Show criticism of athens an american traveler writes ath ens itself as a city Is insufferable it Is raw garish new staring crude it smells of paint it reeks of var nish it Is redolent of last week it is the newest city one sees in south ern europe it Is dusty it I 1 Is S noisy it Is vulgar everything in it Is imitation the palaces are imitation the hotels are imitation the army Is fin j statton the city Is a sham it Is 1 al a joy to leave the commonplace streets to quit the insufferable city and to climb the acropolis there every thing is calm and peaceful and the magnificent ruins are restful there only in athens do you find a spot which Is not oppressively cew new andl and raw the royal palace Is one of thai the I 1 newest and the rawest of all the raw new buildings 41 |