Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-09

mony with their environments; bat not
so the Huns. They came as strangers
to the language and customs OF the
country, aud as strangers they remain.
With them the faintest hint OF luxury
OF living Is out OF the question. They
seem entirely happy when their most
primitive needs are supplied, and Ia
this respect years ofsresidence appears
to make no perceptible change In their
ideas.
On tie outskirts OF Dunmore, q short
distance from Scranton, noticed re-
Gently some Hungarian huts OF the
most wretched type. Ny attention was
particularly attracted TO these because
they were supposed TO represent In 8
measure the home life OF the Huns,
aud for the additional reason that
l saw some OF their women and
children at the doors. Since they
bring so few OF their women TO this
country, the situation possessed an
added interest. The huts were mostly
one story high, and generally contained
two rooms. In some Of these the ar
ranGements for personal comfort were
somewhat "promiscuous" with evil
dences Of an attempt at sleeping accom-
modations" In the apartments generally
used for kitchen.
A LUXURY.
Even this, l was told by some OF the
neighbors, was luxury reserved for
bosrders who were willing to pay few
cents extra for little comfort" He
would be considered an extrayagant
Hun who wonld insist on paying for q
whole bed for himself. The democratic
plan is to sleep in beds OF hay or straw,
are available, and no bed is sup
posed to be crowded so long rs It's
occupant Is able 10 turn from one side
to the other. The average stable Is a
palace as compared with the average
hut OF the Hungarian lsborer, and IL Is
this In several senses. the sense OF smell
included. should say that Boards OF
Health are unknown Institutions where
these Huns come from, and that sani-
tary laws are cOrrespondingly scarce In
that quarter Of the globe.
One afternoon this week, while on a
tour OF observation through Midtown.
l.
large tin pals on their heads. These
pals contained supplies Of various
kinds purchased at the store, and
although quite heavy in some cases,
were carried without tho touch OF the
hand to steady them. The women were
poorly and even scantily clad, but this
did not deter them from wearing bright
colored, gaudy kerchlefs on their
heads and big brass earrings
in their ears. Their chill
dren, who played on the streets, near
their homes, were even more indlffer-
ent to raiment than their mothers, and
ran about in puris naturalibus, like lit
tie an mated mud Cupids, utterly obllv-
Ious to the attention they were attract
ing. These mothers and children were
the Hostages to fortune" givenby the
Hungarian laborers who had "come TO
stay" aud who in every instance were
keepers OF boarding houses At which
their unencumbered countrymen en-
loved scant shelter and coarse fare for
a meagre outlay.
A CONTRAST.
They figured In strange contrast TO
the families OF American or American
lied laborers living close by. In the
homes OF the latter there was cleanli-
ness and modest comfort. The women
and children were fairly well clad and
cheerful, aud occasionally one heard
the tones Of parlor organ breathing
out some hymn or patriotic air. 1n-
stead Of the backness and desc
latlon OF the Hungarian huts the
homes OF the other laborers
presented wholesome aspect.
There were bright patches OF flowers
before the windows, vines clambered up
against the porches, relieving their
plainness Of its severity, and ripening
grapes hung In purpling clusters on tho
arbors close by. The district school
house, a substantial brick building,
looked down on the scene from al ada
cent eminence. and there, when the va
cation ends, the children OF the German
American. the Irlsh.American and the
American laborers 90 and learn lessons
OF patriotism and duty.
But the parents OF these children
complain that they are greatly handi-
capped in the struggle Of life by the
Huns, who are able TO work for almost
nothing, live on the coarsest and
cheapest food. disregard the ordinary
dscencles OF dress and lodging, and still
have enough for their needs.