New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-30

the. trolley has invaded one or two OF is avenues
and passengers route for Canarsie can they
whirl by. catch many glimpse Of the patriarchal
though TO get at the true nwardness of this curl
Gus village brownsville" is a land Of sweatshops
and whirrng sewing machines. OF strange Russian
baths OF innumerable dirty and tiny shops; OF
& WhGh are MIXED decy INTO 'e
OF Jew dancing schools and of peasant market.
crowds that nfest the streets and haege over pat
terms OF drygoods. caps. hosiery and barrows
might say that he could see ali OF this in Essexst.,
New-York, or nearly all But to argue thus means
space of an afternoon into what nigh, be called
town different from Jewish life In the New-York
one interesting thing about this colony, is its
commissioners" Lots being cheap out there, a
profitable industry Of certain men OF the com'nun-
ity has long been real estate. These thrifty Jews
are investors on small scale and even the poorest
ings The men spoken of are called Commission
ers' because their chief business in life seems to be
to collect a commission on the sales that they pre-
parcel of property, however small effected than i'm
mediatey buyer and seller are beseged by a
tumultuous crowd all OF whom assert in choicest
"Yiddsh' or "jargon' that they had great deal
ness Blows are not infrequent. and It Is seldom
that it is merely battle OF words But there Is
this thing to say about the Jews OF "8rownsvile
They seldom want to GO to court TO settle any
difficulty They much prefer to fight IT out ana II
their old compatriots act as arbitrator. &c.
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that YOU please has within the last year or so
sprung UP on the outskirts of the German colony
over in williamsburg. Segel Moore and Naret SITS.
are the highways II occupies ana or these Moore,st
is the chief Just from Graham-ave to Ewen-st this
tent as it IS it is "A gem in the picture of the curl
Gus side OF Brooklyn life. The little shops there
display of fabrics that while cheap in Themselves.
make ny that would be worth painter =
while High mp I'm the third story OF one of the
nuuls on ' bn Ground Heaps of Vegetables
,.rft,c itlpll, cah
shops grim and wrinkled Jewesses. wearing the
wigs Of their religion SIT In the do9rways OF the
fancy usually runs to pink waists. gather crowds
Of men about them and hirt energeticaily; +, n.
e;aticncry and book store with its windows filled
with Hebrew volumes little circulating library at
the back. and great sign that announces that
not without fascination its roadway being filled
with trucks and wagons that seem TO have grown
up there. and certainly have no other stablng
PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH or EUROPE.
II was calculated several years ago that there
were % 600 Scandnavians in the city OF Brooklyn
about l2OoO Swedes 700 NOrwegans and 300
Danes Probably these figures have not been In
creased TO any great extent. Little Sweden Is
in Atantic-ave., from smith-st. to FourthI,aye.,
that street being its "Broadway and the residence
section OF the colony in the streets southwark Win
in these limits for about dozen blocks me WOras
every other shop i'm Atlantic-ave standing. re-
spectively. for Swedish and society. ,
Blond mustachcd men Of athletic build thron6
this region with far-haired women of little color,
except perhaps a brilliant spot OF red on either
check They are Woodworking and aDstemious,
though given 10 quarrelling great deal OF the
time Nearly all the shops in this district are owned
by these people. tailor shops. groceries ana butcher
shops. drug stores and saloons. one by one IN,
irish and Germans that used to live In this section
have moved away. and the scandinavian elenent
now controls not only the business and social n
terests of the region. but strange TO say, the poll
ties OF il. $500, ,,, an
ceties are their chief recreation the swedish sec
,thc
theatre and dancing. They have a number OF benev-
client societies. and in these the women take
There Is no Chinese colony" in the city though
Cinnamon are to be found upon almost every dust
ness block one district, however-that In TIE
neighborhood of Sands-st. and the Bridge mas me
reputation Of being especially Chinese, from the
fact that several Cinnamon OF wealth ana standing
and several highly educated and Amercanzed orr
entails live there.