Omaha daily bee., 1892-11-06
A NEBRASKA GIRL IN GREECE
Winifred Manatt Writes Of a Wonderful
Picnic and What Was Done Thereat.
SUMMERlNG AMONG THE CYCLADES
"From the sprihklcd Isles. Lily on LILY,
That o'erlace the Sea and Laugh Their
Pride when the Light Wave
Llsps Greece"

wrote IL was from Sparta, among the stern
and hardy Dorians. Perhaps sometime
will tell you of our return journey, through
Epidaurus, Tiryns, Nauplia, otc., for the
last part OF that trip was FAR the brightest.
Though was much taken with the modern
Spartans, yet my tastes are more Athentau,
SO you mustn't Imagine me as having thrown
in my lot with the descendants OF LycUrgus.
AT present we are soiournng with the soft
and dreamy Iouians, which is quite as II
should be, for August is the Time for iulencss
aud poetry, fruit aud flowers. We fed from
fever-haunted Athens in July, for during
the three hottest summer months even her
stanchest adorer is quite content to forego
a sight Of the Acropolis, ana finds mis- soul
satisfied with the rich treasures still waiting
to be discovered among the islands
a farer place OF eSile than this doubt II
we could find among The isles of Greece"
and 1t is quite as romantic as II sounds.
we can echo with all our heart the great
poet when he says, eternal summer glds
them vet" ana we are quite sure ne could
not have sojourned long among them, else he
would scarcely have limited his admiration TO
few verses. Fortunately for us, the Ath-
enians have not vet discovered the beauties
of their country. ana we are not troubled
with fashionable city folk We had gate
enough Of that at Phaleron, the fashionable
Athenian resort, into which all Athens emp
ties itself at O'clock for dainty sea dip aud,
chief OF ALL the promenade to SEQ and be
seen, tae women clad in airy ball gowns (of
Ut least they look very much like ~ and the
ices and thcaler stringlng out the hours to
In the morning. Now this is not our idea or
summer recreation. ] detest the very word
watering DlGCe.h
We are comparatively oy ourselves here,
though there IS quito Il little circle down
from Athens, drawn hither from our good
report of last summers sojourn, and occa-
slonally some fellow countrylnan seeks US
out, having been caught in Athens at the
wrong season. We take care that he doesn't re-
pent 1t and stays twice as long as he intended
to; for resources for amusement are
abundant, and be he classic student or mere
curious seeker after novelty he is charmed
and fascinated and leaves not without pangs
of regret.
by Egean Waterways.
There are two ways of reaching here. One
is by boat from PirHus to Syru, which they
say is lovely journey. Syra is the famous
Greek seaport, and from thence steamers
start for Egypt, Constantinople and all the
eastern ports. From Syra another little
packet taxes you TO Audros ana cur lltto
fishing hamlet. But we came by train from
Athens TO Laurion, passing over some of the
loveliest parts of Attlca. Lnurion was
famous for its silver mines and the ancient
shafts may still be seen. ThemistOcles used
this treasure TO oulld his fleet against the
Persians. If you like you may take the one
rickety vehicle of the town and drive over to
1T. Suntum, where stand the RUNS OF the
exquisite temple TO Athene, now only
few broken columns but of
startling whiteness, for it is the only one of
the Greek temples which has been left un-
tlnged by sun or wind. And the view from
thus fair shrine of the wise goddess is sur
prisingly lovely, embracing n clear day
many OF the Cyciades. This white temple
was beacon TO mariners, warning them of
. the dangers around the treauberous cape.
Laurion itself is a dirty town, all coal SCOT,
he is tbInc ivan 70, ,bn,.n
now.
At noon we boarded tho jaunty little
steamer bound for Syra but which left US
about 10 O'Clock at night, in Batu harbor.
1t was breezy, delightfully."- inspiritlng day,
and the dancing waves and deep blue
heavens put us all in prime spirits; in fact.
before we'd made halt the voyage we'd for
gotten all our fever (for most of us had risen
from slckbedS TO take the train, and our
apPetites threatened TO be more than mamma
had prepared for. Our first stopping place
was at karistos, historic port OF Eubua,
Its quaint houses, crowned by the pic
turesoue ruins OF a grand old Venetian cas-
tie, set up on hill behind. 1t was an en-
chanting picture with the white sands of the
long beach and the pretty boats and ori-
entaily -garoed fishermen for foreground.
On the highest peak above tho town were
celebrated tue nuptials OF Ieus and Hera,
according TO old fable, and it would, indeed,
be not unlikely spot tor that great event.
Not long distance off, on this same island,
- EIGlEld, lut SCeIt Oh INC American SCnCOlS
late find, which created such u stir last
year. In truth this first OF the Cyclades
group seems very attractive.
\ Modern Ark Load.
At Gavron, the first port of Andres, we
receive strange Bnd noisy crowd of
fellow passengers. Strange TO say, some of
them have decided objections TO Joining u.s.
and are hauled up on deck by dint OF a half
dozen strong mems united efforts And not
contentedtwith driving us Off the deck TO
lock ourselves with fear and trembling in
the tiny cabin, these troublesome voyagers
set up such squealiug and moaning ard
bleating ana believing aud cackling as 10
drive one well uign mad. We were in nigh
duugeon that they should load up their so
called passenger boat with live stock, but
there was nothing to do but grin and bear
w." Ano as we looked through the windows
at the moving mass of WOODY backs and tine
oulky form oi Il big OK, IL was quite study
In zoology,
Our first impressions OF our summer home
were not received till the next morning as
IL seemed ages before our trunks colld he
separated from the surglng mass of animals
and with us transferred into the rowboat
which pulled us to the snore. motley
throng OF natives, old and Young and of Doth
Sexes gave us a noisy welcome and strained
their necks to see the forlorn looking, weary
Travellers for you must know that the steam
boaps arrival IS the sensation of the week
and when there are strangers aboard actu.
ally those fabled Americans, excitement
reaches fever heat.
SO much fer our Journey hilher. The
weeks have flown ana We are surprised 10
count a month or more since then. The days
go Ike the wind wibA this care-free happy
outdoor llfe, ana we dread the time when we
must go back TO tho artificial wear and tear
OF the city-that is, so we say now but after
ali ono likes TO return TO civilization, books
and people when the autumn winds begin TO
blow. At present we are mon.
archs OF ali we survey, aud the
Batuans would turn themselves wrong
side out for us. We have, in short taken
the Wild peasants by storm aud quite varied
the course OF their unchapglng, grinding,
millwheel SOFT OF existence. We have
doomed their town for them aud awakened
In them q consciousness of great world De.
yond, an Eldorado called Amerlkee They
appreciate only too well that we're rolling in
millions and think they may haul In the
paper drachmas accordingly. But their
cheatlng amounts to a penny or two, and If
they knew how little it mo mt TO us they
need not cross themselves with guilty CON
sciences and burn an extra taper TO the
Virgin.
Viewed from "a FairyIIIe villa.
! am writing on our beautiful broad
marble balcony which makes an lueai
summer study beiag high aOcye the
children's world-a round dozoR OF little