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Show Shall of Persia Is On Visit to London LONDON', Nov. 10 The Shah of Persia, who is visiting England, bears little resemblance, pbyslcall) or otherwise, other-wise, to that other Shah. Nasr-ud-din who came here in 1873 and again in 1S79. and on both occasions left behind be-hind him some not particularly savory memories. There was little of the saint about him, but he was pictur esque and could not be restricted to the bounds of English conventional respectability. Therefore the public of a generation ago took a much keen er interest In him than Londoners are doing in the reigning Shah. The latter is fat and placid, docs everything that he is told to do, never upsets the programs that are prepared for him and shocks no one In making a comparison between the two the Star recalls some of the esc.i pades of Nasr ud din, when he t isilcd these shores. During his '73 visits, it says, he demanded de-manded to see a prize fight. So .after a consultation with Lord Queensberry a glove fight was arranged for his dt lectation lu Buckingham palace stables. sta-bles. As usual the Shah was late, so the venue was changed to a quiet spot in the corner of the palace gardens.. On his way the Shah dashed through 8 room where a depuiation of bishops was waiting to see him to beseech his august protection for the Christians in Persia. They followed him into the gardens and presently found them selves in a ring around two prize-rich! ers. The fight was stopped: the Shah waxed angiy and the good Lord Shaftesbury of pious memory, who led the deputation, denounced the holding of "a prize light in the queen's palace." pal-ace." But things were ultimately smooth ed over though what the Shah said about the Christians in Persia required a strong gloss In the interpretation. |