Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-07

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somehow remembered. The endearing term
is mine by hill and in dale; by the meadow
path where we gather the buttercups and
daisies; by shaded hooks where we fish In
the clear waters of melodious streams; in
deep wood covert where We find the lace like
fern; in sunny hillside openings where to-
gether We part the long grass and find,
where their real owners never found, red,
ripe strawberries in myriads to take back to
camp In rush woven baskets of our own
making; by hazel eopses, when the first frost
fires fame across the land, and the dainty
nuts as brown as my little friends faces are
dropping from their wrinkled sheaths; in
the odorous woods where We gather the fir
and the tasseled spruce for renewing the
beds of the camp; and then, as morning,
noon and night, in our orgies with the degs,
at all manner of games, in the swings of vine
branches OR patched leather straps and
ropes, indeed at all sorts of innocent mis-
chief, of which I am more than once the
willing victim, until oftentimes the old folks
hustle as all from sight; and again, and
quainter and sweeter than all, when the
shadows fall softly upon the camp side and
the crassets or tent fires fare, in the songs
they have taught me and the songs I have
taught them; or, firing of these, when the
''steries" must be told, and rack nay brain
for tales of sea and land that will make their
J
and sleep shut them close from the best that
"Gorgio chal' can do. But that term of en-
dearment follows out into the other world of
labor, struggle, endeavor; it pursues into
the haunts of men where life RACES and ac-
tivities roar; 1t calls from striving and win
ming, from race and place, as the sweetest of
nome sounds to me. 1t comes across the
hills and meadows when the pen is tired and
the brain weary. "Gorgio ohall'-"Gorgio
chali3 All H. ia the aound of ann mar
melodies, of singing birds, of falling waters,
to him who all but faints in the withering
city ways. 1t calls to me even in dreams.
There ia surely the gypsy taint in my blood.
or I am bscome gypsy altogether; and I
would not resist it if I could. So, like some
Kris KringIe of summer time, away go, if
all else fail, while
All my heart seeks natures ways
All my soul goes gipsying
and scores of little brown gypsy boys race
for the meeting, ana "Gorgio chal!"-"Gor-
gio ohall" rings from a score of bird like
throats, until the thrill of 1t all dims my
eyes in my triumphant way over which these
little ones lead me to the ever welcoming
gipsy camp.
When oHe has earnestly studied gipsy chill
dren, he has gained deep knowledge of the
home ways and practices of the entire gypsy
race. Beginning the subject behind the lit
tie ones, the extraordinary physical temper
ance and virtue of the gypsy must be consid-
cred. A certain kind of literature Is fall Of
romantic incidents based upon the IRREGULAR
tiles of gipsp female character. One and all
they are conscieneeless libels upon the purest
race that exists. While Ripsies are without
law, as We know it, no people live who more
vigorously follow, in feet and to the ultimate
Of spirit, the highest and pursst code Of
physical and moral observance. They uni-
versally revere the marriage relation. I say
universally, and use that word unqualiGediY.
There Is not an exception. The religious
faculty as we develop it, and distort it, be-
ing wholly lacking In these nomads, another
| seems to have taken its place. That Is vir-
tue worship.
All this begins back of the sucking babe
at it's mothers breast. 1t is bred and inbred
in prenatal assimilated loyalty. The home
| unquestionng, and surveillance being oeaSe
less and almost merciless, gypsy childrer
grow uneonsoiously, hereditarily, into virtu'
Gus lives and loves. Believe it or not, gipsJ
| men and youths regard virtue of as noble
perfection and heritage In men as In sweet
heart or wits; and some idea of the awfu
saeredness of that requirement sE wemal
| may be gained from the fact that in6delity
on her part is punished By the most unsn
| durable fate that can by any possibility come
| to her in this life-utter and endless expatrf
| alton. More than once the lives of suef
| have been sacrificed with the calm and uava.
| rying approval of parents and friends; while
euch thing as disloyalty of wife to hus
| band, or husband to wife, after marriage
has yet to be truly recorded Of gypsy on th'
| European or American continents.
Because the gypsy father and mother ar
themselves types of good health and spirits
| haalthv and anirita9 chtldraa ara horn 4,
them. Because every gypsy woman on eartl
is loyal to her mate, many children are borl
to thsm. Because the instinct of father
hood, motherhood and partnerhood is invio
liable with husband and wife, gipsies low
this to be SO; and the care of, and affection
for, children are extraordinary indeed.
/ From the moment the child is born unit
1t Is upon it's own legs for good, 1t is con
stantly rubbed, stretched and kaeaded, tha
every muscle may have proper action ant
development. The same wise practice,
have found by long observation, exist
among the sensible Pennsylvania Dutch. /
began with the ancestors of the latter bshin
the Swiss mountains centuries Hgo; and
would be an interesting research tor the stu
dent of men to ascertain If this preoieel
Identical glpsy and Pennsylvania Dutch cus
tom had not, at some remote time, CON
mon oriental ori gin behind the Himalayas
Gipsy women attend each other In child
birth; and that one who would venture
suggest the presence of physician would b
mercilessly ridiouled out Of Romany life an
society. There are no marvellous layettei
} miracles In flmy laoss and stuffs awaitin
the arrival of the gypsy. clean, warm rs
Of any handy texture is quite sufficient
Indeed cleanliness, warmth and plenty c
sleep In tbs pure open air, are all the gips
mother wish; but size will have these at an
sacrifice. There no are cradles, oribs lac
parachutes, nurse girh with frills and fel
lows. Gipsy mothers believe cradles ar
what Citizen Train regards fat to be-deatt
s'They testcr and wobble the ohauviei
brains." they say; and Everybody as
rocked, ziz.zugs about what they allu
does" Considerable registering occurs owe
the gipsy baby by the time-it can hold up II
head. Gipsies Of English and Scotch de
!; scent with us are fond Of :'christenings," a
J though they attach no. ethical or spiritus
value to the Office whatever. But they lik
the significance and importance attaching
the ceremony. The higher the dlgnitary tt
more interesting the occasion. RI. Rs'
was last June called from his carriage b
some gypsy friends of mine, as he was pas
ing their camp between Wilmington ar
Stanton. to baptizs 9. two days old gipf
baby. The gipsies overwhelmed the goe
bishop with blessings for his kindness, b.
had muoh fun at his expense after his depa
! ture All other gipsies do their own ch1i
. tening in any sort of fashion which provid
the most frolio and merrimsnt. Occasions
ly this Is carried to such excess, as with gil
sy marriage festivities, especially If the bal
l happens to be the first born and ma
child, that the proud father and mother o
|, literally Impoverished before the merry ma
ing is at en- end.
| But these festivities, to which the subje
q Is. an unconscious participant. may be r
| | garded as the occasion in the gfp
> child's life where it attracts general or eve
: special attention. There are no "toots,
1 wootsies" among gypsy children. The bal
: Ia nursed and laid upon the bed of blanks
9 and lesves within the tent. It seldom all
Q and there is always an herb tea for any pa
/ tioular ailment. If 1t Is spunky and cries,
1 cries until it tires of an occupation whtt
e yields a no more gratifying return than
: thorough spanking. II is not permitted
| any particular to occupy the entire attentie
4 of the universe, and gradually grows into
4 consciousness that there are other affairs
!. the world besides its own. When it begil
9 to crawl it has already precautionary pr
: olivities. It is allowed to crawl into the Fl
f and burn its fingers If it wishes. Nobot
i. has Mysteries over this, and it seldom do
9 any of these things the second time. I
Q deed the entire practice of child trainil
= among gipsies, if any may be said to exist,
9 that the child shall itself learn by its ov
h | experience. And one of Its most rugged e.