The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13


from the pen Of Mr.. Fuller, which
will be welcomed, especially by those
VINO were so fortunate as to read the
former series.-Editor.]
Adana, Cilicia
Asia Minor
| July 7, 1921
Dear Ones at Home:
This is Thursday. I arrived in
this place Tuesday afternoon, but
this is the first time that 1 have had
a chance to write. Not because ]
have been SO busy, but because have
spent most of my time meeting peo-
pie and attending to the "social OBJ
legations" which come with this work.
They are many and a very important
thing to keep up if one intends to do
anything here with these people 50
different from ourselves.
left Beirut, Syria, last Saturday.
Ten of the college instructors were
going to Constantinople where one of
them will work all this winter and
the others were going to Venice from
where they were hitting the trails
for Vienna, Germany, Paris, etc.
This crowd was all going "deck''
passage, because it is so much cheap
er. That means sleeping on the deck,
living on the deck and getting all
ones own meals. Sleeping on the
deck consists Of spreading out your
blanket on the hard boards ard roll
ing in that same blanket.
The crowd took along little kero-
sene puffer as stove, few cooking
utensils and all their own table ware.
We bought food at the different ports
We reached every day.
| We boarded the boat early Satur-
day afternoon for the sake of getting
place all to ourselves on the deck.
We were in the harbor quite while
and like true Americans we wandered
all over the ship in all the places,
that, being deck passengers, we were
not supposed to go. The first class
accommodations were excellent, won
derful parlors, beautiful dining room,
fine enclosed and open promenade
decks all decorated with palms, etc.
The boat was an Italian boat and the
most luxurious save ore that sails
the Mediterranean Sea.
We chose place on the fore deck
where there was an awning that
could be let down and spread out
overhead. On the boat among other
passengers was a Moslem woman
who kept her face carefully covered
in true Moslem style but who thot
nothing Of rolling up in her blanket
alongside the others on the deck. It
doesn't make any difference what the
women wear-or don't wear-so long
as they keep their faces yelled. They
are especially careful about that
here altho in Constantinople, Egypt
and few other places they are
breaking away from the old custom.
Of course, being on the fore deck
we were in the way Of the crew
which made them quite sore, but they
soon got SO they liked our crowd and |
soon began calling us "Dukes" and |
could no more comprehend than the
others on the boat why we Americans |
should be travelling deck passage.
We had hectic time stretching |
but in blanket and steamer chairs
for the night and putting our bag
gage where it could not be stolen
without waking, some one up. Before
'ix the next morning we reached
rripoli.
After breakfast we hired boat
nan to take US ashore. The ship
anchored about mile from shore SO
t took us nearly an hour. We went
Q the hotel where we were told that
Q visit the Crusader Castle, which
We were headed for. would require a
walk Of over half an hour each way
ct alone visiting the Castle, SO that
We surely. did not have time. Never
'elieve anything anyone tells you,
when these people say any.j
iiifig sss,cs; sss,cs;s;st " time Z. 4, .9
\ We left our coats at the hotel, thus |
hooking The natives, and reached the |
;astle ia rs minutes. One 81 the |
treets sloped UP hill, and IN the
midst of IFS pavement ran 4 little