New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-26
TIE WELSH IN KEW-IOBK.
A SOBER lND INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLE

SOCIAL IHrFRCOU gsE AMO>G InI Msi LVts-W ELhH
.orffrfs-MU-ICAL AID LITERARY FESTIVALS
-raFIr JOURNAL AND CHCRCHFs.
Few f,rcian communities in New-lork CITY arc
moro thriving aud conieaied than the Welsh
colony. If. indeed. few hundred families may be
,..1i ~ form q colony. This city and Brooill con-
tain nearly 5000 Welsh, who all speak the gut
tursl but by no means ns,sh "e.sh tongue ihoY
r ec,ft.red in all directions and can be found m
:, iuio-t every branch of trade and industry " mere
sunday work /, not necessity. Tor ID thefc Us any
thing "a Welshman disapprOFes OF, 10 ls 10 Worn on
SUNDAY. IN ptaking Df every branch ui industry,
ana exception mast perhaps "e maie lh tHe Sd7r 81
lortl keeping According to NUMBER pi W ti'riheh
with whom PTS f'P't' II coy 'i ,' tr' , ''l,
H. n truc descendant OF Ll-Wcllth has u-FtI ..th
Known 10 keep "a hotel ~ amy manner approaching
U.rf--f.on. The welsh VINO come 20 lli7 count
,r. .if.ar artisans or peasants. Tie former come
with a certain competence and arc pruVi"ch WIN
si,,,iricuf means 10 start thcWsciyc- IN ur ness,
whtIe the latter. being often destitute proceed al
once to the agricultural or mining regions III
line West. In NcT-lOrk CITY SOME Oh ttr 1'rV
cu,ulov-- o. large dry goods houses arc W ri-u-
men SO are also many cngne'rs on tnc h HcI'uI
r. lro1fs and steamship lines II tho W cish eAc'l
in one branch more than another II is In that OF
boot making. Their boots ANA shoes may lat ne
symmetry which dlstinsu shes The pIodu ION ~
the parisian WORKERS nut thch st4chA an" "'i"-
bllty are beyond question. .4
fne fact that they are sea tered al over ne CIV,
and that they mingie with their htiEhnors ~
American ana German birth, does nos prevent Tue
Welsh from associating much WITH one ah"it
There are three Welsh ,ocirties ia the city called
fbo ~t Uayid's HeurEOI'ut ASSOCIATION, me -.
n.vira Benefit CLUB. and the Society 0 the
True Ancient ButOus. The hr.t OF these societies
is a. us nauIe indicates. essentially n"neVoi~h' III
H. aims II WAS founded few years ago iof me
benefit of all Weishmen I'D Iedncea CIR e.
but III the same time worthy ol ana. II lir '"hl-
inittoc or thI, society, 2lIer Que luNtstlsAlin Joy,
as,s De applI lait really Or-~t' ing at NfN ANU r
.,IlInvrui.ut he Is gwen q ticket win ID entities
him to a wecks or two weeks board. aud lodging ih u
ioJa'nG hons. I'm Ceutre->t. Large sums have been
81 r..fr .frrfst
peor and dccrcpit Neishmen. Many nave peeh
sent home At the society expense, WINE Others
t.iy- been given the means 70 seek employment
" eish immigrants have Defh c-prci" o'J'''S % o'o
soIety's bcucyoicuce. aad many who landed Oh
a strange Shore without money, friends or expert
cnee have been rendered helping hduh' Inc
otr ryyo societies ouiy exist for the benefit OF their
mon hers and are conducted on tie ciup pan.
Their headquarters are al No. J'' h'wrly. u'lo
given days the memoers cohsrf - SIG -
mountain songs ia chorus, and spcaA OF oic the'
In the odd county.
Characteristic OF the Welsh Is the love tney
Lsar Tor the traditions Of their thers, ana theil
.,,lh.r.pce 10 Time h0uOred national customs. 10
coming to America they have adopted much tIal
was strange and new te them bat TINS ii5o upt pre-
vented them from clIusiug in iir Old IL any ihIHe
nate. fine 100000 Ncl~nMcn luhapltiuG Inc
United states IN one common bond OF fraternity
and sympathy, 10 D. the frequent hus''" ''ill ~,
crarv festivals commonly known by tnt name 81
Tsleddfud The Eistcdd DDS OF ancient NJ aic- ulcu
out Two or three centuries agp ana would teihaps
have never been revived but Tor the encrOdclulehl
- fine Aurlo-SaXon clement upon The Celtic. Not
couteut with subIugating the Welsh, the Ehsusb
ruler, attempted Ia eradicate the Celtic tongue a.
q rational language. Against TINS every Welsh
man protested. and finally the Eisteddfods were
rrr,fabllshcd for the express purpose OF maintain
ing the Welsh language. Ia tins county rucn res
t(al, are chiefly cal ulated 10 promote gooa lti-
l,,,shi, bef vpeu people OF the race and also
10 satisfy q spirit OF artistic competition winch los
rr@d Tor centuries by these Eisteddiods, mas he
.o,n. an essential part Of the WelHhmans char
set4r The last Eist.sidlOd held ia TINS CITY WAS
last Christmas. aud all who were present Asrro
that its Success was unprecedented. Two OF ilIgo
months before the festival takes place Z cI ia4 ~
,s,ied llving out the literary aud musical SUBJECTS
of competition. hus at the tlstrddiod 10 he hoio
at Association Hall tlus coming Chrstmas, SIX 81
iec- Tor fs.J IS. four p0ctica SUBJECTS Two lla4'
lions two recitatOns and fourteen ~ isic"l p''e9
are -et down for competition, the prizes Nhi4 ing
from 80 to SO. The COMPOSITIONS arc r+ht III %
month or no before the festival and arc snnnI.tH
to induces who decide as 10 their frlhliNe Nuiih'
Ei,tcddf0ds are held all over the country NheI 'eI
j few hundred " CsAmcu can De brought together
Milwaukee will SEE = hHe festival OF nc KIND net
Christmas at which Professor Parson trlcr y uuai
elan greatly esteemed by ms country men aiu
AneuIn Jones, "a New-lorA ARCHITECT Will 'o '''
gIeai advantage of the Eisteddiod Is rs $, ten
dency TO develop the musical talent OF the "elHh
race Love of music ESPECIALLY sacicu hiISi' li9
hr..n comui.n TO lord, farmer and miner IN wares
since time iinmeuOral. and Tie dhy "oiA - never
ended there without the singing oi song Oh PI"lse
or an anthem But Ow ing TO the rugged ana noun
tainous condition al the country anu us CONSEQUENT
;narressibilIfy classical music has Only recently
penetr2sd 10 the unc0ulh uut mc'o,4Ou5 ''ll.'lD..
,.nt ~ West Britain. With the ear al 20 True ntsi
cian ne has known how 20 discriminate between
onod and super6cinl importatiOH7, and thus WINE
he nas set aside the light compositions OF hAuS
French musicians the beauties OF tsndel's ora
torius have seized his whole soul without neg
Letting the national music, the EIsleddIOds ~
present are pay ing much attention to Handel s
works. t = a., T-..,
Statcs me 5iyrOy q weekly sheet, Is published al
ittr. and Tie Press at IIttsburg. monthly frrs-
b,tcri.r, eh,.et The Friend and me Darn Baptist
nanrr are ais, published at Utica The hostHgc'
Is puhIslIed az kemsen, y y
fIsre ara many Welsh churches IN tho United
S+at.s for with the pcty ard religious zeal winch
ci,araCterize most m0unfaiAccTs, the Neshinan II
,vs wiling 70 spend hiE last cent II 10 be IA thu
$3.50 nj "a RELIGIOUS enterprises. New York ne
two welsh houses Of worship-one IN IniIeenth-st
uudeg thr care OF the ltev. Dr: humphreys ana TN
'tI.,r In Flev,nih-st. conducted by the r. =
| David Davies. H..
! Most Wc-!men 10 this country are kepnhlicaE
! -; ro,itics The Welsh Garfield aud Arthur tiub
| a. No II Fourih.ave., did good work ior the he
! .ul,lican cause III the recent canvass.