The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-12-12
TO HER OLD GLORY
Greece Arises to Take Her Place
Among Nations.
City Of Athens. We'll Called the ParIs
Of the levant. Has Made Won.
dsrsuI Strides During the
last Century

Greece, whose classic ideals stiIl
constitute one Of the most potent
forces Of world culture. IL about TO
emerge to u more influential place
among modern nations ns tile result
Of peace adjustments" says bulletin
from the National Geographic Society.
1.-THE established religion of the 'mih
II. Of course. orthodox Greek. Tie
clergy. headed by the metropolitan "1
cciinJe. arc u splendid lot ut men ID
physique aud character. The C"''.H
lies. numbering some l3.UN. ''nHe i"r'F
own archbishop NJ An,ivuri. ana The
few Alolnini,ictiuIis pusscss grAnu
mutt.
"in many wnys Greek life renm'ns
unchanged from Its classic aspects
Mo,lcrn Athens. before the wur. WIS
u brilliant capital well worthy its title.
The Paris Of the Levunt.' Less i''''"
century nEo Il pas<ssl finally from
Turkish possession. and II WIS then q
xmnll collection of mere novels hn"'
dlc.i beneath the AcroIoiIs.
"ln 1914 u WIS n city Of widc anu
vny streets. dotted with sMm!l ttnrs"
and adorned with many hnn.'ss'n'c pub
Tic buildings. most of them the gifts
Of rich Greeks who huvc delighted 10
spend In the mother country the Tor
tunes which they have earned ahr'au.
ITO such generosity Athens owes Tie
nohle group Of buildings which com
prise the university. the National IT,
hrnry. and The tine clnxs.c rcpro!uc'
ton which houses the Academy Of Scs'
crcc. aud above nil nntl to my ni'nd
tho mos, interesting. the Noble sta'
dunn. built upon the old foundations
un,l nlong the old Tines nnd ingcnlously
carrying In its fabric every fragment
~ the old 1t ucture which could l'e
found.
I'm tho midst Of all this motIcrn''y
stand the remnants Of the golden days
Of Athens sctluiousiy preserved. and
open to inspection and study with
freedom nowhere equnlcti. The focus.
Of course. II the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
allie even In It's ruins-its cliffs ami
xrottocs SIN the home Of legend md
fable.
.As Of old. the Greeks swarm the
seas. Before the war the l'lraeus was
one Of the busiest Of Mediterranean
ports-Insiccti. II was the center OF
sranxsi,:pmcnt for all the cast-whilc
the Corinihinn canal. after nrny hnnn.
cinl vicixsitu,les. now seems 10 bc In
the wny Of becoming ench year more
md more useful route between tile
Ionian md the Aegean sens.
'rhc Greeks nre town people. One.
,cnih If the population Is to lie found
tn Athens and the Piracus. The drum
of emigration from the rural districts
is enormous. In the words Of cabinet
minister. It constitutes n grave mn.
tional hemorrhnce.' Indeed. In some
villages In the Peloponnesus there re-.
main scarcely enough ,nen to All the
Offices.
''1n n lnnd Of much sunshine. rs
Greece IL. life Is followed much In the
open. The oven Ia almost invariably
10 he found in the courtyard. and II II
heated with dried twlgs. almost the
only fuel Of the country. which are
brought in huge piles upon the bucks
Of the patient little donkeys. who vie
with the goats IN being the most use.
r,il members Of the household.
"At Mcgarn the native costume m.
penrs at its best. It IL rarely seen
anywhere nowadays. and hns almost
wholly disappeared from the cities"
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