GREECE: Cattle Blessed

Aboard the City of Eureka, ship that sailed from Manhattan last week, a well groomed heifer whisked her tail; a bull, morose, fastened in his stall, braced his feet; 13 other high-grade bulls and heifers stirred uneasily to the vibration of the ship. They, blessed by Father Lazarus of the Orthodox Greek Church in Manhattan, were on their way to Athens, where they are intended to stimulate and improve (with the co-operation of the Near East Relief), the native animal husbandry.

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