Nelson Reed Reports On Tour Of Istanbul Bazaars, Blue Mosque, Turkish Harem
Fremont Foresf Salvage
Timber Sates Totaled
By NELSON' KKEI)
Istanbul, April 19
A short (light over the Afjcan
from Rhodes and we landed at
Athens where ue changed to a
BEA Comet jet and took oft for
Istanbul. Soon we passed over the
Greek island of Lesbos and with
jut enough time to eat dinner
we landed at Istanbul.
Next morning we hired a taxi
to see the city with a Turkish
driver who "spoke also .'he Eng
lish," so he said, though most of
Die lime you'd never guess it.
Now we know why the Turks are
such tough fighters. Anybody who
battles the traffic through Istan
bul's narrow, crooked, torn up
cobblestone streets for a lifetime
is fit to figlit anybody anywhere.
It doesn't scare you like the traf
fic in Japan because you never
get going fast enough to gel
hurt. You ere more afraid you
may starve to death before you
get moving again, tars get jam
Dacked three wide in streets that
pinch out from three cars wide
to two to one, witn cross sircci
traffic barging in to help mcs.
things up. It is truly unbelievable,
and sure immovable. If you knew
how to get there you would be
far better off afoot.
The Turks cannot compare with
tle Greeks for good looks, either
men or women. By our standards
they are small, homely and hard
bitten looking. Neither are they
as friendly as the Greeks. They
seem to be a bit on the surly
side whether they mean to or not.
By and large Istanbul is a shabby
looking city with many old build
ings, few wide streets and very
many narrow poorly paved ones.
It does not have a prosperous ap
pearance. We visited the famous bazaars
for an hour or so which was more
than enough. There are blocks of
them, looking like tunnels rather
than streets as they are roofed
over. On both sides are shops of
fering everything under the sun
from expensive jewelry and Turk
ish rugs to the cheapest kind of
tourist bait.
The shopkeepers grab you and
pull you into their shop, talking
your car off all the lime with a
line of guff about how cheap ev
erything is. They speak the Eng
lish all right and a half dozen
other languages too. Most of them
seemed to us to be Armenian
Jews, though in this city of con
glomerate races It is hard to tell.
Ortainlv none of them ever beard
of the "soft sell." In spite of, or
of. them we escaped prac
tically unscathed, with our hands
lightly clutching our pocketbooks.
Then we visited St. Sofia and
the Blue Mosque, and we knew
w hy we had come to Istanbul. St.
Sofia, now a museum and no long
er used for worship, is one of tlie
most magnificent buildings in the
w orld. It was built at the request
of Emperor Justinian as a Ro
man Christian Church. When the
Turks conquered Constantinople,
as it was then called, St. Sofia be
came Ilagia Sofia, a Turkish
mosque. Only very fine colored
photographs could describe for
you the wonderful colored tile
mosaics in the roof and walls, the
marble pillars, and the plaques
with inscriptions in pure gold on a
black background. It is truly
magnificent.
The "Blue" or Sultan Ahmet
Mosque is even lovelier than St.
Sofia if such a thing is possible.
It was built in 1616 A.D. at the
request of Sultan Ahmet. Four
huge massive marble pillars
which are decorated with blue tile
up to the ceiling support the mid
dle cupola which in turn is cov
ered with blue tile mosaics. Light
streams in through the colored
glass windows with their beauti
fully carved shutters. The chan
cel and the prayer niche are
made of while marble and the in
terior walls are decorated with
blue tile, with gold inscriptions
on a black background on some
as well as on the pillars.
The Blue Mosque is used for
worship today and with services
five times daily. You must Hear
slippers over your shoes when
you enter as the floors are cov
ered with fine turkish rugs, many
of them donated. The men pray in
the oubide ede of the huge room; pamphlet, and like our guide who i ants of the privy chamber, hal
as men must not be distracted leaned on h.s cane as he hobbled berdlrs: coolLi-.confet-lloners' b.ul
while praying by looking at worn- over the cobblestone. e shall
en. Stems to mc dial's the mam lean on the book a bit.
reason we went to church when The palace was built about 1478
1 was young. Vtc were tow tnai ov Sultan Mehmed II. The ton
as many as five thousand could
worship at one time in the Blue
Mosque it is so vast.
To attempt to describe the fabu
lous Topkapi Palace Museum af
ter a two-hour trip through it with
qucror. and was enlarged by sev
eral of his successors. Enclused
by a strong wall with battlements
and towers, for several centuries
it was the seat of government as
well as the sultan's palace. In ad
an old reprobate of a guide, who jdition to the attendants in the
smcllt d like a coat dipped in I harem, some live thousand others
brandy and roared at you in Turk-1 lived in the palace, which includ
ish English, strains the memory ed the gardeners, gatekeepers,
the center and the women around j a bit. So we bought a descriptive I stable grooms, footmen, attend-
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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Thursday, April 33, 1963
lers. bodv guards and veomen No
servant problem in those days if
you were a sultan.
The middle gale of the palace
was called the Gate of Peace,
which struck us a; a rather wry
joke, but at the riht side of the
gate on the wall was the execu
tioner's fountain. The executioner
simply chopped off the heads of
the condemned, placed the beads
in front of the fountain on exam
ple stones, washed his hands and
his sword in the founiain and
called it a day. Want to bet that
some nights he didn't dream that
he might displease the sultan
with his work and end up on the
other end of the deal?
We will skip the various other
quarters of the palace aiid get
quickly to the harem for we know
that is what you all have been
waiting for. Harem is an Arabic
word meaning sacred place. It
was applied to apartments re
served for women in private
homes as well as palaces.
For a while the sultans married
ladies of rank whose sons could
become sultans someday, but evi
dently they later got bored with
them and widened their field of
endeavor. As the w ives multiplied
so did the intrigues, rivalries and
crimes. This should surprise no
one who has had too many fe-
Lmale relatives around. The gals
in the old harems played for keens
and many young princes were put
to death to help tlie chances of
another's son to become sultan.
The harem had a section for
the black eunuchs whose chief
was called master of the maids,
and their duty was to keep order
in the harem, we doubt it any
body envied them. The highest
rank in the harem was the empress-mother,
next came the six
imperial spouses, who ranked ac
cording to seniority, then the five
favorites, and alter them the oda
lisks. whoever they were. The
book didn't say and it doesn't real
ly matter for we doubt very much sultan ever got that far down on
if even the most goatlike old j his list
Tire Theft Told Police
Klamath Falls police Tuesday curred sometime during the past
,w,,.t ,h fh.fi. nf lire and I weekend. She told police she had
"I"-- i,a .
wheel valued at $98 and change
from a meter collection box on
North Eighth Street between Main
and Pine streets.
.Mrs. Madalen Prcck, Alpha
Apartments, told police a tire and
wheel were taken from her car
while the vehicle was parked at
the Esquire Theatre Parking Lot.
She said the theft probably oc-
no idea who might have stolen
the wheel.
A city employe reported to po
lice that a meter collection box
was broken into Tuesday and a
few dollars in change was taken.
The damage to the box was esti.
mated at $18.
Police said a sledge hammer
o" crowbar probably was used to
break into the coin box.
LAKEVIEW Twenty two mil-j
lion board feet of salvage timber
has been sold on Hie Fremont
Forest as of March 1. according
lo a report of Jack Usher, timber
management officer. An addition
al eight million board feet is be
ing appraised and will be offered
for sale prior to June 30. By
March 1 tliere were approximate
ly 10 million board feet cut and
processed.
The blowdown problem was not
serious during the windstorms
which occurred after the Colum
bus Day storm, but probably
about four million feet went down.
Of this, two million will be sal-
vable. Some trees left stand
ing in the first blow were weak
ened to the point that many of
them toppled about March 27.
These salvage sale figures will
be spread over a five-year peri
od in deducting them from the
allowable cut.
In the regular timber sale pro
gram for this year, there will
be approximately 100 m i 1 1 io n
board feet offered throughout the
Fremont in both the Lake and
Klamath working circles. Ten
sales are now being appraised to
be offered by June 1.
The dry weather of the w inter
months was an advantage in get
ting the blowdown timber cut.
Usher said.
Gazelle Hit-Run Death Car Checked
GAZELLE A new develop-1 vclopmcnt have been distributed
ment in the Feb. 27 hit and run to all police agencies on 'he
case near Gazelle, which resulted
in the death of 2 year-old Shatiene!MffA Ja1
1 T I " W - "
Hammond, was announced Tues
day by Capt. C. J. McAlistcr.
California Highway Patrol ollicc1
in Yrcka.
M"Alister said the car suspect
ed of bring the hit and run ve
hicle has now been positively iden
tified as a 1961 Buick, one of the
larger models. Work carried on
by the Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation in its Washington. DC.
laboratory has ascertained the
car was a Buick rather than an
American Motors product as first
suspected, he added.
Fliers concerning the new dc-
Tlic Broadway Theater League
of Medford announces the cancel
lation of the fourth and final
siage play of the current season
which was scheduled for pres
entation at the Holly Tlieater on
Saturday, April 27.
The announcement was made
after Judith Anderson, star of
the production, withdrew from the
tour because of ill health.
Ticket holders are asked to
watch for announcement of a re
placement play in the near future.
West Coast as well as all Buick
garages and service stations. The
parts tound at I lie scene ot the
incident have been identified, and
the fliers contain detailed infor
mation as to what should be
watched for on Buiiks of the llttil
model series.
A citizen's committee in Gazelle
has posted a $1,000 reward for in
formation leading to the arrest
and conviction of the car's driver.
Payment of the reward will be
subject lo the final decision of
the committee.
Any information concerning the
investigation should be reported to
local law enforcement agencies or
the CHP office at Yrcka, phone
842-2716.
Dunsmuir High School
Budget Gets Approval
DUN'SMUIM A preliminary
budget of $178,913 was adopted
by the board of trustees of the
Dunsmuir Joint Union High
School at the April meeting.
This is slightly higlier than last
year's budget of $176,850. Salary
increments account for a rise to
$166,413 in operational expenses
as compared with $112,715 last
year, according to Delwin Poe.
superintendent. Capital outlay was
curtailed in the preliminary
budget to offset the rise in op
erational expenses.
Tin" board also approved a
slightly higher maximum salary
Mother Ignores Girl;
Cuddles Little Boy
for credentialed teachers with up
to 10 years of experience and for
those having a ma-teis degree
plus experience. The new sched
ule provides for maximum sal
aries of $7,708 and $7,990 fur Duns
muir High School faculty mem
bers in these brackets.
The school calendar for the
1963-64 school year was approved.
It calls for school to start Sept.
3, dismiss for Christmas vaca
tion Dec. 20, reconvene Jan. 5.
and close June 5. The week pre
ceding Easter will be spring vacation.
By ANN LANDERS
Dear Ann Landers: I cannot dis
cuss this problem with anyone
else because I'm ashamed to ad
mit the situation
exists.
We have a 2-year-old
boy and
a 4-month old
daughter. My
wife adores the
boy and keeps
him immacu
late. She is al
him or plaving
with him. She brags about him
to friends and relatives and it's
I ways cuddling
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My wife ignores our little girl
completely. The child is often ly
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Dear Ann Landers: I know you
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seven out of 10 boys between 16
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involved in a major accident.
Only two out of 10 old gaffers had
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WITH 'NO WRECK .
Dear No Wrecks You drive a
lot better than you read. dad. I
made It clear the "Old Gaffer"
letters were expressions from
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Dear Ann Landers: I am 18 and
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Wally is 36 but looks and acts
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me and I'm sure I love him. He,
is not a blood relative, but an
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Mv aunt is a pleasant person
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won't cook or keep house.
1 know Uncle Wally and I could
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