The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-24

with Athenians. In addition there are
now, at various points In the kingdom
where research is going on, smaller
museums devoted to the preservation
of the treasures Of the locality.
Growing the city Of Athens stands
the sheer and mighty rock Of the
Acropolis, dominated by the Parthe-
non, matchless even in its ruins, which
projects the changeless purity of its
lines against the background Of the
changing centuries, which have made
Of it in turn the shrine of the vestal,
the church of the Christian, the
mosque Of the Moslem, and now and
ever the ideal Of all lovers of the
beautiful.
Near at hand cluster the chief rem
nants of the glory that was Greece;
on the one side the tiny gem Of the
Temple Of the Wingless Victory, so
chaste and delicate in its proportions
and outline, and on the other the
Erechtheum, with its unique porch OF
the Caryatides.
Hard by the stairs Of the imposing
Propylaea rises the sturdy rock Of
the Hill of Mars, whence st. Paul
declared the unknown God and Incl
dentally took the Athenian measure
for all intervening time At a little
distance stands the rough-hewn Bema,
where Demosthenes and Ctesiphon
strove in matchless phrase, while just
below rise the ivory-tinted columns Of
the Temple of Theseus, best preserved
of all the classic remains.
Against such background It Is
easy to project the ties of sentiment
which bind the life Of the Greek Of
today to that Of the classic worthless
from whom be claims direct descent
With only slight shock one will
learn that the man who gives him
his morning coffee bears the trRmen-
dous name Of Themistocles. And yet
II is difficult to visualize the modern
Athenian with those who once walked
his streets.
1t is only in the islands or deep 10
the country, where the Albanian food
which swept across the Attic plain
has never reached, that one finds the
facial lineaments and the bodily grace
which the ancient sculptor has taught
the modern world as being common
to all Greeks Of classic time.
Its Agriculture Backward.
Greece Is essentially land of agri
culture, pre-eminently intended TO b,
such; but, owing to the tremendou.
drain by emigration from the rura
districts, the progress of agriculture
has been painfully deficient. In man!
places the land Is titled only by won
en- and girls. Many Of the men hav,
gone off to America.
Many fnd the Athenlan cllmat,
agreeable. Cold winds there are, 4
be sure, in winter, blowing down frou
the snow-capped hills above the tow
or blowing up from the sea ut Phal
eron; but there are no frosts; tn
roses bloom during every month o
the year; oranges ripen In the ope
air, one may pick his breakfast frui
from the trees outside his window
The summer heat Is easily endurabl,
the absence Of rain removing the hu
mldity which makes American mid
summer so intolerable. one canno
truthfully say that midsummer night
Ia Athens are really cool, but ther
Is sensible difference from the hea
Of the day and freshness which a
ways makes sleep possible,
AZ the beginning Of the hot seasoI
there is usually an exodus OF Ia
court, the diplomats and the wealth
from Athens, To take their place
there flock to Athens and to the SET
side hotels at Pbaleron and TO villa
and resorts ut kephisia-ln-the.hill
numbers OF rich Greeks from Asi
Minor and from Egypt; aud the whol
] NlAN ltNtlNtN AA' NAhfA VI AAe NAhA'
life, turning night into day and spent
ing most OF the hours between suns,
and sunrise out of doors. EverywheI
about the town, on the roofs OF clut
or hotels, In the gardens or on n
terraces OF restaurants, beneath n
/ pepper trees Of the parks, and eve
/ In the streets. tables are spread an
probably as many us 10000 peop
dine in the open air each night Of a
Athenian summer.
. Throughout Greece-and inde,
, throughout the entire Balkan region
, English Is much heard, because Of Il
great numbers OF Greeks who ha'
returned home from America; an
; few travellers in the Peloponnesus wi
fail to recall at almost every railrog
. station the eager face thrust In
the carriage window aud uuivsrir
with the demand. "You fellcrs fro
; American