The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
THE PECULlARITIEs OF PEOPLES.
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Chicago Ne,cs.

Distinguishing Marks of Citizens From
Various Countrics.
Perhaps the rarest sight to be met
with in some parts of New York is that
of a Hebrew bricklayer. They are al
most as rare as German laundrymen.
The two classes of people with whom
policemen ON post (patrolmen) get
along best are Hebrew storekeepers
and Irish saloonkeepers.
At a political, patriotic, or social
gathering composed of men only, any
where in New York, Americans usually
come in singly. Irishmen two at a time,
and Germans four or five together.
A hotelkeeper who expects to get
and to hold any Spanish, Cuban, or
South American patronage must have
q balcony or two. If he has a balcony,
front and rear for each floor, his for
tune may be almost regarded as made.
1t is the experience of most election
inspectors that the quickest and most
expeditions voting election day is done
in districts inhabited, wholly or chiefly,
by native Americans. And of these
those born in New England states are
quicker than the others.
On New York thoroughfare the
nationality of the st~orekeepers is
shown as follows: Where kerosene
lamps are to be met with in the show
windows, Germans dominate the
neighborhood; where electric lights
are found, Hebrews predominant; the
Italians use gasoline, and the Irish and
Americans burn gas.
When al Irish-born workman in the
employ of the city, or of u contractor.
is killed or disabled. leaving q depcn-
dent family, his friends get up a ball
in his benefit, and it yields anywhere
from $50 to $3.50. The money to a
the lawyers fee for defending u Grim
inal is often raised in the same way.
Such entertainments are almost en-
tirelv unknown among Germans, near
ly all of whom belong, or have rela-
tives who belong, to some benevolent
social lodge.
When a legal paper is served upon a
Chinaman he smiles blandly and places
it within the folds of his blouse. When
q legal paper is served upon an Irish
man lie does not hesitate, as a rule, to
denounce the plaintiff. A Hebrew de-
PENDANT usually makes some offer OF
compromise to the server of the pro-
cess, and the average German calls his
friends and family together to deter
mine whether he shall keep the paper
after it has been handed to him.
When a New York locality becomes
SO thoroughly notorious that its disre-
pute extends beyond the limits Of the
city, and it is vacated, the first tenants
to move i'll are invariably colored peo-
pie. When they leave the French fol-
low. To the French succeed the Ital-
ians, and when the Italians leave the
locality cease to exist as n place OF
residence, and stores OF warehouses are
built on the site.
The shrewdest criminals met within
the police courts are the Chinese.
From the moment of arrest to the mo.
ment of trial they are non-committal.
They disclaim everything and admit
nothing. This silence prevents the
police from forming IL clews or from
utilizing such confessions or explana-
tions as most criminals or persons &c.
cused of crime are accustomed to make
Next to the Chinese the most reserved
and taciturn of the residents of New
York are the Bohemians.
The bravest, quickest and mos
clear-headed persons at a fire in New
York are Irisl-Americans; the mos
difficult persons to ssse orto succor q,
the Polish Hebrews, WHO become teSri
fed at the sight of flames and can onl,
be moved by force. They will nevel
jump.-NcU York Sul..