Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1921-05-20
So Say American Sailors Now
Stationed in Turkish Waters.
LIFE GENERALLY IS Dull
Since Armistlce City Has Been Filled
With Soldiers Of All Nations, Spies,
Thieves, Murderers, Politicians,
Russian Refugees, BoIshevik Agents
and Opium acknowledgements
"The Far East" Published Reou-
Iarly by BIueJackets.

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 comradeship and enliven life
in and about Constantinople. The
paper Is called The Far East. Its
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 "Neptunes wife" and "Nep-
tunes baby" The party visited
number of other vessels Of the de-
tachment, and was entertained by Adj
miral de Bon, on board the French
flagship Lorraine.
"Wlckedest City in World"
Other activities which the paper de-
scrlbes were a visit of the sailors to
the Near East hospital, carrying gifts
to the children, blowout" on board
the Gilmer whalebOat and dlngy
races, baseball games, boxing bout
and a camoufage ball at CONSTANT
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 SO and
1893, the Alameda and the collier Mars.
They were scattered from CONSTANT
nOple to Smyrna, Batum. Varna, Sam
SCUM, COnstanza and Beirut.
One Of the contributors to The Far
East paid his tribute to the city Of
Constantinople by describing it as 1.-THE
costliest, wickedest city in the world"
Since the armistice, he wrote, the city
had been filled with the soldiers Of all
nations, spies, thieves, murdererS, pol
iticlans, Russian refugees, BOlshevik
agents and opium eaters.
Atmosphere Fsverish."
''In spite Of all this life in Constan-
tinople Is dull and there is little In
the way Of entertainment" he added.
IF one is diligent a few good res,
taurants may be discovered, but ex-
cept for the moving picture houses no
frst-class theaters can be found. In
fact, at ten o'clock In the evening the
place is as quiet as Annapolis on Sun
day.
However, inside the beer halls,
Cabarets and coffee houses habitues Of
these places attempt fallacious gay
ETY.. It is here that the bejeweled,
richly adorned and painted women Of
the Occident and Orient brazenly
stare at the motley throng drinking
a low quality Of refreshment served
them at robbers prices.
'At the one good hotel the spies Of
the whole Orient carry on their in
trigues. The whole atmosphere Of
the city is one of feverish and arti-
fetal excitement. A real American,
unless he takes interest in and feels
this atmosphere, finds life duh in thiA
the wickedest city Of the world"