HOSPITABLE GREECE.
MILITARY ESCORT FOR THE MILK
A pleasant tale is told of Grecian hospitality by a pilgrim to Delphi. A foreign lady had gone to Delphi, where a festival of GreeK plays was being held, and on returning to her lodging very., late at night, she asked for some hot milk. She could not have it, she was told, because the fires were out. But after a while a saucepan of steaming milk arrived under military escort. A famous Greek scholar had heard her vain request and had asked the Chief of Police what to do. A lady had come all the way from England for love of Greek art, and she must not go to bed cold and hungry! The Chief of Police roused up a cafe keeper, made him light a fire and milk a goat, and sent the lady her supper. The Englishman who tells the tale speaks truly when lie call Greece a gracious land.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 181, 2 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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160HOSPITABLE GREECE. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 181, 2 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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