The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-19
Turkish Ways Have
Not Been Changed
BY New Regime
MAKING OF ORIENTAL RUGS IS AN APT THAT
is BEING APPRECIATED IN AMERICA.

Bedros Keljik. rug merchant Of st,
Paul. who arrived in Grand Forks
last night. and this afternoon gave an
interesting lecture on Orientals ut the
Ontario. declared at the Hotel Daco-
tab this morning that Americans have
been buying Orientals to satisfy their
Owl vanity and not from the stand
point Of art appreciation. He admit
ted. however, hat the artistic value
Of the Persian rug Is being recognize
ed in this country more and more.
Mr.. keljik asserted that there Is nc
such thing as a Turkish rug" and
that he wished to correct the public's
erroneous impression in the matter.
THE Turk" he said, "is too lazy
to make a real rug. To make an
Oriental rug. the maker has to have
the art born in him: I say art, be-
cause that is just what 1t is. A Turk
never made a genuine Oriental rug.
They should be called just what they
are Persian or Oriental rugs. A Turk
ish rug doesn't anything.
Rugs Appreciated.
"In London the Orientals are
bought because they are loved. They
are appreciated as works Of art and
are preserved as such in the same
manner as a collector Of beautiful
hCCpS IltS IICdSuIcS.
But not so in America. Here the
woman who wishes to buy a fine rug
thinks only Of the size of the article
and of how 1t will look on her hall
or parlor floor. If the rug happens
to be a bit shorter than she thinks
her floor demands. she will not make
the purchase no matter how valuable
the rug o how artistic its design.
ITO enhance the worth of the ORR
entail rug in this country we must
learn to appreciate it from it's artistic
standpoint and not simply because we
think 1t would look we'll in our homes
The real Oriental rug will live for
ever. Commercialism nay disrupt
the manufacture of the Persian arti-
Gle, but at the same time it will in
crease the money value of the rug, sc
that 1t will never be cheap. When
cheaper rugs r placed upon the
market then We will not get the real
Oriental and those hat do come from
the natural u makers will cost en-
ormous sums.
Gas 1 said before the Persian rug
maker is horn to the business. He is
an artist and yet not appreciated as
an artist. These weaver do not
know the worth Of color blending
from an artists point OF view, blu,
from their earliest days they know
how to work the colors into one an.
other so that u thing of beauty is
produced.
THE work that it takes to make
an Oriental rug is not appreciated
1t takes a year to weave some Of the
smaller rugs. I will show one this
afternoon that took four years to turn
out. This rug Is about four by eight
feet in size and is one of the mos,
valuable in the world"
Balkans in Right.
Mr.. Keljik recently returned from
Constantinople. He had unusual fa
cilities for studying the Turkish a
uation. as he combined with his
American educational NE advantage OF
familiarity. with the language and
customs of the land which he visited
His. views, therefore, have special In.
terest at this time.
He asserts hat the Balkans have
just cause in fighting Turkey. He
looks for a long struggle unless some
other country's financial aid is sc.
cured'in the matter; this, he believes
would bring the situation to a head
mighty quick. Mr.. Keljik says the
his own country and doesn't ARE tc
amount to anything. THE countr
is rotten" is the way the rug mer.
chant explained>it this morning.
Turkish way have not been chang.
ed much by the new regime, accord.
ing to Mr.. Keljik, who tells of some
conditions in that country as follows;
1.-THE custom Of tedious bargaining
which prevails in the Turkish CAPT.
tai reveals how entirely the Turkish
people disregard the value Of time