Dayton tribune. (Dayton, Oregon) 1912-2006, July 08, 1926, Image 3

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    KIEL NOW DESERTED;
POMP ONCE REIGNED
PANAMA CANAL IS
NOW MAKING GOOD
AMERICAN TO STUDY
RICHEST OF MINES
"Big Ditch’* Earn» «18,000,000
Defeat Most Clearly Shown
in Once-Famed Port.
Klei, Germany.— Nowhere would
Ilie kuleer, were he to return to hla
country, find u more poignant con-
treat between the present and the
past than In Kiel.
William II was the creator of thia
powerful naval fuatnean, with Ila huge
docks and all the uppurntua of ship­
building and repair. He was the
builder of the foruildulde fortlticu-
thma defending the aeu approaches.
This was the acene of some of his
great niotnents when as commander
In chief of the fleet, he steamed Into
the harbor us rounds of applause
poured from dozvns of guns.
All la Deaarted.
Today the harbor looks empty, The
forts are partly dismantled. The na­
val academy Is closed. The castle In
which 1'rlnce Henry, the kulaer'a
brother, lived la un office building.
The yacht clubhouse, presented by
the elder Krupp, la now a sclentine
Institute. It was there the kaiser,
surrounded by hla admirals and gen­
erals, made many un utterance that
caused flutters In foreign chanceller­
ies. Everywhere are suggestions of
decay mid neglect and change.
The kaiser baa not been here since
that afternoon of June 28, PJI4, when
he was occupied with arrangements
respecting the regatta. An aid de­
livered a dispatch, saying that Arch­
duke Frans Ferdinand and hla wife
had been aaaaaalnuted at Sarajevo.
"Now, I must do everything over
again,'' were the emperor's first words.
Flags were ordered half-mast. He
terminated the regatta, sent messages
to Winston Churchill, who was on an
English boat In the harbor, to the
prince of Monaco on hla yacht and
to others Invited to dinner that eve­
ning, composed a telegram to Frans
Joseph, and took a special train for
Berlin.
Prince Henry colnes to Kiel occa­
sionally but not often since he left
It In a closed automobile flying a red
flag when the revolution broke here
tn the early days of November. 1918.
This manner of leaving la the subject
of adverse gossip among the towns
people. They say also that hla demo­
cratic manner which made him a pop­
ular personage Ims changed; that he
Is now distant, brusque, somewhat bit­
ter In speech. The prince Ilves on
hla estate, Heinmrlanmrk. near Ecken-
foerde, not fur from Kiel. The sailor-
prince bus become greatly Interested
In hla farming and stock raising and
shows hla visitors tine cattle with as
much pleasure ■■ he formerly took
In the equipment of bls flagship.
Flag Hauled Down.
The war appears to have placed the
United States rather outside the
prince's sympathies. An American
yachtsman living In Hamburg, who
is a member of the Hanas Yacht club,
after the treaty of |>euce was signed,
flew the American Hug almve the
Hansa pennant, having first obtained
n letter of assent from the club's sec­
retary. Prince Henry was displeased
and some of the club members ques­
tioned the propriety. The American
explained that although the club au­
thorities had approved of the Amer­
ican flag, he would remove the Hansa
pennant and hoist that of the Royal
Banish club, of which he also was a
member. That he did.
Representatives of American auto-
mohllo companies, members of the
Hamburg Automobile club, were a lit­
tle annoyed Aver the prince's Insist­
ence In hla S|»»ech nt the opening of
the new clubhouse, that good «¡er-
mana should not buy foreign cure;
that the money wenf out of the coun­
try and that German cars were all
right.
The prince at one time drove an
American car.
However, the prince 1s described ns
having the most agreeable recollec­
tions of bls American experiences, of
his cordial receptions, and of the suc-
cesVul political effect, ns he believed,
of his mission.
Ship’s Doctor at Sea Aids
Injured Priest Ashore
Montreal.—The Increasing uses of
radio were clearly demonstrated re­
cently. when the C. G. M. M. steam­
er Canadian Forester, by a constant
Interchange of messag* s between
the ship's doctor and a shore station,
was able to render valuable medical
assistant e to the parish priest of
Clarencetown, Long Island, Bahamas.
According to the story, us relayed
to the Canadian Marconi station
here, the Canadian Forester while nt
sen received tin urgent call from sta­
tion GGM for tin- service of n doctor.
There was no doctor on the Island, the
message said, and the parish priest
had fallen from a horse and Injured
hla leg.
The steamer carried a doctor, but It
was unable to get to the Island, so the
wireless operator wits directed to ask
the shore station for further particu­
lars about the priest's Injuries and to
stand by for instructions. A message
soon came back to the ship that the
pnrlshlonefti were standing by to ren
der what aid they could. The ship’s
doctor, standing beside the wireless
operator, then gave the shore listeners
definite instructions ns to how to pro­
ceed.
A week Inter, ns the Canadian For­
ester was homeward bound, the doctor
received a wireless message from the
Bahamas informing him that the wire
less prescriptions had been followed
to the letter and that the patient was
making satisfactory progress.
for Government.
Washington.—-With another good
year's record In sight, the Panama
canal has apparently reached a basis
that will yield the United States gov­
ernment IIAXXMI.OOO or more each
year. The steady growth of the *'blg
ditch" joining the Atlantic and the
Pacific, leads government officials to
predict that It not only will pay for
Itself hut also prove one of flie beat
Investments of the government.
With receipts for the fiscal year
exceeding *19JMX)JIU0, the canal has
two months to go to pass the 1925
tolls of 119,021,419.77. The Panama
railroad, power plant, and other busi­
ness adjuncts also ure showing hand­
some profits.
The cunal, following a period of un­
certainty after Its completion In 1914,
now la earning money at the rate of
J d per cent on the Investment. Most
: of the funds with which the canal
was built were derived from govern­
ment loans bearing 2 or 3 per cent
Interest.
The net cost of the canal and Its
adjuncts Is figured at $200t«XX).0«X),
and net earnings for the last two
years have exceeded $15,«XJ0,(XM). In
the fiscal year ending June 90, 1924,
net revenues were mure than 917,000,-
000.
The business of the canal has in­
creased ulxfold since the first fiscal
year, which ended June 30, 1915, the
net tonbnge Increasing from 8,792,572
to 22,855,151 tuns.
American shipping has gradually
taken first place In use of the canal.
Purlug the first year American and
British tonnages were almost the
same. At present American tonnage
Is more than double the.British.
Tonnage of commercial vessels of
the largest users of the canal during
the last fiscal, year were: United
States, 12J771,487; England. 5.949.391;
[ Japan. 823.809; Norway, 072,003; Ger­
many, 723.007.
DR. T. MICHELSON
Mexican Wealth Producer
Over 400 Year* Old.
Washington.—The mines which gave
their wealth of gold and silver to
the Toltecs of Mexico whw the Span­
ish conqulstadorrs discovered them
400 years ago, and which have pro-
due«*! unceasingly since, will be In­
cluded In a mineralogical survey on
which a Hmlthaonlan geologist left
Washington recently.
Dr. W. F. Foiling, assistant curator
of mineralogy and petrology In tbe
National museum under the Hmlthso-
nlan, will make the survey under tbe
auspices of the Institution and of the
mineralogical department of Harvard
university. He will go to Chlhunhua,
Durango and Coahuila nnd other Im­
portant mining regions of northern
Mexico, us time permits. In spite of
the great age of and great wealth
produced by Mexico's mines, no one
has ever described the mineralogy or
geology of the region. Even collec­
tions are rare. Doctor Foahag will
help to remedy thia lack.
Richest In World.
The richest sliver mines In the
world are at Guanajuato, 12 hours
by rail from Mexico City. In histor­
ical times It has produced nearly a
billion dollars’ worth of metal. The
Comstock lode In Nevada, which was
the richeat de|>oslt In the United
States, produced $340,000,000 In tbe 30
years of operation.
The great main shaft upon the Vets
Madre vein at Guanajuato la one of
the mining wonders of the world. It
is 80 feet in diameter and 1,700 feet
deep. To the depth of ¡100 feet It la
Hued with masonry, but for the re­
mainder of tbe distance the rocks
are firm and do not require timber­
ing or masonry. Tbe reason for the
great width la to permit eight or more
windlasses to be worked at once.
Until comparatively recent years
these greut mines had no machinery.
Even the water was baled out of the
ahafts In cattle skins to be dumped.
Production has therefore been slow,
which accounts for the long centuries
of operation.
Discovered by Convicts.
Two escaped convicts discovered
the Santa Eulalia mines in the moun­
tains south of Chihuahua, where Doc­
tor Fosliag will go first. In 1798. Not
daring to return lo civilization, they
sent Indian carriers to a priest with
fhe request that he Intercede with
tbe government in their behalf. They
promised tbnt if allowed to go unmo-
tested they would build the “finest
cathedral In the western hemisphere."
The bargain was struck und Chihua­
hua cathedral Is the result—admit­
tedly one of the finest specimens of
'Spanish-American architecture In ex­
istence.
Imctor Foaling has an Invitation
from the governor of Durango to make
hfs survey of thut state and has been
promised aid In getting collections
and Information. He will Inspect par­
ticularly the large gold, silver, copper
and Iron mines, und possibly the opal
and tin mines, studying modes of oc­
currence of the ores, minerals In the
ores, and. If possible, how they were
formed.
Dr. Truman Michelson, of the bu­
reau of ethnology of the Kinlthsnn- Offers Timely Safety
Inn Institution, whn him left Wash­
Hint* for Swimmers
ington for the Fox reservation at
Chicago.—Some timely safety sug­
Tama, lown, to study the old 1'ugan
gestions for swimmers are contained
rituals of the Fox Indians.
In a bulletin Issued by the National
Safety council, which says:
Gorillas Seize African
Don't swim if you have heart
Women; Troops on Trail trouble.
It Is advisable never to go In swim­
Madrid.—A Spanish military expe­
dition under the leadership of (¡eneral ming alone.
If you are tired or overheated don’t
Munex de Prado, tracing the frontiers
of Spanish Guinea In Africa, reports go in the water.
Wait at least two hours after eat­
that large bands of enormous gorillas
ing before going swimming.
are terrorising the natives.
Dive only where you have accurate
Above the cataracts of the Benito
river near Otucho, the gorillas have knowledge of the depth of the water.
Swimmers should not become ex­
raided the villages nnd have captured
native women, whom they nre keep­ hausted. If you have overestimated
ing prisoners In the dense Jungles your strength, rest on your back until
you 6*1 strong enough to swim ashore.
around the town.
Do not struggle If caught In n swift
Nightly the women's screams nre
heard by the villagers, who are afraid current or undertow. The force of the
current will bring you to the surface
to seek to rescue them.
The general announces he Is pre­ and then you can work in toward
paring an elaborate military expedi­ shore.
Be sure to learn the prone pressure
tion to rescue the women ami to kill
or to capture the gorillas who ulso method of resuscitation. Be capable
of applying first aid methods to people
are devastating the plantations.
The Spanish gvvvernment Ims In­ who have been apparently drowned.
structed the lender to capture the gor­
illas alive wherever possible for re- Gwinnette Signature
f ,earch on the Voronoff gland experi­
Sells for $19,000
ments.
New York.—A promissory note
signed by Button Gwinnett, signer of
Breaks Precedent
Boston.—The Hub has broken an­ the Declaration of Independence from
other precedent. For the first time In Georgia, was sold for $19,(X*> nnd a
Its history, a woman. Miss Myrtle C. cut signature of the same patriot,
Dickson, has been appointed principal detached from a memorial In support
of a colonial political candidate,
of a high school.
brought $10,500 at the Anderson gal­
leries.
The two specimens were part of
the historical library of Dr. George
* Russian Women’s Feet * C. F. Williams of Hartford.
Dr. A. S. Rosenbach purchased the
* Lost in American Shoes * document,
bearing one of the finest
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Moscow, Russia.—Twenty-five * examples of the signature. Tbe price
* thousand pairs of American * was $3,500 less than the same buyer
J women's shoes recently shipped * paid last January for the Gwinnett
* into Russia have proved unsal- * signature from the Col. James II.
* able because of their large sise. X Manning collection. The present clear
* Next to the Japanese nnd * and forceful signature was appended
* Chinese, the Russian women * to a note for 14,305 pounds made out
* have the smallest feet In the * by Gwinnett to John Neufville, of
* world. The 25,000 pairs of dis- * “Charles Town," 8. C.
* carded shoes will he shipped *
* Into Finland, whore the women *
Buys Napoleon’s Hat
* are said to have considerably j
Faris, France.—One of Napoleon’s
* larger feet thpn their Russian * famous cocked lints hns been sold at
t cousins.
auction for 45.000 francs. The pur­
t* X ************************ chaser Is the'prince of Monaco,
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CERAMIC EXPERTS
OLDER NEW YORK
REPORT FINDINGS
BEGS FOR LIFE
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Seeks to Preserve Charm of ■ Research Will Be Boon to
Manufacturer*. ‘ • • •
Washington Square,
Urbana. III.—Unaffected by world
fame that has come lo their university
with the discovery of Illinium, newext
of chemical elements, students and
professors engaged In research at the
University of Illnols are carrying on
with tbe same painstaking spirit
Two of them. Prof. Cullen W. Par­
melee and Pierce Vf. Ketchum, gradu­
ate assistant, both of the department
o*» ceramic engineering, have an­
nounced some Interesting findings, fol­
lowing Investigation into tbe txans-
locency of porcelains, that are ex-
pected to prove of practical value to
manufacturer.» of art and table ware.
The object of their Investigation,
Professor Parmelee said, was to ac­
quire additional knowledge 'of the na­
ture of translucency together with a
satisfactory means of control and
measurement; this knowledge, he
said, would be of valss Ln many kinds
of ceramic work.
"While* It Is true,” he added, “that
translucency In art and table ware Is
valuable to the purchaser only from
an esthetic standpoint, to the manu­
facturer ft determines the price which
can be obtained for his product.
“Translucency is a property of por­
celains which lends itself «mslly to
visual measurement. A trained ob­
server can distinguish between two
pieces with only small differences in
Home of Coopar.
The Rhinelander* home has been translucency by holding the fingers
converted Into an apartment building. between a piece and a lamp and not­
Johnston's granddaughter. Mrs. Rob­ ing the clearness of the shadow pro­
ert De Forest, resides in his old home duced.
“The degree of translucency of any
at No. 7.
William Draper, who made the first piece must be determined by the char­
image of a human face on a photo­ acter, amount and distribution of the
graph, and S. F. B. Morse, who de­ minerals which make up the body.
veloped the telegraph, were faculty Porcelains consist of quartz particles
members of the New York university, Imbedded In a fused matrix composed
whose old building stood Ln the square mainly of feldspar, together with
granular and crystalline mullite.
many years.
“Among others, the following con­
A No. 1 Fifth avenue. Is a three-
story brick house, which once was clusions were reached: Translucency
Miss Lucy Green's private school for Is not Inversely proportional to the
girls. On the faculty were Elihu Root, thickness of th® specimen; in bodies
then a bashful young man; Lyman composed of clay, feldspar and flint,
Abbott. John Flake and John Bige­ those with the highest feldspar con­
low.
tent have the highest translucency and
Mark Twain and Washington Irv­ those with the highest clay content
ing lived at No. 27, which now Is a the least; Increase of burning tem­
lodging bouse. Richard Watson Gil­ peratures gives Increase of translu­
der. editor of the Century, and T. B. cency, and the fine grinding of bodies
Aldrich, tbe poet, also lived in the gives a striking increase in trans­
neighborhood. President Tyler mar­ lucency at the temperatures used."
ried Julia Gardner In the First Pres­
byterian churgh at Twelfth street
BEST YOUNG ORATOR
The first big town house of Com­
modore Vunderbllt was between
Greene and Mercer streets. Just off
the square, where business buildings
now stand.
New York.—Hidden away In Wash­
ington square—one of the last old
residential sections of Manhattan—
are many places of historic Interest
which are fighting to retain their ori­
ginal state.
Skycrapers of near-by streets rear
their beads Into tbe clouds around tbe
square, but until a few months ago
none dared an invasion. Now Its resi­
dents and those of Fifth avenue, which
begins at the famous Washington
arch and Is known as the child of
Washington square, are seeking a xon-
b‘g law amendment to save the cen­
ter’s quaint cliarm.
,
Early In the 1830s John Johnston,
a Scotchman who lived In. Greenwich
street, began looking for a placg to
build a new home and selected the
square. He and several friends built
a block of houses running from the
northeast corner of Fifth avenue to
University place, and for this reason
ths Washington Square association
credits him with being the founder of
the center.
Later, William G Rhinelander of ths
famous New York family, built bls
home on the opposite side of the ave­
nue, facing the square. These resi­
dences of the Georgian style of archi­
tecture still stand, though changes
have been made in some of them.
Paris Police Now Use
Radio in Their Work
Paris.—The Paris police force has
for some time employed radio as an
auxiliary weapon for bringing law­
breakers Into line. Wireless has taken
a still more Important part In the po­
lice system since the new prefect
came Into office.
The detective force of the Seine
department, wherein the capital Is sit­
uated, now has made special provision
for the newest type of radio apparatus
to be Installed, and efficient operators
are on constant duty. The new system
set up In the Palais de Justice, the
vast pile of court buildings on the
banks of the River Seine, which
flows through the heart of Paris, com­
prises a central receiving and trans­
mitting station, four transmitting re­
ceiving stations mounted on specially
built automobiles and two ambulance
stations. The power employed on the
transmitting side Is about 50 watts.
With the new Instrument only a
couple of seconds nre required In or­
der to get Into working trim, where­
as with the older instruments some
twenty minutes were necessary ere a
message could he sent. A fine per­
manent aerial Is In use and In the
police garage nearby In the transmit­
ting room is another auxiliary aerial
system.
The four mobile stations have the
flat type of aerial, which can be raised
over tbe car roof, thus permitting
communication
with
beadquarters
while the brigade Is on the move. A
loud speaker is also attached so that
the operator need not sit all the time
with the head phones on.
Woman’s Speech Restored
by Visit From Sister
Corning, N. Y.—Tbe shock of see­
ing a sister front whom she had been
separated for 45 years, restored speech
to Mrs. Betty Lundgren ‘of this city,
who in consequence of two paralytic
shocks, had been unable to talk.
'When Mrs. Lundgren met her sister,
Mrs. Anna Rloomquist of Chicago, she
was so startled that she began to
speak. Her restored speech is nearly
normal.
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ters” Infest Blossom Hill ceme-
tery, near here, the gates will
be locked each day at sunset,
Fred Hammond, superintendent.
hns announced.
Motorists thought nothing of
cutting across graves nnd rip-
ping up the turf nnd flower
beds, it Is chnrged. Hourly vis-
Its by police did no good, Mr.
Hammond asserts.
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Herbert Weuig, seventeen-year-old
high school student of Hollywood.
Calif., who woe first place in the third
annual national oratorical contest In
the Washington auditorium.
Seven
students, the pick of 2.000,000 all over
the United States, took part In the
finals, which were judged by (?hlef
Justice William Howard Taft and
four of his associates on the Supreme
Court bench. A cup was presented to
Wenlg by Vice President Dawes.
He Cured Seven Leper* by
Freezing Their Germ*
Berlin.—A new treatment for lep­
rosy has been devised by Prof. S.
Paldrock of the University of Dor-
pat, Esthonia, who, in an article in
the German Dermatological Journal
announces that after many years’ ex­
perimenting lie has succeeded in
killing the leprosy germ by means of
freezing.
Carbonic ncld "snow" was applied to
diseased tissues with the result that
of sixteen patients treated, seven al-
readly have been discharged as wholly
innocuous to society, tbe article said.
Specialists here regard his discovery
as of momentous importance.
Bottle Takes 10 Month*
for U. S.-Ireland Trip
New York.—A corked bottle
bum|H'd ashore and lay on the
sand at Creven shore. County
IXmcgal. Ireland.
William Dawson, resident of
Inver bay, County Donegal, hap­
pened to pass that way.
He found a scrap of paper,
slightly damaged by moisture,
in the bottle.
It bore nn Inscription, John
Scott, Jr., of New York, also a
request to return the bottle to
an address in New York.
It has since transpired the
bottle was thrown from the
steamship Manchuria off the
coast of Florida July 19, 1925,
and took lt> months to reach
Ireland. 4.0>0 miies away.
ANCIENT ATHENS TO
YIELD UP SECRETS
American Scientists Asked
to Direct Explorations.
Washington. —- American scientists
have been Invited to direct explora­
tions of (he Agora at Athens, proba­
bly the richest prize of archeology in
the world today. Tbe plan calls for
an etcurslon Into the real estate busi­
ness to replace tbe confiscated homes
by dwellings in some other sector of
tbe city.
Although England, France. Italy,
Austria and Germany have had ar­
cheological “ambassadors” in Greece
for years, they have all graciously
stepped aside for the American scien­
tist*
“The Agora was to Athens what tbe
country crossroads general store, with
its flour-barrel rostrums snd soap-box
philosophers Is to Bird Center,” says
a bulletin from tbe National Geo­
graphic society from its beadquarters
in Washington, D. G “The Agora Is
Important because it is the most fa­
mous market forum in the world.
"When one thinks of Athens, one
thinks of the Acropolis. But the A-
cropolis on Its nature-made 250-foot
pedestal of limestone rock, was Ath­
ens' sanctuary, its church. A tourist, in
tbe days of Herodotus, the traveler,
went to the Acropolis. But an Athe­
nian went to tbe market place, the
Agora, where he could buy flour and
olives, Hymettlan honey in lieu of
sugar, and currants from Corinth. Or
he tarried and listened to homely
snub-nosed Socrates standing In an
arcade confusing an Athenian by a
few cleverly selected questions.
"Athens today is estimated to have
a population larger than it ever sup­
ported at the peak of Its power. To
tbe 298.000 residents of the Greek cap­
ital there can be added quite properly
the 133,000 population of Piraeus, port
of the city. Athens and Piraeus are
less than five miles apart and there­
fore bear the same relation to each
other as Los Angeles and San Pedro
harbor. Fortunately modern Athens
has not bitten deeply into the sacred
ground of old Athena.
A View From the Parthenon.
“There will be much In the news­
papers and magazines of the excava­
tions In the Agora during the next
fifty years. Imagine that one has
climbed to the Acropolis and that one
Is sitting on the southwest corner of
the Parthenon with feet dangling over
a mellowed marble foundation block.
“Directly south will be Piraeus, on
the Gulf of Aegina, and tn the mind's
eye one may exchange the liners and
sponge boats at anchor for Greek gal­
leys. A straight, smooth, macadam
road shoots north out of Piraeus, but
its destination is seen to be west of
the Acropolis rock.
“Directly west of the Parthenon
gallery seat, about the distance of two
blocks Is tbe Aeropagus or Mars hill,
second in height to the Acropolis.
“Crowding up on the north flanks of
these three hills, Theseum, Mars and
the Acropolis, Is modern Athens. The
closest quarter Is a hodge-podge of
dwellings and bazars. It is the old
Agora, and a market today Just as It
was in Athen's youth.
“Sprouting among churches, dwell­
ings and stores, one can see a few
remnants of ruins that have been un­
earthed already. By agreement, all
the modern stores and homes must go.
The archeologists will peel back the
new to discover the ancient Present
«xfcupants most take new homes or
stores In modem Athens.
“Continuing the panorama to the
north one sees this modern city occu­
pying the whole enp of the plain en­
circled by the Acropolis, Mt. Lyca-
bettus and Mt. Hymettus.
An Athenian “General Store.”
“Excavation of the site of an Ameri­
can crossroads store two thousand
years from now would not reveal
much. Although the Agora is by com­
parison also a market and a political
storm center, it was somewhat differ­
ent. In Its exterior design an Athe­
nian general store, called a ‘stoa.’ re­
sembled a modern bank; a row of
substantial marble pillars marched
across the front of it. There was an
arcade between the pillars and the
store counters themselves. And at
the rear of the stores were inclosed
warehouses In which goods was lock«*!
at night. The front arcade was a so­
cial center. If an Athenian had a lit­
tle time to loaf he didn't take a bath
like a Roman or play a round of golf
like an American. He found a shady
store front and talked politics. Ev­
erything was made convenient for
loafing. Benches were.placed about.
“Free entertainment awaited the
Idler In the Agora arcades. Acrobats
performed.
Magicians
swallowed
swords. One such building had a res­
taurant where the thirty city council­
ors were given a free meal every day
by the government. But above all.
there wns talk and discussion and
speeches. And out of this idler's par­
adise came the first and freshest
school of philosophy the world has
ever known. Ln the Agora. Solon
posted his laws which earned the per­
petuation of his name In our word
‘solon’ for lawmaker. Here Demos-
then«»« delivered the famous orations
against Philip of Macedonia and gave
us the word ‘philippic.’ There. So­
crates stood stock still for twelve hours
or more, oblivious to the curious throng
while he thought out a new principle
of philosophy. There also was the
headquarters of the Stoics from
whom we have the word ‘stoic.’
“It was through the Agora that the
sharp-tongued cynic, Diogenes, wan­
dered with a lantern, fruitlessly
searching (or an honest tuun.”