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  © 
  Newman, 
  from 
  Pul 
  

   A 
  FRUIT-VENDER 
  OF 
  STAMBOUL 
  

  

  Pera 
  has 
  its 
  smart 
  shops, 
  where 
  choice 
  vegetables 
  and 
  fruits 
  can 
  he 
  bought 
  by 
  the 
  one- 
  

   price 
  system 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  Stamboul, 
  in 
  the 
  open-air 
  markets, 
  bargaining 
  is 
  the 
  rule, 
  where 
  a 
  smile 
  

   counts 
  for 
  many 
  a 
  para 
  and 
  where 
  patience 
  is 
  better 
  than 
  bluster. 
  

  

  caused 
  by 
  lack 
  of 
  food 
  and 
  other 
  supplies 
  

   in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Levant. 
  

  

  Before 
  the 
  war, 
  American 
  sewing-ma- 
  

   chines 
  and 
  petroleum 
  were 
  practically 
  the 
  

   only 
  importations. 
  Other 
  goods 
  were 
  little 
  

   known, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  American 
  cargo 
  ves- 
  

   sel 
  steamed 
  into 
  the 
  harbor 
  in 
  19 
  19. 
  Now 
  

   all 
  kinds 
  of 
  flour, 
  canned 
  milk, 
  fruits, 
  

   cloth, 
  hardware, 
  and 
  shoes 
  from 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  are 
  bought 
  and 
  admired 
  by 
  

   Turks 
  and 
  Europeans, 
  too. 
  

  

  WHEN 
  AMERICA 
  CAME 
  TO 
  TURKEY 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  American 
  activities 
  in 
  

   Turkey 
  is 
  brief 
  and 
  was 
  foreshadowed 
  

   by 
  the 
  American 
  missionaries, 
  who 
  worked 
  

   their 
  way 
  eastward 
  from 
  their 
  first 
  base, 
  

   Malta, 
  to 
  Smyrna, 
  Jerusalem, 
  Alexandria, 
  

   and 
  Beirut. 
  About 
  1819 
  they 
  also 
  went 
  

   to 
  Constantinople 
  and 
  through 
  Asia 
  

   Minor 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Persia. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  '6o's 
  the 
  foundations 
  were 
  laid 
  

   for 
  Robert 
  College 
  and 
  the 
  Syrian 
  Prot- 
  

   estant 
  College. 
  These 
  institutions 
  (with 
  

   the 
  American 
  College 
  for 
  Girls, 
  founded 
  

   in 
  1871) 
  are 
  the 
  greatest 
  monuments 
  of 
  

  

  American 
  philanthropy 
  in 
  the 
  Near 
  East. 
  

   The 
  Stars 
  and 
  Stripes 
  were 
  first 
  seen 
  

   in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Constantinople 
  in 
  1800, 
  

   when 
  the 
  Bey 
  of 
  Algiers 
  forced 
  Captain 
  

   Bainbridge 
  to 
  sail 
  there 
  in 
  his 
  frigate, 
  

   the 
  George 
  Washington, 
  bearing 
  presents 
  

   and 
  messages 
  to 
  the 
  Sultan. 
  Today 
  the 
  

   American 
  Trade 
  Commission, 
  the 
  Stand- 
  

   ard 
  Oil, 
  the 
  American 
  Trade 
  Corporation, 
  

   the 
  Chamber 
  of 
  Commerce 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Shipping 
  Board, 
  the 
  

   American 
  Hospital, 
  the 
  Sailors' 
  Club, 
  the 
  

   Y. 
  M. 
  C. 
  A., 
  the 
  American 
  Bible 
  Society, 
  

   and 
  many 
  business 
  firms 
  are 
  established 
  

   here, 
  and 
  America 
  is 
  greatly 
  beloved 
  and 
  

   respected 
  for 
  her 
  works 
  of 
  charity. 
  

  

  THE 
  WAELS 
  OF 
  BYZANTIUM 
  STILL 
  STAND 
  

  

  The 
  walls 
  that 
  inclosed 
  Byzantium 
  and 
  

   saved 
  civilization 
  for 
  a 
  thousand 
  years 
  

   are 
  still 
  standing, 
  and 
  constitute, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  Sancta 
  Sophia, 
  the 
  most 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  historical 
  monument 
  in 
  Turkey. 
  

  

  The 
  impression 
  produced 
  by 
  these 
  bat- 
  

   tered 
  and 
  lonely 
  ruins 
  is 
  ineradicable. 
  

   The 
  lines 
  of 
  walls 
  and 
  towers 
  still 
  stretch 
  

  

  