Show VISITS HAREM OF SULTAN L Mme Elvira Ciampi Writes of Her Experience in the the I Turkish Capital I E ENTERTAINED THE WOMEN Decorated With Crescent of Diamonds and Presented t I With Purse of Coins I I- I Republican Special Ser I Service Naples Dec Dee 28 S Elvira Ciampi the time Italian unman donna Just jUd ba back l from Constantinople writes entertainingly In Inthe Inthe inthe the dItalia d'Italia of or her hel experiences In Constantinople I l was wa invited hl to visit the imperial harem says sn's tho the singer and was conducted con con- ducted Into a 0 small parlor the hangIngs hang hang- hang I Ings curp carpets ts and amid furniture of ot which were ere of ot pale blu and anti silver the tho most precious and at the same time least ostentatious bit of decoration I have ha over er seen The Tho sultan hi hits chief chlof wife and anti his favorite fa tilo tho tho palace officials arc responsible for or the Ihu ladles ladles' designations ad advanced toward me mo a as master of 01 ceremony pronounced my name We Ye salute you OU said cald the sultan bowing lightly ane and lift wife and daugh daugh- I ter tel repealed moo tho greeting I responded ed edIn In a n few Turkish words which had be been n taught me mo by the time court marshal but tho time sultana would not allow m me to un- un Ish Taking a big crescent of at diamonds from Itch her corsage sho fattened fastened it to my ray breast t and anti smilingly pointed to tho the piano where the director th of-th Imper lumper- lal ial music a 0 Spaniard named Aranda Alanda took his scat seat a n minute later after ael a curtain of oC blue silk gauze s had been dropped from the thu ceiling separating ing tho time performers from the tho imperial audience After m my songs tongs tho the pianist bowed himself out and amid the thu blue curtain was withdrawn Tho The sultan spoke congratulating con eon me inc ant anti and the time chief wife an and l her lovely o el daughter w wore were re also most complimentary th time the sultan using U a number num nurn- I ber lieI of ot set phrases in French The princess princess prin prin- ce cess 8 In III her hor own o tongue Sho has hasa a Q bewitching smile which accentuated I her youth and b beauty auty The Tue royal party then thou WI withdrew withdraw and andas as the time portieres dropped behind them I a u palace official appeared bearing on ona ona ona a golden plato pinto a red rell silk purse embroidered em ern- broidered with Hh pearls and encrusted with precious stones The purse was tilled with gold Turkish pound pieces evidently e fresh from the tho mint mini |