Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-31 | Page 35 | Yanks Homesick in Turk Capital

YANKS HOMESICK IN TURK CAPITAL W( CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct 30. PL' Americans In Constantinople are find ing life dull, uninteresting and old BR of diversion of entcrlainment .They Bfc have found to their disappointment H that the Turkish capital ha no theatre j HB no amusement centers, no seashore re- B sorts, few moving picture houses anil : B . only one or two good restaurants Tho BjHf only places remotely resembling the- B'; trcs are a few cheap cabaret halls ! Bo which attract sailors, soldiers und wan- B , derers of all nations, but never the m Turk The Turk finds his diversion B v n tn coffee houses I There is little night life in Constantl- - . pie. After 10 o'clock the Citj Is as BJ jij " - still as a New England village on a Jif Sabbath morning. Only the habitues Ira of the coffee houses or the cabaret and BJj beer halls are seen. Although pro- H I hlbition Is unknown refreshments at jj these local amusement places come 1 If high. Whiskey is $130 a glass, and 7 BJj per cent beer 90 cents. BARN FOR DOME HI Americans In the city amu?e them-' BJI , '; I selves by occasional dances, fa par- BJ1 tics and week-end trips on tho Bos- j 81 poru.s N'oi man., uf tln.ni enjoy cntro h to the Turkish hornet. A three months' BJI tay In the city usually Is enough to HT make them yearn for home. There I BJI arc now a considerable number ofj BJi them here, most of them being con nected with American reliei organiza BJ, tiont or commercial firms ly Although halng a population of I Ul nearly 1.000.000. Constantinople has' no Ui.vicabs. few automobiles, and only a single trolley line. Everybody walks! $R or rides In the dilapidated horse-' drawn carriages or nondescript street cars People liing In the suburbs crowd to suffocation the ferryboats plying the Bosporus and the Golden j Horn Tlie lone trolley line runs along the main street and suspends opera-J !;0 tlons as often a the cltj runs out of BV oal, which Is frequent ; CIT Ol. BABEL The Turkish metropolis has only one BJ I or two good hotels Here the mcr- IR I chants, political agents and commer- iU clal lraelcrs of the world gather o( isu discuss their affairs The informers. BJ and spies of the Orient mingle among! Bj them and carry on their Intrigues. BJ Nowhere arc there so many strange i or suspicious looking characters Kich-Jv Kich-Jv dressed women fiom Occident -nd I Orient bejecled and painied ,fre- qnent the cafes and lounging rooms' 1 and carry on open flirtations with the ; I guests. I Constantinople haj been well de- E scribed as a city, not of one nation I- but of many. The American visitor! l linds here an ainzlng diversity of races' R naliunulities, languages and conflicting! W laiths There Is no cohesion of society. ! i no civic unity Only .Salumki cr Poit 'H Said can rival the Turkish city for It I cosmopoliunism and its habel of I I I tone : I 1 -I OO I'