Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-03
| SUI TAN'S INSOMNIA
WORRIED WISE MEN
Even Women of Harem Feared
They Would Lose Their Heads
When Sleep Failed Master.

When n constitutional monarch has the
| misfortune 10 sleep badly Il IA probat "
only his valet and his wife who experience
the ensling had temper, but when il is an
attocratic despot, who has only IN say
"Ileads of" and off they 70, who suffers
from insomnia, the results are rcplctc
with unexpected consequences and at timas
terrorizing and the Sultan bad not slept
for three nights.
Thus runs a story from the Moroccan
corre4r rondent Of the London Times he
| yarn continues:
There was perturbation in the pnlacc,
but so far his Majesty had only exhibited
/ a wcnry sadness He bad complained, of
course, had blamed almost everybody and
! everything for his wakeful hours. hut he
/ had kept his temper, though there was no
guarantee how long this sublime self
! restraint might continue, and the court
i was anxious Almost unconsciouRly from
! time 10 titue the vizters raised Their hands
md touched their necke just 20 make
sure, as II were, that things were nj right
90 ar
What ca aed the sultan's slnpIesa
lights was this Was the forbidden fruit ~
which Eve and Adain for in this cape Il
was certainly ladies fir-i had eaten a
pornegranate or an orange ApplicH were
outside the scope of thr Sultan knOBiedgr
but porneprauatee fnd oranges both
IN Meaotpotatnia and IN Morocco po abe
question rested between those two fruits
There werr At least hundred excellent
reasons Whv It should have Ffcn psln,-
granatr. but thcre werr also 2 hundred #
not more. why 1t gho1ild have seeH m
grange. bnt none of these rratnns were IN
the least convincing and eli the records
within the Sultan reach cither left thc
question an open one or @rrf fatty con
Trajectory IIIs Majesty tno waa aware
ihat ms own arguments ~ favor 81 elthnr
II tho two fruits were quite incenctiHtFe
and wanting III authority 10 asslst hls
Judgment ho Lad oranges and pofncRran-
ats served to hU and ate If 10th tut
the result waa unestizfactory Fhe poTne
grqfa.tn season vas already pqst and the
frItit overrIpe TIE orange season Ind not
bep9t4l and tic fruit waa green SO he cat
uy IF them did not stimulate he sultan
irain as he ht.d hoped Vaaid tse he oase,
Int n eh upset his dltgtiof whereby ms
elaf pIrqqrle=s waa increased Nor were his
c9sirfigrs ahlc ta help hun They quoted
and ,nierplofed endless authorities wtleh
only rendered til. confusion worsf con
fused
Meanwhile affair ~ Stat aara neglect
81 and the whole palace 1peet Even IN
shc innerrnosf fcres4ee ~ tho women 2
quarters discussion was rife. and half th"
ladiee worc pomcgrantars-r0 vriwf
and the other half orange silks and sat'ns,
ta mark their preference
On The fourth Day thr elders and w1se
men ~ the country who had s-ecn sum
rnoDcd ~ adqsc he Sultan n his dilem-
ma arrived at thc Court and .Fero received
Ia audience The Sultan bade them Teet
together ard ctfuc To = decision shat would
satisfy hirn ana relieve hls mind forever
from fhcec worrying doubts. Thus done be
betoak himself fo hls favorlte garden,
full of orange ard pomecranate trees, The
sIght 0f which only added - MS milan
choiy.
IL realized n h5s meditations the fun
Importance 81 this question 81 the for
Liddrn fruit Should he remain II dolIi5
* u Rhieh frIt II was, then he would ~
casting asperslons Ipon the authorities
tkslo 5es.re III favor Of the right one, which
ever II vas and therefore ne vould IL
s,rnlng should bc be convlnced that It
was pcTnegranate Fnen i TFaE N orange,
O. .ief g4rss. .hon he was guilty Of pYn-
sumption and ralrht be 2rcvsed 81 IN
ort h.sdaxv or even Of u1beil-f- he the
Commander IT the Faithful 5ls self
reetrant. even hss uund, SEEMED Evirg
awav under the terrible zt-sin- and as BE-
sat waiting FOR the discussion d The wtse
men he almost lost hiz temper He order
I'd several Of bis slaves q be reIl beaten
Ter ~ mason Al al, and s'gred N edIcF
eo.,ttscatlng all the properly, including
the xiyzs OF 4 qalte innocent governor
Il q NJ nf4ghtorlng dlstr7et.
- the sultan waited NJ beard man
CRYING - the street True drpauss for
sac Trae dreams Tor sale he oade dis
slaves s8mDon the crler. 4nd : few MN
utes ,ater they bustled n little oid Nan.
Il desire 3 dream. sa q the sultan,
trae dream. mind vou, of Inc Garden q
Eden. 80 fhat may k0ow Wh4cb frGt
wss tie fruit d good snd evil
Iae 1ttle v>zsa Il man paled or,