Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-03-18
ORR NEW YORK LETTER.

| around 70 spend part oi t"c io''i
hour and accideUtly got INTO that
| famous. region known as Five Points.
| remember to have said of the place
with vivid mind pictures illustrating
1t as the abode of thugs, tish-bone
J gamblers. burly burglars and dime
| novel all-round toughs fuI that
it is tough in another way entirely.
| Most of the region Is in the heart OF
the Dago quarter which | spoke OF
in former letter. The Dagos there
are thicker than flies on beer bar
rell (by which | do not mean that
there are any flies on Jake Klein 5
beer.) They are of all ages and kinds
aud of all the occupations that thrive
in these parts. 1t seems as II all OF
them are out on the side walks.
Certainly AL OF their various shops
and establishments are not inside
| There are men, women and children
promouscuously mixed and all, Oh
nearly all, in business. Their stands
contain fish, vegetables, bread,
tobacco, miscellaneous truck anu
| dirt. The most uninviting stands L
ever saw and | am not very tlnnlky
either. One can hardly pass along
the walks for the stuff displayed and
the crowds that gather about. The
women generally own the bread
stands, sitting by knitting vigorously
and exchanging Dago gosslps with
the neighbors,
The bread is baked in hugs chunks
oftentimes over two feet III diameter
and eight inches thick. Fancy what
d sandwich such loaf would make
| with a whole boiled ham in between
its sides. thought that those i'm
mense hunks of stuff would make
good targets for archery practlc"
| Another queer scheme is the We.
ing of stuff that purports 70 br &c
cream, The owner of such a co-aer
stand has a large freezer imbedded
in lee so that he can readily pull off
the cover. His customers are mostly
kids who buy one cents worth of the
mixture. They don't get decorated
china and silver spoons to eat 1t
with. 1t is scooped out on ladle
and wiped onto small piece Of
brown paper. The paper is held IN
the hand by the purchaser and the
contents is carefully licked off
by tongues that have acquired great
proG .iency. | did not try the al
legged cream.
Queer customs and habits those
people acquire. Some of the great,
fat women were nursing young
Daoos. right out on the sidewalk.
with no show of modesty whatever.
Some of the young boys were bare
footed and bare legged. At time
! when ! was chilly With my overcoat
buttoned snugiy about me, | saw
young boy whose only shirt was
open in front exposing his little
brown body to view and to the
weather as low as the juncture of
shirt and trousers. Perhaps the
most singular feature of these people
is that they seem very happy and
free from care.
There were whole squads of chill
dren of low and high degree playing
about at Five Points. The little
girls were skipping rope or playing
a sort of hop scotch.
In this game they use piece OF
squashed and battered tin, kicking 1t
from square to square on the paved
walks. The boys are now engrossed
with their tops. The toys do not
possess heads as they did when L
used to spin 'em, and the game is not
like any that we knew. The fellow
here who doesn't spin his top has to
put it down for the others to peg at
and keep 1t there until some unlucky
wretch fails to give a healthy twlrl to
his spinner.
[ tried hard to find Gunko steel
or, or have oue find me, but no bunk
appeared. Not man tried to pull
NV leg; not one recognized me as a
comrade in the late war; not one
said why squire, how do you do! :
not one offered to play poker with
:ae or to Sell me gold brick. L felt
sighted. OF course there may be
reasons for all this. Either my easy
confident, intellectual ar proclaimed
me man of the world who Is 'onto