The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
REYNOLDSVILLE BOY VISITS
RUINS OF ANCIENT GREECE
Duncan Dunsmore Writes Entertainingly
of Historic Spots Visited While
Cruising in the Mediterranean.

Duncan Dunsmore Writes Entertainingly
of Historic Spots Visited While
Cruising in the Mediterranean.
Taken from a letter written to D. M.
Dunsmore, Sr. from Duncan M. Duns-
more, Jr., dated Piraeus, Greece, Oct.
8, 1906:
after n two days run from Palermo,
Italy. we arrived nero yesterday. On
our way here | saw to great sights one,
the active volcano, 'Stromboli" and the
other Mt. Etna. The first is an Is
land while the latter is on Sicily. |
only saw the base of Mt. Etna as the
top was wreathed in clouds. II is over
two miles high and an active volcano.
1t is said that the ancients put con-
demned criminals on Stromboli and
they persisted from the lava. We pass
ed between Crete and Greece on our
way here and after passing there the
ewes Virginia" and "Pennsylvania"
Joined us coming from Naples. Piraeus,
(Py-ree-us) is a small town eight miles
from Athens, both are clearly visible
from each other, they are connected by
a steam and an electric railway run on
the third rail system.
l went ashore yesterday and vent
right to Athens, getting there about
200 D.. m. Fortunately a Greek saw me
who had lived in Haverhill, Mass, for
three years and OF course | was greatly
benefited by his English speaking abii-
tiles; he acted as a guide for me. He is
going back to America on the White
Star line. The first place we went to
was the Kings Palace, and for its
grandeur it is beyond description. |
saw the great throne room for King
George, the different reception rooms
and a great hall for card playing
and dancing and many other amuse-
ments. / cannot describs ~ for the dec
orations were something great. | was
not in the living apartments and did not
see the King. After leaving there we
went to the Stadium, which suppose
you have read about. 1t looks q great
deal like a dry dock, it fills up a great
valley and is composed entirely OF mar
BILE, opening into it is a tunnell used by
the Greeks In hiding from the Turks in
their ancient wars. Leaving the stadi-
um we went to the Temple OF Jupiter.
1t Is made of enormous columns, some
are fallen down H. you will see In the
postal card. From there we went to
the Acropolis, which you a see up on
the hill. The greatest ruin there is
the Parthenon; it must have been a
magnificent structure once, as the ruins
show. In a museum near by are the re-
mains of the statues taken from the
Partheuon and also models of how it
was. On the wall still remain some
paint that has lasted for 20 centuries.
At the foot of the Acropolis is the
Ampitheater shown on the card. On
top are the statues OF Godesses; Herods
Theater and the other ruins are on the
Acropolis and l saw them all. Right
near the Acropolis is Mars Hill from
which St. Paul preached while in
Athens. 1t was about the finest four or
five hours I ever spent and certainly
profitable. 1 got a good bed through
my guide and had a good nights rest
and next morning l came back to Pr
aeu and got back aboard on time. Do
not aver class the Italians and Greeks
together as | did before l came here.
Italy is full Of beggers, thieves and
pickpockets, and | never saw as much
as a begger here. The people are thrift
ty and industrious and in every way gu
perior to the Italians. The ''Glacier"
supply ship, one of the vessels taking
the dewey" to the PHILIPPINES is on
her way back to the States. We leave
for Port Said, the northern entrance to
the Suez Canal, in a day or two.
DUNCAN.