The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-01
CONSTANTINOPLE.
A City Where Dogs are More Pre-.
ci0uS than Men.
CARS ON PRIMITIVE PRINCIPLES
How the Turkish Women Look. Dress. Live
and Enjoy ThemFelves-No Theatres.
Balls or Entertainments.

Horn, and with its most beautiful sItua-
ton and immense harbor it should be one
of the finest cities in Europe; but at the
present time it is a complex of dirty, mar
row and crowded streets, lined mostly with
miserable, broken-down shanties and paved |
with rocks of all shapes, making walking
difficult Therefore the attractions OF
Ccnstantinople are not in the beauty OF the
city itself, but in its peculiar oriental life,
She magnifcence Of its general view from
the harbor and the many remnants which
an eventful history has left there.
The city was founded in CSC b. c., but
was rebuilt by Constantine about 32S A. d.
The old name Byzantium was changed into
the present Constantinople, which means
the city OF Constantine, and was raised by
that Emperor to the capital of the East
Roman empire. When this empire fell an
easy prey to the Turkish hordeB, Constan-
tinople itself offered powerful resistance
which, hswever, could not prevent Its fall
in 1857, Since that time the city has been
the capital of the Turkish empire and
THE POLITICAL CENTRE OF THE MoHAMEDAN
WORLD.
The present number of inhabitants is not
known, as the Turks take no census but
is generally estimated with its suburbs to
contain 1000, 600 people. The city contains
several strong foreign colonies, principally
German, French and English, and in the
streets representatives of probably all the
nationalities crowd each other. Next to
the Turkish language, French is mostly
spoken, and all the large stores have
French signs. Outside of the European
quarters of Constautinople, purely Turk
ish street is a very confusing sight 1t
seems as if all the inhabitants were turned
out into the street. The stores and work
hon a. ir
acted and work is done as much
without as within the houses.
Through the throng of shouting ped
dlers, praying beggars, tramping horses,
and barking dogs, the stranger is puzzled
where to direct his eyes and feet. The
streets being so narrow, crowded and steep
makes the passage of heavy wagons almost
impossible, and for this reason the means
OF transportation are
HUMAN AND ANIMAL LOAD CARRIERS.
All meat. vegetables and really every
thing needed in housekeeping, is carried
on mems backs and heads, and the shouting
Of dozens together as they call out to tho
people to buy Of them is sometimes deafen-
ing. Horses carry heavy loads strung over
their backs, of every Imaginable thing,
sometimes baskets filled with coal, char
coal, dirt and rocks, and often wood,
lumber and other things, so as to leave
visible. Frequently ey are tied, enc be
hind the other, theI' { being led by man
and the others following each other in tan
dem order. Besides many hacks, people,
especially ladies, are carried through the
streets in sedans lifted by two men.
The beggars lay around the streets,
praying as they beg. Many of them are
pitiful looking objects, being crippled in
every way. Some are without hands aud
many crawl along footless and the deformity
OF the face is sometimes terrible. l was told
that this was the result of leprosy. In
walking you stumble every now and then
over
A YELLOW, LoNG-HAIRED DOG.
These creatures are horn, live and die in
the streets. having no owners, and they
exist on the Stops which are thrown into
the streets from each house. They are the
street cleaners or scavengers Of Constan-
tinople, and were it not for them the chol-
era would surely breed here. They are
peaceful and quiet, only when the dogs
from other streets intrude upon them. 1t
is prohibited to hurt them in any way, and
the driving over a dog is punished more
severely than driving over person, as the
latter is supposed to have sense enough to
look out for himself.
Seeing man riding briskly on horseback
and followed as rapidly by another man on
foot, we inquired of our guide what it
was hired the owner followed it every
where on foot so as to take il back when
the rider was through with it.
Almost every man carries a string of
beads. Some count them and pray by
them, while many carry them only as as a
playthlng, moving them constantly between
the fingers
COMFORTABLE LOOKING CREATURE
is the old Turk, sitting on the sidewalk
with his legs crossed under him and smok-
ing with his fellows through q long pipe,
ground. The higher class of Turks
dress as Europeans. but the fez, or
red cap, is never removed for any other
hat as this would be an objectionable sin.
Everybody wears the fez or the turban,
and even very often Europeans prefer
this head dress. In crowded street it
gives bright appearance and seems
to cover everything in red. The
dresses of the lower classes diff
fer according to the province they
come from. but resemble a great deal
the previously described Bulgarian dress.
The masses are ragged, dirty and really
half barbarous. The educated Turk is q
handsome, Misunderstanding man, courteous
and gentlemanly. We were greatly and
favorably impressed with him, and were
told that the foreigners living here mingled
freely with him and admired him. We
had heard 80 much Of
THE BEAUTY OF THE TURKISH WOMEN
that passing through the streets our chief
thought was how to be able to get glance
at them. They wear a low, heelless
slipper, a long plain full skirt, falling
from the waist and made of silk or cotton
according to the wealth of the wearer
From the waist is another skirt of the
same material which is thrown upwards
over the head, shoulders and arms and
drawn under this, very close TO the face is
thin veil and often the skirt is
used as a face cover too, showing
only the eyes and nose. The women
also carry often parasol which
further helps to shield the face. This
orthodox attire, however, begins to suffer
under the reforming influence Of western
civilization. Now and then a woman is
seen without the veil and the greatest part
of her face uncovered. On these we made
our observations of beauty and we found
that although very regular in their features
when in repose they were otherwise i'll
refined and often gross. They are fat and
waddle as they walk.
We shudder when we think of the lives
of these women, and yet they seem con-
tented and happy. From the time they APP
Droach womanhood they are forbidden by
their religion to show their face to men, or
to mingle in the society of men. Their ex-
istence is not only apart in the street. but
even mere so at home. In every window of
their houses is lattice work put up, and
while they may peep through il, no
one can see them. In the carriage
they are shut up in the same way
ana in the mosque they are not allowed to
go on the floor with the men. but remain in
the gallery looking through the same lat
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