The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-07
PERICLES IS A BACK NUMBER
NEW IORK GREENS IGNORE HIH
EVEN ON HOLIDAYS.


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Amid all the songs and cheering with
which several thousand Greeks cele-
braiesl Last night TIA. Greek Fourth
Of July which happens a he April Q. no
one had a good word for Pericles or
DemOsihens-s or SoCrJIlss or inder,l any
Of the old timers. Mr.. MA lOta Theodore
poulos. orator 20 the dav. did. To bs SURE.
saw something % ancient glOries aud Ut
Iare,iRmon az Thermopyls. hut a sin
cere mention was all that rsulainsd %
the grandeur that was Gre-ce For
the thousands of Hre~ks ia New York
are nothing II not Intensely up To date.
The Greek 81 to-day ~ a practical man.
how practical only New Workers may
appreciate who have seen him alone Of
all men withstand the onsweep VI New
York's seethinR East side and keep his
little province in Madison and Roosevelt
streets secure from - fiOOi b.'for. which
the Irish inhabitants fis,l. u IL not with
out reason that they say ia COusianti-
nople; III takes ten jews q get the better
Of Greek That monopoly Of Levan-
tine commerce which the reeks pOssesS
Is due To All instinc, for business which
enables them to grow rich in New York
with hardly elbow room.
| But still the Greek IL a patriot and q
race old spirit no more than slumbers
in his breast. Aud 80 when the Young
Greeks last night held their celebration
in Webster Hall. IIO and I25 last Eleventh
street. III" place was crowded with Greeks
ready TO cheer TIL they sItiocat"d.
! As you entered. passing between two
GrseG soldiers an khaki with bayonsts
| ready To lower. you gOt lively thrill
| along lie spine but upstairs all was
! Informal All except the programme.
which consisted Of highly conventions !
things done IN the novel Greek way.
| TO the music Of the orchestra. consist p
| ing wholly 1t zirnEed inst rumsuts whose
low melody the Greeks prefer. a small
detachment ~ the Young Greeks IN Khaki
encirCled Z he hall. PRESSING gently through
the crowd. and mounted the platform
They were unusually handsome fellows.
as tr.m and lrrepresslbly ferVent as the
modern Italian soldier They were neither
! drill perfect nor au Om.itIc no- struggling
I Game tbs. parataNis ~ lineup on the plat
7 form and the salutIng " two flags The
blue aud white hammer of Greece with ta
| cross for g,IarterinK WAS ushered forth
/ with th. red. white and Dlue. The starr
! and Stupe- were first Sai'lted, the or
Chs-'th paying ihe STAR NfhAukleu NM
ner Then came the Greek national
HYMN. which u Won nave heard YOU will
not easily forget, ~ fuli IL longing
loveine~= ~ the AIR The audience rose
for moment IN Difference To each pat
tuo'ic hymn. btIt did not remain stand ng
I'LL the finish Mr. Ihepdoropoll"s came
forward and delivered the only spesch.
an Grafton suited to the Gay on which
Prince Alexander Np-.Linti proclaimed
Z GreCIan independence rlghty-nine years
ago But retereuC" WIS all that was
Z gwen TO the ancient Greece. and bare
mention WAS all 'hlf Prince Alexander
got Prince Alexander Whose surname a
! Michigan town b..trs and hose proud
patrUnyuIc - bs-t knOwn. uerhau-. iu
! couns.ctIon with certain intimate articles
. Of drs-r~ Ous had 80 gre a. the walls tu
know that Marco BOZE-,rIs. the Parthrnon
. Lord RvTDu and the pttrarrhei wers
S'Ill n history Mr. IheodOTupoIlos spok'
. Of Gr,--r,' 80 "a modern state with $40
nomiC prll,.ius such : a military regime.
winch h,. ,i.-.u,.d mot ne, '.-~trv II ktug
Gsurk, md hs sub .C's we're not tn lose
pr,--tiE" ct t'' ,..ught unaWdrr- bV an
usNIng young Turks
Their. " .t,. ttbi,.'uN and hats 81 exotic
Opert 30 noes tor thu-.. desiring to sp- X
briefy drlll- and counter marches and
RET rtitiouH ~ tho Greek hvmn " Was
/ hardly surh % show 49, would STIR ati
? AInerIrau breast. not even the ConClUd-
ing EpotlasSlS 81 Hrit-. IA whUh IN
thti-iHz In rIt ds-ir,. rslCh'-d eNhaurttu az
ChtulN but nothing - trt~ which ~ So
infused With racial and lEIuiss Sput
rs was last night TnIIT