The Arvada enterprise., 1910-08-26

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i must tell you what the peo7
pie did by the old Sultan wives.
They supposed he had 200 but in
stead he had 450 and they all had
to be disposed of in some way
and taken care of under the new
order so they pensioned them Civ
ing each one from S.. 90 to $25. 90
a month until they shall be mar
ried when the pension ceases. 1t
will doubtless go hard with these
women who lived amid splendid
and extravagant luxriues.
| went into one palace that
was small. 1t was at one time
occupied by the Sultans. The
museum was interesting to me
because it had such a large col
lection of old sculpturing. Some
intact and some in fragments of
ancient Greece and Rome. The
Imperial Treasury contains, rare
collection of the Royal jewels of
Turkey; it has the robes and tur-
bans of all the Sultans, table
covers of satins or velvets with
pearls, emeralds and gold all
sewed in, in various designs. L
also went into theImperial tombs.
My! but such monstrous coffins
and such odd shapes.
1t is very interesting crossing
in a row boat, the arm of water
called The Golden Horn, which
divides the city. The fare across
in the boat is 4 cents, or you can
walk over the bridge for l cent.
On the water there is a perfect
hub-bub all the time one is cross
ing. Men yelling at one another
to get out of the way and the
small boats Sodging the larger
boats. | gotta fine shower bath
at one time. 1t is like bedlam
itself.
I-met a splendid young Swiss
who resides here. In the even
ing he took me out for a walk to
the city park to hear the band
play which was fine. He has
been in Denver
Today "wednesday changed |
my guide. | now have a man
who speaks English quite well. |
This morning we visited four
The oldest one, St.
Sophia was built by Emperor
Constantine, the first Christian
Emperor of Rome in A. D. $50. |
It was burned in $50 and again
rebuilt. It certainly looks an
cient enough. 1t is 240 feet long |
by 225 feet wide, 220 feet high |
and lighted by 10000 oil lamps.
1t was changed into Turkish
mosque, 1453, when CONSTANT
nople fell into the hands of the
Greeks, The crosses were then
removed, crescents put in their
place and the wonderful paint
ings daubed and covered with
plaster. One can see now in one
of the domes the outline of the
painting of Christ. Here too,
the Sulatn had murdered 5000
Christians who had taken refuge
in the church from the invading
Turks. They show the print of
the Sultan's hand on the wall,
which had been dipped in the
blood of the Christians.
There We're some paintings but
never of person. They do-not
believe either in having images.
In onemospue there are fourmas-
sive columns of unpolished mar
BILE about 60feet in circumference.
The tiling on the walls is fine. |
had to put on a pair of slippers
they provided, before entering
this place. When the people go
to pray which they are supposed
to do five times a day, they have
to wash their face, hands and
feet on the outside at the many
little fountains for that purpose.
This is a fine custom, it keeps
them clean.
A funny thing happened today.
We had just passed a mosque
when1 saw one man beating an
other on the head with a shoe; he
was laying it on hard. Ny guide
enquired and found. that he, had
stolen the shoes while the two
men were in the mosque at prayer
He had secreted them in his
blouse. and was trying to get away
with them when he was caught.
We have to be very careful here
in regard to pick-pockets. was
rather surprised to see so few
beggars here; in Russia they
seem to be everywhere. / under
stand they have been run out of
here. Invent. through the very
poorest section of the city today.
They really live worse than any
self respecting pig would live: