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IT WILXJAM ATHEKTUX DC PVT.
LAST rr Unci em Imir'aratlon
eprt Mjr i.fO.000 mn wBo hml
com to America In crch of tel
ler condition r:ursd lo iJurop car
rrm lth thrtn tha rcult ot tUcir
labor Trit uuunlJ tJ 0l la
ch c. or an srKt of JUO.OO.
0. rfi- r ti. nn-oslul immi
(ranti. I n t.nr return to Kurope
mr IDT..lrd Ihr..- Mtitu In lalfi t
l.rlce t n mm r Ihry
would br-n chr.-tl r better
lr..t In tr.m iun:ry. lu l"rnl rm
ha'l been r.Ie. ..f lu lmnuKrrt
and n-t n the .oJ onn bow
( a.'.i t.. tne.r on lth and IMat of
tti'ir aU" -e.i rountrir.
..f tie I'li'i -r.nt population S09.000
i ba il to l.urul every year, the con
ditions lat )Jf beir.K -entlonal. v'f
thoaa no remain It ii
nni the rlfil of th.
me ii r-t. For ttu.
II teretln to
hrear of tha
Nation la a-
ei:lrj; it r'f
of the world who
ar otv
the An-.'
e. and from ttirm maainn
.an of tha f itiire. It ma
n el.Tt t le-t the materia, who
whirl to fill Ita r"t and rlaraa few r
atrUtiona ujn thai hi.t oluntarllr
preaenia Ifelf. It baa but lately been
taktr.K a look at tha man admitted.
mi the Wea of ortalnin what la lo
his mind and m hat becomea of htm.
Tbe laaaalsraal'a tawaxlal.
In thla connection thi Oornmnt
h found thai tna recently arriTad
Italian ho turna the crank of a atraat
oraan wMla tha chtldran of tha pa
menta danca to Ita miuic ha no Inten
tion of folio-in thla laak for Ion.
Ilia la firr alert for a llttla nook
In whicb be can open a ahoemaker
shop or a fruit aland or for m llttla
plot of around whr he can beam a
a market sardener. When th Mun
Karian eta a Job a a common laborar
about th mouth of ft rnnrlTan!,
mine hla m!nd la upon a futur that la
tilled wltb mora ftaanclal Indepatdanc.
When th OreJk boy beina upon a
mera plttanc to hln th ao of th
aftluan; Atrertcan. b think of a llttla
.tor In a by tret that I to maka
turn a rrodiatlr weal-hr r
thoa maaiara of nnanca upon whom B
ra't- .
Tor th lmmlranta ar trr1bly in
parneat and th humbl taaka trat theT
per.'orTi dutln thlr arly carer In
America ara but tpplr. atone to
their ambition of thlnaa to b accom
piinhed. Tha farm laborer of today la
to be th farm ownr of tomorrow. It
lll own a farm In America If ahown
a way and If not will return to hi
aunny Fouth Kurop. whr h know
of th fruit of th aoll.
Th prator of a banana cart cf to
day 1 In th futur to b a wholeaal
frultdealer. Th tran at th.
month antlclpatea th tlm whn h
will be afluent becau of th
re.-etr. t by Mm and hla on as hllld
worker under around. Jor Imm
rranta com. to America with a terribly
,rri intention of b?tterln th.ir
ronlltlon and that of all Ir.tlmat.
What On Dl.
Tak th can., for lnatan.-e. of Loul
Taro a humbl Italian Immlcrant.
Lou! Paro In orn way curl a po
sition aa farm laborer with a lar
frult.rower at South Cla.tonbury.
'""Xtth tlm th n.iahbora of thl
frultrowr prote.td airalmt th pret
rnca of th Italian and warnd hi m
ployr that om mornln. h would
rind hla throat .'.it. Th. ,f""re,r
howr. h4 confi.lenr In th humbl
llttla Italian who worked o diltaent.y
amon tr- Tear, paaaed and th
Italian a-r In f.or wtih th rrh.ti;
man. In tha .nd b. .uace.tej to that
man of wealth th purer... of a rocky
.o-acr abandoned farm aJj'tnlnc th
orchard. Th Amertrajt fai'rd to
thua ov.r th project, but l aro red
to buy from him half th. tra. t. and In
th. .nd h. ylld.d. That wa. ten year.
ao. and today faro own. an e,c.!cnt
orchard of r arra In bearma peach
,r.ea. Incidentally, from thla nacieu.
r ..f. ririfty Italian mere .......
hNCTFNT
JTII 1 VAX-'-'
t.I.,.e.r of tamiur.
THAT ther I nothing- under
th sun 1. con.tant:y rcalld to
to on who wanders obaervantly
ihrongh the rock tomb, and grotto of
h Kgvpt of remotest antiquity. Basing
apon th .-u'.ptured reliefs and wall
oainf.rga On vrr ld ar portrayed
ihe manner and custom, th amuse
ments and re-reationa and th Inct
1ent of eervuav lit of th peopl of
-ertaln.y .li or .i)0 year ago. and
pcsihiv ef a period still mor remote.
Itow .irangelv familiar It all m!
Hr I. the original new woman In a
n.bbl or sheath skirt, performing all
manner of ca ithenlc eierctse for th
t.re.erraum of her ay'.ph.ike form. th
luggiee with ba.l la th effort to ac
ati.r that alertnea of ey and grac
f motion highly rr!"d by her aea
la all (. Hven th. ball, war .trlk
lag'.T Ilk o'lr modern baseballs, being
constructed of leather or km in two
hemispherical parts, sewn together
ros.wls and fiid with bran, corn
tusk or rj! stalk paired together
o form a spherical mase. Another kind
f ball was mad of dlffrnt!y colored
tonellk etrtpe. similar to tho with
which th nv.1rn baby 1 amused.
At aay modern physical cuitur gym
nasium for women may r a juei
urn aighta as s frequently confront
."l reliVf. anient
on la to
vary on of theae famlllea I wrin;
In Kc:;nt profit, from the tit 11
etdea that th native American had
abandoned aa worthleaa. It la claimed
of ttil. aettlemcnt mat not one Indi
vidual In It liaa ever been under ar
re.t and that not or.e haa rirr eaten
a meal at the pub:ic expenee. Here the
Ita. tan liaa realised the bent of hla
umbtiiona In America, and here la he a
mo.t productive citizen of I. la adopted
country. Thl la the ambition that 1.
In the mind of moal auch lmmiranta.
Not lonn ao a nelahbor of 1'aro
an American onlon-i;rower fell 111 Just
a. hla crop mas ready to harveat. Th
Italian dropped In upon him after
notlna the nealert of hla crop, and
found the difficulty. Next day JO Ital
ian farmer, with their waaon. ap
peared upon the arena, and before
nlahi the crop waa not only harvested,
but th American , llttla plot of land
waa readv plowed lor th planting of
other peed. Th Italian, refused pay
for the .ervlce rendered. These men In
their prosperity remembered the .lory
of th Samaritan.
r'atare ilwaer ( ew Kaalaad.
Just outside of II.. Hon titer I a
group of a dosen H-.mRartan farmers
La. t year th house of on of these
burned down. Money-lender, wanted S
per cent Interest on a loan sufficient
to rebuild t!-. house. On of th Hun
tartan farmer who had been upon ml
land bat six year, immediately ap
p.r.d and loaned hi. fellow-countryman
llioo at 4 per rent Interest.
Throughout New Una and th aban
doned farme of yeater.lay are becom
tug th garden of today through th
labors of th.. foreigners, kirangely.
0 par cant of these farmers ar Po
land. rs. Soma year, back It happened
that many Individual Polander began
mall farming In N.w England. They
d.mon.trat.d to th.lr f e;iow-eodntry-m.n
th profits that were to b made
from tr.ee farma If th present ten
dency continue It I. estimated that In
JO year, mor th Pol, will own th
great majority of th farm lands of
Nw fTngland.
At Vlneland. X. J.. thr Is a settle
ment of Sicilians which number i"uO.
Th real estate ho'dinss of thes Sicili
an ar worth !4.0)0.0'0. Ona family In
a atngl year eatabilahed a record by
producing IJ.'O1) wcrth of sweet pota
toes. Prosperity reigns throughout th
community, and with prosperity among
th Immlgranta ther I always happi
ness. Tontltown. Ark., wa founded 14
years ago and Ita small farms of 10
and 49 acres were sold to Venetians at
1S an acre. Thoa farms ar now
yielding crop that ar worth I10J an
acr ach year to their owners. Grape
ar making the. transplanted Euro
peans wealthy.
Thes ara but th tales of llttla
group of Immigrant who hav found
their feet planted In th coll and hav
gained th proverbial .trengto. which
comes from tn. touch of mother earth.
.. Haagarlaa Mlaer.
Twnty-on years ago Terrene V.
Powderly. on of I'ncl Simi greatest
authorities upon the Immigrant, visited
th horns of a c.rtain Hungarian In
Scranton. Pa.
Ther h found th man and his
family living In a mere hovel and
amid th greatest of squalor. Last year
h returned to Scranton and Tllted
this same hou.e. which h found still
occupied by the sm man. A pros
perity had com to thla Immigrant h
had added to and Improved hi resi
dence until It was cow th horn of a
well-to-do family and thoroughly
American In every rspect. Ii asked
for th to children who had been
youngsters rolling on th. floor and
crudely dressed In gunny ack. upon
hla previous Tl.lt. Th. daughter of
th family Is now teaching music In
on- of th public schools of PcrantOTt.
Th son Is a .team engineer In the
mines. Th father Is In business and
prorrou and Independent. Po I an
example .down of th manner In which
th family of a very poor laoorer
tvpht
tomb of Ben! Hassan. Thebes and oth
er near th pyramids. A young wo
man balance, heraelt upon one foot,
goea through the varlou rythmic per
formance with th other, w htl keep
ing tiro with .winging motion, of her
arms, and conclude th xercle with
tarlou feat of Jumping. Even In th
more strenuous form of acrobatic,
which In modern time, ar to b wit
nessed only on th stage, women wer
then skilled performers, for th pic
ture show them turning back somer
saults, either stngtr or firmly locked
together In pairs, th head of on be
ing held between th leg of the other,
for all th world Ilk th correspond
ing act In th modern clrcua. Th gam
of forfeits, a ort of riding bail gam,
wa amusinr and afforded plenty exer.
CI
for th young !r:a. ? n peoa-.u
missing th ball con.lsted In an
for
nch.ng. of position, between tn rioer
and the mount. Th rider. vtd.ntly
did not ll pig-a-pack. a on might ex
pect, but tdewaya, that It required
considerable agility to retain one's seat
whll playing.
Th modern doubl pinning w heel
gam of children I triktngly shown
In a plctjr of two girl In Inc.lned
positions being rapidly whirled upon
their
heel, py two young. -.. - "
them by th. waist. in youna
oam-l. wer. les. conventional th.a
grasp
After Ieachinc' America.
O the Hordes of Foreigners Who Each Year Come to theyUnited States
It Is Desious to Know What Will, in the Future, Be Their Condition Ar
rival of Immigrant Has Been Made Much Exploited, but Litt'e Effort Has
Been Made to Trace Him Into That Future Which America Offers.
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m V taL Uiiftfi t II
tl lf n mt' ' r-., , ,i ...i, . . .ii nil, i hi ! " "' "" " ""n"f'
ov to eminent acceptability from th
American standpoint.
Th Hungarians, Au.trlans and
South Germans are to be found In
America wherever ther is coal min
ing. There were coal mine in th
raglon from which they cam and
they know something of that bul
neaa. They ar not miners, however,
and must begin as mere laborers and
acquire proficiency and In the end
emancipation. Fo these Hungarians
and Au.trlans are by nature and In
stinct farmers. They have not been
coming to America for a great many
years, but already tl.ey are finding
themaelves and leamlrg how to work
their way back to the soil from which
they came. Aa they follow morning
farther West they ar. brought more
directly lr. touch with farmer, and it
I. found In Illinois snd Iowa that one
after another of these miners is leav
ing th work uniicrgnvind and ac
quiring small tracts of farm land
where h and hi family Immediately
develop an enviable Independence.
The Farm I.untera.
Each year, as I har said, there ar
about JOO.OvO foreigners who have
come to this country who return to
Europe. It is known that thes peo
ple take with them an average of l0
each. This makes $i:0.000.0v of good
"American money that la each year car
ried back to Kurope by laborers who
have earned It on this side. I'ncle Sam
has
Kn endeavoring to trcs lllia
sum
.r enonev and discover to
what
purpose It 1. put by the returned Im
migrant. Much to his surprise he finds
that th great majority of Italians and
k I mired peoples gol"g back home In
vest their saving In land. They pay
prices ranting from 1300 to MOO an
acr. In America they could buy bet
ter land, nearer oener
from which greater profit could be de
ANTICIPATED OUR FASHIONS OF
. . .. e, ,. manv beautiful wall paintings rep-
rived, for one-tenth tnos
thlr modern sisters, for In many cases
a short petticoat constituted their sole
attlr. as they wer accustomed to lay
aside th loos upper robe for Sreater
freedom In exercl.lng. A girdle about
th waist and .trap or su.pend.r. over
th. .houlders wer sufficient to secure
this garment in plac. In om of the
picture the ladlea ar shown In their
boudoirs, busy with th rouge pot and
th eyebrow pencil. Indeed, such
thing aa mirror, combs, perfume and
unguent Jar, and uch Ilk toilet ar
ticle, hav ben found In th tombs
in a fair tat of preservation. Elab
orate wig wer a cu.tomary mean, of
b.autiflcatlon. and many of them hava
be found with mummiea
Evn th respectful a.nglih parlor
gam of charade la not new, for It ap
pear to have been very popular with
tr ancient Egyptian, who gave ex
hibition, of this natur for the enter
tainment of guest after a dinnr or
feast. There Is a wll-known group
entitled "Th Wind." in which three,
young women typify by their undula
tions and swaying motions th action
of th wind upon a field of grass or
papvru reeds. Ther Is also a satirical
group called -Victory, or "Under th
Keet." in which the king are to fre
quently and bombastically represented
in the relief sculpture, as triumphing
over their enemies, thes reliefs being
The Italian goaa back home to buy this
land because be knowa about land In
Italy, and is igaorant of Its possibili
ties In America. He has earned his
money on some work that has not
beet in touch with farming, and so
knows nothing of the farming possi
bilities. In the mine or factory he has
had no opportunity to discover the
fact that his ambition to till his own
acre may be easily realized In this the
land of his adoption.
It Is argued that this Government
should tak pains to direct these peo
ple to the farming opportunities on
this side. Canada goes abroad and
choose the sort of Immigrants she
wants and directs those Immigrants to
the place she wants them, that is to
the farms. This country merely ac
cepts whatever Immigrants may come
and Its laws prohibit the soliciting of
any Immigration whatever. This coun
try refuses to sdn.it an immigrant who
has work already engaged, for it would
be a violation of the contract labor
larf to do so. Canada prefers that her
immigrants should have definite em
i., h.fora thev come. This coun
try even refuses to allow the distribu
tion of Government prepared informa
always accompanied by the explanatory
superscription, "All nations 11 under
thy feet."
Our modern comic Illustrated papers
ar distinctly foreshadowed by the
artists of those ancient times who pos
sessed a -umorous bent, for they were
by no means deficient in a certain form
of quaint humor as depicted In their
clever caricatures of such human
foibles and weaknesses as are usually
ascribed to modern life; namely, gos
sip, foppery, vanity, ostentation and the
vulgar display of riches, and tha an
cients ridiculed the.e conceits in much
the same way as do our modern knight
of th pencil.
For example there Is extant the
representation of a bald-headed fop
with an expression of extreme disgust
on hi face aa he leave th barbershop
after an unsatisfactory shave. T
foolishness of petty wars Is Illustrated
by a battle scene In which all the com
batants are animals: the besiegers, sol
diers and officers alike, are represented
as dogs marching with Tery martial
air. while the beleaguered castle or fort
Is defended by a garrison of cats armed
with spear, bows and arrows. Again,
a huge hippopotamus is pictured re
clining calmly among tne uppermost
branches of a fruit tree, wairhlng a
black bird, which, wishing to share his
shady retreat, is ascending the rungs
it
tion that wrtild acquaint them with
their opportunities in the United
States, amonjr immigrants while they
are on board steamers coming over.
Labor organizations in the United
States object.
Bureau of Information.
The only step that this Nation takes
that is In the nature of an effort to
distribute its immigration is to dis
tribute information to the immigrant
at the time of his landing and to main
tain certain offices where he may se
cure information after he has become
a resident. If a Hollander asks the
Bureau of Immisration by letter where
he can buy good garden land, that
bureau may not under the law answer
the question.
The Bureau of Information knows
where in the United States there are
calls for labor of various kinds. After
an immigrant has landed he may apply
for this information. If he were given
the facts upon leaving his home port
he would have a week aboard ship to
digest them. But newly landed In
America, he is full of confusion and
subject to many influences that are
not of the best. The congested col
ony calls to him. The padrone fas
tens himself upon him. The employ
ment agencies beckon him and many
of these are fraudulent.
Most of the immigrants land in New
York These humble people have al
ways been accustomed to walk from
place to place, from village to Tillage,
in their native countries. The newly
landed immigrant starts out on foot
soon after landing. He walks to the
waterfront In one direction and then
in another. He finds water In all di
rections and is. always turned back
upon hfmself. He is really frightened
in this strange land and quite natur
ally hides himself among his own peo
ple In whatever section of New York
settlements from bis native land are to
be found. But all the time he is long
ing for the open country and a little
home of his own. The bureau of in
formation is intended to tell him of his
opportunities, but it is not allowed the
necessary scope and funds.
Year before last there were 250.000
people among those who came to the
United States who could neither read
nor write. Last year there were about
mo 000. This means that from 25 to
of a ladder leading
seat. Thus, and In
to his reposeful
thousand otner
ways, is the
human nature of five or
Mmelvhome to us today, and we find
NLbprtypV1ofla4W modern
of
all occupations open to i f .
rTper" aVtywritTr-is clearly and
dlstinctly represented in '"-
n nore wherein are show
superintendent or foreman dictating
his accounts to two young scribes, two
being generally employed 8'm"1T
neously to Insure accuracy. The artist
showed with wonderful realism how
carefully the -superintendent chose his
words and bow thoughtfully be pon
dered over the business before dictat
ing. Even characters frora,, -Cn""
tecler" may be seen In the reliefs for
the gods, or deified kings, are often
represented clothed with the heads and
plumage of birds, aa well as the heads
and furs of animals.
The young men and boya of that el
der day amused themselves In very
much the same way a. do the young
people of modern times. They com
peted in various sports requiring skill,
strength and agility: and their games
of chance and of dexterity closely re
semble ours. Wrestling appears to
have been very popular with the an
cient Es-Totians. if on may Judge from
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4 0
t .--l f. tsUt 1
A
30 per cent of all those who come are
illiterate. They are but children, des
perately in earneet. intensely serious.
No country boy thrust into the melee
of city streets was ever so 111 at ease
as ther. The country boy is in his na
tive land, is less ignorant, talks the
language of the people about him.
Latest ImmlirratloB Flu urea.
The report of the Commissioner of
Immigration Is Just out. It shows
that 1,000.000 people came to the United
States during the last fiscal year. There
were last year many immigrants re
turning to Europe, however, and th
number of actual increase in the popu
lation for the period covered is about
600,000. This is a good 300,000 less
people who came here to take up their
abode than for 1910. These people
had money to the extent of an average
of $33 each. There were 500,000 of them
who were the possessors of less than
IKu each. The passage of 300,000 had
been paid by some friend or relative,
usually one who has grown affluent In
America.
These immigrants are not coming
from the countries from which they
fnrmerlv came. Enirland, Ireland, Ger
many, Scandinavia, Switzerland and, in
fact, the blond nations of Northern and
Western Europe from which the Amer
ican originally sprung are no longer
furnisnlng a large percentage of our
immigration. Last year but 23 per
nt of Immigrants came from these
countries. The bulk of the blood is
now coming from the Iberio and Slav
onic; countries of Southern and East
ern Europe and from the western part
of Asia, Sixty-five per cent of last
year's immigration came ' from these
eniintTHxa and that percentage has in
recent vears run as high as 74 per cent.
Italy last year furnished 21 per cent
e.e th immierration. or about as much
as all the countries of North and West
Piiirooe combined. . Kussia ana i in
land contributed 18 per cent, Hungary
9 per cent, Austria 9 per cent and other
South European countries smaller per
centages. Over three-fifths of all the Immi
grants coming to the United States
miin In the five Eastern states con
tiguous to the port of entrance at New
York. . ,
These immigrants differ widely from
resenting the various situations in mo
. t anri the favorite modes of at
tack and defense. They wrestled
naked., except for a girdle of leather
other with great vigor tor j. closing
-.;,.,, th vanouished wrestler
bejng -Hed from th e ring tm
Who would be-
, ""1 ,ht m,.mhle-de-Deg. the well
k-nw rama flf Olir SCtlOOl da VS. WM
played by these dusky ancients so
many centuries ago? It is true they
used a block of wood instead of the
ground into which they threw their
sharp-pointed knives, in which feature
their game was superior to ours.
Lifting weights and Indian club
swinging were also forms of exercise
Indulged in by these people, for which
purposes they filled suitable shaped
bags of leather or skin with sand and
sewed them up securely. Thimble rig
ging or conjuring was also known to
them and some pictures have come
down to our day showing how a small
object was deftly placed under one of
four inverted cups or bowls and any
one for a slight consideration, was al
lowed to guess under which of the four
it would be found, exactly as in the
corresponding modern sleight-of-hand
trick Sets of dice, precisely the same
as ours, have also been found deposited
,7.1 tm -rTt'-
the earlier ones in respect to their oc
cupations and the locality to which
they go. Contrary to what was for
merly the case, a larjte proportion are
unskilled laborers and go to the man
ufacturing and mlninK centers, 'here,
the Immicration Commission recently
found that there was an oversupply or
unskilled labor. They often herd to
gether, forming in effect foreign colo
nies, in which the English language s
almost unknown. Miserable economic
and sanitary conditions exist in many
of these colonies, as witness, for exam
ple in New York City the frequency
with which the state factory inspectors
are compelled to auacn m
clean" tag to articles maae in -factories
where aliens are employed.
But the immigrant does noi go iu
congested city as a matter oi pre
ence. He Is taken mere ..i
place because it is near his point ot
landing, in the second Decauoc ... . ......
part of America or which ne nao
most, and in the third place because his
animal instinct drives him to the homes
of his kind. His nrst greac oo..o.. .
to learn something or tne imn"
the people among whom he is thrown.
Here among his fellows he begins this
task. Temporarily he may accept y;hat
ever ' employment presents "flr
whether it be peddling bananas, strike
breaking or common labor on some con
struction work. He may And a eady
Job as a common laborer and hold tnat
Job for years. If so, he never sees be
yond It into the opportunities of Amer-
r . . - .r.m.molated suf-
lca. ana wnen ..' .-..-..-
flcient money he will return to Europe
and buy himself a one-acre larm. uuv
all the time ne is ioosins i"
portunity to get himself a start In the
small business he knows or upon a
small piece of land, which is his first
love.
Occupation By mice;.
It is interesting to note that certain
races in America follow certain avoca
tions. There Is the Greek, for example,
who shines all the shoes on this side
of the ocean. The Greek got started in
the business of shoe shining in a queer
way. He was so situated as to offer
himself advantageously to the purpose
of certain Americans who organized a
shoe-shine trust. The Greeks that come
to America are mostly from the cities,
being in this way different from the
Italians, who come mostly from the
small towns and the country. The Ital
ian wants to bo independent, wants to
started for himseil. xnis j u-
n klmadlf In thfi
cause ne nas wornea n...- ----country.
But the Greek is willing to
accept almost any employment on al
most any terms. He does not know
how to farm, nor how to mine. There
fore he is found doing the plainest
and most unskilled labor and for the
lowest wages. The Greek boys could
be employed cheapest and with most
likelihood of permanency by the shoe
shining trust. Likewise are the Greeks
most likely to be found doing such la
bor as railroad building and other un
skilled construction work. ...
When the figures show that lSo.OOO
Hungarians arrived in the United States
it mav safely be estimated that 100,000
of these found their way into the mines
of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
the other coal-producing state. The)
same thing is true in almost as large a
proportion among the Austrians that
come to' America. The Italians do all
manner of ordinary work through tha
first years after their arrival, but they
cannot be turned aside from the idea
of a little business for a little farm of
their own either here or back in their
native Italy when they have saved
enough. The 200,000 Russians who last
year arrived have even a stronger ten
dency to get on American farms, for
they are peasant farming people before
they come.
So of the Poles who came to America
last year It is interesting to notice that
4000 went into Connecticut, 6000 into
Massachusetts, 10,000 into Illinois and
16,000 into the state of New York, and
it is known that most of these immi
grants found a footing on the farm.
More actors and clergymen were Eng
lish than of any other race admitted,
more lawyers were Cuban, more mu
sicians were German and Italian, more
bankers were Hebrews, as were black
si liths and bookbinders. The Irish led
in their contribution of masons and
ironworkers and contributed a large
share of teachers. So may the gamut
be run indefinitely.
(Copyright, 1912, by W. A. Du Puy.)
TODAY
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many other articles of every-day life.
The game of draughts or checkers
dates from the very earliest days of
Egyptian hieroglyphic records. It waa
an amusement dear to the hearts of all,
kings and commoners alik-. Represen
tatives ot this game are very numer
ous, the contestants being either seated
upon chairs, in the case of royalty and
the wealthy classes, or resting upon
the floor, when played by the poorer
people. Barneses III is shown in his
harem, engaged in playin." tne popular
game with one of his favorites th
secluded, as the;- were called and she,
womanlike, seeks to beguile the mon
arch by coquettishly holding a lotua
flower to his royal nose. In other pic
tures this monarch ' shown making
the moves with his right hand, his op
ponent in the game being again one
of the young women of the harem,
while his left arm fondly encircles tha
neck of another, who in tu-n places her
arm about his waist.
The game of hoops, aear to our child
hood days, was played by the Egyp
tians in a way that required much dex
terity, for that one of the contestants
was adjudged the victor who succeeded
in extricating his hooked stick from
his adversary, and by a quick motion
snatch the hoop away from him. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.-