St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-16
MISS MARSHALL
WRITES OF
OVERSEAS TRIP
Finds Constantinoplc Very
Intercsting-WrOtc She
Was Safe in Tifis

an lnetcrSLlng letter from hcr dauTh
ter. Miss Maulc Marshall, written a
Tilclis under date of April II. Sht
had most dsagrccable trip acros!
the Atlantic and tho first object o.
interest was the city of Lisbon she
writes: "Thc harbor is lovely there
| ard the town looked awfully attrac
tive. We wanted to go ashore, but
were not allowed to as VIC only staYcC
one day. All day long there were
dozens of boats full of natives around
on: boat, selling wine and fruit, and
they did Il good hpsihess for the food
has been SO punk VIC were glad to
gcE anything. We left there late in
the afternoon; went through the
strait the next day--thc strait is so
marrow that VIC could sec the At
rican coast one one side and the
Spanish on the other. About sunset
We passed Gibraltar. The next day
we ran into another storm, and again
| took to my bunk and stayed there
Until VIC reached Piraeus, which is
the port for Athens. Everyone went
ashore there, of course, to sec the Ac-
roEolis and the Stadium. In the af
tcrnoon we went by motor to Elcusis
ovel the same road which the trium-
ha! Greek armies used to take. Ath-
ems is really quite modern city
nleefy paved streets and very clean.
We were in Pirleus two days, so tho
second day VIC came ashore again and
battcd around the market and had
lur cb in funny little Greek rcstaur-
ant. : Left that afternoon and the
next day we came through the Dar-
1arclles, past Gallipoli, and into the
Ecsphorus. Dropped anchor late that
afternoon, just three weeks from the
ia" we left New York. We didn't
20 ashore until the next morning,
however. Nine of US. were taken to
The Y. w. C. A. and the rest were
scattered around in different places.
1t was very hard to get any accom-
'ncdations, for the city is filled with
refugees.
"Constantinoplc is certainly fascin-
,t'n;r. though it isn't altogether at
Lractive. 1t imprcsscs you as being
YER! old, very wise, very wicked and
very mysterious. You see there cv-
:ry nationality under the sun, be-
ieve. We were there inur days, and
Is it raincd most of the time we Ger
.ninly didn't see it at its best. The
'trccts were just Shiny with mud. We
vent one day to see St. Sophia, of
curse. Another dav we rode out to
Roberts College. The ride along the
Bcsphorus is beautiful, and the view
.lom. the College, which is on quite
hill, was gorgeous. Then another
lay VIC went to sec the Sultan 20 to.
'hurch. One of the girls knew the
american Consul, Mr.. Ravndal, and
lc sent Turkish guide with US. II
va, mighty interesting.
I'VE went to the palace and were
lshcrcd into a room where there
we're about rs other people. They
clvcd us with coffee and cigarette,
We drank the coffee ard took the
cigarettes for souvcnirs.) Then af-
er while we went out on terrace
where we could gee the whole show.
There were hundreds of soldiers lin
ID up, some mounted, and all in
plcndiferous uniforms. The Grand
'izier was experimenting the thing,
nd he rode up and down on a mag
ificient hor1.. He worse a gorgeous
niform-palc gray with gold-and
e certainly did like exhibiting him
elf. Then the band began to play,
nj the Sultan came out in the royal |
surrounded by his body !
uard on foot. The church was Just |
cross the street, and he could just
) well have walked, but | suppose
e was afraid of gettin gsome dirt on |
i; royal feet. We weren't allowed |
} go into the mosque itself, but we
Id go into a small room at the side
'hcrc we could see the service from
ort of box the side. Then we got |
emo tea and more cigarettes, and |
hat was all. While we were in this
,st' place, we saw some Turks with |
hat looked an American newspaper
nd they were laughing their heads
# about something they saw in it.
inc of the girls edged around until |
he could sec wha: it was, and here
was full page ad for the Near
last Relief with these headlines,
Roll Back the Shadow of Death
rom Armenia" They thought it
'as huge joke, and l suppose they
mink we Near casters arc awfully
1rny, too. (Somc of us arc).
"Aftcr my two attacks of scasick-
css, l was rather leery about the trip
cross. the Black Sea, which has a bad
,putation, but it behaved very prct-
ly for us so l wasn't sick again.
his time VIC had a good boat and
ood food, SO VIC really enjoyed it.
topped at several little ports along
M way, and went ashore at two or
ree, but they were all alike-all
wfully dirty and the people filthy
nd miserable locking. When we
o. to Batoum, however, we found
,at quite diffcrcnt-clcan streets,
ublic gardens, good-looking people,
.c. We stayed there only few
rurs and we left in the evening foI
jflis. We came on Il British military
ain, with sleeping compartments
id n dining car.
We got our assignments the first
ay we arrived, and was little d S.