Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1915-01-01

5000 marks on the ottoman bank
ronstantinople that had been depo'
I ited in my name.
n may strike the reader aa curiot
thar took Kim with me but kne
lac could Doe OF tremendous use 20 ~
IN Consiantnople. IN addition {
speaking his Kamr dialects. be lnei
arabic. Any negro boy who coul
speak Arabic could learn almost nny
tlrne To copstnnunople. Whic
abounds ~ black men Of All tribes am
nationalltics Among tho servants o
every household Kim could md man.
compatriots from whom he could &c
information impossible for any Euro
pean TO obtain.
Prelimnaries.
After an evcntful trip to CONSTANT
nople. / took preliminary quarters in
the Brasserie Kor, a quiet. second-rato
hosiery on the Rue Osmanly. | went
TO an unpretentious place to avoid at
tracing any particular attention. Had
] put up at an expensive hotel there
would Immediately have been queries
about me- Who is this stranger? He
seems to have money If it isn't his
money whose money is he spending
It is not well to invite a Turks sus-
picion.
AS | was totally unacquainted with
Constantinople i used the first week
for getting familiar with the gcogra-
ply OF the city. II was necessary that
learn the location OF the various Legal
lions and the residences of high court
officials The next week found lodg-
ings In the center OF the district
OF court residences and began to seek
out the haunts and places Of rendez-
yous Of demi- mondaines. favorites and
hangers-on Of the Turkish officials.
on the second day of my arrival, l
had presented my credentials and let
tiers at the German and Pera hospit-
ais. and had my name entered as a
visiting honorary surgeon. Every DAY
thereafter, rain or shine. I made II a
point 20 spend some time at these
and II is well that l did. |
once a day and often twice l woGld |
sign the book at the hospital and |
believe the signature Or. Franz Won |
Graver appears on the record books |
Of the Pera and German hospitals in
Constantinople at least one hundred |
times. Was / not fulfilling my duties
rs a physician doing research work?
| finally located myself in the resi-
lence district Of Pera whore rented
1 small residence. typical of a we'll
o-do Turk OF the middle class and
lutte In keeping with my assumed
'haracter An elaborate residence
would have aroused Immediate sus-
'icion. for there is no country ON earth
where curiosity and suspicion are so
aslly reused as in Turkey.
A Different Field of Operation.
Kipling. who knows the East so wen,
portrayed Port said as dwelling
lace of concentrated wickedness. He
5 right but Go not think he has ever
listed STEAMBOAT. In STEAMBOAT there
) with no exception the most con-
lomerate mixture Of nondescript ma
lonalitios on the face Of the earth.
lot only are all nationalities repre-.
cnted but breeds OF men that defy
n pathological research hideous In
heir oonglomerate intermixtures II
n Albanian bandit. himsei IL mixture
Greek and Nubian mulatto has
sue by an Arab woman with French
lood-hnd the Eenealogy Can you !
naginc more difficult field for opera
ons FOR an Occidental and stranger
In the course 81 my preliminary OBJ
'rvations l found Constantlncple 10
e city Of sharp contrasts. The
l.arteis occupied by your true otto /,
AN are characterlsticaliy clean and
The remainder Of the !,
~, except foreign quarters. is intoler-
Ny dirty. with true Oriental toler-
ace. the Turk lets thines "gang their !,
q gait." The casual observer and
Rvelcr always confounds the Turk
ith the rest OF the nondcscript mass
humanity that swarms in Constan- :.
nople That Is Grass mistake. Your
ue descendant OF osmanis clean. )
entitled, easy going gentleman with a :,
'ep philosophical strain In hts make :.
,. contaminated by hundreds OF years !,
contact-not association. FOR your :.
ue Turk does not associate with !,
g oatcast Mlschling u southern Eu- :
ps and Asia Minor
The Invaluable Kim. >,
Az mission vas indeed a i.fficult N