| Show Sultan Ean oL L VJ cs in fn Constant Cons Pear Jear al of or PoIsonIng His Majesty's Private Kitchen Is a Massive Fortress Where Osman Bey His Faithful Steward Carefully Supervises Supervises Supervises Super Super- vises the Preparation of Every Dish B By iiii C Caln a. n. la Republican Special Service f Washington ashington D. D C. C Jut July s. Jhc sultan of or Turkey who lias hus offered to time the United Slates States b by g cel c Mr Ir Welshman as 38 our at the is Sublime Porte Is 15 un arm riser In surn- surn mer rimor and winter alike past half four or live at nt the tho latest thuds Hilda him awake and eager to start the day Dressed lightly In an a n long ni nu muslin robe roUe with black slippers the sultan It hl kiln bath room a n modest chamber fitted with while tiles and then lien hie his toilet completed proceed proceeds to hi his study C Co cc drink n a cup CUI ol ot Turkish prepared prepared pre pre- pared before his e eyes e uy oy All Alt the or chief jr Then Thou he lights the time first of the tImO hummer t fJ able cI cigarettes that lint lie he will con continue tI niu to without Intermission lon until these these are arc also in his hili presence presence and and when a little later ho lie hohas has Imas been for fortified tilled by a I lI light Ur hC-Ur breakfast kra t of ot e eggs H and milk Abdul Hamid settles down o to tu the time business bush of the time day Mils His first work is certain fo a be bo the time perusal of the lie reports report that hive been sent to him from all quarters of oC the ho world b by his hiM spies ples No 0 occupation so engrosses his time hint and ami Interest Assisted As An- IJ by Djafer his hits confidential or Mehmet Pacha his first camp aide he soon works hi his Imis wa way through h the bu budget ot Then he listens with keen Interest to lo translations lions Ions from the time forel foreign n press of ot an any matters alluding to himself or his state stale and find mal makes notes as to lO what Instructions Instructions Lions he lie will give to his hits agents scattered scattered scat scat- far fur amid and wide At 10 o'clock the time sultan partakes of a n second frugal ul breakfast and amid then timen is to receive his secretary De hey Bey and time the chamberlains lie llo listens to lo what they have to 10 report to lo him gives given Ives his Ills orders orders or or- ders tiers and occupies himself generally generall with the business of or state or 01 of his own personal affairs i VIt hI N Having ln passed a busy morning with his secretaries the sultan will take tako a II siesta stretched at full till len length th on a u. long chair in one omme of the time small apartments apart apart- men ments ts In iii the kiosk Then he will re- re to his labors with renewed energies ener oln Into the time air all airor gies presently gies-presently presently going open for or a 0 short constitutional Ever Every year cur I sees this morning stroll shortened and now the sultan never goes far ar from Crom him his residence lie Is accompanied b by two guar guards s. s and preceded by his trust trusty mulatto I Hassan lassan Pacha whoso whose mission 11 It Is to lo clear dear time the way I. I 01 o any human being who b by a n. miracle might happen happen hap hap- pen to encounter his majesty In foramer former former for for- mer amer lays days when the sultan used used to lo lre SI so far al' al as LS his private park he lie was alwa always s 's attended by his Jils chief coffee coffee- maker bearing a lI lighted brazier so that a cup CLIP of mocha mocho ml might ht Instantly be prepared Then Ihen too he lie would ride rille a great deal and row on the time lake near neal the time palace but palace but both these thieo pastimes H have now been beell abandoned us as offering opportunities to the assassin In Iii his leisure hours the tIme sultan will lIi the Uio 10 to a i visit to pay ptY list list- l- l While raid sip sll at 1 glass or of l 10 0 a oteo cuing soft Oriental love lovo song song- The harem ha- ha marem ma- ma sortie Some toy ty toya Is fortified rem n a Th h i fourfold thickness wall of or great Teat it a doors OUIS OUI'S are arc of or iron nut null and open P n. n out outward anI only so that In time the caso case o of all any rl rh rising ln r I. I I ft for rioters It would be Impossible force forre thorn them from the time outside A co corridor cor- cor this building wit with h t tim h Imperial pavilion while II it is 19 tI IY shut Ul off ort from rem all other houses Fornier- Fornier l I ly the time sultan used usell to lo live livo In I the harem today his fears for fOI his 11 life keep keel te p him even evell from his wives Dolce Doice tui lul o with time the moods are arc rare ho lie ho- rEefers prefers his workshops to hl his l hl i rt and often busies himself In III I Hi lilt afternoons with drawings carvings r r tr r t M. M or In studying tvr r on oil time the watch for Cor danger er ho h lilt Ilk s sto to be bo able lo to analyze un any rimmy food rood or drinK 1 that Hint ho lie ma may 1118 thInk suspicious it III is greatest t terror Is death lentil by poisoning Dinner I P. P lr Very ery Formal Six o'clock in winter anti and four our In bummer arc are the time sultans sultan's hours for Cor dm n nor r which is served with ceremonial In strange contrast to lO in h. h simplicity of or the tho fare Cure The repast Is b treated with all the time Importance due doe lOIt to lO toa toa a It vital affair o of state tate Ills III majesty s private kitchen Is a it veritable fortress lL it u Un timmy liny chamber with burred barred window I and massi c doors Only In him this thin stronghold strong hold arc are dishes prepared l that lint are arc in intended In- In tended for the lie sacred palate of the commander of oC the lie fai faithful tutu i lien Here under un un- den der the lie watchful oy eye of oC the lie the time ehl chief t steward officiates s the thu tie ch cluE f. f Os Osman man Hey Iley one of ot the time most Important functionaries In for fol for the time sultans sultan's health Ii and life liCe arc are at his mercy H It HIs Itis Is ls rumored however that Osman UY UYI I is no longer r In the lIw sultans sultan's entire lon con and and that thai another has n up tip his honored of office lice As time the hour of or dInner dinner din dIn- ner approaches two hl high h officials bi b. a n litt 0 four legged four ed table tabie set with Lice Imperial dinner service before the sultan nut sul tan followed aim followed by a 0 lacke lackey with a n tray iray on which are spread tIme the dishes These The arc are totally enveloped In a a. black sheet time the ends enis tied lied and s sealed scaled with red wax It by the Kf Ke Behind marches aim an- other servant bearing I bread bir ad antI and a brings up tip time the rear with a n sealed scaled bottle boUle of water Ever since the time da day long past paH when the time Bohemian prophesied that thai Abdul would omm only ly so 50 long as h he con continued lell tinned to lo drink the time water from rom I the sultan has imas tasted no tie other water When h he lie ascended the Iho throne he Ime rewarded the lie prophet for COl tho the idea Idel HII and placed tl his dau daughter in him the time Imperial harem All Al who vimo encounter th the tiit Imposing cortege I bearing the lie dinner Innel bow low before It l' l lus as us It la passes ass to lo time the sultans sultan's apartment The rime dinner Is received b by tho the I who breaks the time seals In tile the present presence of his maje majesty t with a solemnity lilting fitting the time occasion and offers each dish In turn Merely touching one ono or two Ab Ab Abdul dul who Hamid-who who is as us abstemious as us hiIs heIs heis he hi Is suspicious suspicious orders orders the lie reminder to toI tobe tobe be carried to such courtiers as tin CI he lie desires de de- dc- dc I sires to honor for or It Is no I light gh t Ca favor VOl to be allowed to finish a sultans sultan's sulan's meal tongues Heed not Iol the time envious I I still ro unspotted hom all mains and lu Irn Tl l like the tho sea sen so mighty 3 v withstand It and O that t I ht I c I stains I Times Demo From the New Orleans |
