Though the Shah's arrival in England occurred at a moment
of national anticlimax, and suffered from the clashing attrac- tion of the Boer generals, his reception has not been lacking in official prestige or public demonstrativeness. True to the example set by his father, the Shah has already visited Madame Tussaud's and one of the principal music-balls, where a troupe of performing dogs caused him, so it is said, to laugh heartily for the first time since his arrival. But then our visitor had only recently undergone the ordeal of his first sea voyage, a serious matter for an Oriental of fifty-two. On Wednesday he visited the King, on Fridoy be went to Woolwich, and a trip to the Crystal Palace, which awoke the enthusiasm of his father, is also in prospect. Like all Eastern potentates, the Shah is said to have been greatly impressed by the regulation of the street traffic by our policemen. It is, we suppose, the autocratic action of the man in blue that appeals to him. The fascination of the Shah for the " man in the street " is somewhat difficult to explain, but is probably due to his name, his wonderful bediamonded headgear, and his diligence in frequenting popular places of entertainment
