Publishers: Helen of Athens

How can Greeks be persuaded to work harder? "Ban chairs in coffeehouses." How can tourism be encouraged in Greece? "This summer thousands of foreigners will cross our frontiers. Some will be concerned only with antiquity, others with the contemporary. Personal tastes will keep one traveler from going to Delphi, another from seeing Olympia; but everyone will be going to the lavatory. The nation's lavatories must be improved so that all those freshly scrubbed people will not turn up their noses at us."

Such are the tips offered in the thrice-weekly column of Helen...

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