Word: sultans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yalemen, sons of a missionary named Dwight, had the idea first. They interested a rich New York merchant named Christopher Rhinelander Robert, who in turn interested an oldtime U. S.' missionary in Turkey named Cyrus Hamlin. Merchant & missionary failed, however, to interest His Imperial Majesty Sultan Abdul Aziz of Turkey. Then one fine day an imposing U. S. man-of-war steamed up the Bosporus with Admiral David Farragut aboard, for a courtesy call on the Sultan. His Imperial Majesty hastily reversed himself, handed the U. S. Legation a gracious iradé (permit) to build. Hence it happened that...
Attempts made to secure the services of Babe Ruth and Rabbit Maranville, he of the marsupial catch, but came to naught, inasmuch as the Sultan of Swat and his midget teammate must be tucked in early these nights...
...entrance of the harem he was welcomed by the Sultan's mother. Then he passed slowly between bejeweled rows of women, a man who cared little for the revelation of women's beauty. . . . His impenetrable majesty forbade any redeeming contact...
...Sultan passed on to visit his princesses and favorites in their private apartments. If one of their slave girls chanced to please him, tradition required that he should seem to notice nothing-indeed it would have been highly improper to show any sign of a new attachment in the presence of a reigning favorite. Every mood had to be controlled in the harem. The chief slave girl was the go-between and she informed the lucky girl of the honor that awaited her. ... A new career was opened to her. ... In other ways, too, it was a momentous time. Only...
...Modesty has always been supposed to add zest to a wooer's conquest . . . but the Sultan was too mighty to fight for his prize. . . . The slave maiden was allowed a scanty choice of fascinating devices. However beautiful she might be, the three silent obeisances that she made as she entered the bridal chamber could not bewitch the master's senses by their eloquence- for the most part he did not notice them, for he was already...