Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-18
III ABOUT GYPSIES.
81. ORIGIN, MANNERS CUSTOMS
isls ,yo METHOD or LIVING

Impression Regarding 'h'
-, !. wrous-mo'' Of I''" , s'' ~, na
~ ',,.,.. In TheIr own w@y-i"'' ~
,uls civilization
.,- has had tho novel pleasure
Arpo'sa an evening with family OF
! i.'.n ss,n hooded gypsios at Their
go u. y awe ,yoraf, reader this statement
W. ~, appear particularly startling
" l~ i,ne, for the average reader
y W ING uot sufficiently conversaht
I V svp,iss and their ways to DO inter,
- ~ !, f,mily OF them which journeyed
~ vstor to make nsW home IN
y tI .,ie 10 ssy that tho popular idea
y I. far from boins correct Al
',.o onr wandering nomads travel
ii'. ~ ~. our highways or bivouokinB
y, AMY tents and still more Filthy
W Az ten people what u gypsy Ia
ill,is, n them will substantially say.
- $3.50 = WHO travel about tho country
~ BIZ doing as little worl, rs they
81 "a v stealing all they eau lay their
- III, Impression Is all wrong and there
~ very fow, genuine gypsics IN
'-e g., arc a distinct race aud nation
w. /, h,msolyos. rs distinct rs the
a .i's arc from the Chinese or the
-. ifoin the Americans. They are
o., 10 como. as their name indicates,
issly from Egypt. They have
,-s.e Of their own, tho Romance
~ or "Gypsy tongue" which Is still
=, ryed and spoken almost as purely
swas centuries ago. II Is made up
Jae Egyptian, Hindoostance. RouInan
u and other language.
grtsies are scattered over NIL Europe
,.i,bere are today over 10000 Of thom
I that continent It Is not known when
.,i they left thcir native county and
sssn to mako their appearance IN lsu'
,a Thoy entered Germany In ii29,
N As early ns 1851 many Of them were
Scotland. following the occupations
actors and dancers aud thinkers. They
a. Known To this day in Scotland as
mixers" Tho better and more pro
q slyc class Of gypries soom 10 have
lor,cd Great Britain ~ their home.
Uhi.o the men have as rulo followed
Lrs trading as q business, and tho
,pmen FORTUNE telling and basket max.
h,. they hnyb turaod their hands to
,arly al tuios aud occupations
NurHEE rooR son LAZY.
Gypsics have figured as cngravors,
u.al and iron workorH, actors. artists
radciaus. clorgymCu, oyangclists, car
ga.ors physicians and so on. Work.
x upon iron and metals appears TO
ave been their forte, however, next TO
laling in horIes. In 1926 they east a
lrge ben vt Edgehill, and nj about the
Ess period they practicod engraving
N pewter, lead and copper. uypsies
DO conducted Hu iron foundry near ST.
Ailrw's. Ia Hungary, in 1875, they
liit bullets and cannon balls.
80 one should for moment think
lligpsics are either poor, caroloss as
au,IpcrsonHl appearance or stunned
pailyaY tho people with whom they
ezsm contact. Many gypdes arc very
"yili lied" financially, and few II any
i Es'fa or on the Continent are not
vlgppliod with all the necessarics Of
z, They own valuable horses, fine
s;'hs and caravans, comfortable tents
r. fumi.hings. In return, they have
kaa entertained by kuiicr and popo on
-sContincai, and by dukes and earls in
hsland.
Olo Charles Bosworth, a gypsy liking, .
lT'd and hourished at Rossington In
!'islhire IN 1909. According 10 MI nc.
u1as Charles was u REGISTERING blade
"a enjoyed himself 10 tho utmost.
A-iery iniorns us That he was q mad
lisTk, mighty iino aud brisk, keeping
'.mp'ny with great many gentlemen,
hishb and osquircs." An idea OF the
n,ial standing Of the gypsies can 30
e'Ntd Whea m 100 tho Prince and
Princess Of Wales jourHeyed to Norwood
ny.sii Queen Margaret
Like the Jews, tho gypies have for
ul'udes bcon greatly oppressed race,
nd great injustice has been done them.
a. late "a 1872 forty-sevon Of thom wore
rrested in Germany upon various
'larses and imprisoned. When they
cane to trial not ono OF the charges
Gould be sustained and they were all 10.
.sascd'
now THEY LAVE.
As arulo the gyp5ics arc superior 70
hany Of the people whose countries they
's through They arc bright aud OK.
",iaely courteous.
4ney remain frequently several weeks
IN one camp. Reaching town they
IRE o canning ground which l. usnally