| Show j I IT It It C B 1 p 1 p t pY J I T t aYr a aj 1 4 r I It t I f ft I I T t t If t I 1 If i j II I IJ t J ft l f i too j JI l I It tr t at atI tp i j J Ht I H H H I I HI HI Ht i HI HH ABDUL ABI UI S MM ON Till TI 11 m ll In this apartment the most t I c are aN the 1111 panelling iii Woodwork which are of the Ih finest t ma TIl and workmanship Adjoining It IL In the tho sultans so fitted thin that while white he hI can still Mill 1111 maintain the tho reputation he s o of oC being the tho harden worked potentate in III Europe I Special I E June Julle 0 C Competent judges have hlo pro pronounced pronounced the of or Turkeys 1 el m yacht the tho groat the th handsomest amid most artis artistically finished craft of her size silent afloat and that these thelia claims are lire abundantly Justified Is 18 shown by try the tho accompanying photographs of 01 her which were taken especially for this article III In tho the News There Thero some omo larger strain steam unions among which might be named a 1 few owned by b American but Jut there ro Is III none It Is le de lie declared Glared In III whoso whose Interior arrangements and art luxury Iy ami std utility ii been more deftly dettl combined the opulence of the cast All bring heln blended with the tho practicality of the west weal Ills HIS tN Though Abdul II if courts the tho reputation of ot being a man of abstemious OilS ous habits anti and tastes ln tell he really delights hlll In surrounding himself lf with sumptuous magnificence Ho lie wanted a 1 yacht that t would take lake the tho chute royal yacht on salt saltwater saltwater I out cult of any nn other r water waler Bo Ha he entrusted the furnishing and of the to o the tho same all me firm that fluted filled up lip the Victoria suit and all 1 Albert for tor Kin 1 tho thA Me Meteor Meteor teor leer for th the German emperor und and sundrY sun sundry dry other oilier craft to crowned heads They were Instructed to RO go them all one better belter and spare no expense e With Ith the assurance a that he h has got what he lie wanted and the bill to prove pro It II the yacht has hall ha now MW hen been b n delivered to the sultan I Armstrong Whitworth Co 0 of or Eln VIl put than BUY nuy other linn In existence 1 A TOY TO IH le not In ht their Him but bUI they thor did nut nil mind undertaking u n small job Juh Ilku III that lint to In oblige an 1111 Im Int Imperial perms customer for tor whom they the roe recent recently 1 ly ono and expect to u 1 build several sevard inure mort For Tor Urn the sultana latest intent toy to tile they hero havo provider provided a 1 hand home nome h and anil speedy HIO Y little ship Meet feet Olt over all KII end and 60 fo feet t on ott limo lilt water wlter waterline waterline line with a 1 brunt beum of 27 scot C Inches and drawing only lo la feet tet of water Her die dis displacement placement In SO tons loins tl 1 II Him tins haS a n 1 high freeboard and as cue 11 nor her lines show chow Is III nil at excellent S M boat brat though Abdul In III not item likely to In rt her npr M MIn In that to 10 much of ot a 1 test for fot foth he h lime n strung aversion to 10 venturing nut mu of nt sight of ot land The Tho In Is Inbuilt built of or steel nod mid as lIa Turks mire aro notoriously poor to III 11 further ensure the safely f her precious freight should slim ehi h chin mice to 10 strike a It nick male r lt leer her Interior In Ie I 11 Into Inlo an 1111 unusually ii large of water compart compartments ments lII nl RIIA Is la armed too with several Meern million and In case ense of a II might l he be c utilized 1 na no a II gum A 1 OF all nOlt In to addition to 10 the Ihl forecastle she h Is Ii provided with two deck Mck houses lt the the Imperial Imperial apartments which Include Include a day ria saloon anon dining saloon sleeping room mom om and study twin bt being situated 1 In the tho after hou haute i hour Kour I our other outer apartments and anda a saloon have been provided for tor the sultans guests JuelS or princes of ot the tho royal house and a similar provision lon has peen hlin made for the Imperial sidle Bulin but no ac ne accommodation o Is le made for tor any allY of tim tho sultans m mallY ny wives viven hu Turkish does doe not permit even ft a 1 sultan to take bIB ila harem haram hints II bl ura I trips tripe and probably Abdul do It If iChe lie could I One of ot Iho the I greatest grOI 81 attractions of the yacht In his hili estimation will trill undoubtedly h ht he the op up It will afford him to 10 got get dear clear dearaway away from Rani the nil nn domestic squabbles and of ot the smelt much married martle 1 man manTho Tho prevailing style stylo of treatment In then ll various Is Iho elgh t century lU which lends Itself admirably n to 10 the Ih oriental love of warmth and till 11 color nut Hut these o alecta have ha boon bon produced snore moro by h Meant means of richly and cober Fober sliding gliding than limn by h carved ornaments and brilliant The effect Is on one of nt ea combined n with dignity ii arid ain I intI in A g 1 p ostentation h bus hUI s be beep ii rare care carefully fully e whIM while 1 at ot tho limn name same time there 11 i abundant evidence to discern ina In r Js eyes eH that n mint of money mone hits has boon baen expanded The Tha finest apartments of nt course our e are I thoe thos which Ion time the I hI Imperial quarters and here bore artistic taste and luxury have hare been hen united with lilt the th hap happiest results The dining saloon Is cased cased In finely Inlaid h II with lIh ith of ot wood woo 1 and the coil cell coiling ing Ill IH is enriched with gilt rill ornaments In relief The sideboards 18 are arf of ot Inlaid mahogany with the cypher In III Ins s In the hacks Costly hangings han nf ot subdued Aub luell green TInn with t to 10 match Impart a n 1 pleasing effect to 10 the general color scheme The drawing root room Is III of Inlaid mahogany with Milt Hilt enrichments the Ihl panelling being divided with Kilt glut and the skylights are Oiled filled with stained gli Klaus n of exquisite work th the light that utters tillers tIIt rA through them Outplaying displaying to great advantage the soft luxurious hangings of or oM old 01 1 crimson silk III matching the Genoese velvet with which the wall willi seats leat are lUe upholstered Tablet Tables tC ct colt cit ul designs arm J chin ira richly Inlaid and n 1111 with gilt gill mould Ings and tutu a I piano lavishly 11 but hili most tastefully decorated complete the till fur 11 II In ts the lime Imperial bedroom ann time tho furni furniture fl lure ture Is IN of ot Inlaid I richly HK tired with parquetry taut nile pan panels of the IIII name sami wood Adjoining It Il Is III a II In Itt and marble mu with a m 1 mar tour bio hie floor loor Opposite the fire bedroom h In Is the sultans study sandy treated In cedar r wood 1011 with Inlays mud and relieved with gold Rolli The furniture Is III also nillo of purr pur and 1111 the Iho upholstery of green plush leather and writ writing ing 1111 desks Impart to In It II nn nil air of Intel Intellectual I activity nell n I and help Itch sustain Ku the lime reputation which Abdul friends have III bestowed on him hint of lining being ono ammo of the tho hardest worked In lit Europe According to 10 the Ihl picture they Ihl draw of or him hint ho Invariably risen with the devoting but bUI a few ew hours hour to III steep sleep and often spending the entire night pen pelt In n hand devising means tom for Improving ln n t rat ht tha o condition c yf f his subjects and anti checking tho rho machina machinations lions of o Turkeys enemies I this Is in no further from rom tho tiro truth than that other Picture with which the world Is familiar tint that depicts Abdul Mul II ns nil u II II p cle of or fiend incarnate umit Ing log In the Ih shedding of ot Christian blood bloot and r II to lying more mure than ally rny man auto living The Tho ho quarters set sel apart In III the Hith for 01 guests princes of the home e hold und and the Ih Imperial suite Hullo are less lean I HA rum thou than luau those thane of a tin IIIi tI an antan n III tan the beauty of the thu woods particularly the panelling much nf of If which is wonderfully w Inlaid with ma in a and anti be lie beIng heing Ing III esp notable Hut haul here ns as n throughout time the Is ls a striking absence of or that tha 11 species st of or furnishing which represents the Ille popular Ides Idea of tit Ottoman ease nod ami nl l luxury derived from the Turkish fashionable car bazars and places pinceR of pull pub lie Ile entertainment nl t There cure are DO m swingIng swing swinging ing lumps with perfumed oils and suit sub subdued deed dued i no divans hIans covered I with the softest of tit cushions on which the Iho Indo Indolent lent tiny may mo recline and while the hours hourA away sipping coffee smoking cigarettes listening to 10 tousle nod watching dancing There Thero In Is abundance lance dance of color warmth and richness but 1 uI Its 1111 trios firm Is III distinctly European H It Itla HIs Is la said saia that there Is III a 1 good reason for this dominance of ot western Wets Ideas In lit nil all the Iho fixings of the Iho ho yacht Foreign l diplomats will undoubtedly union among the sultans guests on board of hei hel and that wily potentate wishes to 10 Impress i It t upon upp nth them tor that Ihal t he Is In a n thor Ihor c 1 up tn datu monarch and that anybody who MIU tries Irles to t Impose upon UlOn him will got get left The rhe luxury according to 10 Turkish notions nouns with sh st 1 1 which Illch s ho sur surrounds surrounds ur rounds himself Is seen lIeen only by t the tho hn fa fn favored t I d flY few t who are allowed to 10 penetrate n behind the ihn t h curtains of the Iho U Kiosk One Une Un ute IIII Ii e the sultan will make of oC Ids hie IH be keeping his Itis eye eo on an his hla new nett navy v which ho Is heat bent on cre ere Ills His former Cortner minister of marine Hassan now defunct Iho navy which once tl C 1 n a fair number r of good ships to 10 go JU all nil 16 tt pot while hll he ha salted away awny over ns nil his hili sham sharo cf rt I Ih h funds that ought to 10 have ben been b 11 In maintaining It II It 11 Is lit related that on no ono one occasion lon the cor eor corrupt rupt and com lom completely hoodwinked the Ihl cotton ns on to la the tho of ot ids his navy nary by b getting up liP a tin the III feature of or which was time Ihl of ot the Ihl ships In III litre illus delta illusions Ih Ih Ihl ions Inns l rs past 1151 the tho windows of ot the I h mII EInk hero tie sultan sUlan was Thero Thera were there Just enough ves vessels rA es rAsel eels sels sel of ot getting up 1111 steam to 10 represent one division hilt hat Hassan mae mace the croft comprising It repent the evolution twice and 1 not till tilt long lOll after afterward ward did Abdul discover III how ho he hind had been blell tricked III Hereafter he lie will at nl attend tend naval reviews In his hili new MW yacht und and un 1 It II wilt will be Impossible to 10 fool tool him hint In fashion The Tho first Important vessel of this new navy nav a fine cruiser of or tons Ions tunnel named nil III Ill I after the Iho sultan moon escorted the Ibe Ertho goral U Ii I J Constantinople Thither hail had preceded ll her another but smaller strain steam It ell 11 craft the Ihl ln also mull hullt at al maw F Irk which will servo ervo an as the sultans state BIAlo barge on the lh lies Dos K E I NI r rtH tH u r |
