The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-01
The Herald Correspondent Chats
With King GeOrgiOs |.
HIS HOME LIFE AT THE PALACE
His Interview With Some Rustic Americans
The Queens knowledge Of American
Literature King Well Posted

minister, and it took place at l o'clock this
afternoon. The palace of the king is on
the highest part of the Athens of to-day.
It is a great barracks-lille building oil three
stories, covering perhaps two acres oil
ground, and facing the great square known
as the Place De La Constitution. It's ma
terial is pentelic marble, the same as thaI
from which the old Greeks made their
statues, and out of which the Parthenon
was cut. This marble has turned through
age to a cream yellow, and the palace ap-
pears almost as old as do the tall pillars Of
the temple of Jupiter, which look up at 1t
from the valley below. Behind and on
both sides of the palace there IS large
sarden-like park, the trees OF WhlcI are
covered with rose vines, and from which
the sweet perfume of orange flowers IS
continually waited into the windows OF
the palace This garden covers many
acres. 1t has
ROMANTIC WALKS AND SHADY GLENs,
and there is a pond within it filled with the
largest and most beautiful of Gala lilies.
Ii mas beds of daisies which grow like rose
bushes so that single plants have blossoms
upon them making daisy boquets, each as
large as a bushel basket. Some parts OF
the garden are carpeted with Veroenas,
others are great beds of red popple,s ana
roses as big as saucersa look out from the
branches of the trees overhead. About the
palace and through these gardens are sta
toned gorgeous soldiers, whose dress is
cross between that of a ballet dancer ana
drum major They strut iauntily about IN
skirts reaching from their waists to their
thighs and formed of dozens OF folds OF
white cotton. These skirts are starched,
and they stand out from the legs so that
their width at the bottom is from SIX to
twelve inches. With knee breeches and
laggings. with embroidered vests and red
caps. they march fiercely to and fro and
.,uard composed of them stands at the en-
trance doors of the palace.
1t was past these two that l went this
morning. mounted the marble steps, and
found another
DRUM MAJOR IN SKIRTS
-,lady to receive me at the door. l passed
through a great vestibule in which hvereC
servants stood, and was taken into a recep
ton room, which was then occupied Dy IWC
German barOns, statue OF Apollo ana Dy
the aide de camp of the king. This Ias'
gentleman shook me cordially by the hand
and told me that his majesty would receive
me within few moments. In the mean
time. watched the young barons IheS
we're in the full dress Of the army ofncer:
- Germany. They wore high caps witt
we're covered with gold lace, and eacf
leaned as he stood upon a silver handed
sword in a silver scabbard. Their presen
fations occurred before mine, and canno
describe the twistings Of the moustaches
the strutting and the smiling that they per
formed as they bowed themselves back mt
-he room. At this moment the aide de
al1nn took me in charge, and followed hin
through one room after another until W
reached the office-lil1e study. entered
and after a word the aide-de-camp left an
stood alone with tall, straight,
FINE-LooKING MAN
os apparently not more than thirty-ti
ears of age He wore a suit much Tx
the undress uniform of general OF GU
army His coat buttOned high at tn
neck had but little gold on its collar, an
there was nothing about his costume
make that divinity which IS supposed
surround king. Stl4l TINS was Georgl
who for the past twenty-slX years IA
rIled Greece, and who, though foreigne
a today one of the most popular monarch
If EnrODe. The son of the king of Den
mark, he was only eighteen years OF ag
when France, Great Britain and Russia, Z
the Grecian protectorate, put him upon u
throne and he then knew but little
Greece and its people. He took the oat
IN the Greek constitution in the presenC
of the high Greek officials, the synod OF II
Greek church and the parliament and
has reigned well from that day TO TINS.
has made himself part OF the Greek pei
Die. and under him his kingdom mas az
yanced steadily in clvlllzatlon ana poWe
Ne has seen his capital spring from "
ace into a city with the mansions, mus
ms schools and fine streets of the model
capitals of Europe. he mas seen Inc "a
road and the telegraph cover the ousle
parts of his country, and has watched q
Greek flag spread out so that 1t now cove
a Great mart of the shipping of the Medlte
~anean sea. He has seen his people gre
~ wealth. and has seen Greek credit
T.aised that his national bonds stand well
he stock markets of the world. He knoN
that
THE GREEK PEOPLE ARE ADVANCING
- o,-arv wav year after year, and he
Iiaves with other Greek statesmen amo
4Sem that Greece is but at the beginni
If its new era of prosperity and power,
Et;ng George is one of the finest looki
7nonarcbs of Europe. He is about five ft
-an inches in height, is straight, we
formed and slender, and his blonde heaq
T1aII cot on a pair of broad shoulders.
los a high forehead, bright, open, hone
ives and long blonde moustache sho
ont over a well-cut mouth. de IS Tor
Sour wears old. but he looks ten yea
gonnoer The Greeks pride Intensely
anon being the most democratic people
Europe. and there is no more democra
T1ler than their king. He extended
hand 10 me with more cordially than az
oIesident Harrison to one Of his constr
a1te from wayback, and he put me tn
ouphlv at my ease. HIS nrst quesu
shaved me that he keeps himself w
1oeted on American politics and AmerlC
-no+ters. He asked me II had attenC
~he Washington centennial celebration
New York, and expressed some SurpL
shat an American could miss such a 5
inc occasion. He referred to the Amt
,a1 school which is now in existence
Theme and complimented it highly.
IA me that nothing had as yet been
oided as to
ruE EXCAVATIONS AT DELPHI,
o;a that Minister Fearn was very
o go that they be made by America
Mror NV referring TO Mycene. and
~ a,.fnl excavations of DIR. Schliema
roriied that there was still much re
81, a,f,covation at that point and told
hot If was impossible to appreciate
Minis which are stll Durleu through
Greece. spoke OF the new fo an aus
Of the Isthmus of Corlnth, ana Tue K
u ~ IN think there would be no do
If their completion. ard that the mafci
T-oace yvonld be steadily onward.
oIsa b;cblv IF the patriotism OF
GreeI g and told me that most OF the
buildings of modern Athens hau lI oeeI
from the donations OF wealthy 0Lee Hs
-are in Athens and in other parts OF
1enJ a. referred to the marriage OF
Crown Prince. which is to take plac
October, and his majesty told me tnat
S.oIvn Prince had Just left Tor Gerni
- that he would visit Berlin, Wne
Ill he remembered his affianced, SOP
tbe sister Of the Emperor OF Germs