Evening star., 1921-06-12
ALEXANDRIA RIOTS
ECHO OF TEMPESTS
City's Influence Once Wide.
Caesar Once Mobbed.
Other Historic Events.

Certain cities have traits that per-
sist. Recent rioting in Alexandria.
Egypt, seems only a latter-day echo of
mobbed, where Caracalla once siaugh-
tered all youths old enough to bear
arms. and the pagan beauty. Hypatia.
fell victim to enraged rioters"
With this introduction IL bulletin of
the National Geographic Society points
out that. though Alexandria may be
its influence is widely diffused in more
significant ways.
''The Londoner as he eats his break
fast eggs, the New Yorker as he strolls
past Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park,
the Philadelphia who sometimes re-
plan. the worshiper in Christian
church Of any denomination-all owe
something to the city which, in Cleo
patras time, was the commercial mis-
tress of the Mediterranean.
Eggs for London Tables.
ITO explain: Until the war handi-
capped Mediterranean shipping, Alex
andria sent s0.OO0.000 eggs a year to
London. 1t contributed one of Its ia
nous twin shafts of red granite to
Central Park. New York. in 1881, the
other one having been removed to
London three years earlier.
"Dimocrates of Rhodes. friend of
ed and gave his name to Alexandria.
laid out the streets in gridiron regu-
larity. thus setting a pattern which
was copied the occidental world over.
FINALLY Athanaslus. known to
churchmen as the father of ortho-
theological battle with the Arians and
set forth doctrines still embodied in
the creeds Of many denominations.
Tourists Adopt skip-stop Plan.
Land at Alexandria today and you
may catch a boat train to- press on to
Cairo. as far to the southeast as
Washington. D. c.. is from Whining
tou. Del. This practice Of tourists. Of
ignoring city Of 1900 years Of his
800. 900. became SO general that in
1912 hotel men urged that the boat
trains be taken Off
This neglect was not without rea-
son. One does not go to the land OF
the pyramids to see busy. modern
shipping sugar, rice, grain and, nor
mally. cotton.
But Alexandria has a charm. Arab
guides will fight for the chance to
conduct the visitor to the city's one
important relic of its ancient glory
'S So~$oIISu 5 stand
ing on Alexandria's highest hill. this
red granite shaft beckons the fncom-
ing ships as does the Statue of Liberty
in New York harbor.
"Leben" French Pastry of City.
The traveller who will defv the
guides and forsake his euidebook
will reap the reward of the adyentur-
Gus when he happens upon a Greek
pastry shop where Leben' is to be
had: This custard. made from water
buffalo milk. is highly esteemed by
sourme cts. Levantine women attired
in latest Paris fashion, lend an ex-
otto touch to the cafes.
NO traces remain of the Pha ros
lighthouse. wonder of ancient world,
nor the famous library of 700. 900 vol
lumes deposited therein BY the
Ptolemies. The tradition of the Arab
destruction of this library is dis
credited. but the story Of CaIiph
Omar's edict. giving the reason Tor
the destruction. will long be cited to
illustrate q certain set of some hu-
man minds. After listening to q. plea
that the books be preserved. Omar, so
runs the story, replied that II the
books contained the Koran doctrines
they were superfious; II they disagreed,
they were heretical Hence, he ar
gued. they should be destroyed in
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