The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-06
SUNBElNs.

There Ia 4 sign In Blocker street that 10 cunning fy
devised to excite tho vanity OF women in that region
1t represents a young woman in q spiendid parti-coiorsd
gown. ani prociaims e Dresses from SO up: exquisite
NJ guaranteed" while in the window OF the same shop
is the announcement. W furnish the lining and make
you a plain skirt for 81"
A phi ysician Of New York whose rocreations consist
in the study Of etching and OF certain deicatsly
wrought curios, holds that a technical knowledge Of
any one art or science will aid one in any othsr. lie 70
sure that the discipline which came TO him Of making
himself acquainted with the rules by which etchiun
arc jud ged has vastly aided him in the study and prao.
tice Of medicine. By fixing tho habit OF minute obsor.
walton.
Critics Of the United states who DO not know the
country look upon American optimism As a sort of ap-
palling recklessness. but every Immigrant who has in
dustry and fair ability soon catches the sanguins
tone Of American society and hopes to better his con-
ditioh. Even amid the squaior OF tho sastside tene-
nent region. hope Is the distinctive note OF the com
munity. and those who are seeking to better tho con-
dition Of the poor In that quarter nnd that. in the alb
sence of vice or hopeless disease. oven people in re-
ceipt OF charity look forward TO better things.
1T has been charged that American life tends to .
dull uniformity OF character rather than to the variety
and differentiation that European life is hold to pre-
sent: but those who see the teeming east side OF New
York come TO a d,neren; conclusion. The immigrant
reaches the United States bearing in DIR ess. manners,
habits. and intellect strong caste marks. II he settles
in New York the nrst thing he does is TO get American
clothes This seems to destroy his individuality. but
rs q matter OF fact. II only removes his Lnost conspiou'
ons caste badge. Alter That he gradually learns that .
betterd1essed man is not necessarily his superior. and
this help, to remove the caste marx from his mAunsra
Italian women. the few French peasant women that
come to America. and the Oriental women fetch with
them 10 their new home. the arts OF Knitting and en-
%broidery. Milets peasant women. who keep sheep. oc-
cupy their leisure with needle AID distan, and 90 do
tho Italian peasant women. In ths several Italian Quar-
tiers OF this city women and girls OF al. ages 20 about
the streets knitting nesdles IN hand and tiny balls Of
yarn or thread tucked away In their bosoma. In the
Syrian quarter OF Washington street blnci bro wed
women. In red slippers. are never without embroidery
in their hands. and II Is common TO see a mother ana
three or four daughters grouped together and all thus
occupied.
-westchsstsr county rartskes of New rork's poly.
s!ot character. Some Of the oldest name Is in the county
aee French. having been Inherited FROM the Hugueuos
settlers Of New Rochelle. stll older are The Dutch
names. and many English names 0: the colonial period
survive. A later French e!omeu, settled abolt Williams,
bridge still uses the French tongue. while there is an
Irish admixture dating back forty or nfty years, o Ger.
man element OF more recent. times and stili imperfect
in English. and finally a STR ing infusion OF newly A.
rived Italians. People OF IiugueIot. Dutch. and Eng.
lsh names are the mos, prominent IN the pru;essions,
own their farms. and carry on the moe important
shops Germans are bakers, butchers. and saloon keep.
dealers. and often politicians: the Italians nre laborers
almost exclusively, save that where there 10 a cons.d.
cradle colony = few keep saloons and small groceries.