ReflectionsPastPresent

OF THE PAST A}TDPNESENT NEFI.,ECTIONS

by

ABISTODII'{OSKALDIS

NEFI,ECTIONSOF THE PAST AND PNESENT

Today I feeL ltke

stretchlng

under a p3.ene tree

Sea,

gaslng d,ovrnto enJoy the aaure and. blue l{ed.lterranean

the Alpe tr{arltlmes, Veeuvlo, Lyoavettos d.oes not natter

glty

$ee or 1ts pearl,y claughtsre,

fl,atness

groat

I an stuok here

Hetre uy son was born and here

l1etropo11c....

and here I have epent nost

some of uy best frlend.s

llne

the

ls reLleved by some.anorphoue sky-

screpers and the aharelns Pal,lsedee.,.. ln thls

le

But, aLas! I an ln New Ysr k

o r A e g e a n Seaer .,.

where lte

It

or Taygettos.

whlch morrntaln or voLoano aB long as lt

on the l{ed.lterraneen Ad rl a tl o

to look at

or the rlght

around. to the Left

then turnlng

snd

o f n n yc o n e o l o u e l l f , c " , . . .

I l.anded here over forty

mod.errr etand.ard.e, but qulte At fourteen elrteen

a, mqnagsr of a vast

or Luck....

by aooldent,

savese Turkey and et

eonnerolaL onplre

wae by elrcumstanoes

ln Egypt..,,

rhtoh

we oalL

$o, rhen I am on the croertroade, ard'

I have to nahe a deotslon, Ey lnstlnct

grown up by olrounEtarlooerrrr

I ras s ref,ugee fron

Ae I setd. Juet now, lt Klsnet

Jrears &So, a merc ohlLd by

aa I wae ln the late

guld,od. rc and not 4y 1og1e....

l916le,

In Egypt,

Just

uy UneLe Enrmevlus]happcned to get sl.ek, etlil,

stnce no other

menbsr of ny fenLly

could sgbstltute

for

2-

hlm, I was sent to charter varlous

tobacco pl1es,

the Kal-dls FrBres dealt Belng by myself, I d.evel-oped.lnto No t th a t

our shlps,

to collect

and. pay for

and shlpwrecked wheat that

charcoal

ln at that wtth a lot

tlme. of money at ny d.lsposal,

nanhood.mueh earl-ler

I n a tu re d slnce thâ‚Źh,..

age.,..

than my norrul

I never d.ld,

renalned. as my frlend,s and frlend.ly-enemles

tell

I alway s me, a

c hl l d r o f a t b e st rrchlld.- llke' r . . .

I had no tlne nally

pl-anned...

for

archaeologloal

stud.Les as I or1gl-

However, I was fortunate

to vlslt

Calro Museumand. glance at the nasterpleces l l m e sto n e , wtth

supervlslng

the ploneer Arab natlonallsts

1n the Flrst

that

to the luxurles

for

the Allles

of thelr

wlth

I wltnessed

of wound.ed.Brltlsh

pald. for

and.

Thls w as

the Galllpoll

Canpalgn

But, what d.td upset me uostly

of the Arablan

and Coptlc worker

own effendlms

One had to retreat

eat and relax... another traln

and very often

fr om the HospltaL Shlps.,.

World trlar. . .

was the nlsery

of course.

, . I came ln contact

scenes of the unloadlng

A u stn a L i a n so l d l e rs,

nlght

and unload.lng of our shlps,

the loadlng

ln the vast Douanee d.rAlexandrle.

a heavy prlce

of granlte,

I was occupled fr om mor nlng untl1

e tc...

the ghastly

the

ln comparlson

and the forelg;ners,

to the European Quarter to

Once when f changed ln Benha to board for

Ismalllar

hours because the fl1es

orl the Suez Canal, I starved covered the food of the fLlthy

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l 1 ke a bLack cLoud.,..

r e sta u ra n ts,

A s so o n a s n y Unele r ecover ed., I r etur ned. to Athens .,.

H ere th e V e n l ze l l sts

and the Royallsts

whlch was alread.y sufferlng

natlon

dlvlded

by a heavy load. of over

Greek refugees from Turkey.,.

a nllllon

the Gr ee k

Itlost of ny chLLd-

hood. frlend.s had â‚Źione to Anrerlca and I d.ecld.ed to go there, I couLd not stand the parental

too.

havlng tasted

a totaL

guldanoe anymore and,

lndependence ln the Land of the Nlle,

I wss d.eternlned to proceed to Boston through New .York Clty 1n splte

of the opposltlon

of my entlne

famlly.

tr0nly shepherd.s and farmers go to the States[ parents

eaLd.

rrHowcould^ you nake a llvlng

rr.Nou are not used to

ltrtt

rrWeLL, I w111. try

wlthout

workLng.

I wlll-

gold.en pounds comnlsslon

nanuaL work

they ad.d.ed...

and., lf

I have enough cash to carry

fron

ny

are unbearable,

condltlons

me through

study. rr

a year or two

for

I had. earned a thousand

from the partners

of the $hlp-

w r e cke d . w h e a t.a n d " I. oone!.d.er ed, then as I et1Ll d.o tod.a y , thls

sum as a hug;e f ortune. . .

Belng uprooted

horlzon, elther

from our hometown wlth

weaLth and. cosmopoLltan galety,

lts

open

we nere not happy

ln Leevos or ln MytlJ.ene, where we sought and. f ound

ref,uge from the blood.-sta1ned. hand.s of the crlmlnal FulI asphyxlatlng

of adolescent

v16our,

soon we reaLlzed

was the atmosphere Ln herolc

Turk... how

but poor Greece

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r.,

A natton

wlth

refugees,

was not as d.esperate as

banks and. Ilfe

and Engllsh

forced mass exodus

of thls

of the vlctlms

wlth

the nuLtltude

o ir

$ u r e n e rg l e s d .emsndedout} et.,.

we dld. fln d a 'Cashlngton, of George

Lucklly

by d.ecldlng to come to the country

J effe rso n

a n d . L l n co 1n...

At flr st

where nanual

for

farmers and. sâ‚Ź&nâ‚Źrl...

at flrst

seemed.l-ogloa1 to me but,

surprlse

that

I was as strong

the average worklng

Theee argunents

soon I dlscovered

and even far

labor

Amerlca

ltnrnlgrants...

supreme Among newly arrlvlng

ls the ld.eaL country

we.s shoeke d...

ny famlly

How could. I earn my L1v1ng ln a country relgns

food aLone,

enough to have some lnvestments

slnce most of us were fortunate

rellef

lmposslble

And, we wer e not content wlth

t o fe e d . th e m & 1 1 ,..

ln Brltlsh

ls

lt

nay try

and. cLothee no rnatter how hard lt

shoes

shores wlthout

lts

nany of then reachlng

populatlon

to lts

to be loaded. wft|r 3t+f6ln ratlo

stronger

to ny than

nan ln my UncLe Ernmanuelts OLlve O11 t{1L}

!n Preveza where I wouLd. }lft a nd . to ss th e m w l th o ut

str aln

I was Ero!{|ng so strong wlth

15O-1b. bags fuLl- of ollves lnto

gr lndlng

the

soccer,

stones...

footbaLL and oarlng

So I declded to follow

t ha t a t L ? I w a s 1 -82pound"$...

ny

land.ed ln the summer class.natee to Boeton where they flrst '191-5.

The onLy lnpedlment now was the lack of lntellecof tua] then,

envLronment among the plaln comLng from Alexandrla,

as a oornqLsslon from the sale Engl-lsh Artqy...

lmmlgrants..'

Egypt wlth

$e5OO. !n ny pocket

of shlpwrecked, wheat to the

$o, I toLd my parents

!{ere not ld.eal-, I would return

I was rLch

lf

by the tlne

the aond,ltlons the Flrst

World

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WelLr Xoll cannot convlnce your parents

tfar was termlnated,..

arguments

on ar1 unknown Journey, rro rnd.tter,how nany favorable you dlsposâ‚Źrrr

a,s a steerage pessenger on the S.S. Clty,

New Iork

lf

on the western

these twenty-four

hours proved'

home.

then I would return

Sure enough, I salLeA of my feLLow-

slxty-flve

and, to ny amazenent, at least

were weLL nannered. young'men lnterested

traveLers

and. phlLosophy,

ny future

that

among people lnterested.

exper lenc eg

W el1, DS futur e

were not dl.sappolntlng

However, llx greetest and reachlns

ln Amerlca,wouLd. be

one can work a few hours and

o f the tlme...

on the l-and. of the d.ollar

1ng Patras

l,lfe

dlsappolntment

on that

cane after

bralns

wlth

Thelr

sole concetrn was to save so they could etther

to send. all f an l l l e st

thelr

leav-

thotlghts.

abstract

d.ld. not burd.en thelr

to the beautlful

scorer

l4oet of the poor Lmmlgrants

Boston.

there

qulckly

and

[n metaphyslcs and., slnce the country

and. the lrages hlgh,

s t u d .y th e re st

ln ped.agogy

and. some of then ta]-ked even on poetry

$o I feLt

palnttng.

!.s rtoh

rrPatrlstr, bound for

over ln Patras

stopplng

but,

shores of Greece.r,and., lnposelbLe,

I shouLd embark

t{e had. reached an agreement:

return

lsLes and molrntalns of Greece, of,r

savlngs for

of thelr

the ameLloratlon

p o ve rty.

Those who phl}osophlzed were not the usual lmnlgrants farms and. flshlng

1n ny steerage who Leave thelr

nets to come to rlch

happened to be flf,teen

eompartment pasturesr

Amerlcai

there

grad.uates of the Patmos and Samos

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$enlnary

who, lnstead. of belng ordalned. as prlests,

t o co n e to A me rl e a and seek thelr

C yp ru s.,. too,

T h e y w e n t on str lke

other fl fty

for tunes.,.thâ‚Ź

were C1vlI Servants of Hls Malestyrs

Imperlal

d.ecld.ed,

Colony of

and they wer e flr ed....Bo

d.ectd.ed.1n a group to come across the Atlantlc

a s fre e n â‚Ź rr...

they ,

and l-lve

I see them som etlmes her e and ther e,

1lk e I

do ny own fellow-Atarneanso t{hen from tlne patrlots

ln the polyglotld

a refugee. stranger

I vlslted.

ny frlend.s and. coo-

New York Clty,

belng ref,ugees

at home ln New Ydrk, where everyone seems to be

they feel

rest

to tlne

Even the Anglo-Saxon at nlght

seems l"tke a

when the commuters evacuate the Clty...

Llke the

of the Greek-Amerleans they formed. a benevolent Soclety

the Atarneus

and gave each year a beneflt

perfornance,

usually

golng on ln at Paln Gard.en.

These gatherlngis are stlll ".

New York Clty and the most backward the town of orlgln of a Greek-Amerlcan the strongest

as a rule

Ours belng more or l-ess cosmopolltan exlste

ls hts $oclety.

wllted

away and lt

onLy on paper norr.

I seld.om meet any oo&patrlots

klnd of artlBtLc

unLess they possess some

curloslty..,

The other d.ay I met Father Arsenlos of Byzantlne

Icons and Mosalcs,

had abandoned Journallsm toLd. ne thet

at an Exhlbltlon

Thls large beard.ed.prlest

and was ord.alned as a prlest,

he was happlly

raarrled but late1y

He

hls wlfe

asslgned. the care of h1s chlLd.ren to a nurse and d.eclded to

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d.evote her entlre

tlme to .â‚Ź.g.!ESgSg. rrlfond.erfulrrr I ea1d. to Father Areenlos...

be glad. thst

she choee s fenaLe professLon. rl

rrl t l s n o t s or tt Ar lsto... fortune

she lnherlted

publloatlon the solpsore

lt

of a l{agaelne, to d,o wlth

my wlfe

wll*s naturaL

$he 1s lnvestlng

from an Unole tn Alabam,

to beoone a couturlere, that

cal,Led. EXQUIfIITE.

the Magaslne.,. &t flrst,

for

for

the s 6aLL the

t'What have

I thouEht ehe wsnted,

and. that

le why I reflected.

a wonan to be a d.ressmker...

Even

ls uaklng her own oLotheg reoent3.y.., Wlth a d.eep sl.gh Father Areonloe

better

trYou shoul_d.

tell

you the whole story

For yearCI ehe wrote short too.

nenuscrlpts

nutll,eted

rrNo more of thatn

and. twtoe

she attenpted

the PubLlshers

a

returned. her

by the eclsaorE of thelr

ed,ltors...

nFron now on I em golng to

sald. ny wlfe.

ugg the r..r...r,r..r'.

trl ltad.

Elnoe you are a:n old. frlen0.

storlee

Every tlne,

Long novel,

sald. to nor

$ C tr S I

On S

on otherg. tl ttThe psyohologlsts AtLantlc

oroagtng,

rtt add^ed.gr oo-voyagsur

trceLl ,hcr act!.on revehg@..,rf

ftForget these new prlests, Fapadla (prlest,rs and., bsLd.ee, guooggg.

of -ny f lrst

wife)

rr I eald., ttand. J.et the

have her fun...

tet

who knows, she nay becone a blg

her get evon Journallsttc

. oB

nI hape sorrr h6 eald., hLs Churoh once ln a whlLe...

and. tlnld.Ly 1d,ld.

a.eked. ne to attend

so on a Good. Frld.ay and"

B

J o l n e d . th e C h o ru s o f the Epltaphlan Thr enos"( Ienentatlon) .', ln hls prlestly

Father Arsenlos was very lmpresslve all

and llke

of our chlldhood

I,u'{' '

ad.ventures.

ln our naval

bttles

;X

Onoe ln a bLue moon I wouLd. bump tnto

motlve Itd

hls

caLl hln wlth

BaslL the blgand. wlthout

Llbrary,

of the New Iork

nosed. boy ln the corrld.ors

old nlolcname'

rrCyrano d.e BerSeF&c... rt When he vras young and. sklnny reeembLed.St. Llke a hawk...

ln theoLogloal

and phllosophlcaL

Judge hLm fron

hls

a Babbltt...

If

sartorlal BaslL stlil

and" wlng coLlars

Now that

that

he was gettlng

hed. no boqnds.

Llke

perfectlon

rrBut the horrlble

and stlff

nnnners

d.ressed. lmpeccabLy ae he d.1d hls

lndlspensable

starched.

were hls unlque trad.e ng.rk...

old.er hls

nostaLgla

so ugny others

d.te on the sacred eoll

he had. not burled. hlnse$

books you couJ.d.easlJ.y mls-

1n our hlgh school d.ays, lnclud.lng cuffs

he looked thoroughLy

But now he was proud. of hls nlck-

name and hls AngllcJ.zed nannersr

for

he

Then when we wouLd cal-l hln Cyrano poor Basll

very embarrassed.,.

felt

ln proflLe

John, the Baptlst;

boy.

the dlgnlfled

Angelo and. horseback rld.lng wlth Demetrlos,

any ulterlor

wlth

We dlscussed. stone-throwlng

bQys,

the Turklsh

agalnst

ln

$ometlmes I meet Theoprastos

Theo was a good. flghter

some concert.

r7

we al.ways taLked nostalglcaLly

compatrlots,

other

robes...

of Ionla

for

our home town

he wanted. to return

and

and Aeolla*

Turk d.oes not seem to weaken, tt he

always sald melanchollcal-Iy.

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rrD o n o t g l ve up, Basllr r r

.

I told

r r W holmc m q, the

our own Amerlcan Flag nay chase the Turks

Greek FIag wlth

lnto Asla,,.wh€re

they belong... rt

rrH o w , h o w rtr Basll" r etor ted.... even the Devll

hlln.,.

hel-ps thls

S nCanlt you see tha t

Turk always...

Iou are dreamlng,

Arlsto. . .ll "No, rror Basll, posslblLtty

that

w&r &gatnst

$ovlet

I d.o not drean at all...there

the lurk Russta,

rntry rermln

d.oes not sentlnentallze

and other anclent

weapons, w111 allow

ln the next $

the way he dld d.urlng the last

orre111 Then our Pentagon, that uses logarlthmlcs

neutral

1s a

psychologlcal

but

strategle

the Greeks to lnvad.e Turkey and stop

the d.escent of the Slave to the blue Med.lterranean Sea. rl BaslLt3 eyes flashed. wlth w l th

lmense

Joy and. respond.ed

e vl d .e n t e mo tl o n,,. rrFron your mouth and. lnto

the ears of God....rt and.

saylng these words he nade the slgn of the cro€s,

whlle on hls

forehead., orr hLs belly

of hls

shouLd.ers, thrlce,

and. on the left

and. rlght

An Ind.ochlnese poet who happened to notlce crosslng

hlnself

stopped. and lnqulred. polltely

lf

sld.es

BeslL we were

d evo te e s o f g e o me trlc slgns... t'No, nor[ The lLttle

we sald both of us slmultaneousl-y. poet Hum Chan of Hoboken, New Jersey,

lqrew ne from hls adolescence, trArlstor I I

sal.d.l

w€ have to go back to terse

geongtry..

"

who

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w111 devour us.fr

othernrlse the coolles hls

ralslng

lnd.ex flnger:

ilGeometry, lt d .l ff l cu l t

fo r

seems slnple'

thlnkrBasll,

fhen turnlng

to BaelL who

of the comlng war, I sa1d...

h1s reflectlons

rt$tmpllclty

That ls the reason why I

ls d.Ifflcu1t.

Let us

Hun Chan has somethlng to lt..,

that

are

thlngs

agr ee wlth Xor r oht poe t of

fully

and. goLden DragorlS...

was absorbed, wlth

but slnple

people to gr asp...t'

th e slnple

fi Y e s,rr I sa l d.,..tr l the slLver

And he added., wh11e

d.raw a llne

from Chlna to Ind la and then extend. lt

Alexand.rla,

and lf

we c&rry

lt

as far

to

as Athens and Rome

we have the answâ‚Źf . , . rl rrHowrtthe sald,

Bas1l,

ilIt

ln obvlous confuslorn.

d.oes not rnake sense.rl ItIf you stop lgnorlng

rrlt does thoughrrr I sald.

CLenens, the ALexandrlan, y ou r n e o p l a to n l c

P l otlnus...

Lost ln thLs orlental t he n l t

He unravels and. whlle

the thread., . .

us that

cLearer

F1ot1nus, go t and.

Try to firasp thls

aesthetlc, In fact

than

Clemen s r r t dlmenslon.

has an extra

he ls nearer

to dear Hum,rl

I patted. the shouLd.ere of the absent-

mlnded Ind.ochlnese poet. conelud.ed trlunphantly,

far

to you as d.aylLght...

ttbelng purely

sayln$ thls

Your dar llnS

nystlotsm..,

w 1 1 1 b e a s clear

I contlnued,

who ls certalnLy

Baell ..

seemed"skeptleal,

and I

flClemens ln hLs Stgonata

to be rralve e.nd not self-oentered"

tel]-s

m@.ns to be

;rble

11

to dlscard

They lack the eseentlal-s to begln

cannot d.o that I Bosl!,

overboard. rr tsas11 seemed a LlttLe

d.lsturbed. and. I lnvlted. r r 0ome, com e, Bas l l ,

h ln to B o sto n fo r the Easter holldays.

tA th e n sr o f Amer lca, and be m y guest.r l

t o th e

rrThank you Arlsto. t Attl ca t

Who knows, I nay come to the

o f A me rl ca and Look at your "P11gr 1ns.r l Boston lras then, &s lt

, qulte

you can throw lt

before

You have to have ballast

wlth, ".

people

and. so-eall"ed. slnple

the unessentlals,

a d.tfferent

contlnuea

to be even now,

1s more EngJ-lsh than England. and, therefore, a Med.lterranean ltke

not a place

for

oâ‚Ź.

To a newcomer :.t ls l1ke a tomb ln splte proportLons...LucklLy CharLes Rlver

It

than the oesmopolltan New York.

clty

of lts

flne

there was the Boston Commonand the

Basln where we stroLLed and. d.lscussed. all

the

probLens of nankfurd...

I enJoyed the Publ-lc Llbrary

and the sermons of

John Haynee Hol-mes at the Conmunlty Church. ny rhetorlcal

pourers d.urlng the questlon

p e r1 o d .s...a n d .r 4 t tl m ee,

and. d.lscusslon

I asked a questlon

or tlao of the

speakers on the Boston Comm911., .

varlous

Once I caused. a sensatlon wlth fo].lower

of 8111y Sunday.

the favorlte other

There I practlced

I askedr

Son of God.?tr Nelther

speaker seemed.to be able

my questlon

to a

trWhy ls Bud.d.habecomlng the Evangellst

nor any

to answer ny questlon

exoept

12,

other

trBt1{'d'hs, too,

who voLunteered, to eay that

a, Jesult

la none

then Jeeus, the uay the Pa}LaE A.thena took the f,orn rsnes but the s&me

of the HoLy irlad.onna.,. Just d.lfferent Bellbre thenrrt he sald,

deLtles...

Hbut wlthout

treservatLons;

and they wLLl guld.e your steps.rl Hy oswe^nlon and. oLose frlen0, becam a Dentlet, osrve

the

Later

the Jeeult

on told

tmages of Buddhs or palnt

rho

Berberellls, that

the artlete

the Mad.ocrnesand the

othere worehlp thcts...

on thc oontrefy

dld. not d,lsagreet @n,

the artlsts

the o*r.#""*

wlth

and. the Jeeult,

of an anolent

he oalnly

$tolo,

saf,d, ttYcgr yogns

uake the lnagcs beoause they are d.lvlnely

lnsplred.. . .It An I.S.ll. rrr3r9ll

afe

nOt

epeaker shouted., tnDonot beLleve ln fetlshes SeVAggg

bUt

added., nGod !.s oplumn and. the Soclal,lsts An Evangellstr ehlef , trled. a.Snostles,

[c3r..rr

mOd,efn OlVl}lZed

ooqhlng

AtXd.r he

applauded.

and. eplttlng

ln hls

hsnd'kersoc!.'eLlsta,

to shout d,own the ohorus of anerohleter

athelste

and thelr

of, $atannr. . rr$etans, Satans,

then ehlLd.ren

Llke by oaIllng

Ae newoosprs to tht s land of Llberty

we' fel"t

!n obeenrtng the freod.on of speeeh and,, turnlng

happy

to uy ooupani*.r,

I SAld, trTh}S 1g Wqrd,effuL...$I9 ghOULd OOne egahxfr...

And we

d.Id cono, egaln and, agalfr. . * aLthqrgh

free

:

hold. your blaephenleS. .. tt

ee I uas on $y o$rn, I nLeeed uy parento

and the lurury

of the European and. Egyptlan

dld. not permlt

any l-ururles

flnances

1lfe...o1lr

I{ere

etc.

such as nald. servlce,

I was &way from hone vehere I used. to curse because the nald" would brlng brother nlght

ny shoes and' ny old-er

me ny sL1ppers., untle to force

would. try

my Aunt Athena,

and. rny rnother, but especlal-ly

argue wlth

to wear at nlght

me f,or not botherlng cuffs,r.so,

coLlar and. stlff

pants at

me to change ny strlped

would'

ny wlng

rrthe punlshment wor1ld.flt

the

crlug. . . l' Here ln Amerlca I had. to brlng washed. and. then nake an extra Chlnanan.

Lucklly

Frenoh Isundry

trlp

I solved. thls

ny dtrty

to fetch

lt

Laundry to be from the

problem by swltchlng

to a

on CoLumbue Avenue near the Baok Bay Statton, La,tvlan

Jew whom I cal"Led.

I{owever, I d.!.d.not d.eprlve nyself

of the necessLtl'es

olrned. and operated

by a cheerful

the rIsrae.llter.*

untll

the glrls

entered. lnto

ny 1lfe.

HY INITIATION fO A}MRICAN GINI,S NARAAGANSETT The excurslon portr

to the Blue HlLl'

Glouchester and. Rock-

d.ld. cost a consld.erabLe amount of money, but not to

enJoy such recreatlons

d.urlng onets early'youth

ls crlmlnal'

to say the least.

*I wa.e brought up 1n Greek $chooLs and we never called a Jew and I am glad thet e Jeipl we aLways eal-led. hln an Israellte, and. whlstllng euphonlc the new State of Palestlne ad.opted thle r t lgraeL . rtame of

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The d"ecLaratlon

of war agalnst

Gernany thrllled

Lrnmensely. I proceed.ed to the LocaL Board to reglster servlce,

&s I erpected,

but Lnstead. of belng sent,

Devon, the Board. deold.ed. to asslgn Conpany whlch was manufaoturlng

ne for

to Canp

me to the Hood. Bubber

rubber

shoes for

the boys

l lo ve r T h e re " . .. l l 0 1 r â‚Źr Ther e[. .. and. pleasure

To ny surprlse

I wae placed. between ?O

glrJ,s who were prepa.rlng the so-called

tlcket

for

Departmâ‚Źr?,trr... fhe work aLlotted. to me requlred woekl-y, but l-ucklly had. sufflclent

I flnlehed"

Lelsure

lt

the |tlvlaklns 48 hours

In 2O hours and. thus I

to stud.y or d.o whatever

I wanted. to

d.o ln my spare tlme.

I have an affectlon was located.,

for hlatertonn where the factory

a,nd whenever I happen to lecture

ltiasso or Glouchester,

I al.weys vlslt

ln Rockport,

ny chll-dhood. frlend.s

t he re .

Sometlmes I get mlxed up wlth Atarneus-Dlke1l

where I was actuaLly

Boston, Watertonn and born,..lt

seons to me

at tlmes ae l"f I were born tn Massachusettsr..so the Bay State

ls to ny earl-y Llfe.

And., lt

ls natural,

slnce

I resLsted^ so much the

crush!.ng po!{er of the new envlronuent, I dld rqster

lt,

cha,nged"that

when l returned

surprlse

fanlLlar

- wlth

f was a sllghtly

all

thi}t

when gradrnLly

changed. young; lna.n.. .

so

to Europe and. Greece, to ny

the economlc advantages of ny rleh

famlly,

-L5

I d.lessvered. that $tates...$herâ‚Ź

noet of atr frlend.s

of Denocr&cy...&rtd frlends

Llve and. enJoy the ben*f,Lte

are the rea]. reLailves.

The war was progresetng reJolced. notlclng

to be away from the Unlted.

wae lnposslbl,e

lt

for

favorab}y

the AlLlee.

novlng

fLags of the battle-front

the Llttl-e

I

ngrthwag,d, toward. Gernany lnetead. of morylng d.olnaword.to the

Poetts fo:ces,

orl the map outsLd,e the Boston

of ny beLoved. Far!.sr

vlolnlty

bulLdlngs.

gJ.ory that

I fel.t a refLeotlve

under GeneraL Pershlng,

pertlclpated.

our Anerlcan

1n thelr

forward. l

pueh.

The onl-y eadness I experlenced. then we'e the news of the passlng of nJr frlend., sorry

that

George Dllboy,

a young nsn d.ted. so ear1y,

Landensn of mlne was prooLalned panled" hJ.s father

I was 8o

helolcally. but

a hero,

I feLt

and. Later

proud that

on I &cgot[poot-

to the Boeton Conmon where he recelved,' lled.al, for

humousl-y, the CongresslonaL

Brsvery

a

from the hands

of Genenrl Edlrard".

One'nornlng

1n Novonber, 1918, or enterlng

Hood I saw

the f3.ags d.lsplayed from the wlnd.ows of the faotory, an ltaLlan

brass ba6d arrlved.

and. we alJ. narched,

thoueands

end. thousands of us, to the Clty HalL of Hatertown, It

seeun thls, was the slgne3. for

vla Farle

and. l'llareelllâ‚Źse -

departlngi

from Groece that

w&g o\rofr

and soon

Mass.

me to paolt for

I had promlsed. ny parents I wou}d returrr

Greece on

as soon as the War

I lrept my promLse.

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