Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-12-19
TO HER old GLORY
Greece Arises 10 Take Her Place
Among Nations.
City Of Athens, We'll Called the Parit
Of the Levant, Has Made Won.
derful Strides During the
Last Century


Greece, whose classic ideals still
constitute one Of the most potent
forces Of world culture. Is about 10
emerge to n more Influential place
among modern nations ms the result
of pence adjustments" suys n bulletin
from the National Geographic Society.
"The established religion Of the land
Is. OF course, orthodox Greek. The
clergy. headed by the metropolitan OF
Cctlnje. nre a splendid lot OF men IN
physique ana character. The Cutho.
lies, numbering some 1900, have their
" archbishop at Antlvnrl. u inc
few Mohammcdans possess u grand
muftl.
"ln mnny ways Creek life rcmnlns
unchanged from It's classic aspects
Modern Athens, before the war, was
II brilliant capital well worthy its tltle'
The Paris OF the Leyant.' Less than
n century ngo It pissed finally from
Turkish possession, and II WIS then q
smnll collection Of mere novels hud'
died beneath the A%cropolis.
"ln 1914 II was a city Of wide and
gay streets. dotted with small parks
and adorned with many handsome pub
lie buildings. most OF them the gitts
" rich Greeks who have delighted 10
spend In the mother country tie Tor
tunes which they have enrned abroad.
"ro such generosity Athens owes the
noble group of buildings which com
prise the university. the National IL
brary, md the fine classic reproduce
ton which houses the Academy Of Sell
ence, and above all and to my mind
the most interesting, the noble sta
dluin, built upon the old foundations
and along the old lines and lngcnlously
carrying In It's fabric every fragment
of the old structure which could he
found.
"In the midst Of all this modcrnity
stand the remnants of the golden days
of Athens scdulously preserved, ana
open 10 inspection and study with II
freedom nowhere cqunled The focus,
OF course, Is the Acropolis-lncompnr
able even In Us ruins-lts cliffs mud
grottoes stlll the home of legend ANA
fable.
AS NJ old. the Greeks swarm the
sens. Before the war the pirueus was
one of the busiest of Mediterranean
ports-lndecd, IL was the center Of
trnnsshIpmcnt for all the cnst-whllo
the Corlnthinn canal, after mnny iinan'
cinl vlclssltudcs, now seems Ia be IN
the way of becoming each year II more
and more useful route between the
luuinn ami the Aegean seas.
"rhe Greeks are q town people. one
tenth Of the population Is to be- found
IN Athens aud the Plraeus, The drain
Of emigration from the rural districts
is enormous. In the words of u cabinet
minister, II constitutes "a grave un
ilonnl hemorrhngc' Indeed, In SON,
Villages IN the pclopouuesiis there re-
main scarcely enough men to tll 10,
Offices.
"ln n land ~ much sunshine. n'
Greece Is. lie Is followed much iu N,
open. The oven Is almost invariably
io be found In the courtyard. and % u
heated with dried twlgs, almost TN
only fuel of the country. which arr
brought In huge piles upon the back.
Of the patient little donkeys. who yi'
with the goats in being the most use
ful members Of the household.
"At Mcguru the native costume M
pcnrs nt ms best. L. is rarely see
anywhere nowadays. and hns nlmos
wholly disappeared from the cities