The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-19
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pIcNIcs IN cEstHrEarzs-
The streets Of Constantinople are mar.
row., crooked and dirty. There. 10 no PARK
system and the cemeteries scattered through
tho city, being shaded with cypress trees,
furnish about the only picnic grounds Tor
tho people.
II 10 not an unusual sight to SEQ o gay
party spreading it, lunch amid the tomoe.
A Mohammedan graveyard 10 full OF head
stones as we'll 90 trees and on the top OF Tbs
stone 10 often carved q fez or q turban.
While most Of this stony headwear 10 ina
dorned, one sees o~ooasionally q painted fen,
red being the popular color.
There Ia one park, called the Sweet Waters
Of Europe and extending along the stream
which bears that NAME, where the Turkish
women c~ongregate, especially on Friday
afternoon. As might be expected, the
men have formed the habit OF driving IN
the park on these days In order 70 catch
q glimpse Of the women, for Turkish women
live In such seclusion that they are seldom
seen.
They wear wells, but as we visited the park
we can testify that the wells are not always
heavy enough to conceal the features.
When the eye Is especially lustrous or the
face more oomely than usual the veil 10
The ride 70 and from the park also gives
one an opportunity TO see 2 great many
fine teams perfectly matched, for the Turk
has caught the Arabs fondnes Tor the
horse. r.
THE BAzAAas AND THE DOGS.
The bazaars OF Constantinople repay
a visit. though quite like the bazaars o.
Cairo and Damascus, n pooths are
modious and the lsbyrinthian streets and
| alleys which form the old bazaar are all
under roof. As these passa ges WANDER
about aimlessly one can easily become lost
In them.
! given, the vendors have a reputation FOL,
Honesty, and a lady told US OF having had
her attention called to a mista ke OF - IN
change and Of having the money returned
| to her when she next visited the bazaar
Of p %Unai sous; be- seI forces himself upon public
| attention in Constantinople also. The dogs
| OF this city act as sea vengers and are re-
| lied upon to keep the streets neat--a vain
| reliance, for while they devour everything
for the task imposed upon them.
These dogs are wollsh In appearanc nee
and generally yellow in color, Lacking the
| fidelity which theR dog Is accustomed TO
| show to his master, these animals roam
| bout the street and haunt the places where
food is most likely TO be found.
The people Of Consta ntinople assert that
the dogs maintain a police force OF their own
| and, dividing the city into districts, enforce
their own regulations. II a strange dog
comes into the district he Is at once driven
out by the canine sentinel on that beat.
BRIDGES WHERE THE NATIONS MEET.
The Golden Horn Is spanned by two
pontoon bridges (f the word spanned can
be used in connection with such q bridget
md the one connecting the business por-
tions Of STEAMBOAT and Galata Is q verita Bile
ct times TO s., 900 a day. II Is owned by
the Government, and the bridge companies
have offered to replac CO it with a good bridge
| for the income Of two or three years. but
1t Is SO profitable that It 10 allowed to re-