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Show BUT GHE HAREM LEFT Frenchman Now Has Only One Remaining in Constantinople. Disaster Which Carried Down Turkish Turk-ish Empire Has Left Its Mark and There Is Little Gayety. Constantinople. There Is only one harem left la Constantinople and that Is owned by a Frenchman. A French correspondent, who spent several weeks here, thought that his visit would not he complete until he hud visited a harem. He asked one of his Turkish friends to urrange It. "But there Is only one harem left," replied the Turk. "It, Is maintained with very strict discipline and according accord-ing to the best traditions. But perhaps per-haps you would have a chance to seeing see-ing it, for this Inst harem belongs to one of your compatriots, the Baron Durdeau Bey. The last real Turk Is a Frenchman." The women of Constantinople hava been emancipated, It Is true, bat In the streets they wear what appears almost like a uniform. The cut of all the street costumes is almost the same, the only difference being in the colors. Many women who still have some respect re-spect for the old costumes wear small veils to hide their faces. In the mosques and even In the street cars and railway trains special compartments compart-ments with curtains are reserved for them, presenting a curious mixture of modern and ancient custom. In spite of the many foreigners arriving ar-riving here since the war, Constantinople Constanti-nople cannot be called a gay city. The disaster which carried down the Turkish Turk-ish empire has left its mark, and not even the appearance of thousands of strangers, many of them bent on a "big time," can sweep this away. A few movie shows, two or three theaters and the Russian restaurants form the city's night life. An American pays about $7 to $8 a day for a room In a good hotel. A haircut, with tonic, costs 75 cents, and a bottle of beer 65 cents. An automobile automo-bile may be hired for $5 an hour, but nil these prices fail to take Into consideration con-sideration tips, which are abnormally high. Like New York, Chicago, Paris and many of the other large cities of the world Constantinople is now suffering from a "crime wave." Before the war, say the Turks, they could leave their doors open at night without serious risk. Now shootings and robberies occur oc-cur every night. |