Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-03-13 | Page 33 | Had to Shave off Beard or Else Quit Turkey

HAD TO SHAVE OFF BEARD OR ELSE QUIT TURKEY Special Cable to The Tribune. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 12. The director of a P-raill (Uoumania) bank, having to visit Constantinople a few days ago. found on arriving there that the authorities insisted that he should shave off his beard. Expostulating, lie was informed in-formed that his beard was of exactly the tame shape as that, of Abdul Ilajnld. tho ex-sultan, and that since many supporters support-ers of the old regime wear their boards o ho might be taken for a reactionary and expelled from Constantinople. Thus it was for his own good-that the authorities authori-ties wished to -shave him. On this explanation ex-planation tho banker consented to the sacrifice.