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Show ane ser rare ceYm = ee ee MODERN GREECE 50 and 1s, of ascending Parnassus, of sailing ings for guides, coachmen ver the Gulf of Lepanto as one ex forth plores Lak« veneva; they must be in-| will show public revenue “The Thessaly and to gabhut¢ constant increase and there will be a j}vited to \natural solution of that economic and; |} Ossa and Pelion to climb the saered slope ef Ol. mpus and to bring back |financial trouble which has pressed so) of a short stay heavily upon the destinies of Helle n- |} |} lifelong men lamong the pinnacles of Meteora, But ism. The interior of Hellas will be this is possible, means of rapid }come rich and powerful, and will re muni on must be established cover trom the war of i897 as France s must be built—not necesgaril recovered from her disasters in 1κ7θ rious least clean and rea 1871. b omfortable; in a werd, ar Moral Importance of Proposed Devel agreeable life must be as-| opment. | t M Edmond Thery.) It nt wealth |<ured to people who are in the habit of “The problem which I have just] asona well, and who will dealt with is not only material, as ‘ i1ccurn to Greece, bringing’ other of representations of views of Egyp might at first appear. It has a great) | visitors in their train, if they have not Alexandria and Cairo with thel moral! importance, not only because the} if ed to undergo too great ma | unders νᾶ The Ler uriows palaces, their spacious avem solution will bring greater wealth το! ia] discomfort jwhich the middle el ee their Arab quarters, the Pyrami {the laboring classes of Greece—will| ] rhe two questions of prime import «| chief benef i s due t o t h e 1 Sphinx. M. Tl ited a therefore keep on the soil a greater e that of communication and or less numberof the emigrants whose on the Nile Luxor, Karnak Assouan hat it ι of lodging place At present At} nd t the nor al ri the bsle of Philae Wady-Hal! K departure depeoples the country—bult jens and its environs, Olympia and My also because of the foreigners who | KnOW ic { affai [8] toum, elk Also many portralis-—i cenae, are the only places which a will year by year visit this glorious ounti An eve Cromer, Kitchene the K} ve iri ean visit with comfort; the zed W id ic was Kitchener who reconquered be will her celebrated spets in Greeee are ;country, and whose souls | avelir whi« the Soudan, after commencit ] moved by the masterpieces of anwhidden fruit very first expedition by the recovery 0 | tiquity, whose minds will be uplifted 4 τη] 1 ea Fil Dongola Realizing that the Nubian ] ΕἸ tuke Delphi. The ex by the aspects of the country’s ideal ple wh vad the h desert could only be traversed | ul the remains here is one beauty. These visitors will become ς Εξ me the 11 risks of trave he organized his expedition on Khar § es of the French sehool at firm friends of Greece, strong promo{complish i t wit! e degree Γι toum by the aid of a railway, whicl Athen Delphi is only seventy-five jters of the rights of Hellenism, and Ι few | 1 constantly kept pace with his army } fort, amounte miles from Athens as the crow files, }thus inland Hellas will become ‘the| sands each year. Now It was during this advance that th } but this represents a four days’ jour jheart of Hellas,’ and will no longer hem | "πήγε ( I Greeks of the Soudan rend in ney, and even then there is no regular |have anything to fear from its ene 16; vea | the 1 I mense services to the Anglo iat ervice On the other hand, Olympia | mies, These travel { stomed t army Whenever this army 65 214 miles from the capital, but the “To resume, present-day Greece, de ' home os « lished itself in a town it found Gree!) can be made in forty-eight spite her recent economic developabroad for instruction combine witl already installed there It was th ΠΠ Moreover, there are two good ment, despite her rich and briliiant imusement Phe begin with Greeks who provisioned Kitchener hotels at Olympia, and in a few years colonies in Turkey, in Syria, through countries nearest to the I army, and the present Governor-Gen there will be five or six; consequently out Asia Minor, in Egypt, in the Soui witl pleased been having eral of the Soudan, Sir Reginald Wit the number of visitors to Olympia is dan and in all the great cities of the the Wish gate has himself informed me that voyage, ntinually increasing, world, is still a weak nation, power go farther afle the British Gevernment could never tries, and they less in politics and uncertain of her The Method—Private Initiative Their aceour iid deseri forget the immense services rendered future, because she is geographically Sufficient. uee the friends and relat by the Hellenes to the cause of civil incomplete and ill-balanced The enterprise which I have sug xam ple so that, wherea ization during the reconquest of the | ow their “This will remain true until she has was rare and exceptional gested is of national importance, but Soudan He added that it gave him formerly j}her natural frontiers, and we must it could be carried out perfectly well o travel for pleasure in foreign coun pleasure to be able to pay a tribute to Its favorable {spare no efforts to make Europe realtrie these journe nd now to be by private initiative, their perfect integrity, for during th ize the error committed in 1832, to) well development could be assured withexpedition every contract placed with come the ordinary rule for every make her complete the reparation ;out there being any need for the state a Greek house had been carried out to-do man which she began in 1863 and continued [19 contract onerous loans or to inwithout a hitch and he wa’s the hap Example of Other Countries, crease the burdens already borne by in 1881 by the restitution of Thessaly, pier to be able to make that statement | and in 1906 by recognizing the prinSeveral European countries have because untoward circumstances had |already taken advantage of this ten-| the Greek taxpayer. ciple of Hellenic sovereignty in Crete. “An Organizing committee ought to not always permitted the British con | de ncy and have organized a new indus | “Then we shall see Greece as she tractors te fulfill their engagements | try—the ‘traffic in visitors,’ as we may |be established in Athens, This would ought to be—a strong and prosper- | contain authorized representatives of “In Khartoum,’ said M. Thery, ‘the jeall it. ous nation, mistress of her destiny, It is carried out on a large railway able by her political action to serve population is almost exclusively Euro j scale in France, Switzerland, Italy, the jthe Greek banking houses, jand steamship companies, chambers the cause of civilization in theeast. | pean and numbers about 6,000 The | Austrian Tyrol, ete jot commerce, ete, The Greek colony is the most numerous committee |We wish to see her preserve in the| } “It has been calculated that foreign “It is the Greeks who at present visitors leave some eighty alkan Peninsula that position to! millions | could soon decide in outline upon its control the commerce of the Soudan sterling on French territory; that |plan of operation, just as has been which she is entitled by her history,! The smallest business and the largest | Switzerland, were it not for her moun ;}done by similar committees in Switz-, her language and her traditions. But | are alike in their hands, and | can tes tains and glaciers, which attract tour erland, Savoy, Dauphiny απὰ else- in return we demand of her a policy tify, from personal experience, that to ist gold to the extent of something where. Two or three years would see | of peace, and a respect for the rights make oneself understood in Khartoum like ten million pounds annually, would a satisfactory solution of the import-| of others, for we knowthat her cause it is mecessary to speak Greek Οἱ be one of the poorest countries in Wu- ant problem of the organiaztion of| is strong and that the. hour of full and French. rope; and that, thanks to the twenty- Greece from the point of view of the entire justice will soon soundfor her.” ‘Sir Reginald Wingate, the suc five millions sterling which Italy re- foreign tourist—and this ig an eeconoM. Homolle warmly thanked M. cessor to Lord Kitchener, is fully cog| Thery for his remarkable address. ceives annually from the same source, mic question of the first importance. “I nizant of the services rendered by the she has been able to re-establish her “When this is done a continually-in-| am sure,” he continued, “M. Thery Greeks to Britain and to Egypt in the commercial equilibrium and gradually creasing stream of wealthy visitor’ | will not complain if I remind you that organization of the Soudan, and he to wipe off the greater part of her ex- will reach Greece from all the coun- the scheme which he has just exloses no opportunity of expressing to ternally-held national debt. tries of Europe and America, and, with plained has long been advocated by the Hellenes his gratitude and sym“Finally, a more recent example them, millions and millions of money M. Tricoupis; nor will he be sorry to pathy rious find himself in unison with that man, may be cited, For the last ten years will enter the country in “Angelo Capatos is generally and the English have set about exploiting ways. There will be banks, trans- one of the ablest and noblest men reasonably considered the chief of the the Pyramids, the Cataracts of the port and commercial societies, hotels, produced by Greece.”"—The Hellenic Hellenic community at Khartoum. He Nile and the other remains of Egyptian manufactures, not to speak of open- Herald. was a modest Greek citizen of Cepha- civilization, In 1904 there were more Here the lecturer ex ited a serie | velopment lonia, who accompanied ' nereasing at an : ! n Europe and America, a ‘-| reasons for this development ar n the Anglo- than 20,000 tourists in Egypt. WithEgyptian army in its advance. The out -Mistake we may attribute, circumstances enabled Capatos not the extraordinary prosperityof only to render great services to the Cairo and Alexandria to the everBritish, but also to acquire, by legiti- increasing influence of foreign visitors. mate business, a considerable fortune. He enjoys a preponderant position in Khartoum, where he is regarded as a sort of Rothschila But he has not forgotten his country, and whenever occasion presents itself he shows tMat he is attached.to Greece not only in thought, but also in action. During my visit to KhartoumI asked,. ‘Where is the Greek church?’ Capatos replied, ‘In Macedonia!’ By which he meant that the Hellenic colony had collected a large sum for the building of a church in Khartoum, but owing to the unhappyturnof affairs in Macedonia, the sum was sent to Greece for the succor of the unfortunate Ματ. donians, The Greek Colonists and the Mother- Country. “The object of this digression on the affairs of Egypt and the Soudanis to exhibit the power of this little nation which has been able within a few years to assume the preponderant position in a country which they did not enter as conquerers, and of which the physical nature is not such as to attract them. The Greeks are not colonizers in the true sense of the word,. but they are something better—they are the organizers of a country. They have just preved this in the Soudan, and that is why we have been considering that country. Great Attractions of Greece—Her Land and People. “Now if there is one country of the world which can attract and retain visitors, assuredly Greece is that country, yet, if we exclude professed archaeologists, Greece has hardly more visitors than Servia or Bulgaria; and, if we except Athens and the Piraeus, we may say that Peloponnesia, Attica, Boeotia, Phocea, Euboea, Arcarnania, Aetolia, and even Thessaly with its railway, are all just as muchterrae incognitae in our day as they were in the time of Chateaubriand and Edmond About. And yet there is no man, however little learned, who does not dream of treading the soil of Greece, the cradle of civilization, the ancient hearth of all our light, the country of the great men of antiquity; there is no man who does not wish to admire, once at least, her incomparable monuments of past grandeur. “Why does the dream not become a reality? Because Greece is isolated like a distant island; because, outside the capital and its environs, life is hard and means of travel often diffi- We speak of Europe and Asia, and involuntarily allow these terms to suggest to us two distinct quarters of the globe, separated from one another by natural boundaries. But where are these boundaries? Possibly a frontier line may be found in the north, where the Ural mountains cut through the broad complexes of land; but to the south of the Pontus nature has nowhere severed east from west, but rather done her utmost closely and inseparably to unite them. The same mountain ranges which pass across the archipelago extend on dense successions of islands over the Propontis; the coast lands on either side belong to one another as if they were two halves of one country; and harbors, such as Thessalonika and Athens have from the first been incomparably nearer to the coast towns of lonia cult. “And therefore, in this beautiful land with the azure sky, we meet no one but archaeologists aud commercial travelers The archaeologists have evidently rendered great services fo “Viewed from certain financial! as- Greece in rescuing her from the tomb pects. it is of great advantage to into which the fall of her gods and Greece to have these rich colonies dis- the dominion of the Turk had plunged seminated over the globe, but there her, in uncovering her temples and are also some drawbacks, of which monuments, in writing her history betthe chief is the inducement to emi- ter than her own great historians had gration These rich colonies exercise done. But the archaeologists live on a powerful attraction over the popu stones and inscriptions, and if they lation of the Peloponnese, of Attica, have been able to resuscitate Ancient and of the great Ionian Islands, and Greece it is out of their power to enthe consequences of this are injurious dow the modern state with life. to the Greek homeland A Practical Suggestion. “The Hellenes abroad are, however, Nowtwo years’ work, by extending able to diminish this injury by remain the Piraeus-Larissa line to the Turk ing always closely bound to the mother ish frontier, would unite Greece to the country, by sending their children great European railway systems, and thither, and by maintaining more and Athens would be brought within sixty more intimate relations with her. And or seventy hours of Paris, Brussels it is the duty of the Hellenic Govern and London, three days of St. Peters ment herself to facilitate these rela burg, fifty hours of Berlin, forty-five tions by developing the means of pro hours of Munich, thirty-seven hours of duction in Greece, and by confining it Vienna, and thirty-one hours of Buda self to a safe and wise policy which pest. will assure the security of foreign cap “From that moment Greece would ital invested in the country Recent Development of Foreign Travel cease to be a far-away island, and the current of travelers, which enriches —The Opportunity of Gretce. and transforms those fortunate coun “But there is another and most tries to which it is directed, would practical method of producing a rapid turn itself in the direction of Greece. improvement in the economic and But there is an essential condition— financial situation. 1 have already in her hotels would have to be improved, dicated this method two years ago in and her ruins, historical centres and my study of Modern Greece.* With places of interest would have to be your permission I will refer again to rendered accessible. this question, which I consider as one “It must not be necessary for tourof the most important for Greece «om ists who visit Greece to content themthe moral and economic point of view selves with visiting the marvels ot The suggestion was received with Athens, Phalerum, the Piraeus and marked favor by the Greek colonies Eleusis and with the ascent of Lycaof Alexandria, Cairo and Khartoum, bettus—all this is an affair of three or before whom I have recently lectured four days only. It must be made on the subject. worth their while to ‘stay several weeks, to visit not only Corinth, My*La Grece actuelle au point de vue cenae, Tiryns, Nauplia, Epidaurus. economique et financier, Paris, 1905. Tripolis, Sparta, Olympia; in addition Published at the offices of the Econo- they must have opportunities of seeing miste Europeen. obtained both here and there. The Greek of, the islands is as much at home at Smyrna as he is at Nauplia; Salonichi lies in Europe, and yet belongs to the trading towns of the Levant; notwithstanding all changes of political circumstances, Byzantium to this day ranks as the metropolis on either side; and as one swell of the waves rolls from the shore of Ionia up to Salamis, so neither has any movement of poulation ever affected than to their own interior, while from the coast on one side without extendthe western shores of their own conti- ing itself to the other. Arbitrary political decisions have in ancient and nent they are still farther separated modern times separated the two oppoby broad tracts of land by the difficulsite coasts, and used some of the ties of a lengthy sea voyage. Conditions of Climate. Sea and air unite the coasts of the archipelago into one united whole; the same periodical winds blow from the Hellespont as far as Crete, and regulate navigation by the same conditions, and the climate by the same THEY SHOW A WIDE belts. while for the brown backgrounds almost any mingling of shades looks well. Dull red and white roses, however, look particularly handsome on the dark brown belts VARIATION OF DESIGN AND MATERIALS. Fascinating Ones of Hand Embroid With these belts are worn gold or enameled buckles. The goia buckles are more harmonious unless thebelt has been made in design anu wlor te t some one ename! buckle. A favdrite design for the new δοιὰ duckles shows a basket of flowers in the cenrounded by a heavy trellis oval. Attractive new belts that are much impler than these are being madeof fairly wide sitk braid Anyone can nake such a belt with verylittle difficulty and they are inexpensive, so that one may have a sufficient number ta suit any costume These belts are wide in the back and narrowed toward ered Dark Colored Silk—Gold and Enameled Buckles of Dainty Design. Very fascinating hand embroidered belts are now made in dark colored silk. They are in black, dark blu very dark red, brown or green heavy silk or satin of medium width and straight in shape. These belts are very handsomely embroidered in rather heavy and solid designs. Flow ers are used for these decorations roses, cherry blossoms, chrvysanthe LAND EMBROIDERED BELI- BELT OF POMPADDR RIBBON. the front. Several strips of braid are taken and sewed together at their full | width at the back. Toward the front the top strips of braid are sloped | downward so as to shape the belt. These belts are lined with rather heavysilk or satin, The braid may be stitched on the machine, but it is better to sew it in an over and over seam. These belts are worn with plain enameled buckles in the same color as the belt. Pale pink, pale blue, white in fact all the light, dainty shades, are suitable for these belts. Besides havying the clasp in front they have narrow clasps at the sides and in the back Ribbon belts seem handsomer than ever, and indeed some of them are so attractive that there seems little need of embroidery. Heavy brocaded ribbons are nowused in the ribbon belts as well as the lighter weight ribbons. For a very handsome set of buckles nothing is more beautiful than one of these handsome ribbon belts. Care should be taken, however, that the de sign of the ribbon is in harmony with that of the buckle. Very handsome cameo buckles framed in enameled so that the effect of the light ‘colors ribbon loops are used with belts hay on the dark belts is not too startling. ing an obscure pompadour design White flowers are slightly flushed striped with black velvet. The black with pink on the dark red and blue | stripe seems to give tone to an other changes. Scarcely a single point is belts or pink, red and white flowers wise almost too delicate effect. Those to be found between Asia and Europe are mingled. On the dark bluebelts who have light pompadour ribbons of where, in clear weather, a mariner blue and dull red flowers are a beau- which they intend making belts will would feel himself left in a solitude} tiful combination. Pink and white sometimes find that a little black em between sky and water; the eye reaches from island to island, and also look well on the blue belts. On broidery, French knot or something easy voyages of a day lead from bay the black belts there is nothing hand- similar, or the use of black velvet ribto bay. And, therefore, at all times some? than the several deep shades of bon to stripe or edge the belt, will add the same nations have inhabited either blue. White roses and pale green materially to the good effect shore, and since the days of Priam leaves are mingled on the dark green MARIE WELLS. the same languages and customs have THE HISTORY OF GREECE Failure to Utilize Them. ~ PRETTY NEW BELTS — mums and other rather showy blossoms being the favorites. The colors are very light, but are slightly varied, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | orate refreshments or favors, still I should like to give an original party Madame Merri Replies to of Many Kinds. Inquiries) Hoping you will be able to help me. | MAPLEWOOD. At this season of the year why not It would be Is it ever correct for the host to| jolly, then all return for a good hot serve hostess first in a meat course, | supper consisting of oyster soup, or the maid to serve the mistress first | salad, coffee, rolls, apples, doughnuts in the salad or dessert course? It) and pie. Or have a last tennis party. Pertaining to Table Etiquette. | give a nutting party? looks inhospitable to me, yet ! fre- This whole month should be devoted quently see it done. to outdoor sports. Even a belated picnic would not be out of place. M. A. L. The guest of honor, if there is one, or the most elderly lady present, is served first, not the hostess. broader straits between the islands as boundary lines; but no separation of this kind has ever become more than an external one, nor has any succeed- ed in dividing what nature has Books on Entertainments. Dear Mme. Merrie—Can you tell me if there is published any book or so source of entertainments suitable for clearly appointed for the theatre of a common history. (To Be Continued.) use by large gatherings such as a so- cial club? If there be such a book where could it be obtained or where For a Farewell Party. Kindly offer suggestions for a fare well party to be given in honor of a young lady who is about to leave town I am at a loss to know how to en tertain, as I expect to have at least nine couples. Also what should be served, also in dividuals favors. ANXIOUS. -Ῥ could anything in the way of enterSeems to me every reader must said he believed that the question tainment ideas be obtained, especially have seen the suggestions for a “fare BETTER TIMES AHEAD. well” party, so won't you please send would be the subject of hearing by novelties for the stag parties. SOCIAL COMMITTEE. ; @ stamped self-addressed envelope fur matter Acute Stage of Crisis is Over and Fu | the committee, even if the There is a book that I think would information? went no further at the coming session. | ture is Bright. be admirably suited to your needs. o— Calling in the Bride. New York.—Indications that availSend self-addressed envelope for ad-| State to Contro! Public Utilities. able supply of cash would be materi will be very 4rateful to you if yuu dress of publisher and the title. ially increased within a short time New Orleans.—The. passage in Lou| Will kindly answe: the following ques Formal Dinner Party Invitation. with imports of gold and the increase isiana of a law similar to those reWill it be correct for me to Please inform meas to wording of| tions: of the bank note circulation, and that cently enacted or proposed in other call on a young bride just moved to invitations to a formal dinner to be the movement of cotton and grain |southern states, for the regulation of μὸν . ε | the city. 1 received no announcemeut crops would be facilitated in every} corporations, was on Thursday pre- given for a bride and groom elect by cards, but the young husband's way possible, with the result of in-|| sented before the coming of the extra an intimate girl friend and her husAny suggestions as to menu mother gave a large reception f..c the creasing our credits abroad were th session of the state assembly by proc: | band. salient features of Thursday’s finan- lamation by Lieutenant Governor San- and decoration would be appreciated. bride a few days before her first day οἷα] situation. It seemed to be recog: | ders. The ousting from the state of Kindly tell me what is appropriate for at home. 1 received cards frr it and nized everywhere that the acute stage||corporations by state law is one of a lady to wear to a noon home wed attended, leaving two of my owr of the crisis was over, and that all] the measures suggested. Others in- ding, also a 7:30 evening wedding. cards Now, I'd like to cali if it is the that remained was to obtain suffictent | elude investigation and regulation, of thing MATRON. VIRGINIA currency to resume currency pay-| telephone, telegraph, railroad and exrhe fact that the mofner-inlaw ¢ Word your invitation in this man ments upon a broad scale and thus to} press business. ner: Mr. and Mrs. John James Brown | the bride invited you ta the reception saneeames restore conditions prevailing before| which was (he young woman's intro request the honor of Miss Biack’s the crisis. | Omaha.—The Union Pacific railroad | duction to society in sour home city company at a dinner to be given for The engagements of gold made in} on Tuesday discharged between four | certainly places you ‘upon her calling Miss Stone and Mr. White on Wednes-| New York, Chicago and elsewhere | ist, and you not only may, but shoul¢ brought up the total import move-| and eight thousand workmen from day at 7 in the evening October 28. construction department, and, The menu of course depends upon) call upon her. In myst cities the bride ment within the past week to $23,750,-| the 000. As the amountof gold will afford | every piece of construction work on | your purse and your markets. It | returns the visits of all who leave a basis of credit to four times a the entire system is abandoned. should consist of a canape, suups, fish, cards for her at her first reception. amount, or about $95,000,000, it will} The Lane cut-off, west from Omaha, meat, vegetables, ice, salad, dessert, | Names for a Greek Letter Sorority. in itself afford much relief to the excoffee, roses, candles, place cards and | Would you please tell us some Gree} which has cost $5,000,000 and three, isting pressure. favors. names for a small sorority and alsc ——— | years’ work, and which would have | At a noon wedding a handsome re-| meanings? . αν Ἐ κ Congress Will Seek to Regulate the been finished in fifteen days, has been ception gown, with hat not removed; | Railroads. abandoned. The work has ceased on for the evening an elaburate party | all roads in Kansas, and along. the Washington.—Representative Mann Kansas division, including the new gown; decoliete is the thing of Illinois, who was at the White line between Topeka and Lincoln, } A Party for Boys and Girls. pHouse on Thursday, stated that there Neb. Can you give me any suggestions for | was little doubt that the committee These orders came from New York. a party of about 16 boys and girls Ὁθ-| on interstate and foreign commerce but the officers would not say who is would take up the question of regn- sued them. E. H. Harriman is the tween 14 and 16 years of age? I do| lating the capitalization of railroads only official of the Union Pacific not want to ask them to come in ons} Calavryta, Mantinea, Thebes and Chi- at the coming session of congress. He higher than Omaha officials. tume, and I can not afford very elab- | There is scarcely a combination that is not already in use by some sorority or fraternity, but I suggest Theta Psi You surely do not wish the meaning to be published, for then it would be no longer secret. Perhaps you had better send in a Stamped self-ad— envelope for farther informa - ion. MADAME MERRL TEE (Lecture Continued from Last Week - Mt ae aXNREENO AS SHE IS AND AS SHE SHOULDBE. |
