Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-06

Uuf1ng the year l61y oevon thou0en
two hundred italian immigrants wsgo;
landed at this port, one-third OF vhjeh
number remained in the city, and theus
are now over twenty thousand Italians
scattered among the population Of New
York. The'more recently arrived he'd
together in colo mics, such % thooe q
Baxter and Mott streets, in Elevon1h
street, in Yorkville, and in Hoboksa.
Many of the most important industriog
of the city are in the hands Of Italiaao
as employers and employed, such - IL
manufacture Of macaroni, OF objects q
art, confectionery, artificial howenss
and Italian workmen may be 70 ana
everywhere mingled with those OF other
nationalities. It is no uncommon thing
to see at noon come swathy Italian. en-
gagged on building ia procese OF eroo-
ton, resting and dining from his tia
kettle, while his brown skinned wife
sits by his side, brave in her gold ear
rings and beads, with red flower Il
her hair, all Of which at homo were
kept for feast days. But here in
America increased wages make every
day feast day in the matter of food
and raiment; and why, indeed. should
not the architectural principle Of beauty
supplementing necessity be spilled
even to the daily round of nod .carryingf
Teresa from the Ligurian mountain il
certainly q more picturesque object
than Bridget from Cork, and quite q
worthy OF incorporation in our new.
civilization. She is better wife and
mother. and under equal circumstances
far outstrips the latter in that improve
ment of her condition evoked By che
activity of the NV World. Her
children attend the pueblo schools. and
develop very early an amount Of eneru
and initiative which, added to the quick
intaition Of italian blood, makes then
valuable factors in the population.
That the Italians are an idle and thrift
less people is superstition which Tins
will remove from the American mind 4
little kindly guidance and teaching co
mould them into almost any form. But
capital is the first necessity OF the indi-
vidual. Is it to DO wondered ct, there
fore, that the poor untried souls that
wander from their village or mountaia
homes, with no advice but that II the
parish priest, no knowledge Of the
country % which they are going liua
the vague though dazzling remen bn4ncs
that somebody's uncle or brother uncs
went to Buenos Ayres and returned
with fortune. no pecuniary resourus
but that which results from the sale a
their little farms or the wifes heritage
of gold beads, and no intellectual CAP
ital but the primitive methods of iarna~
ing handed down by their ancestors.
should drift into listless and hopeless
poverty Their emigration 10 frequent-
~ in the hands OF shrewd compatri0ts.
who manage to land them ON onr
shores in robbed and plundered con-
dition.
On the other hand, the thrifty
bourgeois who brings with him tha
knowledge of atrade, and some little cap
ital to aid him in getting footing, very
soon begins to prosper, and lay "
money with which to return and daxElo
the eyes OF his poorer neiGhbors. d.
moralizing his native town BY filing r.
inhsbitanta with yearnings toward ~
Ell Dorado Of !" Nuova York. Su0h
man, nanfactinnar. hair d.eaaAr. az arpsAa
Ger. purchases 9 villa, sets mp 6fs Or
riage, and to all appearance purposes
spending his life in elegant leisure
but the greed OF money getting which
he has brought back from the New
World surges restlesely within hin
and he breaks up his establishmentt
and returns TO Nsw York TO live behind
his shop in some damp, unwholeooUa
den, that he may add afewmore dollnm
to his store, and too often his eyaxice +
rewarded by the contraction u dis-
ease which presently gives biz hard
earned American dollars into the hands
Of his relatives in Italy. There II -
element Of chancei n the success Of til
ians which tmakss emigration VIII
them q matter Of more risk than With
other nationalisies Of more pfudenea
and foresight. The idyllic life of -
Italian hillside or Of q dreaming medi-
@val town is but poor preparation f0r
the hand-to hand struggle Tor bread e
an overcrowded city. Hence the papeEs
on the peninsula TEEN with protests and
warnings from the pens Of intelli9enf
Italians in America against the thought-
less abandonment Of home and country
ON the uncertain prospect Of success
across the ocean. ~ Charlotte Adams,
in Harper's Magazine.
LEARN TO SLEEP. The true art ot
sleeping is the power 10 shut ones salf
within ones self under any 0irouun-
stances. The man WIN can thus tako
rest is refeshed and strengthened undee
many circumstances which would keep
other people weary and wakeful. H
| il master Of every situation - regards
his own rest. Some men, ~ loag
habit, fnd themselves able % take
sleep with the same ease that others
would take glass Of water. They e.
sleep either while perched on : h16k
stool or rafting along ina railroad o.
at forty miles an hour. The ECONOMY
Of WEAR and tear on the lives 81 ausA
people is wonderful. Tho man ~
cannot sleep unless hc hAe drGt ~
moved his clothes. put ont the light
and climbed into his bed Is Of : great
disadvantage. Greater yet il his d.
advantage II he can sleep in ne bed bat
his own. There are some who are 20
sessed with the notion that their ON
bed il the only one ID which they 90
slumber. These people are nttoEay
wretched when travelling, or obliged
absent themselves from home on busj-
ness. But he who has accustoms9
| himself to aloop can onjoy thai boon g