Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1921-06-17
CONSTANTINOPLE
'WICKEDEST CITY
So Say American Sailors Now
Stationed in Turkish Waters.
LIFE GENERALLY is Dull

Since Armlstice City Has Been Filled
With Soldiers Of All Nations, Spies,
Thieves, Murderers, Politicians,
Russian Refugees, Bclsheyik Agents
and Opium acknowledgements,
"The Far East" Published Regu-
Iarly by 9lueJackets.
The American sailors on board the
vessels of the United States naval
detachment in Turkish waters are
publishing regularly newspaper OF
their own to chronicle their social and
sporting events and to keep up the
spirit of comradeshlD and enliven HE
in and about COnstantinople. The
paper Is called The Ear East, Iu
price Is 5 piasters, and 1t is creditably
illustrated with half-tOne cuts and
comics.
Although the men generally vote
Constantinople rather dull place, all
things said, one of the recent numbers
Of The Far East shows that the Amer
lean bluejackets are able to provide
their own entertainment.
Among the events recorded is Nep-
tune party, composed Of members Of
the company Of the Scorpion, which Is
described as "a regular pirate band
running wild in the Bosporus." 1t
was headed by "King Neptune" and
included "Neptune's wife" and "Nep-
tunes baby" The party visited a
number of other vessels Of the de-
tachment, and was entertained by Ad-
miral de Bon, on board the French
flagship Lorraine.
"WlcI<edest City In World"
Other activities which the paper de'
Scribes were a visit Of the sailors to
the Near East hospital, carrying gifts
to the children, a blowout" on board
the Gilmer, whalebOat and dingy
races, baseball games. boxing bout
and a camOuHage ball at Constants
nOple hotel, the latter attended BY
Admiral Bristol, commander OF the
detachment, and Mrs Bristol.
Ships listed as composing the De
tachment were the Scorpion, st. Louis
Chattanooga, Barker BOrie, Fox, Gil
mer, HUMPHREYS, John D. Edwards
Overton, Smith Thompson, Tracy
Whipple, submarine chasers 30 anC
1888, the Alameda and the collier Mars
They were scattered from Constants
nople to Smyrna, Batum, Varna, Sam
SCUM, Constanza and Beirut.
One Of the contributors to The Fal
East paid his tribute to the city o.
Constantlnople by describing 1t as "th'
costliest, wlckedest city in the world.
Since the armlstice, he wrote, the city
had been filed with the soldiers Of al
nations, spies, thieves, murderers, pol
lticians, Russian refugees, Bolshevil
agents and opium eaters.
Atmosphere FeVerish."
an spite Of all this life in COnstan
tinOple is dull and there Is little IL
the way of entertainment" he added
III one is dlligent few good res
taurants may be discovered, but ex
cept for the moving picture houses NJ
: flrst-class theaters scan be found. II
fact, at ten O'Clock In the evening TIN
place is as quiet as Annapolis on Sun
!, day.
However, inside the beer halls
cabarets and coffee houses habitues o
these places attempt a fallaciOus gay
ETY.. 1t Is here that the bejeweled
richly adorned and painted women o
the Occident and Orient brazenl'
stare at the motley thrOng drinkinI
a low quality Of refreshment serves
them at robbers prices.
"At the one good hotel the spies. o
the whole Orient carry on their In
, trigues. The whole atmosphere 0
the city is one Of feverish and art
E ficial excitement. A real American
, unless he takes interest in and feel
this atmosphere, finds life dull in tAii
the wickedest city Of the world"