The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-31
SCENES AT CASTLE GARDEN.
A Tow Fits of Information About Immi'
crsnts-Lshciin. Children.

On the morning of my visit the possible
takers Of millions wcrS. not prcpOsscssing
in personal appearance. but fine clothes
have so much 10 DO With the making OF
fine birds that thore could be no hriit TO
g Lat the Imagination pictured for these
at present undisting -.shed foreigners.
The En-lisa boats generally bring English
speaking people. and the day OF their ar
rival the books are fall Of names snch as
OHara. DonnClly and Duly. and on other
DAYS they contain the unpronounceable
ones OF the rstives Of Poland. Hungary,
Italy and Germany There are two mat
rons installed within little mclosurc IN
the center Of the grea. rotunda Their
duties, cftor their general supervision
owe. al the women. are first to care for
the children under L years Of age who are
not under the protection cf any ore. and
second to detect if possible the women
who have been, or are likely to be, led
astray.
The chief riatron, Mrs. Stucklein, has
held her position four years. She told me
that at first the tales she heard Brought
her many a 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 recital5 of the women
and children, had accustomed her more or
less to her task.
The children" she said, "are often as
happy and contcnted as they can be.
They have generally been sent for TO join
their friends here who are waiting Tor
their arrival. Sometimes they arc obliged
10 20 from here 10 find their friends in
some distant state, and in that case their
tickets are procured for them, and l fill
out "a label Us to their names and destna-
ton. The label is tied 10 buttonhole III
their dresses or coats, and IN that way
they are handed first to one person and
then TO another--the passenger agents
and conductors on the railways-untll
they arrive at their destination. They get
Of. far better than those who have the re-
sponsiblity Of looking after themselves.
II 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 cao they are going
out Of New York. II they arc 10 take &
very long journey and have no money. we
generally give them fifty cents or 81 IN
order that they may buy q cup of coffee or
tea or he prepared for an emergency, but
if they arc not 10 travel very far we pro
vide them only with food.
Two or three women were seated within
the inclosure. and I asked the matrOn why
they were there.
"They are here because they are de-
tanned ,or some reason or other, she an
swered. THAT old lady is TO join her
husband In western city. When she
arrived here she expected TO find letter
from Inn with money for travelling ex-
penses. The letter had not arrived, and
so we have telegraphcd TO him. That
ticket Pinned on her dress is an indication
that she is waiting for o telegram. That
little girl by the side If 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
Swedc, and has also been sent fer by her
husband" The girl was hatloss, and had
hair that lad been bleached by the rays
Of the sun. She was not pretty 10 look
at, but was probably endowed with yir-
tues enough 90 lead her husband TO pay
her passage across the sen at any rate.
She too was having 20 wait for the re-
mittauce that would take her beyond Cas-
tie Garden.
Sometimes the reason for the delay"
explained MIS-. Stucklcin, "s the miscal-
culation ia time The person sent for
often leaves the other side soorcr than Is
expected. or the steamer arrives earlier
than IL is looked for. The newcomer is
allowed 10 remain here for time, bat
there are only those rough benches TO
sleep upon 20 night. Florence {. ives ia
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