New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20

it. all the same. or. if not he, his boy is not
mn Italian sediment that breeds the tough. "a
rental authority has strong enough grip on sis
lad in Mulbcry-st: TO make nm VOTE s oaid tbn
e. his salvation. In seventeen years, shiu VIC
teacher of tho oldest italian ragged schoo III mo
city that day and night. takes in quite SIN nun.
bred IL have seen my boys WORK up mo ueo zen
mechanics and useful citizens almost 10 q ilan,
and of nv girls only two that ] know OF nave
core astray" | had observed the process oven w =,
enough myself to know that she was riSht ~ -
10 be remembered, furthermore. that her schooi
is in the very heart of the Five POINTS dlsIric.,
and takes in always the worst and dirtlcsV cro"os
| OF children -, .
In another place. speaking OF the grown VI
patriotism among the children OF adversely '"e
antbor declares that. whether Of German Irish or
other descent. they will rarely own TO theif a'ien
parcntase Indeed, as a preliminary to gaining
their confidence. TO hint at such thing would be
n bad blunder:n and he adds that even the son
of an immigrant Jew In his virtual isolation strains
impatientlv nj the letters OF AMI faith lhese
traits come out most plainly in the schools when
according 70 location are dstinctivcly Italian
bohemian. Hebrew or mixed German. lrish' ana
colorcd children aro collected in the mixed Schools
minalins usually without the least friction
There is no race prejudice in childhood.
All the children are not as tractabie as the nus
sian Jews or the Italians, The niue iLlSIll i,;
hrmful of mischief s like his father in the school
and in the street, agin the government on gen
eral principles though in jovial way that often
makes it hard TO sit in Judgment on his Tricks WIN
serious mien. The hardest Of them all 10 deal
with Until he has been won over as friend ana
ally, is perhaps the Bohemian child School TO
him is merely change OF tasks In an mhcensiIis
round that leaves no room for play. The Zone
milan has his own cause for the reserve that Keeps
him a stranger in strange land after living hai
his life among us his reception has not ptcn ar
together hospitable. and il is not only his nara
language and his sullen moods that are to blame.
All the better he knows the value of the privilege
that is offered his child, and will drive him to
school with sticks if need be- The result Is that
tie old Bohemian disappears in the first generation
horn upon our soil His temper remains TO come
extent it is true. He still has his sury streals
refuses to sing rccite in school when the teacher
or something else does not suit him, and can never
lie driven where yet he Is easily led but as lie
graduates into the public school ana Is thrown
more into contact with the children of more ght-
hearted natonalites, he grows into that when ms
father would long since have become had ne not l'
got wrong start-a loyal American PROUD OF lib
country and a useful citizen.
The most important distractions 10 the evolution
of good men and women out OF these children Of
the street and the tnmbe-down tenement accord
ing TO Mr. Rs, are INSTRUCTED charity when
PRODUCES professional paupers, the professional
politician who is willing to pcrpetrate any abuse
that preserves his power. the employer Of chill labor
who sticks at nothing in order to secure cheap hclp
and the trades union. Speaking OF the industrial
school founded by Richard L. Auchmuty, ana OF
the exclusion Of New-York boys from trades which
the school was intended TO remedy, the writer ~
marks: "Once It comes 10 be thoroughly under
stood that chance 10 learn his fathers honest
trade is denied the New-York boy by n foreign con-
spiracy because he is an American lad and can
NOT be trusted to do It's bidding, it is inconcevablc
that on end should not be put In quick order to
this astounding abuse. system OF robbery oil
the American mechanic, by which it has come 10
pass that ont Of twenty-thrce million dollars paid
in year 70 the building trades in this city bare
" six millions grudgngly accorded to the native
worker There is decree 10 exclude the mcclan-
ic from abroad. He may como and gO-and 20
he does in shoals TO his home across the sea at
the end of each season with its proii's-undcr the
scheme Of international comradeship that cN-
cludcs only the American workingman and his
boy
The boo, treats numerous phases Of the problem
with which il deals the aspect Of the s.ums, tie
misery Of child labor, the outcasts Of the street,
kindergartcns nurseries, schools and clubs.
chapter is devoted TO the Tribune Fresh Air Fund.
Frequent illustrations enforce vivilly the lessons
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