The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-07
ENUMERATORS' WOES
Census Takers Looked Upon.
as Suspicious and In
quisitive Persons.
TRIP THROUGH THE TENEMENT HOUSES
Strange Ideas Of Citizens as to the
Object Of the Census--What
a "News' Reporter Saw.
TRIP THROUGH THE TENEMENT HOUSES

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ina aaan.t .ss1I - .~ysss.an.
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latad pfvar s+raa+ 49, .dnant - ~
s,s+oLor oroa+oa -.
tho nrauo;inm mnnoastoa 49, - 49,
be was a nolioam., ~ q toy.go+baror
hu+ +ha+ ~ ass ~ - az poan5
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tb,s looa1i+v feu ~ ~ sof An+on;o
panzara W. mos ass;s+ad ~ ranrard
Isanard uanaata. fam a. .nyams 80
oomnanied tba nair ~ tbatr ,o,nds
and foIlowed tbam - tba aenfbs ~ mol
Soma cellars u,bera p,to,a fam;i,as ate
and Silent II one derk roan and - tho
carcelv more chearf,,I annartmants in
the rickettv tumble-down rear houses
that hide modestlv behind the more
pretentious brick ~..fat-ho,isesn
The wisdom of Mr. Panzera,s annoint-
ment became annarent before the third
house had been visited. His command
of ~ I+o1ion h,n,omo his $4,000
of the people and the off hand manner
in which he would silence all obiections
made n lt COMPARATIVELY . nG"sI I light work : Of ! task task
possible one to a less gifted man
Among the River street Italians Mr..
Panzera is a person of no little impor-
+anca and bas heen . consn;cnons 6e,,ra
IN 5he l,a nam colony Tor I several y years sls
feace. ihen ne served ior q the as
dog-catcher, but abandoned that calling
to engage in the newspaper business as
,,,h1;shon 80 oa;+on of ar po+ro
PuDloliSl dlld SQitOI u 1d L dllid.
The second stop on River street was
named Ciyetta
Hello. Jordga" shouted signora CT
place. .Whata you wanta! Gotta no
doga here"
DIFFTcTTI,TIES
MI. Panzera had no fault TO ma with
the application of his judicial title, but
he did not relish the allusion to his term
Oh service as assistant 70 x-founamas-
ter Cusack, so he replied bruskly in his
Totippns, WILL ana lh any anu e east Sss't thnss
latipns' gave ner name HTSl, then inose
u Tba he[ nusoan n Y ,c o IN eurn.
t Mere s dinl Saa TO opeain, trom 2 dhe Ia sGiII
tthhaa' r nmt n a. eni e. Seeaaie VINE u az a.
steadies eave his name as Daiiv u 'ne
sfVorr5ra Tp;cb Ds ,,ar;o M,
of I can Relieve nee mothar T am s
vas tho snsper WA H. nniioo dL, 4 an,
corded as a Celt' Another 1odger was
asleep on a table in The. saloon and The
enumerator aroused him from his sl,,rn-
beers.
Whats your name?a was the cues
"W'at'elIs it your bus.ness?o growled
the lodger in reniv1
The object of the visit was explained
ny "Pu te me nid down no as John smith,
That's not your name, though as
serted the enumerator.
anyhow"
"s aeW fin are s0 CAME Mr, smltn answering
growl.
"Oh, no. you amt, not with that black
hair and beard" vas the census takers
remembrance.
as his head sank hack on the table.
FEMININE AMENITIES.
1 Cleana, Jordga," was the declara-
ton that met the census takers in the
squalid rookery at the rear. of 81 River
street. ALA ,Cleana, noa boda sicka.
Evera tinga nice"
City Counsel Riker's presence. -particu-
larly when, by fluent oratory and abund-
ant gesturing Mr. Papzera Convinced
not a health Inspector. Then they fell
back On the belief that he was after
some. malefactor. and the first woman
questioned declared that. she lived all
alone and had no man, despite the evil
dence OF several pairs of very masculine
cooking trousers that decorated the walls.
audience of a dozen women, six men
and about {. score of children, who gath
cred in the hallway. and at length made
ms position clear. Then the woman who
lived alone gave her own name first
and then the names of her husband,
brother and two grown-up sons.
I'm a perfick lady, I am, an I don't
tell nobody my age" declared a woman
with a pronounced Cockney accent, who
said she boarded in the house" IAN no
gentleman d ask a lady's age, neither, so
he wouldn't. No. STREE. / amt none o.
yer common kind, I amt. I'm a perfick
lady"
AS the census blanks do not require a
mand a statement as to whether the per-
son recorded is between the ages of five
and twenty, twenty and sixty and over
marking the ''perfeck LADY, down as be-
go at hat.
What all this bout" demanded a
surly old fellow from the depths of q
dark basement.
: THE census" replied the visitors.
"WeH, we've got little enough senses
here lemme tell ~yer."growled the un-
conscious punster. 'sClear out, clear out
I tell yer,
The old man resolutely refused to give
his name so the enumerators sought and
obtained the desired from a
Kindly disposed nejghbor-
"Can't come in here, I'm in my bare