Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-30

nousanu or the most Deautirui women
u the world-into this new paradise.
rhc kislar aga had arranged pageant
" especial magnihcence. which could
oc witnessed 10y the people at dis.
ancc. Twoscore barges. elegantly dec
rated. rowel by eunuchs. their decks
'Jvered with diyans. were to receive
lie odallsks from Adrianople at the ex-
rene inner point of the sersglio water
'front.' on the Golden Horn. At the
ane time the sultan In his caique and
he women of the temporary haremlik,
acli propclllng n light skiff decorated
With flags and strelmcrs. were to move
rom the extreme outer point Of the
seraglio grounds until the two fleets
should meet. when. amid salvos Of ar.
illcry from the shores. the odalisks
with the sultan We're to turn about and
end their sisters t. the water gate Of
.lie hnrcml.k. Orders were given for.
bidding the people to appear upon the
water or upon the shores within dis.
tancc to see distinctly the faces Of the
ladies' Of the harem.
Every evening Mt shutdown patrol
Of cunuchs made Gordon Of boats a
few hundred yards from the shore.
within which. screened by distance
from the eyes Of common men. the
odalsks went into training for the
great regatta. The padishah. sitting in
his barge, encouraged their rivalry by
gifts for dexterlty In managing the lit
tie boats. Tor picturcsqueness of dress
and for grace Of movement, as with
barred arms and streaming tresses they
propelled the caiques.
AIorsinia found herself one of the
most dcxtcrous In handling the oars.
The free life of lief childhood on the
Balkans and among the peasants Of
upper Albania had developed muscle
which this new exercise soon brought
into unusual efficiency. She observed
that the attendant eunuchs were def
Client In this kind OF strength and had
no doubt that, with her own light
weight. she could drive the almost i'm
ponderable caiquc swifter than any Of
them.
A young Egyptian woman was her
only competitor for the honor Of lead
Ing the feet on the day OF the regatta.
To add TO the interest Of the training,
Mahomet ordered that the two should
race for the honor of being high I'D.
miral of the harem fleet and one even
Ing announced that the competitive
trial should take place the next after
noon. The course was fixed for half
mile Just inside of the seraglio point.
where the waters Of the harbor are
still, unvexed by the rapid current
which pours along the channel Of the
Bosporus. The flag boat was to be an
chorej almost at the meeting Of the
inner and outer waters.
That night Morsinia wrote a note
containing these words:
About dusk Just below Seven Towers
watch for boat. MORSlNIA.
Kala Hanoum was commissioned ear
ly the following morning to deliver a
pretty little sash. wrought with stars
and crescents. to Captain Ballaban.
Morsnia was careful to show kala the
scarf and dilnte upon the peculiar
beauty Of the work until the woman's
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