St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-03
BONEMYANS DEFENDED,
Rev. Father ITCHY Criticises an
Article About His People.

Rev. Father ITCHY Criticises an
Article About His People.
To the Editor Of the Globe:
NEW PRAGUE, May est became Gus
tomary, and so to say fashionable, of
late to take down the Bohemians. A lit
tie behind time-as ever-the Pioneer
Press came out last Sunday with long article
headed Bohemia ard her People. 1t says
at the beginning: Bohemia! In st. Paul
world of smells aud strong odors, inhabited
by foreign class Of healthy, ignorant peo-
pie, and the silly p. p, imagining what u
stroke was dealt ont to the Bohemians, con-
tinues after awhile: "Once in the center OF
the great dumps, where dozens of wagons are
depositing manure, ashes, spoiled fruit, all
that had gone to decay; you will notice'-of
course the beloved BohemianS! Now let me
ask; Who is the cause of the world OF smell!
Where do the dozens of wagons come from9
Who handles ell that has gone to decay be-
fore it reaches the center of the great dump?
The logical (0 p. P. itself says little farther:
yet they seem TO be fairly neat and tidy in
their habits, and to keep up their household
duties as well as could be expected. A
glance into the interior of their
homes shows well swept floors
shining kettles and pans, carefully made beds,
etc." The whole dictionary of epithetS was
exhausted upon the Bohemians-'an easy
going, lndolent set OF people, suspicious, shy,
who look with doubtful eyes on the advent of
strangers. The intelligence of the people is
frightfully low, and the nature of their work
besotting,'' and in the same article the intelli
gent % P p. says of these Bohemians and
their aquatic tastes: ''None so cunning
they in a knowledge Of the secrets that lie in
the bosom of the Father of Waters"
One tragedy from the Bohemian settlement
is mentioned in the famous article as argu-
ment of the depravity of Bohemians by the
same P. p, which daily brings TO light so
many tragedies from the American life, of
course, not rejecting on the depravity Of the
American people. But these Bohemians are
given to brooding when wrOnged, and their
wrath seethes and bubbles until it overhows
and then they are but little better than de-
MONS Meanwhile, and under the circum-
stances, what are the Americans doing? OF
course, those American tragedistS are proba-
bly, but little better than angels! Yes; be-
cause they are Englishmen and their parents
came to America little earlier than Bohe-
mians! The P. P. predicts that in the Bohe-
milan children, playing on the sands
to-day, lie the nucleus of future
mobs, that will throng the streets
of St. Paul and defy law and order. 'Phlan-
throphy," continues the p. p, blind to the
crying wants at home. "is not stretching out
helping hand to them, and perhaps it is use
less to do so. They are to be the canaille of
st. Paul and as such subjects some day to be
dreaded and feared If the P. P. would have
looked around little better and more justly
it would have easily found out plenty of
material from which to predict that in the
English and German children playing on the
sands to-day lie the nucleus of future leaders
of mobs and principal canaille of St. Paul,
some day to be dreaded and feared. And If
at that time some Bohemians will march
down the Third street towards the P. P. build
ing, break the windows and throw rotten
eggs on the P. P. and its editor, it should not
be a surprise to the Americans in general, be-
cause philanthropy and charity was not
shown to the Bohemians on Sunday, May %,
by the Pioneer Press. Rev. Fir. ITCHY.