Columbus daily courier., 1920-06-15

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on uncertain future have been ufi
anlo 10 destroy tho lnellablc rhafln
the Turks originally gave 70 tins
clly OF eiehtyodd thousand sous.
Adrianopic n still q holy clly ln
faith and IN appearance. Romance
silil abidcs here
The Orient is The only place left
70 kuropc where elites seen al closr
range are beautiful, rrmafs,d
jules Scbolin. a trcnch asialof.
while visiting the most beautiful OF
al mosques. Slnans masterpiece
here, the mosque of a thousand WIN.
dovs but one, erccled ai the orucr
OF of Sultan Scim II, In the ak.
icenth century.
The nrst impression Of the city
had been one OF infinite beauty.
Arriving from across thc lofty bal.
kans IN an airplane, the city had
been seen with a rush. a place of
spires and slate domcs and red
rOofs planted al The Intersection ol
Three rivers. II had been a wei
come sight II had come at The end
OF a four hours ride aud u was the
journeys end 10 q tired aviator.
Seen from alofl the city, sur.
rounded BY poplars Al ils outer RIM,
is house gardens within the city
showing green vines and flowers. iis
outlying fields bare. aroused mem.
urlcs Of Mardin on The mountains.
Diarhckr by the Tigris and hosts OF
other Turkish cities, always slorp-
inc Ia beauty. whether visited by
sunshine or moonlight
The longer the stay in Adrianople
the more the charm OF this beauty
Grows, q charm that is as great aiool
as alofl.
Adrianople IL a city that has the
tone Of country friendship about Il,
not unlike a county seat of the
south. The center ~ the agricul-
tural exchange business Of eastern
and western Thrace. u Is frcqucnled
by peasants and traders Of Turkish.
Greek. bulgarian. Jewish and Arme-
nian naiiOnaliiies. There Is record
Of but one American ever haVine
done business in the city. and b.
came there from Paris and bought
up all the broOms
/ While no day knows what the next
may bring forth In the way Of poll.
teal strife and crime, today the city
preserves this tone OF friendship
and order. Strangers as they 80
along the streets, or visit the shops,
are treated with kindly concern.
The Turkish officers salute cOur.
tc0usly and there Is no CLINT OF hos.
lility IN the eyes Of the Turkish soi.
diers carrying their new rifles, ~.
Gently distributed them by Colonel
Defer Tayar Bey. His martial law
Is administered with gentleness,
though there is no doubt that the
silken glove hides the mailed fist
The decadence OF Adrian0ple gocs
on at a dignified pace. There
Is little or none Of the seelhing
squalor and dirt and noise and pov.
crty Of C0nstantinople. There b
none Of the clam0r OF Constantine
pies street cars and automobiles.
there are a few ragged beggar chill
dren who besiege the stranger. but
for the most part Adrianople en-
dures is shabby gentiliiy with pride
ahd calm. Here there are none Of
the fallen houses and dusty streets
which characterize the majority Of
the cities Of Asia Minor.
Any day The city may surprise the
world by tremendous massacre
but meanwhile ~ life goes on a.
smoothly a. the flow Of the rivers.
Undoubtedly the life OF AdrianO.
pie is fraught with that deep mys-
terry which seems 10 cling inevitably
10 the sinful, idle. sleepy Orient. but
OF this mystery the stranger secs
only the charm.
Prayers are called from the min
arels, as Of old; also the old aud
new hazaars do a slender business
IA selling American and European
calic0es and hOmespun cloths and
Turkish silver mounted pipes and
cigarette holders, rugs, JUNK, 10
passing peasant customers; or else,
when these are lacking. they swap
with each other. after the happy
manner Of all the Orient.
Decadence seems tO have height.
ened the beauty Of the majestic old
Mosque of Sultan BayEid. The win
dows are broken In. the locks are
rusled In the doors, tho grass ID
growing up between the flagsiones
the fountain in the court no longer
splashes ils waters Ia the sunshine
and the interior Of the mosque Itself
u slowly deieriorallng. Few w0r
shippers come here, but on the
dfowsy Friday afternoons the Mus
sulman's day of worship, come q
devoted hand Of musicians and
singers The aviator and the Asao
clAled Press correspondent stumbled
upon this group a. they turned "a