| Show F FUNERAL UNE RAL OF TURKISH PRINCE the foll following ving account of the funeral cortege of the turkish sli crown prince I 1 Is s given by alexander grody who saw the ceremony on the cohered coffin in which the body pf af jussif 1 geddin the crown prince of turkey who had bad killed hilled z himself in n hla his harem was car carriea to the graye grave lay its his fez or alabag kal bag in dokea token of pis his military career the coffin wasA was made of wood for metal is too toa ree eyen even for a prince anait and it kas was borne by bv the eunuchs of the royal household had been kind to his servants although stern with their peers jeers A gigantic neg ro with the eyes of 0 faithful liouns und constantly smoothed the red cloth lest a might disho northe seel seemliness of the occasion and lie lid kept constant watch on the ers the burly negro eunuchs MuCh were as on one e in their heir grief following I 1 ol 01 I 1 owing them ware were tb ohp cha chamber chaber ber alna had and grintz eafanti of the h household ouse hold with red fed cabs caps on heads 4 the coffin N was as gently laid hild on the mus alft basay i prayer stone fragments of an old freeti column lating back io the doys days of the victorious emperors holy prayer was chanted bissa niah errah man ann elhami tel ye labi ul 61 aleman fin in the tiam lame of god the merc merciful lul and gracious then the he holy boly men approached dervis dervishes of all ranks and the monks who impose punishment ashment on themselves vei camp osin 9 camels hair bussies busbies s two feet high on their heads 1 the fanatical bongos heartrending th green cloth about ie hea d 1 of Gf some jag cates that they haw have arrived dt at sainthood through a visit to the tomb of the prophet at mecca after the dervishes came the members of union and progress the young turks in parisian dress some of the fac facci e were milk white now and then 4 one saw a gray head among them in the eyes of the he dervishes burned burnad the of ho past in ili th the young turks that of the future which one i Is s approaching his last hour in t the e ozman lands the hend of a more inore conservative turk came in afew bew tant of the new heir to the sultans throne Valid eddin of persian type long narrow nosed features resembling abdul Ila ocemay one may only aprily conjecture con concerning concertin cernin this representative sent senta tive of royalty grown up in the shade of the in cod constant stant companionship of omen women of the orient naho ho never neer divulge anything about their lords lord sand and masters masl erb the now new crown prince Is hotl ong age behind him rode pr prince ince me daid ag aged 1 I an and worn in fact the whole royal daml family I 1 y has I 1 left ft youth behind A group of arabs came next the rays of the cold spring sunlight threw pale gold over the fancy costumes of these men inen of df thed the desert eiert A prominent mer merchant elfant whispered they are the arabs 0 of f the faith yet they do not obey allah because he Is mer merciful c ifal but because they fear him blin and not without reason I 1 fear that illint we cannot trust them in this holy war at least some of them they value money too highly hughly especially silver gilver although they haye rio no contempt tor gold jolda new york yoris herald herald |
