The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-11

RUSSIAN "AMALANS" IN NEW YORK.
IN. Y. sun ]

IN. Y. SUM
From a Ludlow street ba4em ant every
evening tll miinight, sometimes later,
comes u confusion of many voices re,.m.
b'in& combination of prolonged sneezes
The windows are open. In the room is a
company Of young men and young WON
Ell, the latter generally rather pretty, anu
the former always in state of excitement
over soma subject which evidently needs q
deal OF argument. The young men are al.
ways talking, or rather lecturing, to ono
another, Or to themselves If nobody else
will hear them. They all talk in the same
manner, with striking gesticulations, all
often 10 the same person at the same time.
all To the same purpoSe-which il, appar.
emily, nothing; for the talk goes on with.
out end, till the company part from sheer
fatigue. The girls sometimes take "A share
III the wordy proceedings, but they are
soon Silenced hy the young men, who in
their enthusiasm for the discovery of
Truth. seem to pay small regard to the So
clal courtesieS. But, then, the girls don y
mini, for they are emancipated them.
selves. These young PEI sons are exiled
Russians. generally OF Hebrew descent,
and most ol them were students in the
country they have left.
The reporter, by chance, got acquainted
with one Of the party, a pale. sharp .fea.
tured young man, and was introduced to
the circle, or rather to the irregular poly.
gon.
There are two classes of Russians that
come over to this country" said the sharp.
featured young man; "the one is of very
La hA IN
tion or hard times, emf grated from the
Old country to live here and make little
money. They generally begin by ped
ding, and some Of them thrive. Tue other
class, to which we belong, i, composed of
men of IDEAS, mostly young people, who
either did not ike to have til" gendarme
behind their backs, or ventured out on new
lands to start new social experiments. We
believe in, aud some of us practice. com.
munity life. great many of us came out
with the Amolam Society (anolam is u
Hebrew word, meaning from all the
worldly which was started at Odessa some
years ago for the purpose Of establishing
communities in the United States. We
have successful farming settlements in
New Jersey, Kansas, Oregon, and else.
where One in Louisiana was broken up
q short time ago by the yellow fever,
Here in New York we tried among our.
selves to live ON the sama plsn. but ,itv
life which keeps som. idle and others
busy by freaks, is not favorable to that
sort OF thing. Besides, comp 'tition here
makes people value their hard earnings
too h gt, and lie ,ets seliishness."
Tbs young men follow the vocatons Of
t.achiur. tran, ,latiny and the lik. atnonr
their illiterate countrymen. Some are shop
CLERKS some ARE l.arnin, tn H.. ,n.rhauics
and two or tbre. ar. composi,ors Th.v
have great cont.mpt for neddIingRni h.g.
Cling. and ars down upon orthodox Jews
nnd raht1S. They prof.ss to h. ,n.nci.
patsd from >.ctarian and RAG. nr.ind,,.s
and regard the whole of society as a broth.
erhnnd II they % IN h.ar pr..rhi,g il
is F.Iy Alder,
Many of tb,m livad topstber in hodi.,
for "A time but thew ar. now sca,terad
over Essex. Norfolk. Ludlow. Henry. and
other East Side streets. Soma of tho girls
have their par.uts with them. other, liv.
" ith ,h.ir friends Nearly All th.ss yiri,
work hare, in factories "a thing which can
not ALWAYS hs said OF the ,n.ul. nnl ,fen
are the sole suppurt of their parents F.w
Of th,m can bear to receiy. att,ntious
hat would insinuate that thsy belong Ia IA
,.aker sex.
uespite the hard work thsy have IN do
lor , living. most or ,h.se girls lila tb.
,ouns ,uau are amh-tinus studants in a
fashiop. They all want IN
,n,,, .v.rvthiug Thav havs nicLad nm
sny,lish fost. All Of than und.rst.nd Gar.
nan. and som. also French.
fr.nu.n,.v of halIs and narties isa
social feature among those
>ps.tans When thew have a hall tn.
,oupg n.nnl. as "A rule dance from eight i'm
b. evening Ia eight the NEXT morninp
rh. vouuy r,.n smoke indi.criuin.t.lv
ma L.r. and ,hare il "a wo,nan uho doas
m, disd,;r n nu6
nn ,.ar,, ;,t.r.stiu, fsm;I, cons;s, ~
,,,.,, ,,,,,n,, sis,.rs n li,,I, hr,th.r .n1
I,'; ,-I,, ,a,nt ~, .is,,., -
,,,, -, 49,. ,.,,ii'.
-, -
he eldest ls weIi-proportioheu, active
,irl Of about twenty, social, eager to make
riend, with eyeryboly and learn from
,v.r,,hod, Af,ar h.r dav,. unrL sha
49, -. =. u
axes icsso"H !" rrehcn' Puy ''e'' a"'i niu'
h', uesldes learning hhsi'sh from ulHer
.,.,al, ,,.u,. 20 laarn too t,,, sb. NM,
a. 4, All L,, hars.lf and y,,,t ha,,,
% help uer' iue S""nse'', s"sn' auo
weakly, aud scarcely past sixteen SUN.
nrrs, earns about IA week by working