity for cherries and other circum- stances, daily printed at length, so much has been written to you by writers of great ability that this correspondent will not enter into the narration now. BREAKFAST, But with the journais thus madly romping over the Shab and filling the minds of ths Viennese with extraordinary fabrications, we have an amusing feeling about His Majesty, And‘so when he stoed curiously examining the magnifi- cent dome on the palace. with its burnished crown, painted to resemble’ gold and gems, the crowd observed him very much as a company of New Yorkers would have observed Dan bryant about to break into a plantation dance in honor of Old Vir- ginia. If this Prince, at the sound of whose wrath the light of the brightest star trembles in the sky, had suddenly opened the door and sung a comic song, accompanied by proper dancing measures, twere would have been no surprise. “lt seemed to your correspondent that a proceeding of this nature was not unexpected. But the Shah quietly looked at the dome, and, draw- ing the curtain, went in. We ebserved that he had another coat than the one worn at Lax, enberg. His mustache was neither curled nor waxed, but hung in threads over his narrow cruel, Closed'tips. On the breast of the coat were two clover leaves—each leaf composed of dia- monds—the buttons of the coat large diamonds. He looked weary, notin a mood to welcome the breakiast which the Emperor had prepared for him, and to the enjoyment of which the splendid company devoted themselves for an hour, while your correspondent found what comfort he could in the Russian restaurant near by, where Russian lads im red gowns serve you caviare and strange compositions of food from the far, cold North. IN THE ROTUNDA. About two the meal was at an end, the King of the Universe sipped his coffee, smoked his narghily, and, stepping into the carriagey with the six impatient horses, drove to the rotunda door. Here were 10,000 versons gathered to receive him. Athin lane opened, guarded by policemen, and at the entrance Baron Schwarz-Senborn, with his hat in his hand, to bid him welcome. There was no cheering. For a loyal people these Aus+ trians are very silent. The Shah descended, the Emperor at his side, about fitty eminent beings, in various stages of lace, gold, satin and cashmere coming after. As the party entered the magnifi- cent rotunda the band, which stood on a railing high up, began the “Persian Hymn,” which, like many of his damonds and a few of his wives, the Shah discovered in Burope. A peal of bells, sent to the Exhibition by a firm in Ger- many, broke into a merry continuous clanging. ‘The fountains began to play, throwing out jets of cooling water which flashed and splashed, There was splendor in the sight. The rotunda marvel- lows in its grace and beauty and proportions; the congregated trophies of science, industry and art whieh thronged the rotunda hall—marbles trom Italy, porcelaines and fine clay wares from |Russia, laces and woollen fabrics irom Germany, types of every department of the Exhibition; the model of the Brussels Bourse, the Swiss statue of Helvetia embraicng Geneva, the extraordinary French lion, to which we have become reconciled; the refresh. ment booths and trophies from the Vienna shops, @ vewildening sight at the first view, growing more and more wondertul as you study it, and well caiculated to astonish even a monarch who had seen London and Paris. IN GERMANY AND FRANCE, Crossing the rotunda slowly, the imperial party entered the German department. The manner of going was 1n'this fashion :—First a body of police, under an officer, who gently opened a lane into the crowd and forced the people back into double lines; then an officer of the Shah’s suite and a general on the staff of the Emperor, with Baron Schwarz- Senhorn as an advance guard; then the Shah, side by side with Francis Joseph, the Persian Vizier closely behind. The imperial cluster was generally by itself—a good amount of space between it and the retinue. The Shah himself directed the move- ments of the party. He went where he willed, stood as long as he pleased, noting only what interested him, Francis Joseph was his guide and answered his questions, re- ferring now and then to Baron Schwarz-Senborn for information. When the Shab, as was often the cfse, could not comprehend what the Emperor said in French, he turned to his Minister, who translated it into Persian. When the party came to each department the monarchs were received by the commissioner representing the country, who remained with them until they passed into another department. Your correspondent followed the Shah in his progress, and noted, as far as was possible, the impressions made upon the sacred mind by the different forms of the Exhibition. In the German department tnere is a collection of busts in porcelain. The Shah stopped a moment and turned to the Emperor. ‘There is the German Kaiser,” he said, smiling. “Very good. There is the Crown Princess, also very good. The Imperial Prince and Prince Bismarck,” he said, naming | them over to the Emperor with a smile of recogni- tion to each, and in a pleased way, as though he had found something that might interest His Austrian Majesty. Then he passed on until he came to some work in clay, beautifully colored in the Chinese style. He walked up to it, looked closely and rubbed the enamel with his fingers. “Very beautiful,” he said; “No,” said the Kaiser, “this is German.” “It looked like French,” said the Shah. In the French department a bronze figure of Napoleon I. caught his eye, and, patting it, he said, “That is Napo- leon.” He spent some time studying the tapes- tries decorating the walls, asking the Emperor whether they were from the government looms or not. A GAME OF CHESS, He did not leave the main hall until he came to Switzerland. No arrangements had been made for visiting the side halls, as the time necessary would be too much for the day’s progress. Switzerland hasno exhibition in the main hall, and when the Shah came to the door of the annex his eye was attracted by the flag. “Is this Switzerland?” he asked. “Switzerland,” said the Emperor, “is in this side hall.” There were the police barring the way, @ dense crowd of peuple behind them. But the Persian King did not mind, as he deliberately walked into the crowd and pushed his way into the Swiss quarter, leaving his retinue to come as best they could. Evidently the beautiful Swiss land bad left some pleasing impression upon that eye, which,we are told, has only to glance upon the rocks in order that the diamonds may flow forth like the clear waters of a running broox, the one containing the display from Persia, Re- turning from Switzerland he continued until Eng- land was reached, There stood Mr. Owen, the Secretary of the British Commission, to welcome him. Ashe entered the Emperor said, “Here igs England.” “England here?” said the Shah, look- ing around. “And this,” said the Emperor, “is the English Commissioner.” Mr. Owen made his bow, but the Shah dia not observe him, for he strolled along, above human courtesy, as it seemed, He did not remain in England as long as in France, There is a necklace of diamonds in one case, marked as worth $160,000, There is also an exhibition of the jewels of the Countess of Dudley— rubies, diamonds, pearls, amethysts and garnets, the interest on the money value of which, as they rest on their velvet cases and excite envious burn- ings, would add largely to the income of a faithful correspondent, A crowd had gathered at this window, supposing that the Prince, in whose eyes find lame proper for killipg im the sacred | the peanmalsten, and A Whose pregence gli sears, become tears of joy, would show his wonder or his envy. But he who bringeth the double spring- time did not notice the Dudley diamonds. “This,” said one who was at his side, “this is the famous Collection of the jeweis of the Countess of’—but Nassr-ed-Din was away. His eye bad seen a silver chessboard. He looked at the board and at the pawns nd pieces carved in silver and gold. Taking up the queen he showed it to she Emperor. Then motioning to the Grand Vizier he deliberately began to arrange the pieces and Open @ game of chess. The Shah stood at one side of the board, the Minister at the othor, and the game began, to tne astonishment of the Austrian Emperor even, who shewed in his countenance an expression of wonder as to whether he would be really expected to stand there, with his imperial sta—to stand waiting and weary—while the source of human peace played chess with one of his companions, After exchanging five or six .moves the Shah abruptly turned from the board, and, rubbing his eyes, and with his head down, joined the Kaiser and kept his way. HIS MAJESTY FALLS IN LOVE, He kept, his way in his listiess,slonching manner, one leg going over the other, with a galt like Ed- ‘win Booth when he comes down the stage to the front to speculate upon the advantages und con- tingencies of a bare bodkin, sometimes looking at anobject when showa him, but more frequently paying no heed. And here I must say as a faithful historian that this prince, who among other at- tributes is Known as the lightning conductor of |, Virtue, found many objects of interest, which were, not on exhibition, which certainly have mo place im the oficial catalogue. Whether it . is. pos- sible that the two hundred Viennese mothers who had sent photographs of their daughters to the Shah were there in line with their treasures or not, Icannot say. Nor will I make any specula- tions on the subject, after the manner of the Vienna press—being, a8 ali the world knows, a historian who disiains gossip and whispering. But in this lane through which we walked there were many lovely women. Even to the plain eyes of this writer, who is not an authority on the subject, they were beautiful exceedingly. To-day they welcomed the sun of the universe in all the cunning and expres- sion of Vienna taste. Ribbons of dainty hue, ar- rangements of gauze and lace, that invited without “ig this French ?” | This was | the only hall that he so honored until he came to | disclosing, curiously-fashioned silks and satins, sprays of leaf and fruitage, and eyes of welcome and wooing under ali, I tee! among my mainy sins of omission thatI have never done justice to thé women of this capital in the columns of the HERALD. If I were a poet or .@ humorist, or a writer of rare descriptive powers, like s0 many of this Shah of Persia, such an omission would be un- Pardonable. But with piain tastes and a life given more to the contemplation of domestic vir tues, finding ideals in St. Theresa and Jennie Deans and the mother of Washington, the subject has always been beyond me. So, when this day 1 find myself walking in, the train of the Prince, from the feet of whose horses the thunder springs, and around whose stirrups the angels sing in chorus—when I find myself in this heavenly station, beamed on by so much glory, not to speak Of the diamonds, and right and left the fair, smiling darlings of Vienna throwing their glances like blossoms upon our path, the eye, as the wicked Iago said, sounding a parley to provo- cation, and when it speaks an alarm to love, I de- spair of doing justice*and honor to the scene. So when [tell you that he the dust of whose feet ts claimed by other emperors for their diadems spent most of his time in the royal progress in looking at the ladies do not biame him nor your servant who writes these lines for his inability to describe the beauty and fulness und variety of the tempta- tion. What could you expect of a human prince away from hearth and home—never a one of his seventy wives to comfort and steady him’? “This, Your Majesty,” said the polite French Commis- sioner, “is a specimen of bronze work from Paris, Diana, you observe, is ’’——but His Majesty stood in an entranced mood, quietly holding his spectacles on his nose as he looked into tne biuo eyes of a@ maiden who had struck his fancy. Yes, truly, this expression and source of all wisdom looked into the blue eyes—as man looks at woman when she pleases him, Then he spoke to her in French, but she knew not that tongue. Then he patted her on the cheek—a language she evidently comprehended—for the roses flowed into her cheeks, flaming over the shadows and brightness of her beauty like an aurora in the northern skies, O blessed among women, German maiden! And what envious hearts are all around you, hating you as they would a basilisk, for enchanting this Shah! And Franeis Joseph, when anything bored, or both- ered, or vexed him, as I tear many things did on this progress, first stood on one leg and then on an- other, twisting his brown whiskers nervously, never observing the fascination of his guest; but studying some discreet tapestry with cows anda brook and innocent, playing children that was hanging over him. The lightning conductor of virtue could not speak to the maiden and so com- manded one of his suite to make a communication, and went on. And when 4a little later your corre- spondent discoverd the Danubian beauty on the arm of a Persian grandec in acashmere garment his inference was that a new bride had been added to the happy home of Teheran, and that the prince who never prays without causing the dew to crystallize into pearls had added another unit to the sum of his happiness. MARBLES, AND HEMP Stillwe kept on—slowly slouching on—pausing wherever a pretty face attracted His Majesty, un- til we came to some Italian marbles, There is a little group of them in a circle just at the entrance to the Italian department—a white and well ex- | pressed Beatrice, a fisner’s girl, a nymph, many Cupids and other semblances. In brief, a most at- tractive exhibit, and much visited. The Shan | stopped here, and seemed to have found something well worth coming to see. ‘These are some marbles from Italy,” said the Emperor. The Shah | looked at them, passed his hand over the drapery that surrounded Beatrice, then | over the tapering, swelling form of the fisher’s girl, constantly repeating his delight, They were quite ordinary marbles—not examples of the highest art—only the common work of the modern Italian school. So he looked and studied, boring his apostolic companion again, I am afraid, for he began moving from one foot to another and tugging his beard, But this came to an ond, and on we kept, the Vicegerent of the Prophet looking at the women mainly until he came to the Nether- lands and was shown some raw hemp and flax and & collection of yarn and thread. His Majesty, stopped. The case was opened. He caressed the hemp and the flax, asked question after question, and when he left returned again to pursue his studies, There was something in the display that Interested him greatly, for he spent more time over it than any other feature of day's progress, THE KAISER TAKES HIS LEAVE. Again through the rotunda, hurriedly into the Austrian department, I am afraid the King of Kings was very tired. Certainly weariness had written its lines en the face of the Emperor and of many who followed him, So, rather more rapidly than heretofore, the party walked, pausing in Russia te note some furs and to admire a real bear with a real clab, in a thoroughly stuffed condition. Then into Greece, where he stood for a minute in admiration of a portrait .of himself. This pleased him very much, and when he had studied it he turned and saluted the Kaiser, under the impres- sion, it may be, that Francis Joseph had painted it as a compliment to his Persian brother. Then he turned into the small Persian de- partment, where he was a King of Kings in his kingdom, Here the Austrian Em- peror said to thg Shah:—“I now leave Your Majesty in your home and among your people, and will say au revoir.’ The Shah said to the Em- peror that his goodness and the greatness of his Empire and the special giory of his exhibition would rest in bis memory, yea, though he lived a thousand years. So the Emperor burricdiy walked through one of the Austrian halls back to his pavilion, As he crossed the path he met a young German prince who was sauntering around in plain clothes. The Emperor stopped and shook hands heartily. ‘Have you seen the Shah said the Emperor. ‘‘No,’’ Was tho response. “Well, he is over in the Persian department.” And there was just the slightest, scarcely noticeable, smile (BAA shrug of the Wyperiql suguiders. pg punchss tA. say that the Shah was a most interesting persqa in more ways than one. IN PERSIA, \ The Austrian Emperor entered a small, two seated open carriage, with a pair of horses, and no retinue, and drove homé. The ruler of rulers, be- fore whose world-conquering sword the morning wind goeth as a forerunner, remained in the Per- stan department for some time and examined the Gisplay critically. Iam told he was not, in all re spects, pleased, It did not suit nim, It was mot ag complete as some of the others—as Japan or China—eastern nations like hisown. One of the (A stories is that, in his anger, he gave orders to gi and purchase the French department and one ot my distinguished colleagues who have chronicled | the German annexes and have them opened under the Persian flag. But this is not accepted a8 a true story. When in Japan he was presented to some Japanese whom he regarded with curious interest, From thence he crossed into Turkey and walked through slowly, making no observations. . HOMB AGAIN. As you know, there is a Persian pavilion in these grounds—a gaudy edifice, built by the Shab for his own uses, It is immediately epposite the magnifi- cent palace of the Khedive, and is an attractive building, with a great heal of looking-glass decora- tions on the front, and the lion and the sunig glass, Passing trom the Turkish department int the grounds, the Shah moved on into his pi a followed by a large crowd, An Austrian band, stationed in front, under the trees, played the Per- sian hymn, ‘he Shah stood for a moment in front of his house and looked at it; then asked a ques- tion or two, and, mounting the- stairs, passed in with his retinne. Then he came out on the balcony to see the crowd, which gave him a slight cheer. But he made no sign, only looked around him, and at the palace of the Kbedive and abruptly away. Dinner was served to his re by the restaurant of the Trois Freres, and after- ward the Shah and some of his friends went inte the palace of the Khedive. After this, as the day was well gone, His Majesty entered the carriage with six horsea, which had been in waiting, and drove to the southern station and from thence ta his Laxenberg palace. I may add that he did not visit the American department at all and that no effort was made to induce him to pay the nation this compliment, THE NEW YACHT CORA. A Fine Pleasure Craft for Ex-Mayor ©. Barker, of Detroit, Mich.—Her mensions, Accommodations and Can-' vas. On Tuesday next there will be launched from the} yard of Mr. P. McGiehan, the builder, at Pamrapo, N.J., the new and elegant sloop yacht Cora, built| for ex-Mayor K. ©. Barker, of Detroit, a gentleman equally well known and distinguished in the Wes} and South for his large manufacturing intérests for his ardent desire for all amaveur aquatic sports| Until last year Mr. Barker owned a yacht that for ten consecutive annual carried away the prize pennant n national yachting reunions between the cities in Canada and the United States bordering on th Lakes; but then, being beaten by a craft th hailed from this section of the country, he deter. mined upon building a new boat, and once more, when the time comes around, giving the Can another tussle for the much-coveted prize Hence the construction of the Cora, whicl will be named after a most estimable young lady 0 San Francisco, Cal., Miss Cora Wightman. In th model of this yacht Mr. McGiehan has done h utmost to excel all his many former triumphs, and without undue praise, she is a perfect beauty, a to the eye of the practised nautical gentleman nothing presents itself to retard her epeed. “Shey will go,” says Mac, and those that know what yacht should be believe him. ‘The Cora is of the following dimensious :—Len of Keel, 50 feet; length on water line, 54 feet length over all, 61 fect; breadth of beam, 17 feet inches; depth of hold, 5 feet 11 inches; draught oj water, aft, 8 feet 11 inches; forward, 20 inches} tonnage, about 58 tons: Excellent workmanshij}} is everywhere observed in the new craft, an beside the beauty of the model it been a cardinal principle of the builder t give her . great strength, ,and in a he has admirably succeeded. Her framer which are double and riveted together are hackmatack; her wales of Ohio white oak, e: tending all around, without a butt; planking ¢ yellow pine; garboard and broad strakes of whit} oak; knees of hackmatack; deck frames of hac matack and chestnat; ceiling of white pine; dec! planking of white pine, without a knot, and th | rail is sprung on without # butt. All her fasten ings are of galvanized iron, and her ballast wa’ cast by special contract. The overhang of th) stern of the yacht from the centre of the stern post is 7 feet. The Cora hasacentre board, ah, the “stick” provided tor her seems to be exact! suited to a craft of her size. It is 60 feet from he to topmast, including the mast head of 7 feet; he boom is 53 feet in length; gaff, 28 feet; topmasi’ 28 feet, and bowsprit (outboard), 28 feet. John Nj] | Sawyer is putting her ‘wings’ together, an the canvas she will carry amounts to th large number of 6,640 square vet Moe a follows :—Mainsal, 1,800 square feet ; jib, 826 squar | feet; jib topsail, 520 square feet; small topsail, 31 square feet; balloon tepsail, 540 square feet balloon jib, 1,024 square _feet, and balloon jib sail, 1,618 square feet, When this is all spread, jf occasion Syeteeaiiere such a Seo re achad will open the éyes of the most noted veteran men on the lakes. The interior work ‘of the Cora, by Vosburgh,” New York, will be of the prettiest and most exper] sive character. The cabin, which 1s twenty-fouj feet im length, is being fitted in black walnut other hard woods, while the owner's statereo! will be very handsome in polished woodwork ornate Hegre that the Cora, indeed, be a queen of her class. The stateroom and oth retiring rooms arc Supplied with the well-know. Bishop & Grady’s simple conveniences, extensively adopted: yachs owners, and the upholstery, the richest character, comes Trance & Co., of Philadelphia. In e' this elegant and finely built yacht will be fit and iurnished in the best possible manner, refi ing great credit upon those connected with her this respect and testifying to the food. taste te owner. The standing rigging of Cora will wire and.the running Figeing of the best mi After laanching it not require “many days t} complete all her fittings, and then the Cora will once be gent to her future pleasant cruisin grounds, SICK CHILDREN'S RELIBF FUND. ‘The following additional subscriptions have b received since last report in answer to the app im the HERALD:— Anonymous. Anon, iter: . rough ico. From several Childfen. Sent to Treasurer— Jerome Fuile: Mother Peppe Carrie Hil. J. N, Gaiway has also sent a large package of sorted groceries, wines and jeliies for the sick. Edmune Penfold, one half chest tea, one bo! corn starch, The following subscriptions aiso have received at the HERALD office: Little Charlie, Fred- M. D. P. die A Bird Le 4 Guests ai Hotel, Lt wean SeeseseS In memoriam. Total. cescsevee ‘he following sympathetic with interest nd the triends of t Ne me Epitor oF rim Herauy a Thund you herewith check for by the guests (chiefly the ladies vition cnildren, of sick ‘They command me to express their sympathy Witt; Chrisiion effort you are moeking wo colleot ony oO ® viate the distresses ot the little igvalids, a1 that #0 holy @ charity will concnue to he supported the benevolent ctl e Y Respe ally you, tter will be rea his fund :— Yorx, August 20, 1873, | $50, amount contribat and c int the P) tel, at Glen Cove, lx 1, to the nivel sore