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Olympia:.
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From Athens to Olympia a long
and Tedious Ride—Scene of
Former Grandeur a Mass of
Ruins —Wonderful Statue and
Temple That Still Remain—Sta
dium Filled with Sand—Rural
Scenes Apparently Unchanged
During 2,000 Years Few Pene
trate Olympia's Solitudes, But the
Trip is Well Worth While.
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(Copyright, by Joseph li. Bowles.)
(Mrs Elizabeth Bacon Custer, widow of
the heroic CJen. George A. Custer, who
was massacred, with his command, in the
Black hills by the Sioux at the battle of
the Uttle Big Horn in 1576. is well known
bs a vigorous writer. Her books, "Boots
arid Saddles," "Tenting on the Plains"
ami "Following the Guidon" have been
widely read.)
One does not reach the original
scene of the athletic games which
made Greece so celebrated without
some hardships and great taxing of
patience. It is r long railway journey
from Athens to Patras, but not un
comfortable. Then comes a night in a
hotel that makes you shiver every
time you think of it afterward. Next
morning there is an early start on
»uch a railroad! The one daily train
stops at every vineyard and wine shop
apparently and trails along so slowly
that it takes one twice the time for the
journey that is necessary. There
never has been a town at Olympia. It
was a district sacred to temples, al
tars, treasure houses, the palaces of
kings and to the celebration of the
games.
At the ruins at Delphi we had
seen the only laurel tree left,
I ' I mM 11 . I 1..1
Temple of Lysicrates.
where so many years before chaplets
were woven to place on the brows of
the winners of the games; so we knew
that the laurel which is so rare now in
Greece grew then under the patient
care of those who had dedicated its
leaves to the conqueror.
I
The ruins of Olympia are far more
accessible than those at Delphi, My
cenae or Epidaurus, for we escaped
the steep climbs. The sacred pre
cincts were in the valley of the River
Alpheios, and though it is far from
our ideas of what a river should be
it still is a grateful sight to have a
stream in the vicinity of any of the
great ruins of Greece.
Of course, before going to trace our
way through the labyrinth of marble
and rock we stopped at the museum
to see the Hermes. The world will
have to make pilgrimages to this mar
velous statue, for in all the excava
tions carried on by the different
schools and archaeological societies
from every country the Greeks now
insist that the great "finds" must be
left in the museums on the grounds,
and so the large sums offered for the
Hermes have no effect. It is to re
main in the small isolated and unget
at-able corner of the world. The inu
eeum has accorded the statue a large
space quite by itself, and the hush of
the tourist, the silence in this alcove,
is like that about the Sistine Madonna
In the Dresden gallery. With the
Madonna it is not alone reverence for
art which seems to have been inspired,
but for the woman and the mother;
' but before the Hermes one is silent
from awe of what art has accom
plished.
Of course we sought out the temple
where the Hermes once stood. The
base of the Hereaon, the oldest temple
in Greece, had a row of pedestals on
either side still left, where statues
once stood. Pausanius described the
very place of the Hermes between the
carved columns.
Outside, on the wide walk leading to
the stadium, there are many pedestals
of the money given for fines when the
rules of the games were broken, for
these contests went on for 1,000 years
and were of such importance that her
alds were sent over the country to
proclaim to turbulent and warlike
Greece that she must pledge herself
to peace while the competition lasted.
After three successes a portrait
statue could be erected in the Altis by
the victor. These date so far back
that the first was wrought in wood.
Some of these figures are now in the
museum at Athens. There is an
archaic stele of Ariston, the first
Olympian runner, which gives some
Idea of the costume of the athlete and
the development of the muscles. He
Is said to have run from tha battle of
Marathon to bring the news to the
city and to have fallen dead at the
portal of the temple of Theseion. The
apear he carries was doubtless a
trophy won by his prowess.
There Is a beautiful little temple in
the heart of Athens which I visited
jßver aud aver again, because it had to
do with the games. *l\i« victors ex
hibited their prizes in public places
and between the sculptured columns
of this temple there once stood the
evidences of the conquests of young
Greece. Imagine a whole street of
such beautiful temples extending from
the theater of Dionysos to the town,
all holding the trophies of the trium
phant competitors.
But Olympia soon lost Its local
celebrity in the days when the oracle
of Delphi proclaimed the spot the
favored one of all the many centers
for games, and it was a national festi
val that brought people from all over
the world.
Foot races, hurling the discus,
wrestling and boxing were followed
in time by chariot and horse races. In
the conglomeration of debris we traced
the foundations of the walls of the
great buildings set aside for the ac
commodation of those entered for the
contests.
But a small portion of the great
stadium has been redeemed from the
mass of sand in which the river buried
all of Olympia by a change of Its
course.
The stadium, unlike that at Athens,
which has one circular end, thus
doubling the distance of the run, had
G3O 4-5 feet in a straight line. There
were no tiers of seats such as we saw
at the stadiums of Delphi, Kpidauros
and Athens, but the gentle slopes of
the hills were sufficient for the specta
tors. You approach through a long
walk once lined with statues. A little
to the right of the entrance a portico
extended almost the entire width of
the sacred precincts. Under this roof
the people strolled back and forth
awaiting the call of the herald to the
arena. In front of this marvelously
beautiful portico sacrifices to propiti
ate the gods were burned on altars
whose foundations are easily traced
now. An archway on the left of the
stadium was the entrance for the con
testants. One arch is still standing
and is far higher and larger than the
photograph represents. Some of the
walls of the long entrance remain,
having resisted the pressure of the
sand which settled there so long ago.
After we had passed through this
trench on the side of the hill we as
cended the slope to sit down on the
flower-crowned hill in the midst of the
asphodels of the poets, near the low
wall where the start was made.
The same birds that sung 2,000
years ago were singing the same
songs; the blossoms were putting up
the very same lovely faces to the
cloudless sky above; a shepherd boy
was piping the unaltered notes of his
ancestors with the reeds of his sim
ple Instrument fashioned as of old; a
woman in a field close by watched the
herd, distaff in hand, and a farmer
turned up furrows in the river valley
near with a wooden plow of the clum
sy make of archaic days. 1
The hand of a Greek maiden was
once the prize competed for, and yet
only one woman, the Eleian priestess,
was allowed to view th# sports within
the guarded precinct. We almost felt
as we sat picturing the entrance of the
superb youths through the vaulted
archway that a trumpet sound,
clearing the hill of the daring petti
coats that had ventured to view the
forbidden field.
Even the palm was handed to the
victor by an emperor and not a worn-
Entrance to Stadium.
an. The prizes were only branches
from the sacred olive tree.
The whole scene unrolled itself to
11s as we sat looking over the ground
where the anxious or triumphant heart
beats of the contestants could almost
be heard after all the centuries in the
now solitary spot. It is difficult to
imagine any scene on earth more spir
ited than when the name and country
of each competing youth was called
out and heralds announced them with
the clarion notes of the trumpets.
And what a generous thought was it
of the patriotic Greek to restore the
stadium at Athens and make an object
for th§ youth of to-day to undertake
exactly the same games of the long
ago!
It would have been even more an
event of the centuries had Olympia
been chosen, but its distance and isola
tion and the hardships to which the
spectators would have been subjected
were insurmountable obstacles. One
must be an enthusiast or an archaeo
logical scholar to visit Olympia as it
now is.
But there are rewards awaiting
every one who does penetrate to the
isolated ruins. The interest is in
tense and no one need hesitate togo
because one is not an archaeological,
classical or historical scholar. Enough
can be acquired through tho guidebook
and a little study at the museum be
fore making the journeys to give a
clear idea of those world-renowned
centers of Greek scholars, artists and
athletes.
Lying Somewhere.
Not sure where "the future control
of the v/orld lies," professor, but guess
fhe fellow who knows it all lies any
where between here and tho AnO
vades and jack the otlxui way. _
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1007
HE HAD TO HAVE FRUIT.
Grapes Beyor.d His Purse, Boy Took
Humble Substitute.
James Wilson, the secretary of agri
culture, was discussing in Washington
the aid which his department gives
the American farmer. He pointed
out the benefit that had been derived
from the introduction of darum wheat,
of the wheat-testing machine, and of
the method of extracting potash from
granite.
"In fact," said Mr. Wilson, smiling,
"I believe that eventually our finest
products will be cheap enough to bo
within the reach of all. Then the
story of the boy and the hot-house
grapes will be as dead and antiquated
as the theater hat stories of the past.
"This boy—he was a bootblack —
entered a grocer's store one day, and,
pointing to some superb grapes, said:
" 'Wot's the price o' them there,
| mister?'
" 'One dollar a pound, my lad,' the
j clerk replied.
"A look of anguish passed over the
boy's face, and he said, hastily:
" 'Then give us a cent's worth o'
carrots. I'm dead nut 3 on fruit.'"
PRESCRIPTIONS IN LATIN.
The Public Should Have Them Trans
lated by the Druggists.
What virtue is there In the secrecy
with which the doctor hedges about
his profession?
i "Professional etiquette" occupies a
prominent place in the curriculum of
every medical school, and when strict
ly analyzed "professional etiquette"
seems to mean "doing what is best for
the doctor, individually and col
lectively."
Among the things that "is best for
the doctor" is the writing of his pre
scriptions in Latin, and thus keeping
the public in ignorance not only ol
what it is taking for its ills, but fore
ing a call upon the doctor each time
a prescription is needed.
In plain and unmistakable English
the writing of prescriptions in Latin
makes business for the doctors.
Let us say that ycu have the ague.
You had it last year and the year be
fore. Each time you have visited the
doctor and he has prescribed for you
-—in Latin. You have never known
what he has given you for the disease,
and so each time you are forced togo
to him again and give him an oppor
tunity to repeat his prescription—in
Latin, and his fee — ; in dollars.
If you ask the doctor why he uses
Latin in writing his prescriptions, why
he writes "aqua" when he means wa
ter, lie will give you a technical dis
sertation on the purity of the Latin
language, and the fact that all words
are derived from it, etc. It will be a
dissertation that you may not be able
to answer, but it will hardly convince
you.
It would be a good thing for the pub
lic to devise a little code of ethics of
its own; ethics that will be "a good
thing for the public individually and
collectively."
Let us apply one of the rules of this
code of ethics to you, the individual.
You call in the physician when you
have the ague, the grippe, or any of
the other ills to which human flesh is
heir, and which you may have again
some day. The doctor prescribes—in
Latin, and you take this, to you, mean
ingless scribble to the druggist to
have it compounded. Right here is
where you come in, if you are wise.
Say to the druggist that you want a
translation of that prescription. It Is
your privilege to know what you are
taking. While the doctor's code of
ethics may not recognize this right it
is yours just the same.
With the translated proscription in
your possession you have two distinct
advantages. You know what you are
taking, and should you wish to call
some other doctor at some time you
will be able to tell him what drugs you
have been putting into your system,
and also if you should have the same
disease again you can save yourself
a visit to the doctor, and his fee, by
taking this translated prescription to
the druggist once more and having it
refilled.
She Experimented.
A little girl of five was taken to
church one Sunday, and listened with
unexpected attention to the sermon,
which graphically told the story of
the stilling of the tempest on the Sea
of Galilee, and how Christ walked on
the waves. In the afternoon her moth
er missed her and began an anxious
search of the house. A& she neared
the bathroom she heard sounds of
splashing, and hurried to the door to
behold a small, excited face peering
over the rim of the big white tub, and
to hear a small, excited voice ex
claim: "Say, mamma, this walking
on the water is quite a trick."
A Kncck.
"Jimmy," said the father, "there's a
rip in your bathing suit. Co and sew
it up."
"Hut papa," growled the boy, "moth
er will sew it for me."
"Never mind. I want you to learn
to sew yourself. For," said the father,
"some day you will get married, and
then you won't have any mother —you
will only have a wife."
The Appropriate Location.
Caustic Critic—Why did you put
that joker at the very end of the num
bers in your entertainment program?
Member of Committee —Wasn't that
all right? I thought a wag ought
naturally to come at the tail end,
It is not those who read simply, but
those who think, who become enlight
ened. —Seeker.
Nothing is mare tedious than the
pursuit of pleasure as an occupation.
»Vhy He Was Jolly.
Bidder met Kidder, and Kidder wag
just bubbling with good humor.
"What are you feeling so uncom
mon jolly over?" said Bidder.
"Why, my best girl went and got
married yesterday," said Kidder, slap
ping Bidder on the back.
"Seems to me that's about the last
thing for a chap to feel jolly over,"
said Bidder.
"What!" said Kidder. "It was in®
she went and got married to!"
And so the cigars were on Bidder.—
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And telling his chauffeur to put on
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for the next state.
Arithmetic.
Tommy—Pop, a man's wife is his
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Tommy's Pop—So we are told, my
son.
"Then if a man marries twice there
isn't anything left of him, is there?"
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