Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1901 — Tales of the Terrible Turk. [ARTICLE]

Tales of the Terrible Turk.

The Sultan of Turkey rises at 6, and after devoting the whole morning to work with his secretaries, breakfasts at noon. After this he takes a drive or a row on the lake in his vast park. At 8 he dines, and amuses himself during the evening with his family, listening while his daughter plays on the piano. He is extremely fond of music. The sultan dresses like an Englishman, but invariably in a frock coat, the breast of which, on great occasions, is richly embroidered and blazing with decorations. There are over 400 cooks and scullions employed in the imperial palace.