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' * t *hir are as *ICer, nt
• • rr-r-nt a art*, lies irr
r '* t . * .-re .:< t e ti a ii^trttl war
A map <.f the nationali
ties on Manhattan island
itwld l*o drawn as pre
<Mr as a luip of the
s* ■•* ral stater To one
■ ho l aowr the great city
the topography of the
i 'land strung out at the
mouth of the Hudson riv
et ir el* arly blocked off
in the color of its natiou
ilities. as though the va
liocs sections of the city
»* rc stained green, red
a* *d i.’ange.
A jaunt from the city
hall, which is as pood a
Parting i*oiut in New
^ork as any other, down
I'ark ro-.v. across Chat
HI/MGAR'AM MfOTATM AMD CH/LDf?£f1 O
squaw Inf.i K:N llrnvdway lands Hie
I'* • !>•<■' rj.: u m t li«- most populous Jewish city
tin- world ha* put seen. Turn lo the left amt
proce-sl a few blocks Here Is the heart of
\cu \ ink's Ghetto To outward appearances
it is stiil X, v York. Around are the monoto
nous rowj of tenement buildings, the same
'hat may tie found in a hundred localities. But
it ts a foreign city. A strange tongue is
I ok ii did strange symbols and devices deco
rate till window panes of the low browed
-lu es dong the sidewalk. Here are many
!l*.i:.am! Jews, drawn from -ill parts of Kn
i»P' and Asia. Hero is rt new Jerusalc-m.
*hi tt,< r of prophets or money changers is im
iuai<ri.il Anjw.o there are more Jews than
• nr lived in Jerusalem. A few years ago they
numbered tlon.uOe. \s i very inbound vrssci
brings its contribution. iinu.imo now far too
"user'.'alive .in estimate. The spirit of the
Ghetto i.. thrift Some one has remarked that
here ire no poor Jews This Is an abject lie
'H ie are Yiddish paupers Improvidence is
noi :i i itiiinrl trait or indigence a national
hanrti rlstie Jews may be us poor as nnv
■ ri <! e. Inn ih.-v generally kee.i It to theni
* * • • * tt\ lo heeotne yoiuothing else than
;or.iflti s on the community.
Rut. to he more exact, barter rather than
th ill Is the spirit of the Ghetto. Ktcry on
tlmnglKiiit the quarter seems to be selling
-•'"Chin;; to . or.rb.Hjv else The streets of
the tower la-t s.ie ar< lined with push carts,
■via which is sold practically every article
r.t can be imagined There is no thorough
lot tfttj that does not have its
11? •• line of peddlers with their movable
Slain]- Indeed they would be on both sides
of ttie narrow chasm between the tall tene
r: id buildings, wire It no; that the street
■ rimtisiener of New York has sent forth his
decree that one sidewalk must at all time;, be
1rfr‘ yen will find the push carts on the
surnv side of the street in winter and the
shady side in summer. In the tenement dis
trict of New York. If you should suddenly
waki cn ami wish to know what time it ts.
you have but to look on which side of the
street is ranged the line c* push carts. No
one has ever regarded 'be New York pus',
i art as a sundial, hut it is just as sure and
tar more utilitarian than the "terapus fugH"
srocies
The pleasing characteristic of the Ghetto
offerings. Now
which arc piled
watches and rir
with a fusillade
benignant smile
capacious aproi
His collections
the short rout*
shrines, among
money is heapo
over ancient tii
our I.ady iias n<
and trinkets at
feast day arrive
left but to eho*
articles as they
bo redeemed ii:
wish, in other
nur I.ady.
f/Y THE GHETTO; ESSEX A/YD HESTER STREETS S S
is. though Yiddish jibberiug goes on
^ about you and Knglish spoken words
aro tow. the people are earnestly and
energetically trying to become Ameri
cans. ’I hey attempt to look and art according
to the supposed canons of the country. Young
tews, notably the girls, are very quick to
adopt American mannerisms and especially
American dress. Notice a Y iddish maiden as
>he walks suspiciously across the bridge of
Kllis island. Keep her in mind. See her three
months hence. Not much of the foreigner
about her. Her attire and headgear are as
up date us her money will afford. Compare
her with the Italian giri who comes on the
same steamer. The Jewish maiden has out
stripped her by many years.
The Ghetto is broken tip into numerous dl
"• isions of its own according to the country
from which the immigrants have come. Here
tin* Roumanian Jew. the Russian Jew and
those from Bulgaria and Galicia have their
settlement. In the center of the Ghetto the
Hungarian Jews live side by side with Hunga
rians. This is a very interesting cafe quarter.
Here arc many little cubbyhole restaurants,
cafes as they call them, where one may pur
chase "blit’.tzens." a Y’iduish delicacy that can
lx- li -st described as a cheese pancake. Per
haps the Yiddish restaurant keeper will siare
at you wondoringlv when you attempt the
word “blintz." but that is as near to it as any
Kuglisb speaking patron can hope to attain
The Ghetto is sown with synagogues.“schuies*’
they cat I them. Here and these the six-pointed
tar is emblazoned, the only insignia that the
Jews seemed to have preserved.
A few steps to the west will take you to the
Bower) and a few paces more will bring you
to that core of New York City, where is gath
ered the overflow of Katins that reaches this
country. The locality dees not differ in many
respects from that on the other side of the
Bowery. The tenements, perhaps, are a trifle
more squalid, the streets more dirty and the
people on the sidewalks more foreign. The
Italian is not as good a colonist as the Jew.
at least in the city. Having a mother country,
lie has the patriotism the Jew does not pos
sess. He holds religiously to his old way.
Tme. the Jew cherishes his religious forms,
but it does not include patriotism. Though
the Jews have their feast days and the Jewish
wedding is an occasion w-hep every- one shakes
off gairuiousncsa even to the taciturn peddler,
the religion of the Hebrew is not gay: it ts
severe and serious. But the faith of the Ital
ian is joyous. Otherwise he would not keep
s-raci tor our Lady oi ml carmei or suuir
other of th :■ pretty manifestations of the Holy
Mother. The dingy streets shimmer with
arch* s and extravagant designs of these lamps.
gr>»en. red. or; nge and purple, which cast such
mellow, soft tones that one can believe that
tir Lady takes an intimate interest in the illu
mination in her honor. Along the sidewalk
shrines large and small, built of tinsel and
gorgeously colored paper, are aflame with the
blessed candles in which cur Lady so de
lights—small, modest tapers from impecunious
devotees and great, cumbrous candles, at
rimes as large as logs, such imposing candles
as surely ought to bring absolution to the
blackest transgressor.
Throughout the summer these festivals
•ake place in different portions of the Italian
quarter. Each parish has its turn. On these
feast days the priest of the parish holding the
felebration, attended by the much used Italian
•nd a detachment of soldiers in dingy blue
■oats and flaming trousers, perambulate
ihrough (he parish to collect contributions for
the church. They are generous, these trans
planted sons and daughters of Italy. As the
religious procession moves along, the parish
ioners run forth and heap on the priest their
and then the way is blocked by a table upon
dimes, quarters, half-dollars, dollars, bank notes,
gs. As (he churchman approaches he is greeted
of firecrackers. This he acknowledges with a
and sweeps the offerings on the table into his
i. Then the procession moves hilariously on.
become onerous and have to be dispatched by
■ to the ecclesiastical treasury. Before the
the burning candles, silver, gold and paper
1 up into little piles. The blessed light sputters
acpiec-es, heavy rings and gaudy trinkets. Now
i predilection for jewelry. The timepieces, rings
> donated by improvident sinners, who have let
without money to contribute. There is nothing
r their good intentions by the offering of such
possess. The priest gathers up the trinkets to
time by the owners at whatsoever sum they
words, the improvident pawn their trinkets to
Tin* valorization from the orient In Now
York, though not large, tins its peculiarities
Th: Syrians are huddled in a small quarter;
so are the Greeks. Turks and Persians. The
Syrians have invaded the old First ward, once
the stronghold of the Irish. Hero established
along Washington street, these merchants
from the cast end of the Mediterranean dis
play their magnificent rugs, tapestries and
laces. The Greek also has invaded an ancient
Irish stronghold. Some blocks west of the no
torious Cherry hall the sons of Sparta, the
tnaids of Athens, the warriors of Macedonia
and the sailors of the .-l'gean islands have a
settlement of some proportion. Here, embla
zoned on dingy windows of shops in the clas
sic symbols of Homer and Euripides, Greek
verses sing of chops and roasted stuffs: for
the erstwhile Greek warrior has developed
into au excellent restaurant keeper.
In all New York the most bizarre and inter
esting colony is of course Chinatown. At the
toot of the Bowery Just behind Chatham square
is a little triangular wedge of humanity, a plot
of ground, not much more than an acre,
formed by the junction of Mott and Pell
streets. Into its narrow confines is crammed
a great deal of the slant-eyed population that
finds its way from the Celestial Empire to
Manhattan island. The old tenements here,
once the haunts of the Irish, are now overlaid
with a filigree of oriental balconies.
This is a great locality for sightseers. Here
are the various-colored dragons and other fabu
lous beasts, yellow birds and blue girls In
most remarkable poses. Brilliant paper lan
terns. gorgeous urns and vases abound. A
hundred Chinese restaurants, purveyors of
chop suer, a halt-dozen joss houses ar.d one
actual Chinese theater, where au eternal show
drones on to the most excruciating music ever
perpetrated, give ample satisfaction to the
tourist.
But there Is much that »» thoroughly Chi
nese. First of all there is a sticky, musty
smell about the whole community. Then there
are hundreds of Chinese. No one has ever
been able :o number Just how many Chines*
are hidden away In the mysterious buildings
of this locality. At night, when tbe whole
place glistens with tinsel and sham brilliance. !
the a»>eets swarm with them. Blinking, slant
eyed, they slink along with a covert, cynical
grin on otherwise stolid faces. These philo- I
sophica! Chinese unquestionably look up^n
their pale faced guests with a certain, if quiet,
contempt as they turn the tourist's inquial- i
tiveness Into dimes and dollars.
Ei-t»(j with the head
.
I »•> ut down In the struggle Kor
• '* a week he lay with the slain
:-V> revered with terrible wounds
'sin were his comrades that he
rerf tied that h s r.a->;e tigurel
- • tfie killed In the casualty lists
«» '-owever. was not dea l, and the
*? a’ »rrh a «tck alter the
n axed to find hist slight
I • k>-iw, -%
a... tccderly cursed, ani on be
coming convalescent was shipped off
to England to Xetley hospital. He
sufficiently recovered to be able to
serve at the Aldershot camp, where he
was employed on light jobs. A curi
ous fact is that a tablet to the mem
ory of the soldiers kliled at Abu Klea
was erected in All Saints' church. A!- 1
dershot. and Wegg had the unusual 1
experience of seeing his own name
engraved thereon
End cf the Damage Suit.
This story about Ed. Sample, the big
lawyer ta Osborne, is told by the
Smith County Pioneer: “Mr. Sample
had been retained by a man who had
been injured on the Calamity branch
Suit was brought against the company
for $1,000 damages, and 'Ed.' won the
case The company appealed to the
supreme court, and here. also, the ver
dict was in favor of Mr. Sample's cli
ent. After settling up the claim 'Ed.
handed his client a silver dollar.
•What is this forT asked the man.
•That is what is left after taking out
my fee. the cos: of appeal, and other
expenses.' The man regarded the doi
tar a moment, then looked at 'Ed.
'What is the matter with this?* he
asked. ‘la It bad !* "—Kansas City
Star.
Alloys of Metals.
“Brass" stair carpet rods are not
brass, but are rods of iron cased with
very thin tubes of brass. Much “cop
per" work is not copper at all. but
coated iron. Tbe part pure metals
play in manufacture is nothing by
comparison with their alloys in their
many hundreds uf combinations.
WHAT SIS. MEANS
Letters Form the Ambulance Call
of the Seas.
Takes the Place of C. Q. D. Made Fa
mous By Jack Einns—Seme Wire
less Telegraphy Facts
and Figures.
New York—It Is estimated that
j there are about 650 vessels of the
: merchant marine equipped with wire
1 less, besides a host of small crast.
There are about 260 land stations. n> :
• including government stations on our
■ coast. Some long distance talking has
‘ been done by wireless.
Commercial business Is done be
'■ tween the Glace Bay station and Clif
| den. Irelacd( 1.939 miles apart. In
1 November the Pacific Mail steamship
Korea reported to San Francisco
when 2.622 miles from Honolulu and
4.720 miles from San Francisco. This
; beat by 415 miles the long distance
record from ship to shore established
on the previous evening by the Korea,
j when 4.305 miles out.
On November 22 the Cnr.ard liner
| Caronia got into touch with the Hob
I landia, Holland, station when 1.446
| miles away. A vessel in the Pacific
! picked up the Mare Island navy yard.
, 1.050 miles away. On October 11.
190S. the United States station in San
I Francisco established working com
‘ munication with the Kuhuku station
) on Oahu, one of the Hawaiian group,
i In January of last year the I.os
• Angeles station got the same station.
In October the steamship Lurine
talked to both Honolulu and San Fran
cisco when 1,400 miles from the latter
port.
Less than a month ago W. G. Magin
r.is, the wireless operator, stepped to
Wireless Operator at Work.
j his key cn the sinking steamship Kon
; lucky and sent out the signal “S. O
S-.” the international wireless d:stres*
call. Before the water reached the
| dynamos his cry for help was heard.
The Mallory liner Alamo, guided by
ir.formation furnished by the operator,
located the Kentucky and rescued her
company just before the steamship
went down. This happened near Hia
:nond Shoals, and before morning
came the story of the rescue was told
ashore, and "S. O. S.," the new am
bulance call of the sea, was made
famous. The story of that rescue has
been duplicated a number of times
since the wireless became a feature o'
the equipment of nearly every passen- <
ger-canying vessel which puts to sea.
A decade spans the development of
applied wireless, and even now, w hen
it has net reached a perfected state,
it has not only become a commercial
factor, but it has robbed the sea of
half its terror. Accidents which in
the not so long ago were of the grav
est sort and meant not only sleepless
nights to the officers and passengers
but days of bean-breaking toil to the
men. have become but exciting inoi
dents of an ocean voyage.
The sinking of the White Star liner
Republic made the distress signal
“C. Q. D." a by-word around the
world. "C. Q." is the call meaning
to stand by or to give attention. In
continental news services where sev
oral operators are on a loop the call
"C. Q” signifies that a message Is
coming through for all operators tc
take.
It saves time. The Marconi Com
pany uses it as a general call for at
tention. They added the letter "D" to
the combination. This stands for dan
ger and is the signal of danger de
manding that every operator stop all
business and prepare to receive the
message to follow.
The “S. O. S.’ Is the wireless dia
tress signal provided for in the service
regulations of the International Wire
less Telegraph convention adopted at
Berlin in 1906. The combination of
letters have no especial significance
excepe that they are easy to sound
and click out strong and easily read.
The story of the saving of the sink
1ng Kentucky on February 4 is a
straightaway tale of an operator who
sat at his key until the water reached
the dynamos and shut off the power
“S. O. S." was the call he sent through
the air. while below him the men wer*
working with might and main to keep
the fast-filling vessel afloat until help
came.
The Falls
Anyone who was familiar with the
appearance of the Niagara falls before
the present power installations were
built and opened can settle the ques
tion as tc whether the appearance of
the falls has been affected by going
to see tor himself. Small though the
total amount of water taken for power
purposes, tn proportion to the total
amount panning over the mils, may be.
it has been sufficient to cause the
shallower portions of the overflow at
the edges of the brink to show up
plainly, thereby greatly reducing the
total length of the crest Un*.—Chicago
Dally News.
Charlatanry.
Ten years cursory study of history
or less will convince all that the
ehariatan always falls. The chart*
tan in American business and com
merce to-day gains a brief advantage;
and tbs weak minded are led to imi
tat ion. But the facts decry such ef
forts. Steady, consistent effort alone
accomplishes much. Both preclude
frills. When Mr. Dickens visited
America, he found the charlatan king
The proper focus, cf course, will come
with experience. Charlatanry has been
Tied and round wanting in America*
ourn&lism—anJ ta almost every othe>
phase of American life.
It; for be Is a happy person. This Is
why the Italian quarter in and about
Mulberry Bend at most times of the
year is moat the picturesque locality
in the city. The old haunts of the
Irish, Mulberry, Mott and Elizabeth
streets, throughout the summer
months ere ablaze with those charm
ing little olive lamps that Italians
with much labor and pleasure con