Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

shawls of priceless value. The tombs
of the sultans are highest and longest,
and at the head of each is always placed
a rich turban ornamented with piumes
or precious stones. All the royal tombs
are placed close together. inclosed
usually by low railing of exquisite
workmanship formed of ebony OF sill
yer, inlaid with arabesques and other
designs in mother of pearl or ivory. At
the head of the grave of every male
Mc.,lem. no matter how young the
child, is always seen either a turban or
a fez. or their carved counterpart, that
his last resting place may be distfn-
gulshed from grave of the inferior
sex. A cypress tree is planted in every
cemetery lot, and as the graves of Mos
lens are never disturbed, their ceme-
teries grow to enormous proportions
and the cypress trees in time become
veritable forests.
Unlike the ordinary Turkish female,
Valdez left her mark not only in Con-
stantinople, but on the pages of his
tory. She was an able politician and
assisted her sons and also her grand
son. Mustapha II, when he became sui
tan. She has a turbeh all to herself,
with as fine a bier the nine sultains
themselves, and her mosque is one of
the first every visitor to Constantinople
sees.
The great bazaars of the old city of
Constantine are world famous, and
there can be purchased ANYTHING from
coarse earthenware pots and pans to
the finest diamonds, or the ANTIQUE
Jewelry and fine Damascened daggers
and ornaments for which the orient Is
far famed
The Turkish women heavily yelled
come daily to the bazaar to make their
purchases, some of the sultanas even
forcing the merchants to keep open at
night to provide them an opportunity
to SHOP No Turkish woman is seen
walking in Constantinople, but they
drive out in their carriages in their be-
coming yahmaks and attend as many
feminine functions as do their Euro
pean sisters of like social position
Men are permitted to take one glance
at pretty female, but they must then
snnt f ihe1r eyes: The Koran declares
second look is sim" The female sex,
being regarded as dangerous to the SAL
Vatlon of the male, the sexes are kept
separated and no wife or mother ever
steps within the door of the selanlik,
where dwell the males of her family,
and no male but father or son is per-
united to enter the sacred precincts of
the harem presided over by the old sui
tana in rigid state.
But times have changed, even in Tur-
Key No longer ago than 1905 there
was an uprising of Turkish suffragettes
q
number of minor government officials
whose salaries had remained unpaid for
months. All methods of redress hav-
ing proven useless, the women, driven
for the necessities of life, took the mat
ter into their own hands One morn
ing they gathered in force at the Of
nee OF the minister of finance. They
nlled the building to overlooking, sat
upon the stairs, crowded the corridors,
blocked the doors and swarmed in
every apartment the whole building
echoins with their cries and lamenta-
tons Unlike "Merrie England" the
authorities not daring to call the police
ana use force to dislodge the women.
the minister made haste to escape by a
back door, and the other officials hav
ing attempted to cajoIe them to leave
py promises and threats, were forced to
DOW to the inevitab BILE and procure the
necessary funds to pay off the govern
ment's entire Indebtedness Imme-
dlately upon pocketing the money due
the women withdrew, proving once
more the power of weakness when ful-
~ aroused by injustice, even in the
On the seward side of the city only
small part of the old walls remain.
In many places they have been pulled
down to make room for buildings and
have fallen to decay. The walls on the
land side extend in fair condition for
five miles across the isthmus to the
Sea of Marmora and the waters of the
Golden Horn, having withstood not
only the centuries, but also many wars
and earthquakes. They still consist of
double line of walls inclosing the old
moat 20 feet wide. but this is now
waterless, the space being rented out
to market gardeners.
OF the historic Seven Towers but four
now remain, the first of which is said
to have been built by Constantine the
Great. Over it's little postern is the
original stone carving of the famous
Creek cross he saw in the sky, the
sacred "labarum," surmounted by
garland of as imperishable flowers
There are ninety towers still standing,
most of which are square, containing
the terrible dungeons where prisoners
of state were immured. In the dark
depths of the citadel of the Seven
Towers many famous men met their
deaths, among them the young Sultan
Osman II, who, at the age of eighteen.
was imprisoned there and later MUIR
dered by the murderous Janissaries.
In the old wall which skirts the back
of the ancient palace of Tekfur Sarai
can still be seen the famous little
postern "Kirkoporta,' which had been
wisely built up to strengthen the wall.
For military purposes the Byzantines