Arizona republican., 1892-03-02
AlIi ABOUT GYPSlES.
THEIR ORIGIN, MANNERS, CUSTOMS
 AND METHOD OF LIVING.


 dustrious in Their Own way-They Do Not Like Civilization.
 A reporter has had the novel pleasure of passing an evening with family of genuine full blooded gypsies at their home in this city,
 To the average reader this statement will not appear particularly startling nor interesting. for the average reader is probably not sufficiently conversant with gypsies and their ways to be inter ested in family of them which iourneyed across the water to make new home m the United States
 It is safe to say that the popular idea of gypsies is far from being correct. Ali have seen our wandering nomads travel ing along our highways or bivoucking in their filthy tents and still more filthy camps. Ask ten people what q gypsy is and six of them will substantially say;
 People who travel about the country and exist by doing as little work as they can and by stealing all they can lay their hands upon"
 This impression is all wrong and there are few, very few, genuine gypsies in this country.
 Gypsies are distinct race and nation ality in themselves as distinct as the Germans are from the Chinese or the Russians from the Americans. They are suppose to come, as their name indicates originally from Egypt They have a language of their own, the Romance chick, or "Gypsy tongue" which is still preserved and spoken almost as purely as it was centuries ago 1t is made up of the Egyptian, Hindoostanee, Rouman ian and other languages
 Gypsies are scattered over all Europe and there are today over 10000 of them on that continent. It is not known when first they left their native country and began to make their appearance in Eu rope, They entered Germany in ll22 and as early as 1851 many of them were in Scotland, following the occupations of actors and dancers and thinkers. They are known to this day in Scotland as thinkers" The better and more pro gressive class of gypsies seem to have adopted Great Britain as their home, While the men have as a rule followed horse trading as business, and the women fortune telling and basket mak ing, they have turned their hands to nearly all trades and occupations
 NEITHER POOR NOR LAZY.
 Gypsies have figured as enSravers metal and iron workers, actors, artists musicians, clergylnen, evangelists, car penters, physicians and so on, Work ing upon iron and metals appears to have been their forte, however, next to dealing in horses. In l726 they cast a large bell at Edgehill, and at about the same period they practiced engraving on pewter, lead and copper. Gypsies also conducted an iron foundry near St Andrews. In Hungary, in ll96 they made bullets and cannon balls.
 No one should for a moment think that gypsies are either poor, careless as to their personal appearance or summed socially by the people with whom they come in contact. Many gypsies are very well fixed" financially, and few if any in Europe or on the Continent are not well supplied with all the necessaries of life They own valuable horses, fine wagons and caravans, comfortable tents and furnishings. In return, they have been entertained by kaiser and pope on the Continent, and by dukes and earls in England
 One Charles Bosworth, d gypsy king, lived and hourished at Rossington in Yorkshire in l709 According to all ac- counts Charles was roistering blade and enjoyed himself to the utmost History informs us that be was mad spark, mighty fine and brisk, keeping company with great many gentlemen knights and esquires." An idea of the social standing of the gypsies can be formed when in 1750 the Prince and Princess of Wales journeyed to Norwood to visit "Queen" Margaret,
 Like the Jews, the gypsies have for centuries been greatly oppressed race and great injustice has been done them As late as l972 forty-seven of them were arrested in Germany upon various charges and imprisoned. When they came to trial not one of the charges could be sustained and they were all re leased.
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 As rule the gypsies are superior to many of the people whose countries they pass through. They are bright and ex tremely courteous
 They remain frequently several weeks in one camp, Reaching town they hire camping ground, which is usually a large field affording sufficient pastur- C., tkas, hArcao aud la,,lyax-o Tba tents are pitched, the camp made and then the men begin to buy and sell horses-this in England and Scotland is called coping" it being difficult to cope with gypsy on horse dealing-and the women devote their spare time to basket making and fortune telling. There is d throng of visitors about their camp the greater portion of the time, and tribe usually takes more money out of n town than it brings in.
 The camp is a model of picturesque ness. The tents are small affairs, the grassy soil being the floor, generally GOV cred with dry leaves gathered from the neighboring hedgerows In front from a tripod hangs large kettle, and the women wearing dresses and shawls of bright gay colors combine to make the scene most cheery one. The gypsies are great tea drinkers and brew the bev craze in way that would have delight ed the heart of "Sairy Camp. New n