The evening world., 1911-02-03
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u By Albert Payson Terhune

Copyright 1911. by TIL. rms Publishing o. TN. New York World.
No. sO.-An mp That Saved Europe and Shaped a Breakfast Roll.
ITO you know why Vienna rolls are shaped like crcscents7
The story forms one of the great IFS" of history.
solyman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey. planned to over.
III run Europe ven a he and his moslem predecessors had seized
the countries of the Orient with a mighty army he captured the fortified
Mohacs Gin 1920 and Staying the Hungarian King
So successful was this first expedition that he planned a second and moro
farreaching raid in 1929. Moving onward almost unchecked, and carrying
all before him, he captured Buda and advanced against the city Of Vienna
All Europe stood aghast. Nothing had been able to stem the wave of
conquest Men remembered how Eastern land after another had
been seized by the Mchammedan hordes and forced to adopt Nohammedanism
moment SH@ a aimoes possible asGns t nss't tS. w%oi ss' r s.,s % . rSflt'" nae N. It . .ss%sa co. Sen .
a"' 4s 1 np. f tn y isment TO the .4sm Turk ss,S anS S' Sn. 20 part r,S of a the M .. n possession, s N
- merness conmerins n Christian army n stronghold
N. M.rei..., carry destruction and Nohammedanism throughout the
50 on moved the Turks Vienna Chen capital of thu. Ger
o md tn, the s 5et OF Europe ,D .s s1@" ID vIenna fn oeforet the MC,lem onset .e prosres,
lose hear.
, The ,l aaa, ,1 m. Of v'' T, were. at THAT hat time more s renowned for saanr. and
pericd homes The turk. drew near destroying vtennas SUBURBS and e sf
1t wos on Sept. 81, 15e that the enormor Turkish hos, laid siege to Vienna.
soymsn 'ondlctins the AFFAIR in person Before 'kms useless iosso of life in
OF tunnels Ills soldiers were set to work with pick an spade to dig a secret
place and thus catch the defenders between two fires
command made he ask a swift ne. Here st a that n ~" interviewed to
some vienna bakers were a work me night $50 sns n, story, n . cellar
making bread for thu garrison. During a aus in their conversation one II the
bakers CHANGED to hear III mun1ei sound Of digging 1t seemed to com from
Guessing a, onc that NJ enemy were unnerns way into Tho city. the
The sultan falling a, strategy. next tried force He hurled his army asan.,
Each attack "a ropulsod with terrific iss,o tho Turks
taking III places OF those who reeed back defeated During nu days. almos,
vlthou, a omont for food or sleep. the defenders fought on TIT charging horde,
1t seemed well nigh impossible that so furous N onset ny 50 vst a army
could be repealed by a comparatively snan garrison. But ths defender were
fighting for ONE and religion.
On HI NTH day OF the assault oOt ~ solyman gave UP the attempt to
crush Vienna He withdrew sulenr from the essence Of his defeat leaving $1,000,
~d dead Turks on he field. The price of inquest vas for
Tn. ehh lid. once toe high for him.
Vienna was saved. And not ony Vienna, but Europe
Of Conquest. Vienna mad been Europ., barrier acnnst. M Turks farther
advance And the barber held Arm. The northern limit of
Europes Turkish raids was reached. once more in later years Vienna val
besieged y tn M@lems an he again beat them of. The high tide of sch In
vaston had come md recdei. Europe at large wal low forever secure from tMs
long dreaded foe
the alarm were not forgotten. TO commemorate the event hey and their de-
scendans henceorthm moulded heir rolls int the shape of a crescent e sacred
emblem OF Turkey) The custom prevails to this day.
any idea 10Y such rolls FIRST came to be hs twisted. Tor wha great deed the