The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-20

GOSSIP OF ADAY.
Greeks in America and
Their Occupation.
The Csllings Which, as a
Rule, are Followed by Them.
Effect of Having Sight Res'oreu'
Electric Roads in Europe.

A. "a. time Of the outbreak when mas
..,..a a., an,hroiling Greece and Turkey
:, war. there were something more tl'"
IN ooo Greeks in this country. Ah'S
.,,,,,ber has. Of course, been CONSIDERABLY
,.ad,cad since that time, as many oil hihg
c:sorge's faithful subjects have gone hoillo
m fight the unspeakable TURK lo IL s"'"
that the Greek population is tho iloSV
,,acu,iar Of all elias ses of foreigners tha'
.or,e to the United states. IL Is WY
large. more n umerouS indeed 'han ''s
c,r.d;sh and \ orwegian put together anu
n. large, perhaps, as the Italian VI 80
Sn.,ish But il is quioter. and the oie'-
-ars n,rsue walks Of life in which they
.ra not conspicuous. These are 80 lnlPor.
..n, however. that if the Greeks should
disappear from this country there wouiu
ma a void which could not easily he iliieu'
when the subjects OF King George arrive
., this country they invarholy knpM
where they are going. great huli,uoa 1u.',
turn their faces toward ~ ..t LouaS T1,, ,,'on.
s,fac,uring interests Others continue on
shair vav and 80 20 Denver, where they
conduct another branch OF the same s1 puSi
,ess Or TO Boston, where they hailuIe
fruit A very large NUMBER go o'.ta,,s oou.t W.
raise flowers, the dearest Oh aii
10 the Grecian heart.
7. would seem that Greek occupations
g., this country are hereditary. man
,-,rrs Mt the candy business untll ne i
,,d II he has no sons he sends nome ioI
nenbews or nearest male reiatNcs VIZ VIZ
are Young and vigorous. iheso 'n' oun,'
over and the old man goes back 70 70 "Ie,el' hv.i'
oft UanprltlOn
mss is conducted. IL you ever knew
csrcet In business In any city, and II you
>rsnt 10 address him. 1t will be SAFE LOT
Won 20 do So for one of his kin is now
acting as his successor. There arc s .nIee
Creek occupations followed bv almost
s,.srx snh;ect of Greece who come 10 this
country. They are the selling oil irul.
.nd fowers the raising OF the same anu
the manufacture Of candy. by du tlo
1rcafer number sell fruit and flowers.
and the push carts ana stanus ,naV i'n'
the streets are managed by ureeks'
II /. said the English language Is very
n,,cEiv learned by Greeks who come tC
shis country. Small hand books are CIR
culatcd among them with usei u
scnfences. They contain: only II
cents lady. +" Five cents apiece; 81
Tor Ave. and Cost mo much. Ihis
with knowledge OF AmerlOam snnsh,,1arv money sor
~
sidewalk merchant to start In upon
Greek women rarely work. When they q
they engage In some very pretty occu
ration. The longest-stemmed flowers
tho brightest blossoms, anu the nie9s ,,
nottcd plnnts are given to them to peddle
and right CAV they look rugged in piai
Shawi and with their hair neatly and b'
cominrly dressed. "My little Gree
dover giri I" is a figure in the daily iii
of many Q metropolitan.
1t IL impossible to imagine what tt
sensation could be after having bee
born and living n long series OF yeal
blind, to have ones sign slgh' Ees'oFe" res bsd M th
unioue experience. At first he started VIZ
iont1y and was afraid Of the strant
things around him, the hugeness OF u
room and It's contents. One or the nr
things he saw at the window was iiof
ri sparrows "What are they asked u
physician. II think they arc teacups,
was the reply. A watch was then show
10 him, and he knew what 1t was, prob
bly, because he heard 1T tick. Later
seeking the fiamc Of lamp, he tried
pick il up not having the slightest Id
Of its nature
Money and materials for street IA
way are wanted at Catania, seaport
ioO,0 people, at the foot of Mount Eti
Catania has no street railways usi
hacks instead. The suburban town
Orninn where, in spring, summer n
fall many Of Catania's inhabitants spe
a few months in cottages, going To {
city daily TO attend to business, would
n source OF revenue to street rallwi
Two projects are forming. One is to
terest Belgian tcapitalists-whch wo'
mean Belgian material. Inc other
proposed by milling firm, which wo
rse the 250 waste horsepower OF their N
10 generate electricity. This firm wo
buy dynamos, wires, poles, rails and
cars 10 start with. American bids wo
he received upon equal footing W
the rest.
Electric railways are gaining gro'
IN Europe though not as last as IN
United States Yet these figures apr
absurdly small In all Europe the &
electric railway mileage in lS05--tho In
obtainable statistics-was only 800 mi
n increase of l25 miles over 1924, and
incrvase in the number of lines from
20 Ill.