New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
ONLY BROKEN MONUMENTS LEFT

There is not, as every one knows. the
faintest trace left of the glory that
was Greece" In the pusillanimous and
paltry country that still bears the
name, excepting one gazes az the
broken monuments Of the past which
here and there still stand faltering or
lie prone upon its soil. Indeed, when
Queen Olga made her entry into King
Georges adopted capital QS6D, the
utterly negiected-not TO say piteous-
state Of affairs there struck her with
amazement. The poor could live or
starve, according to their own devices.
The sick, the wounded, the manned,
the blind or the hating were taken
care Of solely by the less crippled
among them, and the fifth and dry rot
Of the whole country were Unspeakably
revolving.
Without one instant's hesitation the
hitherto psmpered and INDUCED grand
duchess pluckily set to work TO remedy
oil this in a measure Of possibility.
The Augean stables would have been
mere joke to what she spent her
time In cleaning UP, and the almost
manly education and instruction in
sisted upon by Grand Duke Constan-
tine Nikolaievitch stood her in good
stead then. indeed, as did her fiawless
courage and perseverance,.
She toilsd from morning till night.
although suffering cruelty from the
homesickness which has never ceased
TO torture her: for she Is Russian
from Muscovy's inner heart, from the
best Holy Russia" has ever begotten.
and, In spite Of all that may be said,
this 10 something very, very good.
What her feelings were she never
disclosed. being Of that rare type which
does not make confidants and deems 1t
best to keep disappointments. disillus-
ions and griefs hidden from any posi-
bic remark or comment. Her handsome
features grew a little more severe in
expression. her attitude more reserved
even than before. and that was all.
A WONDERFUL FiNANcIER.
Her chain mate, His Majesty
George would have been far more at
ease from the beginning Of things in a
counting house than on a throne. A
wonderful financier, he has all his life
gwen proof Of a veritable genius for
ainasslng money. He is not a mere
TANKER - not he-but an absolute
breeder Of coin, for in his hands two
gold pieces beget so great a number of
other superior gold pieces that had he
turned this power to horsehesh auto
mobiles would never have been in
vented.
1t Is difficult to help Laughing when
quo 'nihks OF the excellent joke he
played on his compatriots, the Danes
"hen ne purchased for a comparativelv
ihsignincant sum the splsndid parn.
s'orH Palace at Copenhagen. This
-ar-iaiheo mansion was filed TO hurst.
ing with priceless art treasures ,nc,ud.
ing unique Gobelln tapestries .tan,s
dc la Savonnerie," precious ro.o.,s,.
china, extraordinary pewters Of, mos,
antique make. einbroideries st,e ,rI,h
soid' and besides. collection Of paint.
'nss' mostly from the brushes Of o,d
masters, that fairly beggared descr;n.
non' To cap the climax. the furnitur.
" whole enfilade Of salons was n,re
N"eoco-almost unfindable nowadavs
sAcepting in museums or in a stranoa,y
sna'i number of those fine old dwell
,Ass OF the Faubourg st. German tha,
s'e remained undisturbed by famine
=. worse still. by foreign invasion IN
- shspe Of mesalliances.