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Eleusinian Mysteries

festivals held annually at Eleusis, a town of Attica, in honor of the goddess Deme- ELEVATOR This, as nearly as can be ascertained, is the first mention in history of an elevating device.

About 1850 platform freight elevators were manufactured by Henry Waterman of New York City and George C. Fox & Company of Boston, Mass.

One of the first instances of a practical elevator installation for carrying passengers was the lift installed in the old Fifth Avenue Hotel at 5th Avenue and 23d Street, New York City. The building was six stories high and the ele- INDIAN ELEPHANT ter. The usual opinion is that they were begun by Eumolpus, the first hierophant, 1356 в. c. Great secrecy was observed in the celebration of the festivals, consisting of the greater and lesser mysteries; and it was a capital offense to reveal any of the rites. They existed about 18 centuries, and ceased during the invasion of Alaric I., in 396.

ELEUSIS (e-lūsis), a decayed village of Attica, but in ancient times a city of Greece, 12 miles from Athens. It was celebrated as the chief seat of the worship of Ceres, whose temple here was the largest sacred edifice in Greece.