Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-19 | Page 25 | Fez Disappears When Turkish Power Wanes

FEZ DISAPPEARS WHEN TURKISH POWER WANES CONSTANTINOPLE Sept. 1S. With the crumbling of Turkish authority au-thority and Influence, the fes, the badge which all Turkish subjects. Christians, Jews and Turks alike, are supposed to wenr. is rapidly disappearing disap-pearing Although the Moslems still wear their fczzes In the streets, they no longer cling to them slavishly Indoors. In-doors. Soon the Turks may b wearing wear-ing hats with brims in Constantinople Moslems In other parts of Turkey insist in-sist the Mohammedans in the capital lost their religion long ago through their desire to Imitate the Infidels. As all heads must remain covered In the mosques and It is quite Impossible Impossi-ble to touch one s- forehead to a prajer rug while wearing a hat with brim, the fez Is Indispensable to the faithful faith-ful Moslem who prays dally to Mecca Even military and naval officers must wear visor less caps. The fez still prevails in Anatolian cities. In fact It Is unsafe for foreigners foreign-ers to wear a hat in many of them unless un-less he desires to attract a crowd of hooting small boys and run the risk of starting a riot. Oamnn Agha. the terrorist governor of Kerrass-undc, re ccntly checked the tendency of non-Moslems non-Moslems In that city to get away from old customs. An Armenian who had Just returned from Russia walked along the main litreet of the little city wearing a sliff-brimmed sliff-brimmed straw hat It was worse than wearing a straw hat on the New York slock exchange after the season has passed Osman Agha grabbed the hat from the Armenian's head, slashed the crown from the rim with be 1 1 r jammed the crown down on the Armenian's Ar-menian's head, hitting it a heavj blow with the sabre and warning the unfortunate un-fortunate chap never again to sppet i In Kerrass-unde in such unholy headgear head-gear unless he wanted to go lo Jail.