The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-03
WISCONSIN BOY
TELLS or WORK
IN NEAR EAST
Gives Graphic Description OF
Refugees Priyations in
Letters Home.
lErom me MiIwaukee JournaD.

fFrom The Milwaukee JournaO.
Jimmie Van Toor, former service
man rsoentlv took service with Near
Fact belief Isavino Milwaukee in the
early fall. arrivina on Nov. IS in Con-
stantinople. He has written an "al.
most diary" of all that has happened
to him since he left. Under date Of
Nov. IS, he wrote to his mother, Mrs.
| G. c. Van Toor, 600 Fortyninth street,
Milwaukee. as follows;
"constanfironle is stm filthy, dirty
and noro crowded than ever. The
crowds on tba sidewalks overlooking
into fbe streets are always interest
inc and cosmopoIitan- officers. sol
diors and eailors In ENGLISH. Scotch,
Frencb italian uniforms. Russians in
wcfrd combinations of what is left Of
moi, cI.tbre and uniforms; women,
Fr.pch mr. Russian dollcd up like
psri. Lnuogrs Crook prfests. refugees
in r,os Turks with fe2zes. Red Cross
nurses chinese singalese. Hindoos
neoroes tbe lame the halt and the
hind and fine wealthy. the fashionable
and Tho arrogant. all mixed up in one
Grand hodge podge Then. every little
while some Greek or French or Indian
trooDs tramping by
.orbo dfnlry street cars are running.
damned to the guards and street lights
'l e oI'' i'o" ',4 'T ,,5,a a., 80 Itsano, aYd
,, ",lp '.C ,7 I'm tramo cans and
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any Wv ~ az - w. ati.,, a,onr
49, Wy 49, pI ~ .n h,,raIars s,,n
NY 20, ,,'--' i,, ~ ,a, ohanoa 20 gat
INK. 1hon tbo storos sbons stalls
of an kinds fruit stands bazaars and
ba,yl,ors all IN "a oraat variety of funny
nIaces and dispIays of goods Csome
carry their stores ON their heads or
hacks, Tho bawlers with the weird.
est and Iopdeet cries in tbe world
from r o. m I'm q m # seemsl-
those are rYDufne in ruu blast So. on
the whole fine tgwu looks much busier
and porr,.l tbaD vben was here be-
fore IwbiIa in service, though not
nucb cleaner Trees are sim green
and tba err 10 brighf and warm during
,bo dav 1,ho r-.tor and ,ious ore
lovely 40 won cona into the barbor or
sail nm Tho Rosnhorus
Cons'ant'hople CROWDED
"Whon we arrived here on Saturday.
they told us we might go out on Mon
day to the Caucasus, so we got busy
right away and spent the afternoon,
but no money, around the baZaars in
Stamboul, the old part of the city. 1t
was lots Of fun
SUNDAY morning followed a crowd
into the old Russian embassy ward.
Here | saw posters of a sale of refugee
goods, So kent ON going The crowd
went past the sale and M into the
chapel where ! found myself with 'em.
Between the incense, perfume and bum
ian,TaJ IN oil stard .sor t,rn , bo,,nsN
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b,.,tir,,r. t.,f,.I ,nJ ~ oraa,
Some 49, ,bo naarIa ,raro fair,,, ,r"r
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really did look very refined. and YOU
couldn't help feeling sorry for 'em. The