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HAREMS OP CONSTANTINOPLE 



Not many Americans have seen the quaint, narrow streets of the residence section of 

 the Turkish capital. The photograph presents an every-day scene. The street leads from 

 St. Sophia's Mosque to the Bosphorus, and each house shown has its harem. At the bay 

 windows on the fronts of the houses the odalisques stand and gaze into the street at 

 passers-by. The lattices effectually prevent any person on the outside from seeing the in- 

 mates. The ever-present American oil-cans in the Near and Far East are to be seen in the 

 right foreground. It is also interesting to note that a touch of appetite makes Turkish youth 

 and Southern darky kin — observe the gusto with which these Mohammedan boys are attack- 

 ing slices of melon. 



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