Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-23

Alter lunCh al ftOteI Parcta2Ur, we went to the Stadium, built B. C. but eXcavated by King George and re' built at an expense of one million dollars, it seats fifty thousand people, all the seats are Of marble. which al most exhausted the quarries of PoT teliGan. Here are held all the Olvln plan games which have been revived in the last few years. On the way there We passed a statute of Byron.
 Next We drove to the ruins of the Temple Jupiter, said to have been the second finest temple in the world; of the 100 Corinthian columns only 13 now remain standing. The en- trance is the Arch of Hadrian,' this and the two columns is all there is left of t.
 We next went to the theatre lcI Bacchus which originally held fifty thousand people. There are three statutes of Bacchus, many seats re- maining intact, the front row of mar ble chairs for priest and dignitaries marked in Greek letters. sat in the seats of Socrates and Plato, they were very comfortable, but gave one the "creeps". From there to theatre of 1Ierod Atticus, dedicated to his wife and called the Odeon, used princi- pally for musical festivals.
 From here we climbed to the Aero DO! S. visited the Temple of Nike or , Wingless Victory; this was built in . commoc1oration Of the successes in thc Persian var, was razed to the ground by the Turks ill their inva- sion. and used it for Notifications. In 1885 the marbles were discovered ar,! exactly rebuilt. It is of Penta'ic marble. ionic architecture. Next morning we went to the Aeropois ac- companined by an American lady lscturor who has been studying in Athens eleven years.
 She carried us back to 800 E. C., and with her We lived thro' the ages. @ There was so much to interest us there. The north gallery is beautiful with nlaid panels; the south gallery
 $ supported by Caryatides--statu"s of maidens instead of columns - and is called the porch of maid ans Lord Elsin took one of these to on- >tcn and terra cotta one takes it's ; place. Since 500 E. (. no art aas been dis covered that equals the Athenian,S 1t ] is perfect, and has been copied for ages. We could see the hill, Pnyx where Demosthenes and all the great orators spoke-the slopes Of the hills used for the assembly. We went up Mars Hill, where Paul addressed the l lAthenians. We visited an ancient cemetery, recently eXcavated; many beautiful statueS there; saw funeral 1 procession, the coffin lid carried up right by man. the coffin very shal- ] tow; all the body visible, his hat on his breast The priest led the way chanting. We were given two ex- plantations of the open coffin: one was that a man feigned death and ! WAS carried out of the city Gall of the cemetries are outside the city walls), and betrayed it to the enemy; 7; The other was, that arms were taken to the enemy in cofflns-so now rich and poor have to be uncovered by order of the government.
 1 We sailed at 1 D. m. All afternoon I feasted on the grand view. We were in the Aegean sea most of the time. One beautiful and storical island after another came into view We arrived this afternoon (Friday) at Constantinople.
 While the officers were seeing that our passports were all right, the IU. s. consul came aboard and brought tloral--purple and white with star and crescent and the sci mitar, emblems of Turkey.
 At five we were allowed to go tc the city, nine of us got a guide anc went over Galata bridge where al the workmen were passing. l neve, saw such motley crowd, and SC many nationalities.
 The guide took us to the Moham
 medan mosque just at the hour O
 evening prayer. We had to. put o1
 large slippers as our feet were m
 consecrated. The Turks pnostratet
 themselves with their faces towart Mecca, and went through many queer ceremonies, priests chanting all th'
 time. We considered it quite a Urea to have seen the service.
 The streets are filthy and all tha
 is said about dogs here is true.
 counted ten in two seconds afte
 landing. Our guide amused us b. t.&on,;,o <, no,,nf ,,c occasionally an,