The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-10

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The txo classes Of persons with
whom policemen On posi- trsSfrusmsni
ct along best are Hebrew ssorekeepsrz
and IrIsh saloon-keer<fs-
Al political patriotic. o. social
xntherinx. composed Of nsen only. any
where ID View York. Americans
usually come IN singIs. irsxhmsn two
81 time, and Germans four o. ave
together.
Three CLASSES q persons hitheTto
regarded ~ esE<rsial types Of Ssw
York popnizfi~n who are gradually
Disappearing sra Irssh spple 20 inen,
coiored chimney-sueeYs and skilled
hsrkespers, uossd for making of nstxed
drinks.
WIsen New YORK IocaIity becomes
40 thoroughly nof0figus that iss dis
repuxs extends bey0pd The limits q
the city. and IL IL y1cAtnf, the first
tenants 70 move in are invariably
coiorcd people. When they leave the
Preach follow. To the French Sue
ceed the Italians. and when the
italians Ieaye the locality ceases -
EXIST A. place OF residence ard stores
or warehouses are built on the site.
The siIyewdest criminals naet with Ia
the police courts are the Chinese.
From the moment Of arrest TO the
moment 1T trial they are absolutely
nors-egnInitEal. They disczaim every
thing and admit nothing. This
silence prevents the police from FORM
inx any clnes, or FROM utilizing such
confessions or explanations ~ most
criminals, o. persons accused OF crime.
are accustomed 10 make. Next 70 the
Chinese the most reserved and tafi-
turn of the residents OF New York are
the H5hemians.
The brAvest, quickest and most
clear headed persons 1t fire In New
York are Irizh-Americans. the most
difficult persons to save or 10 snceor
are the Polish Hebrews, who become
terrified af the sight OF flames, and
can only be mosed By force. They
viii never jump.
The persons resident here who are
possessed Of most intimate knowledge
Of the business Of pasnbrokers are
English born. The ordinary New
Yorker In Offering IN article ~ q
pledge rays What can / get on
thiss The average Engllsh-born resi-
dent who Is destitute or needy says
This IL worth TO YOU. VIII you
give me that much The English
born borrower pawns tse saline article
as often a. he gtts Is cut. The nou-l
English borrower selects each time, as
far as possible, different article.
A Curiosity In Gotham Is Nor
wexiAn girl. Probably not one man In
5000 III the city has ever seen one.
Yet there are scores Of them in New
York scattered throughout the city.
New York dudes are not, generally
speaking, very quick At anything. but
they lead all other classes OF the pop
ulafiou in the speedy acquisition OF
slang phrases. II the explanation
happens TO be OF English origin, the
dudes are 10th Il, let 70 OF ii. In some
parts Of New York dude has never
been seen.
II may be stated as positive fact
that every Piaftdeutcher, or low Ger
man. In New York has q cousin.
Where he hasn't 8 cousin he has q
nephew. Low Germans recently ar
rived In this city make q point OF work
Ing for relatives; high Germans prefer
to work for strangers
The business which Is most thor
.oughly monopolized in this city by na-
tive-born Americans Is that OF truck
owning. Nine-tenths Of the carts,
trucks and wagons owned In this city
and hired out belong 70 native Ameri-
cans. IL II q distinctive mark of an
old-fashioned ward, like the Ninth, to
see in front OF nearly every door at
night time truck or cart.
The busiest night in 4 saloon patron
ICED by trishmcn Is Saturday. Satur-
day Is the least busy night of the
week la saloon patronized by Ger
mans.
A sailor, while his vessel il In port.
10 always obscrvsd In New York 20
walk along the middle Of the sidewalk,
whereas 4 6ountryman who comes
from q locality remote from a great
river or the sea always walks either
close TO the curb or close 10 the stoop
line This observation should, per
haps. be qualified by the remark that,
under certain conditions. sailors are
strongly inclined 70 take the whole
sidewalk.
In the most populous portions OF
the east side OF town, the advent Of
what Is known as nlId-gutter band
brings out all the children Of the
neighborhood. The German girls.
from the age OF upward. take part
ners Of their own sex for a waltz.
which continues while the music lasts.
The children OF other nationalities
look on. but do not dance.
The only class OF adult persons in
New York who drink soda water as
their favoftte beverage are the Russian
Hebrews in and about Hester. Ludlow.
Essex and Division streets. In sum-
sAes time there are $50 street stands for
the sale u soda water within the con
traetad boundaries of this district.
The average of those who commit
the more serious criminal otlenses IL
steadily on the decline. At the pres
efit time two-thirds of the professional
criminals are below the age of 81.
Perhaps the raress sight 10 I've met
Win IN Snule parts 1t New YORK Is
that OF Hebrew hrscklayer. They
are slsnest as rare rs German laundry.
men.
whitswashers and kaisosnsnerS have
lost their supremacy among the col
oresi people. The biggest revenue OF
the smallest capital and she least work
il uow made in New York i'm the sum
mer tsmc hy the enlaresi women whs
sell battered hot cofn and soft-shei
crabs on the street corners. Just as Il
Is dome in Southern states, bat Il
much more lucrative custom.
A hotel keeper who expects Co gel
and 10 hold any spanish. Cuban ol
South American patronage must havs
= balcony or two. II be has a bal
cons. frant and rear. for each floor
bis fortune may be almost REGARDED
as made
About the two most important sign
posts of the year for cid lasfsiufass
Germans are November and April. Ii
The gsrst-naustsi month new saueFkrsa
begins to be sold. and in the sesons
beck heer makes It's appearance.
You can always tesi = real swell gls
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