The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

l ty is said to favor the Russians and to want to introduce Russian methods into | the Grecian religion. Both nations are Greek Catholics, but there are some diff ferences. Not long ago there was a great fuss about revising the New Testa- ment, which caused what was known as the gospel riot. On this occasion the Russian priests got out an edition, of which the Greeks did not approve Her majesty distributed some of the Russian Testaments among the soldiers, and this brought a mob to the palace. who yelled Down with the Russian" meaning the queen. It is said that the queen visits the Russian war vessel whenever they come to the Piraeus, but that she will not go to a Greek vessel except when she has to travel from one port to another. So altogether she has gotten the ill-will of her subjects.
 Nevertheless, her majesty has earned the right to be popular, for she Is always doing something for the women of Greece. have visited schools of hers where Greek girls are taught to embroider make lace and weave cloth. She is one of the chief promoters of the Grand Evangelica, hospital, and she goes there every week to visit the sick and pray with the dying. She is a patron of the Orphan asylum and of the Society for Poor Women, and also the founder of @ store for the safe of women's handiwork. She is the presi- dent of a society for the relief of female prisoners, and, in connection with the Greeks of Constantinople, she ha. had to do with a reform school for young criminals.
 Her majesty Is fine-looking woman. She has sweet, womanly face, with classic features, hair being brushed we'll back from the forehead. She dresses simply, but has many magnificent jewels which she wears upon state occasions. She is fine linguist, speaking with fiuen- cy a half dozen languages, including the Greek. I am told that English is her fa- vorite tongue and the one which Is used in the family.
 Life in the Palace
 During my stay here I have learned something of life in the palace. The home of the king Is in the very center of Ath- ems. not far from the leading hotels and cafes, and on hill which overlooks q great part of the city. Tn front of it is the Place de la Constitution, containing | about 40 acres, and around and behind il are the kings gardens, which his majesi, | throws open to the public on three days I of the week.
 1 The palace itself is not beautiful. It is a great three-story building with rows o | unshuttered windows, which make it lool 1 like factory, poorhouse or an insan, asylum. The chief street cars of Athen, | go by it, and there is steam tram whicl
 has a depot directly in front. The build 1 ing is of yellow limestone or marble, got | ten from the mountains nearby. It fl
 kept up by the parliament. and I am tols
 so poorly that it lacks many comforts | and especially a sufficiency of bathrooms As to the life of the royal family, 1t i simple and homelike. His majesty rise
 at o'clock and makes his own coffee using a spirit lamp and two tablespoon fuls of well powdered Mocha. The coffe is strong as lye, and his majesty smoke
 cigarette as he drinks it. After this h looks over the newspapers for two o
 three hours. and then goes upstairs t
 breakfast. This is usually held at i | o'clock. in a room on the second story All of the family are present. The mea consists of little more than tea and brea
 and butter. the first real meal of the da,
 being the luncheon at noon, or rather a 2:3O This is served in courses. beginnin,
 with soup and ending with a dessert. ' comes from the kitchen to the palace and is gotten up by the royal cooks, tn
 most of whom are French and German with some Greeks. who make the desserts
 After luncheon the King chats witt his family and then takes a drive. H lhas audiences during the day and at ltends to such formalities as his posi- ton requires. At S:30 the family agair assemblies at dinner and if there ar' no guests of distinction the evening i' lspent not unlike that of any well-to-dt family of Europe The King is sait