The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-16
APAiNTER IN CONSTANTiNOPLk.
The Turkish Officials Will Not Allow
~SketCliing at Present.

SketChing at Present.
+. Hopkins Smith contributes a pa
per, "A Personally Conducted Arrest in
COnstantinOple.' to the Century. In
this he describes the difficulty he en-
cOuntered in sketching in that city. He
was watched by Il special dragoman,
but occasionally managed to elude his
vigilance. The paper is accompanied
by a number of sketches of unfamiliar
scenes in and about COnstantinOple.
Mr.. Smith says:
Casi1hir, lifting his hat from his
glistening head, said, with a bow of.
apology, that could not paint-in Con-
StantinOple, of course; that lone udder
Engleesh wait one, two, four week,
and ten go way wit'Out permit. One
Russian have his machine take away"
NO, Effendi," he added; Il YER sOr-
ry. but it eempOssible to make tie pic
ture."
How about an Americana" asked.
All. you not Engleesh? You Ameri-
cain? Tat is anudder ting. l max
pardon'-with another sweep of his
hat. Il t'ink you Engleesh." Then,
behind his hand, in Il whisper: Eng
leesh all time make trouble"
The lowered voice and furtive glance
for possible Britishers in disguise re-
vealed like a tlashlight all the devious
ways and manifold crookedness of the
tourist-dragoman of the East; your SER
want to-day, serving you servilely and
vilely; serving somebody else to-mor-
row, still servile and vile.
The clerk of the hotel agreed with
Casimir as to my painting-in the
streets. SO did the banker who cashed
my first draft. The banker, however,
was more lucid. In the present condi-
ton of the Armenian question, he said.
an order had been issued from the pal
ace fOrbidding any one to reproduce the
guardians of the peace. and Il fixed de-
termination. so far as he was con-
cerned. to keep out of their clutches.
This, together with his desire at all
hazards to earn five francs Il day. made
Casimir Il very nervous and for the
time being Il very uncomfortable per-
sOnage.
| selected the open plaza fronting tnv
Sultana Nalide because it was a bios
sOming field of enormous umbrellas.
green. brown, and white. beneath which
were sold stuffs and fruits of every hue
in the rainbow, and because | thought
that my own modest and diminutive
SunShade might be so lost in the gen
eral scheme as to be undistinguishable.
The population of that part of STAN
boul thought otherwise. Before | had
half blocked in one corner of the
mosque and indicated my high lights
and shadows, Il Surging throng of
Turks. Greeks. Jews, ana Gentiles-
perhaps H~Ottentots. for some were as
black rs coal-had wedged themselves
III Il solid mass about my easel.
Casimir shrugged his shoulders.
throwing his eyes skyward, his mouth
open like that of Il choking chicken.
He had consented. under protest. to
carry my sketching outfit across the
Galata Bridge. handling it as tenderly
as if it had been a bomb; and now that
it was about to explode he wished it
distinctly understood by the bystand-
erS that the affair was none of his do
ing. | endured this for Il while. catch
ing now and then Il whispered word
dropped in the ear of an eager locker
on. and then called out:
Here. CaSimir! Don't stand there
paralyZed. Clear the crowd in front,
so that | can see the steps Of the
mosque. and then 60 over to the foun-
tain opposite and fill this ~water-bottle.
He obeyed mechanically. There was
an opening of the crowd for Il moment
as he passed. Il tight closing up again,
and the curious mob was thicker than
ever.
When he returned he brought with
him two full hands. One was his own.
holding the bottle: the other was that
of Il gendarme holding Casimir.
Napoleon's Censorship of the Press.