The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-11
rnE Gypsy.
The Romanys as Seen and Described by
Hans Broitmann.
IGhas, a. Leland In London Standard

very exceptional character. hs | have even
| Within iew days. bGon In company md on
very familiar footing with grnat number Of
Kohanys Of different families of the dark
/ blood who spoke the Glib" with unusual hecu-
| rary. write under IL trnRh Impression.
| Tho gypsy is almost Invariably strong and
aftive. good rider md pedestrian. and know
| ing how to use his fists. He lends ~ very hard
/ lifs and Ia proud pf his stamina and his pluck.
IOf lnte years he kairs. or "housea. more Than
of old. particularly during the winter but
his life at best requires grant strength and
| endurance. and this must, OF course he sup
| ported by n generous diet In fuet. he lives
/ we'll. much bntter than the agricultural Ia
hnrer Lot lno explain how this Is generally
! done
Tho gypsy year mny be sald 70 begin with
/ the races. Inltter tho dark children 81
| Ghun. Gwin, whether pure blood. posi- m
posh thaif ana hat or churedis. with hardly
| II drop of Anlo- rntt, flock with their cocoanuts
and the balls. which have Of lotto taken tho
place Of tho kositar or stiGks. With them 20
| The aorcereesrE, old and young who pick mp
| telling. Other small Callugs they nlso have.
not hy any means generally dishonest.
Wherever thera ia nh open picnic on the
Thames or u country fnir, OF ~ regatta. At
this season. there are RnmanYs. Sometimes
! they appear looking like pretty farmers. with
| Il bad. or even II good horse or two for snls.
While Summer lasts this is tho life Of the
poorer sort
| nengro tenn, Or hop nud. l. o. Kent. Here
they work hard. not HegeCttng tho beer pot
which goes about Ealy. In this Ifs they
have grsat advantages over the tramps and
London poor Hopping over they 60. almost
On lnaaae or within 81 few days. to London to
buy Ireueh and German bnsGets, which they
get IN HnludsfIiteh. Of lnte years they send
more fer baskets to be- delivered ut certain
stations. Some III them make bnsltsts them
asvnts very wal but MS Il rule they prefer IL,
EtIv th,,fn La Hn bt,r il beD
live by snnmg BASKETS. brOolns, GlutheR lines
md other small wares. Most families huve
their regular 'bents" or rounds, and Gonline
themselves to certain districts. IN winter tho
men boglu to chiv the kosh, on cut wood. !, a..
they make butchers ssewera nnd clothes
pegs, Even this Ia not unprotlthbIe. M D thn-
lily. what between manufacturing and aellteg
them, can earn from twelve 10 eishteen shill-
inGs II week With this and begging and oc-
casonnl Jobs Of honest hhrtl work which they
pick up here and there. they conttive To feed
we'll, find themselves In beer, and pay. MS
th0y now often must. fol permission to carnp
IN fields. Altogether they work hard and re-
tire enrly.
Considering the lives they lead, gypsiea arc
not dishonest. ff u gypsy Is catnped my
whore aud Il hen ID missing Tor miles around,
the THEFT Ia always AT once attributed to him.
The result Ia that, being sharply looked utter
by everybody, and especially by the police,
they cannot net like their ancestors Their
crimes are not generally Of II hellOus nature.
Chlving agry or stealing horse IN, admit,
looked upon by them with Yorkshire leulency.
nor do they regurd STEALING wood for fuel as u
great sin. In this matter they are subject to
great temptation. When the nights are cold.
Gould anything DO more allurinR
Than nm OLD hedgs2
As for gypsy lying. It Is SO peculiar TINT It
would b. hard to explain. Tho American who
appreciates the phrase sit down and swap
lies" would not bs taken In Ivy IL Isomhny
chnl, nor would an old salt who can spin
yarns They enjoy hugely being lied unto.
as DO MI Arabs or iindoos Like many
naughty children, they like successful ef1lrts
OF The Imagination. The old dyes, or mothers,
are awful beggars, HI much bvhabit asany
thing: but they will give lis freely us they
will take. md their guest will always expert
once Oriental hospitality. They are very fond
of I'LL gentlemen aud ladies who takn u real
interest in them, who understand them ana
like them. 10 such people they are even
more honest than they are TO ono another.
But 1t must be " real affection. not o merely
amateur affectation OF Kindness. Owing TO
their entire 'gnorance Of ordinary house and
home life they are like children in maIiy re-
spects. though SO shrewd In others.
Among the Welsh gypses. who
arc the most unsophisticated aud most
purely Romnny, have met with touching in
stances Of gratitude and honesty. The child
Ike ingenuity which some OF them manifest
cd In contrving little qualifications for N.Y.
self nnd Prof. E. IL. Palmer, who had been
very kind to them, were MS nnve rs amiable.
have observed some gypSies Of the rnore rus
tic sort loved to listen to stories, hut like chill
tilen, they preferred those which they hni
henrd several times and had learned to like.
They knew where tho laugh ought tn come
In. The gypsy IL both bad and good but
neither his faults nor his virtues art; exactly
what they are supposed to be. Hh Is certainly
something al u scamp and, npnen est
omen. there Is 8 tribe Of ,3camps among them
but he ts not Il bad scamp, and he IS GER
There Is not the least use la trying to
nmnllorAto the condition ri the gypsy while
hs remains u traveller. He viii tell you! pite-
GUS stoliea, but he Will take care Of himself.
AZ Frruusl siDga:
say what you VIII and 10 wha' yor can
Npw.tshiug e'er WhiteIh black Mfugan.
The only lsnS.nees he requires II little
charity and fYrgiV"ne4s when he steais wood
or wires hare. All wrong, doubtless, but
something ehold tle allowed TO onH whose ati- !
cestnle ~e'e eal'hi ,,deaa meat eAttfa y the
Shaatrae. Should the reader wish to reform |
a gypsy, let him rxplain 70 TIL" E,Hlauy that |
the day8 { IL roIluips III England are rapidly |
passing away. eli him that for his chilaren's3 |
sake rs dad better rent Il snap cotbHge, that |
his wife can jus. as we'll pefidls with her
basket from 4 nous as from Il Wsgob and I
that nc can keep y horse and trap and 70 TO
the races or hopping generally" Point ont |
10 him those who have doue the same. and t
bt'muinte his ambition and his pride. Az for /
Hal
/ onc,fasked II gypsy girl, who WIS sitting as
o ,nole, II she liked the droni road best, OK
living III Il house, With sparkling eyes and |
capping her hands she exclaimed, ooh, the !
road the road =
It is a curious coincidence, says a London |
society journal, that by the deaths Of two |
officers one in the Cabul, tha other in the
Iulu campaign-the Catholics gained two
peerages. These Were Lore Ossuiton and the /
Hon. E. Wyatt Eigel. Both were elder sons
and Protestants, and the SECOND sons are, az
It happens In both cases "verts.'
The Persian Shah is said to be writing q
nobody will dare to condemn him |
For his majesty once painted picture in
which camel in the background was higher |
than tree in the foreground, and IN I'M
lucsy critic, who hirlted that the work lacked
feeling, i'll II few hours lacked head.
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Greenback business Is iiotarishfng In Peru
. further Issue Of 5oo.0oo,o0C paper has been
iecided upon.