The Arvada enterprise., 1910-09-02

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day. We went first to see the
university, academy and library,
building, then to the national mu.
scum which contains wonderful
collection of old precious sculp-
lures. In the afternoon we WIS,
tied the famous Acropolis and
its environs. The Acropolis is
the rock crowned hill some 200
feet high which was walled and
! fortified to hold the temples OF
the gods and the seat of the gov.
ernment. The buildings are all
constructed of fine white marble
and adorned with wonderful
statues and friezes. They were
destroyed by the Persian army
under Xerxes when he conquered
Greece, then rebuilt in 1927 and
again destroyed by the shells
| from the Turkish warships.
They are splendid ruins, one
compares the people to-day with
these ruined temples. From the
Acropolis we had a fine view OF
the Bay of SaIamis, with the city
of Naples huddling at the base
of the hill, the surrounding
mountains and tow fiying- plain
stretching away in the distance
! is suberb. Nearby is the Areop-
agus or Mars hill where the court
of justice met and where st.
Paul preached to the Athenians.
While we were sitting on this
little rocky hill, Rev. Ross read
to us Acts 18th chapter beginning
with the 10Th verse. 1t seemed
so interesting since we were on
the exact spot mentioned and in
close touch with the ruined tenn
| pies. At little distance is the
prison where the great Greek
philosopher and scholar Socrates
was confined. There are lots of
historic ruins all about us. We
only spent one day there as it
was exceedingly hot. We left at
II 80 a. m. for Patras by train,
an eight hour run, mostly along
the arm of the sea that cuts
Greece in two. Along side the
water which is intensely blue
and backed by the mountains the
scenery is very pleasing. There
are thousands of acres of the
little currant grapes, they are
seedless and very sweet. There
are lots of goats and some eX-
ceedingly large.
Arrived at Patros at7:30 p. m.
and came directly to the city
landing, in the boat. The city is
beautifully lighted. On the
long pier is a cafe and fine music.
Sat out on deck till midnight lis
tening. In the room with me
are two very nice young English
men. Today we land at the island
of Corfu and went ashore for
four hours. Five of us took a
carriage and drove to the palace
where Elizabeth of Austria lived.
1t was a beautiful place with a
fine view of the sea.
Our boat landed US at Brindise,
Italy, August 3rd, at $50 a. m.
We caught a Naples train at $50.
we got along the shore of the
Adriatic Sea then through the
Apennine mountains. A part OF
the ride was fine, saw very good
fruit farms, but it is so odd to
see the people threshing here,
also in Greece. They have "a
large space, the floor Of which is
stone: the grain in the straw is
placed on this floor and horses
or oxen or donkeys are driven If
a circle pulling a sort Of crushel
which threshes out the wheat
The men women and children
ride around on the cruSher, one
person for each animal. ,Aftel
this is done the grain is swept
up into large pile and thrown
up into the air to separate it from
the chaff which is blown away
very much like the Bible story
arrived at Naples at $50 ant
/. came to a pension which i
in a fine commanding location
The city is situated on, the bay o
I Naples of which we had a clea
view from the hotel, and also o
V Vastwius which is. smoking jus
a little. This pension rs on tn
quay close to the water. Th
first thing l did was to go to tn
American Express Company an
get my first letter from Arvad
since |, left home: | was eel
tainly glad to get it. The onl
trouble was there was not enoug
of it. I have never felt bette
and assure yQuftbat am in pei
feet health. l fe 4lquiteat hon
here as | meet so many Amer
cans and Englis h people. The