The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
SCENES At CASTLE GARDEN.
4 Few Tits of Information About I:nni
S..nts-Lx*ciinS Children.

s~-:siIIS-kss%ctiue.
On the morning os NY visit the possible
,.akers OF millions were not prepoSsesslnG
in personal appearance. but fine clothes
have so much 10 do with the making OF
fiac birds that there could be no limit to
v!.,..* the imagination pictured for these
ct present undistirsuished foreigners.
The Eac!;&a boats generally bring English
spealli2:c, people. and the day OF their ar
rival Z books are full OF names such as
O'Eala, Eonneily and Duffy, and on other
DAYS they contain the ropronounceable
ones of the atives 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 all the women. are first to care for
the children uIyar II 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 r,atron, Mrs. Stucklein, has
held her position four years. She told me
that at first the tales she hesrd brought
her many a sleepiess night and caused her
to shed many tears of sympathy and pity.
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 CA be-
They have generally been sent for to join
their friends here who are waiting for
their crrival Sometimes they are Obliged
to go from here to frd their friene' IN
some distant state, anG in that cas- r
tickets are procured foc them, anu Hi
out label as to their names and Cestlna-
ton The LABEL is tied to but.onhole ID
their dresses or coats, and IN that way
they are handed first to one person and
then to snother-the passenger agents
AID conductors on the cailways-untu
tnev arrive at their destination. They get
on far better than those who have the re-
sponsibiiity cf looking after themselves.
1t sometimes occurs that the children
have lot penny in their pccke. when
they land. If possible we communicate
with their friends and obtain the price o.
their railway f1re in case they ara going
out OF New York If they are to take
very long journey and have no money, We
generally give them fifty cents or 81 IL
order that tacy may buy cup Of coffee OF
tee or he prepared for an emergency, out
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 here because they are de-
tanned for some reason or other" she an
al 1eI IrvS sc 70
husband in western city. When she
arrived here she expected to find a letter
from hin with money for travelling ex.
penses. The letter had not arrived. anG
so we have telegraphed to him. That
ticket pinned on her dress is an indication
that she is waiting for telegram. That
little girl by the side of her is her grand.
child, who came from Germany with her.
When the matron had finished speaking
she looked toward another woman, and
then said: That young woman is
Swede, and has also been sent for by her
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, us the miscal-
culation in time. The person sent 70.
often leaves the other side sooner than is
expected, OF the steamer arrives earlier
than it is looked for The newcomer is
allowed to remain here for q time, but
there are only those rough benches to
sleep upon at night. Florence c. Ives in
New York Press.