Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-25
THE SuLTANS KEEPING.
THE TURKISH RULER ALWAYS EATS
ENTIRELY ALONE.


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Tbe food for thu sult.n 4. ccor.a hv
one man and his aids and norS nth:,s
touch H. n is cooked n s;iver vssssis
and when done esch Lettls is ses,sd - |.
sin Of paper ana = stsmn ana th,s n
broken A The nrcssnrs ~ n. srltsn he
the hich chambrrlsin. who tsLes ens
spoouf,i Of each sensr.ts Isttja before
the euItsu tastes ,t' Tbis a 10 nrsvent
the sultsn's bein0 no,sonsd Ths food IL
Almost always served nm to tbs suitsn In
the ss,ne vessels IN ,vh,ch A. -. cooI II
and these ara often ~ mid. bnt when n
bsssr % meta, tSs sattIs r at s irso . E r;ch
golden hell shnned holdsr tbe hsnais ~
which Is held hv = slsva rhiis ths suItsn
enta. Each kaitia IL : co,,rsA ana 1.
served with broad and lind ~ nancake.
which is held on = GOLDEN trsv by another
slaye.
n reouires tus, tv,cs a. many eI.vcs
"A there ara cnursas 70 sarve = dinner to
him. He usually sits ON 4 diysn near \
window. which looks ont over the Pos.
phorus. and takes his ease and comfort IN
( looce pembazar and recelik WITH His
sIeeyes turned nm. Altar ha has eaten
all he wants the Sultan takes his coffee
and his chIlbouk and lies back in an
ecstasy of endowment and Quiet reyerie.
which he calls taking his keif. Woe bs
to the one who comes To disturb H.
The food being cooked outside of the
palace makes it necessary TO have hell
shaped felt covers TO clan down tightly
over each kettle. which has been placed
on a tray. For the sultan and royal
family there are ma naonificent, velvet covers
which 90 over the outside of these am.
broidered with cold and silver threads
and pearl, coral or turouois beads. Those
for others are not so handsome.
The sultan is served first. and he always
eats entirely alone. never under any cir
cumstances deioninr 20 eat with any one.
and as soon as he has begun TO eat the
harem Ia served. The snlfan never uses
a plate. He takes all his food direct from
the little kettles. and never uses a table
and rarely a knife or fork A snoon his
bread or nancake or fincers are far
handler. The whole bonsehold is At lih.
erty to take meals WHARF n sr,its him or
her best. and thus every one Is served
with a small trsy. with a spoon. a great
chunk of bread. oIad the higher ones only
get the pancakes.
After the barem the officers OF the i'm.
perial BODY guard. the eunuchs the cham.
berlaips md other biqh functionaries are
fed. tbev usually heinz seated around a
who helms himself to one or two snoon,
fuis ~ the contents of each Il e NOT
etlonetta n tals n,ora no r.tter nov
n;ca The d;sb nor how bnnarv h,,t a. tha
nnmbar ~ dishes ia aiwac: so orsot M
one need go b,,narv
kfter sfi tba n3Acars and o.hors 80 ,,,oh
dogrea oro foS tho snldiars srd ..-,aIts
ref their food snJ a. tha sorna +,,ra % al
The men emnIoved In The ;ynner;sl 81 abias
have tbe;rs and dnr;nr az rrnoross of
the meals sny s,ran,,or ,vhoarrar; a. r,av
be, Is Mt Iiberiv m come IN and seat him.
self and eat As n General r,I. +h,oa
hundred nerso,s ora 3ed aServ do,, In
have nc earthly right excent what The
laws OF bosnita}itv Five II ia 3 sort ~
perpetual FREQ innch and baoaers = : wall
as r;ch rnen oyoil the,nsai,ass es tb;s' r"rai
bountv % y '''''' ''"'
The sultan has number of verv ,arpe
farms. come ~ them cover;nS ,n,ies IN az,
Turkey and +basa ore intanSaS W ~ snnrIv
tn0Ca fhlnnl
to the nalace One of tbesa farms is nasr
Tcbofcbaldia. where the oovernment ia
now about bu;ldino fortress and another
at All. Rev. .Keni both of these within easv
ride from Constant;nonle Thers ara Two
others AZ Kouchoukchickmed,e and Bo.
youkchoukmedie. These are ali near
Constantinonle. The others are in Asia
Minor. On these much of the erain and
food Of the horses are raised Thev are
or were titled by the compulsory labor of
the Bulparians' large numbers of them
heinz, obIiped bv conservation to serve 40
many months n wear on these farms, Thev
we're tied together like cattle and brought
by force and treated like brutes. This
WAS n sort of tar duty which thew were
Obliged to nav in labor. II nav not be SO
now hut probably is.
The soil of Turkey Ia very fertile and
productive md from these farms annu.
aIlv are brnnobt on donkcvs and in boats
tons upon tons of vepetables of Ali kinds
milk. butter and cReese. mutton. eggs,
poultry and fruit. Th3 amount in tho
aggregate Is suspendous. and vet IL ia not
a Quarter enough for the needs OF that
household. Nearly oll the tobacco how.
ever. comes from these farms. and is Of
the finest quality. -
quality Tbev do not grow rice and IN
conseGuence. INV nearly one ton Of rice
per day tor the Inevitable pilaff, 600
rounds of sugar. as mnch coffee. To saw
nothing Of the other groceries, frnif
Vegetables and meat. Rice mutton and
bread form tbe Greater mart of food for tba