﻿CONSTANTINOPLE 
  TODAY 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  ter 
  burned; 
  in 
  191 
  2 
  an 
  im- 
  

   mense 
  area 
  between 
  Sancta 
  

   Sophia 
  and 
  the 
  Marmora 
  was 
  

   consumed. 
  The 
  fire 
  of 
  June, 
  

   1918, 
  burned 
  8,000 
  buildings, 
  

   clearing 
  a 
  space 
  from 
  the 
  

   Golden 
  Horn 
  through 
  the 
  cen- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  These 
  fires 
  

   are 
  enormously 
  destructive 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  of 
  the 
  narrow 
  streets, 
  

   wooden 
  houses, 
  and 
  volunteer 
  

   firemen 
  who 
  go 
  to 
  answer 
  the 
  

   call 
  on 
  foot, 
  carrying 
  a 
  pump 
  

   on 
  their 
  shoulders. 
  

  

  FIGHTING 
  FIR£ 
  IN 
  CONSTANTI- 
  

   NOPLE 
  

  

  The 
  firemen 
  of 
  Constanti- 
  

   nople 
  are 
  worth 
  a 
  story 
  in 
  

   themselves. 
  Unpaid 
  for 
  their 
  

   services, 
  they 
  reason 
  like 
  this: 
  

  

  "If 
  we 
  don't 
  go 
  to 
  this 
  fire, 
  

   the 
  owner 
  will 
  lose 
  all 
  his 
  be- 
  

   longings. 
  If 
  we 
  go 
  and 
  take 
  

   some 
  of 
  them 
  home 
  with 
  us 
  

   and 
  leave 
  some 
  to 
  him, 
  is 
  he 
  

   not 
  better 
  off 
  than 
  if 
  we 
  hadn't 
  

   come 
  at 
  all? 
  We 
  give 
  our 
  

   services 
  free 
  of 
  charge 
  ; 
  the 
  

   owner 
  must 
  give 
  us 
  bakshish 
  

   if 
  he 
  wants 
  us 
  to 
  risk 
  our 
  lives 
  

   for 
  him. 
  

  

  "We 
  get 
  to 
  the 
  fire 
  as 
  quickly 
  

   as 
  we 
  can 
  run, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  owner 
  

   does 
  not 
  consent 
  to 
  give 
  us 
  

   money 
  at 
  once, 
  so 
  we 
  can 
  get 
  

   to 
  work, 
  the 
  fire 
  will 
  gain 
  

   headway 
  ; 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  our 
  fault, 
  

   but 
  his." 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  a 
  cause 
  for 
  grief 
  and 
  

   accusations 
  of 
  injustice 
  when 
  

   the 
  British 
  installed 
  their 
  own 
  

   fire 
  system 
  in 
  Pera. 
  By 
  the 
  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  Solita 
  Solano 
  

   WHFRF 
  A 
  PORTFR 
  EARNS 
  HIS 
  NAME 
  

  

  The 
  hamal 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  the 
  Arabs 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  human 
  camel. 
  

   Not 
  only 
  do 
  the 
  names 
  sound 
  alike, 
  but 
  each, 
  if 
  a 
  heavy 
  

   load 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  carried, 
  must 
  be 
  loaded 
  by 
  other 
  workers, 
  

   and 
  each, 
  once 
  loaded, 
  can 
  carry 
  his 
  burden 
  for 
  incredible 
  

   distances. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  human 
  express-wagons, 
  if 
  asked 
  

   to 
  carry 
  a 
  much 
  smaller 
  burden 
  in 
  his 
  hands 
  or 
  under 
  his 
  

   arm, 
  will 
  shrink 
  from 
  the 
  effort. 
  

   time 
  the 
  Turks 
  come 
  panting 
  

   down 
  the 
  street 
  to 
  bargain, 
  the 
  British 
  ers, 
  who 
  add 
  30 
  per 
  cent 
  to 
  the 
  popula- 
  

   have 
  the 
  fire 
  out 
  and 
  are 
  driving 
  away. 
  tion, 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  estimated 
  fig- 
  

  

  ures, 
  now 
  totals 
  2,2^0,000. 
  

   most 
  expensive 
  city 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  This 
  over 
  crowded 
  condition 
  will 
  grow 
  

  

  The 
  publisher 
  of 
  The 
  Orient, 
  the 
  only 
  worse 
  until 
  some 
  one 
  starts 
  to 
  rebuild 
  the 
  

  

  American 
  newspaper 
  in 
  Stambottl, 
  says 
  ruined 
  areas. 
  As 
  Stamboul 
  has 
  stood 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  fires 
  have 
  caused 
  the 
  housing 
  since 
  300 
  B. 
  C, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  crime 
  

  

  situation 
  to 
  become 
  acute 
  and 
  the 
  rents 
  against 
  science 
  to 
  rebuild 
  without 
  scien- 
  

  

  to 
  mount 
  enormously. 
  In 
  fact, 
  it 
  costs 
  tific 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  digging 
  and 
  a 
  sys- 
  

  

  more 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  Constantinople 
  today 
  than 
  tematic 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  by 
  arche- 
  

  

  in 
  any 
  other 
  city 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  not 
  except- 
  ologists. 
  

  

  ing 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  city 
  is 
  especially 
  The 
  fourth 
  important 
  change 
  affecting 
  

  

  crowded 
  now 
  with 
  refugees 
  and 
  foreign- 
  the 
  city 
  is 
  the 
  influx 
  of 
  American 
  goods, 
  

  

  