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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  Solita 
  Solano 
  

  

  A 
  FOUNTAIN 
  BEARING 
  THF) 
  MONOGRAMS 
  OF 
  WILLIAM 
  II 
  

   AND 
  ABDUL 
  HAMID 
  

  

  Tn 
  the 
  ancient 
  Hippodrome, 
  where 
  the 
  obelisk 
  of 
  Theodosius 
  

   and 
  the 
  serpent 
  of 
  Delphi 
  reveal 
  Constantinople's 
  contact 
  with 
  

   the 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  world 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  shadow 
  of 
  Justin- 
  

   ian's 
  church, 
  made 
  a 
  mosque 
  by 
  Mohammed 
  II, 
  there 
  is 
  this 
  foun- 
  

   tain, 
  which 
  the 
  ex-Kaiser 
  gave 
  to 
  Abdul 
  Hamid 
  II 
  and 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  monograms 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  friends 
  appear 
  together. 
  

  

  are 
  now 
  in 
  Venice 
  over 
  the 
  portals 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Mark's, 
  and 
  images 
  of 
  gods, 
  heroes, 
  and 
  

   empresses. 
  

  

  Now 
  all 
  but 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  monuments 
  

   are 
  gone 
  from 
  this 
  shrunken 
  space 
  — 
  the 
  

   Obelisk 
  of 
  Theodosius, 
  the 
  brass 
  Ser- 
  

   pent's 
  Column, 
  and 
  the 
  Built 
  Column. 
  A 
  

   religious 
  class 
  of 
  haHzes, 
  boys 
  of 
  ten 
  and 
  

   old 
  men 
  of 
  seventy, 
  walk 
  along 
  without 
  a 
  

   glance 
  at 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  hu- 
  

   man 
  monuments 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  (see 
  p. 
  666) 
  . 
  

  

  Crossing 
  the 
  Hippodrome 
  is 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  

  

  boy 
  students 
  in 
  long 
  coats. 
  

   Fruit-venders 
  stand 
  mo- 
  

   tionless. 
  There 
  is 
  noth- 
  

   ing 
  so 
  devoid 
  of 
  life 
  as 
  a 
  

   Turkish 
  gathering 
  place. 
  

   Even 
  the 
  children 
  are 
  as 
  

   inactive 
  as 
  tortoises, 
  and 
  

   do 
  not 
  know 
  how 
  to 
  play 
  

   with 
  hoops, 
  balls, 
  or 
  tops. 
  

   Here 
  and 
  there 
  a 
  child 
  is 
  

   digging 
  out 
  mud 
  from 
  

   between 
  the 
  cobblestones, 
  

   scarcely 
  moving 
  when 
  a 
  

   motor 
  filled 
  with 
  Allied 
  

   officers 
  rushes 
  past. 
  

  

  Nothing 
  happens 
  for 
  

   perhaps 
  ten 
  minutes. 
  

   Then 
  some 
  European 
  

   women 
  drive 
  slowly 
  by, 
  

   almost 
  colliding 
  with 
  a 
  

   small 
  motor 
  car 
  of 
  relief 
  

   workers 
  that 
  has 
  just 
  

   turned 
  the 
  corner. 
  A 
  

   landau 
  from 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   embassy 
  passes. 
  (The 
  

   front 
  of 
  the 
  embassy 
  was 
  

   painted 
  recently 
  in 
  honor 
  

   of 
  the 
  visit 
  of 
  the 
  heir 
  

   apparent.) 
  Its 
  occupant 
  

   is 
  dozing. 
  A 
  cart 
  full 
  of 
  

   refugees, 
  seeking 
  a 
  shel- 
  

   ter, 
  jolts 
  along, 
  loaded 
  

   with 
  children 
  and 
  bun- 
  

   dles. 
  

  

  Later 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon 
  

   there 
  are 
  several 
  arrivals 
  

   at 
  the 
  square. 
  A 
  Red 
  

   Cross 
  nurse 
  points 
  out 
  to 
  

   a 
  newly 
  arrived 
  friend 
  

   the 
  fountain 
  which 
  Em- 
  

   peror 
  William 
  gave 
  to 
  

   the 
  Sultan 
  fifteen 
  years 
  

   ago. 
  

  

  A 
  Turk 
  with 
  bolts 
  of 
  

   cloth 
  over 
  his 
  shoulder 
  

   tries 
  to 
  sell 
  suiting 
  to 
  every 
  man 
  he 
  en- 
  

   counters. 
  Donkeys 
  come 
  in 
  sight, 
  carry- 
  

   ing 
  vegetables. 
  A 
  water-seller, 
  with 
  a 
  

   brass 
  samovar 
  on 
  his 
  back 
  and 
  a 
  girdle 
  

   of 
  glasses 
  about 
  his 
  waist, 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  

   some 
  boys, 
  who 
  try 
  to 
  emulate 
  him 
  by 
  

   carrying 
  porous 
  water- 
  jugs 
  and 
  one 
  dirty 
  

   cup. 
  Some 
  Russians 
  stand 
  disconsolate, 
  

   with 
  trays 
  of 
  cakes, 
  dusty 
  from 
  their 
  all- 
  

   day 
  exposure. 
  

  

  To 
  enter 
  the 
  gates 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  Seraglio 
  

   behind 
  Sancta 
  Sophia 
  is 
  to 
  court 
  disap- 
  

  

  

  