The Dickinson press., 1888-02-18
TRICKS OF IMMIGRANTS.
THE REVERSE SIDE OF PICTURES
PAINTED BY REPORTERS.

rive on Our SlOrr,-11ic Rustic and Tho.
City Bred Immigrnnt-A Most Cucn;n,:
and Persistent Iscut.
Tho popular hclicf is that the immigrant
coming 4" New York is Il badly used inli-
Nlt!ia!, and by TIC time he works his way
into tbs laad OF freedom IIr las been robbed
OF everything h" has and is east thirsty and
lcni.l,sS ilDun the iiiloSlitai,le shores Of AN
ovvrciW"'l"d nation. To the Imagination a
fresh ,,l.I rant is the cnibo,iiilvit OF inno-
criire. :: l.rv In every sharper and II source
o! it~,.o'..in L" amy one disposed To take nd
vaa .,l liill. This as II rule may perhaps
b. s. tyt rs having s.':IIr foundation in
lac s't' ;i!"re are giittoring exceptions and
va s't =! Nrf:"nres, THAI are sufficiently
pc. r.t fa,! sufficiently successful III their
c.v..t> a'stl,l;!r arco,:ats with the natives,
To &,.l,:ct SOM" attention and almost balance
IT, liAivsl;iui:s put upon the arriving stran-
g,lS.
The classes among the Immigrants modo
u,,oi farmers AMI residents OF the rural dis
tri is in the old country are of coarse inter-
cs,cd and pleased with everything they ell
counter in this ncw place: they rrvel in the
81. >!ionable food put before them on tho
tables of tho queer boarding houses run for
their reception: meat To them is Il luxury
they may have had hut veY,r few opporttini-
tics OF enjoying, and they absorb the steaks
and outlets lreScntcdto them III wondering
and admirins haste, not questioning their
coalition or fitness for the human stomach.
These people have no comparisons TO make,
no %prccedents whereby they may govern
their opinions of things. They are usllcred
Suddenly INTO an entirely new phase of life;
their simple existence heretofore affords no
means of controlling their ideas in the pres
r!t. The neglected condition of the street;
il The immigrant localities ESCAPES their at
t~2!ltion; their eyes are filled with the large
buildings. the great ships, the gorgeous signs:
their ears hear nothing hut expressions of al
ln!ration from their companions. The dust
that blows over them and the mud through
which they tramp is noticed, il noticedat all,
merely in its practical feature as an adjunct
20 agriculture and its advantages when spread
over the acres some of them titled on the
anis of the Rhine, the llone, the Thames
or elsewhere. TIT neglected houses and the
,lnswcpt rooms are familiar Sishts-it takes
t.lrm back in mind to the tlderland, and they
fpoi more or less at home.
Different is it Will those who have lived in
the cities of the old world. They come with
lI, W Z ltltlSt. hllu tHSIl lUUllll-
Mity with the ways of centcrs of civilization
gives them the right to comment, and the cx-
ccsSivencss with which they can indulge il,
this marks them, in their own estimation, as
familiar with the manners of the world and
the pitfalls of its devious paths. These per-
SONS are thcoversnart, and their Ilenltude of
confidence often leads them into roublcs that
the innocence and timidity of tie former
class 1,Itycpf t'DnsIir,inI,s nu,N,,r ,,;.
number are those who have nibblod at
cl,!calion, who come here with an intclli-
gcice thai extends Il short distance beyond
the ability to read and write. who indulge
i'll diatribes against the nation and its ideas,
its principles, its government. its material
i,t!c tcnetS, not in an anarcllistic. but in Il
delrccatory, spirit. The monarclicll idea
rlInss To them: they can no More free them
selves from it than could the natives of that
small German ~principaiity adjoining France.
who declared that rs their French nciehLor,
had Il republic, they. too, must have a rrlul,-
lie: hut, 1--WE want our prince as ruler of our
republic" they cried.
The most oh Objectionable of all immigrants
I" I'll" boarding house keeper is the Berliner,
who, hailing from one nj the most important
cities in the world, and taking advantage O..
the partnership of strangers. presumably
ignorant of his humble social status ut home,
affects Il standing he has no right TO, aud,
like all characters of narrow instincts and
slavish birth, becomes obuoXiously arbitrary
and tyrannical wiicn freed from the absolute
Servitudc i'll which h" has had to serve in or
der TO earn u subsistence, loudly cIiticiZes
the table, boasts of the conspicuous men ut
whose board lie has dincd, hrowleats tho
walters, bullicS the house servants and inn
poses upon the landlord. y favoritc atiecta-
ton of this class. rather unusual in immi-
grant boarding houses, is standing their
boots or shoes ut the room door over night,
apparently for the single purpose of havin.
something to find fault about the next MORN
ing, inasmu.h as they remain there u!i-
touched and unclcancl.
The most persistent and cunning beat is
the Thoroughbred Polish Jew. Nothing is
too small for him to claim, and nothing too
Insignificant for him 10 avoid payment for;
any excuse is considered legitimate with his
kind To warrant II refusal to pay out money
for whatever they may have enjoyed the
benefit of. Quite an ordinary scheme with
them, worked after they nave dincd and
Slept at q boarding house for II week, is to
declare their positive and unswcrving be-
lief i'll the obligation and intention of this
government to support and provide for
them for the term of cight days following
their first arrival in this country.
Nor is it lack of money with these follows
that prompts their rascality. 1t is an inborn
and abnormal tendency to rob, and often,
when they are brought to a realization Of
the necessity of liquidation through the con-
vincing. though not consideratc, argument
of IL policeman's club. they fall upon thcil.
knees, tear their hair and clothes, beat their
breasts, call Upon their eiadlcss category of
Saints for protection from the unsodly rob-
berS, declare their intention to kill them
selves, their children and their entire gener-
alton, and indulge in all the fantastic and
eXtravagant oaths peculiar and distinctive
of 81 slavish and hidcbound people. 1t is
only after this terrible exhibition of grief,
contempt for all mankind and self immola.
ton upon the altar of their u%varice, that
they draw from its hiding place in some cor
her of their wrctchcG. dress the dirty. greasy,
i'll scented coin and pay up their score.
One of their favcritc oaths, usually i'll
dulsed after the reckoning has been exactcd,
is addressed to the hotel keeper. and is en-.
bodied III these gentle terms: '.May tn,
horse be dalnned from whose hoofs the tai
low comes that makes the candle burn III
Your deathbrl." the horse is damne,
the candle i, necessarily damned. Ii flick
crs, and i'll the darkness the devil has an op
p%ortunity to seize the soul of the cruel lard
lord, is the mental argument of the indiy
nant Polc.-A. Curtis Bond in New Norl
Star.
\ Cafe in II Tub.
| a restaurant proprietor of Montmartr,
5 France, recently opened Il curious cato. Til