Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-10-27
scsNEs AT CASTLE GARDEN.
4 Few Bits of Information About Inni-
 Grants-Labeling Children.


 Grants-Labeling Children.
 On the morning of my visit the possible rAakers of millions were not prepossessing In personal appearance, but fine clothes have so much to do with the making of fine birds that there could be no limit to what the imagination pictured for these at present undistinguished, foreigners. The English boats generally bring English speaking people. and the day of their ar rival the books are full of names such a.s O'Hara, Donnelly and Duffy, and on other days they contain the unpronounceable ones of the natives of Poland, Hungary, Italy and Germany. There are two mat rons installed within little inclosure in the center of the great rotunda. Their duties, after their general supervision over sll the women, are first to care for the children under r years of age who are not under the protection of any one, and second to detect if possible the women who have been, or are likely to be, led astray.
 The chief matron. Mrs. Stucklein, has held her position four years. She told me that Gt first the tales she heard brought her many 8 sleepless night and caused her to shed many tears of sympathy and pity but the constant association with wretched specimens of humanity and hearing the daily and hourly recitals of the women and children, had accustomed her more or less to her task.
 'The children" she said, "are often as happy and contented as they con be. They have generally been sent for to join their friends here who are waiting for their arrival. Sometimes they are obliged to go from here to find their friends in some distant state, and in that case their tickets are procured for them, and fill out label as to their names and destina- tion. The label Is tied to buttonhole in their dresses or coats, and in that way they arc handed first to one person and then to another-the passenger agents and conductors oa the railways-until they arrive at their destination. They get on far better than those who have the re- sponsibility of looking after themselves. It sometimes occurs that the children have not penny in their pocket when they land. If possible we communicate with their friends and obtain the price of their railway fare In cage they are going out of New York. If they arc to take o very long journey and have no money, we generally give them fifty cents or $1 In order that they may buy 8 cup of coffee or tea or be prepared for an emergency, but if they are not to travel very far we pro- vide them only with food"
 Two or three women were seated within the inclosure, and asked the matron why they were there.
 "They are hero because they are de- tained for some reason or other" she aD- swered. That old lady Is to join her husband in western city. When she arrived here she expected to find letter from him with money for travelling ex- ! penses. The letter had not arrived, and so we have telegraphed to him. That | ticket pinned on her dress Is an indication | that she Is waiting for telegram. That l little girl by the side of her Is her grand 1 child, who came from Germany with her. |" i When the matron had finished speaking she looked toward another woman, and ! then said: That young woman is a l Swede. and has also been sent fer by her l husband" The girl was hatless, and had hair that had been bleached by the rays | of the sun. She was not pretty to look at, but was probably endowed with vir- tues enough to lead her husband to pay her passage across the sea at any rate. She too was having to wait for the re- mittance that would take her beyond Cas- tie Garden.
 Sometimes the reason for the delay" " explained Mrs. Stucklein, ''is the miscal- culation in time. The person sent for often leaves the other side sooner than is expected, or the steamer arrives earlier than It Is looked for. The newcomer is allowed to remain here for a time, but there are only those rough benches to sleep upon at night. "-Florenee c Ives in New York Press.