Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-12

the broken statues of the palaces of the
past. There are pieces of friezes, col
umns and capitals lying out in the open;
there are torsos of statues, the heads and
feet of which have been broken off and
carried away: and also exquisite cary
ings which would be treasures to any
museum. Here lies a piece OF marble
drapery. the remains of a goddess: there
the brOken-up limo of an athlete, and
farther on an exquisite bit from the
front of the temple.
Among the ruins the remains of
stores. houses and markets. climbed
over marble blocks along the street
which led to the ship canal. and stood
among shattered columns in what was
once the stock exchange and wool mar
ket. In one place is artificial terrace on
which stood the great gymnasium, and
in another market place TWO hundred
feet long. surrounded by Dortico. back
of which were halls III which the market
men stood. IN the mosaic H0ors OF these
halls thirteen different kinds OF marbles
were used. and marbles of various colors
were employed in the structure
Today the peasants are working all
over these ruins. Here they are planting
grain. and there cleaning the fields, Il
gang OF dozen girls working under
turbaned man in fun. baggy trousers.
Here women arc digging, and farther on
Il man drives a camel h3iressed 10 Il one
handled pillow.
The only toxin near i;phesus is
Ayasa!ouk. which has q few hun
dred inhabitants. 1t has, perhaps, 4 dozen
small stores. railroad station and Il
hotel. Willis at the station ] saw d
white, fat tailed lamb awaiting ship
ment. 1t was tied TO the platform, and a
card fastened to one horn bore the nam
OF the commission merchant IN Smyrna
to whom It vas consigned
Running past tn. hotel axe seven high
columns which once supported the
aqueduct which supplied Ephesus with
water. Each OF these has now stork 5
nest on It's top. and the great b. Us may
be seen am day s:andiaS there Each
told that they* come here only Ter
the winter. and that they leave every
spring fer Holland, or. perhaps, Tor some
other far-away part of the world. eaci
transporting q baby.
l spent day in Smyrna before coming
to Ephesus, and l shall return there to 60
on to Cons:antinople and Greece. Smyrna
is the largest city in Asia Minor, ana II
has about the same position here now
that Ephesus held. 1t is the chief port
of this part of the LeVant, and does
big business in shipping wool, wine
grapes, olives and figs. 1T has a foreign
trade OF about sjt,"okt00 year. and
steamers from all parts of the Mediter-
ranean come to its cocks.
The city les al one end OF tho great
Gulf OF Smyrna which Is thirtN-fouI
miles long and surrounded by SilvSr-Sr;iy
mountains. some OF which are q mile
high. Its harbor is excellent. TIE town
begins on the shore, with tie slopes %
Pagus in the rear 1t is largely composed
of modern buildings. and among its peo-
pie there are NOR Greeks than Turks
They shrewd traders. and just now
are alive to the possib litiPs of dong
business, under the new Iurki govern
ment. which promises TO BE- far more lib
eral in matters Of trade tt an that of the
past.
Smyrna is much interested III the rail-
road projects for the development OF
Turkey, and the Germans are alive to
the securing of mineral and other con-
cessions. The various roads planned to