New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-09
WHERE THE GREEKS GATHER.
HOW WAR NEWS REACHES THEM IN
THEIR FOURTH WARD RES
TAITRANTS.

~. h.edouartar. where the Greeks Of New-York
receive war news. grow gum and desponoeht over
defeats and ubilant victories are In three or
four little restaurants In the heart or the Four'h
Ward almost under the shadow OF the Brooklyn
Bridge Roosevelt-st. is the Grecian Broadway ana
soon after 6 o'clock at night the shabby little eat
,np-houses that are the centres of the life OF the COL
ony begin to fill up. BY or they are CROWDED WIN
eager young men, who unable TO read EnsHsh
print know that in few moments they can PICK
I'D the gossip of the day and learn what mas peeh
the course OF the Grecian arms since the night be-
fore.
Nina casual passers-by out Of ten would think
these young men Italians. for Drowned ana
bronzed and In shabby clothes they DO not seem
Of distinct national type. There Is one lhldinoe
way of discovering the New-York Greek ho"e'ei'
He is generally "pushcart man. Wnen ne gets
prosperous and wakes strong financially ne es'a'-
lisies either flower stand or restaurah, TOT MS
compatriots But whether poor or prosperous, ne
Is the only foreigner of New-York that Is always
in the company Of men. Hardly Greek mere
certainly not Of the poorer class, IS married.
and not. one look does .-ths Pnshoart man spare
for even the preitest girl. Their RESTAURANTS
which are their only public meeting places never
know the fiutter of a skirt and the only recoghi-
ton OF femininity Is the picture or the Greclah
Queen frequently displayed on the walls
OF all the restaurants these people patronlze'
that with the widest reputation Is the Parthenon,
The Par,henon is, too the mos; Americahized OF
all and the least shabby. 1t Is double store,
with neatly polished cherry tables set around sew
oral bright mirrors and kitchen at the Dack. IN
this Mace the greatest crowd gathers at night IN
Guiding the most representative and inteihgeht
Crooks The New-York morning and evening pa,
ners re on hand and the cable dispatches are reau
out or the gst of them told as inc cdse iras orr or,
and rho news dis ,usscd with animation over shV
pipes pirts OF beer. which are DIousn III ~
Visitors mo Greek restaurant Delng Wed.tilt c"e"
nd
To understand restaurants IKE tIV ~ .,ran.
It's rival little further UP the street "a restauia
thai ~ delightfully."- picturesque III us dlhsluesn, 10
CAV colored prints OF Grecian scenes. church ugii
tores a nd public mem the reader mus. apprecaSSe
The fact that they represent the entire social ne
"" - rs In, N.W-Yorh These men live in
Communities sly or dozen together, that Is, tney
sleep in communities. AS soon as me Work or We te
DAY is finished they so to one or these a'S
FOR dinner-a meal costing 10 cents at the most
and spend the entire evening there. VILE tatk,
smoking a mandolin or two and CARDS mus py
O o'rocR at the latest all Greek New YORK Is gain
eed in three or four restaurants and Tor TWO hours
overvthing else Is lost in the feeling or country;
M mnroarlous excitement is ever met with IN
these places Joyful news Is received qulety a,
the most there is only low-pitched cheering or
miniature ba bel OF soft voices. Yet the enthusiasm
great. and the pen-up energy enor'nOuS nous, -,
rnade nm out OF these men. who are nearly all
Young and sturdy. Too moderate and saving 10
spend money in toasting the success OF Greece 10
any extent they yet energeucaily WISH her sou-
speed in uncertain tones. $780,, - -
The men are nearly all rural Greeks. Few come
from the large cities. In and out or these restau-
rants each night the leader of the Greeks in this
city goes. He is a handsome. Americani ze
a remarkable influence over all his fellow-country-