The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-25

to themselves in Ireland. The ordina- ry individual would prefer to have twenty-four hours notice so as to see the show from distance.
 In art and archaeology Greece of to- day is equally disappointing. A few years ago there were promises of great things. Expectation was on the qui vive! But the realizations are poor or deferred. So far the French e&cava- tions at Delphi have yielded nothing of importance; nothing in any way to compensate for the labor and the eX- pense The same may be said of the American excavations at Argos The famous head of Juno is no longer fla nous and has been relegated to the class to which it properly belongs The Germans are eXcaVating southwest of the acropolis and within the limits of the old city, but so far have not turned up anything of artistic or of archaeo- logical value Moreover, the Greek government is not so literally disposed to the foreign schools as formerly. The Greeks naturally wish the choice spots reserved for their own investigators, and their own investigators are too poor to investigate; nor has the govern ment any surplus money with which to help them. The spirit of Investigating and excavating doesn't seem to be in the air. Times are too hard. Living is too serious a matter just now. Indi- Viduals and institutions are poor Gov ernments are poorer Quiet, comfort and surplus of cash are the requisites for artistic and archaeological investi gation. How can a Frenchman dig for antiquities when the next mail may bring him news that his country is the victim of another revolution? Or the German, when the morrow may sum- mon him to arms? Or the American who fears his next pay may be in sil- yer or in paper?
 The museum is still in the same dis order The promised catalogues have not appeared. Rooms are still closed, or opened only to a favored few Ob- jects are changed about all the while. There is lack of we'll ordered plan. The bit of French catalogue sold for a dollar breaks off in the middle of sen- tence. There have been no additions to justify such carelessness, such needless ness, such delay
 As a result of all these things visitors to Athens, instead of increasing, are de- creasing. Never have the new hotels had such bad seasons. People will not travel where they cannot be made com fortable. By this time all parts of Greece should be reached easily and quietly. Every visitor would like to see Mycaene, Argos and Tyrens, and every visitor would if he could without labor. But to be three days in the will derness away from the appliances of civilized life requires sacrifices that the ordinary visitor is not willing to make and won't make. Especially as now the romance of such travel has worn away. When travel is no longer novel it must be comfortable The between period is uncomfortable.
 The American school is 1ourishing as it never fiourished before. Professor Richardson, a Yale graduate of '69, is exactly the right man for the position. The position requires not only pro- found and thorough scholarship but so- cial position, qualities and ability. The school should be, and at present is, a center of scholarly and social influence of high order. May it long continue to be so. No money could be better em- ployed than in assisting MT. Richard son on thoroughly equipping and en- dowing the school along the lines he has laid out for it's future development. No sum so large that it could not be imme- diately utilized; no sum so small that it could not be creditably and profitably employed. The endowment of scholar ships would ennoble patrons and return benefits tenfold FERNANDEZ.