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John Hatilios is a r/ell-lcrx-vm business-ian and president of I^aklios and Coiri-
pany, Inccr or-ted, the or.^anisation v;hich naintain3 seme very .-^ood restaurants
in the Chicago Loop. I'J?. C-eorse Chiaco'jris is the head of the v:ell-laio?m
real-estate office v;hich ha- been operating very siiccessfU' ly for a niunber
of years and has rendered r^any services t- the Greek businessmen of Chicago.
It is the ol'-est Crreeh office of its hind.

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Hahlio^ is an e-pert i:: the art cf making .-loney, and !.>♦ Chia^ouris is an
expert in changing noney to property and property to money, Th^ir first
mutual transaction resulted in the successful acquisition of a long-tern
lease involving more than half a million dollars.

Their second business venture v;as the purchase by :>. Haklios through the
agency of Ix. Chiagouris of a tliree-story building located at the corner of

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'.Veils and Division streets, :;itii a frontage of a hundred feet on one streit
and sixty feet on the other.

.although the value .:f the lot and the buildin'^ exceeds 3140,000, they v;ere
purchased for only v75,000 as the result of. V:^. Chiavgouris^s expert handling
of the transaction. There are I'lany indications that a sub7;a3' station v;ill
be located at thi^. corner. 'layer Dever has been making efforts to get the
subway started .

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TII30D0R03 P./ILLALIIDIS OR PALLAS.

p. 5,. Last Llonday at 9:55 p. ra, , IJr* Theodores Pallainidis or Fallas, who is
well known and very highly esteemed as the scion of an eminent Greek fajnily,
a highly educated, vivacious, and very progressive compatriot of oursi leffc^
the gates of our windy city of Chicago for Los /mgeles, California, on a Santa
Fe express train*

Ur. Pallamidis in the many years of his residence here has worked in two of

our city's largest banks and has demonstrated not only his native ability, but

also his individual interest in our Greek colony, for which he deserves the
commendation of us all.

Because of his romantic personality and his close contact with IJr. Llerrick,
formerly president of the bank for which LIr. Pallamidis worked, he is leaving
us to establish himself in Los .-ingeles, where he will deal in real estate or
engage in some similar business.

The Chicago Greek colony wished Vx. Pallas a hearty farewell, and many of
his friends presented themselves at the station. LIr. Constantinos

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Saloniki, Apr. 21, 1923. (:7 W^', ')'.

Paleologos on behalf of all these pronounced a fatherl^^ prayer, v/ishing for
our compatriot the sarne honor and esteem in Los Angeles which he has enjoyed
in Chicago •

Saloniki also adds its good wishes "oo those expressed by Llr, Pallas* other
friends.

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Saloniki. Mar* 3lf 1923.

.^'^ OlQ Pfi:-' -n :.
MR. GEORGE STATHOPOULOS

p«2- The bank nearest to the Greek colony of the West Side* the Mid-City Trust
and Savings Bankt has taken into its service as manager of its Greek department
Mr* George Stathopoulos*

Mr« Stathopoulos took his master *s degree in economics at the University of
Lucerne in Switzerland t and is proficient in many ^European languages* He has
acquired experience in all lines of business by working in various European
commercial houses* During the last two years he has been employed by the First
National Bank of ChicagOt from which he now comes to be the manager of the Greek
department of the Mid-City Trust and Savings Bank»

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Salonikl * F«b. IT^ 1923*

SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS*

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p« S^ThB Gra^k restaurant corporation of Jdm Rakllooy that which maintains
tvontyfiyo rostaurants in busy sections of this city, last week leased for
a number of years » qpace in the building at S9»69 West Madison street f coa»
tracting to pay rent amounting to some fire hundred thousand dollars* Ihe o
amount of the annual rental is not yet knowm^ nor the length of time for
iriiich the lease was written*

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Te have been reliably informed f howeyer^ that the rental is the highest erer
paid for an equal space on Ueulison street*

The Raklios corporation intends to spend seyenty thousand dollars in decorating
this new restaurant and in making it one of the best of its kind*

The Raklios Conpany, which has operated for many years under the direction of
the well^cnown Greek t Mr* J(Am Raklios , has been hi^bly successful t and about
three years ago it was made a corporation*

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SiaoBlkl . Tmb. IT, 1923«

Silica that time it has increased its number of its restaurants and by the
introduction of a really AiMrican eystem has rapidly progressed. The president
of the Conpany is Mr. John Bakliosy the Tice«president is Mr* Vasilios KotsoniSf
and the secretcury is Mr. Andreas Chronopoulos or Chronis*

The negotiations to secure the above lease were successfully coiqpleted by
Mr. George IsagouriSf who has maintcdlned a real estate office since 1908 and
has done many a senrice to Greek businessmen in selecting fluid leasing for them
proper locations* Althouj^ Mr. Tsagouris had to face some opposition on the
part of American companies which were also interested in leasing in the above*
mentioned property he succeeded in overcoming these obstacles flmd accomplished
his purpose*

Chicago is considered to be the modern Babylon, irtiere all nationalities compete
with one flmother. We therefore feel that this is a good omen for the progress
and the success of our fellow Greeks*

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Sggonikl . Jan. 27, 1923.

TMX NEV PRESIDENT OF THE ATMS NATIONAL BANK

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p. 3-^T«0t«rday the shareholders of ths well^knovn Atlas National Bank elect od a
new board of directors and chose as president of the Bank Mr. Peter Gregor, who
by his intelligence! sincerity, progressireness , and industry has qualified him-
self for office.

Mr. Gregor is the first Greek inmigrant to the United States, to be elected
president of a national bank. He was bom in the village of Zeugalatio in
Mantinias in the year 1884. He graduated from the gymasium of Tripolis and in
the year 1902 matriculated in the school of Philogogy of our National University
in Athens. Since he was naturally fond of travel and of leading an adventurous
life, he discontinued his studies about a year later and migrated to the United
States, coming to Chicago and beginning his career as a sinqple wage«»ear ner .

About the year 190T he took an active part in the foundation of a Greek colony in
the State of Alabama, a project conceived by Mr. Jason Maliqpis.

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Salonlkl. Jan. 27, 1923.

WPA (ILL) PROJ mi

This eolony was named Dafni and made astonishing progress » dereloping into a small
city which challenges the admiration of Americans and has been made the subject of
study by American socialogists*

Later Ur. Qregor risited J^pani where he engaged in commerce and acquired a thorou^
knowledge 6f the Japanese language* About the year 1918 he was i^pointed to a
position in the Atlas National Bajok.

After a yearns serrice he was elected Tice^president^ and yesterday he was chosen
president to succeed Ur* Haaly 9 who was elected president of the board of director s^

^ig^QQikJL vandy congratulates Mr. Qregor and feels pride in the progress of our
Chicago Greek colony*

Directors of the Atlas National Bank for the year 1923*

Daniel M. Healy» chairman of the board 9 attorney and bajdcer«

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Saloniklt Jan. 27, 1923* r'n^iLu/rn^. ,/>

P^ter Gr0gor, banker

John Rakliosy rastaurataur

Pater A* Rusatoa, ni&nufaeturer of lea-eream

George C. PapageorgOf phyaiclan

John Gallanla, confectioner

Peter Frankosf commlsalon merchant

T« Frank Quilty, cItII engineer and engineering contractor

U. T. SchiaTona, realtor

Salvatore Siacoi confectioner

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B. P^tortllif merchant

Officers for the year 1923 •
Peter Gregor, president
M« F. Schiayone, vice*]

B* M. Blankenheia, cashier
Peter lialakates» vice-president
Z. T. Mordholiiiy assistant cashier*

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Salonikl , Dec, 8, 1922.

ANDREV KARAGIAmiS

Mr, Andrew Karagiannis and his partners surprised the patrons of art with
the erection of the Trianon ballroom, which is an object of admiration to the
aristocracy of Chicago. It is considered one of the most luxurious dancing
halls in the world. For the realization and completion of this wonderful,
artistic and immense ballroom, the enterprising Greek owners spent more than a
million dollars*

The opening of the Trianon was celebrated by a magnificent and spectacular
dance, given by Chicago's elite. The success of this dance was astounding.
The ball was given for a charitable purpose and yielded a net profit of thirty
thousand dollars.

Winter dancing began last Wednesday evening when more than six thousand dancers
from all parts of Chicago attended. The orchestra delighted the dancers, who

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showed their great admiration • \^ ^^

Chicago may well pride itself on acquiring the most beautiful and magnificent
ballroom in the world.

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Mr. Andrew Karagiannis is a representative individual among the Greek people
of Chicago. He is one of the most prominent business and social figures/^

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WPA (ILL,) PROJ 30275
Llbas, George, "Greek Inventors," New Era ,
Chicago, 111., Aug. Id, 1921, pp. 12-13-14.

One day last July I went to visit the great Greek chemist and inventor,
xhemios Tripolitis. Mr. Tripolitis was born in Stemnitsis, Gorinias,
but went to school at Athens. He is now thirty-five years old, medium
height and is a true Greek in appearance and behavior.

Unlike 959b of the Greeks who came to America, Mr. rripolitis was not
chasing the almi^ty dollar. He came here because it offered better
opportunities for experiments and inventions. He has achieved his aim
for bis inventions now total eighteen in all*

Mr. Tripolitis has studied in Cajiada, Athens, England, and the United

States. His two greatest inventions are the "Automatic Butter Cutter"

and the "Automatic Pood Dispensing Machine." Both are used by restaurants.

In order to give credit for this invention to the Greeks, a $300,000
syndicate is being formed in Missouri, xhemios iripolitis will be

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presldeut, C. T. Kopsidas, secretary, and P* Tripoliiis, brother of T;he
inventor will oe treasurer* Central offices will be located in St. Louis
and in Chicago. The offices in Chicago are in The Temple Bldg. , 108 S.
La Salle St.. Room 714.

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Saloniki , June 18, (2nd part) 1921.

TxJIvIPTiiTION OaIUJY CO
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The Galanos brothers have, by their industry and v/orthiness, gained a
prOToinent place in Chicago's business world. Their business grew so rapidly
that they built this huge candy company to house their "Temptation Chocolates"
which are so well known. The chocolates are made in this clean and airy candy
factory by expert candy makers. A certain type of chocolate is used that does
not melt during warm v/eather. i.Ve recommend the brand to all Greek confectionery
dealers not only because of the superiority of the chocolates, but because the
concern is a Greek one. By handling it, the dealer, the concern and the commu-
nity will be benefited.

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Saloniki, May 28, 1921. /o' o>\

DISCOTJRT CF .^ BLEACH VV^ fe"/

Mr. 3. Stratigos, after much experimentation, has discovered a nev: type of
bleach by which strav/ hats are thoroughly cleaned. The bleach is so
efficient that it is practically impossible to detect the difference
between a cleaned and a bimnd-new hat. ./e recomruend this product to all
Greek hat-cleaning establishments.

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Salonikl, uay 28, 1921,

OPENING OF CONFECTIONARY CONCERN

Mr# J. Teles, one of our most industrious Greek Ghicagoans has opened the
Genes e Candy Co.

It is the duty of all Greek candy and confectionery dealers to support this
company by giving it their orders, not only because its candy is of superior
quality, but also because it is a Greek concern.

Mr. Harry Pithos is the Greek representative of the company.

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Salonikl , April 2, 1921.

FIRST GREEK RTRNITURE FACTORY

We are happy to inform the public of the opening of the first Greek furniture
factory here in Chicago, Mr. A. Kalainatianos is the owner and his plant will
be called the Archimedts. All kinds of furniture will be made, including rest-
aurant and candy-store fixtures, at reasonable prices.

We do not doubt that the Greek people will support this enterprise, which will
in turn benefit the comm\mity»

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Saloniki. Nov. 13, 1920.

GREEK

GEORca: ccLij>.s _/fukeral director/

(Advertisement )

I am the only Greek who has received the proper training and peimission to
serve as a funeral director. Although it is a dreaded and hated calling, it
is nevertheless a necessary one to the community. It is a great comfort to
the bereaved family if the funeral is conducted in a dignified, quiet manner.
I pledge myself to maintain the solemnity of the occasion, and to do so at the
lowest possible cost to the bereaved.

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FIRE DESTROYS GREEK CONCERN

Last Sunday, the building that housed the firm of Peppas and Alex was
demolished by fire. The damage done was estimated at a large amount.
Luckily the firm is covered by insurance and will therefore be indemnified
to a large extent. The safes containing all the legal documents and the money
of the firm, were removed from the burning building, before they were burned.

The fire damaged much property, but it also did good. It showed this company
that it v/as highly regarded in the hearts of the people, who had come into
contact with it.

The Central Trust Coinpany of Illinois offered the firm any help it might
need. This proves the old adage, "Honor has no price, and lucky is the one
who possesses it." Lir. John Raklios and the Thompson Restaurant Company have
also volunteered their aid.

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The company has moved to temporary headquarters and is carrying on its
business as usual.

Their new headquarters will be ready within ninety days, and will occupy the
entire four floors, instead of the former one floor* Many letters have been
received by them sympathizing and offering any help necessary. Saloniki,
sends them best wishes for the future*

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Salonlki , Jan. 24, 1920,

CANDY CCajPANY OF GALAHIS BROTHERS SENDS LETTER TO SALONIKI

Due to all sorts of rumors and stories that have been circulating about the
candy company of the Galanis Brothers, we thought it best to ask the pres-
ident of the company whether or not these rumors were true» This chocolate
manufacturing company is without question the largest and finest of its kind
in the United States.

The letter which answers o\ir question is printed below and denies the truth
of the rumor*

TJeeo? Sir: For some time now, it has been rumored that the personnel of our
company has been changed. It is said by some that a large manufacturing com-
pany has purchased our business; others say that we have been forced to close
because of lack of business. ^The above accusations are entirely false, and
were made by rival concerns vdio tried to rob us of our customers by these false
statements. And so, we ans^.ver your letter by saying that the company has

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not changed hands nor will it do so. The entire stock of the company belongs
to lis and to no one else.

Sincerely,

Galanis Brothers,

D. Galanis, President

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IHE GREEK AS A RESTAURANT MAN

In preparing an article of this character it is almost impossible to
eliminate the time-worn race question, especially if one has decided views
on the subject. It is only fair, however, to differentiate between the
American of foreign birth who is a good citizen and the foreigner who is a
detriment to his adopted country, and to give to each his due. "American-
ism** is a popular word today, and rightly so, as the present industrial sit-
uation demonstrates; for a slow but mighty struggle is going on to determine
whether American principles or radical foreign theory shall prevail. §

Americanism in this sense is not directed at race, creed, or the so-called f^
hyphenates, but at the destructive or anti-progressive forces. It is these ui
forces, not nationality, which the country wishes to eliminate. Accordingly,
in this and succeeding articles we shall endeavor to present to the reader
an unprejudiced view of the nationalities in the restaurant field, setting
aside the race question and airing the good and the bad as we find them,
without fear or favor.

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V A 2 A history of the Greek in the American restaurant field would be a
I M history of the Greek people in iunerica, for the history of Greek-
Americans and the history of Greek-American restaurants are almost

identical* Of the ijnericans of Greek birth or extraction in this country
over 75 per cent are in some kind of food business, and the question natural-
ly arises, VJhy? Is it racial tendency, instinct, natural ability, or what?

It is hardly racial tendency, for the average Greek immigrant to the United
States was either a farmer or a shepherd in his native land. If it were
instinct, v/e think that it would certainly have manifested itself before his
arrival in this country. As to natural ability, there is no evidence to show
that the Greek has any finer "food-sense*^ than other foreign-bom Americans.
Vftiat then is the reason for his unique success in the restaurant business?

For an answer let us look into a city ifltoere approximately 3,000 restaurants
and about 1,500 confectionery stores which serve lunch are operated by
Americans of Greek birth or extraction. The city is Chicago, and we believe
that it illustrates practically all the conditions, good, bad, and indifferent.

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which prevail throughout the country.

In order better to understand the reasons for this large number of
Greek restaurants, it is necessary to go back about as far as the year 1885,
when, according to our investigators, the Greeks began to arrive in Chicago.
Unlike other aliens, the Greek did not seek work on the railroads, the
popular job for immigrants in those days, nor did he attach himself to any
other form of day labor, as far as we have been able to learn, he avoided
all heavy work and used his brains instead. V/e first find him associated
with Italian merchants as helper in a fruit store or a market, and, because g
he was thrifty, industrious, and quick to learn, it was not long before he
was peddling produce on his own account.

The success of several of Chicago's wealthiest Americans of Greek birth has
been traced to these early days, and this success was due to their being at
the marked with their wagons just a little earlier than their competitors,
and consequently reaching the trade before their less diligent rivals appeared.

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From peddling they turned to fruit stores, and from fruit stores to
confectioneries. About 1900 they made their first serious ventures
in restaurant-keeping# It was a crude attempt at first, but the method
proved both successful to the owner and satisfactory to the patron. The
lunch wagon was the means, and the factory worker's patronage was the end.

At that time the dinner pail was the emblem of the American workingman, and

it seemed likely to continue to be so, because no one had thought of the idea

of creating a restaurant to serve this man. Then the Greek came. He drove

his lunch wagon at the noon hour to the factory district, and was popular from

the start. Later he opened restaurants close to the factories, serving food

at prices vtoich appealed to the laborers, and eventually he won a reputation S

for himself.

In 1912 the Greek restaurant was first felt as a factor in Chicago. To-day,
Greeks operate 35 per cent of the restaurants in Chicago, and about 15 per cent
of these are in the Loop, the central business district. Ninety per cent of
these Greek restaurant -owners are naturalized citizens or have declared their

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intention of becoming citizens. The daily business of these men, in
Chicago alone, averages half a million dollars, and the business of
all the Greek restaurant-keepers in the country is ten times this
amount. Their investments in this city exceed $8,000,000.

Our investigators were sent out to find out the facts regarding the so-called ^

Greek restaurant. One thousand five hundred and three restaurants were in- r=

spected. We are listing the questions asked by the inspectors and the <-^

information gathered by them: 3

1. Does the Greek use another name than his own for his restaurant because he ^
has reasons for hiding his identity, because he is ashamed of his name, '^
or for some other reason?

Two hundred and seventeen Greek-American restaurant-owners were interviewed
who do not use their own names on their restaurants. The answers in all cases

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ire practically the same. Their names are long and impossible to
pronounce or to remember; in most cases they contain from seventeen
to thirty letters, and one name contains forty. Not only do the
Greeks find it awkward to do business under their own names, but good busi-
ness practice impels them to localize their restaurants by giving them
neighborhood names, such as motion-picture houses and theaters have.

2. Does the Greek pay low wages, employ only Greeks, and use un-American

methods? ^

Five hundred and fifty Greek restaurant-owners were interviewed on this sub- Si

ject. Our investigators were told that Greeks had been accused of bringing

boys from Greece to America, paying their passage and making them work out

the debt in their restaurants. This is so palpable a falsehood that it

requires no refutation. Not one Greek immigrant has come to America in the

last five years.

In the restaurants examined we found that the wages received by employees are

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practically equal to those paid by other restaurants for the same
kind of service. V/aiters receive ;i^20-a week, dishwashers ^12, cooks
i|p30 to ^{^35, and cashiers ^^14. In all cases the restaurant-owner pro-
vides the employee's meals in addition to these wages. Almost every
nationality is represented on the pay rolls.

In Chicago there are 25,000 Greeks, of vtoom 7,000 are women. Of the 18,000
men more than 10,000 are businessmen who own their establishments. This
leaves 8,000 Greek men to be employed for wages. But the 3,000 Greek-iUTierican
restaurants have on their pay rolls 20,000 employees, so that if all the 8,000
employable Greeks worked in restaurants, 12,000 more employees would be re-
quired. In all places investigated in Chicago we found that the Greek pays
standard wages and observes legal requirements as to hours of labor. The
environment and the working conditions of employees were, on the average, as
good as those in other restaurants visited, and there was a noticeable effort
on the part of the owners to educate the employees in the finer points of
cleanliness and sanitation.

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3. Is the kitchen of the Greek-Aznerican restaurant less clean than
that of other restaurants?

To get the answer to this question, we examined carefully the records of the
Chicago Health Department. We found no more complaints against Greek-American
restaurants than against restaurants in general, irrespective of ownership*
In this connection we quote a letter dated October 10, signed by the Health
Commissioner of Chicago:

^•On the subject of the sanitary conditions of restaurants under Greek manage-
ment in the City of Chicago we have to say that the Department has no record
of Greek restaurants segregated ft:om the records of restaurants operated by
all nationalities, but the experience of the Department of Inspection is such
that the claim could not be made that Greek restaurants were different in
rank as regards sanitation and methods from any other restaurants.

"John Dill Robertson,
"Commissioner of Health."

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A. Do Greeks hoard their money to send it abroad, or do they spend it
in America?

Prominent bankers of Chicago were interviewed. Totals which our investigators
were able to gather from our own statistics showed that Greeks had |8, 000, 000
invested in Chicago alone. Bankers expressed the opinion that the Greek is
a good bond customer, a thrifty man who always endeavors to keep his money
working. He is inclined to invest his funds in real estate.

5. ^Vhat kind of establishment does the Greek operate?

A careful examination of more than a thousand Greek restaurants shows that
the average investment is from three to five thousand dollars. The best
fixtures, furniture, and equipment are purchased. Interviews among the supply
houses indicate that the Greeks are progressive, do ever3rbhing possible to
improve the appearance of their places of business, and are reasonably prompt
in payment.

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6« 7/hat is the quality of food served by Greeks?

A careful check was made of this matter, and in only a few cases could
our investigators find that inferior food was purchased by Greeks. Meat is
bought from such concerns as Armour, Swift, Morris, and V/ilson, canned goods
from the leading wholesale grocers, and vegetables from reputable firms on
South V/ater Street. The only places v\diere we found that foodstuffs of second
quality were used were restaurants in the poorer quarters of the city where
the clientele could not afford to pay for first-class food. V/e found one o
case of a Greek-iiraerican who owned nineteen restaurants, and had twice failed ^
in business because he served food of first quality in a poor neighborhood, S
where he could not get the requisite price for it. Yet he would not accept «^
the alternative of serving second-rate food.

7. Are Greeks naturalized American citizens? !

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Our investigators found that of the 3,000 so-called Greek restaurants in Chi-
cago 90 per cent were operated by American citizens of Greek extraction.

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They have an association, the platfonri of which we hereby quote, in

part. The association pledges itself to:

"The developiaent of friendly relations between the native American and the

American of Greek birth; i

"Loyalty to our adopted country; '

"Conformity to the vays and the institutions of our adopted country;
"Active participation in the commercial, fraternal, political, and

social development of the place in v;hich we live and prosper;
"Opposition to unscrupulous imitators who sell substitute;^ and make

illegitimate use of the names of honest merchants and merchandise;
"The maintenance of sanitary conditions, and co-operation with the

Health Department; and ^ '

"The establishment of better business relations with the people of

this commonwealth, and the endeavor to make /uaerica greater and

better." 1

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In investigating the private lives of Greeks we found that they send
their children to the public schools and take an active part in
neighborhood development. There is nothing to indicate that they are
not good citizens.

The Greek-American is a successful restaurateur in Chicago, and we find by
observation that he is meeting competition squarely. It is strange but true
that he has never gone in for attractions such as cabarets, orchestras, and
dancing, but is maintaining prosperous and popular restaurants in the heart
of the districts where cabarets abound. There must be a reason for his
success. Is it food, price, service, or what? Y.e have found that he uses
standard and nationally-advertised foods just as his competitors do, and that
in the preparation of food he apparently does not excel his neighbors. His
prices, perhaps, are a trifle lower than those of other restaurants, but his
overhead and maintenance expenses are approximately the same. If he gives
better service than others, we have not noted any great difference; he pays
to his employees the standard wage paid by his competitors.

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Greek Star , Nov. 14, 1919.

The fact is that the Greek-Ainerican is a good businessraan; he is in-
dustrious, and he has vision and foresight. His rise in Chicago is
due solely to these faculties, which after all are the foundation of
nearly every American's success, regardless of race or nationality.

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J II H CHICAGO SPEED LANDS GRBIE TRADE ENVOY*

A bit of Chicago hustle has landed for the city's merchants and
manufacturers one of the big fish of the foreign trade puzzle in
the person of Miltiades Bezos, who a few days ago reached New York with
letters of credit and orders for vast stores of American goods.

President Harry H. Uerick of the Chicago Association of Commerce heard
Rezos was cominp: and sent Paul Demos, President of the American Society
of the Oreek Community of Chicago, to the seaboard to get him. As a
res\ilt Mr. Rezos, with his letters of credit still intact and his order
book blank, reached Chicago today •

Advance reports aaid Mr. Rezos had backing from the National Bank of
Greece for $30,000,000. The Greek envoy would not quote figures.

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"I am well armed to take care of everything that is needed", ^as his
way of putting it.

••Why do I come to Chicago? Well, partly because Chicago came down to
New York and got me. But I really prefer to come to Chicago for
several reasons*

••I am mostly interested in cereals and foodstuffs, and Chicago is the
center of the food market of America*

••Then I prefer Chicago's method of business. You are quicker and more
up to date than in the East. Your business methods sizit me better* And
now that I have comeyi want to say I am not going back empty handed*^

Mr. Rezos maid the Oreek merchants had decided that business which before
the war was done with European houses should hereafter come to America.

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oBim.

This trade before the war was $100,000,000 annually.

Mr. Rezos has a contract with the Greek government for 100,000 tons
of coal and with private interests for 500,000 tons, and has the
money to pay for it. But Bahl these American strikes I He can't
get the coal.

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Saloniki, Nov. 1, 1919.

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_/ik^j)ii;G Gii:^:]iiK giti^n pi^olioti;d7

.The board of trustees oi* the Central Trust Banl: of. Chicago net last vveek to
arrange for the promotion of one of the leading Greek citizens of Chicago.
This iiau is Constant ine Palaeologos Ha^nmonas. lie is head of the foreign de-
partment of the bank:, and is the first Greek professional man to secure such
a high position in the short spuce of four years..... |

lie was shov;ered by congratulations imd flov;ors when this becaiae knovin. I^r,
Palaeologos is greatly admired and respected, not only by the Greeks, but also
by Americans.

II A 2 GRKRK

Saloniki, Aug. 9, 1919 •

GREEK PROGRESS

^ one-colxum-wide cut, v;ith the caption **Charles George, President of the
Manufacturers* Equipment Company," appears in the Greek originaljj^

On a beautiful site in Chicago, near Oak Park, there is a huge factory built
in the most modem and healthful manner. It sparkles with cleanliness and
has a pleasant external appearance. Sunshine and fresh air are abundant in
this plant, which is run by electricity, thus being free of smoke and un-
healthy fumes.

This factory is valued at over half a million dollars and employs over two
hundred people. Zrom the standpoint of modernism and sanitation^ it is un-
doubtedly the finest Greek factory in the world and the only one of its
size in the United States.

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Saloniki, Aug. 9, 1919.

This plant manufactures parts for electrical machines and some automobile
parts are also made.

Mr. Constantine Oeorgopoulos (Charles George) is the owner of this plant.
He came to this country twenty years ago. Having a strong creative desire
and being mechanically inclined, he began this business venture with practic-
ally nothing and succeeded in making it what it is today.

The quality of his products brought him a Government contract for a great
number of parts to be used in bombs.

Everyone who has visited this factory has foxind it difficult to believe that
it is a product of the Greek enterprising spirit.

The plant has also a fine market for its products in England.

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GREEK

We are not writing to eulogize Ivlr. George or to flatter him. We are trying
to give the Greeks of Chicago something to aim for, and something to be
proud of.

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GR.^EK

Salonika., i.lay 24, 1919.

GRE^C GONFZICTICIIERS WIION

Dear relloiv-iaerabers:

Today, as never before, the nations of the v;orld are uniting to protect
t .eir own interests. Today all elements in the coimnunity are trying to
insure their existence by uniting to fight for their rights. Today we
confectioners of Chicago are organized in order to set up standards of
production and of production raethods. './e have organized to prevent cut-
throat co..i])etition, and to protect our interests.

In view of this, we ask all confectioners to join oui' union, because "in unity
there is strength". The first general meeting will take place on June 2 at
two o'clock at ^0 V/est Randolph Street. Important problems v;ill be decided
at this meeting, so please be present.

Secretarj^,
J. Adinamis

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IV JOHN ADINA: 'IS

(Adv. )

Do not think from the above title that our beloved and much-needed John
Adinaiais, who runs the well-known advertisement in our paper: "Nothing is
more certain tnan death", has died.

No, he lives; and so must he continue to perforiii the task v/hich, although
unpleasant, is a very necessary one. ^ditor*s note — He v/as an undertaker^/
He nterely wishes to make it kncvm Lhat he has moved his offices to 177-179
North Michigan Avenue.

Mr. iidinarais also v/ishes to make the follov/ing announcement: "V/ell, folks,
I am tired of running to serve you in your grief and unhap-oiness, and so I
have decided also to serve you in a more congenial capacity. Therefore, I
put at your disposal automobiles for weddings and baptisms; and for a small
fee, I v;ill arrange for the rental of the hall, tables, etc. Without any

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IV trouble on your part, all arrangements for celebrations can be made
through me."

0\ir beloved John, vie are sure, will fulfill all his promises. Let us try to
make him happy, so that he v;ill not take his revenge upon us when we finally
come into his hands. V/e, John, vjish to be on good terms with you; and so, if
we get fooled and get married, we ivill surely ask for your services.

Staff of Saloniki

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THE GREEK CGNFECTIOIffiRS UOTON

Last week the Greek Confectioners Union of Chicago held its elections. The
members elected to office are some of the finest business men of our commu-
nity.

IMr. D. Papantoniou is president; Ivlr. N. Johnson, vioe-president; and llr^ J.
Adinamis, who is also an undertaker, is the secretary.

Saloniki congratulates the above persons upon their election, and hopes that
by their energy and progressiveness the Union v/ill become even more success-
ful than it has been in the past#

This Union, when organized and governed in a better manner, can become a
solid foundation for business to be built upon.

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GRSSK

Saloniki, Sept. 7, 1918 •

TH : CSGUK BUSIMSSS GlillJIUS A ;^'' ^N

(Editorial)

Everyone is impressed by the amazing business and enterprising genius of the
Greek people of Chicago. Our success and material prosperity are due to oxir
inborn ability to engage in any business with hope, energy, and resourcefulness.

If one wishes to survey and make a study of the business accomplishments of
our Greek people, not only in Chicago but in the entire United States, he can-
not but admire and appreciate the fascinating and marvelous Greek business
spirit and genius.

V/e say this because the individual success, progress, and prosperity of the
Greeks in this country, and especially in Chicago, are gigantic and remarkable.
It is even more remarkable when we consider the poor intellectual and social
equipment which the average Greek individual possessed upon arriving in this

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I G country. Remember, also, that he could not speak the English language
and was living here under new and difficult economic, racial, cultiiral,
and social conditions. Our people must be judged by the business standards of
America, the greatest business center in the world, if in one is fully to com*-
prehend their great energy, industry, thrift, and ability.

It is true that the Greeks in other lands such as Egypt, Russia, Rximania, and
Turkey, prospered and enriched themselves, but they lived under conditions
which differ from ours. Those who went there were not illiterate and untrained
immigrants like those who came here; nevertheless, they did not accomplish more
than we did in Chicago and in America generally, in the short space of ten years •

Moreover, the Greeks of those countries, being more highly educated and prepared,
were considered an important factor in their civilization, and as a desirable
and constructive element. They contributed inestimably toward the progress,
development, and prosperity of those countries.

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I G On the contrary, in this country, to which many divers peoples im-
migrated, who were illiterate, ignorant, and miserably poor, we were,
among the other ethnic groups, considered by most Americans as an undesirable
^ element, a wretched and pitiful lot of v/andering ^foreigners. ^ Our crudeness
and illiteracy, then, was due to the corruption and incompetence of the Oreek
governments in power before the present Venizelist government came into office
and gave new life to the whole national Greek state. No one can forget to what
trials and tribulations, to \A^at humiliation and contempt, to what intolerant
attacks and sufferings we were subjected during the first years after our ar-
rival in .-unerica. In those times, occasionally, the Greek consul in Chicago
raised his voice and acted to prevent such injustice and intolerance. He did
this not because it was his duty, but because he had courage and was greatly
interested in the well-being and struggle of the hard-working and sweating Greek
immigrant. That consul was also deeply conscious of the obligations of the
American leaders and officials, who had immigrated earlier to this land, toward
our nationality because of our historic contributions to humanity in the past.

The consciousness of our commercial progress is much greater here than in any

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I G other country, because in numbers and by comparison with Greeks in

other lands, we have done much more in establishing successful and
thriving business enterprises.

For sane time now we have discovered several individuals among our people in
America, who, if they do not enjoy more moral and social power and prestige
than the Greek merchants of Egypt, Turkey, Russia, and Rumania, at least are
just about as wealthy. This phenomenon is attributable to the fact that many
Greek businessmen in Chicago^ and in America, became millionaires during the
World War business boom; thus, more rich Greeks were added to those who had
made millions previously in the manufacture of cigarettes, in the coffee business,
and in theatrical enterprises, etc.

The admiration for our rapid business rise and ingenuity reaches its zenith
when one thinks that all this has been accomplished by individuals as business
units and not by corporations, companies, and powerful trusts, which are
characteristic of American business. It is well known that Americans companies

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I G and corporations are her main business units, and the basis of her

economic and capitalistic life. Consequently, one cannot fail to
notice that the Greek, operating as an individual, as a single business unit,
has been competing not only with other businessmen, but also with large companies
and corporations. Though a foreigner, uneducated, unable to speak the native
language, he has been struggling on with these disadvantages in his battle against
these larger and better organized competitors.

In our desire to come down to concrete cases we will examine our commerical and
economic life in our city, Chicago; upon proper examination we will see that we
are supreme in, and the "King** of, the candy-store and confectionery business,
even though we had little previous experience in the business. Our stores now
occupy the best and busiest comers in the Loop, and in the most strategic shop-
ping centers in every district of Chicago. These stores are both beautifxil and
spacious. What more should we say about our beautiful and excellent restaurants
which beautify and distinguish the main business thoroughfares of our city?

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I G We have also engaged in the fruit and grocery business in Chicago'

with great success. We are not only superior to many other nationalities
in this line of bvisiness, but we are rapidly expanding, and very soon we will
become the leaders.

With his superb business genius, the Greek has made secure his grip on these part-
ticular businesses by engaging predominantly in the restaurant business, and for
this reason it is said that he has gained a monopoly of the -American-people's
stomach.

The Greek has also gone Into the theatrical biisiness. This is clear evidence
that he has not neglected to love the beautiful and strive for artistic excellence,
the ancestral characteristics and gifts of his people which have been handed
down by his forefathers, the masters of the arts; the first poets, dramatists,
and men or letters.

A Greek, Mr. Fantages, became Czar of the theater business in the Western States.
In many cities in the United States Greeks own and manage great theaters.

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I G Chicago, especially, is well known to us for its magnificent G-reek
theaters.

From the above survey, one gets an idea of the greatness and promise of the
Greek business genius and his potentialities. IVhat could our homeland, Greece,
and we not do in the business field, if more emphasis were laid on business
training and education, if we co-operated more in business, and if we combined
our resources into companies and corporations? It would help, if we suggested
to the Greek Government that it should support and subsidize every type of
business. The Greek Government must realize, as well as we, that in business
we will find the greatest and most important source of our individual material
prosperity, both national and individual.

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GREEK

Salonlkl , Mar. 23, 1918.

REAL-3STATS AND INVESMEOT BUSINESS
AMONG THE GRSEK EEOPIE OF CHICAGO

Salonlkl Is proud of the business and financial genius and activities of
those of our nationality iwho are engaged In Industiry or business. From
time to time we will endeavor to write about the progress and attainments
of the most Important and noteworthy Greek commercial, Industrial, and
financial establishments. TSie extent and development of our economic life
In America, and In Chicago In particular. Is an Index of and must of neces-
sity precede any cultural, educational, religious, and generally social ac-
complishments and degree of prosperity.

Today we are happy to give a short account of the real-estate and Invest-
ment company of George P. Chlagouris and Company.

This company Is one of the first and oldest Greek companies of its kind. / '^

On arriving in America some years ago, Mr. George P. Chlagouris conceived A,)^,,,^ , o\

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Salonlkl , Mar. 23, 1918.

of the idea of organizing a business and financial concern, similar to
the American real -estate and investment companies or offices, which would
meet the needs and requirements of Greek business. He foresaw the rapid
and marvelous expansion of Greek enterprise and business activity and
forthwith began to sell and buy real estate of every kind, to rent proper-
ties, and engage in nearly all the various financial activities.

The most important departments of this real-estate and investment company
are the following:

1. The Rental Department where buildings, stores, shops, and homes are
rented.

2. The Sales Department where business properties, stores, shops, homes,
apartment houses, and lots are sold.

3. The Loan Department — in this department loans are made by mortgaging /^y

properties, etc

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Saloniki, Mar. 23, 1918

4. The Building and Repair Department where nearly every kind of build-
ing and store is built or repaired*

5. Managing Department where all sorts of tangible property are managed
for a small fee.

6. Insurance Department where any kind of insurance is issued in co-
operation with the greatest insurance companies of America.

7. Bond and Mortgage Department.

8. Legal Department where any t3rpe of legal service is given in regard
to bills of sale, mortgages, leases, notes, partnership agreements,
trusts, etc.

This company transacts business with all the real-estate, investment, ^^

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Saloniki, Mar. 2S, 1918.

and insurance companies in the Loop, and employs many able and experienced
American salesmen, brokers, and real-estate experts.

The Groorge P. Chiagouris Real-Estate and Investment Company is located at
127 North Dearborn Street, suites 1611-1616, in the Unity Building.

We congratulate }Jlr. Chiagouris and his partners and sincerely hope that
the Greek businessmen, investors, and property owners will avail themselves
of the services of this fine company.

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Loxlas, Mar. 7, 1918.

GREEK CANDY-MAKERS

p. 1- It is better late than never. The much-needed cooperation among
the thousands of Greek confectioneries in Caicago is at last a matter
of fact*

With great delight we hear that the Chicago Greek candymen have combined

in a huge organization entitled "Greek Confectioners* Association of Chicago."

That is progress; over 6,000 candy stores iinder one roof. Bravo I

In the election held last Sunday the following officers were chosen:

George Chiaquoris, president
S. Phasseas, vice-presiaent
J. Adinames, secretary
K. Johnson, treasurer.

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Loxias, iMar. 7, 1916.

The exact number of Greek confectioneries in Chicago is not known. Some
wholesalers claim that there are 6,000 or 7,000, others say there are
over 10,000; anyway it is a tremendous force, and if it is properly
exercised, the Greek candymen will be notev/orthy.

Those who are not yet members of the Association will do a service to
themselves and to their trade by applying for raenbership. If you are
united and stron , the syndicate, corDoration, or chain-store will not
be able to take your business away from you. And the only v/ay to keep
the wolf from the door is to be organized, not for to-day only but for
tomorrow as v/ell. A word to the wise.

GREEK f^'_ v^N,

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Loxias, Jan. 24, 1918 •

GREEKS IK CHICAGO

p. 2 ~ Mr# Anthony K, Livicianos, linguist and graduate of the Commercial
Academy of Cairo, Egypt, has entered the service of the Fort Dearborn
National Bank as manager of the Greek department.

It is to the advantage of the Greek communities in Chicago and to the ad-
vantage of the Greek name to deal with Mr* Livicianos, who is well posted
not only in the banking business but in the comiaerce of the East as well#

The Greek department of the bank of which Vir. Livicianos is manager includes
under its heading other nationalities of the East.

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THE CONFECTIONERS

"Give me a lever long enough and I can move the vyorld/' said the philosopher
and engineer Archimedes. The Greek immigrant , who has come to America, says:
"Give me an opportunity and I will become a successful businessman". This is
unquestionably a true assertion* The Greeks have taken advantage of every
opportunity offered them, and have become owners of fine and successful enter-
prises» One of the most successful of these enterprises is the confectionery
business.

A Greek confectionery store will be found m^erever one goes in America. It is
easily recognized by its white marble soda fountain and its immaculately clean
interior. The Greek boys usually employed in such stores are pleasant and
attractive in appearance. Their willing service attracts a great number of
American customers.

Every Greek should be proud of the progress made by these confectioners. They

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not only keep their stores clean in appearance, but, ?4iat is more important,
th^ also keep the moral atmosphere clean, and thus hold the respect and trust
of the community. There have been very few instances where a crime or a mis-
demeanor has occurred in a Greek confectionery store. For this reeuson they
are approved of and supported by the parents of young boys and girls.

As an example of this support, we cite the following incident: The owners of
drug stores in the city tried to have a law passed forcing the candy stores to
close on Sundays, in order that they might have a monopoly on the Sunday trade.
Immediately, the citizens of the community came to the defense of the candy stores.
They felt that their children were in better surroundings in a Greek store than Lj
in a drug store where ndxiskey, cigarettes, and other harmful articles were sold. S

<j%

The Greek confectioners of America have proven themselves to be intelligent,
industrious, courageous, and far-sighted businessmen. By their own industry
and enterprise, they succeeded in opening thirty thousand stores in America, em-
ploying at least one hundred thousand people.

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The confectionery business represents a large potential fortune to the Greeks
of America who control it» Therefore, we consider it our duty to clarify
certain problems, the solutions of ndiich are pertinent to the realization of
our dreams. The first step to strengthen the power of the Greek stores should
be unification. In this country, especially, co-operation and unity are
absolutely necessary to insure steady and safe progress. Of course, the Greek
businessmen are to be commended for their success as individucLLs. V/ithout any
help other than their own ability, they are engaged in enterprises that bring
honor and respect to the Greek name.

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In America, however, individualism in business is not beneficial. This is the ^
land of the trust and the corporation, and even the simple partnership. By S
having organized itself , American business is in a position to dictate to the ^
Greek merchants. Greek men are forced to buy their supplies from highly
organized concerns that can charge very high prices, and in many ways exploit
the small merchant. The strength of these large concerns is doubled because of
the lack of unity among the small businessmen.

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Therefore, it is necessary that the Greek merchants form companies or partner-
ships in order to protect themselves against exploitation^ At present, they
are losing business because the five-and-ten-cent stores are selling cheap
candies and chocolates. If the Greeks were organized, they could conduct an
advertising campaign and inform the public of the finer and healthier ingredients
used in the making of Greek candy, in contrast to the impure, but cheap dime-store^
candy. ^

If fifty Greek merchants were to form a buying syndicate, they would be able to 3
purchase large quantities of supplies at much lower prices. Such a course 2
would enable them to make more profits on their sales, and would also make them ^
more influential than they are as single units. This subject has many aspects
which we have discussed at length in previous articles; therefore, we will say
no more about it. The point we wanted to make was the immediate need for co-
operation among Greek confectioners.

We frankly admit our bewilderment and surprise at the various types of advertising

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material that Greek confectioners allow on their display windows. We are
bewildered because in most instances the very things advertised in the windows
are not even sold in the store. For instance, you will see large signs advertis-
ing Fan Fizz in a store that does not carry it. Else^rtiere immense Coca Cola
signs are hung over the door of a candy shop that has no soda fountain.

Even stranger are the posters advertising the Fatima or Mecca cigarettes. These
signs take up a great deal of valuable space in candy stores that do not sell
any kind of tobacco. The United Cigar Stores sell their tobacco at cut-rate
prices in order to keep the Greek candy stores from becoming formidable rivals •
When the Greek stores devote space to advertise commodities sold by their
rivals, they are helping them make profits; and at the same time, they are
cluttering up their stores with posters and displays.

We are very proud of the success of our Greek businessmen, and we are not afraid
of giving them some needed advice, in order that they may be even jaore successful.
Therefore, we ask that all advertising material be removed and forever banished

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from the display windows of Greek candy stores.

The windowpanes should gleam with cleanliness; instead of displays of Turkish
cigarettes with half -nude figures on them, we suggest slogans or mottoes, such
as '^Homemade Candies^. Tell the world that your candies are made in accordance
with the requirements of the pure food laws.

The suggestions we have made are excellent, and we hope they will be accepted
as such.

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GR31SK

Salonl kl , May 13, 1916.

V/S MIST FOR!.! COMPANIES

When the V/orld V/ar ends, we will see a Europe that is wrecked and despoiled.

In order to rebuild and to replenish their resources, the countries of Europe

will need immense ainounts of money, machinery, and — ^what is most important ^

of all— food. r

From what source will they get these necessities? The lor^ical answer is: From c

the United States. Vi/hen this time comes — and it is rapidly approaching — only ^

those who are prepared will benefit from this demand for our machinery and our ?=

foodstuffs. o

The Greeks of America have progressed by leaps and bounds in the confectionery,
restaurant, and fruit businesses. They hold the reins of these businesses in
their hands. There are over sixty thousand of these Greek places of business in
America at the present time.

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Salonlkl > May 13, 1916*

At the moment, it is a question of supplying nearly half the world with food.

Just as the first Greek immigrants became restaurateurs and candy makers, we

of the second generation must avail ourselves of this opportunity to become

rich and powerful. We must form seme sort of a commercial organization—perhaps ^

one that will resemble a partnership, or better yet, a corporation. ^

Why should Greek confectioners remain insignificant and powerless, when they can p

become manufacturers and so make the very things that they are now forced to buy "^

at high prices. If they will \mite and manufacture their own goods, they will be g

in a position to export commodities for i^^ich Europe will pay high prices* ^

o.:

Undoubtedly, there will be some who will scoff at this article. Let them heed the i>
fact that thousands of businessmen, who were alert enough to sense this opportunity
have become millionaires over night. They were prepared, and we must follow their
example.

The potentially rich and large number of small businoss units that are controlled

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OEilEK

Saloniki , Lay 13, 1916,

• by Oreelcs, such as restaurants and candy stores, can easily be transforiaed into
colossal organizations inanufacturing their ov;n supplies — if the J-reei;s have sense
enougii to unitG ana co-operate.

So far, every other type of or^sanization has been formed, ken have fou^it . ^
bitterly over the eiapty glories of epheneral offices. Let us nov\r fight for a F
cooa cause — 'i business organization and co..ii:iercial pro,;:ress in .Uaericai <-

Think about this loatter, and for^'^et ancient feuds and foolish ideas that serve
only to keep us forever at sivords* points with one another. ^

.!e desire to hear nov; froin the businessi.ien theraselves v/ho, after all, are the
most vitally interested group. .;e v/ant to find out './liether or not they agree
v/ith us on this subject.

Let us keep step v;ith the rest of ^y.iericai

II A 2 GR3EIC

Salonlkl . May 13, 1916.

CHILD lABOR

The fight that has been waged by the Salonlkl for the last eight and one-
half months in behalf of the shoe-shine boys is finally getting resiilts.

At the last meeting a board of directors was elected, and LIr. N. Nomicus,
well-known Chicagoan, was elected president. Certain amies and regulations
v/ere formulated and they were as follows:

2. To see that the entire group abides by the decisions of the majority.

3. To allo;7 the members the freedom of regulating the wages and hours of
their employees.

1. To fight for and protect the interest of the Greek owners of shoe-shine

parlors in Chicago, and to uphold then before the American community so ^
as to keep their respect.

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4. To prevent any one from interfering v/ith any boy that^wants to v/ork,
and is satisfied with the conditions of that work. /This meeting seems
to be nainly for the protection of the employers — not the employeesj^

5* To keep harmony between the employees and the employers. To see that
justice is administered and the labor laws of the United States are not
broken •

The charter of the organization v/as drawn up by the Greek lawyer Mr. J*
Dritsas, v/ho also outlined the purposes and program of the Club. He v/as
appointed counselor of the organization.

The meeting was held in the German Hall, and at least 150 people were present.
The members of the board are as follows: N. Nomicus, P. Poumas, P. Dagelis,
J. Haralambopoulos ,

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Saloniki, Apr. 15, 1916*

UNIFICATION

"In xinity there is strength." This should be the motto of all Greeks if they
wish to become successful. Unification and co-operation are an integral part

of American life and thought. American people wur^: as partners and as groups — ^

not as individuals. This does not mean that individuality is discouraged; it S

simply means that two people v/orking together can accomplish more than one p:

working alone. Therefore, if fifty or a hundred individuals co-operate, the ^

results will be multiplied proportionately. As a result, when one person is -o

forced to compete with a corporation or a partnership, that person is nearly o
always the loser.

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Many Greek merchants are industrious and progressive, yet they do not become ^
successful, ihey are licked by the immense and wide-spread American firms and
corporations* To overcome this condition, the ureeks must, in turn, organize
their own companies. V/e do not refer to clubs, but to commercial partnerships

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or corporations •

A good example of ?rtiat we mean by unification is the Greek Fruit Company of ^
Chicago* Fifty fruit dealers got together and raised a capitsd of $2,500«
With this money they purchase fruit in greater quantities and at the same
time pay lower prices. By working together as a single unit they save money
on their purchases, as they get lower prices by buying as a corporation than
they would get as fifty separate fruit buyers.

We have always preached unification and its blessings, and that is why we feel
so happy about the action of the fruit buyers. We urge the other Greek business-
men to organize also, because by doing so they are benefiting themselves and
the rest of the Greek community.

At the last meeting of the Greek Fruit Company the following gentlemen were
elected to office: president, J. Vasilopoulos ; vice-president, E. Souliotis;
secretary, C. Kostulas; treasurer, V. Eliopoulos; and....

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VtfPA ^\ll^ P'^C'. ■

M0R2 ABOUT TIL:: LABOR MEETING

It is now an accepted fact that a union composed of shoe-blacks is being
organized. The progressive and fine men, v/ho are owners of shoe-shine
establishments, have taken the initial steps toward forming such a pro-
tective union.

We are publishing the names of these men belov/. They decided that the
shops should be open from seven o* clock in the morning till eight o'clock
at night. Thej'- also decided to pay tha boys ten cents (instead of the
usual five cents) for each shine on Saturday and Sunday. The boys shall
also be given a f ev; hours off on Sunday afternoons.

^Vhat more can the little shoe-blacks v;ant. The bosses will now have to
treat them like human beings ivho have certain rights and privileges. The
men who foimulated these rules are to be praised and supported. Not only
are they forming a protective association for the benefit of these small
boys, but they are also going to provide sick-benefits and free hospitali-

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zation for those who need it. They will also make it possible for the
boys to attend evening schools*

The committee who drew up these regulations was composed of the follow-
ing well-known businessmen of Chicago: Mihalopoulos Brothers, Briska
Brothers Andriopoulos and Sias, G. Eatsis, Pavlatos Brothers, Chekouris
and Tsimis, Akouris and Rigas, Nikitas Nomikos, Liakoutsos, and many
others.

The above gentlemen invite all the owners of shoe-shine and hat-cleaning
parlors to attend the next meeting which will be held at 748 Blue Island
avenue above the drug store of Mr. C. Salopoulos.

^ We add our entreaties to those of the above men, and ask that the meeting
^ be attended over^vhelmingly.

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Let us learn the value of unity and oo-operation; it will be our salvation.

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Salonlki > Mar. 4, 1916*

GOLD }m)AL AWARDED TO CHICAGO FIHM

At the International Exposition Deligiannis Brothers, a Chicago Greek firm, >•
were awarded the gold medal for the best quality of all the olive oils p
exhibited at the Exposition. C

A good advertising campaign would create a great demand for this imported Greek g

oil. CaJ

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Saloniki > Mar. 4, 1916,

R3AL-S3TATE TRArviSACTIONS

Two well-known businessmen, Mr. Elias Goirivilis and N» Sakelaropoulos , have
opened a fine restaurant at 11 - 13 Nyland Street* It is called the
••Belmont Lunch***

Llr. G. Grimoutis purchased the •^White Lunch" from Mr* E. Gomvilis, It is
at 16 Lagrange, translators note: The street name is transliterated/

The Nea Genea Cigarette Manufacturing Company moved from 35 Nyland Street
to larger and more spacious quarters at 5 Hadson Street. The company is
owned by Mr. D. Tsimbidis and G. Sarantopoulos.

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Saloniki , Mar. 4, 1916*

NiSW PRIOTHnIG FIHIVI

Mr. Themis Haliotis and l.Ir. D. Arahovitis opened a new and up-to-date print-
ing establishment last week»

It is located at 775 South Polk Street, and is called the *'Odyssia'*,

The owners have installed the finest equipment and are able to take care of
all the printing requirements of the community. These two men are highly
respected and well kno^/m; therefore, it is unnecessary for us to recommend
them to the commxmity.

We congratulate them and wish them every success in their new location.

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Loxias, Jan. 12, I9I6.

*~ •2--:.:es5rG. k. Koctakos, L. Yasilakos, and •'. Goutos, operating three

big dairies in Chicago, believe in the ada^;e, "In union there is stren^'th, "

and they have united their enterprises in one.

V/h:it a wonderful thing it would be if Greek individual enterprises were
united under one roof I Cur fellow-Greeks above nientioned are to be con-
gratulated, and \7e hope that their exunple will be followed by others.

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Saloniki, Nov. 6, 1915.

GREEK BOOKSHOP OPENS

The Saloniki is very happy to announce that the progressive Mr. Athan Belonis,
of our community, has opened a new rental library at 627 South Hals ted Street •
It will contain fifteen hundred Greek books, including historical works,
fiction, poetry and other types of reading matter. These books are to be rented
for very small fees and will be available to all who desire them.

Those interested in this undertaking — and all Greek people should be interested,
especially the young people — should visit this bookstore. If it is impossible
for you to visit the store, then drop Mr. Belonis a card, and he will send you
a complete catalogue of his stock. This catalogue will enable you to choose a
list of good books to enhance your pleasure and your knowledge. ^

Ifr. Belonis deserves congratulations for opening such a fine shop, and we wish
him much success.

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Salonlki . Nov. 6, 1915.

THE VALUE OF ADVERTISINC}

(Editorial)

We desire to make public certain Infoxmatlon before we proceed to enter Into
a discussion about advertising*

Greece has a natural monopoly of Corinthian raisins which are well-known
In all Europe to be the best obtainable. Yet here In America they are practically
unknown, and are considered to be greatly inferior to the California product,
nils in the face of undisputed reports of experts that the Corinthicm raisins
are unexcelled by any*

The blame for this condition can be put upon the lack of advertisement of the
product* A small part of the condition, it is true, has been caused by the
unattractive packaging of these raisins. They did not satisfy the mental
picture of lAat packaged raisins should look like. Nevertheless » even if they

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had been packaged in a more appealing manner, they woiild still not sell in
large quantities. Wxy? Because the California raisins are nationally
adrertised to be the best and most loholesome raisins on the market. The
public is greatly Influenced by what it reads, and has been taught to
prefer advertised products. This enables the California producers to sell
very inferior grades of raisins as being the very best; and they also sell
at such low prices that they force out all other competitors. They also
influence the tariff, and fight to make them higher, in order to discourage
all foreign Imports.

In order to improve these conditions, a Union of Baisin Producers has been
organized in Atlanta, Georgia. We believe that this organization will soon
send an application to the Greek Commercial Club of Chicago, in order that
both clubs may work together to advertise and aid Greek business and commerce.

BBLlsins are only one of many Greek products that are as yet unknown in
America. For instance, the cognac of Greece is famous throughout Europe and
Asia, and if advertised would find even a greater market here in America.

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This is true of all other Greek liqueurs and wines, also.

The olive oil of Gireece is the best and purest in the world—especially that
from Mani, Kranidou, and Kalamon. A few unscrupulous salesmen sold the
American buyers inferior oil, hoping that it would not be detected — and so
they lost American confidence. That is why the Italian olive oil is preferred
by the American people.

The most important commodity of Greece is, of course, tobacco. Greece today
controls and owns the tobacco fields of Kavala and of eastern Macedonia where
the most aromatic tobaccos of the world are raised. Yet the Americsm people
still have it presented to them as Turkish tobacco \mder such names as Murad,
Fatima and Hasan cigarettes*

One good advertisement would expose this unfair and misleading propaganda.
Systematic advertising would halt this use of Turkish names, and would also
give the Greeks a chance to become wealthy. We deserve this opportunity.

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because the tobacco is a Greek product and Greeks should, by right, profit
from it.

The supremacy of the Greeks in the confectionery, candy, restaurant, and
other enterprises of a similar natxire would be indisputable if Greek men
would unite and advertise. In unity there is strength; and in advertising
there is fame, power, and success.

We have expressed our ideas about the importance of proper advertising, and
the reason for the lack of spectacular success of Greek products in America.
Now we invite you to send us your opinions. We appeal especially to those
interested in the commerce and progress of the Greeks of America in the
b\isiness world.

Please make your replies concise and to the point. All those considered to
be of value will be published in future issues of Saloniki .

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Salonlkl , Oct* 23 , 1915*

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

At last a oQQBiittae has been chosen to continue the investigation of the
so-called bankruptcy of the Greek-Aiaerlcan Bank of Chicago* It irlll atteoq;)t
to bring to light the norsterious activities of these bankers » which resulted
in the disappearance of lElSsOOO*

Our past strong denunciations , finally , seems to have aroused the conscience
of the eonmunity* Last Sunday fifty of the defrauded investors appealed to
the Greek conmunity for financial aid, with which to engage a capable lawyer
to represent them; and we are happy to say that they received the coBiDunitie*s
support • A lawyer has been engaged to defend the rights of the eight hundred
investors.

We ask even those outside of Chicago who wish to help this committee ^ that they
send in their contributions in order that the fight might not be lost because
of a lack of funds*

TWO of the officials of the Bank, Mr. George Douros and Fotios Papakostas, have

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left for Greece in order to purchase flour; hov/ever, Lr. /ingelos Geokaris
and lur. Georce Jtcj.iatides are still in GliiCc\';^o» The^ie tv;o c^ni'tlsiTien are,
naturally, ju:>t as responsible for the failure of the bank as the other
tv;o; and, therefore, can be forced to ansv/er for their partners actions
as well as their ov.n.

The courts have heard of the flic:ht of the tv;o bankers and have begua to
realize there must be some truth to our accusations, and have started to
investigate the affairs of these two fly-by-nights very carefully.

In the rr.eanwhile, however, the comiittee and the investors raust not remain
idle v;ith their hands folded, and expect the Lord to smite their enemies
dead. In order that justice might triumph, action-r-decisive, thoughtful
action — ^muct be taken; and taken at once.

GREEK

Saloniki, Oct. 23, 1915.

COLH-I^CIAL CLUB
A Triumph for the Greek Salesmen of Chicago

The foundation has been laid for the organization of the Commercial Club
of Greek salesmen of Chicago* The work is progressing more favorably than
the Saloniki dared to hope.

The organizing committee is composed of George Bambakaris, Basilopoulos,
N. Sarantakis, F. Damascis, C. Spirakis, D. Sarantakis, C. Giannia, A.
Apostolou, John Agriostathis, and Th« Theodoropoulos; and these gentlemen
laid out the purposes of the club very efficiently, as follov/s:

1. To be a brotherhood of Greek salesmen.

2. To support and aid Greek representatives in their dealings with their y-
concerns.

5. To teach and enlighten the Greek businessmen concerning their dealings "

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with American business firms.

4. To develop good salesmen, and then to see that each American firm that
is patronized Ity Greek stores has at least one Greek representative.

5. To promote a closer and friendlier spirit between the Greek and American
businessmen.

6. To increase the strength and influence of the Greek salesmen, by teach-
ing the Greek businessmen to demand Greek salesmen and to patronize
firms that do have them.

These purposes ani aims pleased the assembled salesmen. These purposes were
commented on and critisized until all those present were finally satisfied.

Mr. N. Salopoulos honored the meeting by making a short speech, and he was
followed by Lir. Wilson, advertising manager of the Saloniki. Mr. C. Damascus,

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GH3SEC

LIr. Bambakar i s , and the Reverend Hadzidimitriou also spoke.

Among the salesmen present v;ere G, Arvanitis, J. Agriostathis, C. Agrios,
C, Giannias

Saloniki is proud that it has the right to take the credit for the idea of
forming such a necessary organization.

II A 2 gREEK

Salonlkl , Oct. 16, 1915.

FIRST IffiETING OF GREEK SALESI-EN OF CHICAGO

The record of the first meeting, of the newly organized club of Greek sales-
men of Chicago will go down in the annals of our race, here in America, as
a long step taken toward a brighter and more brilliant future.

These young men met at 748 Blue Island Avenue, in the hall next door to the
offices of the Saloniki . They drew up the by-laws for the organization, and
elected a temporary committee which will be in charge of the proceedings of
the first general meeting, to be held next Thursday, October 21, in the hall
at 217 North Dearborn Street.

•Qiis first meeting received the blessing of the Reverend Leon Pygeas, who
made a speech that was an inspiration to his listeners. He emphasized the
need for co-operation between the various types of organizations in the Greek

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Saloniki, Oct. 16, 1915.

'community of Chicago. After his speech, this progressive and popular priest
.received many wordsi of congratulation,

various comments were made and ideas exchanged by the members. These ideas
were concerned mainly with the problem of educating and enlightening Greek
businessmen.

The members of the committee are as follows: George Bambakaris, D. Spirakis,
Gonstantine Gianias, P# Damascis, C. Agrios, and James Sarantakis.

The Saloniki , wishes the club much success.

II A 2 ^ <oJI GRSEK

Saloniki > Oct, 9, 1915.

^aFICATICN OF GR3JK 3.\LlCSIIEN iU© BUSIIESSLEI^

The previous article which appeared in the last issue of the Saloniki >
and concerned the Greek representatives of large American concerns,
aroused a great deal of discussion. V»e are proud to say that the com-
ments were favorable to the ideas presented in the article. The uni-
fication of theso salesmen into some form of commercial organization or
club v/as the most popular idea of all. In fact, the Greek salesman
have already tiJcen steps to write a constitution for such an organiza-
tion.

Aside, from the Greek salesmen, whom we have designated with the title of
"^Ldvance Guards of Greek Business in ionerica", all the other Greek busi-
nessmen are giving serious consideration to the suggestion made by the
Saloniki . They, too, are beginning to believe that only through the organi-
zation of such a society can Greek business become unified and as a
re suit — powerful.

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Saloniki > Oct* 9, 1915.

Such an organization v;ould serve as an instrument of education and p2X)gress.
The representatives of -t'onerican concerns are the most experienced ones
and therefore the best equipped to educate the Greeks in the accepted codes
of American business. They can teach bettor business methods, and can give
much valuable advice because of their long and varied experiences. in the
American business \vorld»

The Greek bank officials likewise, can, instruct the businessman in the
methods of extending credit and in the checking of his accounts; and they
can also advise him where to invest his money to the best advantage. This
in itself will be a valuable service, for sadly enough, too few of our busi-
ness men know how to make use of the banking services offered to them.

In the same way the Greek people can be benefited by an organization com-
posed of Greek salesmen from large stores, such as Marshall Field and Company,
and from a similar unification of representatives of manufacturing concerns.
This would consist of various divisions, and would help the thousands of

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Saloniki > Oct, 9, 1915.

Greeks v;ho make such purcliases as furniture and store fixtures. This
group of buyers, in particular, is in need of advice. They continually
complain of the high prices they are forced to pay and of the high rates
of interest they are charged; and they know, through bitter experience,
the value of being able to set competent advice, that is so necessary
when a business is being opened for the first time.

Of course, the experiences of the veteran businessmen are of value to those
who are making a start in the commercial world for the first time; but the
average human being has a way of being unable to learn from the experiences
of others, who have already gone through the same kinds of troubles as he
is now experiencing. An individual is more apt to listen to the aavice of
some one he knows in an entirely different line of business. The Greek
salesman is the most qualified to give the needed advice.

It is imperative that an organization of Greek salesmen should be formed
immediately; because such an organization is sorely needed by every Greek

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businessmn in Chicago. The organization will receive the utmost co-opera-
tion from all Greek businessmen.

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Salonlkl , Oct. 9, 1915,

• THE GUILTY ARE ABSOLVED

Never before have the Greek people of Chicago found themselves faced with
a situation similar to the present one, caused by the bankruptcy of the
Greek- American Bank.

The eight hundred depositors who lost their savings in the bank were so
disgusted, so disheartened and miserable, that not one of them appeared
against the four bankers at their trial yesterday, with the result that the
four exploiters were declared innocent of the embezzling charges.

People who were merely followers of the progress of the matter, said that
the bankers were not afraid, since they knew the type of people they had to
contend with. Others gave all the credit to the bankers, because they were
smart enough to fool the same people twice, and felt sorry that they did
not get the chance to steal a larger sum of money.

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These people, hov/ever, are very wrong for harboring such ideas. By doing
so they are helping to kill the faith the Greek people have in each other.

These eight hundred depositors who lost their savings were not lav^^yers,
doctors or businessmen; they were merely laborers working in railroad gsings:
Of these eight hundred, two hundred and eighty have not as yet received
notice of the bank*s closing, and are probably unaware of the bankruptcy.
Of course, there were a few professional men who lost their money, but they
were the ones who muddled the affair the most. Their concern seems to be
for the side of the bankers.

And so the poor workers, the unprotected, ignorant people who struggle for
an existence are left to their fate. They could not raise a penny for their
defense, so they were thought to be dumb and indifferent by the rest of the
Greek community — a community so without conscience that it went so far as
to give credit to the bankers for their ability to exploit these people.

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This can only be called a bestial irony in the face of so much unhappiness;
this is the death blow to Greek co-operation and brotherly feeling among
the Greeks of America,

The entire Greek community of Chicago should have hurried to the active
defense of these eight hundred people. But this did not happen. So today
we see the four scoundrels declared innocent and receiving congratulations
from the community.

Let them or anyone else seek the faith or support of the Greeks. They shall
never get it and justly soj

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A STEP FORV/ARD

There are, at present, at least fifty Greek representatives of .;merican busi-
ness, banking, and manufacturing concerns, who by their personal endeavor have
created a harmonious and beneficial co-operation between the Aiaerican concerns
ani their Greek customers.

These fifty Greek men are all well educated and proficient in both Greek and
Snglish, and are entirely fajuilica* with all precepts of business and commerce.
They dignify the Greek name and uphold the national reputation; because, after
all, a group is judged more by its accomplishments in the business world than
by any thine else.

The fact that large American business concerns see fit to hire Greek salesmen
indicates that they respect the various Greek enterprises. Further proof of

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their respect for Greek integrity is the fact that they extend credit to these
salesnen, having only their written promise as security.

The Greek salesman, having complete knowledge of both Greek and English, can
explain all financial and commercial relationships, in detail, to his Greek
customers. Therefore, he servos the community in an educational sense as well as
in a material way. The services afforded the Greek community by these enter-
prising young businessmen must be recognized and appreciated. Not only must ^
we appreciate what they have already done, but we must make it possible for rj
them to achieve even greater success, ./e ccin, if we wish, have a Greek repre- :o
sentative in every large concern that trades with the Greek people. o

Saloniki desires to see these men progress. It recommends, as a step up the
ladder of success, the formation of an organization or club to be composed of
Greek-iimericcm representatives. These representatives are the only ones capa-
ble of foimiig such a club, having for its purpose the raising of the business

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standards of Greek enterprises, and creating a more harmonious spirit between
them and the purchasing .^ublic.

The patriotism and ability of these men will undoubtedly have a great bearing
upon the status of the Greeks in the future •

Saloniki , in future articles, will make the Greeks of Chicago familiar with
the careers of these progressive salesmen.

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THE TRAGIC HISTOHT OF THE GRSEK-iaiSRICAlNr BANK

5)215,000 Fraud; 800 Greeks Swindled

Thirteen whole months have gone by since the much— -talked-about Greek-American
Bank closed its doors because of bankruptcy.

During these thirteen iionths, not one of the other Greek or American newspapers,
that always loudly proclaim their interest in the v/elfare of the v/orkers and
small businessmen, saw fit to print a single word concerning this bankruptcy.
The Saloniki was the only one to enter the arena, and to have the courage to
remove the dusty coverings protecting these pretentious and impressive bankers.
The ;i?215, 000^ which these bankers stole and then spent on luxuries, represent
the sweat and toil of eight hundred Greek men. These men probably earned this
money by working as laborers on a railroad gang, and saved it by stinting themr-
selves to the bare necessities of life; in order that they might have some sort
of financial security in the future years.

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On Augiist 8, 1914, v/hile hundreds who lost their savings stood outside, large
printed posters vjere nailed upon the bank's doors, saying: "Due to the war in
Europe it becomes necessary for the bank to close its doors". This crowd
standing outside was nade up of aged couples, poor families, members of the Greek
Women's Club, and great numbers of laborers v/ho had entrusted their savings to
the care of these so-called bankers; and the bankruptcy caused a great commotion
in Chicago.

In the midst of this pitiful situation, the bought-out press stepped in and
printed articles by which they hoped to appease the wrath of the people. Article
after article appeared reassuring the poor and ignorant people that they would
get their savings back, dollar for dollar. Lying articles stated that the
bankers had plantations in Vlahia ^own in Greece where nothing grows because of
the rocky soilT" ^^^ mines in Canada; and that they would give their very shirts
to rei)ay their investors. Naturally, they accomplished their purpose, for the
innocent and trusting investors signed all kinds of statements and releases,
which later could be used against their interests.

The situation was left in the hands of God and the four bankers. Last l^y the

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IV Saloniki, Oct. 2, 1915.

investors again demanded their money, and v/ere told that they could not even get
two cents on a dollar.

The various newspapers which defended the bankers and called the editor of the
Saloniki, Ur. C. Damascus, names, and, also, the committee defending the bankers,
we ask: "V/as or v;as not the Saloniki right?" V/e v/ant then to acknowledge that
the position of the Saloniki was the only honorable one; and v/e are happy to
know tjiat the Greeks of Chicago are aware of and approve of the attitude of this
paper.

Do not think that the Saloniki is asking for praise; not at all. The Saloniki >
has been condemned by the bankers for its attitude, and will be condemned further
by them; but this paper prefers that it be condemned by such people. Their
approval carries a stigina that the Saloniki does not care to have any part of.

Hov/ the Saloniki is v/arning the unfortunate investors that the time for justice
has cornel

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On October 4 the final judgement \^^ill be rendered in the matter; and if the
people do not arouse themselves the bankers vd.ll be the victors, and the money
v/ill be gone forever. But, if the depositors will unite, and hire a good
lawyer to represent them; perhaps this can be avoided. It is a shame if the
depositors* money is lost due to any apathetic attitude on their part.

Tlie oaloniki is ready and anxious to serve these eight h"undred exploited Greeks,
despite the condemnation and sneers of the other Greek papers.

Justice must win!

II A 2 Loxias. Aug. 18, 1915, p. 2 GREEK

I D 1 a ATLAS BCGHAIIGE NATIONAL BANK. WPA (ILL) PRUJ.30275>

Last Monday the inaugural ceremony of the Atlas Exchange National Bank took place
and $18,000 of Greek money was de ositied in a few hours. The bank's capital is
$230,000. Half the stock is in Greek hands.

The officers of the bank are D. M. Healy, president, C. L. Caswell, vice-president.
Attorney N. Kyriakopoulos, treasurer and John N. Varellas, cashier.

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JOHN ::IAKLI0S Al^D HIS BRIDE.

John Raklios, who owns fourteen restaurants and is one of tho richest
citizens of Chicago Greek parentage,, yesterday married Marie Zyeal, who
began to work for him as cook when he opened his first little lunch-room
eight years ago and still remained his cook when he has amassed about
$250, 000,

Raklios was at first drawn to Marie because of her faithfulness and
'efficiency. This led him to study her more closely. He noted that
when the heavy a^res of the day were over, and Marie put on her finery,
she was good to look upon. Marie is of Austrian descent,

Rakliofe^s wealth gre^, and with the increase of his business and his
fortune, Marie grew more and more valuable ano finally indispensable.
It was she who superintended the preparation of the delicacies that
won him patrons. It was she who economised so that the business was
profitable.

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Finally Raklios made up his mind. He not only wanted Marie, he not only
was grateful, but he needed her.

He told his friend Louis Cheromokos of his thoughts of Marie, Louis said
that Marie was a fine woman, but that she was not a communicant of the
Greek Church.

Raklios proposed, anyway, and Marie fell into the arms of her employer and
friend. Last Thursday she completed the ceremonies which made her a
communicant of the Greek Orthodox Church,

Yesterday in the church at 1017 North La Salle Street Raklios and Marie
were married, and Cheromokos rubbed his hands as best man.

There was a wedding banquet later at the Hotel Sherman in which many
prominent persons participated.

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Loxlas , Aug. 18, 1915, p* 2
ATIAS EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK

Last Monday the inaugural ceremony of the Atlas Exchange National Bank took
place aifi $18,000 of Greek money was deposited in a few hours. The bank's
capital is $230,000. Half the stock is in Greek hands.

The officers of the bank are D. M. Healy, president, C. L* Caswell, vice-
president. Attorney N, Kjrriakopoulos , treasurer and John N. Varellas,
cashier.

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Saloniki , June 19, 1915.

GREEK

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GREEKS OF CHICAGO AM) VICIinTY'

Dear Fellov/ Count rjTuen: v/e hereby take this opportunity to inform you 5

that our firm, Louzakiotis and Company, has bought the entire stock of the <:-

Greek Kapandais Company. Our new company will henceforth be known as the P

Ivlouzakiotis and Kapandais Importing Company. Our business is going on as ^

usual with nev; service facilities to supply our customers with all desirable §

imported or domestic goods. ^

The new company is owned and operated by Tom Mouzakiotis and Nicholas o^
Govostis. It v/ill make every effort to meet the demands of its clientele.

The merchandise, especially the imported goods, of our house is of the
finest quality, and our prices are very reasonable.

A visit from the readers of Saloniki v/ill convince them of the high
standing of our company.

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Saloniki, June 19, 1915,

Thanking you all in advance, v;e remain

Sincerely yours, ^

Mouzakiotis and Company,

CrREEK

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A C0KTECTI0NEH3 CORPORATION

(Editorial)

It is generally admitted tli:it the Spartans were the first to take up the con- ^

fectioner*s trade. By Spartans, v;e mean all the Inhabitants of the province 5

of Laconia— that is, the Lacedaemonians, the Spidaurians, and even the cri

Cynourians, who, although they are from the central province of Arcadia, are \—

closely connected v;ith the Spartans by commerce and trade. T^

Among the thirty thousand Greeks in Chicago today, one can find a representative f^
of almost every village and town in Greece. In the confectionery line, however, ^3
the majority are from Sparta and the province of Laconia. <^''

Dn every great business comer in Chicigo you v/ill find the brightly lighted,
clean, neat, and attractive Greek confectionery store. You cannot help but be
impressed by the shining soda fountains, the multi-colored and bright marble

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plates, and the beautiful r^lass showcases full of a great variety of candy
and delicatessen products. Al.nost tv/o thirds of the confectionery business
of Chicago is in the hands of G-reeks. Besides candies, refreshing drinks,
and ice cream, one v/ill find cigars, cigarettes, and fresh fruit in our con-
fectionery stores, 'i^'ius, the great tobacco, beverage, and fruit concerns are
dependent to a very great extent on the Greeks.

The annual sales made by Greek candy stores amount to many millions of dollars. -^

Business conditions in Chicago are determiaed, to a large extent, by the pro- ^'"

gress and prosperity of our many enterprises, especially of the Greek-owned ^

confectionery and restaurant businesses. ~^^,

.'ftien the Greeks of Chicago entered the candy store business fifteen years ago,
all our present great soda fountain, fixture, furniture, candy and beverage
manufacturing concerns v;ere in a stage of infancy, j'ith the development of
Greek confectioneries, many great and po;verful American industries came into
being, with great plants and huge capital. These companies became prosperous

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because of their business connections with our people. Unfortunately, how-
ever, we are not f^iven due reco^;nition.

The Greek's .greatest fault is his ecroism and intense individualism. You

hear him say: This is I! Do you knovv vjho I am? This selfish, egocentrism ^.

is our people's ..reatest drav/back, our ^'lost fateful disease, 3^

In its desire to offer its best services for the good of all, oaloniki will ™
not unduly praise nor maliciously condemn any of our businessmen, irrespective 7'
of occupation or calling, as many other nev/SDiners do. /.e do not believe in >"
flattery, nor in inflatin.-^ the eg:o of omv fellov/ countrymen by printing their
names and parading their virtues and ^titles of nobility" with no practical
or good end in mind.

Nol In America there are as yet ho Greek tycoons of commerce and industry as
there are in Sgypt. The Greeks of Chicago, and of Merica in general, have
worked long and hard in every kind of business, mrticularly in the confectionery

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line. 'nfortunately, tliey did not work and create in a systematic and ..ell-
planned way. In.stead of .^''.raspiW': the opportunity of becoming rich themselves,
they have piven tliat opoortunity to the companies and manufacturing concerns
they v;ere dealing with.

,^e are firmly convinced that a po\verful and harmoniously functioning corpora-
tion of even a thousand Cxreek confectioners could lay the foundation for
larp,e and prosi:)erous companies j:ianufacturing soda-fountain installation
systems, beverages, candies, and tobacco, ^in all-powerful confectioners
corporation could rep;ulate the wholesale urices of the foregoing cjoromodities
and manufactures as if it v/ere a monopoly exchange, .^s thin^i;s are today,
our n^reek confectioners buy their candy- store commodities at a very high
price, and .ve might say that they are vjorking for the great companies.

If only five or ten confectioners would agree to make their purchases jointly,
they undoubtedly would be able to obtain more reasonable and greatly reduced
prices. They could thus effect a considerable saving on their purchases.

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But if a thousand Greek confectioners would unite and form a corporation or

a union of some sort, they could 1) make their purchases collectively; 2)

save much by the substantial discount; 3) or^^anize a first-class corporation,

or, let us say, a chamber of comrierce, by which all 'vvholesale as well as ^

retail prices could be fi?:ed and regul-ited. Tliis would be a veritable price- :t;

fixing "Greek exchange". -^

Such a corporation, such a union, v/ould elevate and give great prestige to
the Greek businessman in the American market, for he would have to be
considered an im-oortant business and financial factor. This miracle could
be easily performed if our blind egotism and selfish individualism did not
stand in the v/ay. The disunion and disorganization within our community liave
contributed much to accentuate our selfishness, suspicion, fear, and distrust.
For this very reason, Saloniki believes that the consolidation of our
institutions and forces within our community will, as a matter of course,
bring about co-operation and united action in the entire confectionery business,
a development which will give us great national prestige.

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The opinions of interested and loyal Greeks on this problem will be published
very soon. It is the duty of every good and pro^:cressive confectionery store
ovmer to discuss his problems and freely express his opinion on the whole
confectionery question. This must be for the common good.

There are many who think thiit nothing can be done. However, we must work on

and attempt to accomplish something, because we know that much can be done. F-

jVe must not relapse into inert resignation, and say that it is a good and a '^'

worthy cause, but that nothing can be done about it. ^5

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Saloniki, l^Iay 29, 1915.

THE GREEK G0NF2CTI0InIERY BUSINESS

Continuing its study and report on Greek industrial, business, and financial
enterprises in Chicago, Saloniki today discusses one of the important, and
one of the first, business ventures which our people have engaged in ever
since they first arrived in this country.

The confectionery store is one of our vital Greek businesses^ Next to the
restaurant and lunchroom business, the candy stores and soda fountains are
the Greeks* main sources of livelihood. Kany thousands of Greeks throughout
the United States are employed in the manufacture and sale of confectionery
products.

Starting with today, this paper invites every Greek confectioner to express
his opinion freely in re^^'ard to the business, industrial organization, and
general progress of our confectionery trade. Anyone may suggest ways and
means through which v/e could attain greater progress, reap more benefits, and

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Saloniki, May 29, 1915.

uplift the character and reputation of our Greek confectioners* ^is is a

matter of necessity, since we live in a rapidly advancing and changing American %

business world* ^

The confectionery business today employs about fifty thousand Greeks through- ^

out the United States* It is estimated that in every major city-- for example , g

New York or Chicago — there must be over ten thousand candy stores* Our most *—

progressive said industrious businessmen have taken up this very profitable ^
industry, the founders of which were the very first Greek immigrants back in
1880 and 1890*

As it exists today, the confectionery business is a creation of our native
Greek sense of beauty* For the establishment of these fine, clean, and
luxurious stores, which are an adornment and a thing of beauty on the main
streets of our American cities, the Greek confectioners certainly deserve
more profits and greater recognition*

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Saloniki, May 29, 1915.

In beginning our account of the Greek confectionery business in the United
States, but more particularly in Chicago, we do not intend to shower any
praise on confectioner A or B, as many other news organs have done and are
still doing for the sak^- of petty interests; nor do we propose to blame or
accuse anyone without some serious reason.

The purpose of this survey is practical and businesslike. The aim is to
provoke a general discussion among our expert and practical confectioners
for the purpose of f indin/^ the truth, and, on the basis of the truth, to g
formulate a policy by which greater co-operation, closer agreement, and a *^
more effective organization could be achieved, not only among our confectioners
in Chicago, Nev/ fork, Boston, and other cities, but generally among all the
confectioners in the United States. For let us noL forget that they represent
one half of our people who are engaged in business. No one can doubt that
they are one of the most powerful, most productive, and most prosperous group
of businessmen among the Greeks of America.

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Saloniki, May 29, 1915.

Our Oreek candy store proprietors, almost without exception, say that they

are v/orking day and night in order to pay for the fixtures and the marble

plates of their soda fountains, purchased from various supply corapanies, ^

which make a profit of five hundred per cent. These companies have shackled ^

our business men with big debts amounting to many thousands of dollars* p:

Before the mortgage notes ar? redeemed, the fountain becomes useless, or the C

style of the soda fountain has changed. 3

Our older candy store owners have become the victims of their desire to have ^
beautiful and ornamental fi:cbures and soda fountains, while the younger '^
proprietors buy economical equipment. They are prudent enough to avoid the
unfortunate investments of their elders.

The Greek confectioners have begun to understand that cutthroat competition
is a disastrous thing; that it does not pay to open up a new candy store
next door to another confectionery; that it is not in the nature of the Greek
to cause the other fellow's rent to rise; that courtesy and common decency

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Saloniki, May 29, 1915.

do not permit the heaping of insults and malicious accusations upon our

neighbor and competitor in the presence of our customers, nor is it decent

to condemn the quality of another Greek confectioner's candy or ice cream. ^

The candy store business has, for quite a few years now, felt the need of ci.

forming a union of all confectionery store owners for the purpose of settling p

many differences within the industry, for the purpose of securing business ^

co-operation, and in order to develop broader relationship for the common o

good. In addition, an agreement can be made to purchase merchandise and create ~

a wholesale corporation for the purchase and production of confectionery goods. S

It would onus be possible to establish a corporate industrial concern for the <?*
manufacture of machinery and soda fountains.

All these thoughts, which have been expressed by interested businessmen as
well as by Saloniki , may seem at first sight to be easy of accomplishment.
It is easy to discuss future plans and improvements. It will be to our credit
when we Greeks undertake the task of giving some meaning and practical direction

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Saloniki, L!ay 29, 1915.

to our hopes and plans for the reorganization and improvement of the confec-
tionery business.

Our Greek businessmen are eagerly expected to use the facilities of this
newspaper to voice their opinion on many phases of our business problems.
Anyone may contribute brief articles related to the progress and welfare
not only of the candy store business, but of any other important Greek
business as well. In this way, we shall discover where our true interest
lies in regard to our immedidte problem, the confectionery business. Perti-
nent articles will be published free of charge.

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Saloniki, May 22, 1915,

l^^'IJ BUSINIiSS :.I?r3RFRISES

A fine nev/ luxurious restaurant and saloon opened its doors to the public in
the Greek Tov/n, 800 South lialsted Street, under the able management of
Messrs, Sourapas and Alef ouzos, we take this opportunity to v;ish them good
luck and a prosperous business career.

One of our most ambitious and efficient businessmen, ilr. John Raklios, opened

the twelfth restaurant of the extensive chain of his business enterprises at ^^

Clark and Van Duren Streets. The new investment amounts to ^■:25,000.

Mr. Gregory returned from Greece, and recently opened up a nav and well-
equipped candy stoi^ on V/abash Avenue _/^treet number not specif ied^^.

Last week, the finest and most exclusive poolroom in Chicago was bought

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Saloniki, May 22, 1915.

by our most prominent and veil-known businessmen, Messrs. Gonsteintine Dravilas,
Niketas (Van) Nomikos and Andrew Karzas. Besides operating a variety of other
enterprises, they are now the owners of this excellent poolroom on 3outh Cot-
tage Grove Avenue, near 63rd 3treet, v/hich cost ,^20, 000.

The new undertaking of our progressive fellow countr3niien has aroused the ad-
miration of all v;ho have visited the new pool parlor and have seen its vvon-
derful recreational facilities.

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1 Saloniki , May 8, 1915.

GREEK BUS3IISSS PROGRESS

The well-to-do and enterprising Govostis Brothers, who already own and excellent
lunchroom on V/est Lake Street, have recently opened a new exclusive lunchroom at
3951^ West Twelfth Street. V/e congratulate our progressive and ambitious fellow
countrymen and v/ish them great profits,

Messrs. Leonidas and George Siavelis have opened a new and exclusive lunchroom
near the busiest intersection of the South Side, at 828 East 63rd Street* VJe
wish our good friends much profit.

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Salonlkl . May 1, 1915.

BANEHIIPT GREEK-AMERICAN BANK PAYS UP

The celebrated Greek- American Bank, the foimdlng of which was greeted with
uncontrolled enthusiasm, is now breathing its last* The closing of this
b€Lnk has become one of the major scandals of our community*

Last week, one hundred depositors of our nationality gathered around

Monadnock Block to hear Mr. Eastman, the State bankruptcy official, announce

the decision of the court on the case of the Greek-American bank. Mr.
Eastman told the crowd that there was no use wasting money for carfare

Although Saloniki had repeatedly warned the depositors and investors of the
uncertain status and rumored insolvency of the Greek- American Bank, no one
at the time thought that such a ^'prosperous** bank could fail. About eight
hundred hard-working Greek laborers have lost their hard-earned savings zz
overnight. As yet, there is very little hope that the poor depositors will
get any of their money back.

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Saloniki . May 1, 1915.

in order to find out whether the bank will return some part of the total
deposits* He informed the Greek depositors that only two cents on the
dollar remain from the assets of the much lamented bank*

So, the case has closed* Any further comment is useless and hopeless*

Saloniki fought desperately to protect the interests of the Greek depositors*

It was the only Greek newspaper that did its duty« The Greeks of Chicago

may well be proud of its gallant efforts to prosecute the bank and to

liquidate the remaining assets of the bank* The work is not finished, how- ^

ever* The Federal courts will now tackle the case* For this reason, all

the depositors are requested to meet and decide their next course of action, ?3

in the hope that they may obtain some justice* en

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Saloniki, Apr. 3, 1915 •

BUSIKtISS 'TRAISACTIOIB

Mr» Nicholas Demopoulos has leased a number of residences and stores on Van
Buren Stroet for a period of five years at a yearly rental of vi5l3,000.

We wish him every success.

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I C Saloniki, Feb. 20, 1915.

SALONIKI INTER7IE-B li^YOR OF CHICAGO

For the first time in the history of any large American city, a group of men
representing the Greeks of Chicago asked for, and were granted, an interview
with tlB mayor of the city.

Mayor Harrison is kindly disposed toward the Greek race. He was imbued with
love for Greece by his father, who was a great traveler and who spent much
time in our country. Accordingly, the Mayor kindly consented to give an audi-
ence to a committee of thirty Greeks from every walk of life.

Among those present were: Mr. Christ Damascus, editor of the Saloniki ; Mr. B.
Georgakopoulos , president of the Holy Trinity Parish and a good friend of
Mr. Harrison; Mr. C. Salopoulos, Dr. C. Kalliontzis, James Sellis, and G.
Damascus. The remainder of the group v/as composed of the most active and
most respected men of the Greek community. Mr. Georgakopoulos addressed the

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Mayor, theaiking him for having consented to hear their complaints; he
also introduced to the Mayor the various Greek men of note who were present*

Following this introductory speech, Mr. John Illiopoulos, who frequently
writes in Saloniki, and who has a thorough knowledge of the English language,
begem to speak. He made reference to the insulting articles which had been
appearing in the Chicago papers. He branded them as untrue and misleading,
and appealed to the Mayor for their repudiation. He told the Mayor that the
Greeks of Chicago do not intend to tolerate such aspersions and insults, and
that they expect their Mayor to act justly in this matter.

Mr. Harrison listened to the eloquent plea of Mr. Illiopoulos, and gave his
prcMiiise that the Greek name would be cleared of the mud which the papers have
unjustly thrown upon it. He shook hands with all present and thanked them
for calling upon him in behalf of such a worthy cause.

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Thus, the first step toward recognition has finally been talcen. As
usual, its leader was the editor of Saloniki , who leads most of the pro-
gressive movements of the Chicago Greeks. Now that we have the support of
our Mayor we shed.1 be able to force the newspapers to stop their unfair
attacks upon us.

However, Mr. Damascus did not stop there. He carried the fight right into
the enemies' territory. The first place visited by the editor was the offices
of the Day Book . This book had been publishing slanderous articles concern-
ing the Greek restaurants of Chicago. It had hurt the business of fifteen
hundred Greek restaurateurs of Chicago. Mr. Damascus went directly to the
Day Book's publisher, Mr. Cochran, and denounced him for his biased and pre-
judiced attitude toward a respectable, hard-working group.

The publisher finally admitted that it was unfair to Judge fifteen hundred

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business men by the negligence of three or four who were incompetent •
He said that he personally ate in the "Astor Lunch'*, despite the fact that
he lived in ths La Salle Hotel where the restaurant is easily accessible*
He also said that he knew that Greek restaurants are sanitary, and that they
serve wholesome, appetizing meals.

Mr. Cochran placed the blame for the articles on the Public Welfare Bureau.
It seems that a few inferior eating houses were examined by the Bureau and
found unclean; as a result, all Greek restaurants were attacked. He mentioned
a few other reasons for this obvious antagonism, but since we are unable to
verify the truth of these statements, we will not print them.

The activities of Scdoniki will not stop here. V/e shall continue to fight
for recognition and respect in behalf of the three thousand Greek businessmen
of Chiccigo. The American public must be made aware of the power of this
group. They must be made to realize how much these business people contribute

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to the growth and prosperity of this great city.

This recognition can only be achieved through untiring and ceaseless efforts,
such as this visit to the Mayor and the showdowi with Mr. Cochran. V/e must
follow the example set by other foreign groups who have known their group
strength and have not hesitated to use it. ITow they hold high positions, and
control large fortunes. Although the Jev/ish people actually have no native
country, they are well represented in the government and business life of
every country they inhabit.

Shall the Greeks — brilliant and energetic in the arts and the professions;
hard and tireless workers in every type of business and labor; born poli-
ticians—refrain from entering these fields because they are aware of a
social prejudice against them? Are they to stand aside and watch other na-
tional groups become pov;erfal and v;aalthy? Of course not!

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Tliis interview with the Mayor was a step forward in the right direction.
Saloniki will continue until we achieve our goal.

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Saloniki, Feb. 6, 1915.

JOHN DEIaAJiaS

The well-known Chicago Greek, John Demaras, has become associated with
Nick Protopapas, the owner of the Greek cafe on Dearborn Street.

Mr. Demaras is a capable businessman, and is highly respected for his
integrity and his ability.

Mr. Demaras is the owner of a large hacienda and estate in Liexico.

GREEK

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- Saloniki, Jan. 30, 1915 •

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

The progressive and highly respected C# Kiratsis has opened a modern barbershop
at the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Halsted Street*

We extend to him our best wishes for his future Success •

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THE GREEK-AMERICaN BANK

All idio have believed the statements found in various other Greek papers ,

and who have doubted the statements made by Saloniki , are asked to read ^

this column very carefully. ... • 2

As we have previously announced, the property of this bank was sold at auc- p

tion last Tuesday* No offers were made for the furniture and fixtures of ^

the bank. Mr. Alaf ouzos offered ;i^2,500 for the 758 safety deposit boxes, §

but he was refused* ^

The lease of the bank building, which expires April 30, 1922, was bought o
for $5,700 by N. Kyriakopoulos , C. Tampari, and John Varella. They also
bought the real estate on the comer of Kedzie and Irving Park Boulevard
for $59250« Mr. Bousios bought the lease on the store at 622 South Halsted
Street for $150*

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The buildings at 625, 734-736, and 738 Blue Island Avenue were sold to
}i&r. B. Doukas after he paid the mortgage of $1,500 on the property* Mr«
Kyriakopoulos bid ^10,000 for the building on the comer of Elston Avenue
and Montrose Boulevard but his bid was not accepted* ^

Mr* Grossman* s bid of $450 for the property in Euclid Park was accepted* ^

Theodore Sperison bought the three lots at 77th and V/est Hudum /bIoJ for £7

$1,000* Three other lots at the same location were purchased by Mr* Mylonas ^

for $450* A house, located at Humphrey Avenue and Van Buren Street, was o

purchased by Mr* Mylonas for $1,125* co

Thus it is evident that the poor depositors will not receive even one dime ^
for each dollar they have deposited* In fact, after the court expenses are
deducted nothing will be available* In this manner the Greeks of Chicago
have been robbed of their savings; moreover, the accomplices to the crime

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are the Greek and American x)apers which have covered up the true state of
affairs* ^

Saloniki was the only newsimper who fought for the rights of the poor laborers <^
vbo had placed implicit faith in the integrity of the Greek bankers. The £J
bankers and their friends have proved themselves to be exactly what we have
been calling them* __

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Saloniki, Dec, 26, 1914:,

GSEEK-AIiISRICAM B.Jffi FIXTURES TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION

It was decided by Judge Eastman and Lr* Zibell that the tangible property of
the Greek-American Bank of Chicago should be sold at auction. The notice of
sale was posted on the door of the bankrupt bank on the corner of Halsted and
Blue Island Avenues.

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A vjeek ago a different notice was attached to the closed doors. It announced

to the public that the bank and all its fixtures were for rent — if anyone felt ^

capable of opening another bank for the Chicago Greeks. It seeras, however, 2

that no one has evinced any desire to enter the banking business, and for that ^

reason the rental sign has been displaced by a "for sale" sign. E:2

To become a banker a large capital is necessary; and v/e know of no one, except
our four banker friends, who owns enough to become one.

However, even these gentlemen have abandoned the profession. Mr. Rifakis has

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Saloniki, Dec. 26, 1914.

left the banking business forever, and Kr. Geokaris has opened magnificent
offices on Dearborn street, where he sells travel tickets as an agent for the
Greek Steamship Lines of Nev- York Oity

Therefore there is no one left to reopen the Greek Bank. The action of the ^
court v;as very wise under the circumstances. The Greeks of Chicago are quite 5
relieved to know that they no longer have bankers and banks to worry about. <:>.

Of course the loss is a great one. ue are very sorry that the committee of ^
depositors — which presented such an impressive plea — was not able to force o
the bankers to keep the bank open, in order that the depositors could receive ^
all their money back. The Atlantis published a statement defending the in- S
tegrity of these four men, who said that they would repay dollar for dollar 51
the money deposited in the Bank. Both we and the iitlantis were aware of the
falseness of this statement. V/e exposed these men — but the Atlantis pub-
lished their statement in order to fool the public. It is obvious that the
integrity of this newspaper and that of the bankers is cut from the sarae cloth.

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Saloniki, Dec. 26, 1914.

Now let us cease our consideration of the bankers and the deceitful newspaper
editors who help tha-a, and see what can be done to correct the vjrongs already
comraitted. Of course some of our readers will laugh, others will sneer, and
still others will criticize us for daring to cast aspersions upon such fine
citizens and such respected journalists.

We do not care. Hach person has a ri^t to think: just as he chooses, ^jid we ^

reserve the right to print the truth about these bankrupt money grabbers and
the journalists that defend thera. This is not done to insult any person or to ^
get revenge. It is merely an attempt to tell the common people the true facts,
which are being hidden from them.

Of the eight hundred depositors viio lost their savings, seven hundred and ninety
are hard-working laborers. They had gone-^to the Greek Bank because of their
limited knowledge of English, and felt safer when they heard and spoke their

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Salonild, De6. 26, 1914.

mother tongue. It is these poor people v;hom the Saloniki desires to help.

If the eight hundred investors had been businessmen who were familiar with the

language and lav/s of this country, the matter v;ould be entirely different. Then^

the Saloniki would not be the only one to raise a protesting voice. If these ^

people were influential a deafening claraor for justice v^/ould be heard on all p

sides. Unfortunately they are simple, poor people and no one takes very much U

interest in their sad plight. 5

The shame of it is that the fev/ educated depositors went around making speeches co
to their fellow depositors and influenced them to sign releases. They were Q
aided by certain unscrupulous journalists who hid the true facts; and as a re- ^
suit the bankers have been declared innocent. In fact they complain of the ill
usage which they have suffered.

If the educated Greeks of Chicago had taken a greater interest the situation
v/ould not be so intolerable. Nothing can be done nov; bec^^use on January 12

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Saloniki , Dec. 25, 1914.

the property goes under the auctioneer's gavel.

V/e shout our accusations in the ears of those v^ho declared that every dollar ^

on deposit would be returned intact. V^iat do they think nov;? How about the ^

depositors who persuaded the more i^^norant to sign papers which they did not ,^

understand? p

\le have not given up, despite the hopeless aspects of this situation. As g
soon as the auction takes place we shall again take up the cudgels and fight
for justice.

fs:!

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Salonlkl, Dec. 12, 1914,

BUS Harass TRANSACTIONS

The well-known Greek businessmen, lir. Nickolaos Llahairas and Ivlr* C. Sikaras
have bought out the confectionary store at 1400 Milwaukee Avenue for ^1,295.

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GREEK

Salonlkl . Dec. 12, 1914*

MR. SAVAS BOORIS

On the fourth page of Salonlkl there appears a full page advertisement of the
fim owned by Mr. Savas Bouris. It is the finist Greek firm of its kind in
iVnierica« It manufactures all tjrpes of restaurant and confectionary ri:^ttu*es
and supplies • A full line of wedding and baptismal paraphernalia is also
carried.

Mr. Bouris has been engaged in this business for the past twenty-five years.
Previously, for twelve years he had a well-established business in Egypt.
He came to America because the opportunities for success were greater. Now
he is the proud owner of a fine and modem manufacturing plant. He is aided
in its management by his capable wife.

All the machinery is run by electricity, and the work is done systematically
and carefully, so as to insure perfection in the finished article. :

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Salonlki is very proud of the progress made by Mr, Bouris.

GREEK

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Saloniki , Dec* 5, 1914.
BU3EI23S TJI^^IFIGATIOK

GRSSE

WPA (ILU PROJ. 30275

We are impatiently waiting to see the formation of the much needed commercial
union of Greek business. This union — impoirbant from any point of view~uill
imbue our already established enterprises with nev; and vigorous life. It '..ill
be conducive to rapid and successful progress.

In the commercial world, it is undeniable that the system of co-operation, as
followed by corporations and partnerships, has been of tremendous value. However,
these organizations have so far been purely local in character. Despite their
great numbers v/e have not felt any nation-wide benefit as a racial group. The
local partnerships and comraercial clubs do not fill the needs of the Greek
people all over this country.

Many commercial organizations t'lat exist today, are not capable of serving any
social need because they are improperly organized. They are not able to give

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SaloniU . Dec. 5. 1914. WPA (ILU PROJ. 30275

advice to the menibers because they Icnov; nothing about the business conditions
outside of their ovm small community. This ma^es it evident that the time has
come to change the present methods, and to adopt more comprehensive and efficient
ones,

V7e must foim business clubs which are capable of advising and educating the Greek
businessmen. The economic horizon will be enlarged if the Greek men realize the
importance of such a move and v;ill see that it is done.

Such a step must be taken as it is definitely a forv;ard one.

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Salonllcl . Dec. 5, 1914.

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

• Mr* James Kostakos has leased the store at 612 V/abash Avenue for a period of
five years. He paid §15,000 for the lease.

Two progressive men of Chicago, Mr* George Kapantls and Athan Mouzakeotis,
have opened a fine store at Halstead emd Harrison Streets. They call it the
Balkan Importing Company. Mr. Mouzakeotis is an experienced businessman and
knows how to serve the needs of the community.

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Salonikl > Nov. 28, 1914*

BQSINESS ORGANIZATION

Dr« C* Eallontzls

The formation of a Greek business organization has been discussed many many times*
I am very disappointed to see that no definite steps have been taken in this
direction, as yet* neither the journalists nor the businessmen have interested
themselves in this matter, despite the fact that it is of tremendous social
importance* At least, the cultured and the educated Greeks of America should
recognize the value of such an organization*

Unfortunately, the Greeks in America labor under the delusion that they know
everything that there is to know* I realize I have overstepped my proper place
by writing this article. The only reason for my action is that I am trying to
compensate for the indifference of individuals ^o are supposed to be interested
in the social and economic progress of our race in this fine country.

I will make no attempt to explain financial methods since I am not a business->
man. This is only an attempt to point out the countless gains to be derived

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Saloniki > Nov. 28, 1914

from unification and co-operation.

Many people have the impression that the Greek businessmen in America are
successful and are progressing. But, how can a group progress when it ignores
the very weapons that are essential to progress and security? It would be the
same as if a charlatan^ vAio poses as a medical man, were to have hopes of be-
coming internationally famous as a doctor. And, yet, Greek people blindly fol-
low the leadership of even such quacks, and become like them in thoughts and
actions. This is an unfortunate reflection on the Greek mind, but it is a true
one.

Again I say, the American Greek has not prospered in business. He refuses to
acknowledge the very rudiments of good business. He does not co-operate and
he is not systematic. His capital is small and he has no power. If you tell
the Greeks to form a chamber of commerce or a corporation, they question the
benefit of such an organization. In this article I hope to clarify some of
the benefits to be derived by co-operation.

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Salonlkl , Nov, 28, 1914.

In order to form such an organization all members must contribute or invest
a set amount of money; in order that ther-j be a large working capital.

An American does not enter any business that he is unfamiliar with. On the 5
other hand, the Greek, who has sold fruit all his life, thinks nothing of open- >^
ing a restaurant or a laundry. The American opens a small store and awaits to P
see if it is successful before making any effort to enlarge it. The Greek spends ^
every cent he has saved and borrowed, so that he can start out with a big bang. ^
Usually, he works like a slave the rest of his life to pay for that mistake. ^

The American has a systematic routine, he has regular store hours, and he con- arl
serves his financial resources; while the Greek stays open night and day and
ends up in a sanitarium.

The employees of Greek stores have no regular hours end no holidays like the
employees of other stores. American men fonn companies for protection and

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Saloniki , Nov. 28, 191^,

for power • Very few Greek partnerships are successful or permanent. Americans
pay their bills by checks, and thereby save a great deal of time and effort; while
the Greek leaves his store and runs from place to place to pay debts.

Nowl" are the Greeks still under the impression that tiiey are successful? '^ell, ^

all, as yet, is not hopeless, a business organization will educate and j';^ide the 2

Greek businessfl[ien« It vjill teach them efficiency and correct business methods. It "^

will keep them informed of commercial trends and mechanical progress that could ^

affect the success of their businesses. And the most important part is that such -t

a union would awaken the interei^t of our young men. V/e need organization if vje d

want future recognition. J^

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Such an organization can also be kno^vn as a gesture of patriotism. For, if we "^
are successful, the American people will have more esteem for the Greek people
and the Greek race. Such a step will more firmly entrench us in this, our adopted
land. Our children and wives will benefit and our labors vdll not be in vain.

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Salonikl. Oct. 17, 1914.

JOHN RAKLIOS

The name mentioned above is familiar to all Chicagoans. Mr* /loh^ Kaklios is
the Greek who owns twelve restaurants » all situated on street comers at busy-
intersections • Recently he purchased the beautiful Paris Restaurant located
at Harrison and State Streets •

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GREEK

Saloniki, Oct. 17, 1914.

BUSIl^SS ENTERPRISES

We are happy to inform the Grreeks of Chicago that the progressive and
capable James Rodopoulos has leased the Union Restaurant for fifteen
years, at a lease price of ;i;;180,000.

The above lessee and the Patras Brothers have formed a partnership known
as James Roder and Company. This organization also owns three other eat-
ing houses, known a^ the Astor Restaurants.

Congratulations and best wishes.

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oaloniki, Oct. 17, 1914.

BUSINESS DKilS

The well-kno\m Chicagoans, Mrs, N« Gianopoulos and Ivir. John Marakas —
the latter a representative of an insurance firm — have rented the Midway
Hippodrome at 63rd Jtreet and Cottage Grove Avenue* i\ir. Eb. Gohn v/as the
lessor. He has had many business dealings with Greeks of Chicago.

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Saloniki, Aug. 15, 1914.

NM GREEK CANDY STOHE

Two progressive Greek men of Chicago, Mr. A. Polizonis and Mr. P. Eezios,
have opened a beautiful confectioneoy store at North and Milwaukee Avenues^
The store is valued at $15,000.

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Salonlki > Aug. 8, 1914*

GREEK-AMERICAN BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS

The Greek coniiiunity of Chicago was shocked and upset when it became known

that the Greek- American Bank had closed. The following notice was put on S

the Bank's doors: ^

♦»Due to the disturbed world conditions vdiich have affected our financial ^

status, we find it necesscury to close the Bank. ^

**A. Geokaris, G. Stamatides, F. Papakostas, G. Douras.** co

Among the investors are some of the finest Greek businessmen of Chicago.
Unfortunately, the Salon iki lost $378.99 in this bank failure. We will
print further details of this scandal.

At this moment, hundreds of Greeks are standing mute before the Bank's
closed doors. They can't quite understand that their hard-earned money

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is lost. There's something very peculiar about the failure of this bank.

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Saaonikl . Feb. 28, 1914.

OFFICIAL QESNING OF THE ATHENIAN HALL

The official opening of the new Athenian Hall, which is located above
Constantino Salopoulos* pharmacy, on Blue Island Avenue and Polk Street, was
celebrated with a magnificent ceremony and a sumptuous banquet*

This excellent and spacious hall was sorely needed by our Greek community on
the West Side* It will no doubt beccMe the meeting place €Lnd a social center
of our people*

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More than two hundred guests from among our most prominent businessmen and ^
members of the professions took part in the magnificent banquet, which was ^
given by the owner and manager of the hall«

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Salonlki. Jan. 9, 1914.

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

Mr* Andrew Alexopoulos , Mr. Ginis, and Mr. Jolin Karas, have purchased the
bakery at 801 Blue Island Avenue. These men have had experience in this type <
of business and are expected to be very successful. -o

Mr. Fafoutis, Mr. Columbus, and Mr. Vambos have opened a first-class bakery ^
on Blue Island Avenue. ^

•>*. •

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Salonlki , Nov. 15, 1913.

HJSHIESS ACTITITISS

Our progressive fellov/ countrymen, Constant ine and Kyriakos Papakyriakos , have
opened a fine, new, exclusive saloon and restaurant in the center of the Greek
quarter, at 805 Blue Island Avenue.

GRESK

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I D 1 a Saloniki, Oct. 25, 1913.

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OUR laborenig class

V/ith the first snow flakes of the cold winter which have visited us so early
this year, many thousands of Greek laborers v/ill be released from hard,
dangerous work on the railroads. Hundreds of them v/ill sv/arm into the Greek
quarter this winter, as usual. A month hence there will be thousands of workers ^
arriving in Chicago. ^

Thus, Saloniki will grasp the opportunity to study and make an investigation of ^-^

our labor problem, on which so much has been written in the past. 3

Chicago is pre-eminently a great railroad center, and, as such, it is also a
great labor center. No one can find a better place in which to study this vital
labor problem.

V/e are at present restricting the scope of our study to the railroad industry,
without intending to underestimate the importance of the manufacturing centers

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I D 1 a Saloniki, Oct* 25, 1913.

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of New England, where thousands of Greeks are v/orking in the Cotton
mills. Nor do we want to overlook the mining industry in Utah, where thousands
of Greeks are digging in the depths of the earth.

Saloniki is happy because the return of the workers* caravans to Chicago will ^
afford the opportunity to make an analysis and intimate study of labor conditions ^
in railroad construction companies, where more than fifty thousand Greeks are <::n
employed. Only a few of us know of their toil and their hardships, of the hard p
labor in the scorching heat of the desert, of the blood and sweat which they
shed .

BloodI Yes, plenty of blood J

There are hundreds of accidents and deaths among Greek railroad v-rorkers every
year. Uany hundreds are maimed and crippled. That is why the termination of
these men's employment is likened to the demobilization of our troops in Greece.

Ca.5

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I D 1 a Salonikl , Oct. 25, 1913,

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Both these armies have shed their blood, both have worked ha3?d, both
have been engaging in a desperate struggle: the one to defend and protect the
fatherland, the other to support and sustain the poor families on the farms
and in the villages of Greece.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being sent to their families in Greece every
year by the sturdy railroad workers. Thousands of wives, parents, sisters, and
children are given a new lease on life with the sweat of the far-av/ay immigrant,
who for this very reason must be called a national benefactor. Then, he should
have the absolute right to full protection by the government.

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As a newspaper which fulfills its program, Saloniki v/ill examine all aspects of

the labor question, especially at this time when the streets of the Greek

quarter are filled with many idle workers. Si

The laborers themselves v/ill be asked by Saloniki to give an account of their
life, their conditions of work, and their problems. Thus, we v/ill leam about

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I D 1 a Salonlki , Oct, 25, 1913.

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those notorious bosses and hiring agents of labor, about the ex-
ploiters and parasites amongst our laborers.

But even the life of our workers in the city, in our Greek social centers, in
the traditional coffee houses during the winter months, will be of great interest
to our community. Saloniki will undertake to study this problem impartially, anc^
will disregard any misunderstanding that may arise, • >

This newspaper is pleased to greet the arrival of thousands of Greek workers in C
Chicago. It will listen to and publish all the complaints and demands of labor, rg
in order to correct many evils and to improve labor's status. P

The struggle of Saloniki in behalf of labor will of necessity be restricted to
the journalistic field. The workers who are in any way wronged or mistreated
will find this paper on their side in our common effort to obtain justice and
fair treatment. The government, which is always v/iUing to support the just

^^ ^

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I D 1 a Saloniki, Oct. 25, 1913.

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demands of labor, is welcomed to obtain all the information which it
desires from the offices of Saloniki ,

A newspaper established in a labor market and industrial city such as Chicago

will have compromised its principles and purposes, if it did not gladly under- ^

take to fight for and protect the interests of the sweating, toiling, and ^^

unfairly treated worker. p

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GS^EEK

Saloniki , Oct. 25, 1913.

THE GREEKS IN CHICAGO
Business Enterprises

The progressive and enterprising Diamantopoulos brothers have opened a fine
new confectionery store on the comer of Milwaukee Avenue and Irving Park
Boulevard •

The well-known Mouzakiotis brothers have opened a new bookstore and Greek
newspaper and periodical distributing agency, with a complete stock of new
books 9 on Harrison and Halsted Streets. S

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GREEK

Loxias, Sep. 7, 1913.

NEW APOLLO THEATRE

Greek Progress iveness

-*»i^

p» £• -- Three enterprising Greeks of our coimnunity, John Ahamnos,
P* Nasopoulos^ and E« Kalodemos^ are the owners of the New Apollo
Theatre, located at Fortieth and North Avenues.

Work on the building began last week, and the cost will exceed
#65,000. The seating capacity will be for 1,200 people* Plans were
drawn by Mr. -N. Docos, the well-known. Greek engineer and architect.

Loxias congratulates our three progressive fellow-Greeks and wishes
them success.

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38 lonlki , Aug. 9, 1913.

KS:^! riPOItTIITG HOIBii:

V/e are pleased to announce tlriat a new Greek business enterprise has been ^

established. The excellent importing store inanaged by Messrs. John ^

Papachristos and George Ginas will be receiving a great variety of imports -^

and merchandise directly from Greece. 3

vJe wish our young enterprising and progressive friends, Llessrs. Papachristos
and Giaiaas, the best of luck.

This company is located at 1809 South State Street.

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1:T:J BUSIIT.i33ES ^

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Messrs. Poulos and ICellis have opened a plumbing and machine repair shop ^

at 718 Blue Island Avenue. Soda fountains, peanut roasting machines, and ^

stoves are repaired at very reasonable prices. Patronize these tv/o mechanics ^

and you will be more than satisfied. ' o

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SaXoniki , Au^. 9, X9X3.

aR;^::i:3 in oiacAco

The IleriJies Shoo Polish Company

Under the name of tlie ancient G-reek god of trade and coLmerce, Ilernes, an
important corporation has been established, with both Greeks and .j.iericans
participating.

Almost all the owners of shoe-sliine parlors, both in Chicago and other cities,
obtain tlieir supplies from i.he Iiermes Corporation, ;vhich is under the direction
of experienced businessmen, v/ho are a credit to the Greek name.

This company has a capital investment of -^^SOjOOO. It coiripetes with the ^^reat-
est .jiierican companies of its kind in the Manufacture and sale of dye and shoe ?|
polish products. The quality of these products is exce^-lent, and prices are
very reasonable.

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Salonikl , Aug. 9, 1913.

On page four we are publishing an important announcement of this ^reat pro-
r^ressive company, and we suggest tliat our shoe-shine parlor owners read it
very carefully.

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ILJlA Loxlast Mar. 29, 1913, p. 3 GBEBK

A NEW DRU& STORE FOR THE WEST SIDE.

The well known pharmacist, Mr. Constantine Eutaxopotilos, bought another
dnig store to serve the needs of the west-side (Jreek coinmunity#

This new addition is located at 522-524 Milwaukee Ave. Undoubtedly
the (Jreek community there will patronize this G-reek drug store, which
will be under the management of Mr. Eutaxopotilos himself.

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Loxlas^ Jan. 27, 1912, p. 2 G BEEK^

SECOND GRAND BALL. GIVEN BY THE CffiEEK RSCTAURANT KEEPERS ASS'N.

HERUES.

Last Sunday the much heralded dance of the Greek Restaurant Keeper' li
Ass'n took place at the ^ollseun Annex*

Brilliancy and splendor distinguished the affair idiich drew over
3^500 people^ Greeks and Americans* All the prominent members of our
comniunity were present and took part in the Grand March of the dance,
which began at 12 midnights

The men wore conspicuous diamonds and the ladies scintillated with
Jewels. The aspect was magnificent and very interesting*

Many Chicago concerns had groups of thirty or forty of their members,
participating in the Grand March of the ball* Floral displays were
evident everywhere* The dance continued till 4 A* M*

II A 2 Loxla8> May 13, 1911, p. 1 SRSEK

GREEK RESTAURANT KEEPERS ASSOCIATION HSRMES-TO THE GREEK RESTARUATEURS

IN CHICAGO.

The object of this letter Is to induce every Greek in the City of
Chicago, who is engaged in the restaurant business* to come together
in one body so that we may all plan how we can render otir connections
mutually beneficial. We must act, work, oro^ress and prosper as a
united body and not as individuals. In union there is strength*
The Poles, Swedes and Germans, have strong unions, strong organizations,
and the result is they are strong and powerfiil, politically, socially
auid commercially*

The restaurant trade, in this great city of the West, is in the hands
of fellow^Greeks but we are not strong as far as organization is
concerned. We are not immigramts any more, we are established here
in the land of the free people, and the land of progress and prosperity.

-Oi /'O^ 0^ I

m. °

Loxlas, May 13, 1911* &EESK

Let us forget petty differences and animosities and be united in
one big and strong association, thus not only serving our interests^
but the interest of our Mother-Greece and our Adopted Country, which
expects us to go along with the life of the country*

Let us come together and together decide how we can better the
restaurant business and prove once more that we are not backward
people, but progressive ones and worthy of our name.

J. Kokalis, President

B. Constaoitakis, Secretary.

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•''•'' -^ g Loxlasp April 8, 1911^ p. 1 OREBK

GSEM RESTAURANTS.

The Greek restaurant keepers » due to the fact that they are the best
in the city and that no one can compete with them, instead of going
forward in perfecting their business t stand still, satisfied with
what they make and eventually will become so careless , that business
will slip away through their fingers.

As a Greek and an editor it is my duty to bring out our shortcomings
before it is too late. I^m going to give Ceasar that which belongs
to Caesar and no hard feelings*

The greatest majority of the restaurant keepers are not what we
called qualified merchants* They learned the fundamentals of their
biisiness through industriousness and flourish better than any other
nationality in that business*

, April 8, 1911* (fflEEK

They make a good living, save some money for rainy day and that is
about all. Soup, roast beef, roast pork day in and day out, oh I beg
pardon, chicken for Sxinday* A qualified merchant is the one who never
stays put, but always strives to better his business. Do we do thatT
No I

It is necessary that every day we should educate ourselves and our
help to do bettei^ and bigger things than we did yesterday* How many
of our restaurant keepers know and realise this principle? We have
to do better if we want to stay in business and prosper.

»
The business methods of days gone are not applicable today* New* era,
new methods. Gk> forward, donH stay put.

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GREEK

Loxias, March 2b, 1911,

THE ^RUIT BUSINr:SS

A great n^JLm'ber of the Greeks of Anerica can be found in the fruit busi-
ness. It is a larg } field and could be worked 'orofitably for the Greeks
if they only had the sense to know it.

Greece is a willing; market for apples, lemons, etc. V/hy shouldn't the
Greek fruitraen get their products from Greece? The cost would be just
the sane and as countrymen we would be helping each other.

Fruitmen of other nationalities have their eyes open and are taking our
opportunities away from us. '/e ¥^o are asleep are losing out. THiile
other fruitmen are raaking fortunes for themselves, the Greeks barely
make a living.

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Loxias, March 25, 1911.

We should long ago have become organized and systemized in our business
dealings. Many fruithouses make plenty of money but overhead and need-
less waste keer) them down. There are no better lemons, iDears, citrons
and awles, than those that come from Crreece. ^sThy can't we avail our-
selves of this golden opportunity?

The Oreek steamship lines approve of the idea and the cost of transpor-
tation isn't much. What is stopping you, fruitmen? G-o ahead!

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GRSExv

Loxias, Oct. 15, 1910.

THE RESTAURAI^IT ASSOCIATION

On the oth of November the G-reek Restaurant Association, Hermes, is giving
its first armiial dance at the Coliseum. All Oreeks must be oresent at
this dance because it signifies a huge family gathering of a united peoole

This association wr.s organized in March; it adopted the name of Hermes
and made out its canonisms. Much ground has been covered since last
March. At that time the Greek Restaurateurs found themselves in great
r)eril of being sweT^t aside by other forces. The orice of meat and other
food T^roducts was going up and ccmnetitors were trying to run them out
of business. The Hestaiirant Association put an enormous task upon itself.

This task is by no means completed. The Restaurateurs have barely made
a start but it is a good start. All Greek restaurant owners have found
much benefit from this association and they will continue to do so.

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Loxias, Oct. 15, 1910.

The members have shown that they mean business and all are ccoDerating
mai^nificently.

The dance is bein.-, given to further the progress of this successful

association. Vhen the aims ajid purooses are ma,de known to the Greek

people of Chicago, all will hasten to the first affair they are giving.
"e need everyone^ support.

^n^^;;

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GrRZEK

Loxias , Au^> 6, 1910*

Al'HIOUNCZiuSITT

Dear Readers:

During the month of July the secretary of the Restaurant Association
announced that dues would be payable at once and that a big drive v/ould
be inaugurated to obtain new me'^^bers. Unfortunately, of the 102 members
only fifty-five are in good standing. No new meinbers 'were brought in'"o
the organization.

The Association promised to better the economic standing of its members,
yet already ten have clored their doors in bankruptcy. The trouble is
that most of us do not know v/hat an Association is. We don't know the
meaning of cooper- tion, harmony and brotherly love. Nothing can be done
without the support of each and every member. You can't deoend on the
organization, it depends on you.

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aRSE

Loxias, Aur^. 6, 1910

Shov; your enthusiasm and gooa will a.t the next iheeting^ Chicago, Au^nist
1. 1910.

P. Katsikoooulos.

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Loxias, Jiine :[^o, 1910

A IIF. . OREIHK CLUB

p. 1.- A new Crreek club hcHC just been org. nized. It is the Association
of Greek Cooks njid 'Vaiters. :.:r. C. liallis is president, A.. Simos is
vice-oresident, and D. KostfJcos is secretary. The board includes Llessrs.
Androutsos, Strati^os, Kolombalcos, Elconomou, Lambropoulos, G-eorgopoulos
and Marinalcos, Mr. 'i'. Chamales is treasurer.

HAS

aiUFJK

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Loxias, J-.uie 11, 1910

OUH EAlSliS

•n. 1.- 'Jlie twelve G-reek brJcers of our city liave tciken o\xr advice iind.
will meet this v/eeic to l^.y the foundation for a corporation. If the
Greeiis will cooperate '.ith one paiother and last a year, \:e will call
the corT)oration a success. Otherwise it will ^-o the \-3.:/ of ot^ier
G-ree.: enterorises.

\/e donH vant to repea,t everything v/e have v;ritten -reviously. The
"baker ii a-re ^^rown men e.na shoulj. "be aole to make their ov/n future,
.^hetner they s\icceed or fail rests v/ith tiiem and them alone.

Our only s'a.j,^estion is that you b^Jcers should toi-:e American business
methods as an exanole to follow. If you want your coroore.tion to
succeed, you must use tae same means that ^Imericanr. use. '.'e are
su^gestin^' nothiii^ ira-possible. It can and should be done.

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WPA (ILL,) PROJ 3027t.

Loxias ^ June 4, 1910

PELDLEI.3

T). 1.- The nev/ ordinance forbidding peddlers on the city streets has
gone into effect. This naturally affects the Cxreeks, because they are _.
very numerous in this trade. Jhe ureeks h^ive voiced a protest a^iainst
this ordinance, but to no avail.

Hope hasn't been given up yet. They have taken the iiuitter to court
and are -oreparin^- another i^rotest. A meeting' was held ...t Horaii Hall
last Sun-v^iay for this purDO^-e. The orincioal s-oealcer was Andrew Vlachos
v/ho urged the Uree.cs to stand togetzier and fight.

The G-reek Ambassador, Mr. Lambros I>IoromiLri,s v/as also there. Other
speakers were i.r. karagiannis, president of the movement, and llessrs.
'i'spjnbas, Dra.bilas, and D. Eutajcias.

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Loxiaa > Uay 28, ]l?10»

POWER STANDS IN THE UNION*

For over a year we have been writixig of the many benefits to be gedned by the
Greeks if they unite and cooperate with one another^ We have been the only
Greek newspaper in the city of Chicago to propagate this idea« The other news'
papers would rather print articles that will bring' in the nickels than those
that enlighten our countrymen* Thousands of Greek business establishments are
b#ing periled because there is no strength or power among the Greek people •
The other newspapers have been asleep while Loxias has been pleading for uni-*
fication*

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Loxias > May 28, 1910*

We are glad to see that slowly but surely the restauranteurs are waking up*
We hope the new Greek Restaurant Association Hermes will fulfill its duty in
the right way» Here is an example of how iinification works •

In Chicago there are 12 Greek bakeries which make bread for 22^000 Greek people
These bakeries are continually on the yerge of bankruptcy* Although everybody
works hard and faithfully* Why? Because overhead expenses are very great ^ and
because these concerns^ cure continually trying to out-do one another* The
900 restaurants are in the same predicament but they at last are beginning
an organization which) it is hoped, will better conditions* The bakeries would
do well to follow the example of the restaurants* Here is how we figure out
the savings if 12 bakeries unite into one big bakery*

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GREEK

Loxias, Uay 28, I9IO

AS TWELVE BAKERIES.

Annual rent of 12 ovens at $45 a month each
Annual feed of 40 horses at $1 per day
Annual salary of 40 drivers at $40 per month
Annual heat for 12 ovens at $)X} per month
Total

$ 6,480.00

14,600.00

19*200.00

1,440.00

,$41,720.00

AS ONE BAKERY

Annual rent of 1 large oven
Annual feed of 20 horses at $1 par day
Annual salary of 20 drivers at $40 per month
Annual heat of 1 large oven

Total

Awimtii saving of $ll*O2Q.Q0.

$3,000.00

7,300.00

9 » 600 .00

800.00
$20,700.00

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GREEK

Loxias, May 21, 1910

ASSOCIATION HERMES

The New Greek Restaurant Association of Chicago has been named **Hermes«^ This
organization has a very good purpose behind it and we sincerely hope it will
succeed* The greatest danger lies in the animosity that can be f o\md between
the Spartans and the Tripolitans» If they can get along successfully, we have
no fear of the Corinthians, Messinians, Trifilians, Stereoladitans, Nisiotans,
Thrankans, and Macedonians* Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could see the
Spartans cooperate and live harmoniously with the other Greeks? Wouldn't it
be wonderful if we could see them helping and taking a friendly interest in
one another?

h^n-i

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Loxiaa ^ May 21, 1910.

The Spartans and the Tripolitans are tho most numerous and the most powerful
restauranteurs of our association* Success rests largely on their shoulders •
The Hermes association is not going to be a battleground for private quarrels*
It is going to be a progressive, commercial organization*

It is not going to break up and die ^jidthin the next year or two* It mustn't
because the Greeks must be organized to figure the other nationalities who are
trying to wipe out the Greek restauranteurs of Chicago*

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Loxias t May 21, 1910 •

During the last three years our restaurant positions have been greatly periled
by this antagonizing force* Much of the profit is being taken away from the
Sreek restaurant owners and some on Clark Street have been forced to close#
Loxias has seen this condition and written about it for some time, but our
advice was not heeded ♦ The Greeks are beginning to wake up at last and try to
prevent the catastrophe which is becoming so eminent*

If the Greeks will look upon their countrymen as brothers and friends, instead
of enemies, nobody will be able to harm any of us because together we will
be able to fight •back* Our restaurants are safe as long as we stay to-
gether and cooperate* United, we are too powerful to be afraid of opposition
from other nationalities in the restaurant business*

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Loxia3> April 23, 1910

IN UinON TFERE IS STRENGTH

p. 1.- The American unions are the most powerful in the entire v/orld.
They are all well off and everyone is satisfied because they cooperate
with one another. When a Greek opens a store he does it to take busi-
ness away from another Greek or else the second Greek opens one to take
it av/ay from the first Greek. How do the Greeks expect to progress by
doing business this way? They will never get anywhere at the rate they
are going. The American firms are progressing because they are united
and powerful. They all reap the same profits instead of ruining one
another's chances. Why can't the Greeks profit by the example of the
Axn0rlcans? When they are busy quarreling with one another, how can they
escape being crushed by American businessmen who are powerfully vmited?
The Greeks must wake up to the fact that "in union there is strength".

GREEK

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G-R^^EK

Loxip.s , Ar^ril 2o, 1910

Bv-LAVS 0? T;i- GR]i::ii KJ^STAi'tiAlT^.' ASSOCIAvIOl' GIT CHICAaO

-o. 2%- Art. !• '-'he G-reek restaurateurs of Chica/^o, Illinois, Unit»rd
Stiites of AiUcrica, li^ive ^aet together on !iarch 1, 1910 anci or£;ojiized
the Greek Restavircnt Associ:^tion of Chicav-;o, for the better develop-
laent of restaurants.

Art. 2. All Oreek restaurateurs are elei^ible for laei.ib^rship.

Art. i. Before becoinin^;^- a member the restaurateur must fill out on
a"oplication ana have it si.-jned uy the secretar^ of the club.

Art. 4. He must t^Uce an oatVi of alle.L-iance to the or^ a.nization.

Art. 5. i.ieiabers will enjoy all priviTej^es granted by tlie organization
unless otherv/ise soecified.

GREEK

Loxiar>, A-oril 2o, 1910

Art. o. 'i'he Associ: tion will trS.ze c re of all >:riev<'.nceo anc*. coiuolaints.

Li-

Art. V. ihe Association v.ill lend money to borrov/ers under s-oecific
rules .-ud retail; -t ions.

Art. 5. 'ihe conLiittee \/ill \;or: at all tiiaes for the benefit of all.
'^\\ey v/elcOiiie an:/ criticisu^.s or s\i>:^:, -estionis at all times.

fci^c.

Art. 9. IIo business dealinj^-c can be done with a restaurateur of ajiother
city or anot.ier n.-.tionality without the consent of the association.

Art. 10. The com:.iittee will consist of 18 meiribers: 1 oresident, 1 vice-
oresident, 1 treasurer, 1 as'jistc^nt trecasurer, 1 secretar; , 1 r-.cording
secretary , c'-.nd lo committeemen. These will constitute a board of
directors^.

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Loxias , April 3b, 1910

Art. 11. (Duties of thtr Presideut)

Art. 13. Vice-President takes the -olc>ce of tne prtsiaent upon his absence.

Art. lo. (-^uties of the secretary)

Art. 14. (duties of the recordin- secretary)

Art. 15t (Duties of t^-.e treasurer)

Art. 16. (Duties of Assistant treasurer)

Art. 1'.'. Checks are to be signed by the president and the treasurer.
Deoosits v.lll be made by the treasiirer only.

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Loxias, April 16, 1910

C00i:S AlID ^/AITERS

p. 2.- All G-reeks v/orking in restaurants as cooks or v/aiters are cordially
invited to Roosevelt Hall, 162 North Clark Street, between Ontario and
Erie streets, on April 21st, L'hursday at 9 o'clock, '^ays and means of
or^'fijiizing a club will be discussed. Everybody should be present.

Chicago- April 14, 1910

C. Balis.

HAS

GEEEK

Loxias, Apr. 9, 1910.

OUR RESTAUHAN1S

After printing an article about the restaurant business last week, we cannot
possibly let the matter drop now. Many objected to the truth that coffee, rolls

and butter should be sold for more than five cents. In Chicago there are over :§:

900 Greek restaurants. An average of 200 customers enter each restaurant daily. 5

Two hundred nickels a day amount to 6,000 in a month and 75,000 in a year — equi- <^

valent to $3,750. Nine hundred restaruants ought to make ;|3,375,000 annually. r;

This would be a very good income for the restaurateurs, if — . ;nc-

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The Greek restaurateurs do not know how to systemize their work. There is much
waste and needless expense because of this. By uniting and finding means of .Vj
cutting the overhead, more profit will be saved for the restaurateur. ^^

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GRSEK

Loxias, A-oril 2, 1910

OUR R:::siAuiLii:TS

o, 2.- In a few days all J'acts c..aicerniiij^' the new Restaurant Association
v/ill be disclosed to the public. *hat v/hich we hrive tried to oromote
since last year (and no other nev/spaoer sav; fit to hel-o us for trie mutual
benefit of all Chicago u-reeks; has finally materialized. ..'e oray daily
that this ore'cinization will become a stron^!; force and trajn-ole out those
elements that a.re tryin^-; to imoede our oro.^^ress.

V.'e hooe the meiubers of this orcanization will realize their dan.:er and
cooperate v/ith one another against the con^^non eneny. '*In union there is
stren^^th." llo one wants to har.i the G-reeks by su^^-^s^stin^ unionization
to them. Please don't act superior to one another. Everyone needs heTo.

^Y uniting you stoo givinj^- coffee, rolls and butter for five-cents. VAiy
should yo\i wor"<: exio. sv/eat merely to meet exoenses? Fill your -ooclcets and
take life easy. Unite witli one another and demand higher orices.
can get them!

You

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GREEK

Loxlas . December 18, I909

GREIsK SOCIETIES

p» 1- Ivlany people say that the reason we Greeks can't get along is because
we form too many clubs • This is not true. If we look around us in Chicago
we see all nationalities having clubs that exceed ours in membership.
In other American cities, the same situation prevails* V/e Greeks know
what is wrong v/ith us but we are ashamed to admit it. V/e like to be
"bos^", preferring to live blindly rather than be told v/hat is good for us.

V/e Greeks don't realize the advantage of uniting all restaurateurs or
confectioners into one gigantic as^iociation. Instead of going fonmrd
we are going backward and vre will soon disappear as leaders of the restau-
rant world*

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LojciaSf December 18, 1909»

Our present clubs are organized to build churches in our native land.
Our native land has done vdthout magnificent churches for many years.
We can afford to wait a little longer, but we in America cannot* VJ*e
are in an American v/orld and must do what Americans do# V/e are losing
profits and opportunities by not organizing.

The restaurateurs of Chicago are making a feeble attempt at becoming or-
ganized. We congratulate them and wish them lots of strength to reach
success and prosperity, We are asking the help of all the Greeks of
Chicago in this endeavor. Please don't let it failV It means the salvat-
ion of the Greek nationality in American,

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OfiEEE

Loxlas , Oct. 9, 1909, p. I

THE RESTAURANTS.

The largest number of restaurants In Chica^ are owned and run by
Greeks. Recently a small number of Americans entered this field*
What does this mean? Nothing to the unsuspecting Greeks, but, in
reality, very much. The Greek restaurateurs in Chicago must or*
gani£e immediately. They must protect themselves from this un-
suspecting menace. When an American opens up a restaurant, a Greek
loses one. The next week another Greek restaurant goes and another,
and another.

Some day all the Greeks will be thrown into the streets and only
then will they realize what has happened to them. A Greek never
philosophises tmtil a thing is over, but this time it will be
different. Every Greek feels that he"knows it all,*' and that his
fellow is an ignoramus. He deems it tinnecessary to follow a leader
or cooperate with another Greek.

GREEK

Loxias, Oct. 9, 1909.

This is going to cause the downfall of all Greeks in America and
is going to ruin them unless they realize that they must unite and
stand together, Messrs. ft. A. K^rriakopoulos, S. D* Kantzas, $•
Spyropoulos, P. Kolomhakos. A* Sellas, J. Askounis, and B. Koutsociannis
have decided to call a meeting of all restaurant men to decide
what is to he done* We hope something will come of this meeting,
because it is a very serious problem confronting the ftreek restaurateurs
of Chicago* More will be said at a fiirture date^

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The Greek Star , Oct* 8, 1909. WPA (ILL.) PROJ. 30275

THE GREEK R5STAURA1W ASSOCIATION

(Editorial)

Through the organization of the Greek Restaurant Association of Chicago,
our Greek community gains another important business association. Now
we shall have two powerful employers* associations, the restaurant and
confectionery business associations. V/orking parallel and in close
touch with one emother, these two organizations can contribute much to
the development of business relations with the Americans. Our business
affairs will undoubtedly improve very rapidly.

Five hundred confectioners and that many more Greek restaurant owners
can indeed become a very important factor in our city and can be recog-
nized as progressive and reliable businessmen by all American business
and industrial institutions with which they must deal in the future. As
businessmen, most of us Greeks must cultivate valuable relationships

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and friendships with American businesses and banks in order that we may
obtain credit and other business facilities in the financial world.

In order to attain these two ends, we must have two advantages if our
businesses are to be successful; they are: (1) a systematic organi-
zation of our own particular business; and (2) honesty and sincerity
in all our business deals. We need both of these pre-requisites because,
we regret to say, above all, we lack systematic organization. Without
system confusion follows making it impossible for us to meet our obli-
gations.

We do not wish to discourage our fellow countrymen but we desire to
recommend to them whatever will help them in the advancement of their
business. As we all know ciredit in the United States can be granted in
unliJTiited amounts; that is why one does not necessarily need large capi-
tal to start in business. The greatest asset is honesty; systenlatic and
methodical orgeinization is the foundation of business. As far as honesty

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is concerned, we notice that almost all our people have every good in-
tention to rise on the business ladder through honesty. In regard to the
second qualification, that is, proper systen, we find that most of our
businessmen are found wanting. That is the reason why they are sailing
on the open sea without a rudder. Consult R.G. Dunn and 3radstreet*s
United States Business Inventories and you will see that raany Greeks
whose businesses are worth ten thousand dollars or more have obtained
credits amoixnting to only five hundred or a thousand dollars. Then we
hear endless complaints to the effect that some American business con-
cern refuses or hesitates to extend any credit to our businessmen.

1/fliy is this so? Simply because our restaurant men, confectionery store
operators, and hatters aaid cleaners avoid or neglect giving the repre-
sentatives and officials of American business establishments the true
valuation of their businesses and other tangible assets, liost of us do
not know yet what a checking account is; we know many Greeks whose
daily business runs into hundreds of dollars but who keep the receipts

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The Greek Star . Oct. 8. 1908. WPA (ILL.) PROJ. 30275

of the day in their pockets; others keep their money in small safes.
This practice can be attributed to the fact that many eimong us are
afraid that, if we say how much our business is worth, we will be taxed.

All these disadvantages put our businessmen in doubt and, therefore, they
do not know how to proceed. That is why on numerous occasions msuiy Greek
businesses have failed, particularly because of the lack of credit which
is the only or the main means of maintaining any business enterprise.

So in order to forestall such misfortunes and in order to enhance our repu-
tation for integrity we recommend these two things; honesty and system.

Do not conceal the truth about the true state of your business. Do not
carry your money in your pockets. Open checking accounts and pay your
bills with checks. Be prompt with your obligations and pay your bills on
time. Conduct your business honestly €uid sincerely and you will see that

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the Greeks will occupy a prominent place in the business world.

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OREEK

Loxias, May 20, 1909

PROGRESS AND SYSl'EM

p. 1.- System is a raost desirous thing among the Oreek people. Without
ity there can he no progress. A ship couldnH possibly cross the ocean
without system* In the same way, a business establishment must have it
in order to succeed.

A few Greeks think that the only thing necessary to open a store is $50,
$100, or $200 borrowed from Paul or Gus. After borrowing the money and
opening a store, they sit back to watch the profits roll in. This is a
wonderful system - but it never works.

The brilliancy of a Greek trying to borrow money is lost after he has
opened his place of business. We don*t possibly mean all the Greek
storekeepers, just most of them. We aren't writing these things to
show our superiority. We wsint to help these amateur business men, be-
cause as countrymen, we want to see you progress, instead of staying
on the bottom of the ladder of the commercial world. No one will accuse
us of not telling the truth.

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GREEK

Loxlas , May 20, 1909.

Here is a true example of Greek business principles. I entered a Greek
conlectionery one day ana foima six of my countrymen, seated around a
table, playing Skambili Ca Greek card game). Imagine what business the
proprietor must be doingl What wotild the customers think upon entering
a store and finding card-players taking up all the room? A thousand
dollar soda fountain, fixiiures, etc., sacrificed to card-players*

Another time I saw two of my fellow-countrymen standing outside of their
store in a lackadaisical way. Every woman that went by was loudly
criticized in the way she walked, the way she dressed, the color of her
hair, etc. After such humiliation, is it any wonder the woman does not
patronize this store?

The Greeks must learn, first of all, courtesy. They must learn kindness,
promptness, cheerfulness, and cleanliness. Dirty hands and a dirty apron
make customers go elsewhere.

Keep these words in mind and profit by them*

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I The Greek Star. Apr* 30, 1909^

BUSINSSS HQNSSTT
(Editorial)

A day does not pass that we do not hear some complaint against us« Many of
the complaints are made against our candy store and restaurant owners and

oi>erators« Accidentally, we met an American bxisinesaman who made many com-
plaints against his Greek clients* On the day before yesterday we received
a letter ft^om another merchant asking for the addresses of numerous Greek
creditors of his. Also, only a few days ago, we had a businessman visit us
asking our advice on a method of collecting several sums of money which were
owed him by Greeks*

In short, this is very regrettable because such dishonest dealings Jeopardize
the reputation and the interests of honest and decent Greek businessmen*
Bven the good name and honor of all the Greeks is thus seriously injured*
Because of this accusation against us, we were forced to pen these few lines

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I C The greek Star» Apr. 30, 1909.

with deep regret and shame. However, we must make a vehement protest in be-
half of all honest ana fair-minded Greeks everywhere. They must take active
steps to get rid of those unscrupulous and dishonest Greeks who disgrace
themselves, who drag the Greek name down, and who injure our common interests*

With the exception of only a few of our businessmen, it will be noticed that
very few of us who are in business have adopted a suitable and systematic
method of granting and obtaining business credit. If we cneck any business
inventory or official black-lists we will be surprised to notice that only a
small number of Greek businessmen have a good credit rating. In spite of this,
hovrcver, American business institutions— big companies and wholesale houses —
did not hesitate to open credit accounts with most of us v/:iose names and
buslnassas were not on the Chicago Businessmen's Register. Naturally, this
took place; first, because tney relied upon the personal honesty and integrity
of the Greek businessman. They also had accepted the recommendations and good
references which they got from other reputable businessmen among us*

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Unfortunately, however, today* s results and reports prove that there are many
irresponsible and unprincipled countrymen of ours in whom honesty, integrity,
and good faith have been found lacking in the ^erican market* On the other
hand, we may be encouraged by the fact that there are also many honorable and
honest Greek businessmen who are a credit to the Greek name and to the high
standing of the Greek Community of Chicago*

For these reasons we wish to emphasize that honesty and clean deals are the
main prerequisites for progress and a promising future* It is on such a
basis that the happiness and prosperity of everyone rests*

When, fifty years ago, John D* Rockefeller Sr* was starting in business as a en
young man In Cleveland, Ohio, he needed #2,000 to promote his business enter^
prise; he went to a bank and asked for a loan* The banker asked if he could
bring an endorser who could give a guarantee; if not, some sort of collateral
was required of him* Rockefeller could not comply with these requirements*
However, after a long talk, the banker was convinced of his honesty and integrity.

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and prcBptly granted him the |2,000 without any security or collateral whatever^
Today, Mr* Roclcefeller*s fortune and his huge oil Industries are estimated to
amount to about two blUlon dollars*

By this example we wish to say that the Individual's personed Integrity and

honesty are the only means with wJULoh to establish and create any Jclnd of
business regardless of Its size* It Is In this way that capital and fortunes
are made#

Consequently, It becomes necessary to see that our bxislness Is systematized*

It is necessary that we always be faithful to our obligations to our creditors* ^

This necessity Is Imposed upon us by our Individual and collective Interests*

A day will and must come when every Greelc will be distinguished by his honesty*

It Is then that we shall see our reputation being Improved; only then will the

horizons of successful activities be widened and extended*

Honor and esteem, then, to those who are doing business In an honorable way;

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sbame and dishonor to those who use lies and practice deception^ to those
who blacken the Greek name*

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IV GREEK

Loxias, April 28, 1909.

I'OWAKl^S UNISON
(Continued from last week)

p- 1- Mr. RifaJcis - "Dear Sir, I am hastening to add my congratulatTons
to those of our fellow Oreeks in praising your wonderful plans for the
progress and future of the Chicago Greeks, I am willing to answer all
questions put to me, truthfully and frankly."

Mr. Eutaxias - "Are there many large fruit concerns in our city, Mr.
Rifakis? If 80, which are they?"

R. - "There are six of them, operated, respectively, by Messrs Prokos,
N. Mazarakos, Giannakopoulos, Hifakis, Giannako!X)iao8 (bananas) and
Boutsanesis or Benson (bananas)."

E. - "Do many Greeks work there?"

R. - "At least twelve at each."

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Loxias, April 28, 1909.
E«- "Do many customers come to the market daily?**
£•- "About 5. 000."

E.- ""hat is the percentage of Greeks out of this number?"
E.- "Half are Greek -"

E.- "Which are more successful in the fruit business, the Greeks or
men of other nationalities."

E.- "Even if there were 12,000 Italians and Jews in comparison with 2,500
Greeks, the Greeks would he more successful* They realize that rich men
want excellent fruits and are not afraid to spend money for them and they
know that poor folks want excellent fruits, too. So what do they do? By
making a hi^er profit off the rich man, the peddler can afford to sell
good fruit at lower prices to the poor man."

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E.- "Do the Greeks buy their fruits from Greeks alone or do they buy from
all nationalities?**

R.- "They buy to suit their purses."

B.- "Do you think that if the Greeks \mited, they wo\ild benefit by it?"

R«- "Yes. If all the Greeks of Chicago unite and ptill together, they can
outrank all other nationalities in the fruit business and mstke bigger
profits for themselves."

£•- "What if the Jews, Italians and Irish form a union to rival ours?"

R.* "There is nothing for us to fear, because these nationalities are
bitter rivals and do not get along together."

I.- "What gain will the Greeks get by uniting?"

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Loxias, April 28, 1909.

R.- "They will be able to monopolize the fruit industry, they will obtain
added profits and they will become strengthened and will not be afraid of
opposition from no one*"

E.- "Do you think the Greeks are willing to unite as we have suggested?"

R»^ "To say yes would be a lie. It is an excellent suggestion and should
be carried out, but the Greeks are stubborn people, so we don't know how
they'll take such a suggestion. I approve of iz^ and will lend all possible
help."

E.- •'Mr. Prokos, are there many Greek stores selling fruits in our city?"

P.- "Aoout 800, large and small."

E.- "Is that all?"

P#- "Well, there are about 4,000 Greek fruit peddlers but they do not
have their own stores."

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Loxias, April 28, 1909.

E»- "How many bxiy fruit from you daily?"

P.- "About 1,500."

E.- "Why is this, since there are almost b,000 in Chicago?"

P.- "They don't all trade at Greelc places."

E*- "How many go to sxi rangers?"

P.- "About half."

E.- "Why do the Oreeks go to strangers instead of supporting their own
countrymen?"

P.- "!I*hey do not do it for spite but they are afraid that we are too high
in price and won't haggle over prices as the Jews and Italians do?"

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Loxias. April 28, 1909.

E.- "If all the Greeks had a chance to get together and talk things over,
would it help?"

P.- "Oh, yesl Many misguided notions could be cleared up in this way,
and outstanding problems could be talked over. The one thing that will
solve our problem is a union of all Greelc fruit merchants in Chicago*
It is the only solution."

Loxias - We have written and spoken of many things. The rest is up to you.
Go ahead*

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GREEK

Loxias, April 21, 1909.

TOWARDS UNISON

p* 1.- During the week we received a letter from oxxr patriotic Greek, J.
Sakellarakls, secretary of one of the biggest market houses in Chicago,
the market owned by the Oiannakopoulos-Coorlas-Calvert (Kalabritinos)
trio* These men are important factors in our bringing about a Panhellenic
Union. With their help our project will gain much ground, we hope*
During o\ir ten years of Journalism in America, we have always tried to
bring before the reading public the exact opinions of leading men in
the community* We have interviewed three important men and are truths-
fully publishing the contents of the interviews in our paper* These
well-known men are Messrs. Giannakopoulos, Rifakis and Prokos* We be*
lieve that these interviews will give several new slants on the Pan-
hellenic Union question and will clear many clouds that hang over our
heads*

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Lgxlaa. April 21. 1909.

AN OPBH hvsrm

Dear Loxlas:

In order to be truthful one must admit that you are a patriotic man, one
who is extremely interested in the progress of our nation in a strange
and powerful land.

I congratulate you on your present work, writing every day, pounding
incessantly on the taae siibject, not only because it is your own idea,
but because it is a good Idea and a patriotic one* We are referring, of
course, to the Panhellenlc Union, the uniting of all the big coroiuercial
concerns of our countrymen into one large corporation where all may reap

similar urofits.

By this unison we will all find what we are looking for^ what we came to
this strange land for, - PROGHESS. This progress we will nerer make if
we insist or fi^t among ourselves and be jealous of OTir neighbors.

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Loxiaot April 21 ^ 1909.

Two years ago Athena suggested that the South Water street district be
united* ComDetltion and Jealousy orerruled this splendid suggestion and
it CHCie to naught.

Let us forget our community and our nation for a v/hile. Our nation has
a king fuiu a government to look after it. llie Community a governor and
officers. Our duty and our problem does not concern thera. It concerns
us and our progress in the United States. After we insure success for
oiu'selves we can help o\xr community and our nation. How we are too help-
less to do anything. Let us all pull together and gain strength in
unison.

Keep \Jp the good work, Loxlas, do not let your brothe

rs down.

John bakellarakis.
Chicago, Illinois
April 19, 1909.

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Loxla s, April 21, 1909-

In what way can the Greeks of Chicago bring bout a union in the fruit
business? The following dialogue should clear up some hazy points.

Butazias • ••Have you any idea, Vr. Oiannakopoulos, as to the number of
fruit concerns in Chicaigo and the nationalities of the owners?**

Giannakopoulos - "TeSt there are 100 fruit concerns. Four are Greek and
the rest are Italian, Jewish, and Irish.**

X. - '♦Where do these fruit come frora^*'

(J. - ♦•California, Michigan, Missouri, ^nd Colorado. *•

I. - ••How many Greeks come to the markets to btiy fruits daily?**

0. • ••Over 2,000. ••

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Lcri^. April 21, 1909.

E. - ••Do all these men h-.ve their own stores ?•♦

G. - -'Ko, about 500 have their own businesses. The rest have stands,
trucks or wagons to sell their fruit.**

E. - ^•Could you tell me please how naiiy men of other nationalities can
be found buying fruit daily?"

G. - "About 5,000, Italians; Jews, and Irish. ♦*

E. - ••If we asked you whether Greeks buy from Greeks or men of other
nationalities, what would you say?"

G. - ^^lly answer would be this - Every Greek has a right to buy where he
chooses^ His purse-atrings tell hi : where to go* If he is not satisfied
with the Greeks, he buys from Italians or even from Jews.*'

E. - •♦How do you buy your fruits, Ivtr. G?**

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Loxt:\s . April 21, 1909.

G. • '•By auction, for instance* the hi/;hest bidder for bananas gets them."

E. - "Do men of other nationalities come pnd buy for fruit-stands and
peddling purposes?"

0. - "That is a raonoroly of the Greeks, ^ther nationalities all have
•tores of their own."

E. - "Are fruits so in demand that both store-owners and peddlers can
do a thriring business?"

G. - "No, store owners do not ms^ke nuch money on fx^it. Peddlers are
■ore In demand, because they sell better fruit for less money."

E. - "If that is true, according to the number of Greeks at the market,
and according to the business they are doing; why don't Greeks support
Greeks? TThy don't they buy their fruits from Greeks instead of filling
the i)0Cket8 of the Italians, Jews, and Irish? Can't their union do any-

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Loxlas, April 21, 1909.

thing for the matiial benefit of both?**

&• - '^There is one correction I'd like to make, my friend* You asked
why the union doesn* t do anything. The simple reason is - because there
is no union. **

E* - •'What? You have no organization? You let the Italians and Jews
take all that money? I am ashamed to hear that about the Greek people.
Don't you think that an association for all Greek fruit dealers in
Chicago would be of advantage to all?"

G. - ••Yes, I have often hoped for that, but the Greeks do not find it
easy to get along with each other. We caui't do it.**

!• - "-t^ut can't we try, at least?"

G. - "Yes, by all means, it will be a great thing, Mr. Butaxias. I am
with you lOOJi in anything you propose."

The Interviews with Mr. Rifakis and Mr. Prokos will follow.

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Loxias, Jeui^ 6, 1909

VARIOUS NEWS

With great joy all friends will bear that the progressive G-reek brothers,
Theodore and Basilis Chamales, owners of the Savoy, have bought another
restaurant for $15,000.00 at 286 S» State Street near the Greek-American
restaurant of Mr. Koutsourabos*

Loxias wishes them long life and h'oge profits*

Our well-known friends, A. Stathas and J. Kosmopoulos, have opened
billiard rooms at 73 North Clark Street. They have one of the biggest
establishments on the North Side.

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Lox Jp.s, Sept. oO, 1903

GRZ2; coi:}?^5CTic::zi^3 ass«ii

o, G.- To all nenbers!

All members of the Greek Conf c-ctioners Assoc irit ion are invited to a
3'eneral neetin,-; on -'rida;.', October 2, at 2 o* clock at 7b E. Randolr)h
St.

An iiTi-oortpJit discussion v/ill be held on "The Chocolate :.;arket."

Ve T/ant everyone -oresent as this is a very im-oort-.Jit matter •

Chic^.^o, Seot. ?.9, 1903

President
K. Loomos

Secretary/
3. 'Griannios

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The Qreak Star , Sept. 25, 1908.

THE GREEKS OF CHICAGO
Do Greek Businessmen Exploit Our Touth?

The important question of whether the Greek businessmen of Chicago are ex-
ploiting young Greek boys is again in the limelight in connection with a ^
recent court case in which a Greek youth stole #206 from a Greek business ^
establishment* ^

When this young man was arrested and questioned by the police, he Justified his ^
stealing with the remark that his employer did not pay him any wages* The o
boy made the same accusation and used the same Justification in court* Im- ^
mediately afterwards » the Americem press of Chicago took up this case and gave ^
considerable prominence to the alleged and not generally Justified fact that ^
Greek businessmen are sweating their hired labor and, still worse, are exploit-
ing and underpaying their hard-working laborers* The press directed its attack
especially against the Greek shoe shine parlor operators and hatters* HThole

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The Greek Star, Sept. 25, 1908 •

stories have "oeon conceived and '/ritten by tiie ^Ir.ierican press of Chicago
saviac\ that nov epidemics of labor abuses have appeared in the G-reek
Coin!':unity. Tr.e police and other res-oonsible city autiiorities are beinc
urr';:ed to ^out •.. stop to tliese evils v/r.ich threaten to disrupt ti.e norraal and
friendly rel itionshi-o bet'.veen enT)loyee and eirmloyer classes.

The extrer.ely critical reportorial staff of the .\nerican presrj is usinc the ^
same tactics of violent but unfounded accusations as v/ere used in the Syrian r=
nurder case. Tliese sciie men do not hesitate to put all Greek businessmen v;ho ^
ov.Ti and operate shoe shine and hat clcaninc siicps on the spot. Certainly, only
a fer: Greek businessme i are to bl:j:ie. It is generally conceded that onl. a
very small niu.iber of Greek er.iploycrs abuse labor and exploit Greek youths v.ho ^
are employed by them.

The press has a noble mission. Its main efforts should be directed to'./ard the
enlirhtenment of the public v;hich expects to be thorouglily but honestly and
com^Dletely informed on the ne';3 of the day. So, since the purpose of the

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Tne Greek Star , Sept* 25, 1908*

newspaper is to discover and tell the tnith, it must direct all its accu-
sations and attacks against those individuals only laho have been proven
wrong or in violation of the law.

The press should not exercise any censorship over the conduct and acts of any

citizen unless it possesses all the facts. Attacks which are made against no

any class of people, any profession, or any nationality because of the errors ^

of a few individuals within those groups are entirely unjustified. ^i

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G-RESK

Loxias , July 22, 1908

THZ GR2ZI. RUSTAUBAITTS

D, 1.- This week we ha,ve decided to v/rite on the G-reek restaurants in
our city which certainly need a litule help if they wish to maintain
and enlarge their oosition. ihey must learn to liave "system" in their
"business or all their efforts will be lost.

The first thing needed in opening a restaurant, of course, is capital.
That is not har^' to get, but once a man .j;ets it all his worries begin.
In opening a restaurant, he must know his business, be always on the
job, and in years to come he may make a successful living in this land
to v/hich Fate has broiLmt him.

This doesn't sound hard or com^olicated and it isn't, if there is a
system in the v/ay a store is run. The proprietor must be careful of
waste and overhead expense.

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Loxias, July ''2, 1908

In Chica.go there are many u-reek restaurants. They have lights, meats,
ve^^etahles, stoves, t-.oles and chairs, but they do not seem to orcgress.
This is because they lack something — system, I'he G-reeks are far behinc.
in this res^^ect. On L.onday their bill of fare reads: Steak, 25^-; on
Tuesday it is 20-;^, ajad on V^ednesaay it is lor/. This is no v/ay to do
business.

\ihy should a restaurateur m/.k:e such a loss on I'uesday and '.ednesday, when
he sells the saiae steaics he sells on Llonaay? '..hy should he v/ork hard
day and ni^^-ht just to neet his expenses? There seem to be -olenty of
customers in all the restaurants for the oroprietors to make hu^^^e profits.

Although not in the restaurant business, v/e believe the ansv/er is sim*ole.
A restaurateur does not relax. If he ^*oes liome to na'o for an hour, he
finds that his ccroetitor across the street or next door has lowered
prices and taken ar/ay his business, why do they do this? Do they think

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Loxias, July 22, 1903

that by lov.erin^; "orices they cl.u malce more money? JrJi't they see that
thev are ruinin. their ov/n chances alonj^ vdth their neighbors?

The other nationalities in Chicago -.re lau^;hin^ at this child's "olay
the Greeks are conducting;. They will :ceep on laughing- until the Greeks
v/aJ^e UT) and put system in their business.

II A 2 Loxlas t June 24, 1908. GRSEIC

/jCONFECTIONERS* ASSOCIATION

The Greek Confectioner's Associ. tion has been organized ajid is progressing
raoidly, thanks to Mr. Louniis, the president and to the meiibers of the
association.

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GPJESK

Loxias, June 24 ^ 1906

0. 1.- '..'e have something- tc say to the CJreeks in this issue concernin^g
the market. 3ut first we v/ill be,--in v/ith an old, old, story:

A father wanted to i:n"oress his seven sons with the need of cooperation
amon.!; then. He asked then to brini^; seven rods, which they did. He
tied them together and asked his sons tc break the rods. Of course the
boys couldn't do this. He then gave the boys one rod a-oiece and soon
all seven were broken.

.;e are iDrintin^ this in our columns as an examole to the G-reeks in the
martlet business.

I'here arc many G-reeks in this type of v/ork, but they are ruinin^- their
ov/n and everybody else's business by refusing to cooperate with one an-
other. The G-reeks could do much in this line if they wished.

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Ilk

IVM

Loxias, Zwne 24, 1908

It is in their oov-er to build um one of the "biggest trades in Cr.icago
if they would go aoout it in the right way. Among the most prominent
men at the market are John Procos, John Rifalcis and Jaines G-iannakopoulos.
They should all get together, talk things over find cooperate with one
another. If they do this, no one will he able to break them.

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The Greek Star, Jaiio 10, 1908»

CHRISmAS BALL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GONFSCTIONEET MEtT

One of the most important events of the Christinas holiday season, ^fliich will
remain forever in the ineiaory of the Greeks of Chicago, was the annual ball of
the Association of Greek Confectionery Men. This affair not only surpassed
any other previous and similar social event in brilliance and laagnificence, §
but it also won the admiration and elicited the applause of all those irtio
attended and contributed to the success of the gathering.

The flower of our society was present; hundreds of families in their best
clothes, charming yoimg ladies in gay dresses and beautiful formal gowns, all
the members of the professional ranks, businessmen, and representatives of the
press made the affair a brilliant spectacle and a rare gathering of happy,
smiling, and cheerful people. Many American families and friends, as well as
representatives of American business and industry, accepted our invitation to
join in our festivitie : and enjoy the company of our most prominent leaders

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The Greek Star « Jan* 10, 1908.

and outstanding members of our Grreek-Amerioan society. It is estimated that ^
there were some fifteen hundred men, women, and children present at this ^
'memorable Christmas gathering. g

The success of this excellent affair is evidence of the power and influence ^
of the well-organized and excellently functioning Association of Greek ^^

Confectionery Men. The Greek Star is indeed happy to see that its fervent
hopes and wishes in behalf of the Association, which represents a large part
of Greek business enterprise in Chicago, are being realized.

We are indeed pleased to announce the brilliant success of the confectionery
men's ball and extend our warm congratulations to those vdio had an active hand
in organizing it. We give three cheers for our confectionery men. Mr. Pericles
J. Manousopoulos is president of the Association; Mr. Bill Varellas is secretary.
Messrs. Bill Georgakopoulos and James Floros led the grand march at the ball.

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GREEK

The Star , Sept. 20, 1907.

NET/ffi ABOUT THE GREEKS OF CHICAGO

Again we call the attention of the Greek confectioners of Chicago to the soda
fountain and general confectionary supply exhibit Trtiich is being held at Casino
Hall in this city. This display will be open for inspection until 11 P. M. -

tomorrow. We urge everyone to hasten to visit this display. A great deal can
be learned from this exhibit.

Those of our readers who have not obtained any tickets to the exhibit may do j
so by clipping the coupon in the advertisement section of The Star and present- ^^
ing it to the exhibitors at Casino Hall. i".

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The Star , Sept* 13, 1907.

THE CENTRAL GREEK BOOKSTORE

The Star desires to say a good word in behalf of the splendid new Central
Greek Bookstore of Constantine J, Karas, a prominent Greek businessman. The
store is located at 318 South Halsted Street, in the heart of the Greek quarter
on the V/est Side.

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Mr. Karas supplies our community with a wide range and a great variety of oo
books, pamphlets, periodicals, and newspapers, most of which are printed in !i3
Greece.

In reading Greek books and newspapers our immigrants are keeping in touch with
developments in Greece and at the same time we keep alive our Greek spirit and
culture.

A rich collection of dictionaries foreign language technical books, religious

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The Star . Sept. 13, 1907.

books, school and nationalistic texts, historical and popular books, and
fiction are available.

Pictures in color and Athenian dailies are also on sale.

We urge all the Greek lovers of eirt and letters and those who thirst after
knowledge to patronize the Central Greek Bookstore.

t^c am

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jjj jj Star , April 19, 1907.

GRi-iUPi.

iMSRiaMI nJDUSTRIOUSIESS ^:D CRJiLaTIVEIISSS
Greece ICust Accept And Adopt The /jnericaii Spirit.

(Editorial) 5

Is there cny^vhere in the v;orld so much coriTmercial progress, education, intelli-i^-''
gent industriousness, and a constructive forging to greatness as in the United '^
States?

Is there anyv/here in the annals of history a manifestation of this kind? The 1:3
ansv/er is no I The United States of America is leading the world today. ^

The American cosmopolitan population today thinks and v/orks for greatness, un-
paralleled in the chronicles of the world* s history.

American Greeks as Part of this great country vrill give valuable service to
Mother-Greece if they pennit their American acquired spirit to permeate the.
land of their birth. ^

Mother-Greece will shine once more as a bright star in the heavens of the
world, if the American spirit of greatness is permitted to influence the minds
of her people.

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Star, April 19, 1907.

\jrrwec© with her iiuierent, but otherwise inactive greatness v/ill reach
unbelievable heights if the life and activity of the United States is taken
as a model.

Undoubtedly the American dollars, sent to Greece by American Greeks, will be
a relief to her sufferings, but the real, salvation of the country depends
not upon dollars alone, but upon the creative mind of the nation.

The best creative mind of the world today is the cne that America possesses.

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Greece must accept and adopt the American spirit.

In urging LIother-Greece to Americanize her national thoughts and actions one
may say that we are infatuated with America and American progress and conse-
quently v/e have stumbled upon deception.

A non-progressive or cynic may say that people with inferiority complexes
always' suffer from estrangement. And if Greece pays attention to colonial
Greeks who are influenced by their respective national spirit, first thing
you know, Greece will be a place of nany and varigated cross-currents of
national thoughts, spirits and adaptations.

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star, April 19, 1907 •

American Greeks, despite their newly established colonies in America,
have made themselves felt not only in America but in Greece as well, V/hether
our brother-Greeks on the other side of the ocean want to admit the truth or
not the facts are there just the same. They (the i\meri can-Greeks) have made
a clean cut distinction from other Greek colonists in the world. Every hamlet,
tovm and city in Greece is flooded with American dollars, American ideas and
thought and methods. They are perforated by the invincible American spirit
and if they are not conscious now of the American influence upon them, the
time is not far away when they shall know it and reckon with it.

American-Greeks, imbued by the {greatness of the American spirit, have set ou
to lift up their relations and former townsmen from their inactiveness and
chronic apathy and inject them with the American spirit of diligence and pro-
ductiveness.

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Millions of American eagles accompanied by American methods were sent to Greece
by American-Greeks to build churches, schools, water works, roads, buildings and
other public and private improvements.

Mother-Greece has turned her eyes and hopes upon those, Yanky-Greeks , as we
are called.

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Star, April 19, 1907. "^

V/hat other colonial Greeks the world over could compare themselves v;ith Amer- ::S
ican-Greeks in doing things for Mother-Greece? ^2

Greeks the v/orld over are the same in so far as their devotion to Greece, but ^i
American-Greeks, due to their American acquired greatness, are topnotchers*

They do things in a big way and they do it quickly. f^

That is v/hy they have made themselves felt everywhere. \';/

Their inherent progressiveness coupled v/ith American spirit has created wonders.

It is not an exaggeration to say that many trades and businesses i ncm flourishing
in America under Greek control, were either dormant or non-existent before the
arrival of the Greeks as immigrants.

The Greek, v;ith his active mind and his American acquired scope of operations
enhanced by the greatness of the Smerican spirit, has flooded America with
confectioneries, restaurants, flower shops, fruit stores, commission houses,
shoe repairing shops, shoe shine stands, grocery stores and many other businesses

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ttUlAlA'

Thousands upon thousands of jobs were created by the new Greek enterprises^
Hundreds of thousands of people were affected one way or another by the IS
Greek activities. f-

And this: handful of Greeks in America have made themselves known to the .^
whole country as a progressive element of the United States, and have made
themselves a locomotive power in pushing Mother-Greece to better times and
thoughts. Vifhenever and wherever the American Greeks have visited the land of
their birth, they have left behind not only the almighty American eagle but
also germs of Americanism, v/hich in years to come will blossom into a beauti-
ful and fragrant flower.

But let us not get away from the main-issue. The point is it is the American
spirit which the author of this article wants Greece to accept and adopt.

The phenomenal superiority of the American-Greeks over all Greeks, according
to our reasoning, is attributed to the spirit of America which the Greek im-
migrant to America has accepted, adopted, and injected into his being. That ,^^

being the case and as a true American he sets out to spread the greatness of l^ WPA,
his Americ€tnism all over his beloved Greece.

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star, April 19, 1907.

One v/ith keen anal\'1iical obsei^ation end free froi^i bias and narrov/ nationalisia
v:ill be able to see, sooner or Irter the invincible force of the spirit of
Ain.erica v;ill cover cjid peri^eate the v;hole v:orld. Because it stands for
liberty, equality, and justice. That is the idealistic song of the poets.
That is the loftiest conception of the philosophers, and undoubtedly the v;ill
of providence.

Mother-Greece in the past has lead the v;orld into education, civilization, ca5
culture and anything that v;as conceived as good, /aid the \;riter of this S^
article earnestly urges the dovager .,ueen of the './orld, to take the lead ^^"^
again above all other nations and accept the spirit of America. Hellenism
in the past vms accepted and adopted by Greeks and non-Greeks as a beneficent
thing to man-kind, /jnericanisn to-day is the crystallization of past lofty
and divine thoughts, the fulfilment of a dream, a dreaia 7;hich mankind has
had for eons of time. Devotion to narrovr nationalism or any pov:er on earth
v;ill not be strong enough to thv:art the spread of the spirit of America in
the rhole v;orld. That is a natural lav; to man^s evolution.

American-Greeks therefore can rightly and justly urge Mother-Greece to be the
first nation in the v;orld in accepting and adopting the .American spirit, thus

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Star, April 19, 1907.

again getting the first honors and benefits in thc:.t vrhich v;ill follov; later ^
in all the nations of the v^orld. S

v;ise in accepting the rviaeric^in spirit, the panacea of all human ills.
American industriousness, -^aerican liberty, equalitj^ end justice, and
/kmerican thinking vdll lift any nation out of its material and spiritual
predicament.

The .^erican spirit is not idealistic only, devoid of material gains, but,

on the contrary it envolves all tliat is practical and needful in main's up- -o

\':ard trend, spiritually and materially. o

a'jaerican living standards, from the highest to the lovrest, are far above S

all other nations.

Living standards in poverty stricken Llother-Greece, as v/ell as in enormously
v/ealthy countries, are so bad that it reall^^ is a disgrace to our social
order.

Mother-Greece, with her inherent progressiveness, v;ill lift herself up s^

from the present struggle and chronic suffering if she proves herself . o^

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Star . April 19, 1907.

V.e sincerely '.vish and hope that L'other-Greece will take the vrorld initiative %
and permit the spirit of America to become her national thought. J^

p. S» Lambros, Editor^^

The Greek Star*

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Star, Jan, 4, 1907«

KAZAZIS CIGARS - GREEK CIGAR COl^AWY - ANIIOUNCELIEI^T ^

P» 4 — Permission has been granted to us by the president of the National p
University of Greece, the Honorable Neocleus Kazazis, to use his distinguished^^
name in advertising our best cigar, which we have put on the market as the ^
Kazazis cigar. ?-

Our name and our reputation as manufacturers of cigars in the last ten years
have been extended over the country, and our new cigar is guaranteed to con-
tain only pure Havana tobacco*

Every Kazazis cigar is made throughout of selected tobacco, and the workman-
ship, "wrtiich is our specialty, is the very best*

We fill orders for every part of the United States and for all countries
abroad*

S* Georgiadis,

53 W. Van Buren Street,

Chicago, Illinois*

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III H

Star , Dec* 14, 1906 •

ANNOUNCEMENT

GREEK

-TJ

Our house, which is the oldest Greek establishment in Chicago, with a large ^

clientele spread over three-fourths of the United States, announces that the ^

following imports have been received by us and can be shipped to any part C

of the continent upon request* Our prices cannot be beaten. Our accuracy, 3

methodical efficiency, and prompt service are of the best* And our reputation 3

is the symbol of our success. ^'>

The nev/ly-received imports are:

Pure butter from Chalcis.

White (feta) cheese from Parnassus.

Olives from Salona and Kalamas.

Olive oil, pure and genuine, from Kardamyle.

Sardines, the finest obtainable from the firm of Papal eonardou, the

largest and best house in Greece.

Medzithra and other cheeses from Kosma.

II A 2 - 2 - OREEK

III H

Star , Dec. 14, 1906 •

Those vftio have not tried our goods are requested to give us a trial, with

the specific guarantee that if the goods are not satisfactory no payment

need be made. ^

Our merchandise is shipped by railway express for quick and safe delivery. -o

o
John Giannakopoulos , ^

15 (sic) Dearborn Street, ^

Chicago, Illinois

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[REEK

Star, Aug. 2k* 1906. ^

A WORD TO THE GREEK CONFECTICilERS OF CHIC-lGO

(Editorial)

One out of every four Greeks living in Chicago is in business of some kind«
but the Greek confectioner predominates araong Greek business men with the
restaurateur second.

The great majority of our Greek business men have never been in business be-
fore. Practically every line of business in which the Greek is now engaged
is new to him. But his innate spirit of progressiveness has made it easy for
him to open his eyes and learn a lesson or two from the American business man*
Because of the Greek's facility in learning t».nd his incomparable assiduity aind
persistence he soon makes himself noteworthy in the business world. This is
all very well.

-2- GREEK

Star, Aug. 24f 1906.

The Greek has acquired from the American business man certain ideas conducive r~

to prosperity, but either because of his eagerness for accomplishment or be- -^

cause of his arrogance he has failed to adopt the wonderful system of the Amer- o

ican business man, ^vhich includes incessant publicity, honesty in all transac- ^

tions, both with customers and with business houses, and the establishment of ^

credit. This does not imply that the Greek business man is not honest. Par ^
from it. He certainly is honest. But his honesty is not known to business
houses, and his credit is not established with the Business Men's Credit Asso-
ciation with the exceptions of a very few Greek merchants*

The majority of Greek business men buy for cash. Their names are not registered
in the credit departments of business houses. And worst of all they frequently
give evasive answers eind refuse to declare the value of their concerns to the
investigators of the Business Men's Credit Association lest the facts become
known to their competitors. "cYhat foolish notions they cherishi They avoid the
thing most useful for expanding their business.

-3- GREEK 5

Start Aus# 24f 1906* 2

The Greek confectioners in Chicago because of their great numbers and the tre- t:^
mendous business which they do have untold power in their hands » whether they
know it or not» Such power and such influence, if properly and wisely usedf will
bring honor and credit to them and to the' Greek community and will a^hanca the
reputation of Greeks in general. And the way to use this great power properly
ajid wisely is very simple: Americanize yourselves, your thoughts, and your
system of conducting your businessi Very simplei if you are willing to do it«
Add to the gifts which you already possess the three simple but effective elements
of the American systemi advertising, honesty in all dealingt and establishing cre-
dit in the commercial world so that everybody will known who is who*

Those confectioners who are not as yet members of the recently organized Associa-
tion of their trade will help themselves and the Greek community by Joining itf
attending its meetings, suid inviting eminent American business men to deliver lec-
tures to this young organization*

You Greek confectioners, have great power at your command* Use this power wisely*

-4- GREEK

It is absolutely necessary to live to think and to act as Americans v^ile
you live in America and make your living among American people*

Star^ Aug* 24, 1906.

Captains of industry and of business and all others will salute you if you
will add to your equipment for business the three things needful , above S
mentioned. "^

Establish your credit, pay your bills promptly, advertise your business, mingle
with American business men, attend their lectures, and plan for the future.
Then nobody will be able to compete with you in your business.

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U Star, Aug. 10, 1906

(^RET^

TH^ KOUS : OF KAViAV^.LIS AIID 3COS00LAS j

Chicago, Illinois

Announcement

'io our Clients and to All Other Greeks in the United States

p. 4- Our "business, as the result of the sincere and honest service which
we render to those vho deal with us, has rapidly increased to such an
extent that v/e ha.ve been compelled to expand the house of aravelis and
Boosoolas by establishing a branc.i office in Salt Lake City, Utah, located
at 533 V/est Second South Street. An additional office will be established
in the immediate future in Athens, G-reece, concerning which we shall make
an announceTTient later.

The House of Karavelis and Boosoolas
327 South Halsted Street
Chicago, Illinois
Branch Office
2 Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois

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Star , Aug. 3, I906.

GREEK

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CHICAGO GREEK HOUSE TO EXP.\ND g

P» 3- Last Thursday, Svstatios Karavelis, well known and well liked member of ^
the firm of Karavelis and Poosoolas, general agents for steamship etnd railway .c??
companies left for Athens, Greece, with the intention of establishing there a
branch office of his Chicago house. Mr. Karavelis, who has been in Chicago for
the last eighteen years, intends to stay in Greece six to eight months before he
returns to Chicago.

The new expansion of his firm in Greece is to serve the interests of our fellow-
Greeks who wish to emigrate to the United States, and the office in Athens will
have a staff of experienced and well informed Greeks from America.

The Star wishes Mr. Karavelis bon voyage, success in his proposed business, and
a happy return to our city.

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gre:k

star , July 13, 1905.

3L:.ction Co ^:'H : cciib' :gtio:izrs« assooi^tioit

p. 4- Last v;eek the recently or;N^anir:e(l Association of Ghicp.^o G-reek
Confectioners held its first election of officers, and the follo"V7ing
persons vrere elected: John Manousonoulos, -president; Demetrios Ploros,
vice-president; Christ Christal^ios, treasurer; Basil Varelas, secretary,
and Basil Yannios, G-. Chicnias, D. I'.ichalcpoulos, G-, Sekokes, D.
Konstantinoii, and '• Bolas, members of the board.

The next meetin^^ of the Associ- tion will "be held on July 19 to discuss
important matters concerning the trade.

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Tnir ^^

Star , July 6, 1905. ^

p. 4- A shipment of 10,090 poujids of selected aromatic G-reek and "I'urkish ^

tobacco was received last week by the Chicago G-reek firm of iCaravelis £

and Boosoolas, brokers and manufacturers of cigarettes, at their place ^

of busine::s located at 527-329 South Halsted Street. ^

''^he house of Ka.ravelis a.nd Boosoolas, Y;hich is ^'.Iso a general o-gency
of all steamship sind railroad compajiies, does business not only v/ith
Chicago G-reeks but with others in man^;- States of the Union. For service,
honesty, accuracy, and oMality aravelis and Boosoolas cannot be beaten.

II A 2

GRSSK

Star, June 29, 1906»

KAL0D2MCS BROTHERS IC£-CREAli COMPAIJY ,<-A >

ANKCUKCSMENT V';^ * ' 'e'/

P«3— Just because our ice-cream is the best in the market, and our service
is the most excellent, our business is increasing so much that we have been
compelled to enlarge our factory and our stables. Try our ice-cream oncot
and your customers will verify our statement. 7/e handle nothing but the best.

Our delivery service to any part of the city can not be beaten* In our
stables, which were recently enlarged, we have forty wagons and one hundred
twenty-five horses. In the summer season we never close. Delivery day and
night. Special orders are shipped to any peurt of the country.

John and Constantine Kalodemos
353 North Avenue, Chicago.

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III A Star, Jyme 15, 1906#

CONFECTIONER'S ASSOCIATION IS FORMED

p. 4- Nine hundred and twenty-five of the numerous Greek confectioners "p

in this city held a meeting last week, and the Oreek Confectioners* Association ^
was foxmded. $2,708 was collected as the initial f\ind of the organization. This ^
is good news, for everyhody knows that in \mion there is strength. Every Greek S
confectioner will find it to his advantage to become a member of this newly- g
organized body.

All the Greek businessmen of this great city would do well to form their trade-
associations, uniting in powerful bodies. When such an organization speaks, its
voice is heard and heeded.

Greeks are an industrious and progressive class of people, and \inion among them
will work wonders. The American people sincerely believe in unions of this kind,
in which they come together to discuss ways and means of improving their various
businesses. Let us follow the admirable example set for us by our good neighbors.
Let us Americanize ourselves. We make our bread and butter in America; we deal
and trade with American people; we breathe free American air. Let us not be
strangers among our fellow-citizens. Let us adopt the best that they have, and
let us unite ourselves with the best friends that Greeks could ever wish for.
America and Americans are our best friends and our protectors.

^^ A 2 GREEK

Star , Nov. 3, 1905# /^''^"^>>

FIRST NATICNiU. BANK OP CHICAGO EMPLCYS A GREEK CLERK I? -^.r*. 9^

P.3 — We are glad to hear that N. D. Papadakis, a member of our community,
has been employed as a clerk by the First National Bank of Chicago.

Mr. Papadakis was trained in banking before he came to America. He is
well educated and possesses that essential characteristic of the good bank-
er, willingness to serve. Greeks in Chicago will honor their race by pat-
ronizing the nev/ly employed Greek clerk*

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IV Star t Oct. 20, 1905*

KARAVELIS AND BOUSHOULASt GREEK GENERAL

GREEK

AGENTS FOR STEAMSHIP AND RAILV/AY COLfPANIES • r

P»4— If you intend to travel to Greece, to any city in the United States, o
or to any part of the globe, the offices of Karavelis and Boushoulas, who Lo
are Greek general agents for all steamship and railway companies, are at £3
your service to supply information, advice, references, and tickets, which -"^
are issued and signed "by us* Every accomodation and every possible means
for your comfort and security are guaranteed by our bonded offices • Give
us a trial, and you will be convinced of our excellent service and our sin-
cere interest in your vfelfare and dispatch. Every client who has dealt
with us is our guarantor to you. Our offices are at 2 Dearborn Street and
at 327 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois.

We also exchange all European monies, and we issue drafts of all kinds for
all places.

Karavelis and Boushoulas.

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III H

St;..r, June l6, 1905*

?.1--The v;allc of Jud^e Cur.i^nervill 3» g court lact Tednesday reverberated to
the sound of Ionian, Doric, and Chica[jo Greek. All the Greek importers in
Chicago petitioned Judre rurnr.iorville to correct tlie injustice done them "by
the custom-house officials in imposing a tariff duty and reckoning tho Greek
drachma at its rold standard monetary value.

Judge Summfarville, after listening; to their valid argu:ients, decided in their
favor and advised them that in the future thov must "orocure affidavits frv)m
the United States consuls in Greece verifying; ■':he value of the drachm^a, and
that the custom-house duty must be calculated on the basis of this value.

II A 8 • Star, Feb. -24, 1905. GR2.- K

/SilCAGO Fimi RJX3EIVSS SHERIENT OF TOBACCO ?RQM GRESCET'

(Advertisement)

P.8 — Selected tobacco from Greece, that is, fron Kavala, Agrinion, Xyromeron,
and Tripolis, has been received by the importing: house of Kapantais and Com-
po-ny, 33^ South Halsted Street. It is packed in fifty-dram packages, each
with a largo book of cigarette paper, the finest made in Greece.

This consignm.ent comes from Seretcpoulos Brothers, Tripolis, who provide the
royal court vdth tobacco. Tickets of the Ilavy lottery are also sold for six-
ty cents at the same place. If you wish to enjoy a srr.okc of the finest to-
bacco sold, you vdll finr! it at Kapantais and Coinpany's, Chicago, Illinois.
V/e ship tobacco to any part of the Unitec States, postage prepaid.

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II A 1

GgfflSK ^':^

Star, Feb* 17, 1905* %

STARTS RECOMUENDATIONS TO OUR READERS* ^

P» 2«4r« are pleased to reconaiand to our readers all over the country the folloving^
persons t lir« Panagiotis Chiotis, representing the firm of Walsh, Boyle and Conpany,
South Water and State streets, Chicago, Illinois; Ur. Louis Pappas, representing the
great Americcoi Soda Fountain Con;)any, 39th street and Indiana avenue, Chicago,
JQLlinois; and Dr* J* B. Thoinpson, the founder of the Greek clinic in Nev York,
334 West 29th street, Nev York City*

II A 2 GREEK

Star, Sep. 9, 1904*

WPA (]u.)t^ft0.i. 30275
FIRE INSURANCE

P« 2 -* Mr* Leonldas Papaddmetriou, attorziey and notary, announces to the
Greeks of Chicago and suburbs tiiat he is general agent for the Greek
division of all fire Insurance companies* His office, located at
107 Dearborn Street, underwrites any amount of fire insurance for stores,
shops, dwellings, etc«

Mr* Papademetriou will be delighted to serve those who need protection for
their property* Rooms 26-28, Telephone Central 5813*

II A 2 GREEK

Star^ Sep. 2, 1904«

ANNOUNCEMENT

TO THE GREEK CONFECTIONERS IN CHICAGO AND ELSEKHERE

?• 3 - Due to the fadt that we are the only manufacturers and nvholesale distri-
buters of the delicious and palatable cenfectiion **Sour Crout** in Chicago^ we
inform the Greek confectioners throughout the country that we ship orders
anywhere in the United States^ Canada^ and Mexico* Our quality is guaranteed
to be the purest and the best. All orders should be sent to our new factory
at 6306 Ingleside Ayenue, Chicago^ Illinois.

Geo. Karambis and Company.

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GREEK

Star , Sept. 2, 1904.
A NEW FLOV/EK SHOP
$9,000 A YEAIi RENTAL

We wish him the utmost success.

p. 3- Mr. John Maropoulos, an enter-nrising young G-reek, has oioened an ci^.
up-to-date florist's shop at the corner of Adams Street and Wabash p^

Avenue.

Although the year's rental for the store is $9,000, Mr. Maropoulos ^

says, "There is plenty of money in flowers." S

II A 2 Star, July 29, 1904, p* 2 OHESK

A NEW CARPENTER'S SHOP.

Mr. Pan Kotsinis, who recently arriyed from New York, informs the Oreek rj
community of Chicago that he le establishing a carpenter's shop at 320 -^
South Halsted Street* o

Since Mr* Kotsinis Is an expert In his line of business, he will undertake §
any kind of a Job (small store or large) which requires the best of work- '"^
manshlp at reasonable prices.

II A 2 ORESK

III A

Star , Ar^ril 22, 1904.

FRUIT-DEALERS' ASSOCIATION
GREEKS ORGANIZl^ TO DEFTl-UD THEIvtSELVES

p. 2- Not long ago Greek fruit-peddlers in Chicago were made the target ^

of a war to the finish, directed by the Grocers' Association. The ^

street fruit-peddlers were accused of taking trade away from the ^

legitimate grocers. The Greeks, reinforced by the housewives' coopera- ^

tion, won the war, and in order to avoid further attacks, they have ^

organized themselves and have become members of the Fruit-Dealers' 2

Associ.ation, which includes all the Greeks who deal in fruit. oo

Star's notice:

If, according to the Grocers' Association, might is right, the fruit-
peddlers, in the future, will not be molested, since their association
is the stronger, and on the other hand, if right is might, the fruit-
peddlers again will not be annoyed, since their action is lawful and just.
So in either case the housewives will continue to buy their fruit and
vegetables of the Greek peddlers if quality and price are better than
what the grocers have to offer.

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II A 2 star, Apr. 1, 1904, p. 2 '^V'" " v SHEEK

V B C^

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

John Michalopoulos, a harness-maker at 68 Blue Island Avenue, who recently
came to Chicago and opened a shop to ply his trade, has a big sign "before
his establishment ivhich reads as follows:

"We will make you the best harness. We take your measurement and guarantee
the fit. Our harnesses are soft and pliable and do not irritate the neck.
Give us a trial, and you will be convinced of their superior quality. Get
yours to-day. "

, ^^ ^ ^ GREEK
IT

I Star , April. 1, 1904.

THE Gr^KK CONFECTIONERS

CHICAGO THE MECCA OF THE CAI^IDY BUSINESS

p. 2- Practically every busy corner in Chicago is occupied by a Greek
canay store. Their perfect cleanliness and their elaborate method of
making pure and delicious c- ndies have niade the Greeks the predominant
factor in that line of business.

An impartial investigation reveals the indisputable fact that the Greeks
are the fathers of the present candy industry.

What kind of candy store did we have here before the Greeks began to
monopolize the trade? Where was candy sold, and what kind of candy?
Old-timers knov; and remember where it was sold, and what kina of candy
it v/as before the Greeks developed and exoanded the manufacture and sale
of confectionery.

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GREEK

Star, April 1, 1904.

'i'he Greek confectioners are Chicago's pride, and Chicago is the pride
of two thirds of the cotintry. Cnicago, not New York, has the credit of
bein^^ the city of cancy- makers. Seventy per cent of the G-reek candy-
merchants in Aifierica were originally citizens of Chicago. After they
had learned the trade of fellow-Greeks for whom they worked ana by
saving had accumulated enough cc.pital, they baae Chicago farewell and
scattered to the four corners of this great ccontry.

Each and every one of them, with Chicago money and Chicago training in
the art of candy-making, foiind the city which suited hi.i:, and a new and
up-to-date store in the Chicago style sorang up at the busy corner of
that city. Now the rest of the story is easy. More Grt^eks came along
and learned the trade, and the whole country is sweetened by the exquisite
art of the Greek confectioner.

Inevitably Chicago became the center of supply for all these new stores
all over the western and southern states. New industries sprang up here
to supply the candy-makers' demands as they accelerated the development

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GREEK

star , Aoril 1, 1904.

of the confectioner* s business. Chic-igo firirs have hundreds of traveling
salesmen to suioply these G-reek confectioneries v/ith the needs of the
traae. Tnis kind of business and such an activity aid not exist before
the G-reeks tempted and sweetened the tooth of the country.

One of the wholesale dealers in Chicago, iMr. Christ Vlachandreas , of North
Dearborn Stret^t, who deals in extracts, travels far and wide, and because
of his Grreek shrewdness and by impersonating a Frenchman in taL-c, action,
etc., he has discovered the real feelings of peoole in general toward the
Oreeks. In every state v/nere he travels he cunningly directs his conversa-
tion towara the Greek confectioners ana the Greeks in general. His ears
are tickled with eulogies of the Greeks; he learns that they are clean,
industrious, oeaceable, law-aciding, honest people. I'he above qiJialities
are all correctly c-jia rightfully attributed to the Greeks. A big merchant
in a western state told Mr. Vlachandreas that the Greeks in his town are
the best specimens of human bein^with some exceotions; that is, "they
love v/ine, women, and cards." Of course we as Greeks know the v/ise saying
of our ancestors, "nothing to excess," and accordingly we should govern
and .moderate our desires and our iDredilections.

- 4 - GREEK

Star , April 1, 1904.

And in oraer to maintain this sj^ood. na.ne v;hic:i v;e enjoy everywhere, v/e
must keer) on endeavoring to surpass our recora, rising from better to
best and up to higher levels.

Well, are we going to shine only in one traae or line of business? Could
G-reeks tackle anything else ana leave it undeveloped? Of course not!
Let us make another record in some other line of business as yet un-
developed. The restaurant business in Chicago and elsev/here is growing
very rapidly, and it will not be long before the Greeks will claim a
monopoly on the heretofore undeveloped business of catering.

GREEK
II A 2
I C Star , April 1. 1904.

CHICAOO aROCERS AGAINST GREEK PEDDLERS

JUDGE HURLEY Hl-APS INSULTS ON GREEKS
- GREEK CONSUL-GENK^iAL INQUIRES -

JUDGE RETRACTS HIS STATEJviEN^TS

p. 2- A committee of Chicago grocers last week declared war to the finish
on Greek vegetable and fruit peddlers, accusing them of being the para-
sites of the trade and requesting the city council to prohibit peddlers
from selling merchandise in streets and alleys or to impose a heavy
license-fee on the.n so that they may quit acting as leeches.

So great was the effect of the grocers' war on the Greeks that Judge
Hurley from the bench cast wantonly violent insults right and left at
Greeks in general as he delivered his judicial decision to the six Greek
defendants (newly-arrived immigrants) who were before him for disobeying
a TDolice ordinance.

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Star, April 1, 1904

GREEK

The Greek Consul-General, Br. N. Salopoulbs, who is distin^ished for his
academic learning, dignity, and sanity, has written a letter to the
American Jurist calling its attention to certain facts and pointing out
that the accusations against the Greeks were wholly unjust. The Consul's
letter, which was published by the press of the city, brought results,
and His Honor publicly retracted his statements.

That closes the incident of the insult to Greeks, which was absolutely
\mwarranted; but the grocers want the Greek leeches off the streets. The
war is on against the poor unorganized Greek peddlers. The grocers are
organized, and consequently their voice is the louder.

Of course the Greeks, v/ho are determined to make an honest living, are
not so easy to deal with. Their argument is that they, the Greeks,
facilitate buying for housewives, and these in turn are in favor of the
Greek peddlers and their strictly fresh and seasonable merchandise, which
is also according to the housewives, much cheaper.

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star, April 1, 1904

If logic means anything, I am inclined to believe that the housewives
will win. The Greeks are cultivating the good will of these, their daily-
customers.

On the other hand the poor grocers are to be pitied because they are
losing business, and something ought to be done before these G-reeks
ruin them. The way is open for the grocers; let them compete with the
Greeks, and the better man shall win. That is the clean, pure spirit
of business, honest competition.

f II. CONTRIHJTIONS
AND ACTIVITIES
A. Vocational
3« Aesthetic
b« Music

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GREEK

The Greek Star . Jan 15, 1937.

: *' THi: ::;ONG ARTI:T M^.KIA P.^{lSCi].

It is only a short time since Mrs. Maria parisee had her triuiaphal success in
Thorne Hall of Northwestern University. This Greek artist is esteemed una re-
spected so much by the management of the university, taut tnanks to its noble ef-
forts to encourape her, Thorne Rail ic goin^ to be used once laore — tne tnird time
in succession — by Mrs. Parisee on Tunday, March 21, 1937#

Mrs. Parisee will be assisted by her husband, a baritone. 'Ve are informed that
most of their son^ s will be those of the most renowned rrreekcomposers, son^s which
the artistic couple feel deeply in their rouls, so they will be in so much the better
position to render them with charm and feeling.

II A 3 I)

GBXIK

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m^ V'-^^ Pb-i.^u^/a

Salonik l - Greek Press , Oct. 22, 1936

ANNOUNCZUSNT

Mrs* Maria Pcurisseet soprano » will give a cozicertt Sunday, Oct. 29th,
at Thorn Hall, McElnlock Campus, Northwestern Unlrersity^ Chicago Avenue
and Lake Shore Drive.

II A 5 b GRB3SK

III A

IV Salonllci"Greek Press > Jan. 23, 1936«

CONCERT

A large and select audience gathered in Kimball Hall to hear the musical

program prepared by Mr. Peter Voumas* There are few Greeks in Chicago who

have not heard Mr« Voumas make glorious music on the mandolin* Last Sunday ^

he outdid himself and enthralled his hearers* :S

The three hundred people in the audience who put aside all their other social p
obligations to be present ^ compensated in a small way for the absence of the large z^
number which should have been— but was not-- present* Even if these absentees g
did not care to hear the lovely music, it was their duty to support an artist ^
of their race and community. Mr. Voumas has done much to raise the cultural level ^
of the Greek conmuxiity of Chicago, and therefore is worthy of everyone* s support* ^

Mr* Voumas was assisted by Mr* Minas and Mrs* Marion Boaras, who sang lovely
Greek and Merican duets.

II A 5 b - 2 - aSSEK

III A

IV Salonlki^^reek Press, Jan. 23, 1936.

Mr. Garcias played his violin during the program.

At least half of the audience waited at the close of the concert to congrat-
ulate Mr. Voumas and his fellow artists on their beautiful musicals*

II A 3 b

ORTTCTr

Saloniki-G-reek Press , Oct. 31, 1935

AM3RICAK lISiTSFAPERS CRITICAL COIvCffiKTS RSGARDINa
THE ARTISTS, Iffi. AND MRS. XYRSLI

p» 5.- The Hellenic Club of Professional Men of Chicago presented
Tito Xyreli, baritone and composer, at Kimoall hall last night in
joint recital with his wife and pupil, Ismene Xyreli, contralto.
Edgar Nelson played the accompaniments superbly.

Mr. Xyreli's voice is of magnificent color and good texture. He uses

it sympathetically, with a wealth of feeling and incoordinate power. \\

In general I prefer that style of delivery which suggests a plenteous

reserve "behind actual decree of performance; when Mr. Xyreli patiently

gave all that he had last evening, however, I could not but feel a

sympathetic response for an artist of eminent attainments, who was

doing his utmost for fellow-countrymen in a new land.

Eugene Stinson
in Chicago Daily News.

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Saloniki-areek Press , Oct* 31, 1935

"Tito Xyreli, baxitone and composer, and his wife and pupil, Ismene
Xyreli, contralto, have unusnally fine voices euid are evidently
experienced and routine artists. An audience entirely taxing the
capacity of the hall was in evidence and feted enthusiastically the
recitalists, who were assisted by no less a personage thcui the pianist
organist, Edgar Nelson."

Herman Devries,
in Chicago Aiaerican ,

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Salonikl-Creek Press , Liar. 7, 1935 •

VICLIII iiH]GIT^ 3Y GHEli: AIcTIJT

Saturday, Larcli 9, at ijLiuball ilall, a violin recital was given by Liss Helen
Kanellos, under tiic auspices of the Greel:* -./onen's University Club of Chicago.
Despite her youth, Iliss ICanellos has reached enviable hei^^its in the artistic
world, ohe has been the soloist v;ith the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and with
the Siouic City Synphony. During tiie last three years she has been first vio-
linist and concertiLaster of the Cleveland Institute of liusic.

Her prograii, in addition to selections fron v/ell-xOioTm classics, included new

v;orks by Greek cor.iposers 'rhe prograia v;as well balanced. This young artist's

execution is ai.iazingly eloquent

The sponsors of this affair are worthy of praise in that they provided so
v;orth-while an entertainment. The Greek coimaunity of Chicago has never before
seen a Greek girl play a violin with such superb artistry.

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/YOUIsG ARTIST GIV^S CONGIffiTj/

Two hundred people attended tiie concert given by tne young Greek violinist,
Nicholas iviavrikes, in Kimball Hall

Mr. Mavrikes is master of iais instrument, and this may account for the fact ^

that tais is tae first tiiae that no one eitner carae in late or left early at "p
a concert attended by Greek people. C

After the concert the young artist was feted by a group of music lovers at the ^
Ranch Cafe of Lir. G. Terzakis. "ll^

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The '^^ee-: Strr , April
J]SR. AND MRS. EEE PAREE TO SIN^

C^reo'- Conrumitv cf Chicr^^c soon vill }^^Vv^ t^•E o^'rc^t'init- to enj

the vocal talent of ;.!r. aixd Mrs. 2c Pr'^rf-.r-, c-t the i^v rri: 3all Room, rt a d.aiiC
riveii hv the United Chaoters of Aheor.. L'r. De Parree must he re-^enherec' f-r
his v'onderfi'jl 2in£*ln^p* at the Auditori^i'^t The-'^ter, on the occa?-ion of the P^lm-jl

S':o"e

lenic ^rrtherin^* at v/hich Patri:-rch l.'eletioL

dl stin.mished herself vocc-ll:,' and dramatics llv, es-oecl^-^llv hefore Pranco-^iro-

■nean societies.

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GREEK

e^NL^H

BIFRESSARIO F0E1£ COUPANT

The Greek Press is very happj to announce to its thousands of readers that as ^

a result of the courage of Ur« John Toumrakis, the city of Chicago will have .^

a new opera company, The Peoples Opera Company • As soon as the company was p

formed the management hurried to secure the finest talent available for the ^

direction and presentation of operas* g

They were fortunate in acquiring the great Jacques Samossoud to direct the o
orchestra 9 and John Charles Thomas and other well-known artists to sing the ^
operatic roles • This new opera company makes its first appearance next
Saturday night, February 10 in the Chicago Stadium* The popular prices
will make it possible for all the Greeks to satisfy their hunger for good
music siuig by fine artists* The prices are from 40 cents to $1*50, so that
ereryone can easily attend*

We urge the Greeks especially to attend the performances of this g3X)up because

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* It is a Greek enterprise and its success will be a tribute to the Greek name, '%

The first presentation will be ^'Cavalleria Rusticana" and ^Tagliacci,** and F
internationally known artists will perform. V

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IV-

Greek Press > Oct. 19, 1933.

MANDOLIN C0NC2RT GRE^.T SUCCESS

The concert of the Hellenic llandolin Orchestra of Llr. ^^anajg/ Voumas last
Sunday was one of the liigh lights of the year's Greek events. In fact it ^

was conspicuous among the presentations we have witnessed. "^

The three hundred select lausic-loving people who gathered to hear this
prize-winning group passed a delightful musical evening. It is true that
this mandolin orchestra has reached a lofty pinnacle of attainnient; and this,
of course, is due to the ability, skill, and artistry of llr. Vournas. Each
player is an artist in his own right and, therefore, deserves a share of liie
praise.

The interest of the audience was kept at zenith for over an hour and a half
by the spellbinding music. Our ardent support of this group v/as amply justified
by their performance. The audience was enthusiastic and applauded Mr. Tournas
and the others wildly.

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Grealc Press, Sept. 28, 193S.

EDDIE YAlXZXiS

Hamlet

GKSSE

I first knew hiin as a little lad carrying his father's musical scores to the o
theater every Sunday for the Varzos Orchestra* He was rather thin and tall, U
with eyes that revealed the artistic nature of the boy. His hands were well tS
formed and his nails well kept, not revealing the tedious hours of hard work
they performed in an effort to conquer the intricacies of the violin* This
boy attracted one by his shy, quiet, manner, his hesitant speech, and his fine
character* This was Sddie— the musically- trained and talented son of Tarzofl^«

After a short while instead of Sdward, I saw the yoimgest son carrying the
scores for his father* What had happened? Eddie had been promoted to the
first violin in the orchestra; and a short time later he had become its con-
ductor* At the Greek theaters and dances the orchestra of 2ddie Tarzos was

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Greek Press > Sept. 28, 1933#

always present , by popular request • Then Sddie and his orchestra were in-
vited to take an engagement at the famous Trianon Ballroom in Chicago* ^

•

This gave our fellow i>atriot8 much to talk about. Most of them did not hesi- ^

tate to say that Eddie was given this engagement only because of the kindness o

of its Greek owner ^ Mr» Karzas« Others credited it to mere chance. Finally go

they accomplished what they wanted, and Sddie played no longer at the Trianon* ^

Then they really did talk. They said: ^TSie star has fallen; he, too, was a ^
comet; we knew he wouldn't last.** And yet, some of us knew that Eddie's star
was a bright one that had not dropped out of the firmament.

Were we not Justified? In spite of the fact that there was an economic tight«-
ness and that a pitifiil situation existed in the music-making and music-selling
world, Sddie not only retained his leadership and his orchestra, but he even
made considerable amounts of money. At present, he has one of the finest and most
popular orchestras in Chicago. Just as he was the chosen one of the Greek

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Greek Press , Sept. 28, 1933.

community of Chicago in the past, so he became the chosen one of the American
aristocracy of Chicago*

Last year he was engaged by the most exclusive and famous clubs and dining
places of Chicago; the Maisonette Russe, the Club Petroushka, and at present,
the Paramount Club* John Lawson of the Daily News wrote about the appearance
of Faith Bacon at the Paramount, saying, ••...♦even more brilliant than the
dancing was the music of Eddie Varzos* There is no doubt in my mind that
Yarzos will achieve national popularity in a short time» His five-piece or-
chestra plays Argentine tangoes that are as sweet and light as a breeze" •

This is a far cry frcan the little fellow carrying his father»s musical notes#

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Greek Press , Jvdy 20, 1933.

ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR MR. AND MRS. BOORAS

The readers of the Greek Press undoubtedly read the article in the previous

issue annoxincing that Mr. and Mrs. Minas Booras were to take part in an ^

operatic perfoiBiance in the V/orld^s Fair Theater. The opera was "The ^

Legend of the Piper," written by Eleanor Everest Freer. "f

Mrs. Marion Booras sang the role of the heroine, Barbara, and Minas
Booras sang the role of Claus. Both of these artists are well known to
the Greeks of Chicago. Mr. Booras gave a wonderful performance, his
baritone voice being in perfect condition. As usual, the freshness and
beauty of the voice of Marion Booras captured the hearts of the audience,
who called for encores with enthusiastic applause.

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Greek Press , July 13, 1933.

DINNER IN HONOR OF MR. VOURNAS

Last Thursday evening a dinner was given in the hall of the St. George
Church in honor of P* Youmas and his prize-winning mandolin ensemble.
This Greek orchestra ivas chosen as the best of its kind during the
convention held in the La Salle Hotel last month.

Llr. Vournas and his musicians are very happy and proud because they have
succeeded in bringing honor to the Greek name. Mr. Vournas has worked
hard to prove to the American people not only that the Greek people are
lovers of fine music, but that they are also capable of interpreting it
better than most national groups.

After the dinner, llr. Vournas outlined the futiire activities of the
orchestra. He also thanked the guests for the honor they had conferred
upon him and his musicians. Then the assembled guests had the pleas\ire

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Greek Press , July 13, 1953.

of listening to the music of the mandolinists xrntil long after midnight.
There were many Americans present at this dinner, and they were completely
enthralled by the renditions of the prize-winning mandolin orchestra.

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Greek Press, June 29, 1933.

:i\inX)LIN ORCHESTRA .'/INS FIRST PRIZE

In the previous issue of the Greek Press our readers were apprised of the
fact that a convention of the American Guild Organization of Banjoists,
Mandolinists, and Guitarists was being held in Chicago.

-Txs

3ach year the finest stringed-instrument artists gather from all over America
to compete for the first prize. This year the convention and contest were ^
held in the La Salle Hotel. Over fifteen string ensembles were represented. £i3
Aside from the various programs presented during the convention, the most
important was the recital given Sunday evening.

The finest mandolin ensembles of the country took part in the recital. Cer-
tain required numbers were played by each orchestra in order that the com-
mittee of judges might select a winner. It finally awarded the first prize

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to the Greek Llandolin Orchestra under the direction of Mr, Peter Vournas. ^

Kr. Voumas was enthusiasticallj^ applauded for his rendition of two solo p
numbers during which he exhibited his talent and artistry. The recognition ^
given to this Greek musician is a laurel wreath for the Greek name. ^

The Greek Press feels sure it expresses the sentiments of the entire Greek
community in congratulating !vlr. Vournas and his mandolin orchestra.

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GiltiiiiiK

The Greek Press ^ (Jet. 6, 1932.

GROUP OFje^iURS GRShiK MUSIC OF ALi. AGiiiS.

B'iZANrlNE .:N3iHjiBLl!: IN i^'IRSx uOi^iCiiiRr,

The Byzantine ensemble, laakinr; its first appearance at the Tsoukalas
A^ittle iheater of the Dance last night has gone in for something rather
out of the ordinary in musical programs. It is a song group of two
women and eight men, and it confines itself largely to Greek music, but
Greek music of all ages.

For example, its first groups last nigiit covered nearly 2,000 years of
time» It is said that Greek music has affected many other countries, and
one can easily believe it.

Ikiarion ochroeder i^ooras is the musical director of the organization, and
Spiro otamos, arranger of much of the program, plays upon the Sanduri,
an instrument of 140 strings played with padded hammers, kr. btamos was
both agile and expressive in solos on the instrument, and produced a quite

unexpected number of different tone colors. The 1932-33 musical season
thus begins with an interesting novelty.

Chicago Tribune.

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Greek Press » March 17, 1932.

M. PARI SIS' CONCEEIT

p. 4.- All those who attended the recital given by Mme. Maria Parisis
last Sunday afternoon, marveled at her exceptional musical talent. She
sang beautifully. The entire program was skillfully arranged and it in-
cluded Andrea De Parry, tenor, and Miss Bechmann, pianist.

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Greek Press . March 10 , 1932 •

SONG RECITAL

p« 4* That part of our community which loves the finer things in life and
appreciates good music will have an excellent opportunity to hear Maria
P^rissit soprano, in a song recital on Sunday at the Concert Hall of the
Lyon and Healy Building on Jackson and V/abash^

The program includes seventeen selections in all, p.nd Mrs* Parissi, with
her exceptional musical talent vrill give us all an enjoyable afternoon.

Included in ?urs« Parissi's program vdll be our beloved singer, Andrea
De Parry» vfe should all be present, as the proceeds will be donated to
a fund for the needy Greeks of Chicago.

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BXCITAL

p. 4.- On Sunday, Uarch 13, at 3:30, Kadame Maria Parisis is giving a
recital at Concert Hall, Lyon & Healy Bldg., Jackson & Wabash Avenues <
All proceeds will be donated to the charity fund* Mr. De Parry, well<
known singer, will be on the program.

W u. n t oil

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Greek Press , Mar* 19, 1931 •

MELANGE
by
Nick John Matsoukas

P« 1 - All nations have folk songs and they are all beautiful, but the
Greeks have something distinctive. They are blended with the history
of two thousand years, the traditions of a continuous culture, the hopes and
aspirations of a people which has lived, laughed, cried, and is determined
to carry on.

On April 2, at 8:30 P.M., within the walls of The Recital Hall of the
Auditorium Bldg,, 431 South Wabash Avenue, Angelo Desfis, a Greek Tenor of
meritorious reputation, will afford us an opportunity with hie interpretation
of Greek folk songs, to enter the gates, and sense the thrill that is entire-
ly Greek, by hearing him sing •^ Volko** ^•To Poulaki,** ^0. Aetoi^** and as many
more as your heart desires.

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Greek Press , Mar. 19, 1931.

Mr. Angelo Desfis is a well known Greek artist in the interpretation of Greek
folk songs. He has a musical education that is the envy of many concert
singers. At the International Music Festival at Frankfort Germany, he was
the only Greek representative of the art of Folk Music. With an international
Musical background he attempts at all times to offer his innermost towards the
true interpretation of folk songs.

Business accomplishments of the Greeks are well recognized. The Greek in
America stands as one foreign element that is economically independent. What
the Greek needs more is intellectual progress. Consequently, whenever I see,
a Greek who advances in the arts and the letters, certainly I am pleased.

Here are two doctors. Mines Johanides and George D. Tsoulos, who have had the
results of their medical research printed in the Archives of Surgery of the
American Medical Association. Bravo Doctoral And you, George, as I have al-
ready told you, as a president of a club you are not so hot, but as a scien-
tist you are darn good. Discount the former. Keep up with the latter.

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Greek Press , Mar, 19, 1931 •

Vasilios Navromatis of •*Sons of Pericles fame,'* seems to be one of these
youngsters who are out with a gospel and are ready to preach it at every
comer* Just tcilk to him* He is a two hundred per cent Greek and is not
afraid to admit it# Only sixteen years old when he organized the west
side boys he did it on Friday 13th and called his chapter '♦The Lucky 13th. ••
Aside from that he informed everybody that superstition is of no concern
to him. He is out to raise •'the befallen name of Halsted Street, mother
of American Hellenism, even if it takes him a life time** I admire your
willingness to start a crusadei

But has Halsted Street befallen, I doubt it. It still is the only Greek
thing left in America. By all means do not try to Americanize it. It
will lose its color.

Here is something that might give you a smile. A Greek lady read the story
about the miracoulous icon that I happen to discover in the Galineas home and
she immediately advised a neighbor whose baby boy is ill to take a tama of

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Greek Press , Mar. 19, 1931.

^10.00 so that her son may regain his health. Certainly there is room for
a racket, but not with Galineas. He is a proud Maniati.

♦•Makria ap6 ton Kosmo** (far from the world) is the name of a Greek eight reel
film to be shown April 5 at the Eighth Street theatre. Product of the Oljonpia
Film Company of Athens, it was filmed in Greece particularly in the locale of
Agion Oros where no female specie is permitted to enter the sanctified gates
of the monastery. Leave it to the movie folk to do the impossible. Demos
Cakridas of Boston and Nick Yeracopoulos of Athens are the two representatives
of the company in Merica.

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The Greek Press , Nov. 13, 1930

CATS

M.'^rlrH:

p. 4.- Since last Sattirday, a mandolin orchestra, directed by ?• Bournas,
will play during the dinner hour at the popular Greek cafe. Prom 6:30 to
8:30 P.M., people eating the delicious food prepared by the Psiharis
brothers will listen to the delightful music of Mr. Bournas* orchestra.

GREEK
•'••^ ^ Salonlkl. Ang. 23, 1930, p. 5

^am*

GREEK baryton:;:: at the gapa symposium.

At the Symposium of Gapa at the Medinah Club, the well known baritone
Mr. John Lysandrou, sang the famous Greek song **0 Gero Demos" which
enthused and electrified the great gathering,

Mr# Lysnadrou, who begun taking phonetic lessons in E^^rpt, Completed his
studies at the Chicago Musicsd College. And later perfected himself at
the Studio of Lina Bertussi, the famous lyric tenor, whom he married.

The Greek families of Chicago have the opportunity to hear the immortal
Greek songs, on Sundays, over the ^ R D station.

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GHEEE

The Greek Press , April 9, 1930

PROGRESS IVE GREEKS

p. 5*- Of the young Greek generation there are many who are doing
things which bring pride to the Greeks* One of these is Edward Varzos,
son of Nick Tarzos, the music master* For over a month, Edward has
been leading the orchestra at the Uptown Village. Every evening at
11:00 he can be heard over radio station WMAQ.

This progress is an honor to him, to his musician father who gave
his sons a musical education, and to all Greek people who look with
pride upon such a yo\ing man who has made his name a bright light
among the Americans*

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PROSRESSIVE GREEKS.

With great pride and joy we present the young Greek violinist Leon A.
Methenitis, whog although only twenty-five years old, has been directing,
for the last two years » the enormous Balahan & Katz Theater orchestra.

This young star has been in the public eye since he was ten years old
and is affiliated with Balaban & Katz since he was 18. At present he
has assximed the name of Louis Ardian. This does not make us less proud
that a Greek has shown such unusual talent.

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GREEK

Democrat . January, 1929. V^PA (ILL.) PROJ. 3Q275
ANNOUi;CaiEKT

The Venus Music Publishers take great pleasure to announce the release
of two songs by the celebrated Grecian singer, teacher, ana composer,
Bassilios Andrea Kyros - "Good-bye." a song of \musual merit and "Some-
times," a love song which will thrill you at its first hearing.

The above songs can be had at the above company's office$, 419 Ashland
Block, upon remittance.

"Goodbye," with violin ana alto obligate. oO cents net. "Sometimes,"
40 cents net.

We also have secured the services of this great composer who will set
to music any poem or drama in any language; send in your poems and turn
them into songs. Make money - don't keep them in your pocket •

Venus Music Publishers. 419 Ashland i3lock, Chicago, Illinois#

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^^ Salonlkl. Aug. 11, 1928, p. 1 / ^

T3N0H LAPPAS RETAINED BY CHICAGO CIVIC OPEPA*

Ulysses Lappas Greek opera star, telegraphed from Milano to his friend,
Constantine Paleologos of the Central Trust Co#, that he had signed a
contract with the Chicago Civic Opera to sing for the coming season.

Mr. Lappas is known among opera enthusiastic as "The star of London and
Monte Cfrlo." The Greeks of Chicago should feel proud of having among
them the eminent tenor.

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Saloniki. June 16, 1928, p. 6

GREEK VIOLINIST.

After many months of touring eastern cities, Basil Grretchis, distinguished
violinist, returned to Chicago, his home town«

Last year the youthfxil artist was engaged as Concert master and assistant
Conductor for the musical production. Countess Maritza, composed hy
Caiman, and conducted by the famous maestro. Pier de Reader.

His musical talent as a Soloist, is considered to equal those who, from
time to time, have appeared in musical productions of Vienna's Academy.

Due to his excellent mastership, the Contess Maritza Company engaged
him to conduct one of its plays which will be presented during the
winter period*

During the summer months, Mr. ttretchis will continue as a Professor
of mwsic at De Paul University.

J. .V. -■ ^i^l.

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Salonlkl t Dee* 25, 1926.

HKLIENIC MANDOLIN QRCHESTOA OF CHICAGO

The Creek Mandolin Orchestra of Chicago will contribute a rich musicale to
the United States Veteran Hospital No. 76 of Maywood, the musicale will take
place, Tuesday December 28th«

Owing to the request of the Greek Veterans the following program will be pre<
sented*

Peter Voumas, Conductor ♦

1. euro Cuchares

La Xella Argentia
Characteristiza
March by Geraldo Metallo (Tanzodanza) by Carlos Roberto*

2. Mazeppa Overture » Ladaloma

By Franz Mahland Yradier.

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GREEK

3* Valzer-Concerto

Souvenir, Mandolin Solo

By C* MUnier F» Dila, Vournas

4. Santiago-Spanish Waltz. El choclo-Tango.
Argent ino

By A. Corbin and A. G. Viloldo.

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Saloniki> Oct. 11, 1924*

LiR. L/tPP/iS IN THE C0NC2]RT OF THS ST.
CATIL^RII^JS SOCIjTTY FOR THE Bj]NSFIT OF

POOR CHILDREN.

p, 8 - In the program of the concert given by the influential 3t. Catherine's 2
Society of Evanston, Illinois, for the benefit of poor children, tv/o operatic -z:^
stars were included. f^

At the raagnificent Orchestra Hall last Tuesday the Greek Adonis, Ulysses
Lappas, tenor of the London and Chicago Operas, and Lrs. Thurston, another
concert star, delighted the big audience with their fascinating voices. S

The spacious hall \^s packed with more than three thousand people of the ^

elite of society, among v;hom v/ ere the Cardinal, bishops, judges, bankers, the
Llayor, and other prominent persons.

The program, which consisted of Italian, Aroerican, and Greek pieces (because
of the insistence of LIr. Lappas, who said that he would sing only if Greek
songs were included), was executed to perfection. Miss Zarokoffta, dignified
and graceful, accompanied LIr. Lappas, who, aroused prolonged applause v/henever
he appeared on the platform. His impressive appearance, his voice, and his
technique captured the audience and he was called back again and again.

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He sang two Greek songs not included in the program*

Not only the Greeks but the entire audience displayed great enthusiasm for
the Greek songs and justified Mr. Lappas^ Epirote courage and national gride
in refusing to sing unless there were Greek songs on the program. He made
the foreigners admire the songs although they did not understand them.

7/e extend our sincere congratulations to the great Greek operatic star for his
spirit in upholding Grecian ideals and spreading the knov/ledge of Greek art
among foreigners. Hay God promote his successi S

All the American newspapers printed many complimentary things about. the voice
and the appearance of Mr* Ulysses Lappas.

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Salonlklt Aug. 2, 1924.

ULTSSES LAPP AS CONVALESCING « .

p. iJifr. Ulyssee Lappa8,tha Greek tenor of worldnride fame who was injured about
two weeks ago in an autoiaobile accident} is now conTalescing and doing well, to
the great joy of hie laany friends and adsiirers.

It seems that this new Ulysses will continue his adrentures around the world, ^
and unlike the ancient Ulysses, he does not put wax in his ears to aroid the o^
sweet voices of the Sirens • r:

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^ Sal Old ki . Jwly 26 > 1924.

UUTSSKS LAFPAS, THE GREEK ARTIST, INJURED IN COLLISKp,^ (UJ.

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p»li44^rt Saturday th» Ormek tanor^ myssas I«ippa8» was rath«r ••riously injured
in mxL antoaQbile accident on hie way to hie hotel 9 euetaining eome lacerations
of the scalp and face«

Many artiste and aleo many of his countrymen » inforiaed of the accident » ruehed
to the Congreee Hotel » idiere the injured artiet stays 9 to learn about his con»
dition* Aaohg the firet to arrive were Prince Constantino Paleologoe and I2r#
M« Salopottlos^ The latter wae summoned Iqr telephone to take care of the injuries
of the belOTod artist 9 who is not in any danger*

'^^ *^"^**^^ ^ reporting the accident publiehee three picturee of the artiet
and deecribee the accident in thie humorous ways ^^Hobod^ knows better than
myeeee Lappcte himeelf what was responsible for his rise from obecurity to fame
in the field of operatic art* Hie euccese can be attributed not only to his
golden 701009 but also to his Grecian nose*

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Sal^Lki, July 26, 1924. ^^^ ^^^^ P^^g . -,^^,^ ,

^^Uury Garden first diseoTered these two talents of his in 1921 when she was
viaiting Monte Carlo t idiere she found Uly^goes and his classical nose, with the
result that later on he attained world^^ride fame as an artist*

**He first played Gagno in 1 PiigHaceit and aany eritics acclaia^d Ligpas aa
superior ertti to Caruso because he nade a better impression*

**1lso years ago he was a member of the Chicago ClTie Opera* Ihe artist arrived
last Saturday to give a concert , took a yellow taxi, and directed it to the
Congress Hotel. Suddenly a big truck appeared in the path of the taxi and the
inevitable happened* In the collision Ur* Li^pas received a shock; his head
struck the wired glass partition, which was broken to pieces, and the cruel
fragsents left some lacerations of the scalp*

^Ihia terrible collision not only caused a severe shock to the artist but also
injured his classical nose and changed its shape from Grecian to Sthlcpian2**

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GHEBK

Saloniki . May 17. 1924. WPA ('LL.) ?;;. ,;;,-/;,

CONCERi' (xUES BY GkEEK ARTIST WAS A SUCCESS

p. 3- A week stgo last Tuesday evening the elite of Evanston packed the
hall of the Evanston Worasui's Cluo, where a G-reek artist, Mr. ^asilios
Kyros, gave a concert. The program was a selection of Italian, French,
and Greriaan songs. The artist, who is a bass-baritone, displayed refined
technique and a rich, sweet voice. The applause of this audience, dis-
tinguished for its musical culture, was tremendous, and great enthusiasm
was expressed for the Greek singer, which shows that Mr. Kyros is an
artist of first rank.

Mr. Kyros hails from the village of Verzova, situated at the foot of
Mount Partheniura, where, as the ancient Greeks believed, the satyrs
danced with the dryads to the music of Pain's flute, and the goddess
Artemis raced with Atalanta of Tegea.

Mr. Kyros comes of an artistic feunily, for he has two brothers who are
artists, one an actor and the other a painter. He also has a brother
who is a lawyer, Mr. George Kyriakopoulos. We cannot help remarking that
since Mr. Kyriakopoulos, the musician, writes his name Kyros, it might be
proper for his brother, the lawyer, to take the name of Artaxerxes*

:i:h:>j;

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SaloBlkl. Apr. 19* 1924*

IMSTRUCTOR III MUSIC. «^ ^ 0-

p* 3 -* To those vfao dot Ire to learn piiuM and the theory of meic we
recoimend the dletingulehed teacher of xsaeiCt Mr* Petroe Gretimee«

UTm GetimeSf naturally endowed with musical talent , has studied eight
years in preparation for his work and by patience and perssTerance has worked
out a aethod by which he is able to derelop acconplished musicians in a
short tiBS«

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III H

GREEK

Saloniki, Mar. 17. 1923.

THE GREEK ARTIST THEMY GEORGI

^n ^-lU ^HOJJQm

Ur« Themy Georglt the well known Greek tenort trtio has achieved many artistic
triumphs in the Vienna Theatre of Melodrama and also in other big cities of
Europe t will give on Sunday aftemoont Lte^rch 25f 1923 f in Cohan's Grand Opera
Houset a recital truly Greek in characteristic^

This is the first time that the Greeks of Chicago have had an opportunity to
listen to truly Greek music sung by a Greek artist so distinguished and it
will arouse sweet memories of the homeland*

The Greek songs which our artist will sing are the works of such distinguished
composers as Samarat Sakellarides* Kalomirist Hatzapostolos and Xanthopoulos*

Tickets will be sold at popular prices*

II A 3 b Salonlkl, March 3, 1923,

III C MR. ANDREiS PETRQPOULOS A^^ V^*^'^ r'aU-.^u./o
III H

ANDREA DE PARRY, DRAMATIC TMOE

p«-3- Mr. De Parry, well knoim in our Greek colony, will give a concert in

cooperation with other artists on Sunday, April 22, 1923, in Cohan's Gran Opera
House*

Mr* Petropoulos is known throughout America, for he has sung in many great theatres*
He uses the name De Parry in order not to be confused with other Greek artists of
the same name*

Mr* Petropoulos has with noble generosity offered his services and sung without
compensation in all our great nationalistic and philanthropic coventions, in
particular in the Auditorium on the occasion of the address there delivered by
Patriarch Meletios of Constantinople .

We have no doubt that the Greek colony will support this eminent and popular
artist*

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GKiSK

Saloniki, Oct, 22, 1921.

GSEEK T21TOR IN TH2 CHICAGO CIVIC OP-liRA.

?/ith a great deal of pleasure and pride we wish to announce that He. Lappas
is a member of the Chicago Civic Opera • He is a protege of Miss ilary Garden
Ur. Lappas is well-known in Eiirope, Congratulations,

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Saloniki, I^ar. 19, 1921.

A NEV; GREEK ARTIST

On January 30, in the V/est End V/oinens* Club, a recital was given by the
young violin artist, Ivir. Elias Methenitis. It was apparent that he is a
complete master of his instrujnent, and will probably go far in the music
world. His musical aptitude and ability, if cultivated to a greater degree,
will make him an outstanding artist.

The Greek community has had as yet no great violinist, and we hope that that
place will be filled by ikir. iidethenitis.

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" ^ ^ ^* t;rltleal ReTiw. " New Bra, Chicago, 111.. Feb. 1, 1921.

^OTJNG MaSICIAN'S CONCERT SLICfflT^^

This article is written for the professional and educated Oreeks of
Chicago*

A young Greek musician, a violinist, only seventeen years old - his
name is Leon. Methinetes, but that does not matter - gave his first
nusical concert. Very few Greek people were seen there, ihe incident
isn't important except that the Greeks found it unnecessary to attend
a brilliant violinist's first concert. They are following their usual
custom and tradition. We are not idolaters of this young man's talent
because we know nothing of the beauty of music.

We can excuse the poor and ignorant Greeks for not taking advantage of
the opportunity of hearing something wonderful, because they can't
afford it or because they know no better. This excuse, of course,
cannot apply to the well-to-do, the educated, the professional Greeks.

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New Era ^ Feb. 1, 1921.

Any one can tell us that the Oreeks are the only race in the world that
has no music appreciation whatever. Even the Indians appreciate music
better than we do. Our Greek songs are mostly of Italian origin.

The Greek professionals and the educated people should consider it an
honor as well as a duty to attend a seventeen year old Greek maestro 's
first concert. Some day he may bring glory to the Greek name. Then we
all will take notice of him, won't we?

The Greeks should take a little kindly advice. If you have two loaves
of bread, sell one and buy a flower, for the soul wants to eat as well
as the body.

II A 5 b QRBBK

Saloniki, Nov. 1, 1919.

PRAISE FOR AN ARTIST

The musical talent of George Eambas is so highly respected by his teachers and
colleagues that Mr. Hofftnan, head of the Hoffman Preparatory School, sent us the
letter published below. It refers to the performance by Mr. Kambas at the Co-
lumb\is Day celebration. Mr, Kambas is now on the teaching staff of the Metro-
politan Conservatory of Music

"On Columbus Day, at an artistic perfonnance given by the Hoffman School, we
had the opportunity of hearing Mr. Kambas perform on the violin. His playing
is unforgettable. He aroused the emotions of his listeners €is only a fine artist
could. The audience sat as if hypnotized while the strains of his violin filled
the hall with exquisite sound.

'^he school wishes publicly to congratulate Mr. Kambas, and is proud of having had
him as a pupil. He is a true artist and musician, one who has devoted his whole
life to music.

"Hofftnan Preparatory School*^ v'l W.P.A. ^

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GREEK

Saloniki , Liar. 23, 1918.

GiJLk GREEi. ARxlSTIC CGI^CER'r

On Sunday, Larch 31 at 8:30 F. Li. the brilliant and famed young Greek tenor,
Mr. Andrev; Petropoulos, or Andrev; De Parry, v/ill give a musical concert in
the magnificent Kimball Hall, 308 South 7/abash Avenue, at the corner of
Jackson Boulevard. Mr. De Parry has done honor to the Greek name in Egypt,
i\merica, and elsev;here. A descendant of the great historic Bokos family?',
members of v/hich were naval commanders during our Sacred '.Var for Independence,
he is the son of the v;ell-knovm captain of the Panhellenic Steamship Company.
He studied in Italy, and he gives vocal music lessons here. He is not
related to Constant ine Petropoulos, so let there be no confusion in regards
to the tv;o names. Although ho is proud of his Greek origin, he has adopted the
name De Parry. In this concert he vail be accompanied by the vrell-knov/n
pianist in the musical v/orld, Dr. Balatka. He v;ill have other violinists and
vocal artists of the opera with him.

Admission is one dollar; many tickets have been disposed of among our people
as v/ell as among the American public. /^^

f?k oil

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Saloniki, liar. 23, 1918 •

G2EEK

So the occasion will be highly interesting and a patriotic one if we rally
to hear him presenting his excellent musical program^ By attending this
affair we will be entertained and will support an able young man worthy of
every consideration. Thus, we are also supporting our musicians.

Saloniki congratulates Mr. De Parry and wishes him success.

II A 5 b

Saloniki, Nov- 25, 1916.
RSCITi\L BY MR. NICK PETROPOUIiOS

Last Siinday Mr* Petropoulos gave a mandolin recital in Hull House. Many
people attended in order to hear him play.

Since we were not present at the recital we are not qualified to write a
criticism. However we know Mr. Petropoulos to be very unappreciative of
other people's support. He feels that people are required to attend his
recitals.

He intends to give recitals in other cities. V/e recoimend that he be
treated accordingly /sic7.

GREEK

II D 10

III K Saloniki , liar. 18, 1916*

IV ^y^.^.'^X

The concert given by the far.ious Mr, Gonstantine Uickolaov before an audience
of seven hundred people was a tremendous success.

This Chicago baritone entliralled his audience v/ith his fine voice. He sang
various popular Greek songs such as, '*0 Gero Demos", ^^^1 Lafina", and "0 Aetos"*
These v/ell-loved songs v/ere enthusiastically applauded by the audience.

He was assisted by LIr. 0. Petropoulos with songs of Smyrna....

The proceeds of the concert are to be sent to Greece for the relief of the
v/idov/s and orphans.

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II A 5 b GR3BK

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IV Saloniki, June 19, 1915.

OUR NE;^ !OTSICAL society

Only a few years ago several /Greek/ philhamonic syi.iphony orchestras were
organized in quite a few cities in the United States, including Lynn and
Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois.

It was in these orchestras and musical choruses that our music-loving youth
learned the noble and divine art of Orpheus (music). The playing of Greek
music and national marches in the various Greek coTjnunities throughout Amer-
ica lent wings to our national sentiment, and inspired and comforted our
countrymen who yearned for and had pleasant memories of their homeland.

With the passing of time, however, these philharmonic syiaphony orchestras were
dissolved, so that today there are none left. Our spirited and energetic
musicians of Chicago, however, decided to establish a ne^;; musical society in
which all lovers of song and music in America are invited to participate. The
purpose of this society is to enrich the musical sentiment and appreciation of

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IV Saloniki . June 19, 1915.

our music-loving youth not only in Chicago but in the entirs country.

The need for such a musical organization became especially apparent at the
time v;hen the question of the exploitation of our typical, provincial Greek

musicians at our numerous Greek v^edding celebrations first arose. It v/as :^

at such celebrations that the groom, the best roan, and their friends expected p

the wedding guests to pay for nearly all the expenses of the wedding by ^

throwing or offering money to tho instrument players during the excitement of ^

the Greek dances. This practice has not yet been abandoned, but this sad 2

state of affairs and the shameless exploitation of even our ordinaiy amateur io

Greek musicians must cease. 5^

ite are informed that many efforts are being made to re-establish the Greek
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of our well-
known music instructor, Llr. Spero Bekatoros.

Here is a noble task which deserves the approval cind support of all I The

*-4

II A 5 b - 3 - GRSEK

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IV Saloniki, June 19, 1915.

organization of musical clubs and gymnasiums for the development of the art of
music and the strengthening of our youths* bodies must attract the attention
of every Greek community in America, It was through music and gymnastics that
our ancestors, the ancient Greeks, became a great people. Music makes for the
nobility of the soul, /yhile g:Tanastica and strenuous physical exercise make for
a strong and beautiful body.

Forward, theni Let us all take part in this new movement. The signal has been g
given by our loyal, patriotic, and progressive Chica.;o conimunity with our o
worthy Greek musicians in the forefront. Lo

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Salonllcl . Dec. 5, 1914,

ARTIST

:i^^•Mi

U'Jii^l

More than five hundred Americans were present at the concert of the Greek artist,
Mr# Constant ine Petropoulosi which was held in the Midway Gardens.

Mr. Petropoulos' program ¥ras well chosen and pleased the audience tremendously^
This Greek artist included the Greek demotic song •♦Gero Demos'* in his program*
It was enthusiastically received by the audience, although many of them were
probably hearing Greek music for the first time.

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mmmim

GpREEK
Loxias^ Nov. 17, 1911. p. 2 — -

CONCERT AT HULI. HOUSE GIVEN BY MR* CHRIST NICHOLAQU-,, -,. o^r , .r. ^

Tonight, at 8:30 P. M.,in the Bowen Hall of the Hxill House, a concert
is being given by the Greek baritone Christ Nicholaou^ Mr. Nicholou
will be assisted by other Greek artists and two yoxing American ladies
Miss Howler and Miss Smith, who are known in musical circles as first
class sopranos*

Mr. Nicholaou will sing "The Prologo of Paliaci," "Cavatina of Faust",
'i^ria of Carmen," "The Shepherd Boy," "Gero Demos" (Old Demos) and
"Sypna Agapi Mou Glykia" (Awaken My Sweet Love).

II A 3 b

GREEK

WPA{iLL)PROj- 30275

Loxi ao. J£.n. 27, 1909

SMALL NUm'S

p. 3.- On Feb. 4, Thursday, the Scotch Priiaa Bonna, Jeaiiie Fletcher,
will sing a duet with the popular Gree.c singer, llotis Limoeropoulos,
at Orchestra Hall, Jackson, Adams ajid :.:ichigan Avenues.

II • CONTRIBUTIONS^
AND ACTIVITIKS'
A. Vocational
3. Aesthetic

c. Painting and Sculpture

II A 3 c

&EEEK

&reek Press > Jan. 26, 1933

GREEK ARTIST ^WARDED PRIZE

p. 4.- That Hellene of rare artistic ability. Constantine Pou^ialis,
has been the recipient of a prize, his third, since 1925.

This time he had chosen as his subject a painting titled "Two Girls"
which represents two female figures, their backs to the observer, com-
prised of classical lineaments. It is indeed, a work of perfect sym-
metry, line and color! This meted him the Henry A. Prank award for
1933 at the exhibition of the All-Chicago artists held Thursday, Jan.
12th, at the Art Institute.

It is noteworthy that Pougialis has been twice recognized as an artist
of outstanding talent at two Chicago artists exhibits, and once highly
commended as a dexterous wielder of brush and pallette at the All-
American showing.

II A 3 c - 2 - GREEK

Greek Press , Jan. 26, 1933

In 1924 at the Chicago artists disolay, his painting titled, "Plaster
Head" won for nim the Marshall Fuller Holmes award and six years later,
at the American Academy artists showing, Pougalis and a bit of "Still
Life" met on canvas, and the William Randolph Hearst prize fell to him.

To the Young Ladies Philomusical goes the especial honor of affording
this ingenius man his debut in Chicago-Greek circles thru the medium
of two receptions. The youn^ ladies of the above society again extend
their heartiest congratulations to Ur, Pougialis and wish him, "I^ay his
star of Destiny continue to soar!"

Young Ladies
Philomusical
Georgia Ladas«
Secretary.

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GREEK

The Greek Press, Feb. 4. 1932

PHIiiOMUSICALS

p. 5,- The Philorausical society of the North Side gave a ^reception for
Mr. C. Pougiallis at his studio last Monday. Many notables were present
and were entertained with a fine musical program after seeing some of
Mr. PoTigiallis' works of art. Tea was served terminating an enjoyable
affair.

11 A O C

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III B 2

GRSliK

Salonikl, Oct. 3, 1931

THE PHILOMUSICAL SOCUPY AT Tfij; ART INSTITUTE

p. 5«- The Greek Ladies Fhilomuslcal Society will hold a reception in
the Club Room^Art Institute, tonorrow, Sunday, from 3 to 6 P*M. , in >
honor of Constantino Pou^ialis, a distinguished painter, who was awarded
prizes in two expositions* Ur. Poxa^ialis has some of his paintings on
Tiew at the Art Institute, at present. The program will include a
lecture» ousic, and refreshments. Free admission.

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GREZK

Greek Press , Uarch 12, 1931

BEAUTIFUL ICON OF OLD DISION IS POUIID HERE

Relic Believed to Date From Fourteenth Century

May Be 7/orth Fortune

By Sterling North Chicago Daily News

An icon, beautifully painted in gold and blue and red of primitive de-
sign, ana believed to date from the fourteenth century, has been found
in a iQodest Greek home at 630 S. Halsted Street.

Daniel Catton Rich, assistant curator of painting and sculptor at the
Art Institute, has placed its possible age at 700 years, although an
absolute date cannot be established without some research. Its value
has been variously estimated from $3,000 upward.

It was discovered in the home of George Galineas, 65, who, with his wife,
and three children, came to America seventeen years ago.

II A 3 c - 2 - GREEK

Oreek Press , Kiarch 12, 1931

In true Greek fashion, Galineas settled on South Halsted street, bring-
ing with him the objects of worship which had hiing in the holy corner
(iconostasi) of his home in Athens*

Hangs Up Treasure

In the holy corner of the $20-a-month Chicago flat, he hung the red
Kandila (laap), the picture of St. Demetrios killing the dragon; of St»
Catherine in embroidered robes of red and gold; St. Stephen reading
from the holy scriptures painted in a Byzantine style, and the most
popular of all Greek saints, the "Holy Finder", canonized less than
100 years ago.

Among these holy paintings, none more than 250 years or eight generations
old, hung the tnily ancient icon with its Byzantine dome and gates, com-
pletely covered with gold leaf, opening upon the small carefully executed
painting of the Mother and Child. Standing on the right could be seen
St. Dionysus, on the left St. Spiridon. Above is depicted the Holy
Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost shown as e small
dove#

II A 3 c - 3 - GHEEK

Sreek Press , March 12, 1931

How this valuable icon came into the hands of a South Halsted street
coffee-house proprietor was told by Mrs. Photini Galineas.

"It has been in our family, according to tradition, since the iconostasic
war of the middle a^^^eSf" she said today •

"About 200 years ago four of my great aunts, several generations removed,
were all taken slaves to Turkish harems* One of the sisters by the name
of Mary carried the icon with her. Hhen she was later freed by one of
her own brave countrymen, who recaptured and married her, she broxight the
icon back to Greece.

"It has been passed down from generation to generation and was part of
my dowry when I married."

II A 3 c - 4 - GEEM

Greek Press > March 12, 1931

Has Miraculous Power

Kg one could convince Mrs. Galineas tliat the icon cannot work miracles.
It hangs with the others in the corner of her son's bedroom, whose life
was once saved hy its power. The boy, Demetrios, now a husky yo\ing
pugilist, was pronounced as dying of tuberculosis at the age of seven.
The family, newly arrived in America, sent the boy to the hospital, then
gathered to pray at the icon.

"We saw the icon turn black and its portals close," Mrs. Galineas said
today. "We knew that our son was going to die, but still we prayed, and
two days later the portals opened and the face of the Mother and Child
shone forth again. Shortly after, our son returned home completly cured."

Photographs of the icon are being sent to all the authorities on Byzantine
iconography by Nicholas Matsoukas, who discovered it.

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The Greek Press , April 16, 1930

PROGRSSIVS GBZEKS

p* 5*- We are always proud to write about the younger Greek generation
when it gains honor in. scholarships* One such young man is James Chelos,
student of New York University* James is awarded the Carnegie Scholar-
ship of $2,000 or for outstanding scholarship. He is going to study in
Xurope at the expense of Princeton University*

Mr* Chelos is well known to the Greeks of Chicago, because he lived
here while attending Chicago University and has made aany friends* As
a student at the University of Chicago he received the following honorsi

Two undergraduate scholarships of $225*00 each from the University of
Chicago, graduated with honors in Art and in French; received his Bachelor
of Philosophy degree with honors; won the Carnegie Fellowship of $1,200*00
to study Art at Princeton University and won the New York University Fellow-
ship of $1,500*- to continue his study of Art at the New York University*

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WPA(iLLjpK0..502/5

The Sreek Press, April 16^ 1930

Next Monday, April 21. at 7:45 to 8:00 Chicago time, Mr* Chelos is going
to speak over the radio on "Oreece Today** « Those nho have radios should
tune in on this brilliant young man.

ORZSK

Chicago Daily Tribune, A-.ril lu, 1922.
L!AY SUT ART IIISTITUTE

GRzzi: cci:suL a::d PHr:cs clai:. i:a:io:: robbzjd cj' c::2DIt ■

tali: cr suit for 4^1,000,000

03J^:CT TC UCKD "SFAITISJ" UIIl^ER ^40,000 "ZL ORTCO" FAirTINO

Ilicholas Salcpoulos, G-reek consul to Chicago, announced yesterday that
unless the directors of tlie Art Institute remove the word "Spanish" from
the fraue of the i:;imense $40,000 loaintin- "El G-recc , " which Yiom-^ in the
'^Ifxe of honor above the institute*?; :iT^-i'"^ staircase, he will sue them
for vl. 000, 000.

The paintin-, says I.ir. Salopculo:-, is t]:e v;or> of a Or^rcian, Donenikos
Theotokopo\ilos, -md the nation i^ sufferin,^^ a great loss throuf^h f-ie mis-
re; resentatiori conveyed b-; t'le v/ordin,; en,:i;r::ved under the frame, \7hich,
he thinks, cler-rly attributes the wor': to a S-naaiarcl.

•3

'rHZEK

Chicago Daily ^rriLuiie , A'^ril 10, 1922.

".r. Saloponlos readied the r.ecioicii to iiue yesterday • ft':rnooa. The
in"i:::ediate c--'\ze of his resolution v;as tv;o confer iices v/hicu he hao. ;-el
duririir^ the day. Tlie first of this v;a3 v;ith. tic officers of trie Art
Iriitit'ite. T:\iz ras stormy • n:

th-r C'vnsu], ^

used stroii-;: Ian .;UcL_^e.

Prince also is Ao^itated

The ^eccna w-i- held \'ith ' ri/ice ^^e i:'yzance, Ij ^re-^.: pcttntatt:, nov/ vi^it-
ina iri Gr)ic-'^.a-o. So f - r as Inn^pin e v/as ccncerned, tiiis .aeetin^-; Y/as -:v€n
more violent than fne first.

Both the orince :.^nd t'^ic consul ercoressed thenis-lves vith vi-7;or rnd
■nicturesqv.eness on the SMt'ject of Art in genera.l o.nd the Art Institute
director's ■:nov/led..:e of art in particul.ar.

A rercrter "^or t- e Trih^i/.e haaoenec. to ce r^resent \:^'.en the T^jrince and
the consul aot to, ether.

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Cuicn.^'o Dr^ilv Tribuiie, A-ril 1'', li?;^:^.

In Srv ni?^'-i, la Itrll-.n, in ever;' lan-^na^e, "Zl G-reco" .;ean^; "the G-ree.:,"
declarecl t'le -ori/^ce^-.

"T:ie ir;;n^;rF.nce in triis covaitrv is a::>toiiishin /* re'olied th-: consul,
raiein^; hi;: shouldero and v-;turni;i.; liis mal-is. "hhy do officers oi a
rn"i^;eu.., or art institute - v'}i"t .vou crll if/ - chan e the nationality
of c. jr :at -oaiiiter? .heotohcculos if: a (irecian name."

Ilobbed \)y All Countrieii

"All countries r^ o c\ir land. The:' t-'he our b^-.autiful -^aintin.-:i;, our
El-_-in iaarblei-;, everything;," rnournod the r;r]uce. "hut they imist chan<^j;e
the in-cri'^tion o:i the "^1 .rreco" v/ithin th.. month or I'll brin- the
learned cffice'.a of the riu : c-u:.: into court," declarea the consul, m-ikin.j:
a winuiuill of hi iself in hi^: excite, ent. "I shall reoresent the rela-
tives of ti>j dead f^rtint. I'll be hi:: champion, 'jeniuo never dies and
the r:lory of Theotoko-o^ilo^ .nijct be for G-reece."

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GREEK

r.iicn:''o Daily Trit-ne, A-nril 10, 192'-:,

Thi^. cons-il -t'lr.-n rent off liurriedly tc interviev the tr-'istees of the
Art lustitute once more.

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Saloniki, July 10, 1920*

NATIOI^AL PRIDE

(Editorial)

Pride has two manifestations. The first is a refined feeling bom in a
human being from a feeling of worthiness and dignity. It comes when a
duty is conscientiously performed, from patriotism, from love for our
fellow-man and from a striving towards all that is good.

The second kind of pride springs from ignorance, egoism, disregard of
others and boldness, sources all of the wrong kind of pride. The first
pride is a virtue, the second a vice. National or patriotic pride is
what we call that feeling which a good person has in his heart when he
sees the progress of his country or hears the praises bestowed on the
sages of his country.

This feeling of pride is aroused in the breast of every Greek when he

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Saloniki, July 10, 1920.

visits the Illysiuia, v/here there is tin exhibition of art, sculpture, and
painting. There — amonc the great creations, such as ^♦llie Reapers," the
painting by Henri Larten, and '»A Doctor in the i..edical Acaderay," by
?/isemr.n--v7e find the works of Greek artists.

The Greek creations are so good th'-^t they had to be accepted by the super-
critical Committee of Selection of the ilxhibition.

J our v7orks of L.r. Emanuel havarou, who studied in America v/here he won a
prize and then continued his studies in Paris, were accepted by the
Committee.

/mother reason for national pride comes from the ivords heard at the
meeting of a club v/hich is being formed to encourage the study of Greek
in France. Some of the philhcllenes (Friends of the Greeks) in this

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Salonika., July 10, 1920.

organization are Paul Girard, Mason, Pone, Fouzer, and Bourge

They said that Greece achieved her unity through the efforts of Venizelos,
and that thanks to him she is now ready to welcome the inquiring spades of
the archeologists.

The v/ork of Venizelos at the Spa Conference, concerning the matter of
Ipiros, will be another justification for our national pride.

II. COOTRIBQ-

TIONS AND
ACTIVITIES

A. Vocational
3. Aesthetic
d. Theatrical

(1) Drama

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m H Thg Greek Star. Jan. 15, 1937.

ACTORS AND THE STAGE

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p. 1- Next to the pulr)it, the press, and the public platform comes the
stage as a medium for the moral education of society.

However, there are indications in recent years that those engaged in the
actor's profession have gone astray, and the authorities have intervened,
exercising strict censorship on those plays which affect the integrity
and the morals of society.

This evil has been noticed mostly in localities under control of local
authorities. Sometimes it escapes the attention of the latter, either
because of lack of comolaints or because of lack of alertness and en-
forcement of the law.

For these reasons foreign actors and sometimes charlatans, exploiting
the misunderstood freedom of this country and its hospitality and pre-
tending ignorance of the law, lapse into indecencies on the stage in
defiance of law and morality.

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The Oreek Star , Jan. 15, 1937.

So those who attend the theater for edification come away disgusted with
tne bad taste of the performance.

Such purveyors of filth have come in times past from G-reece to America,
where they have made their fortunes, returning to Athens with American
dollars and there insulting the Greeks of America for their hospitality
and their patronage.

And so the Star urges the Greeks of America and especially those with
families not to patronize performances of plays of suspicious origin
and not to attend stage productions which are detrimental to the morals
of Greek coimminities.

The theater is the supplement of the public platform and the press, for

it teaches virtue and portrays human life in all its good and evil aspects,

with its conflicts and its hardships, and so the stage has its own mission.

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The Greek Star, Jaii. 15, 1937.

The stage has no mission whatever if it is not foiinded in morality and
does not portray reality to the eyes of its audience.

Many actors come to America under pretence of presenting good plays, but
what is uppermost in their minds is to make money, and they are not con-
cerned about society. The actor must be primarily a polite, dignified
gentleman, a man who respects society, so that men aind women who go to
the theater with their children may be sure of seeing and hearing some-
thing good 8Jid instructive, not ballyhoo and profane Isuiguagel

The more brilliant the stage appears, the brighter the electric lights
shine upon it, the more insidious is the reaction in the hearts of spec-
tators when immorality and disrespect play their role to the detriment
of the audience and of society at large. Plays differ according to social
conditions in the countries where they originate, but all the actors in
the world are one in regard to morality and respect for society. The
theater without morality is Hades, and its performers are demonsl

Away with immoral plays and bad companies I Bad companies and immoral
plays are like coals in which the fire is extinguished. They do not bum,
but they blacken when they are touched. Keep awayl

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GBEEK MEWS . Oct. Zk, 1935

The first appearance of the Athenian Theatrical Company has heen gener-
ally acknowledged as a success. All those fdio attended the performance left
with the best of impressions in regards to the text of the play, the perform-
ance and the singing. It is not an exaggeration, if we say, that the Athen-
ian Theatrical Company presented something perfect, hoth in the details of
the act and in the role played by its individual members.

Mr. Chrisochos, in his role as a comedian, is one of the best that we have
on the Greek stage.

Mr. A. Simos, with his melodious voice, who is so well known in our com-
munity, enchanted us and gained applause galore from all.

Other members of the company are: Mr. r^arx loarkou. Miss Phopho Louka and
sister Helene Louka, Mrs, Liza Chris toforidou and Vrisoula Pantopoulou^

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Saloniki-Greek Press , Dec. 20, 1934.

THEATHICAL PEHFORI-IAl'ICE

Despite the fact that the evening services in honor of St. Constantine drew
a large nimber of the Greek coiuaunity av;ay tron the benefit performance
sponsored by the Eptanisos, or Seven Islands' Benevolent dissociation, the
entertainnent proved an artistic and economic success.

The play, "One Iligiit of Life," v;as v;ritten by the foremost Greek playivright
of this period, Spyro I.ielas, and v;as presented at the Ei£!htii Street Theater
last Sunday night. It was presented vjith an artistry that is all too rare
in the Greek theaters of Chicago. The Eptanisos deserves commendation for
choosing such a means of raising funds.

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Salonlkl^pGreek Press . May 31, 1934«

tKADAllB 7*

Practieally all of us saw ^lladame IC when it was presented upon the Amerlccui
stage. Bat aside from those having reserved seats » the Greek version of the
play was seen only by those fortunate enough to arrive in time at the Eighth
Street Theater to buy the few remaining tickets and standing room. In all
probability, the Greek Operetta Company—beg pardon; we hope it will be, in
the future, the **Ghicago Greek Operetta Compas7*~will have to give another
performance of the great tragedy , *lladame H*.

The theater is a medium of education and progress, and the Greeks of Chicago
are in as much need of a good theater group as they are of a good school • At
last we have found such a group, and we should all support it enthusiast iC£Llly« ^
If that is done, Uiss Lena Dorou famous Greek actress and producer/^ and her
company will be able to acquire capable professional artists to fill the
places of the amat'^urs she is forced to use — ^who, however, have been doing

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a very creditable piece of work*

An exEoaple of the fine amateur acting in "Madame X" C€Ui be found in the
performance of Dr# G, Earaflos, nho played two roles. He convinced us that
he made a great mistake in neglecting to study the drama for a career, and by
entering the medical profession instead* ••••

As for the acting of Hiss Dorou, all we can say is that the author of
•'Madame X" had this capable actress in mind when he created the role of that
sad, tragically-brave woman.

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ftreek Press » March 17, 1932*

THEATRICALS

p. 5^- We would like to remind the Oreek public that '•Zombie" is still
playing at the Adelphi Theater* The reason we are interested in this
theatrical is because of Oeorge Rigas, who is the only Oreek playing in
a popular American show. All Greeks should avail themselves of the
opportunity to see this promising young man. There may not be another
chance.

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IV TO OUH BROTHER AKSPAKS

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(Editorial)

P.-l- In a previous article ire rendered due tribute to the Order of Ahepa

for its generous initiative in bringing upon the American stage the recent dramatic
work of our Greek poet, Mr. D. Michalaros, who incidentally is a member of this
fraternal organization*

We firmly believe that the numerous members of the eight chapters of this
organization which exist in our Chicago community would more than fill small
auditorium of the Studebaker Theater, for we had noted the eagerness to attend
and the enthusiasm which prevailed when the Society offered dances and other
forms of entertainment*

We, as well as many others who strongly believed that since the presentation

of this work had been sponsored by Ahepa, the Studebaker Theater woxild be filled

to capacity, were astounded to find that not even half the seats were occupied,

and that the great majority of those present were regular theater- goers and lovers

of music who would have attended the performance regardless of who had sponsored

it.

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People were Justified in asking the question. What evidence is there that the
Order of Ahepa has endeavored to make this production a success when it could not
fill to capacity a theater so small as the Studebaker?

Yfe were ahout to accord due praise to the Order of Ahepa, for we firmly believed
that in this undertaking it had made a noble gesture and hacL centered the field of
the fine arts by sponsoring the play "Theodora,"- that it had discovered a new
horizon and had raised its ideals to a higher level, - that the many trite forms
of entertainment which it had hitherto afforded to the Greek community of Chicago
were now considered passe'. But is is obvious that we erred in our assumption,
for not only did this national oraganization fail to make any effort to assure
the financial success of the play, but on the contrary, it employed means to
prevent its succeeding.

Not only was this fact evinced by the actual failure of the play financially,
but strange as it may seem, many members of this fraternal order exerted every
possible effort to make the premiere a fiasco. These members displayed their
malicious and mischievous intentions Iqr publishing iinfair criticism of the
author of the drama, thus proving the truth of an old adage, "Best friends often
become worst enemies."

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Tet there were at least a few brothers Ahepans who because of their interest in
the higher forms of art and because the playwright was an Ahepan were kind enough
to attend the performance, thus averting a total lack of spectators and the
presentation of the paly to rows of vacant seats*

Were the great majority of Ahepans incapable of realizing that since all the
local chfi^ters of this national organization had sponsored the performance of this
drama on the American stage, their individual support in attending the performance
was absolutely required to make the play a success?

Do you expect us to believe that you are a powerful organization when you do not
comprehend even the most elementary principles of brotherhood and loyalty and
fail to support the reputation of your society? You boast of your efficiency
and your strength, proved by the popularity of the dances and the other minor
forms of entertainment which you often present, but when the hour arrives which
affords you the opportunity to elevate your organization toward a loftier ideal,
and you might have earned boundless honor and praise, you relax in your endeavor
and shatter the hopes of those who in all sincerity had believed that the Order
of Ahepa was setting up higher standards for itself, entering a sphere of more

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8l0iificant activity, and conducting affairs no'bler in purpose*

Perhaps we had expected too much, but we believed for a time that there existed
in the Order of "Ahepa" a spirit of ideaHsm, and we ask our Ahepan brothers to
forgive us for our misconstruction of the facts*

The Contradictor*

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Greek Press , Feb. 12, 1931

MARIXA COTOPOULI IN "XAEAGIOZIS" AS SEEN IN HER PERFORMANCE

By Nick John Uatsoiikas

p. 6,- A social satiric drama in three acts by Theodore Synodinos was
presented at the Studebaker Theatre, Monday night, Feb. 9th, at 8:30
F«M», by Marika Cotopoiili and her company*

Modern Greek intellectiialism, fortunately or otherwise, tends to borrow
from our immediate friends, namely the genteel French, the Tartar Russians,
the reincarnated Hellenes, the Germans, the sturdy Scandinavians and some-
times from the business like minded Anglo Sexons* Our modem literature,
is somewhat afflicted with the curse of plagiarism. I'here might be a reason
for that, some seem to be believe* But in the case of **Karagiozis'* it
proves that it exists.

Theodore Synodinos is a clever writer. He also seems to be more clever
in his attempts to amalgamate dramatic formulas* "Karagiozis" , branded
as a contemporary Greek social satyric drama, has its skeleton borrowed

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Greek Press , Feb, 12, 1931

from Ibsen's "Pillars of Society" and "Ghosts" by. the same dramatist
who seems to have supplied the spirit\ial motif of the play. For flesh
and blood it has been handsomely filled in by good Greek common sense
and its phraseology has been reduced down to a level where a ten year
old child can understcuid it* Synodinos knows how to use words. Words
in turn express idea. A living drama necessitates both. I'hese he has
arranged suid served properly to the one hundred year old skeleton.

The legendary character of Karagiozis, with his cynical sense of humor
and deformed body, plays havoc with the play to such an extent that I
wasn't so certain lAether I was in Chicago or at the Royal Theatre in
Stockholm.

But what did l^IcUlame Cotopoxili do to "Karagiozis?" As an answer I will

say to you, what did Michalangelo do to painting when he took it up?

She put forth a "Karagiozis" that thrilled me physically and spiritually*

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Greek Press , Feb* 12, 1931

A balanced dose of humor and bitter cynicism was the resiilt. Just as
the audience was getting ready for a good hearty laugh you were being
"forced to subside in your own misery and say to yo\irself , "Get rid of
that wench, Nicho Paganis*" But "Karagiozis" would answer, "It is
fruitless. Crooks and vagabonds, are humans and humans are petty*
So why should one excite himself over pettiness." The only objection
that some Greeks in Chicago might have about the play is that
Karagiozis, Evgale T'aplita Sti Fora (Exposed Another's Dirty Linen).
But what of it? That is fruitless, too« Unlike any other actress
that I have seen Mstdam Cotopouli is one Thespian artist that is Just as
m\ich at home with heavy tragedy as she is with social drama.

Characterization and mimicry reach their zenith with her. Let us go
to see her at the Civic Opera House a week from Saturday. There you
will see "Eratocritos" that immortal Cretan epic poem of the Seventeenth
Century which Synodinos has transferred into a play*

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G-reek Press , Feb. o, 1931

FIRST APPEAHAITCE OF LLAHIKA KOTOPOULI III "ELECTRA"

Our comnixmity, with great aniciet^, is av/aiting the arrival of Marika
"otopouli. Beiiif^ busy, only a few thousands will be at the station to
welcorae her. Next Sunday ni^^ht, she will appear at the Studebaicer
Theatre to play the imiaortal "Electra," and I'.onday night she v/ill play
the part of Stella Violanti in the drama that was written by Gregory
Xenopoulos.

Everyone is anxious to see the great tragediene, therefore we predict,
the Greeks of Chicago will fill uo the Studebaker to capacity for these
two dramas. The success of the pLays will show if we will be able to
have the great tragediene for more performances in Chicago.

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Greek Press > Jan* 22, 1931

MABIKA EOTOPOULI WILL BE WELCOUID TO CHICAGO

SHE WILL PLAT THE PiBT OF "ELECTRA*^ AT THE ARAQON

p« 1«* The desire of the Greeks of Chicago will be ftilfilled shortly. The
faoous tragedienne, Marika Kotopoxdi* will be in Chicago the first part of
Tebmary*

Uondaar, feb« 9th will be the date and Aragon the place, where erery art
loring Greek will hare the rare opportunity to see the famotxs tragedienne
in "Electra". This will be the only drama Kiss Kotopoxai will play In
Chicago, therefore we urge everybody to pay respect to this goddess of
Greek classical dram, Harika Eotopouli*

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Grreek Press > Jan, 1, 1931

LYSISTRATA TRIUMPHS IN ANGLO-SAXON "aARB"

Sedles Goes as Far as Law Permits. Norman Bell Geddes, A Flop

By Demetrius Glympias

p. 3*- Whilst not possessing everything required to make an Aristophanian
play complete, the Lysistrata as performed by the Coburn players, is as
good as should he expected under the circumstances* For, had Gilbert
Seldes gone two steps farther, in being more true to the original, the
hounds of the censors and the furies of the reformers would have swooped
upon him mercilessly*

The same cannot be said for the work of Norman Bel Geddes. His stage
setting is so hopelessly anachronistic and inappropriate that, were it
not for the classical costumes worn by the actors, one would even surmise
the setting was intended for a Greek play. It is a drab, coffee-colored
structure, in elongated perpendicular lines, monotonously tiring and un-
interesting. In short, it is another cubistic eyesore, in the stretched

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meters of a modern city skyscraper, 'by Bel Geddes, without even an
inkling of the rocky massiveness and architectural magnificence of the
Acropolis pertained in Aristophanes.

Lest the reader he led to believe that this writer has an aversion for
skyscrapers, he wishes to make known, that he has not* In all sincerity,
he h€dls the skyscraper as an outstanding achievement, (distinctly
American) in the history of modem Architecture. But its effects cannot
lend favor to the setting for a Greek play.

So much for Seldes and Bel Geddes. Now a few remarks ahout the good
work of the actors. Mrs* Cohurn, in the stellar role, interprets her
part masterly. Her fine acting in this play is reminiscent of her past
successes in the roles of Iphigenia, Slectra, Antigone and Media. Both
she and Mr. Cohurn have been devout admirers and tireless workers in the
craft of Greek plays for more than two decades.

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Sreek Press t Jan# 1, 1931

Njdia Westman, as Kalonlka, is little short of charming. Her appeal
for aid to surpress her ardent longings for love can command help from
a man any time* The delivery of her lines, **0h» goddess 1 ease the
pains of labor**, exacted a storm of laxaghter from the audience.
Kalonika, you siire are a tropical mamma.

Myrrhina, (Juliette Day) is an amorous dame with jet^-black hair. She
meets the return of her hiisband with lots of reluctant affection. She
promises all to him. Makes everything ready and then gives him nothing.
Poor Kinesias! It was a good thing peace was immediately signed, other-
wise — , well 'tis better left unsaid.

Of all the women in the cast representing the different cities of Greece,
the women of Corinth were the most painted up. They were painted-up as
they used to he in the good old days, with bold dashes of cobalt blue
beneath their eye-brows, thick vermilion on their lips and rouge in
abundance on their cheeks. They looked the prettiest of all the women
in the cast. That is, from a distance. I wonder how the women of
Lykoporgia look today.

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Tie must not forget to mention Lampito, (Hope Emerson), the Spartan
woman. She, too, played her part as though she were a regular he-man
of the good old days. More power to you Lajnpito, and Mr. and Mrs»
Cohurn, we would welcome you back in another Greek play next season.

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The Greek Press , June 19, 1930» p. 4

DEATH NOTICE.

GBEEE

With great sorrow we announce the death of Theodore Pofantis, producer
of Greek plays, who passed away Tuesday at 9:30 A. M.

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Gis:]i: TR..cnDY o? i3th ciiiiTi:;:^ to bi^:

PISSEIITUD

oomething u -ique in the aimals of Cliicago drama V7ill be presented at the Civic
theater Sunday evenin/;: Iiay 25, -rhen "Maria Doxupatri , " a Greek Tragedy of the
thirteenth century is perforr.ed in the "dead" la:i{;:ua£;e of riedioval, or Byzan-
tine Greek.

Tlie draiia, v:ritten by Benardakis, a Greek dramatist of the last century is
being given by the Greek American ComiTiunity of C .icago and VJestern suburbs in
an effort to maintain the interest of the present generations of the literature
and lore of the Greece that arose from the ashes of the ancient liapire. The
play portrays the conquest of .-.i^cadia by the crusaders under Prince VMlli-jn

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Greek St ar, Hay 23, 1930.

Cha^:r^'lain of Fr Jice.

T-venty-five American born G-'^eek young men and voraen students of the Plato
Greek school villi Dortray the hictoric::^l characters of "I.Iaria Doxapatri.^'

Tlie draria is being directed by Theodore Pofantis, 70 year old director of
the Athenian Theater of Greece.

Mr. Pofantis is k o\m throu;-' out Europe for his -performances of the classic
of Euripides and ofocles. He '.von f . .3 as a tragedian in the role of
"Oedipus Rex," which he and his company have performed all over the v;orld«

He acted in the opening of the Royal theater of Athens in 1888 and has been
on the stage fifty-years.

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There are thirteen scenes in '♦Maria Doxapatri," The settings and costimes
are in Franco-Byzantine style.

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GBEZK

The Greek Press , April 16, 1930

EACIAL COOPERATION

p. 2«* In advancing, an individual , a community, a nation, must go
throu^ certain stages. These stages are from the materialistic to
the spiritual and from the practical to the ideal* For example, first
you "build a house, then you furnish it# First you plant an apple tree,
then you think of roses* First you plant a gra-pe vine, then you train
them to cover the bare walls* After you furnish the essential neccessities
of a room, you get books, pictures, and flowers to complete it*

What happens in an individual's life happens also in a nation's* When
the first Greeks in America biiilt a church, they made it Just a place
of wDrship* As years passed by they enlarged the church, made it more
beautiful and improved it* The same happened with the schools. The
next step should be the theaters*

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The three performances given by Mr* Jatcobides show that the Chicago
Greeks are thirsting for the theater* Yet we cannot seem to get started
towards making it a regular phase of our winter activities* Mr* S. Melas

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has told me that his aim is to settle in some theater in America and
give regular performsuices starring Mrs* Eihelis or Mrs. Eotopoulos*
If Chicago had its own theater, wouldn't it be a good idea? Or perhaps
we haven't the financial means?

There isn't a single doubt but that the Greeks of Chicago will heartily
endorse a good Greek play* When Chicago says good, it doesn't mean
light, amateurish, comedies and operetta, nor does it mean these plays
to which a man is ashamed to take his mother, wife , or sister* Fortun-
ately, or unfortunately, we Greeks of America have not become as civilized
as the Athenians who take their mistresses to such' plays*

It is tlBie for somebody to start a theatrical movement here. Clubs,
organizations, and newspapers have time and opportunities to seriously
discuss this q[uestion« Mr. A. Papanickolopoulos is going to give a
lecture on this subject before the Greek Professional Club of Chicago.
Let us all do our best to promote the Greek theatricals 1

P. A. Chronopoulos.

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THE GIU'iJK ThiEATiJH Iri ALISRICA.

An important consideration in preserving our Hellenism in America
is the Greek theater. The church, the school, and the various
organizations are the most important agencies. The Greek theatre
adds the trimming, or firial touch to the whole.

As in the classical period of Greece, the theatre made a necessary-
contribution to the culture of the people, so it does today, in the
case 01 other iiations. The Jewish people who have succeeded to a
greater degree than any other nation in preserving their social
identity, owe much of their success to the theater which has made
great progress among them. The perforn-ances they give will go
down in history, i^ny of their plays are v;orld- famous.

\/e, the Greeks, v/ho gave birth to the theater, should be the leaders,
in the theatrical movement, not trailers behind. Merely because
everybody else lags behind, ki/hy don't Greeks wake up?

WPA (ILL,) PROJ, 30275

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ANNOUNCEMENT.

I was greatly disappointed with the reception given my play ^0 Kakus Dromos**
("The Bad Road") ty the Greek people of Chicago when it was staged there*
This Is to announce that for no ptu^ose or plea will I ever present or give
permission to others to present this play in Chicago again*

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THEATRICALS. um. ,.. . ,

WPA (ILL) PROJ. 302/5

A large audience turned out to see *Dio Lohia" at the Slg^th Street
Theater last Stindajrt given ty the Greek Dramatic TrovipB^ of Chicago*

Both **Dio Lohia** and the comedy "Eokkalakia Tis Kichteridks" were
rery well acted and were huge stxccesses*

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THEATRI GALS .

WPA (ILL) PROi 302/^

Two performances will be staged on Sunday, November 3rd, at the
Eighth Street Theater hy the Chicago Dramatics Troupe. They
are "Dio Lohia" and "To Kokalaki Tis Nichteridas."

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THEATRICALS. WPA (ILL) PROJ. 3027b

Our community is waiting for the first theatrical performance of this
season with anticipation and delight. Everyone agrees that theatricals
assume first place in social doings during the winter season. The Greeks
of Chicago are more than interested in this higher form of art, and we
are sure there will be a great turning out on November 3, at the Eighth
Street Theater to welcome the opening of "Dio Lohiont" presented by
Theatrikos Kallitechnikos Omilos, Chicago.

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THE GREEK THEATRE IN AMERICA
(Editorial)

p* 1- The popular denand among the Greek connninities of America for the
Greek theater in this country has prompted the formation of numerous
groups of amateur performers throughout the United States who have pre-
sented various dramatic performances in the modern Greek language for
the purpose of supporting community enterprises.

Although these amateur groups have paved the way for professional pro-
ductions of much higher type, they have not satisfied the aspirations
of the Hellenic element in this country, which has long desired to see
established in America the genuine Greek theater with a staff of talented
players capable of presenting stage productions equal to those of modern
Greece.

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GREEK

This long desire of the Greeks in America has finally been fulfilled by
the arrival from Greece with her theatrical troupe of Urs* Pantopoulou,
who has thrilled Chicago Greek audiences for three successive seasons
by her skilled presentation of modern Greek dramas*

Other Greek theatrical troupes have followed the exsimple set by Mrs.
Pantopoulou and have come to America to act before Greek-American
audiences, and we are informed that there are already such troupes in
the City of New York.

To compete with the other three troupes, Mrs. Pantopoulou immediately
took measures to improve her own troupe by sending her manager, Mr. C.
Tavularides, to Athens in search of better talent. He was successful
in obtaining some of Greece's mo$t talented actors 8uid combined them
with the other players of the troupe, creating a much-improved Operetta
Pandopoulou, of which he himself is the impresario.

Included in the list of new members of this theatrical troupe are Mr. P.
Eyriakos, an outstanding personality in the theatrical circles of Athens,

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the distinguished tenors, Messrs. N« Afentaki and A* Maliagrou, the
Theban Ihio, and many other artists* Beyond a doubt, the Operetta
Pandopoulou has been greatly fortified and improved by this recent
acquisition of new talent, and in its present form it stands unrivaled.

We are informed that Mr. Tavularides, with his enlarged theatrical troupf ,
plans to remain in New York City diiring the entire winter season, playing
in one of New York's largest theaters, the Manhattan Opera House, twice a
week. We wish for our esteemed friend, the talented impresario, the
greatest success.

We of the Greek commoinity of Chicago, however, feel that New York City
is well supplied with Greek theatrical troupes and beg the Operetta
Pantopoixlou to continue to favor our city with its dramatic presentations
during the coming season. We have not the slightest doubt that the
citizens of Chicago will accord their hearty support, as they have done
in the past, to this troupe, the first professional modern Greek theatrical
unit in America, by their continued attendance at its performances,
especially now that numerous additions have brought into the company some
of Greece's most eminent theatrical artists.

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III H Chicago Greek Daily , Oct. 12. 1929,

The appeal which we are making to Mr. Tavularides is heyond doubt
seconded by every member of the Greek community of Chicago who feels
that he has a claim to the impresario *s consideration because of his
loyal attendance in the past at the performances of the Operetta
Pandopoulou. Moreover, Mr. Tavixlarides knows how well Greek Chicago
appreciates and supports well-organized Greek theatrical troupes when
these troupes justify by their superior ax:ting to be considered dis-
tinguished artists* ^

The existence of a genuine Greek theater in America is considered to be
of the utmost importance and is really an imperative necessity, for it
serves to bind together in closer community of culture the Hellenism of
Greece and the Hellenism of the United States*

The Contradictor.

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THEATRICALS. WPA (ILL.) PROJ. 30275

With thfe coming of winter, interest in theatricals has been revived by
the people. Chicago never before had the chance to present a Oreek
troupe, as New York has been doing for the last three years*

Mr. Gerasimos Koiirouklis has asked Christ Taboularioes to give an Athenian

performance in Chicago this season. Mr. Tacoularides replied that he

will be in Chicago in a month and will be ready to present "Dio Lohion"

in November 3. Our Greek community is awaiting his arrival with anticipation.

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Chicago Or— k P»lly t Feb* 17 » 1928
TBI GBSEK THSATIE IN AltE&ICA

p* 1«- Yesterday we dealt with the q[ae8tion of the theatrical actlTities in
our cofflmonity* Howerer, the question of the Greek theater* s existence in
America is of the greatest iaportance and we think that we mist not conftuse
it with the iiopromptu formation of troupes from amateur or even professional
players* Because such a false belief nl^t do ham to the Greek theater in
Jkmerica#

The Greek people of America have always shown great readiness towards
supporting the Greek theater* Eoweyert they met often with so many dis-
appointments that their confidence is shaking and their zeal is cooling*
We Judge this by the great promptitude shown in the beginning and the
cautiousness obsenred for some time lately*

We haye not been severe in our criticism of plays or of persons taking
I>art in them, puri)oselyt because we know how difficult it is to create a
Greek troupe in America and present upon the stage a play worthwhile* We
did not want to discourage with such a criticism the players as well
as the public*

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ViPA (ILL J rK(".;,30i,5

Chicago greek Dally t !•!)• 17 • 1928

It is hi^ time, howevert to have a Greek theater created in America, and
do away with experimenting, especially now when professional players hare
started coming from Greece and towards whom the public is looking with
greater expectations* The period of amateurs is over and now the Greek
theater enters its artistic period, and the public's support depends upon
the merits of the players artistic talent •

The Greek public has shown its promptitude in support of a Greek theater •
Let the actors now prove that they care for its dignity by staging selected
and well studied works, and they will surely gain the sympathy and support
of the public*

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Ohic^-o ■}Tee> Jpil , Jan. 11, 1928
Prnot! ^otsip Gooner; tin^^

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i]i.*th Street -heatre

r^ref* ent: tion- On^ ni ^t, O'l'j

Life — So. K?lr

S^.mrlr-:-, Jrn. 22, S:~0 P.L.

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Chicai2:o Greek Daily , July 23, 1927. (2 ^^^- aJ

FROM GREEK CHICAGO - A 'BEDDING OF ARTISTS,

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p. 2 • In the presence of a small and select company, two artists were recently
united in wedlock* Mr, Demetrios Tsasis and the highly accomplished actress
who has charmed us more than once, Hiss Lolota loanidou*

This delightful news has been announced to their numerous friends, who were
overjoyed and hastened to express their heartiest congratulations to the
attractive couple*

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"' THILxiTRICAL Ar:TIVITi:^S.

To-night t.ie melodramatic company of Llrs. Pantopoulos, which has [^iven us a series
of presentations, winds up with the splendid play of the memorable Kokos, "The Lyre
of Old Nickolas". The proceeds of this evening's performance will £.0 towards the
erection of a school in i^rbuna of Kalabreta.

TEZ GREEK liELODRiiLLi.

Next Friday the protagonists and champions of the Greek melodruma will give us an
artistic presentation which the Greeks of Chicago rarely nave tae opportunity of en-
joying .

It is a really melodramatic presentation in whicn the Greek artists will appear
dressed in national costume. and will oresent the act "!!arco Dotsaris" and the pathe-
tic song "Gero Demo" and the other beautiful songs of this Creek opera.

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WPA (ILL.) PROJ. 30275
CHICAGO GBEM DAILY . Feb. l6, 1925

Grand Hellenic Operetta of Vrysoiila Pantopoulos

The last farewell play. The Fate of Maroiila . was given in honor of
J. Joannides, leading actor. Three acts, twenty-four original Greek songs,
etc, , were presented.

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CHICAGO GREEK DAILY , Dec. 29, 192U

The Grand Hellenic Operetta of Vrysoiila Pantopoulos Which is
Given for the Benefit of the Greek School Korais, at Masonic
Temple Auditorium^ South Side, Chicago, 6II5 Cottage Grove Ave.

The Committee of the School Korais is depending on the nohle sentiment of
all Greeks in Chicago to attend the Operetta since all proceeds will go to fill
the needs of the school.

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Salogiki, Not. 1» 1924«

THE FIRST PLAY PRESENTED BY THE PANTOPOULOS COUPANY« ^

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p. 8«-«^Ghi Sunday 9 Noreiiber 2* at 8s 30 p. m. the newly-arrived theatrical
troupe -of lire. Pantopoulos will present to the Greek publio of Qiicago its
first play at the Oarriek Theater* This large and exoellent theatrioal ^
company will initiate its series of plays in Chicago with the operetta **Innoeent
Susanna 9 ** in three acts*

At last the Qreek colony of Chicago enjoys the privilege of seeing plays pro»
dueed by a real Mhenian theatrical troupe. It is the business of the Greek
public to keep this troupe here throughout this coning winter9 that we nay have
the pleasiire in the long cold nights of being entertained by Athenian players «

Let us broadcast this announcenent 9 and let us fill the Garrick Theater for
the opening play of Mr. Pantopoulos *s troupe and adnire her acting and that
of the grand old gentlenaBf Mr. Theodore Pofantes* They will nake us forget
our troubles for the nig^t*

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8>lonikl« Not. 1, 1924.

THE THEATRICAL COMPANY OF URS. PANTQPOULOS ARRIVES IN CHICAGO ON ITS ^

TRIP AROUND THE WORIi). B

p« 3«~Lik« th« famous old navlgiitor Shavah tho theatrical troupe of Ifrs*
Vryeoula Pantopouloe nay be proud of its distinction in undertaking a trip ^
around the worlds without adeq[iuite funds or credit 9 haring as its only re-
sources its wits and the ability to satisfy the people with its performances •

The troupe left Piraeus about three years ago and visited Alexandriat Cairo t
and Port Said in Egypt 9 Johannesburg and Beira in South Africa 9 and Sidney 9
Uelboume9 emd Brisbane in Australia 9 travelling thence to San Francisco^
In San Francisco they played with great success in the Greek colony*

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Salonlklt Nor. 1, 1924«

The eonpany has a number of good plays, among them some new translations of
elasslcal draaaSf which it will present in Chicago*

The Greek colony here will doubtless take advantage of this opportunity to
have an Athenicm theatrical troupe here this winter and will be well enter-*
tained by the performeinces of this adventurous group of actors.

The leader of the troupe is that veteran of the Greek theater, Theodore ^

Pofazrtes, a descendant of the old Ulysses. He is confident that the Greeks ^

of CShicago will be very well pleased with the plays and will give the troupe o

sufficient support so that it may continue its trip* ^

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CHICAGO SR3EK DAILY , Jame l6, 1923

Funl PunI Pun!

Who is the present creator of lau^ter and Joy among Chicago Greeks,
and, with his inimitatole satire and keen mind, held the Athenians spellbound
for many years, at the nnforgettahle pond? The man who was designated. King of
Lau^ter; the artist, Theodoropoulas , is in town with his shadow show, Karagio-
zis*

The garden of the known Coffeehouse, Panellenion; 8^3 W. Polk St.,
will hecome for Chicago what the Pond was for the Athenians.

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Correspondence of J.lr. C. Ivlainmon,
20'j S. La Salle St., Chica£;;o, 111.
Iviay 1.., lS2o%

(Letter sent to C. r.armon by the "Dra.na L ague
of Ai::erica")

I v;as gr:atly disappointed in not havin-j; the oleasure of seeing you the
evening of the perfornr-'nce "but I seeraed to be much needed in back of the
sta -;e and unable to .^>.-t out in front to enjoy tlie resi^^lt of all our labor.
I hope that you v/ere as f^leased with the beauty of the performance as the
rest of the audience seei.ied to oe and feel trict it v/as worth all the time
and effort out into it.

I realize^ of course, thpt the entire success of the (rreek side of the
movement is due to ycu and your personal efforts. ' ithout you and the
doctor vie could have done nothin.-; and I shall never forget the generous
cooperation and unlaggin/^; enthusias:.: which you have given throughout the
entire undertaking.

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Corresoondence of lir. C. iiarnrncr^, May 16, 1923

It has been a tremendous oleasure to v/ork v/ith you, and even thou£;h we
:nay not in-ike very much money out of the undertakin^^^-, which is uiore or
less a disao -^ointment , yet t.':e rrtistic succer.s is so preat tnat v/e hope
that the lasting influence and "better rel-^^tion "between the G-reeks and
the leading Chicai^'o peoi.le ma.y ""De of encu^^h value to repay us all for
the time f^xid energy and enthusiasm which v/e have put into it.

In any event it will r^lvravf? be a lastin^i' -^'leasure to have had the o-o^oor-
tunity of v/orkine; with you and becoming aCviuainted with yoM ana Dr. N.
Salo'ooulos.

I trust t'lat we may be able to continue our -reject for promotin.:; interest
in C^reek things and s-iall hope to meet you again before very long to dis-
cuss the matter further.

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Corres -ondence of Mr. C. Ivlammon > May 16, 1923.

i/.ay I t?.ke this opportiinity, therefore, of sending you my personal thanks
for all the help and kindness which you extended us during- trie undertr-^king

Marjorie A. Best. (Lrs, A. Starr)

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III C Program, Dated Chicago, 111., May 7, 1923
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THE HELLMIC FESTIVAL DIOIIYSIA

The Drama League of America believing that the beauty of ancient and
modern Grecian art should receive more recognition, has arranged for
a festival of the Grecian arts of music and dancing v/ith cooperation
of a distinguished committee. The performance will be in the hands of
foremost orofessionals but will be supplemented oy the talent of dis-
tingu-ished amateurs and groups of singers and dancers from the Greek
societies and churches.

The program will be in three sections each covering a different period
of Grecian art:

1. Ancient Greece, ill\istrated by a Procession of Dionysia, several
group and solo dances, together with the rendering of the Ancient Hymn
to Apollo, recently unearthed at Delphi •

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III C Program, Dated Chicago, 111., May 7, 1923*

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2. Byzantine Greece, shovm in the dance and "chore -dramas," The Emperor's
Bride and Kasiane eleborately costumed according; to plates hy Charlotte
Markham and utilizing a large group of aetcrs, dancers, singers, and con-
cluding with a brilliant solo dance.

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3. Modern Greece, in peasant songs by a native Greek choir, Cretan dances,
national Hellenic dances and a colorful Festival of May. The professionals
appearing are pre-eminently the leaders in Greek art.

Vassos Kanellos, the foremost dancer of Greece, who unites the true spirit
of the ancient are with those of Byzantine and the vitality of modern
Greece, introducing Hellenic and Byzantine music and peasant melodies
for the first time in America.

Charlotte Uarkham Kanellou (Tanagra) , the Decorative Painter, designer
of the costumes and stage settings of the Dionysia, is strongly allied
with the modern movement in art.

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Her dance pantomine, studied in Paris and America, is full of creative
charm. Her love and understanding of Greek art makes her interpretations
very inspiring.

The Ballet Ensemble for the Ancient Greek dances has "been selected with
the cooperation and courtesy of Mr. Adolph Bolm, the Ballet Master of
the Gnicago Civic Opera and from his School of Dance.

The dancers for the Byzantine Chorodrama are from the School of Mme. Yoting.
The Choir of forty voices will sing rare Byzantine music entirely new to
Chicago, as well as peasant songs and some of the little-known Greek
Church music. A native chorus of thirty will dance peasant dances.

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GREEK

Invitation , Dated Chicago, 111. April 24, 1923, in
possession of M. C. Mammon 208 S, La Salle Street*

The Drama League of America

in the interest of

The Festival of the Greek Arts
to be held at the Auditorium Theatre, May Seventh

requests your presence
Tuesday morning, April 24th, at eleven o'clock
at the residence of

Mrs. Frederick D. Counties, 1624 Lake Shore Drive.
Mr. Vassos Kanellos will speak on the Greek Dance and exhibit
authentic Greek costumes. Other speakers will include M. Constantine
Mammon (Prince Paleologos). M. Trigetas, the Greek Vice-Consul, and
Mr. Lorado Taft, Chairman of the Festival.

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Invitation ^ Dated Chicago, 111* April 24, 1923*

Greek Festival Committee

Lorado Taft, Chairman, Mrs. Edward R« Flfleld, Vlee-Chalrman
Constantino Mammon, Treasurer, Mrs. William Cleff, Tickets

Patrons

Mr. Arthur C« Aldls Urs* Jacob Baur

Mr* Oraham Aldls Mr* John Borden

Mrs. Richard Barnitz Mrs. Walter P. Braun

Mrs. Julius C« Benedict, Mrs. Walter Brewester, Mrs« William Bush,
Mrs. Harry B. Byram, Mrs. John Alden Carpenter, Mrs. Joseph Coleman,
Mrs* Frederick Counties, General Charles S. Dawes, Mrs. George Dixon,
Mrs. Edward Warren Everett, Mrs. Kellogg Fairbanks, Mrs. Henri Farre,
Mrs* Henri Fish, Dean Roy C* Flickinger, Miss Mary Glenn, Mrs. Claude
Hopkins, Mrs. Clarence Hough, Mrs. Milan Hulbert, Samuel Insull, Mrs.
Henry Pratt Judson, ^rs. Charles Kohl Sr*, Mrs. Edward Leight, Mrs. L.
Hamilton McCormick, Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. Russell Matthias,

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Invitation, Dated ChicagOt HI* April 24> 1923.

Mrs. John R» Uauff, Mrs* Arthur Meekert Miss Olga Menn^ Mrs. Edward
Morrisy Mrs, Francis Heilson^ Mr. Francis Weilson^ Mrs, Potter Palmert
Mrs. Augustus Peabod^t Mrs. Charles S. Peterson^ Mr. Charles Peterson^
Mrs. M. B. Pitman, Mrs. Harrison B. Riley, Mr. Carroll Shaffer, Mrs.
Paul Shorey, Mr. Paul Shorey, Mrs. Oustavus F. Swift, Mrs. Frank M.
Taber, Mrs. Lorado Taft, Mrs. Russell Tyson, Mrs. Margaret Williamson.

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II A 3 b Salonikl, Feb« 23, 1923«

I ° WPA (ILL) PROJ. 30275

THE GREAT ARTISTIC SUCCESS OF THE GREEK DANCER, B* EANELLOS.

p* 3«»lhe American newspapers of Chicago have described the artistic success of
the Greek artist Vassos Kanellos and of his wife, Ifr. Tanagra Kanellos, crowning
them with the laurels which are their due.

Last Thursday under the auspices of the Evanston Dramatic Club Sophocles's Tragedy»
the Oedipus TyrranuSf was given in ancient Greek by Mr. and Hrs. Kanellos*

Rurts of the drama and of the dance were performed by students of Kortfawestem
Ifaiversity.

Philological and artistic Eranstcm attended the performance and sincerely i^pproved
of it.

Before the beginning of the first act the orchestra played the Delphic Hymn to
<i^ollo, which has been transcribed from the ancient notation by the illustrious
and ever memorable Greek eoiqposer, George Fatichtos*

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Salonlki. y«b. 23, 1923. WPA ()i.L.; pR, . ^

"^•^ ^i/*:/c

After the drana Ifr. Kanellos exeeuted a dance with cymbals* lire. A. Starr Bestf
the i^resident of the Dranatlc Globf eaidy ^^thie ia the first time that a classical
Greek tragedy has been successfully presented in Evanston***

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GREEK

Saloniki> Oct. 1, 1921.

GREEK ARTISTS OF CHICAGO

On October 3, 4, and 5, at the Academy Theater, two Greek artists,
Panagiotis Tzouannos and Efstathios Metropoulos, are to present to the
American public in the American Theaters the one-act drama •♦Street Singer."

The work of these two Greeks should be worthy of much admiration, because
•they have applied themselves so hard to make it a success.

Support these Greek artists by attending the theater •

II A 3 d (l) Loxias . Mar. 14, 1918, p. 1 GREEK

"THE GAlvGBLER" AIID "THE ILLUMINATORS"

WPA (ILL) PRC, 30^/5
GREEK DRAMA AMD COhffiDY

BY N. LA1^3R0P0UL0S

The well-known journalist of oiir community^ Mr, Nicholas Lambropoulos, who
is also a budding dramatist, will present on March 24 at the Chicago Theatre,
741 South Wabash Avenue, "The Garablert" a sentimental, social, and educational
drama, and "The Illuminators," a comedy of a thousand laughs, written in a
Peloponnesiaji dialect*

Both these plays will be acted by the Sophocles troupe. Tickets are sold
in all Grreek centers.

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Loxias, Jan. 14. 1911. WPA (ILL) PRCJ^ ^UZ/D

"GOLFO" IN EIICrLISH VERSE

On next Monday and Tuesday, the 16th and 17th of January, the Greek-
Araerican Dramatic Troupe headed by Patroklos G-eorgakopoulos is giving
"Golfo" in English verse at the North Side Turner Hall, corner of North
Clark St., and Chicago Avenue.

There are twenty-four members in this troupe and each knows his part
perfectly. Miss Mabel Barring, a German-American actress, who will play
the part of Colfo has appeared in this role over 70 times so none can
possibly be disappointed in her ability. Every Oreek is expected to^
attend this performance since the opportunity is a rare one. Admission
is 50^, 75^, $1.00, and $1.50.

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The Greeic 3tar> Deo. 10, 1909#

MR. D. LBKATSAS AS RICHELIEU

No doubt those who attended the performance of ^'Richelieu^ given at the ^
Auditorium Theater by the Young Men*s Christian Association, 153 Ul Salle ^
Street f last Saturday, must have gotten a real treat* The Greek Community ^
of Chicago had the rare opportunity of seeing and hearing one of the most ^
famous contemporary European stage actors in one of his most djnaiamic per- ^
formances* In the role of ^^Richelieu,** France's famous Cardinal and states-
man of the sixteenth century, Mr* Lekatsas revived a great historical figure
with a showing of unequaled dramatic power* He was ably assisted by the
talented Greek actresses, the Misses Palamaris, and several young men of our an
Cooimunity*

The Chicago debut of Mr* Lekatsas was a real treat for Greek lovers of the
theater and of the arts* All of us are indeed proud of tMs son of Eellas
who has been acclaimed both in the capitals of Europe and in the major cities
of the United States as a first-rate act or •

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The Greek Star> Dec« 10, 1909#

We hope that his appearance in Chicago has stimulated our youth to organize $
drama classes and pco^icipate in dramas, plays, operettas, etc., for their cl
own benefit and for that of the appreciative Greek Community of Chicago* ^

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^ •'' Star, Mar> 1, 1907.
TEffi GREEK THEATER IN A1.IERICA

Dr. K. p. IQallionges

How can we maintain the Greek spirit and also become true Americans? Is ^
Americanism a foe of Hellenism and vice versa? These are questions of ^
pairamount importance. XT

Is it possible and feasible for a Greek to be a one-hundred-per-cent 2
American while he has Hellenic tendencies and inclinations? To those v/ho ^
possess intelligence and are free from fanaticism the answer is clear as 53
crystal, and the answer is affirmative. Yes! It is possible and feasible.
Since brevity is the soul of v;it, I shall be brief in my statement, which
is addressed to intelligent people, and with Laconic boldness of utterance
I affirm that Americanism includes all that is good and just. And if
Hellenism is what the philosophers, the poets, and all the civilized
world declare it to be, then Hellenism is included and embodied in the

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Star , Liar. 1, 1907.

lofty spirit of Americanism.

The founders of this nation, whicli has no equal in greatness,
were men of many nationalities, but their spirit and their hearts were
the best in the world. They were the far-advanced minds of humankind,
who shed their blood to establish a new nation — something which the world
had never seen, a nation founded in liberty, justice, and equality. Is
there anything greater in the v/orld than these three divine principles?
Athens, in its day the greatest comnunity in all the world, planted the
seeds of liberty, justice, and equality which to-day have matured as
fruitful trees, deeply rooted in this grand domain of the United States ^
of America. S

Americanism and its divine destiny are misunderstood by many who still
wear the colored glasses of narrow nationalism and pseudo-civilization.
Among these are included not only people of the new stock but unfortunately
many of the older stock who have not digested the real essence of these

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Star , Mar. 1, 1907.

three divine principles — liberty, justice, and equality.

Many people confuse Americanism with the domain of the American
state. The latter is bounded and finite, but Americanism is infinite and
embraces all the goodness and the justice in the world. And precisely in
this inclusiveness Americanism is supreme, for it takes in even the so-
called barbarians v/ho v/ere excluded by the ancient Greek axiom, **He who
is not a Greek is a barbarian."

Greeks and barbarians. Christians and infidels, all that exists in all the
world, good or evil, v/hen it is permeated by true Americanism, is absorbed
as liquid is absorbed by a sponge; strange elements are drawn into one
indivisible body; there are many orifices which represent their numerous
nationalities and traditions, but they are all nevertheless nourished by
the same substance and invested in it.

A Greek can become American and still maintain his Hellenism. By becoming

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Star . Kar* 1, 1907.

American I do not mean merely acquiring the right to vote in
American elections. To become American is to absorb as the
substance of one's being the lofty spirit of time Americanism.
If and v/hen this is done, the Greek's adherence to Hellenism will not ^
conflict with his Americanism. '^

Freedom of religion and of speech, political and intellectual liberty, <^

individual initiative, and mutual tolerance, which are the spiritual 3

products of whole epochs of man's upv/ard struggle, are fo\md embodied 2
in Americanism.

History, the guiding mirror of the future, tells us that the Greek heart
and soul are thoroughly imbued with patriotism, which is the foundation
and the strength of a nation. Possessing patriotism, the Greek is better
equipped to become truly American than some of his fellows. Undoubtedly,
as we have stated, the Greek, fortified with patriotism excelled by none,
will became one of the best elements of American citizenry, if not the

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Star . Mar. 1, 1907.

very best. Yet the object of this article is not to prove
this but to show how we may maintain o\ir Hellenism and our
individual Greek spirit which age after age has continued its
upward climb toward perfection*

The Greek religion, the Greek language and Greek traditions have in the
past saved our race from extinction. These three bulwarks are v/hat may
save the Greek of America from losing his identity in this fast -absorbing
environment. But Greek traditions in this country are gradually diminish-
ing in force, and a nev/ factor must be found to collaborate with the Greek Q
church and the Greek school in order to keep the national fire burning for
our new generation. This new factor is the Greek theater in America. That
is, the Greek church, the Greek school, and the Greek theater must exist in
every Greek colony in America.

The Greek theater in America must at once come to life and have flesh and
blood and bones as the church and the school have. The scenes enacted on

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Star . Mar. 1, 1907. WPA (ILL.) PRO; 30Z/b

the Greek stage will stimxilate the pride of our young Greeks
and make them hold their heads high as sons of that Greece
irtiose heroes are glorified by the whole world.

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The dramatic representation of heroic deeds has a psychological effect.
Human beings love and admire greatness. The more you see and possess of
greatness, the more you desire to have of it. And our American-bom youths
in their plastic age will absorb more greatness when they see their pro-
genitors glorified on the Greek stage. Genealogy and ethnology are potent
factors in man's evolution; therefore the Greek theater xvill have a plastic
influence and impress the mold of greatness upon our youths. Human nature «^
is not like one of the perfect and unequalled statues of the Greek masters,
which require no oil or fire to maintain their power of beauty; on the
contrary, the fire of the human spirit must be continually replenished
with fuel if it is to be maintained against the force of adverse currents.

de Greek chvirch, the Gireek school, and the Greek theater in America must

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Star , Mar. 1, 1907. WPA (ILL) PROJ 302/i

xinite to form a triarchy which shall mold and govern, within
the American system, the new Greece of America.

In order to accomplish the union of this triad and to achieve the object ^
desired, the administrators and the ministers of these institutions must 5
be chosen not from the old world but from the Greeks of America, and if /^
they cannot be foimd here now v/e must patiently and tenderly ctiltivate p
them among us. Hiese three institutions must be served by American Greeks "I^
who know instinctively the needs of their fellows and the proper procedure §
to follow in order to satisfy those needs. They know what American ideals
are, and what America really stands for; thus they are better qualified to
serve us than our fellow Greeks from the old country, who may be good, S^
honest, and sincere in the performance of their duties, but who still
are strangers to American psychology.

The Greek theater in America will play an important role in instilling the
Greek spirit in the souls and the minds of our youths v/ho are bom in

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America, and it is the duty of the church to provide for the
establishment of a theater as quickly as possible.

In our analysis v;e have conclusively proved that Hellenism does not conflict
with Americanism; therefore a Greek in becoming a true American can still
retain the priceless treasure of the Greek spirit, v/hich has lighted the
v/orld in centuries past. Liberal-minded people — scientists, psychologists,
and true Christians — knov/ that v/hatever we have today 0"f* goodness and
justice is the crystallized essence of the Greek spirit, v;hich here in
America, v/here the human mind is more highly developed and has a broader ^
horizon than elsev/here, has found a fertile field in v/hich to propagate
its glorious fruit. This great and fertile field of the United States
is not homogeneous but heterogeneous as the cosmos is.

So, in conclusion, Americanism today is the blazing sun of the firmament,
irradiating and noiirishing mankind in its struggle upv/ard. In years to
come, in another era, Am-ericanisia v;ill take on a crystallized form, as

II. CONTRIBUTIONS
AND ACTIVITIES
A. Vocational
3. Aesthetic
d. Theatrical
(2) Dancing

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DANCE IN ALL NATIONS SERIES

Greece, that oradle of ciTillzation uhleh has wielded a greater Influence
orer the course of history than any other nation, found all her glory and
her greatness echoed last night at the Aragon Ballrocn« There Chicago's
Greek«»ABer leans gathered for their charity ball In the **CamlTal of Nations**
And It was a ball to be remembered*

Greeks were the first to show the world what real clYlllzation was; and
elTlllzatlon In Its most comprehenslye meaning flowered at this festival*

Beautiful girls, beautiful music, beautiful entertainment » a beautiful set* o

ting-- and with this, all the charm, grace, and culture of a people who have ^

understood all there has been to understand about art, science, literature, S

and politics for three thousand years* en

Four thousand is a figure which does not begin to record the number of those
who attended this Greek charity dance* More than that number had arrlTOd by
midnight, and they were still coming* Everyone enjoyed the occasion, even

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Paul Demos I the chaixnian^

Tbe Greek and i^nerican natlozial anthems introduced the entertainment program
at eleven o^oloek^ and itr. Demos greeted the Greek committee^s guests* !I}ien
Nicholas A« Christy took oyer the Job of master of ceremonies, and what he
said was heartily applauded by the audience«««»« ^

The first stars introduced were Mario and Floria, the handsome young dance teamF
from the Chez Paree« Mario, an Athenian, was received with great applause » ^
and he and his lovely pcirtner responded with two enchanting and spectacular g
dances* ^

Bertha Floros then sang two well-known Greek songs and received a well«-deserved ^
ovation^ Then llias Nichols and Athens Boussios led a group in the Greek
national dance* Young Mr* Nichols in his Greek costume had all the assurance
of a seasoned professional* A high spot of the evening came with the dances

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Of Ml83 Dematra Argyrls and her sister^ Agle* Before a semicircle of
maidens in Greek costumes » the former interpreted **Anoixis** (spring);
and the latter, **Theros** (fall)« Uarlc Uamalakis led a Oretan dance of men
and maids from Crete* It was both amusing and delightful*

UXm Demos had scores of beautiful young women working hard to put the Greek $
ball oyer in a big way, and they worked right up until the last patron entered^
the ballroom* One could not get by them without buying a flower* In this ^
and in many other ways a large sum was made arailable for Greek charity* EachC
one of those girls deserves a column of credit; but they will receive the -td
only credit which really counts— the gratitude of the unfortunates of their o
own nationality iriiom their efforts will aid during the winter* lo

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jjj-j *— ^ The Greek Press. Dec. 19, 1930«

DIANA AM) DB MILO

Those present at the Trianon dance next Monday will receive a pleasant
surprise arranged by the memhers of the Young Ladies South Side Cluh.
Diana and her Greek husband, De Milo, are going to do two of their
famous dance numbers , the first a waits and the second a tango* We
shall all be at the Trianon to see this couple famed in Etirope and America*

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L. KAMXLLIS

p« 5** Leonidas Kanellls of Ipiro, will appear for three weeks on the stage
at the Vic Theater. Belnont and Sheffield. Mr. Kanellis is a very well
known dancer and has tau^t in New York and Chicago for several years.

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Chicago Greek Daily t Dec. 10, 1929*

WPA (ILL) PROJ. 3027b

GREEK CLASSIC DiiNCII.G,

Nickolas Tsoukalas, proclaimed the world's foremost master and teacher of Greek
classic dancing, is now personally instructing limited groups of entnusiastic and
earnest students at his Chicago studio, 334 S. '".^abash Avenue.

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p. 7- Dancers and festivals at Groodman.

Tassos Eanellos, premier dramatic dancer of Greece, and his wife, Mme.
Tanagra Kanellos, arrived, here last week from the Qreek Theatre of the
University of California, and presented in Chicago three periods of Hellenic
Art. The Hellenic festival took place at the Gbodman Theatre^ Art Institute.
They presented the arts of ancient Greece; its drama, dance, and music, after
which, they left for Athens to appear in the Theater of Dionysos; the firwt
moderns to do so.

The ancient Greek modes of music, which are considered so hi^hrow
amongst modem musicians, are living Joyou&ly among the people of Greece to-
day. Greek drama is music; its music is drama; it is one. It looses its
music and metrics when translated into other languages. It would he a trans-
lation of spirit if Greek drama^ dance, and music was performed in other lang-

Tanagra Eanellos, the wife of the dramatist, is an American girl, horn
in Hanitowac, Wisconsin, Charlotte Markham. She was a painter, and was for

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six years associated with the Art Institute of Chicago.

"Oreek music," she said, "and the American music hears evidence that the
Greek and Americans loye the wide open spaces; sunshine and nature."

The Greek dancers moves to the rhythm of peetry. In ancient Greece the
poet always wrote his poems to be danced or sung.

The festivals were very successful and the Greeks of Chicago will remember
them for years to come.

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Chicago Greek Daily , April lo, 1926
Jtbeek GREEE DANCSS FHESMT^

In the Goodman Theater of the Art Institute of Chicago have been given,
in the last three days, three Greek dance presentations, a siiraraary of
Greek life as a wnole from its beginning up to the present, by the artist-
dancer, Mr. Vaso Kanellos, and his wife, Mrs. Tanagra Kanellos.

Mr. and Mrs. Kanellos interpreted, as well as it csui be done in our days,
the ancient life of Greece. Then they unfolded before the eyes of the
spectators by mimicry and dance one of the thrills of our race produced
by the Souliotin novelist and scholar, Mr. Ch. Christovasiles*

I'he Kanellos couple have made very praiseworthy efforts to extol the
Greek name here ana to prove that we are pure descendants of the ancient
Greeks.

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SALOHIKI , April 10, 1926

Classic Drama By Mr. and Mrs. Vassos Eanellos.

p. 3* On the 11th, 12th, and 13th days of this month, Tassos and ^I^anagra
Kanellos, with a company of fifty artists, under the auspices of the Chicago
Art Institute, will give a reproduction of classic dances and drama, ^e
Phil-Hellenic Committee, which is composed of distinguished Americans of the
City of Chicago, will siq>er7lse the classical reproduction.

The two Creek artists are famous all over the country. Their performance
at the Greek Theatre of the University of California was crowned with success.
The American press devoting whole columns to the artistic and perfect repro-
ductions of the Greek couple.

Tassos and Taaagra Kanellos, with the rest of their company attired in
ancient Creek costumes, presented a sumptuoxis and splendid aspect.

The reproduction of the Greek drama and dances, was performed recently
by a grovop of ^ssians, without success. Their failure was attributed to
their determined efforts to ^'Slavicize'* the whole thing, instead of. "Hellen-
izing" it.

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Xhe Greek artists, with their eu^honioixs and fluent Greek accent, succeed
in deifying the ancient drama, dances and ^'zantine music* Greeks of Chicago
do not fail to see the three performances.

The dances, the singing and the drama are performed and done hy devotee;
of the classics who spent years and years in perfecting the reproductions.

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I C p. 3.. Last Lionday about thirty v/omen of wealthiest families in Chicago were
17 invited by the Drama League of America, one of the aristocratic societies, to
meet at 10:30 a. m. at the residence of IJrs* Frederick Countess, 1524 Lake
Shore Drive, to discuss the introduction of the Greek and Byzantine art,
drama, and dances in America. This movement was encouraged by Mr* and Mrs*
Vassos Kanellos. Mr. Kanellos is well known among the Greeks in America and
also among Americans; he is an instructor in ancient Greek .dances*

Mrs* Hoff presided at the meeting and in a few words introduced Mr. Kanellos,
who made a very elegant speech describing the Grecian and Byzantine eras,
exalting the grandeur of those epochs; he attired himself in beautiful Byzan-
tine royal costumes ^ich made a deep impression upon the audience*

After this Mrs* Fifield spcke» She expressed her admiration and her astonish-
ment at learning that in Chicago there are more than forty thousand successful
and progressive Greek citizens*

The ladies present then adopted a resolution to recommend the introduction of

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Saloniki, Mar. 10, 1923.

WPA (ILL) PROJ. 30275

Greek and Byzantine master pieces and also to solicit the support and the
active participation of the local Greek population.

After this Father Constantine was invited to speak, and he guaranteed that the
Church as well as the Greeks of Chicago will gladly support this movement.
Thereafter the organizer of the Drama League of America, LIrs. A. Starr Best of
Svanston, spoke and explained her economic program.

Mr. Paleologos was invited to make the closing speech, and he thanked the
League and the ladies present for the interest which they have shown in the
introduction of a knowledge of Greek and Byzantine civilization in .America.
**It is true," he said, "that ancient Greece was the mother of the world's civ-
ilization and that the Byzantine iilmpire was the seat of jiluropean civilization
in the middle ages.

"Your work, mesdames," said Mr. Paleologus, "is of great significance and hon-
ors our race* Here in Chicago we have an organized Church, many professional
men, men engaged in industry, and three Greek newspapers. I can a s sure you

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WPA(fLL)PR0i3u.Vh

that all these persons and these institutions will offer their assistance in
support of your project, which will introduce our adopted country and our
generation to the classical life of ancient Greece.

•Greeks have always displayed a generous spirit, and you may depend on the work
which they will accomplish in the course of time. Then you will all be per-
suaded that the things which Mrs. Fifield has said about my countrymen are
true."

After L!r» Paleologos • speech the meeting ended, and the majority left full of
enthusiasm. The executive committee remained to confer about the time when
the first performance will take place in the Auditorium.

It remains for us Greeks here to plan how to help a great nationalistic move-
ment which will lay for us a new foundation for action, honor, and interest.
In the near future a special invitation will be issued to all Greek associa-
tions, newspaper reporters, and professional men to attend a general confer-
ence and through a representative committee to co-operate with one another

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to promote this project*

Iway the Lord, who never abandons our race, guide us and teach us how to show
ourselves worthy of so truly great a nationalistic enterprise!

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Saloniki, Liar. 31, 1917.

A KCCilFTION

( Summary )

A reception v/as held by the aristocratic New Hamshire And Illini Club last
Thiirsday* The v/ell-loiown Mr# Basileus A. Keinellos gave an exhibition of
classical dancing v/hich was very v;ell received by the audience, which was
composed mostly of social leaders*

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Salonikl , Feb. 24, 1917.

PERFOEMANCE BY KANELLOS

On Thursday, the sixteenth of this month, Mr. Basileus A. Eanellos gave a
dance exhibition. His program consisted of ancient Greek dances and small
parts of ancient Greek dramas.

Mr. Kianellos is a well-known exponent of the ancient Greek dances. He succeeded
in accomplishing his purpose of putting on a finished and artistic perfonuance
through persistence and patience, despite the fact that he had no financial
backing, and little artistic supi)ort. He worked so hard with the amateurs who
assisted him in his dances that they did not hinder his artistic perfoimance
as much as had been expected. The dancing of IVir. Kanellos is fine, and it
seems as if his body had been especially moulded to interpret this ancient
Greek art.

We are sad to say that the audience was noisy and unappreciative, and continued
to murmur and rattle paper long after the performance had begun. Since the
theater is very small the disturbance was doubly annoying.

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The program was successfully carried out and th.e Greek ballet "At tlie Time
of' the Flower Festival of Dionysus" was especially good; as was also the
"Sacred Dance of Orestes".

While the perfomaxice €U3 a whole was well carried out, there should have
been more variety in the dances. Their sameness bored the audience (whose
artistic appreciation was practically nil). We also wish to comment upon
a rule which is customary at many Greek performances; that is, playing the
Greek National Anthem at the beginning of a program. First of all^ it is
neither necessary nor correct to play the Anthem at all public ed'fairs; and
if it is considered indispensable, then the American National Anthem should
be played first. Since we live in America and not in Greece, it is necessary
that we show our respect to our adopted count ly.

Congratulations are extended to Mr. Kanellos and Miss Kanellos, and also to
E. Eleftheriou, T. Harilaou and....

Fii.

CONTOIBOTIONS
AND ACTIVITIES
B. Avocational and
Intellectual
1* Aesthetic
a« Music

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Greek-American Hews , April 15, 1937. WPA (ILL ) P^O' ^.''^

CHILDREN VIOLIN ORCHESTRA WINS PRAISE

The well knovm Juvenile Kanpas Violin Orchestra, coiiposed of thirty
children, their ages fron 8 to 16, appeared in a variety of programs
last month with significant success.

They played at the Trianon Ballrooiri, March the 10 th, before an audience

of 6,000 people, and also at the Steuben ^lub, Larch 14, and the

Cameo Room of the Morrison Hotel, March 25, Mr. Karipas is a westsider.

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Greek-American Newst Apr. 15t 1937*

CHILDi^N VIOLIN ORCHESTRA WINS PRAISE

The well-known Juvenile Kampas Violin Orchestrat composed of thirty children,
their a^es from 8 to l6t appeared in a variety of programs last month with sig-
nificant success*

They played at the Trianon Ballroom, March 10, before an audience of 6,000
people, and also at the Steuben Club, March lU, and the Cameo Room of the ^
Morrison Hotel, Mgurch 25# Mr. Kampas is a Westsider.

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IV Perivolarls, Miss Georgia, '^The Choir of St. Spyridon

Church," Program of the Ninth Annxaal Dance Given by
the St« Spyridon Educational Society , Chicago, 111.,

Oct. 23, 1936, p. 36.

One of the many dreams of the Greek people of Pullman was to build a
church in this community. This dream begeui to become a recti ity late
in 1928 when the building of St. Spyridon Church was begun. It was
finished in the latter part of 1929* As there were many details to be
taken care of in the completion of the church the idea of forming a
church choir was not even thou^t of tuitil the summer of 1931.

In July 1931 the church choir was organized under the leadership of Mr.
George Gretsis, a noted riolinist. The choir consisted of twenty six
members, eight men and eighteen girls. Miss Olga Massias was elected
as organist for the choir. The members of the choir were divided into
four groups, soprano, alto, bass and tenor, according to the range of
their voices. Practice was held once a week. The choir made its first
public appearance on St. Spyridon' s Day, December 13, 1931, and since
then has sung at practically all church services.

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St> Spyridon Educational Society ^ Oct. 28, 19S6.

p. 13.

Since its inception the choir has sponsored two dances, the proceeds of
which were turned entirely over to the church, except for the amount used
to pay for the organ which was bought by the choir and turned over to the
church •

Mr. George Gretsis, our director* left in the spring of 1932 and after a
few more changes in the personnel, at present the choir is under the
leadership of Mr« Andrew Petropulos*

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CHICAGO GREEK I&ILY . Sept. 8, I93U

This evening at 8:30, Mr. Angelo Desfis, distinguished singer and
interpreter of otu: co\antry folk songs, and well known in our commvinity, will
give a "soiree" at Hvill House.

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STITDEOTS CONCERT

On June 10, at 8 o'clock the students of Lts. Charles Marshall will be
featured in a concert at Curtiss Hall in the i?ine Arts Building. It is
interesting to note that several of her students are Greek, two are from
our parish, Barbara Petrakis and Annette Tarantelis.

The other Greek students are Sophie Hexes, Bertha Flores, Helen
Economopo\ilus, and Christ Georgopoulos. The program will be a varied
one, consisting of several scenes from "Aida," "Hansel and Gretel," and
other operas. In addition Greek demotic songs will be sung by Mr*
George Demopoulos, and other Greek pupils. Mr. Mark Mamalakis will
direct a Cretan folk song.

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St. Constant ine Parish News . Dec. 17, 1933,

/greek woivEit's university club7

Parish News congratulates the Grreek V/omen's University Club on the success
of their musicale last Sionday afternoon • Ue also wish to congratulate the
participants v;ho so successfully did their part in making this affair a
success. V/e especially take the privilege of congratulating Nicholas
Sothras and Sophia Stamos for their talent*

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Herald & Examiner t Sept. 11, 1933.

HAIL, Greece: (picture)

Soloist Miss Bertha Floros, soprano of the Greek Choral Society of
Chicago, was principal soloist at Greek Day ceremonies at A Century of
Progress yesterday.

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WEEKLY CHAIS

By Nick John Matsoukas

Music and More Music

p. 4.- Here is something to think about. Some fifteen months ago,
the Greek Women's University Club, staiged a "profound recital" with
Greek songs being conspicuous by their absence. About a month ago,
at Orchestra Hall, the Byzantine Ensemble, a less academic and assuming
orgatnization, composed primarily of Americans, presented a musical
program exclusively Greek. The critics raved in their praise.

At present Paul Demos, is staging a "United States Marine" stunt, by
organizing a Greek chorus and thus saving ^reece from eternal disgrace,
after Venizelos and his tribe refused to participate at the coming huge

house party, preferring Tabloid Politics to glorifying exhibits at a
Chicago V/orld's Fair.

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Sreek Press , Feb. 9. 1933

On Thursday night February 16th, the Byzantine Ensemble is to appear in
a concert at the Chicago Women Club Theatre, 72 East 11th street to pre-
sent another program of singing; but like all its appearances this pre-
sentation is to have the flavor of Greece.

What is this all for? Is Greek music catching on with us? Will the
professional nation-savers of the present and future exploit their
leadership with Greek music? Is music the sole representation that
the World's Fair is to have as far as the Greeks are concerned? Yesl
An emphatic yesl is the answer to all of the above questions.

Mr. Demos will stage Greek music. The Byzantine Ensemble will stage
Greek music at the World's Pair. At the concert of the Byzantine
Ensemble on Feb. 16th you will witness something true, ever present with
you, still never felt by your senses. Greeks of twenty-five years ago
sang to their hearts content. Greeks of the Middle ages did likewise.
Even Greeks of a hundred years ago sang songs of beauty.

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From the classical tonalities sprang the beginnings of a musical art that
served as the backbone of all Western music. These beginnings finally-
emerged into the Byzantine. At this stage a transformation took place*
A change for something more profound, more fuller, more emotional —
Byzantine music.

Byzantine Music, unlike all other musical expressions, is replete with
characteristics unique in themselves. It is a music born of cosmopoli-
tanism. It demands universal acceptance because it admitted in its
structural make up a system of musical forms complex in themselves and
in their intellectual speculation.

Byzantine music was not the product of a single national temperament.
It was the outcome of a great psychological wave, world wide, transcend-
ing racial barriers and gathering all musical expressions under one scale
and one mode, something that may be termed as an expression of supreme
unity and complete realization.

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In this unification lies the difference between Greek and Western musical
forms* The eventual success of the Byzantine composer was forecast by
the classical. His eventiial emersion into the water of supremely constructed
homophonic gens of ethereal glamour and divine aspirations, became realized
within the humanized aspects of the Christian faith. Up to this date,
this music dominates. Our "Vlahica" son^s, or do you prefer to call them
"Demotic", are the direct offsprings of this great musical age, the Byzam-
tine.

My only hope is that in the future, since all indication point towards it,
any professional national savior who attempts to do anything with Greek
music should approach the subject with certain artistic reverence. Artistic
prostitution, for personal gain is the greatest crimes to the mind of the
sensitive. Let us hope for the best.

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Greek Press , Jan. 19, 1933.

THE CONCHET OP THE BY^ZANTIl>Iii; CHORUS

The much-heralded and long-awaited concert of the Byzantine Choral Society

took place last Tuesday evening. Over five hundred people, representative of ^

the finest Greeks of Chicago, composed the rapt audience. 3

The Greek consul, accompanied by his family and members of his staff, was p

present. Greek scholars, professional men, and many other representative ^

individuals were in attendance, as were three hundred Americeua music critics g

and music lovers. ^-

Unfortunately, however, all who should have been present were not. ^Vhere
v;ere the numerous members of the Greek clergy of Chicago? And what happened
to €l11 our cantors, who set themselves up as exponents of Byzantine church
music? Vihy v/ere our hoarse-voiced patriots — ^who run around making speeches
for the survival of our language and customs — absent from such an affair?

3:>

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Greek Press, Jan , 19, 1933.

Here was a good chance for our cantors to hear how Byzantine church music
should really sound. Perhaps they had a touch of professional jealously.

The prograir. v;as brilliant. Iirs. Marion Booras sang fragments from four periods

of Greek music. The chorus, composed of seven male and three female voices,

was accompanied by the famous cymbalist, Spyros 3tamos, vt^hose music is full "p
of rhythm and grace. C

The first part of the program consisted of three rare examples of pre-Ghristiein £

Greek music. They v;ere beautifully excuted by the entire chorus. The second ^

part v;as made up of the "crown jewels" of our ecclesiastical music. Sill true C^;

lovers of our music felt that they .vere in the Patriarchy of Constantinople, ^'
or in one of our great cathedrals, as they listened to the Kynn of Resurrec-
tion or to the Cherubic Hymn — so faithful were the renditions.

Native and popular songs formed the last part of this fine program.. •••

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Greek Press, Jan. 19, 1933.

Ivlr. Hick Matsukas, the organiser of this group, is worthy of the highest praise.

L'r. & Ilrs. I.Iinas Booras are responsible for the excellence of the program and ^

the musical training of the chorus. y^'

Perhaps this concert did not net a large piVDfit, but it has contributed im- ^

mensely to our cultural achievements. 37

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Chicago Dally News , Nov* 22, 1932»

GREEK SNSElffiLE TO PLAY,

An offspring of the lyre, the "J^anturi", will make its carnival bow on the Greek
program, Nov. 30f at the Aragon ballroom. Spiro Stamos v/ill play accompaniiaents
on this instrument of I40 strings for the Byzantine Ensemble as well as putting
it through its solo paces#

The Ensemble as a brisk program of its own in mind. A torch number of tiiout 600
B» C, titled "The Song of Bacchus", is contemplated alon^ with other aBleCtions
both serious and light. The Byzantine Ensemble is to be featured in the Creek
festival, already assured an attendance running into the thousands.

Photo.

Greek- Americans of Chicago Join forces for a grand carnival event at the Aragon
ballroom Wednesday evening, Nov. 30» Seated at the conference table are diown
(left to right) Andrew Karzas, Hon. George De Pasta, Consul General of Greece,
Paul Demos, chairman of the Greek Carnival Committee; the Most Reverend Bishop

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Chicai>:o Daily News , Nov. 22, 1932,

Callistos, head of the Greek Orthodox church in Chicago; Dr. ITickolas ?alopoulos,
editor of Saloniki* Standing Nick John Matsoukas, Ernest Lambesis, f^teven Kostakos,
Peter Bougas, James Mallars, Thomas K. Valos, Dr# Constantine Theodore, f^tavar Haja,
Greek tenor; Telis Demos, and George Bechiaras*

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Greek Press. September 1, 1932»

GREEK

CHICiiGG TRIBUNE PHIIJTS NEV/S STQIY REGARDING REVIVAL OP GREEK

MUSIU IN CiilCAGC, ,;

The ancient Greek modes, Dorian, Phrygian, My^tolydian, authentics plagals, are due
to emerge from their confines in the text books ^nd become defini'-'3 items in music-
making, when the Byzantine sextet steps out into its professional career this season. |
This is a Chicago organization founded and directed by Nick John Matsoukas and under f
the musical direction of Marion Booras*

Spiros Stamos Is the arranger. He has been in Greek music all his life, navihg
danced before King George I of Greece. He is an authority on tae transcription of
the ancient Byzantine musical notations, and has decipnered raucn of tne music triat
will appear on this program.

He is also a featured soloist of the Sandura, an instrument similar to the lyre of
Orpheus.

Chicago Sunday Tribune . Aug. 28, 1932.

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GfiEEK

The Sreek Press , Veb. 25, 1932

EECITAL

p. 4.- The recital of the Greek Women's University Club was a much
greater success than was ever imagined it would be. The recital hall
was Jammed with oyer 500 people* Miss Katherine Miller, president,
thanked the audience for coming to this first recital of local G-reek
talent.

The first selections were three classical piano numbers played by
Ismine, daughter of Dr. &• Papageorge. K. Sakellaris played a violin
solo accompanied on the piano by Catherine Kopoulos* Miss Bertha
Floros sang three solos accompanied on the piano by Dorothy C« Eleespies
Helen Hat zidimi trios and J. Kosmetos played piano solos.

After a ten-minute recess, the program was once again resumed. I*
Lambros played a violin solo* &» Tzivia accompanied the small lad on
the piano* Penelope Haloulis recited a dramatic piece* Orestos
Alexander played a violin solo accompanied by Kenneth N* Hopkins* The

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last nuiabers were three marvelous selections played by Miss Catherine
Eopoulos* Refreshments were served*

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IVPA (ILL) PRQj^ 30^.^

Saloniki, Dec. 12, 19bl

i'HE LITTLE JOHAITA K. LK-IBZSIS

p. 5.- The gifted five year old, Johana K. Lembesis, da.u^iiter of Mr.
Constantine Lembesis, can sing and darice v/ith such ^^race and techniq\ae
that the American -press is beginning to comment on her.

This young butterfly represented our mother G-reece in Syniposiuja given
by the Y.V. C. A., and again will personify Greece in smother congrega-
tion given by the high schools. The little girl is so oopular in
Araerican end Greek circles that her fortunate parents have little
opportunity to be with h^r.

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jjj Q Saloniki. Wov. 21, 1931, p. 5

TiiS CONCIiRT OF THE 3YZANTINS ChOXR

liuch praise is due to the organizer of the concert, Nicholas Matsoukas;
Demetrios Papageorge, director of the choir; the girls and boys comprising
the choir, and the Rev» Niketas Kesses, who with melodious voices and
technique, san;; the responses (Aiitiphonas)* , •

Participants in the choir werei

Sopranos: Misses Bertha Florou, Angelika Lari, Angelika Kourla, Adamant ia

Govasti and iiilizabeth Tsirigou^

Anti-sopranos t Misses Sophia Bexi, Bertha Lymberi, Lora D^ juymberi,

Maria Ch Lymberi, Metaxia Lrovasti, and i^irs. Sophia Bexi.

Tenors s Christ (ieorgopoulos, i^eter Sarelas, Nicholas Monemvasitis, sii.

Granias, Demetrios Charakas and Dem, Karambelas

Baritones: Andrew Spadis, Spyrus Stamos, Constant ine Karajnbelas, Peter

Karteroulis and bt. Galeneas*

Basses: Athanasios Kokinos, Demetrios Michalopoulus, Anastasios iMosis and

Demetrius Karistakis.

The concert was given at the Byzaaitine jilxposition^ The Byzantine
iilxposition was sponsored by the University of Chicago.

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OUR CIFJRCH CHOIRS

Cur conmunity in Chicago has recently acquired two "brilliant church choirs
which have excited frequent approbation and praise for the efforts of their
directors*

We shall confine our praisest however, to our own circle and to the performances
of the choirs in our churches. For we believe that it is time to introduce
choirs in our churches suid improve our ecclesiastical music, considering the
fact that our Byzantine singers can be counted on our fingers, and that our new
generation does not understand much about Byzeintine solos* However, wnen our
newly orgcmized choirs, not to mertion those which are not yet complete, wish
to demonstrate outside our own conmunity, we consider it our duty to remind
then that they are going too fast and -think too highly of themselves.

They must know that in America there are well trained church choirs, many of
them large choruses, and that the American public before which they appear has
well developed musical taste and is capable of Judging what our singing is worth.
Nor should we deceive ourselves that we have reached the point where our choirs
may be compared with the American choirs. V/e still have far to go, and much
time and training are still needed.

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III G Ghioa.gp »^reek Daily , !7ov. 11, 1931*

Tfhat oaused us to treat this subject was the concert of the Byzantine choir given
the day before yesterday at the University of Chicago, which as a cerfor:rance be-
fore the Ar..erican public v»/as not anything exceptional.

7/e consider it our duty to ir.ake these criticisms, so as to put a stop to this ab-
surdity at the start. '.Ve suggest to the directors of our recently formed choirs
that they confine their efforts v/ithin the Greek community; for the hour for out-
side demonstration has not yet arrived.

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p. 54, of Mr» P. S* Lambros, 130 lU Nells St»,
Chicago, lilt

GREEK CHORUS TO S IHG FRIDA. Y OVER IVGN

When WGN last year presented the Greek Chorus of Chicago under the direction
of Demetrios Papageorge in a program of Greek music of the post -Byzantine
age, it "vms overwhelmed with expressions of appreciation for the great
beauty and the novelty of the program.

This same chorus, 25 voices strong, will again be heard over WGN at 7:45
o* clock next Friday night in a 30-minute program of Greek music ranging
from the year 312 A« D» to the present day. Mr. Papageorge will again
conduct the chorus .

Prior to the concert a brief account of Byzantine music will be given by
P« S. Lambros, editor of the Greek Star .

The concert will be one of the highlights of an 18-day festival of
Byzantine art sponsored by the Renaissance Society of the University of

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Chicago and will enable WGN listeners to hear this chorus sing several
of the same numbers which they will present in their program at the
University of Chicago on November 6.

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Saloniki^ •June 27, 1931, p* 5

GKiM

WPA (HI ) pom qp -'fc,
ST. UOIiSTAinilffi'j CHOIR. »n '^ I'Ll./ ruu>. .i/*:.^

The choir of St. Constant ine ' s church, which sings its laelodious hymns
avery Sunday and holiday will give a dance v/ith a v/ell chosen program.

TUtJ dance, whose object is to raise money to pay for the new seats of the
choir, will take place June 29th at 7|30 P.M. in the auditorium of the
Church. Admission thirty five cents.

Help us raise the needed money.

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Saloniki, May 30, 1931.
THE IJJSICAL SUPERIORITY CF THE GREEK IL^u^.i^.'^ ^ ' ' ''-^^^^^

The concert at the Nineteenth Century Club of Oaic Park, ^iveu by Llrs. Roumelle Rich
Hawicings, Professor of ^'usic, took place last Friday.

Two Greek girls. Miss Ismene Papageor^ -;, d.uughter of Dr. Geo. Papageor£e, and I'iss
Eugenia Shory, tooi: Dart in the concert. Misc Papa^eon ^ played six piano selec-
tions from Chopin, Ravel, Dussek, and !:cDowell. !!iss 5^hory played fron ^'oskowski,
Liszt, and LevitzldL.

The note-worthy event of the concert was that tne two Creek !_irl5 •v-.^3 excellent,
Taey won first honors in competing with oLghteen other students of r.isic.

Tne tv/o Greek ^.irls were cordially congratulated by tiie LmeTlc-u and (-reek audience.

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Saloniki. May 2, 1931, p. 7

EVANGELIS^Oo • CHOIR

' The famous Byiantine choir of Evan^elismos headed by Demetrios Papageorge
gives a wonderful program, May 7th, at the meeting hall of Ahepa chapter
46, 190 N. State Street State and ieke Building.

In addition to the choir^s program, the Franco-American Academy of Fencing,
through its i^irector, Edmond J. Clermont, promises to present a fencing
exhibition of ladies and gentlemen Academy students.

Admission is free members and non«»member8»

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The Oreek Press , Dec* 4, 1930

WAHTED: 100 YOUNOSTERS

p. 6*- ?• aetimis, the well-known Professor of Music, wants 100 youngsters
to take part in the Greek-American Philharmonic band he is or^nizing* Any
young boy or girl over 12 years is welcome to join regardless of the amount
of musical talent*

Those who are able to play will be placed in the band immediately, beginners
will be placed into classes and will Join the band as soon as the professor
feels they are qualified for it.

livery one is invited Friday evening, Dec. 5, to Logan Square Conservatory
of Music, Eecital Hall, 3133 Logan Boiilevard. Phone Belmont 7024.

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The G-reek Press , Sept. 5, 1930

LIBERAL AI.TS CLUB

p. 5.- The me.ibers of the Liberal Arts Club (Filomouson Despinon) held
elections for the coming;; year last S"andci,/.

Those elected v/ere: A. Kaloidas, president; N. Hatzoooulos, vice-presi-
dent; S. 3ournazos, secretary; H. Likouris, rec. secretary and ex- oresi"
dent; A. Touloupa, treasurer. Trustees are: II. Perdikes, I.. Floros, H.
Laris, M. Cokins, D. Sotiriadis and 3. Calvert.

V/e wish tiiem continued success.

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Saloniki. July 12, 1930 ^^^ OH.) PROl 30P

NICHOLAOS KARKABASIS

p« 5 The ten year old Greek boy, Nicholaos Karkabasis, violinist, is a
pupil of the Batalka Academy of music and arts# In the contest given recently
he came first among three hundred fourteen participants, and was awarded a
golden medal.

The youthful artist is the protege of George Kampas, instructor in the Academy.

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WPA (ilLJ PRO. M}^

Chicago Greek Daily , Jtily 8, 1930

I^SICAL ACTIVITIES

p« 6«- The ann\ially given concert in honor of the graduating students
of the Balatka Academy of Uusic took place last Monday in Kirahall Hall.
The principal part of the prograia was constituted by Professor Geo.
Kampas, who presented on the stage an orchestra of violins, composed
of young school hoys and girls, playing Greek and American pieces to
the accompaniment of two pianos and an accordion.

The performance was so successful that the American audience cheered
with the greatest of enthusiasm and admiration. The compatriots who
were present declare that they have never felt such great national
pride as they did when they heard the boys and girls play, in the midst
of so many Americans, the "Evzonaki," under the personal direction of
Geo • Kam-oas •

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WPA (ILL) PROJ. 30275
Chicago Greek Daily , July 8, 1930

Mr. Kampas is worthy of congratulations as he never in any of his
performances forgets for a moment his greek origin. It would be an
omission if we did not mention here that two of his students, Nickolaos \
Karkamhasis, ten years of age, and Galigano Rojas, a Filipino, were
av/arded gold medals as the first among 314 students in the performance
of "Carnival de Venice", by Paganini, and the "Concerta No. I."

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The Oreek Press t July 3, 1930

HSCITAL

p« 3.-* The violin pupils of Oeorge Eamhas recently gave a recital at
Kimball Hall* The recital took place last Uonday evening with a large
audience present* Xveryone was amazed at the progress the pupils have
shown which proves that Ur. Kambas is a very able teacher*

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III I ST. CONSTANTINE CHURCH.

Last Friday, June 13, the chair of St* Constant ine Church, consisting
of thirty eight young ladies, held elections for the coming year»
Those elected were Mary Simadis, president; I. AndritsopouloSt vice-
president; Tasoula Petrakis; secretary, and Olympia Katsambis, treasurer*
Eev, Marcus Petrakis addressed the choir and praising the young ladies
and their director, &• Demopoulos, for their good work*

Basiliki Ch. Katsambis •

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The Greek Press , April 30, 1930

CONCERT

p. 5«- The Greek Mandolinlst of Chicago, headed by P* Boumas, gave a
concert last Tuesday, in honor of S. Bekatoros. The program was
beautifully arranged, but we missed our well known Greek songs. Mr*
Bournas introduced the maestro, S. Bekatoros.

•

He was enthusiastically applauded* A volley of applause followed
each selection that he conducted* How else could the audience show
its great appreciation?

Mr. Boumas brought the house down when he played a solo* Shouts of
"encore" could be heard everywhere.

Everyone hastened to meet and congratxxlate the players after the per-
formance* This showed that the finer arts are appreciated by Chicagoans*
Te sho\ild have more of them.

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The Greek Press > April 23, 1930

MANDOLINISTS

p« 5 The Greek lylGLndolinists, of Chicago, headed by t. Bournas, are giving

a concert next ruesday in honor of S« Bekatoros. It will be given at

Kimball hall, corner of Wabash and Jackson blvd, starting at 8t30 sharp*

liany tickets have been sold, so we think it will be a success*

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The Greek Press > April 16 » 1930
PBOGfilSSIVS GBSEES

p* 5** With Joy we heard that a rery successful concert was giyen last
week at the Logan Square Consenratory by the pupils of the Greek pianist,
?• Getimis*

Many people were there to see our young Greeks display their talents*
They were all heartily applauded*

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Saloniki

Mar. 29, 1930

WEEK PROFESSOR OF MUSIC RECEIVES HONORS

p« 3 '^^ musical association^ the Batalka Academy of Musical Art, gave
a concert last week at the Audit orlum^ directed by Prof. Geo* Kampas.

Ur. Kasqpas and his ninety-three pupils, most of them Greek boys aiid girls »
received applause and congratulations from all the American iiiusic masters
who gathered these for the occasion* He as solist, performed a most
difficult selection, the Ave Maria of Shubert - Whilhelm, with such
technique that every one was astonished*

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GBHK

Th% Greek Press , March 19, 1930

MUSICALS

p* 5** The organizer and leader of the Greek maodollnists of ChicagOt
?• Boumast is arranging a nasical on April 29 in honor of Maestro Spiros
Bekatoros* This is a rerj pleasant stirprise to all music-loTers because
we know mach about Mr» Bournas' talent. Further details are forthcoming*

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The Greek Press , March 12, 1930

KYPSILIS CHAPTER OF &APA

p« 5«- In addition to the four Oapan chapters, there is a women's and
misses lodge called Kypseli* Immediately after organizing the chapter,
the ladies gave an afternoon reception at the Morrison Hotel.

A great number of Greeks were present in the Rose Room of the hotel in
response to the cordial invitations of the Kypseli members*

Tea and refreshments were served* Then came the program. Dr* G.
Gavares, after a few words on the purpose of Gapa, presented the presi-
dent of the women's club, I* Skoutela^ Miss Skoutela spoke a few words
and introduced the presidents of the various Gapa chapters* They are:
James Melidonis, Alexander Tpsilantes chapter; Dr. K* Papatheodore,
Navarlnon chapter; K. Avgerinos, Thermopila, chapter and Mrs* Nikolaropoulos ,
Women's Chapter*

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The Greek Press , March 12, 1930

A musical program followed. Miss Skoutela sang "Ptohia tou Mpoem" ("Boverty
of the Bohemian"). The Misses B. amd E. Stamos played a duet on piatno and
violin. L. Nikoletseas recited a piece* Bllie Licotiris also recited, and
P. Boumas entertained on his mandolin. We thank the young ladies for a
very enjoyable afternoon.

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KIMISIS TIS THEOTOKOU.

Those who attended Eimisls Church last Siinday had a pleasant surprise
The new choir under Rev. Pe^anikolaou made its first appearance. The
choir sounded very well. They practice every Friday evening. New
members are always welcome.

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IV CHOIR OP ST. CONSTANTINE.

Thirty-eight girls have formed a choir at St. Constantine to sing at
church on Sundays. The young ladies gave a dinner recently. Ouests
of honor were Rev. Marcus Petrakis and Mr. A Mrs. Demopoulos. The
girls entertained with songs acccmpauiied hy, B. Stamos. Officers are:
Miss D. Katsmis, president; B. Petrakis, vice-president; B. Eatsainis,
Secretary; and M. Simadis, treasurer*

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17 CREEK MUSICAL CLUB IN CHICAGO. WPA (ILL.) PROJ. 30275

Ifusic 18 ln8eparal)le from the Greek mind and soul* Music elevates the mind and
soul to their proper heights* Music is divine, the whole of nattire expresses
rhythm and harmony. No Greek gathering or festivity past or present could take
place without music*

It is said in Homer^s Odyssey that Ulysses, with his companions passing throu^
the straights of Messina, commanded them to close their ears with wax in order
that they should become voltmtary slaves of the Syrens, who with their beaut if\il
songs and sweet melodious voices allured those who happened to pass thro\igh the
straights.

Later, when Christian religion spread, Byzantine music was the center of attraction.
The Czar of Russia, (Russia being a Christian country) wanting to give his people
the best religious music, sent delegations to all Christism coxintries to find
fitting and melodious mfusic for the 160 millions of Russians* The result was
Byzantine music was offically adopted.

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' Saloniklt Oct. 12, 1929.

. ^ WPA (ILL) PROJ. 30275

* Unfortunately here in Chicago, inspite of the flreek love for music, our
sweet and melodious religious music is neglected and is hound to lose
its charm and effectiveness* Thousands of dollars are spent for the
acquisition and upkeep of bishops and archbishops* We raise money for
Greek cemeteries, orphanages, hospitals and educational institutions
in order to perpetuate our language and religion, but for our ecclesiastical
music we don't want to spend anything worthwhile*

For that reason, we, the undersigned founded the Chicago Greek Musiced
Club, and we are requesting those who wish better music in our churches,
to become members of the club* Geo. Depastas, Constantine Paleologos, T#
7alos, A* Mg^rantes, K« Haralambidis, I* Gikas, G* Earaflos* Rev*
Tsoxirounakis, D* Paulakis^ Geo* Grant, Geo* Kokinos, 0* Dokos, G* Kantaras,
P* Yacilogeorge, A* Bouras, K. Serriades, E* Agelopoulos, P* Kilavos,
M* Laskaris and Leo* Eilavos*

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The Oreek Press , June 19, 1929

EAVINIA PARK OPENS SATURDAY

Thousands of lovers of music and opera will "be glad to hear that Havina Park
opens its doors Sat\irday evening. In that open theater there will gather,
every evening during the entire summer season, thousands of lovers of music
to enjoy some of the great masterpieces.

The numher of G-reek people going to Havinia Park is, according to the pro-
portion in population, higher than any other nationality — with the except-
ion, of course, of the Italians, That shows that the Greeks are lovers of
music.

This season's session starts with the well kno'^m and "beloved op^ra, of Puc-
cini -Manon-Lescant, Aside from the wonderful selection of Manon Lescant
for the first night, the directors of the Park will present two of the "best
opera singers — Giovanni Martinelli and Miss Li^crezia Borei,

We would advise any of our own people—and v/e know hundreds of them— who would
like to go hear two truly great stars on Saturday night, to leave their occu-
pations and spend a few hours in the land of music.

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^^^lEPA TO Giro CONCERT/

The 2f6th chapter of ^ihepa will ^:ive a concert to-morrow ni^ht at Kimball Hal If
25 E. Jackson Blvd., under the direction of the mandolin artist and found-^r of
the Greek mandolin orchestra of Chi car o» Mr. P. Vournas, v/ho has ^iven ui. so mnay
successful concerts as to guarantee the complete success of to-iaorrow» s' perfor-
mance.

The proceeds of tnis affair will be used as tae starting fund for tne inuu^.ura-
tion of a Greek band of fifty pieces, of vmicn tne community is much in need,

I!r. Vournas as vrell a? the 46th chapter of Ahepa are worthy of congratulations
for their initiativf^, and music-lovers vdll hasten to the support of the enter-
prise.

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SkUaSlJa . Novtmber 5. 1927

Ifusieal Art Cons^rratory of Chicago.

The aboTo mentioned musical society, which acts and thriree without nnach
publicity 9 gives its annual dance at the Aragon Ballroom.

The Society, which is composed of many Greeks, selects every year fire
Greek hoys and girls, mho are distinguished for their musical talent. To these
it stcpplies funds enabling them to continue their study of music. Thus, we see
that in the future we will hare real artists of music.

In the past artists were rather neglected by the Greek population of Chi-
cago hut this is not so now«

The forthcoming dance is given for the purpose of raising money for the
musically ted anted hoys and ^rls of Greek origin. The Greeks of Chicago are
invited to participate.

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Salonlkl, Dec* 25, 1926*

GBSBK

HELLENIC MANDOLIN OBCHESTRA OF CHICAGO

The Greek Uandolln Orchestra of Chicago will contribute a rich musical to
the United States Veteran Hospital No» 76 of Maywood, the misical will tal
place, Tuesday December 28th.

Owing to the request of the Greek Veterans the following program will be
presented.

Peter Vournas, Conductor.

1. Curo Cuchares

La Zella Argentia
Charac ter is tiza
March by Geraldo Ustallo (Tanzodanza) by Carlos Roberto.

2. Ibzeppa Overture, Ladaloma

By Franz Mahland Yradier.

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3« Valzer-Cioncerto

Souvenir, Mandolin Solo

By C. Uimler 7« Dila, Toumas

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lU'jilH.

4. Santiago^-Spanish Waltz # El choclo-Tango.
Argentino

37 A. Corbin and A. Q. Vlloldo.

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MUSIC AND THS GREEKS.

Taking a trip to the largest Greek community of Chicago, one feels that
he is going throu^hsome great hall of music. Eating stores, coffee houses,
hotels, taverns, groceries and what not all have muiical entertainment.
BiJusic everywhere and of all kinds* The Greek knowing that at birth he
was touched by the musical scepter of the muses believes in music as his
ancestors did.

Can you imagine the world without music, without melody, or harmony?
Music in some form is so intimately entwined with oior daily life that
it becomes a part of us. Prom the mother crooning a lullaby, to the
grand orchestra, or greuid opera, music is essential to the enjoyment of
life, to health and happiness. The ancient and modern Greeks knew that
music is seen in the child struggling to utter words he does not yet
know. The beautiful realm of sound is all about us, and each of us
may find the form of music which please us most.

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aBEEK

In order to enjoy the pleasures afforded ty music, one need not know
the technical secrets. of making harmonious sounds. It is both in the
listening and the performing. Those who listen, lose themselves in
feeling.

The ^ausical instruments used by the Greek players in some stores around
••Oreek Town" are odd looking, as for instance, a "Bouzouki" nevertheless
the player and the listeners enjoy the harmony. Music, the maigic kingdom,
is the utterfiuice of life, the symphony of nature. Music is rhythm, harmony
and order, fihythra is soothing and pleasant to the body ajid soul.

The nerves are rocked and lulled into acquiescence by the strains of
soft music, that is why mothers rock and sing babies to sleep. You
will notice that when a mother sings her baby into slumber, she sings
softly and monotonously. It has a relaxing effect*

Salonlki , Aug. 15, 1926. &REBK tj^o ^-^^ ''

Music, as an accompaniment to any activity is at once pleasurable and
stimulating. It creates moods and heightens the impressions received
"by the eye. Music at dinner ho\ir produces cheerful thoughts and improves
digestion, by prolonging the meal. To the normal person music is a
diversion, it effects the mind keenly and is, therefore, employed as a
stimulant in religion and war.

Leonidas with his 300 Spartans at Thermopylae before the battle with
the Persifiuis, took out his flute and made stimulating melody. The
forenmner of the Persians, who came to demand their surrender, was
astonished with the musical diversion of the &reeks. Music helped
to arouse the super-h\iman coiirage of the 300 immortals.

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Chicago Greek Daily , June 1, 1926.

Grand Concert Given By The Greek Mandolin Orchestra

of Chicago

(Thirty Instruments)

Kimball Hall

June 1, 8:15 P-M.

Director, Mr. Panag. Vournas.

GREEK

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Saloniki, Dec, 1, 1923.

GREEK WOMEN^S ASSOCIATION CONCERT

The Greek Women's Association of Chicago is giving a concert with a
select progiram in the Cameo Room of the aristocratic Morrison Hotel.
Besides the concert, the women of this Association will perform the
wonderfxil play, Tor the Country's Honor." Recitations will be
given as well as duets accompanied by mandolin and piano; we shall
also see some classical and Spanish dancing. Later there will be
a raffle held for a victrola.

The purpose of this concert is to help the poor families and orphans
of the Chicago Greek Colony this following Christmas. For this purpose
we request the presence of those who are merciful.

Tickets are on sale at the Chicago Greek Consulate and at Mouzakiotes
Bookstore for one dollar.

From the Office.

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Saloniki. Jan, 29, 1921.

LSONIDAS METHSNITES

Leonidas Methenites was born in Athens and came here at the age of five.
He began taking violin lessons at the early age of twelve. He demonstrated
such skill and talent that he is now ready to become a real artist. After
studying in Milwaukee for a short period of time, he qame to Chicago in
ordex* to complete his studies under the tutelage of Mr. Harry Diamond, who
recognized the young man's ability and talent. There prevails the idea
among Chicago musical authorities that the Greeks have no ear for music.
This is because of the simple reason that the Greek musicians of Chicago
are not being sufficiently represented. After l!Lr. Diamond heard the Greeks
performing, he discovered that not only did they have a good musical ear,
but there exists among them real musical talent. His student, Leonidas
Methenites, proved this. As all nationalities encourage a true artist, we,
too, suggest to the Greek people that they support this youth, who is
deserving, even xvithout the encouragement of his fellow-countrymen. There
is no doubt that he v;ill feel that his efforts have not been in vain. The

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Salonlki , Jan. 29, 1921.

Greeks should occuvy a proper. station in the art of music in Chicago. But
if this is to be realized, they should support and appreciate newly discov-
ered musical talent. If the American people discover it, why should the
'Greek people ignore it? This article is written by the young artistfs in-
structor, Mr. Harry Diamond. It is now up to the Greeks to do their duty.

To-morrow, Sunday, January 30, at 8:00 P. M, , the same very promising vio-
linist will give a concert at the .Vest End xVomen^s Club, northeast corner
of Monroe Street and Ashland Boulevard. Here it will be proven whether
the Greeks of Chicago have the ambition and patriotism to support an artist
who will honor the Greek name, or will they offer him the glass of disap-
pointment as often is the case in Greece?

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GREEK

SOCRATES SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
fk two-coliamn half tone is given/

Mr* George Kambas, who is pictured in the center of his students, is
responsible for the fine musical perfoimance of the Socrates School
Orchestra*

It is good that the Greek parents teach their children music, because
music is a refining and uplifting influence upon the human character*

The children performed at the Bnpire Theater, during the program of the
school*

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MUSIC RECITAL BY GREEK STUDENTS

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The recital given by the Greek students of the McKinley High School on February
4 was a success. The artistic performance was well balanced and held the un-
divided attention of the large audience.

The program included the following:

The 'T^ational Anthem*^; piano solos titled '^editatum Rusticana'' and "Spinning
Wheel," by Miss P. Javaras; American songs by Miss K. R. Levine; a violin solo
by the well-known student, Jacob Selovity, which received hearty applause;
Mr. James Yourelle who executed the ancient Greek dances with breath-taking
grace.

The entire program was inspiring, and a typical Greek evening of entertainment •
The love for knowledge possessed by these students, is admired by the Saloniki .

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Loxias, Mar. 28, 1914.

PHILO MUSICAL SOCIETY FORMED

p« 2. — To our great delight we have been informed that Greek friends of
music in Chicago have organized a club of their own under the name "Greek
Philomusical Society." The following officers have been elected: S# Beca-
toros, president; N. Docos, vice-president; George Georgopoulos, secretary;
B. Mouzakiotis, treasurer, and A# Vappas, dean* The council: D# Chalchi-
poulos. A* Alexopoulos, P. Somos, H, Kanafas, G# Kachiolis, and Mr. Achi-
lides.

The installation of officers will take place tomorrow, Sunday, at 748
Island Avenue*

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GREEK
Star, Jan. 25, 1907.

CONCERT FOR THE BENEJFIT OF THE IviACEDONIAN
GREEKS OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

The Greek Philharmonic Society of Chicago, which was formed by spirited
young Greeks to serve the needs of the Greek community, comes to the fore
again to extend its beneficial services to other parts of the country where ^
fellow Greeks are in need. >^

Macedonian Greeks living in Terre Haute, Indiana, have become involved in ^

judicial battles with Bulgarian extortionists and are in need of moral and g

financial support. The Chicago Greek consulate has supplied the necessary j-

moral backing, and the Philharmonic Society of Chicago is to give a concert ^

to supply them with needed cash. ut

The concert and a lecture by Mr. S. Kotakis will be given at Turner Hall
next Sunday. Undoubtedly the affair will be successful, for our few fellow
Greeks of Terre Haute look upon the Chicago Greek community as their protector.

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rv Besides Mr. Kotakis, Mr. D. Manousopoulos, president-elect of the

community, will also deliver a lecture, and our poet Geo. Koutouraanos
will recite folk songs.

It is noteworthy and commendable, this response of our inherent Greek ^
loyalty when a Greek needs the assistance of his brother Greek. F

Our Macedonian Greek compatriots of Terre Haute need have no doubts of our 3
loyal support, for they are part of our racial group, and their local need 2
becomes our general interest and concern. ^

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3UCC5]S3 G7 TIE PIiIUIAH:.ICIUC CCITCERT

Star, ITov, 2, 1906 ^^^ O^^^/ PRO

p. 5 — V/itiiout eojaivocation or reserve Greel: feeling displays its full greatness
vvhen occasion arises. Iilxcuse, subterfuge, and evasion are xTords not to be found
in the vocabulary of Greeks ^-jhen things of importance are to be done.

On last Sunday the concert of the Greek Fhilharmonic Society of Chicago took place
as announced at Hull House, and the Greeks of Chicago sho'/red by their attendance
t'.ieir appreciation of the Greek airiateurs v:ho recently formed the Society ':ith the
specific object of serving the Greek community vgratis.

The concert was given for the benefit of the young musicians so that the3^ may equip
themselves vrith uniforms and the paraphernalia proper to their avocation.

The attendance and the receipts v/ere so large that the members of the Philharmonic
Society can cress themselves in regal style. V.'ell done J They deserve it*

The Honorable Dr. H, Salopoulos, Greek consul r;eneral in Chicago, honored the concert
v;ith his presence and delivered a very enthusiastic address. A monologue was recited

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Star, Kov. 2, 1905. ^'^'M^LW ^n..,.,,,,

by Attorney 3. ICotakis, and poems of his ovm conposition were read by Ilr.
KoTtoirianos,

The satisfaction and pride 7:ere nutual; the Fhilhamonic bo3"s viere perfectly
well satisfied and proud because of the attention which the community has paid
to them, and on the other hand the comiriunit^^ felt flattered to have boys so
unselfish and so talented amon^^ its members.

All in all, the concert was a brilliant success from every an^le^ Greeks knoxv
hov; to ap-r^reciate and hov; to shov; their appreciation.

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GREEK

WPA(iLL)PftCJ.3027S

Start Oct* 19f 1906#

GREEK PHILARMONIC CONCERT TO BE GIVEN ON OCTOBER 28TH

p« 3^ Several young Greeks t lovers of music and songt ivho were members of var-
ious philarmonic societies in Greecct have recently united to found the first
Greek philarmonic society in Chicago *s Greek community*

These boys on October 28thf will give a concert before the W^man^s Club of
Hull House with a prograjn that will please all* The specific object of the
concert is to raise funds so that they may dress in uniform*

Since these young men are a credit to our communityt which they are serving
gratis* everybody is requested to attend the affair* Let us show our musical
boys how much we think of them4* If it is impossible for you to attend* buy
half a dozen tickes anyway! The concert must be a success in attendance and
in receipts for the encouragement of our boys*

Greek families especially are requested to attend the concert with all their
children* Greek music and Greek songs are nourishing food for our new race in

America*

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IV Star t June 29. 1906*

WPA (ILL) PROJ. 30275

FORMATION OF PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

P#4— Some young Greeks in Chicago who were members of philharmonic soci-
eties in Greece have formed the first philharmonic society in Chicago* which
will be at the disposal of the Greek community*

The young Greeks who offer their services free of charge to our compatriots
are John Petrochelos* E. Eacheerumbast Theodore Eacheerumbast Takis Earna-
vezoSf Anastasius Earahaliost Aristides EacheekaSf I* Theodoru* E« Eatsa-
chnias, N. Nicolaout Pericles Grammatikakes» Emanuel Voggas» Soter Earam-
pateas, B* SpyropouloSf G* Silas, Demetrios Politest p. Polimenacos* and D*
Provatakes.

Dr# N» SalopouloSf consul general of Greece in Chicago, presided at the
meeting of the Greek amateurs and congratulated them on their initiative
in forming the society and on their willingness to serve the community
gratis.

II. CONTBIBD-

TIONS AND
ACTIVITI3S

B. Avocational and Intellectual
1. Aesthetic

b. Painting and Sculpture

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aalonikl-Grealc Preee . feb. 7» 1935.

ARTISTS SeOW WORE

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Last Thursday, Januaiy 31 » the azinual exhibition of painting and sculpture ^n

opened at the Chicago Art Institute* For the first time in the city^s history, P

two Oreelc artists of Chicago hare been invited to exhibit their work* They ^

are the refined and truly Hellenic Nina Perdilces, and the well-known artist, o
Constant ine Pougialis#

Miss Perdikes* easel is number 151, in room 0-60* Her production is a still cj4
life of exceptioncG. beauty and chaxm*

In room G-*57 is the painting by Mr* Pougialis* It is the picture of a young
girl in tragic despair, like a butterfly which has been burned by the fire
which it courted* This painting was so well liked for its strong appeal that
the Judges awarded it the Bromer Prize of three hundred dollars*

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SaloniJcl'^Qraeic Prasa > Feb* 7, 1935*

The entire comaiunity is yery proud and happy over the succeas of two of its
artista*

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Hellenic Center News , (Weekly) Oct. 15, 1932*

Past And Present

(By Christ D. Tsoulos)

In the Art Institute, standing in a half restful position, with the right
foot finn on the ground and the left leg slightly bent at the knee, is the
statue of Diana of Gabii. The original was found in Gabii in 1792 and is
attributed to that master of sculpture, Praxiteles.

Her attire consists of a pair of sandals, a chlamys or chiton, £ind a ribbon
encircling her hair v/hich is curly and neatly arranged. Her right arm is
bent at her elbow towards her shoulder v/here she holds the back part of her
chlamys •

The other arm is bent in about a sixty degree angle in front of her body
where she holds the front of her chiton. The face depicts sweetness, calm-
ness, and geniality.

As v/e gaze upon the beautiful statue of Diana, we are carried back a fev; thou«
sand years into a realm of fantasy.

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Hellenic Center Hews , Oct. 15, 1932.

The Greek world of mythology and history. The age of Homer, the age of Peri-
cles, Socrates, and Plato are some of the stops we make on our journey. Here
we see Athens, Sparta and Thebes struggling for supremacy; we see Socrates
calmly teaching his philosophy to his disciples; and vre witness the beauty
and splendor of the ancient world in our visit to Athens during the reign of
Pericles. Here we see the Goddess Diana, or Artemis as the Greeks called her,
reigning on earth and subduing the wild beast v'ith her arrows; Cn heaven,
vxhere she is worshipped as Lunaor Selena, she enlightens the all with her
rays; and in Tartarus, v/here she is knovm as "^^ecate, she keeps all ghosts and
other evil spirits under subjection.

She is the heroine of '^EndiTiiion,** that beautiful story of love and passion
which inspired so many poets. Diana seeing the handsome shepherd Endymion on
a mountain, fell in love vjith him. But as no union as marriage could be consum-
mated, she being a goddess cind he a mortal, she put him into eternal sleep on
the mountain where she could alv/ays have him before her and pet his curly
locks with her golden rays.

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Hellenic . Center irev/s , Oct. 15, 1932.

This story and laany others v;ere instrxiniental in augmenting the imagination
and intensifying the sense of the beautiful in the ancient Hellenes; and the
inagir^-tion and sense of the beautiful vfere the guiding spirits ivere led the
Greeks to become leaders of civilization. .\rt, in those days was studied
for its sake and not for material gain. The Parthenon, The Theseon, and the
Stadium, majestically imposing, beautiful and serene, v;ere the results of the
soul's expression - a coul of artistic temperament. •hat a difference to-dayj

Hot orJ.y v;as love of beauty an integral part of a mein but also love of coun-
try vras interred vithin every citizen's bones.

'Vhen the city, State called him to arras he immediately and vjillingly responded.

To him the sovereignty of his city, States v:as supreme. These v/ere no attempts
at evasion of duty.

Leonidas and his three hundred Spartans chose to fight a glorious defeat than
to retreat and save themselves.

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Hellenic Center News , Oct. 15, 1932.

That vxas braveryl That v/as self-sacrif icel V.liat a difference to-dayl

There v/ere no crazy jazz tunes then. Nor were there any ^'Charlestons , ^
••Black-Bottoms^ , or any other brain stupefying dances. The rythmic times
and marvelous classic dances were of ethereal beauty.

Dance and thought harmoniously blended into a combination of unexcelled
strangeness, fascination, and beauty.

Tliis end other thoughts flicker in our minds; and our imagination is trans-
ported from city to city of ancient Hellas in our mythological journey as
we stand before the statue of Diana of Gabii.

II. CONTRIBUTIOMS
AND ACTIVITIKS'
B. Avocational and Intellectual
1. Aesthetic
c* Theatrical
(1) Drama

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The Greek r^ress^ iiuay 7, 1937

ThEATHIUALS
p« 4 Kimlsis I'is Theotokou Church is organizing a theatrical performance
at the oivic I'heater on idunday, hsay 25« ihe students of the Platon school
are going to take parts* llie play to be given is "Maria Doxapatri''« i^'urther
information will follow*

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, Salonlkl-Greek Press > Feb. 5, 1936.

Many girls and boys of our community took part in the singing and dancing
scenes and thus contributed to the success of the performance.

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III C Salonlkl-Greek Press , Jan. 23, 1936.

BENEFIT DRAMA

The dramatic perfoxnance sponsored by the Ladles of Holy Trinity Parish for
the benefit of the school treasury was a tremendous socleiL and financial
success* The operetta **Y Xeloglastra Tou Tsopanl** was presented by the
Athenian Dramatic Group , which has been entertaining Chicago *s Greek
community for the past few months*

During the Intermission a group of young Greek girls garbed In the colorful
costumes of the motherland and led by a young Greek boy wearing a foustanella
^/national men^s costume/ aroused the enthusiasm of the audience when they
dcmced various types of peascuit dances* The participants were

Mrs* Alexandra Nlcolatsea, president of the Ladles* Society, who helped to
make this benefit such a great success, Is to be congratulated. The Greek
community of Chicago will be fortunate to have other affairs such as this,
that do so much to raise our cultural and spiritual plane*

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III C Saloniki -Greek Press > Dec* 19, 1935 •
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DRAMATIC GROUP PRESENTS •TBSME** SUCCESSFULLY

The much publicized performance of the play *T!sme»* took place Sunday December 15^
at the Eighth Street Theater. It was perfoimed by the Sophocles amateur dra- ^
matic group ., composed of people from the parishes of the Evangelismos and ^
St. Demetrios Churches. ::::

The evening was a success both financially and artistically. Since it yras
given for the benefit of the Greek schools of the parishes there is added joy
in its financial success.

•TSsme" is a lovely romance written by Peresiadis Athenian novelist/, in which
the customs and ideals of Greece are poignantly portrayed. The time of the
play is set in 1821 when Greece was struggling for her independence.

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III C Salonlkl "Greek Press , Dec. 19, 1935 •
IV

We do not intend to explain ttie plot because the Greek people have been ^
familiar with it for many years. Therefore, when **Esme^* is to be performed ^
a large audience gathers to relive for three hours the life they left behind ^

them.

All the amateur perfoxmers managed to feel the spirit of the play and to inter- -i^

pret it artistically*

The play was directed by l£r. Viangos Kouvarakosi who also was the protagonist • Zr
Mrs« Avladne Kagglis played **E8me*^ charmingly*

Mr« Mines Booras was worthy of a larger role^ for he is one of Chicago^ s finest
artists*

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III C Salonlkl-Greek Press, Dec. 19, 1935»
IV

The dramatic perfoimance was enriched by. •••the slxiging of Hiss Sophie ^
Bexis, well-knoim Greek lyrltJ soprano* ^

During the Intexmisslon, Mr. Spyro Stamos, world-acclaimed cymbalist, played <^
Greek selections which delighted the audience. p^

These two parishes are to be commended for taking such ways of raising money ^

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for their school s«

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Salonikl -Greek Press > Nov. 21, 1935.

•TH3 LIONS OF CHICAGO »♦

Sight hundred people gathered in the Sighth Street Theater last Sunday
ni-ght to witness the performance of "The Lions of Chicago*'. This satir-
ical play was written by the well-known journalist, 1^. 31ias Janettii^.
The audience was unusual, being composed entirely of the older, nore ^

well-known Greeks of Chicago. ^

In his play, I.Ir. Janettis sought to satirize the most active and popular IT

Greek personalities, and he certainly accomplished his purpose. The 5

characters were represented by the members of the Athenian Dramatic Group. 2

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Salonikl-Greek Press , Apr, 18, 1935.

STDDENT PERFORMANCE

Since CLnnouncement was first made of the fact that the students of the Greek
School of St. George's Parish were to perform '•Cassiani," the play has been
impatiently awaited. The merit of the play and the good purpose for which
it was being given drew an immense crowd to the Eighth Street Theater last
Sunday night.

The play is a drama dealing with St. Cassiani, who was a sinful woman until o^
she accepted Christ. It was directed by Father Galemis and the school teacher 3

The students dreunatized the moving story of this saint with ability and ^

understanding beyond their years

One attending this performance could easily discern that many of our younger
generation are animated by much of their Greciein heritage and spirit. Even
children in Greece could not have spoken more fluently the Greek language or
better enacted a Greek play than did these children of St. George's Parish.

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Saloniki-Greek Press , Apr. 18, 1935.

Miss Panagakos could be seen holding the open book, ready to prompt a forget- h

ful actor; but, we are haoDy to say, she was not given one opportunity to do *>

so during the entire performance. Seventeen children took part in the play. ^

Space does not permit their personal mention. ^

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Again we say that utmost credit belon,?;s to the boys and girls v/ho took part in *^

thi^s Derformance. ^v>

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Salonikl-Greek Press , Mar. 21, 1935.

HOILTttTOOD BOUND

Last Saturday one of our group turned his face toward that mecca, Hollywood ^
in search of fame and fortune. This person, Earnest Earsis, is ten years old.
He is well known among the Chicago Greeks because of his frequent appearances
at their social and artistic gatherings. His remarkable soprano voice has ^
long been a source of pleasure to us. Earnest, accompanied by his proud ^"^
father, Kames Karsis is going in response to an invitation from a Hollywood 3
studio. Screen tests will be made, and, if his talents are found acceptable, <^

Earnest will enter upon the road to fame and fortune. :g

It is said that he may be co-starred with Shirley Temple. ^

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Saloniki-G-reelc Press , Ilay 10, 1954.
SUCCESSFUL DRAI-IA^TC ?RIi2CKTi^TI0II

Miss Haloulas is a graduate of the Dramatic Department of Uundelein College;
and is beautiful and talented. Tlie rest of the cast, ♦..are all talented
young people, capable of instilling nev/ spirit and life into the Greek-
American theater.

Our predictions about the presentation of the "Red Hock," in which the
talented Penelope Haloulas took the leading part, proved to be accurate. The
play v/as a tremendous success. Lliss Ealoulas and the capable amateurs who
supported her must have v/orked very hard to achieve the artistry and technique
v;hich were evident throughout the entire play. The four hundred people v/ho
v;itnessed the r)erformance were enthusiastic in their comments. ^

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Parry, Demetrio8» '^Miss Haloixloe In Dramatic Debut «"
Ahepa Herald , I Official Organ of District No. 21,
77 W. Washington St., Chicago, 111.), May 1, 1934.

Up to now, (rreeic theatricals in Chicago have in most cases been "causes"
for Churches, Schools ana other whims of local Hellenes*

At their best these efforts or Tentures were pretty bad. I'hey were not
theatrical in any sense and as for entertainment there was nothing of
the kind*

It was left to Miss Penelope Haloulos, graduate of the Drama School of
Munaelein College in Chicago, bravely to offer to Chicago audiences of
(rreek extraction, a dramatic presentation that it is to be Judged solely
on its artistic merits*

^0 Kokinos Vrahos** (**The Red Bock") by the leading dramatist of modem
Grreece, Gregory Xenopoulo s, wi 11 be staged on the boards of the Chicaigo
Women's Club Theater, Sunday, May 6, 1934, at 8:15 P.M. The play has
been directed and it is being staged by Miss Haloulos assisted by Miss
Ourania and Nelly Hrounta and Christine Ceorgoulaki*

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Ahepa Herald » May 1, 1934.

It is the duty of every Chicago Greek to support such a venture for
it is the first time within the living tissues of Greek local organism
that a person has heen brave enough to start out and say to the Greek
public: -

''I do not offer you worn out patriotism. I have a show that is worth
every bit of the admission price. Come and see it* If you like it
applaud it. If you donH, knock it«** That is more than fair#

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Greek Press , Feb* 1, 1934«
mmkTlC FEHFOIBUNCE

The prophetic statements of the Greek Press were amply Justified last night
by the wonderful presentation of ^'Blaok and Whitei* the play which was pre-
sented by the members of the Greek Workers Educational League of Chicago* The
theater was filled with people (over five hundred attended) and all were en- ^
thusiastic about the ability and good direction of the players* ^

All the players knew their roles, and that in itself is unusual in the Greek ^
theater, where too often the voice of the prompter is audible to everyone* g
Each actor played his part as if he were living it* Of course the good acting ^-
was due in some measure to the genius of the author of ^Black and White,** o
l^ero Mellas, the famous Greek playwright* ^

The acting of Theano Papazoglou was of the finest, as was that of her husband,
Bobby Margaris* They capably presented the social significance of the play
by emphasizing the spirit of the play rather than the characters themselves*

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The digaity and power of this play, which reveals the power of money, will not
be forgotten soon*

Between the acts the Leag;ue's mandolin orchestra entertained the audience*

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Greek Press > June 1, 1933,

saccEssBm. performance

The dramatic performance presented by the members of the Epsilon Phi
Epsilon sorority last Tuesday was a tremendous success*

The play was entitled •♦Bridegrocm Sought in Chicago," and was written by
the well-known writer of our community, James Mihalaros. The young men
and women in the cast performed their roles with enviable ability* Of
course, credit for the superiority of the performance must be attributed, 5
in part, to the patient and skilled supervision of J* Athanasopoulos , who
was in charge of the production

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'♦TA bKAPAIsiAKIA*' ThEATKlGAL PERFOHI^JU^Gii; GlViiiN Bi ThE SOiNS Oji'

PiiiKlCLES.

The activities of the *'Ahepa** are very v;ell known to the Greeks in
America. The Chicago Greeks knov; the great assistance that orphans,
needy families, and schools have received from the Ahepa, which
will continue to assist the community in every possible way.

It is also known that Ahepa has chapters of the oons of Pericles,
composed of Greek youths who were born here, and that Ahepa guides
and conducts these cl:Apters, promoting the perpetuation of our race,
religion, and language.

And in order to verify the progress of our guidance, these youths will
play next bunday a Greek operetta, the immortal •^Skapanakia". This
play was very successful and well appreciated in Greece*

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Saloniki, .Nov. ai, 1931,

It is a play taken from Greek life, and written in the language of the
masses. The perfornaance of this play will undoubtedly convince the
most skeptical ones that these boys, although born and raised here;
nevertheless are scions of the immortal Greek race*

ITie chapter Lord Byron will play this operetta at the iiiighth i>treet
Theatre, next bunday, at 2tl5 ^. U.

it is the duty of every Greek to witness ohis play for two reasons:
first, to assist and encourage the new generative; second, to see for
himself that the nev/ generation in Chicago is just as much Greek as it
is American.

Geo. Kyriakopoulus
Circuit Commander.

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Chicago Oreek Daily , Nov. 17, 1931.

t A THEATRICAL PRESENTATION BY LORD BYRON LODGE

OF THE SONS OP PERICLES

No. 11, November 22, 2:30 P.M.

p. 2- For the second time the members of lord Byron lodge of The Sons
of Pericles, children of Greek parents bom in America, v/ill appear at
the Eighth Street Theater, trying to prove to the Greek Thomases that
by systematic effort this new generp.tion of ours will succeed in pre-
serving and loving the immortal Greek language and every Greek ideal.

Members of the drgunatic group of Lord Byron lodge, having been trained
for seven months with the noble cooperation of three members of their
brother lodge Pindar and also that of Misses Helen Koumounge, B. Roinioti,
and Maria Rapti will present on the stage the military farce "Athanata
Skapanakia" with ten selected songs. They will hand you hearty laughs
for two hours and a half, and there not only will you see your children
handle the Greek langtiage efficiently, but you will also see them trans-
formed into first class Zacynthians and Athenians •

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Chicago Greek Daily , Nov. 17, 1931*

The play will be presented at 2:30 P.M. In the evening of the same day,
in the hall of Solon School of St. James Church, a dance will be held in
honor of the young men and women taking part in the play. Admission is
free for those having tickets to the theater.

It is the imperative duty of all, and especially of the Ahepans, to be
present at this affair to give material and moral support to our new
generation of the Sons of Pericles, and to encourage them in their efforts
to learn the Greek language.

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SOCIAL JNOTBS

The Matinee of Estia Lodge, Gapa.

p^ 2. — - On Sunday, J^ovember 15, at 2 ?• M», in the Capitol Building,
Estia Lodge of Gapa will give an entertainment with a beautiful and very
artistic program. Many ladies will sing, among them Vrysoula Pantopoulov*
A little drama, "The Emigrant's Mother," will be presented. Part of the
proceeds will be used for the benefit of needy Greek families.

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Chicago 3-reek Drily , Uey 9, 1931

A FLAY AT THE ST"I1353AKSR THiilATER TUDER T' 3 AJSFIGES OF

Ar'EPA

For the first tir-ie in the history of hellenieiri in America, p vley written
in Snr:li<=h "by a G-reek, will "be oresented. Thir. op^ort-onity is ,:^iven to
us oy the hijll Koure players rnd the author, '.'r. hihalnros.

The title of the pl.-^y is, Theodora, and it is rec-^r^rdin^ the life of the
much herplde-^., Theodora, wife of the p;rept Justinian, By^rntine Em-oeror
of the "th century, A.D.

The 'olrv i<? h.^sed woon historic fpcts -rnd, in the Main, on t '^e famous
ITikp reoellion ^"hen the f ol"" ov/ers of Theodora, the "Venetians" ca-'.e in
conflict '^'ith the "Jreens" rnd 50,00.) ^oeople of Const.'^ntinople died.
-Hlven Justinian, himself, 'vo:,ild hpve lost his throne if it h-ad not "been
for the intervention of Theodora,

A psycho-analysis of Theodora, is presented in an accurate and artistic
settin,^;.

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To nipke the rffp.ir p sMCceS:S no ef'^orte v-ere spared, oy t) e cormittee
r/hose chrirmpn is the '*'el] kno^-^n rrtlst of oixr corn-njjaitv, h.r. 1-ichola?.
Sconornou. The Con-;ittee used ever./ ^lerns to "orovide necessr-ry fiuid?.
.9S '^'ell rs cr»r)f»"ble 'olryers: to enpct the diffic-a].t dr^raa.

Rej;^.rdini^' the h-'jill Hous^e Players w/.o r.re to assu'ie ti^e roles of t.e
twenty r.ctive lo^^^rts in Theodora, ti.ey pre famous for their ahilitv and
artistic comprehension, not only in Chicai:^o, hut all over .America.

The Tilpj v'il]. he ~)resentec'. rt the StudeD^-^her Theater, Simdr-y, hay 2"-,

at 2 P.::.

Besides t>.e Ainericpn "flayers, there will he ^ Byrrantine choir of fifty
or more, under the direction of ...r. D, ?apa.-^eor.i:e.

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fHBODORl

TO B£ FBESENTID AT THE STUDEBAEER TEEATBE
Sunday, May 24th

p* l.-* What ptixports to he one of the most magnificent spectacles ever
presented in Chicago, will he the presentation of the historical play,
••Theodora", written by Mr. Demetrios A. Michalaros, at the Studebaker
Theatre, May 24th, 1931, tuider the auspices of the local chapters of
Ahepa. The plot of this play revolves aroiind the most momentous crisis
in the life of the faunous Byzantine Empress "Theodora**, wife of
Justinian, the celebrated lawgiver.

It was during the Nika riot that this resolute esipress displayed her
marvelous power and determination, by saving the throne for herself
and Justinian, ajid by preserving the \inity of the powerftil Byzantine
empire*

This incident then constitutes the central theme of the play, around
which severed historical and ficticious situations have been woven to
make of it a dramatic whole.

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To produce a historical play which deals with the above period is not
an easy mattert and the committee which has undertaken to do this work,
has been husy for severed weeks trying to devise all possible means to
make the presentation as matgnificent as possible.

'^e entire cast will be furnished by the Hull House players, and it is
expected that at least seventy persons will be on the stage.

A most important feature of the entire presentation will be the music,
pure Byzantine music, which will be furnished by direction of Mr#
Demetrios Pappageorge.

This Byzantine choir has already sung on the air through radio station
TT.G.H* on two occasions with great success. The music has been expecially
arranged for this play. It is expected that more than sixty mixed voices
will be mustered by this choir. Another pleasant feature of the produc-
tion is the scenery. Mr. Bconomos, chairman of the committee for the
production of the play, has secured gratis appropriate scenery worth over
$10,000.

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Saloniki. Apr. 25, 1931 ,?• 5 vi- V •

THE COLCiiDY '•DOCTOR KLS:.NniES** .

li^embers of the tireek iifetsonic iiOdge have prepared to present a conedy titled,
Doctor Kleanthes, April 29th.

The presentation of this humorous drama will take place at the spacious hall of
the lodge, 32 »vest Randolph Street.

Admission to non-members also.

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Sreek Press > April 23, 1931

MELANGE

By Nick John Hatsoiikaa

p. 1»- Here are some great news for you. A certain young lady, member
of the Young Ladies Philomuslcal Hellenic Society, informed me that the
society intends to do justice to its name. They have decided to take
up lessons in the art of harmonica playing. Can you pict\ire the situa-
tion; a recital by the Y.L.P. (?) H.S. with harmonicas?

The Knickerbocker had somewhat of a fair attendance last Sunday. The
"400" did not appear in body, only in spirit. We saw a few children
sleeping on the chairs and a male couple dancing together. Imagine
that these people were not informed that this dance was for blue blooded
ones

One good thing about the dance last Sunday is that I met an exceptionally
clever Greek girl. Miss Christine Limberis. She is in charge of an
office at the Transportation building rendering service to outgoing and

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incoming immigrants. Her clientele is varied. From Irene Bordini, the
French musical star down to Tony (Mops) Volpe, fstmous gangster who is
about to be deported. The young lady is selling service at reasonable
rates. This is not an advertisement for her office. It is merely an
appreciation for the efforts of a young Greek lady who has originated
an idea and goes ahead alone trying to put it over. She assists
immigrants in entering and leaving U.S. In her business routine she
encounters many fiinny incidents. She related that the other day she
asked a German lady the color of her complexion and her customer showed
her transformation. Another one she asked as to the existence of any
birthmarks and he was about to show her his appendicitis operation.
S\ich misunderstandings are common among foreigners who are ignorant of
the language. Such tales have their charm.

When I heard them they reminded me of the time when I played my first
game of baseball some twelve years ago, two years after I landed in
America. Accidentally I hit the ball over the yard fence. The boys
yelled, '*Rtin for home Nick." Taking the command literally, I started
like lightning, homeward bound. Up to this day my sister does not know
why I come in the house so completely out of breath, on that afternoon*

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And now that the dance season is over something worthwhile is springing
up* After much deliberation, the "big shots^ of the Ahepa were finally
convinced that **Theodora the Smpress** by Demetrios ICichalaros is some-
thing worthirtiile to see. They are presenting the Hull House players
who will stage the play sometimes in May at the Studebaker theatre.

There is no doubt that even Ahepans are susceptible to learning if some-
thing is presented properly to them* The resiilts from the Ahepa decision
will be most beneficial to the Greeks* A play of exquisite beauty will
be staged* It deals with the period of Greek history, 6th Century A.D. ,
the epoch that left such an impression upon our present ethnic make up
that we can freely say that Theodora and her times are the days when the
Greeks were young*

The play is to be preceded by a iriiole week of Byzantine revival, in iriiich

time there will be an exhibition of Byzantine art for the first time in
Chicago*

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The Byzantine Choir will offer its services free of charge in participating
at this play. Pageantry, beauty that is entirely Byzantine and an inter-
pretation of a historic character that is entirely con^rehansible to the
modern mind, are the outstsuiding features of this Ahepa festivity*

Michalaros, I take my hat off to you. Bravo 1 Since I am in charge of
the exhibition, I request from all of you that in case you come across
with an ikon or a relic that is of age and possesses beauty, to notify
me. I shall be up to see it and request that it be lent to this cause.
Come on. Let us show the Americans the treasures that we have in our
ikonastasla.

Read next week's ''Melange**. An important announcement is about to be
made. Now in the meantime, if you have any contributions to make, see
that they get in with the next mail.

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MELANGE - BT NICK JOHN MATSOUKAS

p*.l-Thu8 ended another dramatic triumph for the Chicago Greeks. Nick
Monemuasites (Manos) ran off with all the honors from "Esme". This
proves, after all, that irtienever anybody acts natiiral he is always good.
Nick was natural in spite of many disadvantages that confronted hini#

The Eigjith Street Theater was packed. When these Ahepans from the North
Shore get it in their heads to put an affair over big, then watch their
dust, rive months' preparation for one eveningi That is ambition, believe
it or not I

At the ••Miss Europe Ball^" everything went well until a certain Greek lady,
whose name escapes my mind at present, started to "spill the beans'*, as
the American would say, ••! have heard bad speakers, but •••

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Xditor Kotakls does not have to do anything more for the rest of his life*
Whenever the Walking Academy meets he has all the ri^t in the world to
insist that he be chairman* Reason: He escorted Miss Diplarakou around
the ballroom last Monday*

Jim Londos, the Greek wrestling champion of the world, is going to meet
Antonio Bomano next Monday nig^t at the Broadway Armory* Hope there are
no necks broken* "When Itcdians and Greeks get together it is not always
fair weather, ** states an old Greek proverb*

The ladies from St* Andrews tried to give Miss Diplarakou a rxm for her
money* Tet that silver cloth chiton doaiiliated the whole ballroom, in
spite of the expensive gowns worn by our North Shore aristocracy*

The West Side Girls are giving their annual dance at the Crystal Ballroom
of the Blacks tone*

GRS2K

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TIIS SONS OF PCRICL3S

THe stage presentation by the young Greeks of the Sons of Pericles at the lilig
Street Theater last Sunday night, we can only call a national night*

The efforts and labor exerted for the successful performance of Esme must be ex-
tolled and just praise must be tendered to those who undertook the task and ac-
complished it.

We must confess that the task of preparation for the performance of such a drama
was not easy, considering the fact that most of the boys ond girls who partici-
pated in the play did not knov/ how to speak Greek very well. And for this reason
the performance is to be considered a grand success and an accomplishment of im-
portance for our race. For the Lord Byron Lodge of the Sons of Pericles succeed-
ed in teaching its members to speak Greek and inspiring them v/ith Greek senti-
ments and national pride; because they are Greeks and speak Greek, despite the
fact that they were born in America.

The first i^art of the program consisted of church hymns sung by our youth, and

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ChiQag:o Greek Daily, Deo. 9» 1930, ?• !•

various speeohes by the officials of Ahepa, whioh might have been omitted in
order to oarry away an integral i.preesion of the children of the new generation
with their pure and genuine feeling for what is Greek and their assurance on oath
that they will maintain this feeling for life.

The second part consisted of the performance of the play, which, considering the
linguistic difficulties and stage inexperience, was perfectly presented and arous-
ed the emotions of the large audience.

The third part of the program was the exhibition of Greek social life by dances
and songs. The children danced so rhythmically and sang so melodiously, that
their performances were applauded and repeatedly encored by the enthusiastic audi-
ence.

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GREEK

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"Esme" is to toe presented toy the Lord Byron Chapter of the Sons of
Pericles at the Eighth Street Theater, next Sxinday night, Dec. 8th.
It is a play, as you all know replete with dramatic intensity and full
of RoTimeliotiki romance that will thrill even the Greeks who' might have
toeen toorn in Alaska. Peter Matsoukas and Gregory Monemuasites are
the directors of the play. American putolications have toeen touzzing with
news atoout this dramatic event. Why shouldn't they? Take a look at the
list of dignitaries:

Senator Elect James Hamilton Lewis

George E. Phillies, Supreme President of the Ahepa

His Excellency, George Depasta, Consia General of Greece.

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The greek Press, Dec. 4, 1930. GREEK

The Most Reverend Exarch, Damaskinos, that big man, from (Jreece, (almost
seven feet) and a few others.

Business might be bad, but when it comes to social life for the Chicago
Greeks, then we have a different story. It will take more than one
Hoover with his prosperity to stop these Hellenes from making whoopee
next Monday night, Dec. 11. At that time the Aragon Ballroom will open
it doors to receive the thousands who are planning to see Miss Aliki
Diplarakou, "Miss Europe," for whom the hall is being given, by the
ladies of St. Andrews Church. What is a dollar when one can see "Miss
EtiropeT"

To the winds with Hoover prosperity!

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The Oreek Press > Dec. 4, 1930. GSEEK

You know, that what our old folks were telling us is that, if you stick
to something you are bo\ind to get it finally, is true. In Chicago we
have the poet, Deme trios Michalaros (writes in English), who has been
a slave to the literary art for some years* Now he has emerzed with
two other hooks. "The Grove" (a translation from Polomos's original),
and "Sonnets of an Immigrant," (Altogether original).

Halsted Street has gone society. In other words those inhabitants who
-fre^xented the coffee houses, are now in great demand by society ladies
to teach them Tavli (Bachzammon).

John Vassos, the greatest book illustrator ^ since Beardslay has just
published his fifth book. "Ultimo" is the 'name.

It seems that Hoover prosperity has scared many citizens away from the
gentle occupation of handling money. At the election of the north
Shore Ahepa, nobody wanted to mn for treastirer.

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The Sreek Pres8> Dec, 4, 1930.

GrRBBK

Yet the chapter is solvent, and has more cash on hand than any other
chapter in the Union. Those nominated and who refused the honor, must
have thought that hard times are certain to come. The present treasurer,
Peter Kondominas, was relected.

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The &reek Press > Dec. 4, 1930

SSUI

p. 5*- The Sons of Pericles, Junior order of the Ahepa, are inriting all
Greeks in Chicago and suburhs, to attend their dramatic perfornance next
Sunday, December 7th, at the Eighth Street Theater*

The program will be as follows:

1) The Sons will sing the Greek and American Anthems*

2) Dozology by His Holiness Archbishop Damaskinos, the patriarchal legate
of North and South America, will be said.

3) riye Sons of the Order will make fire minute speeches a piece, explain-
ing the purpose of this gathering*

4) Christ Tsoulos, Head Grandee, will make the welcoming address.

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The Greek Press, Dee. 4, 1930

Part 2

Zsae H Toux^opoula
(4 Acts)
by
The Sons of Pericles

Part 3

"Barcarolle"

Part 4

Neo SHinopoTilo - presented hy Ahepa

Part 5

Farewell Song

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The Greek Press ^ Dec. 4, 1930

Music will be furnished hy George Gretsis orchestra* A« Parisis is
director of the play*

Everyone should see this grand performance nhich the Lord Byron chapter
of the Sons of Pericles is giring in Greek*

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The Greek Pross^ Nov. 20, I93O. WPA (ILL) PRO! 30275

lOYiS OF .^-:ricl:js.

The first theatrical performance of the seaiion will be presented by Lord Byron
Chapter No* 11 of the Sons of Pericles on Dec. 7f Tunday, at the ri^hth -treet
Theater.

"Esme M. Tourkopoula»' will be presented and will be I'ollowea by umny ;;oeiUG ^.nd
recitations.

/ill seats have been sold so the affair promises to no a hu* e success. Corinthian
Daraaskinos has promised to attend if he i:^ still in Anerica at tnat date.

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THE GREEK THEAi'ER

We have greeted the arrival of the distinguished Greek artist, Mrs.
torika Kotopouli, in America, and we characterized it as an event of
the greatest significance for the Greek Theater because in the person
of Marika Kotopouli and in her troupe we show what is best and most
perfect on the Greek stage. But besides the artistic side of it, Marika
Kotopouli has come to America to present, not only to our fellow-
countrymen but also to the American public, the Greek Theater. And when
we say "Greek Theater" we do not mean simply a Greek troupe, no matter
how great its leading lady may be, and how well the members play their
parts - what we mean is priras.rily Greek repertoire, the Greek plays that
will be presented on the stage.

We surely do not mean by this that the prominent artist should not
produce foreign plays and should not exhibit her art in foreign rules, nor
do we imagine that she should limit herself to the Greek repertoire, for
we know that it is not sufficient either in quantity or in quality. It
is indisputable, however, that we have a number of Greek t)lays which are
considered select productions, and which have been played successfully in
a long series of presentations.

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We cannot, therefore, understand how it is possible for a great Greek
actress, coming to America with her troupe with the exclusive purpose
in view of demonstrating to the Greek and the American public the Greek
Theater, to begin with the play "Shadow" of Nickodemy.

But even if we supposed for a moment that there is no Greek play through
which Mrs. Kotopouli could demonstrate her art so much as in "Shadow,"
covild not she resort, at least, to the ancient tragedy, the more so since
she is known as a great Greek tragedienne and was advertised as such to
the American public? All the more so since it was originally decided to
begin with the "Oresteia," which was postponed by a later decision for
technical reasons.

We do not know what these technical obstacles are, but in any case we
consider the idea of beginning Mrs. Kotopouli 's presentation with a
foreign play as very unfortunate, and we consider it our duty to remind
Mrs* Kotopoiili's troupe that their arrival in America meajis a demonstra-
tion of the Greek Theater as much to the Greeks as to the Americans, and
also that we consider the coming to America of our great artist with her
troupe as a national mission.

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SONS OF PERICLiilS
ijor over a month the sons of Pericles of Chicago have been practicing
to give us a grand event. On Sunday, December 7, they will present
"Jilsme**, at the iiiighth street Theatre. The boys and girls have worked
and studied hard so we are sure the play will be worth while*

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CHICAGO CtRF.T!K DAILY , October l6, 1930

/saSS OF PEEICLBS TO PRESENT PLAXT"
"^e Sons of Pericles" will celebrate the Centennial of the Oreek
revolution, at the Ei^th Street theatre » Sunday, Deceinber 7f hy presenting
the play. "Esme, the Turkish (Hrl."

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THEATRICilL PERPORIiATWE IK BENEFIT OF TliE SCHOOL PLATO

p. 5 At the Civic Theatre, last Sunday, the school PLATO gave a theatrical
performance titled ,'^^RIA DQXAPATRI^, performed by boys and girls and it
was crowned with great success^

At the close of the performance, over fifty girls attired in snow-white
native costumes danced the feoiious and historic dance of '•ZOLOGOU" which was
applauded for many minutes. The effect was both magnificent and sentimental*

Proceeds go to the treasury of the school. "PLATO*

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Chicago Greek Dally . Majr 29 1 1930
, A THZATRIGAL FLAT

p« 6 .-We enjojed a wonderful plaj glyen, last Sunday, for the benefit
of the Greek school » Plato, by the ptqpils*

%e Ciric Theater of the Opera House was filled to cs^acity. Xhe synopsis
of the play went back to the crusades, and gare an idea of what the
Oriental people went throng during the crusades of western Xurope«

All hail the little Greek children^

When we haye such results, there is no danger of having our language
extinguished* The dance with more than for-^ Greek girls in uniformly
modest dresses was wonderful*

lfr« Kaaipa's orchestra played excellently*

(Summary)

GRiiliSK
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THaATRICALS

p# 5 Last Sundays' performance at the oivic Theatre was a great success*
•♦Maria Doxapatri** was performed by the students of Plato School irtio acted
like regular troupers. They were all enthusiastically applauded for their
superb acting. After the play, girl students of the school danced (xreek.
P. Bournas played the mandolin. Misses haloulou and Kattenis recited a
duet. Mies iiliotis sang. George Kambas played a violin solo, his
orchestra played seyeral selections. Lastly A. Becharas sang '^Gero Dime?

We were proud to see the Greek Youth take such interest in the plays and
songs of our mother country. Oongratulations to all of themj

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Sreek Star . May 23, 1930.

WPA (ILL.) PROJ. 30275

MISS JANE ADDAMS DECORATED BY GREEK GOVERNLEM'

George De Pastas, Consul General of Greece, has bestowed upon Miss Jane Addams,
in behalf of the Greek Government, the Gold Medal of Military Merit., as a

recognition for her Phil-Hellenic spirit and the encouragement and considera-
tion extended to the Greeks of Chicago for the last forty years.

Miss Addams' name is in the heart of every Greek in this country because in
the earliest stages of Greek immigration Hull house was recognized as an oasis
for immigrants, who were given the rudiments of education and taught the
symbolization of Greek and American ideals.

Miss Addams* generosity, Miss Addams* hospitality to the Greeks attracted wide
attention not only in this country but in Greece as well, particularly when
she staged two ancient Greek plays in Hull House, the "Return of Ulysses" and

Socrates, "Ajax" in the ancient Greek language, which were well received by the
American press, the professors and students of the colleges and universities.

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--J « star, Dec. 21, 1906*

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PERFOmiAlNlCE OF THE CHICAGO GK3SK TROUPE
CRO^cWIED WITH SUCCESS —COMMENTS OF THE

CITY PRESS

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Young Greeks of Chicago, devotees of the dramatic art, who recently organized
the first Greek troupe in Chicago, presented the popular play, •»Esme e Tourko-
poula** (Esme the (Turkish) Girl) at Turner Hall last Sunday. The performance 2
was acclaimed by Chicago newspapers as a brilliant success. Practically all ^
the press commented very favorably, and in flattering terms described the C:^
naturalness of the young Greeks, whose acting was pleasing and realistic •

^Orpheus** is the name of the Greek troupe, and true to tradition, these young
Chicago Greeks have the power, as Orpheus had, of charming even inanimate
objects with their lyres •

In response to numerous requests the performance will be repeated next Sunday
at Hull House so that the crowds of people who wish to see this popular drama

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laay liave an opportunity to do so.

Tlie troupe intends to present in the iuimedi ate future another play, "Sklava"
(The Slave Girl), for the benefit of the national defense fund of G-reece.

Announcements of the production vdll soon be published.

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The Greek Press t ^^y 21, 1930

THEATRICAL

p. 4 Kimisis tie ilieotukou Uhurch is preparing a theatrical performance
for ounday, May 25 at the t;ivic rheater, wacker Drive and Washington Blvd«
Dtudents of Flatow School will participate in the play "iitexia Uoxa Patri"
directed by '!'• Popantis. All performers will be dressed in Byzantine
costumes. Aside from the play, there will be a varied program the girls of
the school will dance Greek, ?• Bournas will play the nandolin, A* Kambas'
orchestra will play, Miss P. haloulos will dance and Misses Filiutis will
sing, iiiveryone who comes will be more than satisfied with the performance*

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GAP A a::^^ its trcupi

p. '^.- ^r-oa*? prerentrtion on t-ie s:tr je, l^^rt ;:ond^:7, rt the 5i{.;hth Street
TheP-ter, ^•.^^,p en.joyed ";:7 all. Kad not v/e in niind the recent irr;:)rec?,cions
from thf^. olr:/s ore^^.ented bv the "ITrtionrl ^tr,:e" orof essionc'^1 perforraers,
T7e v/oiild hrve raid thrt the plry ^.Vc?s done op r- professional jrono.

V.'e rre s'oi-'e t:irt in-:>rove''ients --re to he effected, md.. Fhort-coriin :;s to oe
corrected, rno. that i;i a orief tine 'Q-ai^a's trouroe •'■^ill he ahle to res'">ond
fully to the ex')ectations of Ohica.r'jo Greehs.

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THE GAPA PLAT

p. 4«- If we should Judge from the enormous success of last Monday* the
Gapa chapters should devote themselves to play-acting*

Those in the play acted their parts with much naturalness and talent be-
fore a house packed with thousands of fellow members and friends.

Among those taking part were Mr* A. Parisis, as Gero Linardos; A. Gantos,
as Chris, the cook, lover of Maroula; Mr. T. Constantinides, as Constantis;
and P. Primas, as Paiikratis* All the players performed their parts very
admirably. They worked very hard to make the performance a success and they
were not dlsai>pointed, neither was the audience*

This Gapan performance has done much to interest the Greeks of Chicago in
the theater* We are very grateful to the originators of the idea.

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The Greek Press , April 23, 1930

At the end of the performance, George Gretsis' orchestra entertained us
with those undying Greek songs of Kleftourias (Hohinhoods)*

We congratulate the various presidents, those who took part in the play,
and those irho were connected with it in any other way, for a wonderful
performance and a huge success*

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The Greek Press . April 16, 1930

GAPM PLAY

p. 5*- The play "Tyhi tis Maroulas" (The Luck of Maroulas) which will
be given hy Gapa next Monday at the Zightb Street Theater is going to
he a huge sTxccess. We say this because the house has been practically
sold out* It will be a very good play so get your tickets while you
can*

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The Greek Press , April 9t 1930

GAFA PLAY

p* 5.- The United Sapan Chapters are preparing for us a theatrical perform-
ance to be given on April 21st, at the Eighth Street Theater. The play
chosen is» "Tyhi Tis Maroulas'^ ("The Lnck of Maroulas").

Thousands of Chicagoans have seen this play in Athens in the old days and
they will be glad to see it again performed by the Gapans#

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The Greek Press « April 2% 1930

ST. HELEN SOCIETY PLAY

We are again writing of the enormous success of the play £,iven by St. Helen Society
last Sunday at the Eighth Street Theater. The play was "Aggelos Mallipieris" and
the following took important parts: B* Koutsoulis, president of the society, was
Thisbis; A. Mitchell was Aggelos Mallipieris; G. Dernopoulos was Rudolph, and M#
Demopoulos was Catherine.

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The Greek Press , March 26, 1930 fliH v^-'
ST. HELEN'S LADIES SOCIETY SIVES PLAT

p» 4.* The play given by St* Helen Church, at the Eigjith Street Theater,
last Sunday, was a great success. The theater was packed. Everyone was
delighted with the play and the comedy that followed. We congratulate
Mr. Pofantis for turning out such a marvelous performance.

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IV ST* HELEN PLAY.

This season* 8 social life was filled to the brim with dinners, dances,
teas, etc* The only thing lacking was a theatrical performance, and that
is now given here by the St* Helen Women's Club of the South Side*

Their purpose is to fill the treasury which is always being emptied
by one philanthropic deed or another. The have concerned the original
idea of giring '^Aggelon Malipierin" a play by Victor Hugo* The leading
role is rery ably filled by T. Pofantis who has worked hard to make it
a success. The play will be given this Sunday at the Eighth Street
Theater* A small comedy skit will follow the play *Nifi and Porada"
(The Bride and a Horse") and Mrs* Pofantis and Uiss Stamos will take
leading parts*

Everyone knows the good work St. Helen's club has done in the past*
We must support them now, so that they can continue and surpass
themselves with their philanthropic activities*

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The Gregk Prest . Mar. 5, 1930.

iHNOUNCEUENT.

The St. Helen Philanthropic Society is giving a theatrical performance
on Sunday, March 23 at 8th St. Theater, 8th & Wabash Ave. Further
information will be printed later.

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The Greek Pres s, TJcv. 27f 1?29.

"Vcrds cannot descriLe the performance of "^Zsir.e ^l Tourkopoula" (Isrne tae Turkish
Girl), which v/as -iven last ':'unrlay eveni;i[; at the -}^hth Ptreet Taei^ter. Tne HOG
spectators sat in rapt attention, through the entire four acts cf the play ana v/ere
sorry to see it end.

The actors were chosen from the flreek Olympic Athletic Club and the actresses from
the Ct. Barbara Club. Of all the dances, theatricals, partiej,, and affairs ^iven
this winter, i".s:ae seemed to be the moLt successful. It was the first time most of
the players appeared behind footlights yet tn^^y acted their parts like troupers.
!'.iss !• G. Si^outela was '^sme, P. A. Malapis, resident of the Olympic Club, v/as Dro-
SOS, and K. Cikonomos was ybirkos. These were the three principal characters.

T he Greek P ress congratulates the president of rt. Barbara Club, ].Irs. '-.. !:ikol:iro-
poulos, and the president of the Greek Clynpic Club, v'r. ?• :.:alapanis, for ^ivin^

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us such a v;onderful jorfornance.

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Saloniki, Nov. 23, 1929,

THEAl'RICAL PERPOKKIANCE

p« t>.- The Greek Olympic Athletic Club in conjunction with the Greek
ladies society, St. Barbara, will give on November 24th a theatrical
performance at the Eighth Street Theatre.

The play is the well known tragedy "Esme, the Turkish Girl," and the
players are members of the two respective clubs. Greek kilts ana the
colorful attire of the Voskopoula (Shepherd girl) will animate the
performance.

Behind all these are two important facts that are the burning desire of
the two clubs. The Olympic club wants to raise money for a gymnasium.
The ladies society wants money for a GreeK orphanage. So it is not merely
for entertainment or for financial gain for the players, but the purpose
is of great importance to all of us, an orphsinage for Greek children 6tnd
a gymnasium for our blooming generation.

The affair should be attended by all»

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The Oreek Olympic Athletic Club has united with the Greek Ladies Club

of St. Barbaura to present to us next Sunday, the play ''Esme H, Tourkupoula?

The performance will take place at the Eighth Street Theater and funds are
to go toward establishing a Greek orphanage and gymnasium.

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THZ K^I^OmL^lIGE OF SI. GEOaSi SCHOOL

The i-reek school of tne St. George Church gpve a henefit theatrical -oer-
•fornance last Sunday at the Auditorium.

The oorf orinr^nce yj-'P or^^pmr.ed hy the v^ell-knovm- actor, 'iarios Hotsiron,
vrho is r •:ood friend of the nillionpiress , ^uchess Loulcias. Besides the
Amate.jrs, those takin- pr rt in the -oerforTn.-nnce were A. Kondilis, A. Petro-
poulos, K. Ham-ioF, l:/Psih.-ris, I. Vl^hos, aeorc^.^ Alex<?ndrpkis, Koula
kariof^, ::ar7 :'ichtas, end. T-ieodore Pofpntis piid his wife, Mary.

Anot ler v:ell-laiovm perfor^ner !^as P. ^ournas, t:e famous nandolinist.
'inhere w?s -oresent also the orchestrr, under the violin teacher, 'George
Kamnris, 'liiss E. ?iliotis, sin,-er; r. Andrew Vlrxos rnd S. Bekrtoro

Last on the oro^ari was the choir of St. George -^hich srng "L'agici^n G^^sy,"
hy Sakelaridis.

Let us all extend sincere con.i:p:atulrtions for this en.ioya'ble prosTan to
Archreverend 'Golernis, A. Fl<^T:fDoiiras , ?^nd p11 those ^vho took prrt in this
nost successful theptriCc?! "benefit.

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II B 1 a Chicago Greek Daily , July 12, 1929.

GREEK

(Adv.)

A SUPER-THEATRICAL PRESffiWATION

CHARLIE'S AUNT, by Thomas Brandon

A triiiraphal presentation by Mario Rotziron for the benefit of St. George's
Greek School. Sunday, July 21, at 8:15 P. M. In cooperation with the
artistic couple, Mr. and Mrs. Th. Pofanti, and the Greek Mandolin Orchestra
of Chicago under the able direction of Mr. P. Vourna.

Two hundred Greek boys, accompanied by a grand orchestra, will sing
Sakelar ides' enchanting song, "The Gypsy Witch."

Auditorrjun Theatre.

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Saloniki, j^ril 13, 19?9, p. 3

&RS1K MOTHERS SOCIETY AND THE OLYMPIC ATHLETIC CLUB.

Novell but exemplaxyt is the decision reached by the Greek Mothers* Society
St. Barbara and the Greek Olympic Athletic Club^ that, for the benefit of
the two respective treasxiries, in conjuction they present upon the stage,
••The Sweetheart of the Shepherd Girl,'* a popular national tragedy. The
performance will take place on Sunday, April 14th, at the Bight Street
Theater at 8:15 P.M.

The presentation of the tragedy with the object of strengthening the
f\ind^ of their treasuries, is aknowledged and appreciated by all as a
noble deed*

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Saloniki , April 13, 1929, p* 3

The Mothers^ society, besides its many philanthropic activities is determined
to raise firnds and build an orphanage for Greek children in Chicago. The
young Greek boys of the Greek Olympic Athletic Club, are striving to enlarge
their scope of operations in enlisting all the Greek boys in Chicago. They
believe that a good strong and healthy body in conjunction with mental
development, is a great necessity in our present mechanical age*

Fifteen hundred tickets have been sold already* Everybody is invited to
spend his time and money in scmething useful and beneficial. Hon. G.
Depastas will honor the performance with his presence.

The Mothers and the young Greeks ask you to attend the performance.

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Saloniki , Jan, 19, 19.P9

A.{Tiij-ic ? ... jroK:..A.:c3:

p. 5.- Last Thursday, at the i.id\v'ay ^^o.sonic Auditorivjn, the Greek Ladies*
Society of trie South Side ajid the Society of Amateur Dramatic Artists
also of the South Side, gave a dramatic oerforuiaiice, which v/as crowned
with great success.

The oerformance "Kyra Phros;^''ne" , a national tragedy written by the dis-
tinguished poet, :'r. D. Vernardakis, v/as played uoon the stage for the
first tiL.e in Chicago. At the intern-issions the South Side llandolinata
-ola.yed various selections, cmd ..iss Sophia Stamou, with her sweet voice,
sang tlie "G-ero Dej:ios" anci t le "Valfe Ariett." Liss Denietra Ji. Argyres
a,nu her sister, Aigle, v;ith gracefulness, danced the classical circle
dajices. r.Ir. Soterios h. Stamou, wearing kilts, sajig the ""^vzonalci" to
the delight of the audience, and was comoelled to sing other verses upon
the insisttrxice of the roarin-;- audience.

Saloniki , Jan^ 19, 1^29

Con£:;ratulations to the ladies society and to the i^iuateurs for their
untired efforts to loake the "oerforinaiice a £;rand success. Proceeds
of the affair ^o to the fuiui wliich tfilces care of looor and needy families
in Chica-:^*o. Special attention must be given to Mrs. PetraJcis, the wife
of ^ev. i:arcus PetraJcis, v/ho is always r^^ady and willing- to assist in
noble activities.

Bravo, enough money was collected for our needy Greek families.

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GR1:]EIC

50^ of the Net Proceeds for the .'larthquake

Victims of Corinth.

Through the Initiative of the Dramatic Stars,
Mrs, Anna Stainatogianni and Mr. ?unos

C-osis

unday, Kay 27f 8:30 P.:'.

At Eighth Street Theater

play: "The Revenge",

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GHjIEK

ChicPiCO Oreek Jpilv, Jpn. 11, l'^28

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r})' SC-'Vi:h ^IJE

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i''or the "benefit of th^^ Church, St. Gonf^t.^ntine, ;^nd the p.chool,

ivoms.

ednepda.,7, Jan. 11th, 8 P.h. •i.'^^onic 'ienole Audi tori -am,

nil'- ^ottP'.;e Orove Ave.

On tr..^^t evftnin-: t le drprap , Athc':^na?ioF- JipjrCof=, ^7 ill oe enacted by the me'ibers
of "St. h-olone", "I;^r ^-enerrtion'' rnd "Youth'* Societies.

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Chicago Greek Daily , Nov. 17, 1927.

ANNOUlICSIviElTT

Bv Socrates Greek School

A sta^e -nresentation will be given at the Auditorium Theater on December
13, and there will be a dance in the large hall of Ashland Auditorium on
January 29, 1925.

The faculty of the school ana the -oupils will take part in the stage
•oerformance under the direction of the artist 'Ur. !/Iario Rotziron.

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Chicago Greek Daily , June 10, 1925# • />^^^ V

»*K^AGICZIS" (llilADOW I^IICV/) •

Do you want to spend a pleasant evening and enjoy the f amous^Kara^iozis^' , shadow
show, masterfully presented by Mr. Harris?

Come with your family to the "breezy and electrically illuminated garden of the
Cmonia Coffee House, 734 ^* Hulsted rtreet*

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Saloniki, May 10, 1924*

GRAWD THEATRICAL PRESEITTATION ^^' ^

P« 6 - The Pan Dramatic Company will present the play **The Adopted Daughter
and the Bandit Chief Krikelas^ at the Blaokstone Theater on Sunday, May 18,
at 8s 30 F. U. The cast has been trained by Mr« Paul Telegan, dramatic
instructor, and Kiss Uanou and Urs* Katanogia have the leading parts* It is
an idyllic drama in three scenes by loannes Botsares* Tickets are on sale
at the Blaokstone Theater ^at the Atlantis Bookstore, and at Meusakiotes
Brothers* store •

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GREEK SCHOOL

On Wednesday, May 30, 1923, at 8:15 P. M. , the pupils of the Socrates
Greek School will present the classical Greek play, '♦Iphigenia In
Tauris,** in the Chicago Auditorium, Congress Street and Wabash Avenue. In
addition to this drama they will also present several comedies.

We believe that it is unnecessary for us to urge our beloved countrymen to
attend this play, for they all understand the high purpose of its presentation
and the national and social benefits which we expect to derive from our children
who are trained in the Greek school.

What we must emphasize is that this school has been established, enlarged, and
supported by the dances and other entertainments given by Holy Trinity Church,
and by the subscriptions of its members and a few others among our countrymen*

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Salonlki . Ifeiy 26, 1923.

WFA (iLL.; PRO.] 3Di/^

These yoimg students are now seeking, by their ovm efforts, to obtain f\mds f or
the support of their school, in order that they may learn the language spoken
by their forefathers in that country which they have never seen, but of which
they hear their parents say many beautiful things*

Sould this not touch our higher feelings? Should it not arouse our enthusiasm?
Should it not inspire vis to make sacrifices? Is the price of a ticket too much
to pay to see our children act? Should not the acting of these children please
o us more than the performance presented in any other theater?

3 Let us all attend the play to be produced by the Socrates School on May 30, 1923,

^ thereby performing one of the most sacred of our duties. Without the school,

^ the church cannot exist, and without the church and worship of God the Christian

^ cannot live.

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Saloniki, Jiine 11, 1921.

BRILLLiNT THEATRICiX PATRIOTIC PERFORMANCE

The performance of "Athanasios Diakos" (the name of a Greek patriot, burn-
ed at the stake by the Turks, in Greece's fight for liberty), which was
given last Sunday in the impressive Auditorium Theater, was a tremendous
success. All the dramatic groups in Chicago took part in this stirring
play which was written by A. Galanou.

The proceeds of the play are for the orphans and widows of the war.

From an artistic point of view the drama was a complete success. The
dramatists worked with unending zeal to make this event one to be remem-
bered. However, it was not a financial success due to the efforts of a
group of charlatans who have no right to call themselves Greeks, and still
less right to be thought of as patriots.

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I C These charlatans are guilty of a heinous crime perpetrated

against helpless little children and poor widov/s, v/ho are the
victims of war« We leave the judgment of these traitors in the hands of
the community.

Mr. Angelo Grygoropoulos took the part of "Diakos" and made his portrayal
an unforgettable one* In the second act he held the audience spellbound
when he quoted the famous lines spoken by Diakos as he was burned at the
stake because he would not change his religion and become a Turk: '^I was
born a Greek, and I will die a Greek.''

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Saloniki , ^^pr. oO, 1S21.

r^RICTIC ErRK}RILUXJj; BY LlEilR^LS

The finest business, philosophic, and artistic elements to be found in
Chicago v/ere ^I^thered in the aristocratic theater, the Aryan Orotto, last
Sunday nicht» The feminine sex v;as repreoonted by the ladies, Dedaici,
Nicolatssa, Bakalou and others. The patriotic play, '^All for the Fatlier-
lan.d," brought tears to the eyes of the audience and handlier chiefs xvere
much in evidence* I.Ir. Filioeas v/as excellent in his role of patriot.

The liberal community of Chicago enthusiasti caller and capably increased
the size of the treasury of the Liberal Society. VJarmest congratulations
are extended to the comiittee in charge of the prograra, especially to
Messrs. Stavrou, G-allios, oousanis, and rdexopulos.

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TESATRICAL PERFORMANCE AND ROYALISTS

Last Sunday evening, the theatrical company directed by Mrg. Delenardou
gave a patriotic performance in honor of our Greek national holiday /similar
to American Fourth of Julj^* '^® whole performance merited the vigorous
applause it received at the finish^

That, however, is not the point we wish to emphasize; it is the following
we wish you to note well^

Because the performance was entirely patriotic, Mr. Ghronopoulos ^ a dentist
was asked to relate a summary of the history of Greece as is customary on
such occasions*

The Royalists in the audience, fearing that the man they knew to be a

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liberal and liberty lover would criticize the present regime
in Greece, began to make noise and in general were unruly and impolite^
Even the various school groups were allowed to whisper, talk, and create a
disturbance*

At the close, we are informed that the director of the show, had the nerve
to immediately recall the noisemakers to their classes (sic)# This arti-
cle was written in the interests of truth*

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Saloniki, Dec. 25, 1920. [^ ^;\

DRAl'JiTIC EERFORl-IAKCS V V V'

A dramatic performance was given last Sunday night by the dramatic group of
Mrs. Polixeni Papachvistov. The drama ^olokotronis** was a complete success.
All the members of the cast played their parts very well.

Before the drama a comedy called **Giantes^ was given, which made the audience
hysterical with laughter. The theater was packed, giving evidence that the
people will support a dramatic group, providing it is capable.

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PERFCRIvtANCE OF A GffiEEK COIJEUy

Last Siinday night the performance of the comedy ♦♦Tziotiko Ravaisi^ took place
in the beautiful Aryan Grotto Theatre. It was given by the Vappa dramatic
group.

Before the performance, Mrs. E. Stamos and Mr. I. Kouyarakos sang a beautiful
Spanish duet and danced a Spanish dance with great skill and accomplishment.

*»Tziotiko Ravaisi** by Tinov Depastas, is undoubtedly the best comedy of the
newer Greek theater. The setting is rustic and the play unfolds very
naturally.

Mrs. A. Stamatogiannis played the lead and danced a comical dance with the
historical Rokan, with great finesse. Mr. 0. Kokkinis and l!r. G. Stamatogiannis

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portrayed their parts with extreme success. The latter has a remarkable
resemblance in his walk and appearance to the v/ell-known Charlie Chaplin.

Irlr. K. Vappas took the part of a buffoon and was heartily applauded.

In general the performance surpassed the expectations of the public, i^^ich
Was very enthusiastic.

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STUDEIvTS^ TFISi^rRICAL PERFOmi^i^E

GRSEK

Again our Greek boys and girls have triuriphed. Nev; heights of enthusiasm
v/ere reached by the large audience in the Empire Theatre tv70 vieeks ago,
when the lifted curtain disclosed the heroic Foustanella ^^he Greek na-
tional men's costume/^

The children played their parts with great ability • "Theodore Kolokotronis"
v/as played by Geor^^e Mouzakeotis, the brothers of "Gianon" were played by
the microscopic James Geroulos, and the more microscopic James Panagopoulos.
**Nikon" was played by the diminuatlve Peter Varzos.

After the play, a tiny girl holding an enonnous doll in her arms appeared
on the stage and gave a recitation. The little girl, anna Agriostathis

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was received with much acclaim.

"^^ Saloniki , which has alv^ays kept room in its columns for news of the
Greek schools and students, wishes to congratulate the Socrates School
and its fine teachers.

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Salonil<i , Jan. 5, 1920.

The performance of tlie play "Oolro'* last bunday night v«as a success. The four
leading characters.... are to be congratulated upon their fine Vvork.

This jerfor^uance brought to litjht ao-ae aefects of the Greece theater here in
Ghicaj^ro. The need of a gooa proiapter is particularly eviaent. No i;iLtter how
v;ell the actors l<nou tneir lines, it is ai^vays possible that tnere Liight occur
a lapse of me-Jiory on the part of any member of the c^st. The resulting
hu.iiiliation or confusion can be lessened, if a prompter is there to assist a
forgetful individual.

On the v.hole, however, the performance of "Golfo" was a good one. iUid the
com;.mnity should support the dra..iatic groups, as they are making valuable
contributions to our cultural life.

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GR53K

Salonikl , Dec. 13, 1919.

IliPRESSIONS FROM THE FERF0R1.!ANCE OF ^GENOTSFA^

At last our community has been blessed by the presence of a really compe-
tent dramatic group* A truly artistic performance was given last Sunday
by artists who are worthy of the name. All who saw the performance of
••Genovefa^ were filled with enthusiasm.

The acting was excellent throughout the entire play. The actors. .. .made
their parts live. !.!rs. A. Staraatogianis as ^Genovefa," we dare say, sur-
passed everyone* s expectations. She played the other two female roles as
well as that of the heroine, and each role was a fine example of artistry,

We are prepared to accept this dramatic group and support it, since it has
proven itself to be the finest of our community. The Greeks of Chicago
number 40,000, and they must acquire a permanent dramatic group....

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Saloniki , Dec, 13, 1919,

We give special congratulations to the producer, l!r, Metropoulos, because
he is the first to put on a truly fine work, and have that work interpreted
correctly, l&r. G. Kainbas and his vdfe added much to everyone* s pleasure
with their fine music.

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I A 2 a Saloniki, I^y 17, 1919»

EERFORMANCiS IN AUDITORIUM TEffiATER

Filled with national pride, I dare to write about the successful and touching
performance of '^The Dance of Zallogou" last Sunday night«««». I will not be
able to describe with mere words the poignant, heartbreaking drama, and the
fine acting of the children of "Socrates, •* who took part««»««

Before the performance began, Mr& C. Kantzou, their teacher, spoke to the
audience as follows: **What are we all waiting for with such anxiety? It is
the performance of "The Dance of Zallogou* which has brought so many of us
here tonight* Not skilled artists, but little school children are to take
part in this drama* Schooli It is the holiest and finest word which can be
formed by human lips* SchoolJ It is the finest institution ever founded by
cultxire and religion* Schooli It is the basis of patriotism and religion,
for within its walls are taught the essentials of both*«»«* Schooli It is
the sun on earth, by whose rays everything that is fine and good is brought

to light. •••? These were the words of the teacher, whose voice trembled with

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emotion and ardor, as she asked the support and aid of the conmnmity in
behalf of the schools •

Then the curtains parted to disclose one of the loveliest scenes ever witness-
ed by an audience. Thirty boys and girls wearing the beloved Foustanella
(kilts) and the costume of the Souliotisses ^omen of SouliT' were grouped on
the stage, looking like a painting by Raphael or like pieces of sculpture by
the famous Phidias. Do not ask me to describe what happened then. The
rafters of the theater rang as they never have before with the applause, the
**zitos," and the enthusiastic voices of the audience. The orchestra under
the direction of Mr. Spiros Becatoros, who is an honor to the Greek name,
played the American and the Greek anthems while the audience stood and
cheered. Then the ciirtain dropped and the lovely scene disappeared.

Slowly the curtain rose again. The first one on the stage to speak was little
Andrew Sellas, who played his part as the villager with naturalness and
dramatic ability. Other actors participating were Pilios Gousis, Bill Mihos,
G. Limberopoulos, E. Zoganas, Peter Movzakeotis; and the mother of ^Drakos" /o^

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was played by A. Hondromaras.*,*.

The famous Greek actresses, Kotopouli, Kiveli and Beroni, must stand aside
as a little Sarah Bernhardt passes* Ten-year-old Georgia Priovolou certain-
ly is following in the footsteps of that great actress* Her performance as
"Froso" was one of the finest that I have ever witnessed* She is a bom
artist, and her farewell to Peter Varzos, who played the part of her son,
was so touching that it brought tears to the eyes of the audience*

Then came the dance of Zallogou: one by one those brave women danced over
the cliff* Finally all were gone, and the curtain dropped* Flowers were
thrown upon the stage and the theater rang with applause* A violin and
piano duet by Peter and Edward Varzos, who are ten and seven years old
respectively, followed*

The children and their teacher are to be congratulated for this fine
performance*

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I^3Sll.^Ii\ri BROTIiiilHHOOD DRAI.i.iTIC CLUB

The play, "The Heroism oi* Ivl-.cedonia,'^ giveii by the dramatic ^o\^ of the
iiessinian Brotherhood last Sunday, v/as a tremendous succcijs. Despite
the Tact tn_t none oi* the ieaj.inc3 actors ha-.i ev^r stepped upon ^ stage
before, the acting was of excellent quality.

This is a fine exainple of v;hat a Greel: Club can do if it applies itself
to the betterment of itself an:i tne com.iunity. ii cor.inon purpose and
program for the v..rious clubs of Chicago v.ould help to unify thern ana
enabla thoiri, in turn, to nelp t-ie cor.uauaity. Liaii..- problems, such as
G-reelc education of children, coula be solved by a little cooperation
betvieen org-nizations.

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THE DAMJE OF ZALLOGOU

The title of this patriotic drama is in itself enough to stir the heart and
soul of every Greek. The *»Dance of Zallogou** is a living page in the un-
dying history of 1821. It is the clearest and holiest mirror in which
future generations will be able to see the faith, the self-sacrifice, the
self-denial and the honor of the Hellenes* This dramatic and holy event,
which took place ninety-eight years ago in the Golgotha of Souli in the
mountain fastness of Zallogou, will never be repeated even in many thou-
sands of years.

Greeks of Chicago, are invited to attend a reproduction of this event,
upon the stage. The heroes and heroines are not actors, nor are they the
usual amateur performers which we are accustomed to see. They are the
small girls and boys who attend the Socrates School, which is directed by
the Reverend Leon Pygeas and Mrs. C. Kantzou.

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the rehearsal which we attended, V/e will say, however, that Chicago has
never before had the opportunity of witnessing such a performance as will
occur on Sunday, May 11, in the Auditorium Theater. Despite the size of
this theater we are sure that the Greek community will fill the theater
to overflowing. • • • •The drama will be followed by a musical program. '

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Saloniki, Feb. 8, 1919.

TriliIA.TRlCrii FERFCRi.iuTCE

Yesterday^s perforrnancs of the "Tziotiko Ravaisi" v;as a tremendous success
both from an artistic and financial viewpoint. Both of the leads, Lrs.
Stamos and I.:r. Skoufas, v;ere so good that v/e cannot decide v/hom we liked
the better. Hov:ever, the highest honor should by right go to llr. Harcy

Sillan xvhc took the part of "'George" Tne other characters v/ere

well-played. In general, Chicago has never had such a "Ravaisi" (similar
to a I;lardi-Gras) • And nov/, vie *;;ill rest our javjs and prepare ourselves
for more laughter tomorrov/.

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THE PERFORMANCE OF '^ESME'*

The fine dramatic group called Sophocles gave a splendid dramatic "^yesrfbrm-
ance last Siinday of *^sme, the Turkish Maiden** •

The theater was packed to overflowing, and the perfoimance excelled the
highest expectations of the audience • The young and attractive John
Stavrogiannis played the lead, showing his fine artistic ability. Tte
acting of Mr. John Kouvarakus was very natural, and was heartily applauded.

The part of "Esme" was taken by John Bogiantzopoulos , and he was highly
8uccessf\il in it. And we do not wish to forget Mr. Angelos Tsinonis, the

microscopic comedian who as ^^Birkon** stole the show The others who

took part are to be congratulated upon their fine performances.

We cannot finish without mentioning the well-known musician of our city,
Mr. Nick Varzos, who has aroused our finer senses and the memories of our

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homeland with his music. The applause he received is the best criterion
of his ability and popularity.

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Star, Jan. 25, 1907.

THE EHOEI^IX SOCIETY AND IIS RESOLUTION

While negotiations are still in progress (though from all indications the
accomplishment of their object is near at hand) to iinify the Chicago Greek
societies and fa?aternities, the Phoenix Greek Society is striving to obtain
some share of the honors and the credit which have been accorded to the
Panhellenic Society, hitherto regarded as first in philanthropic and patriotic
activities.

After the recent installation of its new officers Phoenix resolved that,
since the Society has among its members many spirited and talented young
Greeks, a dramatic performance should be given v;ith the object of raising
money for the national defense fund of Greece. The drama "Golpho*^ is to be
played in the V/est Side Auditoriura at a future date; announcement will be
made through the press.

This Society, so avid of honors, has become the talk of the community for
its generous contributions to local and racial affairs and for its genuinely

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philanthropic activities, wearing as its motto not "epea akra-anta" (words
of no effect) but "am epos am ergon** (with the word, the work). The retiring
officers and their successors are to be congratulated on their unselfish in-
terest in the Society* s activities. And all the members of the Society are
to be commended, for they are the source of the power and the energy of the
fraternity which works these wonders.

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Star . May 5, 1905.

CHICAGO GEEEK AMATEURS GIVE A PLAY, y^pR (|U.) PROJ- 30275
"THE LTBE OP OLD NICHOLAS"

p. 2- Next Wednesday night, May 10, at the North Side Turner Hall, the
Greek amateurs of Chicago will perform the popular comedy, E Lyra tou
Yeronikola (The Lyre of Old Nicholas) , for the benefit of the Greek
church.

The members of the cast are: P. Shioris, N. Lymberopoulos, Miss Prenshis,
J. Cocalis, P. Polymenacos, B. Kontaxis, C. Kondiles, J. Karolocos, and
Geo. Matalas.

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"ATrlANASIUS DIAKCC"

DRALIA FRODUCiiiD AT HULL HCUSE

?.2 — I.iiss Addams's production of "Athanasius Diakos, " a Greek patriotic
drama which v/as presented last Thursday at Hull House for the benefit of
the Greek community in Chicago, v;as more than a success.

The hall was so much packed that hundreds of ticket-holders v/ere unable to
attend. Uiss Addams therefore decided to repeat the performance and render
it possible for every one to see this thrilling drama of national character.
Tickets are sold at 338 and 3i;2 South Halsted Street and at -lull House.

II. CONTRIBUTIONS
AND ACTIVITIES
B* Avocational and Intellectual
1. Aesthetic
c* Theatrical
(2) Dancing

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III C The Executive Committee » ''Mandakas
III B 2 Emmanuel," Program of the Ninth

Annual Dance Si yen by the St »
Spyridon Educational Society ^ Chicago,
111, Oct. 28, 1936, p. 28

Our schools and churches will more than fulfill their mission in
the various communities in which they are situated, if more of the
good citizens of the commtinity devote a little more time, and grasp
the opportunity whenever presented to them to take the initiative
and direct some of the various social activities that our Churches
and Schools have to offer for the betterment of the community.

Among the many citizens of the Oreek Community of Chicago is also
Mr. Emmanuel Uandakas, Proprietor of the E« U« Jewelry Store at
535 S. Hals ted Street, who for the past three months has been
devoting his time and talent to teach a group of young ladies of
our parish the beautiful dances of our forefathers, and who will on
Wednesday evening^ October 28 at the Trianon Ballroom, present a very
elaborate and beautiful dance program and entertainment for the
enjoyment of Mr. and Mrs. Public.

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III C Proyam of the Ninth A nnual Dajace'
III B 2 Given by the St> Spyridon Educational

Society ^ Oct# 28, 1936, p. 28

The Executive committee takes this opportunity to express to Mr.
Mandakas its deep gratitude for the beautiful work he is doing for
the Pullman Community •

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17 BENEFIT FOR PAFSR

UlH'Jil

On February 16, a benefit piogram was given in behalf of the aabros ^reek
progressive, even radical, newspape^, at the West End Women^s Club, 37
South Ashland Avenue.

The first number, a gsrpsy dance, nas followed by Russian and Greek classical
dances, all performed by students of Mr^ Nicholas Tsoukalas. The main part
of the program was a play having social significance, which began at 7 P* M.
It was »The Country of the Poor,« written by the Italian. ..• This drama por-
trayed the tragic events in the life of an immigrant who came to America be-
cause he could not earn enough in the old country to feed his family.

After the play refreshments were served and dancing took place.

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THE LYRE AND THE CRETAN DANCES OP MINOS* TIME,

WPA (ILL.) FRO], 3Qm.

The country frolic of the Cretans' society which took place last
Sunday will remain unforgotten hy those who were lucky enough
to witness the event. OreekSt who have never seen Cretan dances
are advised of the opportunity to witness the ancient dances of
the 6,000 year old Minoic civilization.

The Cretan dances of today are identical to the traditional one^
of the Cretan civilization of 5,000 years ago. Note-worthy dances
are the Syrto and Sousta which are distinguished for grace, and the
Pentozalis which is purely an ancient Pyrrhic dance.

Oreek mythology telji us that the Cretans were the first to promote
the art of dancing, and that Rhea, wife of Saturn, when she begot
Zeas invited the Ore tans to dance the Pyrrhic dance, Pentozalis,
accompanied by the celestial melodies of Saturn. Hence the Cretans
developed the art of dancing and today every one of them is a good
dancer.

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Noted dancers at last Sundays affair were George Videlakis, N« Katsicovalosy
D. Gerakarls, Basil Fasoulas, John Geo rgakaki s , U. MamalakiSt U« Barbtinis,
John SaridakiSt £• Markakis, E« Busikoimakis, Theodore Androulakis and
Q. Vasilakis.

The Cretan maidens and matrons attired in the colorful apparel of the
Minoic era^ their faces suid bodies beautified by the conviviality of the
affair, performed the Cretan dances like nymphs of fire* Noted among them
were: Mrs* Uaria Chris topoulou, Mrs. Maria Agelakis, Mrs. Maria Eoumentakis;
Mrs. Ch. Stathoudakis* Among the graceful maidens were: Misses I*
Mavromichelakis; Marianthe Safiakis; Chrysin Gerakaris and Catherine
Kissamitakis*

The orchestra of George Anifantakis echoed with melodies of long ago,
and the Cretan lyre played by Constantine Tsayadakis presented magical
and alluring tones identical to those that possibly Trere attributed to
the lyre of Hermes.

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When the joy and enthusiasm reached its height Commander of the Pan-
Cretan Federation, Dr# John Volicos after eulogizing the event and the
devotion of the Cretans to the traditions of ancient Greece, asked
Dr. Salopoulos to dance the Urmatore^f' as it was performed on the
summit of Olympus. Dr. Salopoulos, being a scion of Tegea, complied
and the restilt being that old timer, Dr* Volicos was compelled to
lay down his arms of Crete and capitulate to the Tegeatan, Dr«
Salopotdos*

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RESTAURATEURS DH^l^ER-DAITCE .

A huge ciHDwd v/as collected at the La Salle Hotel last Sunday to attend
the annual banquet given by the vireek club, American Restaurant Ass*n.
of -fvnerica. -^^11 tables were filled i.vith prominent people and \vell-known
faces. Dinner was served at nine, and speeches follovjed. Dancing
started at 11 o'clock.

Officers of tne club are G. Sotiropoulos, president; K. Tripilan, vice-
president; H. Dinos, treasurer; C>» Nicholson, secretary; and Llessrs.
Katasdiman, Kokonin, G. Kolliopoulos, T. Dimos, P. Kapsalis, G. Katsalin,
Notin, and Patrinon, trustees. 'They are to be congratulated on this
successful affair.

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Salonikit Apr* 28. 1923#

THE GREEK DRAUA

The Greek nation ajid the Greek race upon ivhioh hardship and misfortune have re«
cently been visited have relied and now rely upon the generosity and the energy
of foreign people*

Their predilection for Greece and the effective aid which they have given to it
are derived of the respect, the gratitude inspired in them by the achievements
of emcient and Byzantine Greece, for the Greek generation of to-day under the
conditions which surround it is a spectacle pathetic rather than inspiring*

To-day the United States has become the criterion in all international questions
and on its decision the solution of many problems depends* For example many em^
inent and wealthy persons have undertaken with great enthusiasm the task of re-
viving ancient Greek and Byzantine art throughout the Iftiited States*

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Salonikl. Apr. 28, 1923.

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Thls is a great advert is ement for Greek rights and the Greek ncune; thanks to
this revival the modem Greek generation finds a welcome in the hearts of all*
and America stands as a shield to defend our national rights and pretensions*

The patrons of this movement as we shall see in the progrcuns* are the wealthiest
and most eminent people of this country*

The Dionysiat the annual Athenian festival of Dionysus, will be presented on
Uondayt May 5f 1923 t at 8 p«m« in the Chicago Auditorium* The chorus will exe-
cute genuine Greek dances* More than a hundred persons, Greeks and Americans t
will perform on the stage, and the orchestra will play Greek music*

Procure your tickets of the Drama League, fifth floor, 59 East Van Buren Streett
of Mouzakiotes Brothers, or of the Central Trust Companyt in the office of Mr*
Paleologos* Only If 600 seats are available for Greeks; the others will be dis-
posed of among Americans and those of other nationalities*

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Prices of tickets are $5f $3f $2«50t $lf and 5^« The scenery and the costumes
will be elaborate cuid beautiful* That evening will inark the inception of a great
artistic movement*

The Greek Festival Committeet

Lorado Taftt Chairman* Urs* Edmird C* Fifield* Vice-chairman*

Consteuitine Mammont Treasurer* Mrs* William Clafft Tickets*

Patrons

Urs* Samuel Insull Mrs* Russell Tyson

Mrs. Henry Pratt Johnson Mrs* Edith Rockefeller McCormick

Mrs* Charles Kohl Mr* Arthur T* Aldis

Mrs. Edward A* Leight Mrs. Jacob Baur

Mrs. Russell fcftjifas Mrs. Walter S* Brewster

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Urs* Arthur Ueeker

Mrs* L* Hamilton McCormick

Mrs. Edivard Morris

Mr* and Mrs* Francis Neils on

Mrs* Potter Palmer

Mrs* August Peabody

Mr* and Mrs* Charles S« Peterson

Mrs* Harrison B« Riley

Miss Olga Menn

Mr* Carroll Shaffer

Mr* and Mrs* Paul Shovey

Mrs* Frank M* Shovey

Mrs* Frank M* Tabor

Mrs* Claude C* Hopkins

Mrs* Walter Braun
Mrs* William Bush

Mrs* Tarry B* Byram

Mrs* John Alden Carpenter

Mrs* Frederick Count iss

Mr* Charles G* Dawes

Mrs* George Dixon

Mrs* Edward W* Everett

Mrs* Kellog Fairbanks

Mrs* Tenri Farre

Mrs* Joseph Fish

Dean Roy C* Flickinger

Miss UEiry Qlenn
Mrs* Clarence Hough

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CONTRIBUTIONS

AND ACTIVITIES
B. Avocational and Intellectual
1* Aesthetic
0. Theatrical

(3) Festivals, Pageants,

Fairs and Expositions

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The Oreek Star, Oct. 30, 1936.

GREEKS IN THS COLUMBUS DAY PARADE.

In Lowell, Massachusetts, on October 12 one of the greatest
Columbus Day parades marched in commemoration of the city's
first centennial, and many military and political organizations
of various nationalities took part. The G-reek comrminity was well
represented by the Ahepa lodge, which participated in the parade with
its band, flags, and banners and more than two hundred members, all
wearing the organization's uniform. They also had a float represent-
ing the Parthenon, the nine Muses, and Pallas Athena. Ahepa' s float
added much to the beauty of the pageant, and the Parthenon astonished
Governor Curley of Massachusetts and the city officials as well as
the throngs of spectators. Fifty robust members of the the Boston
Ahepa lodge marched in Foustanellas.

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^OCIETT HOLDS PICWIC/

The St. Anargyroi, Society of Koemiton, had its piczxic last week,
and as usiially started with a sanctification "by Hev. Daniel ^amibriles minis-
ter of St, Nickolas ch\irch. Next to him, in the picture, is the indefatig-
able and aspiring president of the Society, Mr. D. Cheronis, who forever has been
the very soiil of the Kosmitons.

GBEEK

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Saloniki-areek Press , Feb. 21, 1935

THE WINNERS OF THE "GLORIFYING THE GREEK GIRL" CONTEST

p. 2.- According to the final decision of the artistic committee of 7,
composed from distinguished painters, sciilptors and other artists, the
six members mentioned below were chosen from the total of twelve final
contestants as the first six winners of the Grand Prizes of the 1935
contest.

No. 44 (Miss Helen Litsardakis) having 5 votes for the first prize and
2 votes for the third prize, has been selected as the "Grecian Qjieen of
1935" and given the "First" prize*

No. 61 (Miss Sophie Pappas) having 2 votes for the first prize, 4 votes
for the second prize ajid 1 vote for the fourth prize, has been selected
as the "First Princess" and given the "Second" prize.

No. 62 (Miss Dina Papangelis) , "Second Princess" given "Third" prize.

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Salonikl^Greek Press , Feb. 21, 1935
No. 1 (Miss Mary Antona) as "Fourth" prize winner.
No. 14 (Miss Demetra Collias) as "Fifth" prize winner.
Ho. 73 (Miss Sophie D. Stamos), sixth prize winner.

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Chicago Daily Times , Aug. 21, 1935
AHEPAS WILL CHOOSE NET 'HELEN OF TROY'

A contemporary model of Helen of Troy-- that beauteous gal of ancient
Greek legend, who possessed the "face that launched a thousand ships,"
will be chosen tonight when members of the national Greek organization,

Ahepa, gather at the Aragon ballroom. Womanly characteristics

the poise, grace and intelligence that the original Helen possessed,
rather than sheer beauty, will be considered by the jiidges as they
select the "princess" and her two attendants, "Miss Helen of Sparta"
and "Miss Penelope".

Ten thousand Ahepans, led by the national finalists in the "Helen of Troy"
contest, gathered in the loop for the grand parade this afternoon.

The second convention session of the Order of Ahepa, yesterday elected

Constantine Chagrados. Detroit attorney, as the new convention chairman
for 1937.

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GREEK BEAUTIES

Ann Orphan, Erma Kladis and Eriaa Anton were among winners in classic
costume contest held at Hotel Sherman in connection with Anntial Con-
vention of the Order of Ahepa, a patriotic and fraternal Order of
Greek-Americans, opening here August 18. They will take part in
Hellenic pageant to he staged with opening of meet.

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CHICAGO gREEK DAILY , Jan. 13. 1935

The Beauty Contest.

The Beauty Contest "between girls of our Community is so attractive
as to set, and justly so, them into motion and emotion. There are so many
beautiful Grreek girls in Chicago, that the Award Committee will he placed in
a very difficult position as to who to choose as the winner.

It is quite natural that such a contest should provoke the ambition
of the maidens and the interest of oiir hoys, for, fundamentally, it surrounds
them, inasmuch as, every girl is destined for some young man, and every young
man is ambitious to win the most beautiful girl. Every mother also wants her
dati^ter to be the most beautiful of all.

In any case we are in need of motion and emotion, and the organizers
of the contest deserve praise for conceiving the idea. We have no doubt that
the whole coramimity of Chicago shares these thougjhts.

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CHICAGO GBEEK DAILY , Dec. 23, 193^ - «^^-^^/5

Beauty Contest, ftloryfylng the Grecian Girl

For the Selection of a Queen of Beauty, and Two Princesses, Prom
The Most Beautiful Grecian Girls of Chicago. The Winners will
Take Part in the Greek Movies That Will Be Produced In Chicago
Studios, Monday evening, Pehruary 18.

Luxurious prizes will be given to the "beauties selected hy an award com-
mittee of most prominent Greek ladies and gentlemen and artists.

This will he the "biggest Greek fete that the Greek people of Chicago
have ever seen.

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CHICAQO GBBBK DAILY , Dec. 9, 193^

The Grreek Feast of the Carnival of Nations at the Aragon.

Last Monday took place the dance of the "Carnival of Nations", previously
announced, at Ar^^gon, the arrangement of which was undertaken "by Mr. Paul Demos
with a committee of Greek ladies.

More than U,000 people attended this solendid entertainment, the program
of which was performed with great success, with Mr. Marios Papadopoulos, artist
of the dance, contributing his talent, and the Misses Demetra and Argli» dau^t-
ers of the well known "business man of our community, Mr. Vasileiou, and Mrs.
Pandora Argyri, who danced with much grace and charm. They were applauded en-
thusiastically. In addition, a group of Greek young ladies dressed in national
colors danced our national dances.

Miss Bertha Plorou sang various Grreek songs charmingly, and the whole af-
fair was a great success. Thanks to the efforts of ^^r. Paul Demos and the Com-
mittee of Ladies,

The proceeds of this entertainment will go to a benefit fund for Greek
families in need.

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CHICAGO GRaEK DAILY . Dec. 9. 193^

The dancing grotips of the young ladies, in their national costumes, will
participate in the great feast of the Daily News , "Carnival of Nations" at
the Stadium, Dec. 15th.

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CHICAGO SREEK DAILY . Sept. 15, 193^
Greece in the Chicago Fair.

He who would write ahout the Greek section of the Chicago Fair would he con-
fronted with the puzzle: What did Greece want in this Exposition? For, not
all the nations were represented, nor was Greece represented at the start.
It would have been a million times better not to have had Greece represented
at all

The Greek section from the first, even in the conception of the idea itself,
was a failure, and in the execution could not have been anything hut a losing
game

After all, that which concerns us and concerns every Greek is: In what manner
was Greece represented, and what impressions are to he carried away by any
one who had visited the so called Greek Pavilion.

This Greek Pavilion was supposed to he taken care of hy the Greek government
which was to have it decorated with objects suitable to show up the progress
that Greece has made in the last century.

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CHICAOO &REEK DAILY . Sept. I5, I93I1

But what did the Greek government send us listen? A cast of Hermes of

Praxitelis, and an Aeropolis, of Athens, all made in a most amateurish way I
In addition there were a few handicraft articles priced so high as to he un-
approachable and lol there we had G-reece and its progress.'

Fortunately, Mr. John Boumvakis, who went to G-reece personally, .... and
also the substitute Greek Consul, Mr. John Dritsas, .... have made up some-
what for the negligence shown by the Greek government, and we could see that
there are some things, at least, produced in Greece and that it is not a country
deserted and unpopulated, with nothing left hut archeologic riiins and remnants
of ancient glory and grandeur.

In the first place, were there, at least, not pjiy photographs to depict the var-
ious landscapes of Greece? In what manner was the Greece of the tourist repre-
sented? The nation has heen paying thousands of dollars, for years, to a Jew
in America to advertize Greece for the toiirist trade and now when the Greeks
have the opportunity to show to millions of Americans the landscape of Greece,
they let it go by J

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CHICAGO GREEK DAILY . Sept. I5, I93U

We shoiild have to write and fill up whole colojinns enumerating objects that they
could have hrou^t here to represent the Greek nation, as it is, but unfortun-
ately.

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CHICAGO (SEEK DAILY , Sept. 8. I93U

The Picnic of Stereo-Elladition

The outdoor ent<^rtainment of Stereo-Elladition, of last year^ in
Folonia Grove, chrew a large crowd as it did this year despite continuoiis rain«

There were not only Btereo-Elladites out for the celebration hut other
fellow-nationals, who honored them hy their presence and who know the Taliie of
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