The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
a CORRESPONDENTS DAY
HOW THE TIME GOES WITH WRIT
ERs OF WAR NEWS FROM GREECE.
Routine of Eating, Sleeping and
Working While waiting at Elias
soma for Something to Happen.
G. W. Stevens, in London Mail.

G. w. Stevens in London Mail
7 wake up at half-past 5. feeling very
strong. I am lying in a bag on the bare
floor of a bare little plastered room, with
four windows filling up one side and a Ill
van running below them On each side
snore two other correspondents, whose hon
ored names no power will make me divulge.
For a moment the shuddering suspicion
that am in prison. for we have all had our
hair cut with the horse-clippers.
Charlie! Charlie! Where the devil are
your
Enter Charlie, in a velveteen-cord suit,
knee boots and spurs; he bought them new
in Salonica for this expedition. You
wouldn't think it to look at them, but Char
lie would contrive to look untidy in skin
tights.
Amy battle in the night, Charlie?''
mo, sir; no bin go fight. You wait other
regiment go fight, you wait long time"
THE other regiment is Charles desig
nation for the army of his Majesty the
King of the Hellenes.
Thereon Charlie brings tea in blue and
white japanned teacups, bought in SalOnica.
They are almost the only articles bought
in Salonica that after a week are not yet
worn out. You have to buy at place like
that before you realize the full significance
of that blessed phrase. 1.-The export mar
ket" However, let us thank heaven for the
cups and the tea-and then for the early
cigarette With that we get up; We all
have to get up together, for the beds oc-
cupy more than half the ROOM and they
must be rolled up and taken away into the
sun before any dressing can be thought of.
Charlie rolls up the beds, we sitting the
in CHI tbai "a on
the dvan. Beds gone, baths come. Baths
are rare in Salonica, and in Elassona are
quite unknown, so l have borrowed a sort
of large wooden dish, like the things
butchers carry meat in on their shoulders.
They use such things here to wash clothes
in, but propped up by a brick on each side,
they make very tolerable baths. 1t is said
by people elsewhere that there is smallpox
here have not seen or heard anything of
it, but on an inspection of myself L note
with interest that l am pitted from fore
head to feet with little red and white
blotches. 1t is not smallpox, though, and
/ recommend Charlie to try and recollect
where he put the insect powder.
/ am mess president this week, worse
luck. Until i had, first, to buy everything
l should want for month and then to keep
house for three men for a week, | never
fully realized the Importance of women and
servants in the social scheme. am now
able to appreciate these most deserving
classes OF our population. Breakfast, lunch
and dinner to order. l go out down the stone
steps: they vary in height anywhere from
four inches to three feet and the safer way
of getting down them is a bold jump. In
the clubhouse we have promoted TO be a
kitchen is Andreas. Andreas is not my
servant, but the three tenants Of this house
have dubbed dragomans on the principle
of the division of labor Andreas is cook,
Charlie butler. valet and housemaid, while
Demetri. an elderly Greek of clerical APP
pearance end indolent disposition. exercises
a general supervision over things which do
not concern him.
GETTING BREAKFAST.
Andreas in the kitchen has got his coat
Off and his little charcoal fire burning. For
himself he is a little white and wispy-
haired German, of meek expression, al
though he saw Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir.
What flesh to-day, Andreas?" "Ach, Herr,
only sheep fiesh--always sheep flesh And
what do you propose to give US for dim
ner?" Thereon Andreas unfolds his simple
menu-soup. stewed mutton, mutton cut
let's. roast mutton and sweets. / contrive