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...Felix Caragianes (for that is his full name) was born in the Peloppenese and came to these shores, like so many of his countrymen, in the hope of "more opportunity." In 1912, he founded the store on Massachusetts Avenue, which he has owned and expanded ever since. He has never been back home, because each time he was all set to go, some kind of revolution broke out to foil his plans...
...Felix finds Cambridge little changed in 38 years, except for the "beeldings." His outstanding reminiscence of World War I are the riding boots of Kermit Roosevelt which he used to shine. The prosperity of the twenties carried him right into the presidency of Megalopolis, a society of Boston Greeks. In his cubbyhole sanctum Felix treasures the programs of the charity balls he sponsored. He contributed a full $2,000 to the erection of a high school near his home town, and carefully preserves his cancelled checks as living proof of his munificence...
...that Felix got his biggest publicity boost, making all the papers "across to San Francisco" (pronounce chisco). A certain Reverend Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society lodged complaint against Felix for the sale of the American Mercury; which contained an article deemed injurious to American morals. While Felix was sentenced to a $100 fine, the American Mercury continued to sell briskly in Puritan Boston without interference from the authorities. The nation's press took up the cause of the Little Man and by its moral support more than recompensated Felix for his financial loss...
...greatest man of Felix's acquaintance was the late Venizelos, the leading figure in Greek post-war politics. Felix met him in 1923 in a modest New York hotel; and ever since a large, signed portrait of the statesman has filled out the back wall of his sanctum. "A simple man," Felix says of his idol, "but a great brain. Too great for the Greece...
...Felix is more reticent about the great of the present. "I am in beezness," he explains; "I keep my mouth shut." He likes the American system in which "you give everything to him you like and give nothing to him you don't like." When the air is clear of customers, Felix confesses that he is a Republican but that he will vote for Roosevelt for the third time. He makes his stand clear by a simple illustration. "Look at these postal cards," he says. "You couldn't buy zem because you don't know how zey sell. You have...