Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06
NE Great Nan of Modern Greece.


Christian Union: I called upon DR.. |
Henry Schliemann at his aristOcratic |
marble palace, in which the discOverer
of the ruins of Troy is more sumpt-
nously lodged than were the Grecian
kings who conquered that city. The
top of the superb pile is crowned by
statues of the poets, philosophers and
statesmen of ancient Greece. The
front door was opened by a Greek ser
want who spoke French very we'll.
Sending up my card, which contained
nv American address, I was shown
into one of the most beautiful libraries
in world The walls were adorned by
exquisite paintings, the scenes of which
were chiefly taken from .Grecian his
tory. while marble statues of marvellous
| loneliness stood in each corner Of the
apartment The elegant bookcases
were surmounted by highly finished
busts of Homer, Plato, Aristotle, and
other celebrated Grecian poets and
! philosophers. DR.. Schliemann is a
German by birth, but Greece is the
! home Of his adoption. In fact, so
thorough a Grecian has he become
that he has chosen the language
of ancient Greece for the language
of his house, and has given all his ser
wants classic names. His butler is
called PelOps, and his cook JOcasee.
| The doctor married a Greek lady, who
possesses a remarkable degree that
wonderous beauty of face and figure,
which in ancient times inspired the
genius whose beautiful marble goddess
ses have been the admiration and des-
pair of all succeeding ages. Beauty Is
hereditary in Greece. Nine. Schlie-
mann is the daughter of an Anthenian
| shOp keeper, but she has ali the grace
| and bearing of a born queen. And.
, what is rare among her cOuntrymen OF
the present day, she possesses intellec
tual gifts of a high order. Her nus
, band always finds in her a cOngenia
companion and a sympathetic friend.
They have two children, and, accord
{ ing to the classic tastes OF the father
the boy bears the name of AgamemnOn
= and the girl is called AndrOmache
% The latter is seventeen years old, anC
8 is so exuuisitelv beautiful that as sh
+ glided across the marble hall l fancieC
o one of the graces had escaped from he
6 marble Imprisonment, and, like Pyg
g malion's statue of ivory, had assumed
a the human form.
Notwithstanding DR.. Schliemann'
4 classic tastes and surroundings he
;. very Justly proud of being a citizen O
a the United States He was a resIden
n of California when that state was ad
mitted into the union, and thus becam
?. citizen of the great republic Hi
q love of Greece and her antiquities con
|. menced when he was a school boy b
o reading HOmer's stirring account {
Grecian herOism at Troy. AT the ag
% of fifteen ne was placed In a cOuntln
r room In Germany, where he WOrke
AZ hard for a small salary, but manage
N to save money enough to buy books
is which he read in moments snatche
N from sleep In this way he mastere
e Greek. As a clerk he was just the II
is verse of HOgarth's idle apprentice, an
his industry was rewarded by prom,
ic ton and increase of salary, and IN I'll
IS course of time he became a partner
Or an indigo house. Having made a 70
ar tune in trade he retired from bushes
q. and determined to carry ont his II
OF long intention Of eXcavating the run
a | of Troy. employing 300 men IN ii
ne work. His success has not only give
ne him a splendid reputation, but h
he greatly increased his forum
The articles found in the rui
H. have proved of immense vail
or to the historian and the arch9olOgis
V. and have been sold for great sums
n the great Libraries and museums of t.
10. world. DR.. Schliemann's income
he $50. 600 a year, and he spends 1t WI
ew princelv liberality He is the leader
no Athenian society, and entertains WI
se royal magnificence. But, beyond
this. there is classical aroma abO
, a the whole establishment which
5er specially charming to ali who are
al terested in Grecian history and lite,
ese ture.
ed DR.. SchHemann is sixty-eight Vel
en- old. but he has all the mental a
IN physical activity of a man of fifty. L
nd features are of a marked Grecian tyl
en- Judging from my own experience, he
he very polite to Americans visit
cen | Athens. The day after I called uE
ici- him he sent me an invitation to
r a ceptiOn at his palace. Nine Sch
mann was a most graceful and graclt
as hostess. The evening closed witt
lot, dance.
~. 70 A deficiency OF $50, 600 has been
ght covered in the Willimantic, Con