SUBJECTS ORIENTAL 



the presence of Captain and Mrs. Younghusband 

 on Wednesday the 7th inst., at four p.m., at the 

 opening of the new Jamat Khana premises dedi- 

 cated by Alijah Kasam Damani to H.H. the Aga 

 Khan for use of the Jamat. 



"H.H. the Sultan has graciously consented to 

 declare the building open." 



Again expecting to be interested and learn 

 something of our Eastern friends, I went. 



We Europeans sat together on plush seats. The 

 Sultan and Mr. Cave came in, with garlands of 

 flowers strung together and thrown over them by 

 a little Indian girl ; an address was then read by 

 Mr. Lascari, a Parsi barrister, acting for the Council ; 

 a gold casket and address were presented to the Sul- 

 tan. Next followed a presentation by the Sultan to 

 Alijah Kasam Damani, of a stick, gold watch, ring, 

 turban of gold and a red cloak, as he was the man 

 who had given a lakh of rupees towards the build- 

 ing. A tray of 500 rupees was presented to the 

 builder. After that the Sultan made a very good 

 little speech in English, and up went a sliding 

 doorway, and the building was declared open. 

 Meanwhile the good Damani was struggling into 

 his new fine feathers, with much fumbling and 

 nervousness. 



Next we all went downstairs into a large room 

 and had tea, and ices, cakes and so on, the Indians 



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