Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-13
ADR|AN0PLE REMAINS IN
MYSTERIOUS SERENITY
Europc's Only Oriental City Leaves
Lasting Impression Of Infinite
Beauty.
LIKE SOUTHERN VILLAGE
Simple. Idle. Sleepy Old Turkish,
Town Filled With Charm and
Grace From Which May Suddenly
Burst Horrors of Tragedy.
LIKE SOUTHERN VILLA
iny Associated press.l

ADRlANopLE. TIiRACE:. June r.
tn" decadencc OF the two centuries,
Indignation. wars without end. and
an uncertain future, have been UNI
able TO destroy the incGable charm
the Turks originally gave TO THIS city
q: c.rhty-odd thousand souls. Adri-
anop.e IL siill a holy city in faith
ana in appearance. Romance still
abldcs here.
The Orient is the only place left
TO Europe where cities seen at close
range are beautiful" remarked Jules
Sebotin:. French aviator; while Wis;
mosques Sinan's masterpiece here.
he mosque OF thousand windows
but one, erected at the order of Sui
tan Sclim H.. in the sixteenth CEN
fury.
The first impression OF the city had
been one of infinite beauty. Arriving
a P 1 the eli, city had had been seem IN Win
rush. place OF spires. and slate
domes and rcd roofs. planted at the
been welcomed sight. II had come
a, the end of a four-hour ride and
!, was journeys end TO tired avia-
Sleeping in beauty.
Seen from aioft. the city. surround
ed BY poplars at its outer rim. its
house gardens within the city show
Ing green vines and flowers its out
Of Mard!n on the mountains. Diarbekr
by the Tigris and hosts OF other
Turkish cities, always Sleeping In
or moonlight.
The longer the stay in Adrianople.
the more the charm of this beauty
grows; "a charm that is as great afoot
as alor.
Adranop!c is 4. city that has the
tone OF country friendship about II.
no. unlike county seat of the South.
The center OF the agricultural ex
4 4 n II
crn Thracc. IL is frequented by peas
ants and traders OF Turkish. Greek.
HulGarian. Jewish and Armenian ma
tionaii,lcs. There is record Of blu, one
American ever having done business
IN the city. and he came there from
Paris and bought up all the brooms.
Friendly Atmosphere.
While no day knows what the next
may bring forth in the way of pol.t-
zeal strtfe and crime. today the city
preserves this tone of friendship and
er ys s they sS go along
treated with kindly concern. The
Turkish officers salute. courteously
the eyes OF the Turkish soldiers car.
ryinS their new rifles. recently dis
tributed them by Colonel Defer Tayar
i'ey. His martial law is administered
W WIN sentences. though there is no
mailed fist.
The ,dccadencc of Adrianople goes
or none OF the seethinE snuaior and
d ri and noise and poverty OF Constan-
tinople There is none of the clamor
OF OF Go nsiins street ears and
beggar children who hesiege the
stranger but for the most part Adri-
a ana ri rndn nr its shabby .gentility
none of the fallen houses and dusty
streets which characterize the ma
jor.ty OF the cities of Asia Minor.
May Surprise World.
a Any day day the city may surprise the
smoo,hiy as The how of Inc rivers y@ as
is, fraught with that deep mystery
which seems to cling inevitably TO the
sinful. Idle. sleepy Orient. but of this
charm.
Prayers are called from the minar-
els as OF old; also the old and new
selling American and European cali
Goes and homesDun cloths and Turk
tsh s,iy,cr-mounted pines and cigar
Gtts hqidsrs INES junk to passing
these are lacking they swap with
each other. after the happy manner
OF all the Orient.
tened the beauty Of the majestic old
mosque of Sultan Bayzid. The win
qisa are n 9 iha odrs the the Locks are
growing up between the fagstOnes'
the fountain dr the court no longer
sp!ashcs it's waters in the sunshine
and the interior of tho mo3oue itself
is slowly detcriorating
Few worshipers come here. hut on
the drowsy Friday afternoons. the
Mussulmans day Of worship. come a
devoted band Of musicians and sing
ers. The aviator and the Associated
Press correspondent stumbled upon
this group. AS they turned to go away
one of the rcd-fczed hand came and
saluted with the lovablc simplicity OF
tho Turk and said allah esmarladik."