The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-04
Congress of Nations
I'm C0mstamtimople.
lit Fleets Every Day ON the Bridge That
Spans the Golden Horn.

I striking color and pattern is used much
like a small boys blouse to carry bread
etc, In. In the place of a skirt she
wears what may be called reformed
boomers; that is, trousers very full all
the way to the ankle or quite as often
mere bag with two holes through
which the feet prOtrude. over her
shoulders hangs long strip Of dirty
cloth and from the outlines seen through
In the back Its use is to cary the little
shavers In a safe, out-of-the-way place.
An Interesting panorama.
Philippians, Hindoos, Persians, ia
panese, white. black, red and yellow
races mix here, jostIe one another and
disappear to give place to the other
members Of this wonderful panorama.
Should one describe every variety Of
| costumes 1t would I'll whole library.
Indeed In one short hour more can be
seen than can be described I'm years
writing. The varieties Of head-dre8s II
described alone as to color and shape
would i'll a volume. The fez predom-
mates, but from that brimless frustuin
OF cone every intermediate step Os
development can be traced to hoods,
caps, beavers and rags, which are used
as coverings or lids for humanity.
| But amid all this changing scene and
hustle one sees another type of what
may, perhaps be styled bridgc-life, for
they live by means Of the bridge, or
| what they get on the bridge--the
beggars. An American has no idea OF
the awful rayazss Of dISea2a which
seem 10 tear and distort and even Viii
! the body without releasing the sOul or
| life. Scores Of ths9e poor wretches
I thrOng on every hand, exhibiting thcir
| mUtilatiOns and defOrTnitics as an in
stigatOn - aims. Many are importers,
many are wlllfully manned. but one u
/ the most pitlful Of sights / saw last
night Seated on the walk and leaning
against the iron rail was little fel-
/ low about four years old. cripple. the
] tears streaming down his face as he
/ sobbed out his complaint, while in one
arm he held. On to what at first seemed
to be bundle VI rags, but which proved
on examination 70 be little ten-fnontbs'
| old brother. Here they h2d been left
| by some parent. a wonderfully appeal
I ing object for aims. The question will
come and almost in the form Of a mega
| lively answered one, Have tnese beings
sOuls?'
Sights from the Bridge.
/ The sights from the bridge are also
very interesting and although there is
great deal that is modern there IS
much that is quaint and old. The
/ bridge runs very ntzrly north and
Z south. At the north end is Gala;a and
above that On the steep sides Of conf
! cal hill rises Pera. The hill Is 4 mass Of
/ buildings now and the only objects that
attract attention are the Galata Tower
and the sharp lance-shape5 roofs OF the
( intersrersed m!nsTets. Turning TO-
ward the northwest We see winding
away between q forest Of masts the
world. famed Golden Horn. Turning
still more TO the west and south StaHl-
boul comes into view like an unfolding
panorama. From beyond the Mosque
OF Muhammad II. our gaze runs
along the ruins Of the Acueduct OF
/ Valens. which dates back 10 the last
half Of the fourth century, to the Mos
I que of Sulieman. then up the marble
shaft Of the Ssresherate Tower to lis
summit which overlooks the whole of
the city on both shores OF the Golden
Horn. then down 10 the Jeni Jami at
! the southern end Of the bridge. then Up
the hill again to thu Mosque Of Ahmed
with its six niinarets. then TO the Won
| derful pile Of masonry. ana mass of
J domes and semidones ufthe greatest Of
| all churches or mosques, ST. Sophia
IN In r,ueine Vista.
: Then turning gradually toward the
I east one sees SeIaglis Point with its
/ dark colored cypress trees standing out
( against the snow clad mountains of
/ Asia beyond, then nearer is seen Le-
ander's Tower above and back OF that
I rise the bluffs Of Asia, below the Won
| derful Bosphoyus and then. and far be-
I yond Beylerby and the first station
/ above Caridoli. the Asia and Europe
| shores seem TO unite.
/ No brush can paint, no camera detail
or pen describe the wonders. one must
I see and study and let nature herself re-
veal through eye and mind alone the
! grandeur Of this wonderful harmonious
/ blending Of these beauties OF sea and
/ sky and land.
! In another letter l shall try to give
you an idea Of two Of the great Turkish
| festivals or rather celebrations, and in
! that connection shall give a sketch Of
/ St. Sophia, Miles Tracy Hand.
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