The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-30

lect were furnished up with red or blue
or yellow paint. Streets were paved.
!. and never did the Turks behold such
| Examinations before. From a hill the
yelled women of the town viewed the
! pa geantS. Although every mark OF
! honor was paid to the German Empress
no woman of the SultanS household
! greeted her or bore her company at the
| banquets or functions. At the grand
| banquet the Sultan occupied seat or
| state with the royal guests one on
/ either side.
When the long banquet was ended
/ the Kaiser went to make his farewell
/ visits to the Ministers of State. At the
same time the Sultan and his eldest son
/ accompanied the Empress to the home
! of the Turkish women and children
! the harem. Even the Emperor of Ger
many might not look upon the face of
any of the women of the harem. The
young daughter of the Sultan acted as
| interpreter, and a pleasant hour was
passed.
The programme for the entire two
months of absence from Germany has
been carefully prepared by the court
chamberlain as follows:
October &c the Hohenzollern Will
arrive at Haifa. At that point will be-
gin the long drive over the Plain of
Sharon, where the roses are the most
| beautiful in all the world and now In
!
cred soon for making altar of roses. At
night the tents will be pitched outside
the town of Caesarea, whence St Paul
set out on his journey to Tarsus.
The royal tents are not mere tents,
but houses Of canvas, containing many
rooms and every luxury.
Most of the journey into the Holy
Land the Kaiser will make on his white
horse, presented to him by the Sultan.
He will be dressed in the gorgeous
canary colOred uniform and surrounded
by his bodyguard, also dressed in
canary color. no one of whom is under
6 feet 3 inches. He carries fifty new
uniforms for the pageants and wears no
sackcloth under any of them
October 27-The journey will be con-
tinued over the Plain Of Sharon to
Jaffa. the travellers stopping at the
places on the way where the apostles
walked and talked.
October 29-Entry into Jerusalem.
Before the Jaffa gate the Emperor
will disnount and will be received into
Jerusalem by German girls dressed in
white muslin trimmed with MORE silk
and carrying Marechal Mel roses and
lilies of the valley, the favorite flowers
of the Empress.
After the German maidens have
passed the Emperor will be received by
a guard Of Turkish soldiers and by the
Bishops of the Roman, Greek, Ar
IltHldil,
churches of Jerusalem. The spectacle
will be as magnificent as is in the i'm
agination of man to conceive.
October 30 the royal pilgrims will at
tend divine service at the Church of
the Holy Sepulcher-the visible result
of the crusades. The church was built
in the fourth century by the Emperor
Constantine and has been the Mecca of
hundreds of pilgrims from every Chris
tian country, not excepting America.
It is one of the Oldest Christian
churches in the world. This church is
built on the tomb of our Savior, and
beneath is the grotto of the sepulcher,
only six and a half feet long by six
feet wide and very low. Here are the
forty three precious lamps maintained
by the different churches of Christen-
dom.
. The place of the crucifixion (Gol-
gotha) is near, and here is shown the
hole in which was inserted the cross.
October 31--Ceremony of the dedica-
ton.
November l the pilgrims will go to
Jericho, passing through Bethany and
the Mount of Olives The house of
Mary and Martha is still standing, and
the tomb of their brother is here
November Bethlehem will be Wis
tied. Here is the beautiful Church of
the Nativity, built by Constantine
A. D. $50, and one of the oldest
churches in the world. Here on slab
let into the floor is the inscription in
Latin:
Here of the Virgin Mary Jesus
Christ was born"
November to viii be spent in
Jerusalem, and during this time the
Emperor will visit his Jewish subjects.
These Jews are supported by the Jews
of all Christendom to stay at Jerusa-