Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-09

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~ I'm qi.aaos; in France, they |
' ,srmed Bohemians, because
|'1 s.. y, country in which they
4. vsnpearance vas Bohemia Ia
|hef AP ~ styled ziganl; In Tur.
10y "a IN Germany zlgueni--
pg'pl' w., S 70 be derived from
eon'' ,,nesll, by which the
eIm .,ires designate themselves,
'oul'' understood TO mean "the
" Z, Zend OF end.h The charac-
'sn en-. y however, applied by the
,osir own race IL rommani, u
.anscrlt origin which means
n nll countries outcasts and
,s.ve adopted the habits and &C
II eypsles, aud even associated
I, n an established fact that
,,nsies constitute u single race,
/. IAN Any other, using u language
,o,bemselycs. Thus far, aiiseem
Snt when one comes To Inquire
INK is from which the race Of
4 ~ sprung, different opinions are
I. dIferent authorities. Some
.dlers have asserted them TO be
v, Noors who once inhabited
4 ASSAY they are OF Tartar origin,
sNers have tried toprove them
+. bne OF these opinions have
n '.sIde credence as that which
u ia original country Of the
a . be Egypt, ahd this idea is
u gypsies OF to-day. Notwith.
4 nal there Is a great amount of
Given that they are OF indian
'bc origin. For u long time II
|lkyed that the gypsy language
uere iarg0D or slang, resemo-
N cant language of thieves,
|,,ied for the same purposes. This,
n "A a mistake, as has been shown
DkeIy. Many words Of their Lam
have been found TO be pure HIM
IA and the similarity OF character
toms and occupations which they
correspond perfectly with a low,
llng race expelled from iindoo
Toe earliest mention OF the gypsies
tho year ltli, when they appeared
lan territories, and In Il few years
at date they were found In most
4 Germany. In l4lS, they were
ID Switzerland, and In l422 they
teIr appearance In LAZY. In 1927
ptartd In France The men were
their hair ourled, the women were
ably, black, nearly ali had their
red, aud wore one or two silver
B each, Their only clothing was q
shaggy garment tied over the
us With a cord, sash or Il cloth,
der II n pottcUat-ln short, they
The poorest and most miserable
les ever seen in France. There
Iomen among them who, by looking
tople's hands, told their fortunes,
What was worse, picked their
4 II was not long, however,
The true character Of the gypsies
70 be known, and they were looked
sa PEI I and u nuisance, AZ they
eet their uncouth arts. In the
'ot the sixteenth and seventeenth
'es enaCtments were passed for
suppression In all the principal
oithe continent, In Spain an edlct
elr determination was passed dur
reign OF Ferdinand and Isabella In
md similar edicts were issued by
sV and Philip II. These did not
q the effect intended, and equally
'laal were the laws passed against
psies In France, Italy, the Neither
and Germany. They would
nile the Mt Of persecution lasted,
Z black children always emerged
wandering hither and thither, tin
pots and kettles, stealing children,
y hen'roosts and telling fortunes
gpsles seem TO have made theli
rance In England about 1912, and
ears after that date u statute OF
VII. was directed against them
little effect had this and other
lN IN the reign OF Queen Elizabeth
mounted TO nearly ten thousand
" queens reign very sanguinary
y were passed against them, which
llfa 10 force until in the reign o.
Nlll. they fell into desuetude, anC
,pNes were treated as rogues, pun
leandet the vagrant act
I Wild habits OF the gypsles are L
MS nssa TO a popularity OF race, dis
'aalas them from the mere vaga
sxhlch every generation produce
~ The description an authorit,
ny NE Spanish gypsies is found ap
NV Hose who pitch their tents II
l.sagyi as well MS In Europe. Thi
= aescribcs them as OF the middl,
= lhe proportions Of their fran,
n, ! powerful idea OF strength.
NJ u weakly object Is rarely foun,
Y YEN In persons OF either sex
reoaoly perish in infancy
4 Y endure the hardshlps an,
n, % which the race is subjecte,
,ss'est poverty, aud these priva
~ constant exposure give
80 and hRrshncss TO thel
~, Na'eh are strongly marked an,
I. WV Their complexion Is by n,
(. ,s,uu0iln, except that It Is iuyaTia
~. .,s'' Than the olive hue OF III,
!, Al. us not unusual TO see gyp
M. a !, ~ mplattoes, and in SOM
~. 'aelr skin is almost OF negr,
s,s Like most people OF sayag
- saeiF teeth are very white an,
Z and taeir mouths are no
~ ,~',aed, but We are told that It i
s ,r, Eye that differs more thai
,sa nature FROM other human be
sslesw oien has peculiar, starin,
AZ, . IN Spaln, the gypsy womeI
~, :, aandkerchlei To protect taell
Y, Nv mey are often seen here witt
M 80 ~ gear. But In England man,
- ~, ~ large bonnets OF beaver anl
M ~ ~ c'caks. Wherever gypsie
~. s'ey exhibit the same tenden
an Al hunt for their bread b.
= snt ,. aa' Ia all lands jockeys