The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-21
THREE QUEER PASSENGERS.
A Type of Human Elements That America
Tries to Assimilate.

n Type OF human Eicments That America
Tries to Assimilate.
An odd trio hurried through the Grand
Central station the other day in fever
ish uneasiness lest they miss a train for
which commuters knew there was tho
broad margin of a full minute. The wo-
man stayed her long strides necessary
20 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-
crossed 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-loolxing 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 pco-
pie for Ita lians The man was clad in
his best. His coat, waistcoat and trou-
sers were of black material, and skimp-
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 il might have been the ere.
alton of his own hands, a trophy of the
chase in the wilds whence he came
The woman wore snowy dark-green
gown trimmed with olive-green lace.
She had small gold ornaments in her
ears. Her figure was of indefinite
shape, and il she wore corsets they were
of the ill-ftting kind that adds the last
| touch of shabbiness to a forlorn gown.
The boy was neatly clad in knicker-
boclxers and Norfolk jacket Only his
cap had foreign air. II was a brown
cloth affair. running to n sharp tasselled
peak, which was turned over half way
up and fiattened at the side of the head.
Only one with considerable chino
graphic know ledge would have guessed
the nationality of mother and son. The
former was pale but not ill-featured,
save that mo nth and chin were thrust
forward in ungraccful 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 check bones, and ugly chin
proclaimed the ancestral Kalmuck, his
cousin-ship with those Tartars who re
odred their steakes by riding on them"
lie was an eastern European Of mora
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. lie meets
here for the first time in many cen
| turtles his remote cousins Of Chinese Tar
tary, and the marks 81 kindship are
still preserved. As u the skipping boy
/ In Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers,
his smiling curiosity will make him
master Of American ways before he has
attained manhood ard the enormous
digestive power Of the republic VIII
doubtless AsSimilato him N. y. sun