The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-22
THREE QUEER PASSENGERS.
Type of Human Elements That America
Tries to Asslmilate.

Tries to Asslmilate.
An odd trio hurried through the Grand
Central station the other day in fever,
ish uneasiness lest they miss train for
which commuters knew there was the
broad margin of full minute. The wo-
man stayed her long strides necessary
to keep pace with her husband, in order
that she might reach benea tn her skirts
and right the maladjustment of some
invisible garment. Train hands and
less hurried passengers smiled at the
perform ance, but the unconscious for
eigner resum ed her stride oblivious of
any impropriety. A tiny boy who pro-
gressed by hop, skip and jump, trust
fully grasped the paternal hand, and
was lifted aboard the train ahead of his
mother. The three then found seats,
and the boy at once began staring out
of the window.
When suburbans note specially for
eign-looking fellow traveller in shabby
attire they at once set him down for an
Italian and give the matter no more
thought But only the least observant
person could have mistaken these peo-
pie for Ita lians. The man was clad in
his best. His coat, waistcoat and trou-
sers were of black material, and sl1imp-
lily cut, so that his legs looked spindling
and his waist was clearly outlined.
The garments were manifestly town
made, but the queer fur cap he wore
looked as if it might have been the Gre
alton of his own hands, trophy of the
chase in the wilds whence he came.
TTh. ch Ia,.
gown trimmed with olive-green lace.
She had small gold ornaments in her
ears. Her figure was of indefinite
shape, and if she wore corsets they were
of the ill-ftting kind that adds the last
touch of shabbiness to forlorn gown.
The boy was neatly clad in Rniclier-
boclers and Norfolk jacket Only his
cap had foreign air. 1t was brown
cloth affair, running to sharp tasselled
peak, which was turned over half way
up and flattened at the side of the head.
Only one with considerable ethno-
graphic knowledge would have guessed
the nationality of mother and son. The
former was pale but not ill-featured,
save that mouth and chin We're thrus,
forward in ungraceful outline. The
boy had his mothers pale complexion
and straight nose, but in his smiling
curiosity he looked not unlike other
children native to the soil. But the
father was unmistakable. His small,
slanting, dull brown eyes, shapeless
nose, high cheek bones, and ugly chin
proclaimed the ancestral Kalmuck, his
cousin-ship with those Tartars who ''re-
odred their steakes by riding on them.
He was an eastern European of more
remote Asiatic origin, from Russia or
the borders of Hungary. Few of eX-
actly this type are seen in New York.
though there are thousands of Hun
garians of various races and many Rus
slams, Hebrews included. He meets
here for the first time in many cen
turies his remote cousins of Chinese Tar
tary, and the marks of kindship are
still preserved. AS to the skipping boy
in Norfolk jacket and l1nickerbockers,
his smiling curiosity will make him
master of American ways before he has
attained manhood, and the enormous
digestive power of the republic will
doubtless assimilate HMM. Y. Sun.
A Small sample.
Van Braam-I heard to-day that you
were studying the Egyptian language.
Dinwiddie-I don't know how such a
story got out. In fact l know only ono
word which belongs to Egypt, and thai,
isn'treally Egyptian.
"What is that?"
"Mummiee the word ,"-Pittsburgh