Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-03-25

me explanation or this Is as follows:
There arc now not ] 500 Greeks In the
United States, but $1,000. They have in
creased in numbers by immigration 1000
per cent in less than seven years, and
there are now $500 in New York city
alone, $500 in Chicago, LOCO in Boston,
and so ON. Greece is tcrritorily Just two
thirds of the size of Scotland. The popu-
lation of the country is about the same as
the present population Of the city Of New
York, 1900, 900. Tho Greeks are farmers,
fishermen and fruit raiscrs, and material
prosperity is not pervasive in tho little
kingdom of King George The Greeks arc
not, according TO the American standard,
intelligent and progressive hushandmcn
or fruit raisers. They have few local man
ufactures. The debt of the country is
heavy, its credit fair and its resources not
abundant or increasing. With the increase
in tho American fruit business, the enor-
nous Development of fruit products of
California and Florida, and the relative
decline in the fruit importations from the
West Indies, the Greeks have found mar
ket for their knowledge, skill and industry
in tho United States, and they have been
coming across the ocean in great numbers
and establishing themselves in tho big
cities of the country. They are peddlers,
fruit dealers and retail venders and possess
many advantages. They are quick witted.
They learn English readily. They have a
natural aptitude for trade, for negotiation
and. for bargaining, SO much so that
Greeks have come to be known as "the
Jews of the Mediterranean. They are
the money changers, bankers, factors and
traders of oil Egypt. They are to be found
in all the large cities of Turkey, both in
Europe and in Asia, and in southern
France, particularly in and about the
city of Marseilles, they Gre very numerous
and influential
But the Greeks and Italians in the big
cities of the United States are always
| quarreling. They arc business rivals.
| They do not dwell together in harmony.
The ardent temperament of the men and
| women of both nations, neighhors abroad,
but of different races; the difference in
| religion and the jealousy of centuries-all
these things have the effect of fostering
| their lack of friendliness for each other.
| More than 20 centuries ago Greece and
| Rome were rivals for the political mastery
| of the civilized world. Today dozen
| Greeks and a dozen Italians, if residents
! of one house, will wrangle and dispute
with each other over anything from u
masquerade ball ticket to the location of q
| fruit or peanut stand. Oddly enough,
| as has been observed, the Greeks in New
York and elsewhere dwell in harmony
with other foreigners except the Italians
| and the Italians with other foreigners ex-
| cept the Greeks.-Philadelph Press.
Gone Into Trade.
| There have recently been two notable in
stances of aristocrats going into trade and
dragging their aristocracy in after them.
In Europe the Princes August and Charles
| of Bourbon have hung out their signs as
| wine dealers. They have also published q
| circular, in which they explain why they
have disregarded the traditions of theil
| class and come down to the level Of every
day citizens. They tell how their ances
tress, Marie Antoinette, darned the stock
ings of their grandfather, the Dauphin:
| how Louis XVII was matchmaker, and
+, how Charles XI, their uncle and the head
| of their house, earned his livelihood by
manual labor ana by trading. Since the
| court of appeals in Paris refuses to recog
nize their rights they cannot become sol
diers in France. "Only one career is oper
to us, they say-'that of the merchant
or tradesman.
| In our own country some excitement has
been created by the action of Miss Florence
Cornelia Pell in opening millinery shoI
in New York, and not only putting hel
aristocratic name over the door, but having
the family motto and crest printed in tn,
crown of every bonnet that goes out of he
shop. Miss Pell, who has just secured {
divorce from Nathan Clifford Brown O
well known Portland Me. family, is th'
eldest daughter of the late John Howlant
Pell. The family is an old Huguenot ont
and has been prominent in the social an
mails of New York city for 200 years. TIL.
fair shopkeeper is Mr.. Pell's child by hii
first marriage, and the children of tho sec
ond marriage, Mr. s. Osgood Pell and Mis-
Mary Rowland Pell, are thrown into aris
tocratic Mysteries by the idea of their fam
lily crest and motto decorating the bonnet
of every Mary Ann who has the money tC
patronize their half sisters shop. But Mis-
Florence Cornelia will doubtless thrive, fo
there are quite number of American
who enjoy having heraldic blazonings OF
their personal belongings, even though
! those heraldic blazonings be those of thei
tradesmen. Francisco Argonaut.
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