. The Burton Holmes lectures;. ( Ai i;s TIIOS1-: of paris THE OLYMPIAN GAMES 23. GREEK SOLDIERS and then hailing a passing vender toobtain a fresh supply. I think I ateabout six thousand nuts while inGreece, and in the purchase ofthem learned how to bargainwith a Greek. Fourteen forten lepta — about one cent — isthe usual rate ; to obtain twentyfor the same price requires courageand persistence. Frequently the ex-asperated Greek offers to gamble withyou. He picks up a handful, lays them on the table,and tells you to guess, odd or even. If you win, hesmiles, congratulates you, and going
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. ( Ai i;s TIIOS1-: of paris THE OLYMPIAN GAMES 23. GREEK SOLDIERS and then hailing a passing vender toobtain a fresh supply. I think I ateabout six thousand nuts while inGreece, and in the purchase ofthem learned how to bargainwith a Greek. Fourteen forten lepta — about one cent — isthe usual rate ; to obtain twentyfor the same price requires courageand persistence. Frequently the ex-asperated Greek offers to gamble withyou. He picks up a handful, lays them on the table,and tells you to guess, odd or even. If you win, hesmiles, congratulates you, and going to another table sellspistachio-nuts for five cents apiece to a stranger newlyarrived, and thus recoups his losses. While sipping coffee and cracking pistachio-nuts, weobserve the passers-by with interest. The men as a rule aredressed like the average civilized man in any land ; thatis, badly dressed, in the most convenient and hideous garbever devised. The women ape Paris fashions,the officers are well-groomed, tightly laced,typical continental Diilitaircs. But thesoldiers, at
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