The National tribune., 1893-06-01
&C, IN NEW YORK.
Sights and Scenes in the Bowery of Mixed
Nations.

Sights and Scenes in the Bowery of Mixed
Nations.
was soleunnly warned not 10 venture alone on
the B,wery; tlrat / wouId be inSulted, nay da-
monds and pnci6etgook saaiclled. But the
Bowery vand go, aud as young Catholic priest
kindly offered his escort, went
la the Dutch ColouiHi days the Rowery from
Bauer the German Tor f:srnsr lane EuruiuE
slong the farms tiie northern outskirts of New
York.
The lane was Iine,f,vith centiausl line of coun-
try seats. and a favoritc drive and walk for
levers. Ii is hard To imagine that the present
Bowerv. where not blade of grass, tree or shrub
can be found. from it, siartinE-,oiHt at Chatham
Square So it, termination at tie jUucfioa Mt Third
and Fourth ayeBuss. the rendezvous of
romantic lovers who wandered along Tie shady.
grassy lane in the poetic ecstacy OF loves young
dream.
ktvu-mie walk Down the Bo7very. that seegf-
fHa cauldaon of The oppressed OF ala sisEiIUIS. Is
unique and bswi!derinc
There are rows of cheap shops with half of their
goods displayed The sidewalk n-IHsherisss
saloons. restaurants, cu,,oert hHiis and reer gar
deIs. fruit. peanut candy aud sada-waier stands
that impede vanr IrUgress at every step; venders
nf every variety of articles frcnl ucuEiies. hand
kercliief~. susFeuders, brass j=wetry, knives,
poee books cakes pies, chicken pEllirs. and shoe
strings, la kittens. rabbits aafa cansry birds.
The German elcru=nt seems prrdoui isi-ilt, iud.
ing frDIn the si,usGIsd iayb aud the faces peer
ing from the siinpz- We naet barge anrs4-sf of
barehsaded women. Poles and Italians carry yiilg
loads of wood on their heads. pndss-,d we reached
the RlF2e where they got their supplies.
Az old house was being Iarp down, and tho
.5ng sticks and carrying away bundles fast
they could load up. One Hslisn wentaH. with
a hard, benv face and wild. black eyes. carried q
six-weelssold baby under enc ssin. aaid with the
other held the wood on her head She was fol-
lowed by herive older children, " nom she sCOled
at every sep. and who tonk advantHEe of her
handicappet condition 90 li#ger Ht tho ccraar by
the gum drop IN the vain i"Pe THAI he might
turn his heti long enough for them to steRi and
run.
PATHETIC STREET vESDERs.
A dog for sale cEiean was the label worn by
q little black-aud- IAN dog fastened hs a rope to
his young Italian master. The dog iooks't up at
Isis master with appealing eyes. and am sIIGe
they were both glad tiat nobody ,i,.ned 10 buy.
poor little German giri. WI. h the traditional
shawl her head. Standing cioso 20 lamp
post. She had a basket continuing Maltese cat
and several kittens, and piece of pasleboaTd ix
bore The nscriptinn in Irregular printed letters.
Kittens for sae-10 els. piece"
The story is that rats. eats dogs. and a sorts Of
'efuse scraps are ground up for the wares of the
Chicken Pie Man" His litir cart eo,t4s.esi n
gas stove and a basket of buns. For FIVE cents he
prepared a very atlrsclive-loo>irg morSel for his
customers, principally newsboY~. Ni,h lzl'ifc
he opened the bun. flied II with chicken paste
rom his gas stove, capped il toGtiher, received
ais fee, and delivered las gosi-- Hosts OF these
children get their living this WAY, and one neal
day suffices them we'll
An Italian banana peddIer pushing HIS cart
along the street, when heavy truck struck Il.
upsetiing his fruit and causing foTe4le s.snsE5-
stration the part IF ihe La Il ft-h here
not a banana to be seen bat there for
moment an unusual number of small boys, who
denied ail knowledge OF The stolen fruit.
A Hickey Poky Nan" in THIS case good
nHtsIret ii-keTt. dirty Italian. doied ont froZan
cusisrd with big iron spVon on smBll pieces al
brown paper FOR " a penny a scoop" He Wns SIR
rounded by a troop OF bare!Ieaded children who
held out their hands with the penny Ire pains
The nHn took tie penny and repiaoc't II THt1 -
paper OF hukey-poky, >, which the children licked
Of The paper with greedy relish.
THE ITALIAN QUARTER.
Mulberry street, New York City, il the home Of
italian organ grinders peanut sisrs. nn dark
Of Y
q crooked lane OF low. tumble down ltou=eS, " il
all the doors open, reeking viii iith and s%a-as-
ing with widowed, barefootel children, young
only in wears The ehiire pDiiat ssn -eeBls TO sse
tie ssr-ef. Sron!s Of fierce !OociiF: ba!ss'.l8i,
clad ia greasy corduroy sui nid, d,-brimnaed bsi-,
and bright coiored searfs, stood Ia groups. Jsbber-
ing ia lJsid ZONES their issiIx pe- while the
women sat tEe ciirt,sioue~ and steps ia cirly
frocks aud a qnaniiiy q! tawdry jc"e!Ty. IA am
mated gossip. Many Uur-cd infants. glimpse Gf
whose little naked bodies couviuced That
old siIAHI 0F dress waist us the only article cf
clothing they wore. No one seemed 10 be doing
anything.
TIE narrow sidewalks are rendered nlrnos, in,-
Basssrie s,iii continual line Of stands and stalls
"a fTsnt uf tiie houses aEi lay the cuThs.aues.
reiglFed with stale vegetables, frut-. stacks of
bread. cakes aud meat Tie meat is arranged
IN piles 81 Steaks, chops bones iid Sau-hgf=s atfd
Is inrariaby nearest the street the receptacle fer
dusf and dirf aud tobacco smoke.
THK CHINESE Qua RrER.
II is hut one block from the Italian q,Iarisr TO
Mott street. fhe bSaTt of Chinatown. u seemed
incredible tilai streets W hin a stones uIrpw
of each uflier couid be totally nultke. There
wRs4ie narrow. oroslsed stress, with IL
OF tuHbsdowp houses. the same aspect OF sqEalnF
sud aeETsidafiua; but a subtle si5ilHssE, iiaiE-
scribHble something about the places seemed 70
fOTbOde evil aud made uncossscsousiy walk
little faster.
The houses were decorated with red Cilinese fx-
ures and letters and most ! iaundrirs pro-
vision sh0I1s, with The neatly displayed ia
The windows Ia marked contrast TO Their sioveEly
ItaiiBn Eeigbbor=
Sleek. oiiY Cinnamon, with cunning, crafty faces
stood singiy in groups Of trees IN trout cf their
houses, bui there entire absence Of women
and children.
ON hurried. past dark opium dsns, where
there sound, only the dense, sIcsEvnii z
fetnes from their Ceadly pipes tist
there life and degradation and death inside,
j breRthed sigh OF relief wien again reached
The Bowery with it, noise aHd hustle aud -urging
crowds. tile rumbIiBg elevated tgsins overhead.
and the shriil voices Of the Bewsboys piercing
through the din.-Ieuore Sher Marble.