The San Francisco call., 1904-06-24
MEN analMAaTERG IN
HE E3RaSZHe WORLD
MOY

sane wood Adjoining Z = . bath
-oom n white and marble With 2
marble 5c0r- Opposite the bedroom ls
-E4 SuIrzn's s1u6y- treated II cedar
wood. wiki purple wood i-lays and re-
Iiered with gold The furniture IS also
of purple wood ard the upholstery q
-ree- -rlu=h Leather" BookceSss and
u--ftluz deszs Ir-1erL 20 = an air Of
Intellectual activity ard help sustain
The reputation which AbduI Earuid' 8
friends have bestowed on him of be-
irz one q The Eer5es- worked nao1-
z-chz r. Europe According 20 the
pictures they draw q him n invar1-
ably rtzes E1-h The dawn devOtIng bit
a few hours % sleep. and ofeen spend
fug the entire night, pen IN hand. de-
vlsirg uezrs for improving the cOnci-
LLon of ms subjects and checking The
Vaccinations of Turkeys enemies
Probably this = 10 further from the
truth than that other picture with
which rhe world Is familiar that de-
plccz Abdul EzE1.d a. a species O
6ez6 ilcer1zte. de-lzHtI1g II the shed
6lrg q Christian blood and addicted
. 20 lying more than eay other mau ItT-
lnE-
The quarters SCI apart n the E-t1o-
grosI for guests. Princes q the house
nod and The imperial suite are scarcely
less sumptuous tha1 those q the SUI
tan. The beauty q the woods employed,
par1iculzrly the peze-ing. much q
TEich is wonderfully inlzid with ma
hogsny. sstinWood and tuIIDEood. BE-
Ing especially notable But here as
throughout the yacht. = z striking sb-
se1cs O, that soecies q furnishing
which represents the popular idea q
Ottoman ease and luxury derived from
the Turkish roons~ of Fashionable
carsFanssries. bszaars ard places q
pubic entertainment There are 10
sElEging lamps with perfuued els and
su5dued lights; 10 divzus covered with
The so1tesr q cushions on which the
iadoIent nay rscIins and while the
hours away sippirg coffee, smoking
Cigarettes. listening 20 music and
Esrchl1g voiuptuoEs hours dancing
There = abundance q color, warmth
and richness bUr its form Is distinctly
Europ=su- Z Is said that there IS
good rezso1 tor this dominance q
western IDEAS - Al The -fxiuzs' OF
ras ysch- F0reign diplomats VIII Un-
coE5te1y figure among the SUItzu's
guests q board e her, and that Willy
1Oteztsts wishes q impress upon them
-hst Il : q thoroughly up-to-date
zo1zreh and that ANYBODY who tries
70 iUoose UDou hin VIII get left The
l-Tury. according % Turkish notions.
With which he surrounds himself is
-
allowed 20 penetrzte behind the curtains
q the FIdlz kiosk
One use which the Sultan VIII make
q rs yacht VIII be keeping his eye on
his rev navy which he is bent OF Gre
sti1E His former Minister of Marine.
Hssssn Pzsha, TOW dsfunct, allowed
the Turkish navy, which once con-
tslnsd a fair number OF good fighting
ships, 20 90 al 20 Dot while he ssIted
away considerably over 800. .oo0. 900 As
hls share of the funds that ought 70
have been expended IN maintaining Il
II = related that on ore occasion the
corrupt and unscrupulous Hasssn corr
pletely hoodwinked the Sultan as 70 the
condition of his navy By getting up z
review. the feature OF which was the
procession q the ships II three divf-
sions past the windows Of the TiIdiz
Kiosk where the Sultan himself was
stationed. There were just enough yes
sels capable of getting up steam 70 rep
resent one division, but Hasszn made
the craft comprising Il repeat the evo-
luton twice. and not TIL long afterward
did Abdul Hand discover how ne had
been tricked- Hereafter he VIII attend
naval reviews IN his new yacht, and Il
VIII be impossible 70 fool him in similar
/ fashion
The first important vessel q this new
navy, q fine cruiser Of 400 tons, named
after the Sultan. escorted the E-tho-
grOaI 70 COnstantinoDle- Thither had
preceded her another but smaller steam
pleasure craft, the SeughuIda, also built
az ElsTick. which VIII serve as the Sui
tan's state barge on the Bosphorus.
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