Show historic island now gambling resort paris on a mediterranean island where caesar and cicero IN lived e d two bbous thousand a nd years ago fr frantic antle gamblers from all over the world fo nightly if y in ultra smart new palaces of chance which have been built under signor signer dussol nis orders to give italy a new gaming field in opposition to the the island Is rhodes in the dodeci sese nese group off the coast of asia minor and on the direct route from italy to egypt far east the idea ei tithe vast new playground created there on the ruins of part of the ancient grecian empire Is to afford d a topping slopping off place for or rich 11 american and british tal travelers rs to india or around the world j rhodes la Is ot ag agnold old antiquity and romer homer makei frequent mention of the island and of colesar and ciceroa Cic Cle eros lives ti there ere sultan mohammed hammed fo 11 II also lived there but if lany any of these great men oil of the past could come back they v would 0 uld hardly it with its spick pick and spun span promenades rome nailes on the sea front lined with glittering white casinos and other pleasure palaces many of the ancient buildings still remain affording a strange contrast between the cultured past and fever ish fall present of the gaming paradises the palace of the knights of 0 jerusalem still exists the ramparts the cathedral mohammedan mosques which recall the period of turkish domination exist alongside the shimmering modern concrete gambling halls italy lins fins owned the island since the end of the libyan lib an war and it was the scene of much bloodshed in the middle ages when the turks first seized the spot at the cost of turkish lives live in pre pr times the city of rhodes itself suffered severely from earthquakes and most of its gigantic statues built under the greek greeh state were thrown down among these statues was one of the seven seed wonders of the ancient world the monument to hellos helios the colossus which was the greek name given to the sun beside the spot where this marvel once stood elegant international society folk now nightly throw their chips on the green gaming tables inviting the god of chance to favor them ment which might have been taken I 1 have been sitting here thinking it all over since the question came to me and there Is a strong appeal in the thought id surely like very much to do it I 1 should prefer however to sit down and talk things over with myself at fifteen rather than at twenty at fifteen tho the imagination Is awake emotions are keener than at any other time of life what would I 1 say to myself at fifteen if I 1 had the chance I 1 thought very little of the care of my body when I 1 was fifteen I 1 should give myself a straightforward sensible talk on taking care of the teeth end and the hair because twenty or forty years later they are so necessary to good health or to good looks and it would be s so 1 0 easy to keep them it if we began early enough I 1 should say a good deal about eating I 1 never had so much leisure as between fifteen and twenty nor so much pleasure perhaps I 1 should not ad visa myself to cut down on the pleasure I 1 think for pleasure Is the rightful heritage of youth but I 1 should point out how to so much better advantage the lie leisure might be used I 1 might have hae been much wiser than I 1 was beauty health knowledge these are what I 1 should talk to myself about 0 1131 1931 western newspaper Naw union |