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  VOLUNTEER 
  FIREMEN 
  OF 
  CONSTANTINOPLE 
  

  

  They 
  help 
  to 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  blaze, 
  but 
  they 
  also 
  fill 
  their 
  pockets 
  with 
  any 
  small 
  objects 
  

   that 
  take 
  their 
  fancy, 
  and 
  bargain 
  first 
  with 
  the 
  inmates 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  while 
  the 
  fire 
  is 
  gaining 
  

   force 
  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  661). 
  

  

  Photographs 
  from 
  Solita 
  Solano 
  

  

  WHERE 
  CEREMONIAL 
  WINE 
  WAS 
  DISPLACED 
  BY 
  CEREMONIAL 
  WATER 
  

  

  The 
  Yeni 
  Valideh 
  Djami 
  in 
  Galata 
  occupies 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  a 
  church 
  to 
  St. 
  Francis, 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  use 
  and 
  trading 
  in 
  wine 
  so 
  offended 
  the 
  abstemious 
  Moslems 
  that 
  they 
  burned 
  down 
  

   the 
  edifice. 
  The 
  present 
  structure 
  was 
  erected 
  in 
  1697 
  by 
  a 
  Cretan 
  lady 
  who 
  was 
  the 
  Sultana 
  

   of 
  Mohammed 
  IV. 
  

  

  