TURKEY

In the full glory of ancient pomp Caliph Abdul Medjid crossed the Bosporus in a fourteen-oared caique painted with a frieze of flowers and arabesques, its carved gilt prow sur- mounted by a silver image of a strange bird. The occasion was the first Selamlik--official service at a mosque--held in Scutari (opposite Constantinople) by the Caliph.

The steersman and oarsmen, complete in their long baggy breeches, were clad in white with the exception of a black waistcoat. At the rear of the resplendent boat the Caliph flew for the first time his personal standard, a green flag with a white star and crescent on a scarlet center, from which spread a number of white rays.

No woman, not even Mustapha Kemal's spouse, is tolerated at a Selamlik.