| Show t s sABBAS K I ABBAS II U. KHEDIVE OF EGYPT I IS AN DATE UP-TO-DATE l MONARCH Abbas II 11 Khedive of Egypt first of the rulers to visit England this year is a model i in a g good od many ways Not only does he he- follow folloW fitly Itly the Injunctions of the Koran oran by never indulging In wine wind or spirits b but t. t he Is a non sm smoker non ker too oo which is I. I rather remarkable in in th the head of f ta a a country where here most people use the weed all alt d day daylong y long However the Kh Khedives Khedive's conscience Is superior to the usages of his domain domain do do- domain main which he flouted ope openly lY by electing to content himself with one wife ite Instead of setting up a royal harem Probably however His Highness Highness High High- ness is not snot dissatisfied fo for his consort is described as a of rare J of his family who however number nearly a hundred But Abbas II has hasa a largo large private fortune as well and owns immense tracts of farm land in inthe inthe inthe the Nile delta for the working of which he Insists on having the latest machinery from America And he oversees his estate personally as far faras faras as possible He is up and on on horseback horseback horse horse- back by 6 almost every morning and spends several hours in riding g from J tj i t r J fa t I faI t 1 f b. b v pj f s Sf y e ell S HIGH THE rII-IE KHEDIVE ll f OF EGYPT 3 s IN THE KHEDIVES F PALACE AT CAIRO LIGHTS OVER THE TUE WRITING tABLE OF THE SUCCESSOR ID 70 THE P AND MID THE TELEPHONE HANGS AT HIS We ELBOW loveliness She lives with her children children chil chil- dren in the complete seclusion prescribed prescribed prescribed pre pre- scribed by law in in the Palace Palace Palace Pal Pal- ace of K where dwells also the Khedives Khedive's mother who by the way Is only a little over for forty fory y The Khedive gets a salary cf f a 8 year and has more with which to support the various members point to point to consult with his hiB different different different dif dif- ferent superintendents Abbas II 11 was in London last In 1900 when it was no noticed how well he spoke English His Highness is in fact rather famous as a polyglot for besides our tongue he speaks Fr French German Italian Turkish and of course Arabic |
