Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-16

Der more tnan IzOUVVuVu, moro tllan
lO0nO. 900 moro than Professionalism can
show. And ia think that that vast
number of human souls look upon these
ceremonies as pure and holy and on
these turbaned priests as men repre-
scnting the only truth there Is, makes
one ponder long over the credulity OF
humanity past and present.
INFIpEL FORCED OUT.
II was not many minutes that was
allowed TO lolter around. trying TO
grasp some of the detail of the massive
structure that wosld weave spell
around the most unromantio, when
Hassin Bey informed me through my
young Interpreter that / should nave To
move on ana out, as one OF the nQ-
nlerous hours for prayer mao arrived
ana no Christian could remain IN the
mosque during that ceremony Mlln
great reluctance j went, but j believe
with n more extensive stock OF 'bak-
shish' he would have hidden me
away somewhere and | might nave
witnessed the whole procedure. This
! couldn't afford, so withdrew with the
two children via the back YARD once
more into the dirty streets of Stam-
boul.
DINNER FOR WAITS.
Before starting for Galata (wherd
] vainly fancied the British postoiilce
had something in the shape OF mail Tor
me) We went into a native restaurant
where / ordered, by means OF lssaco-
witch. .. meal for the three of us OF
Turkish variety. The children ate as
though they were farnished and for my
part ] aid ample Justice to the strange
connections. All of the Turkish
dishes seem TO be favored to an
cxtravagant extent with sugar, and
cooked In n sort OF mn oily grease.
There was Il sweet meat pie that re-
M. 1rrnN ONH az
ter TO attack. This was fol-
lowed and It's memory Though
strong) cast into oblivion by
highly spiced eel salad served With
little round cups containing an un.
known liquid which was TO be poured
over It, The best thing about the meal
was the desert, which seemed 10 be tthe
word seemed IS advisedly used) prep
aratlon of pie crust and honey with
various other ingredients that TO me
were unknown mysteries, but which
tasted very well and left a distinct de-
sire for more.
A WILLING GUIDE.
The British postoffice seemed TO have
letters in plenty for everyone there but
myself, and after being convinced of
that fact by the assurances of the gem
tleman behind the cage, started again
| for STEAMBOAT with the great bazaar as
an objective point. My young guide
| and interpreter was so delighted with
| the five piastas go centsl he received
| for hts services he refused to leave ma
| till after my business at the postofiice
| was concluded. and then only with the
| great reluctance born of q desire for
more piastas, Issacovitch was all right,
| but his services were no longer re-
quired,
BOpYGuARD NECESSARY.
| II Is NOT absolutely necessary to have
H. 90 .t.,,,
| bout, but If one wishes to see the place
| without being excessively mauled about
! by the enthusiastic booth keepers IN
| their Wild desire to dispose of merchan-
| disc, il Is certainly advisable to have a
hodySuard of some sort. / tackled the
\ bazaar alone without guide or body
| guard, and from that day 1t has never
ceased to be u matter of self congratu-
| lation aud wonder 10 me that / got out
| with my clothes.
The place is city with a roof on IT.
| A city Of small booths OF shops which
| front oil narrow crooked streets The
| appearance of a stranger clad in Euro
| pean garb IL the signal for the innum-
cradle boothkeepers to turn themselves
| loose on the unfortunate individual,
| each trying a different method to get
the prospective customer into his par
| ticular shop, at the same time each one
| is making desperate efforts in the shape
loud talk 10 keep every other would-he
seller away, They seem to feel a per-
sonal claim on every victim. From each
there pours on the hapless sishtseer q
| relentless torrent of words and phrases
of the four languages most spoken by
| foreigners--French. English. German
and Russian. On one side n confidential
declaration to the effect that Germany
is the greatest land In the world will be
Interrupted from another quarter with
an assertion In patched-up English that
every gentleman of that nationality
does business with the particular de-
scendant OF Gilman who is doing the
speaking. To stop in front of booth is
to bring its proprietor out on the run
ul he be not already In the crowd) to 90
through the most elaborate set of hu-
initiating and obsequious gestures In
the hope of making q sale. If he fail In
his effort to strike n bargain his hu-
mility turns TO frantic rage ana he re-
tires to his shop swearing dire venge-
ance. For every one however who
goes away mad two others seem To
appear on the scena. The place is a
perfect hive of Fostering wasps in hu.
man form and it is impossible TO GEL
away from their naggtng long enough
TO Inspect much save themselves and
their bad manners
But of course, with all their limos.
sible doings they are part of the grea,
bhzar-they make its life and its at
mosphere. and without them t3ecidedlv
more than half its interest would be
wanting.
THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
When IN the bazar ones Thoughts 70.
vert TO the horrible scenes thai had /,
as background at the time of tbf
great earthquake few years ago
When struggling through its seetbins
crowd II Is not difficult 10 understanJ
the immense loss of life on thar occa i.
sion. 1t is harder to believe that any
should escape than that all shoulS
perish In that moving human mas
when walls and roofs crashed low
upon them. At that time the bazar
acquired new interest for all WHO
Visit IT. Such an interest an invarI.
ably attaches to all PLACES where I'M.
man lives have been (seemlnRly) need.
lessiy sacrifced. II is such a feelino
as one experiences In visiting the "ChoI.
era Hof' in Hamburg In the surround.
Ing houses of which not u soul sur.
vived the first dreadful onslauxnt n,
that dread disease. OR like thar oa,,seI
by visit to the court yard In Galatg
which was piled six feet high witt
massacred ATInenians II is a feeI,na
of plying horror like one might havs
had visiting the prisons of Paris FEY,
years after the eventful September O,
1792. In the first Instance lives yvers
lost by a natural cause. In the otha,