The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-17
GOLD THEIR PASSPORT.
TUESs yTCoLAIS AND THEIR q MONEY!
BAGS ALLoBED TO LAND,

. woman Member or Th,s strnnre Hama OF
Brntilnn Nomnds Delivers an nmpromptu
Lecture on the uiss or Corsets-she Thinrn
That They Arc Bidicuious ana nmproper.
The afty.six members Of tho family Of Miguel
Nieolai, who arrived here on the Hamburr
American steamer Patria from Russia, as stated
IN yesterdays Sun, were landed yesterday a,
tho Barge Office. They had their six bags Of
gold with them, and their dogs and cats. The
Conmissloner Of Immigration found IL neces-
,ary 10 send n special transport steamer over
TO tho Hoboken pier Of the steamship line to
bring the Nicolas to the Barge Onice. In the
party we're eleven men, fourtasn women, and
t~htrty.ono children. After tho family had
been hustled into the pen with q crowd OF Ger
man immigrants, they were hauled MP In line
and marched single hls to the Registry Depart.
ment, Eight clerks were detailed 70 take their
p~eiigress.
The chief Of the band, Emilio. who manages
the family affairs and 10 custodian OF thu family
funds, ordered his three brothers, Msrcello,
Toiuaso, and Juan. to take care OF various 500
tions OF tho family, while they were being ques-
toned by the clerks, and the father of the fam
lily, Miguel Nicola, was directed TO bring up
the rear. Chief Emilio marched at tho head Of
the line. He was asked his name and answered
'Enilio Mechelie." When asked why he did
MOI Chli bihhSoh hO bdA1 lhNlt u
South Americans had . name other Llan that
Of their father. He said he was IS years old,
married, ana that his occupation vas that OF q
cotton planter and an. He can read
and write, was born in Brazil, but resided last
Of 81. Petersburg, Russia. He said that tho
destination of the falnily was the State of Mis-
sissippi, and that he had purchased railroad
tickets to go there. when asked IL he had
money no produced . canvas ,bag, and slapping
~ have twenty, i've or thirty thousand dol
lars here. 1t y all IN gold pieces
When the clerk asked to examine the bag,
don't want you 70 handle it. II you wait TO
look al IL you can and count it without hand
this. l landed hero before three or four years
ago and earned what rights an emigrant has"
statement lss Sst' seEsr SisSk LIZ SIsa S osisi E @as p .nGs 6fs
would have to bs satisfied that 40 had tho
that lhe family had S220,oOo in the six bags,
but that to prove that they were not psapers,
Alter considerable dickerins between the regis.
registry clerk to take possession OF the bag u
found that It Contained $50, 900. ~
When asked whether they had been here be-
slans and engaged In cotton raising. Then they
hal gone TO Europe and travailsd iq se,eral
they St foSnd L is too aao' expensive II U to i've %1 anu decided
TO come hack e the United States to engage in
cotton and cattle raising.
sle n4re ana az Chico Pi slniiia sssv sfsse the registry
u don't know The meaning of that word.
Have you more than one wifef asked the
sSo," answered Chief Emilio. Ono wife Is
S Sesss b io ss sfny e I ssRs a II he %a hsS more he would
This conciuded the examination Of Emilio
Then the other members Of the family wer!
9SaP e al had Answered Sattsfacaso aSiilyGths the fam
ny was marched down to the immigrants per
p port tss a assSs;rs dn about { s d6sma q The aeSS head Of t h
iamiiy; Higgs. Sifo Q said that he didnt ', wan n,
pie learned about the six bags Of gold they Nigh!
nsss% sPs,s e Kat yst R Z sss tSslr Fl int ss e The 90 &c e
. plantation in tho South. At 5 o'clock tn,
t tsmHg Ts' R Thes seS ssTe 0 IsaS e. ih ss f sse cs St1s.
k.iiro s RteE in Jersey CITY, where they took q
While they we're going aboard of the boat q
the Barge Oiiils a woman missionary remarked
70 ap pse : T tGat no %hS Of T ;ss S Slth hsn M sa%s 4
wore corsets. The missiopary asked one Of the
y9ns1 membeEs Of tie Aico!si family eboa'
didn't SNOW 'sEst. it was 70 weaf e%ersets. TheI
shs asked the missionary Why the women o
mered an unsatisfactory answer to the question
and then the Brazilian wo9as said; ,n,,,,,
way you do. There is very little sickness amenl
the Brazilian women who live In the cOuutrj
districts, and ! am satisfied that the reason {
that they doh't use ~corsets. When I first saw
n woman put on q pair in this country, tire
years ago, l thought that she was sick or tina
some of her bones were broken. also though
that maybe her back was weak, or that she wa
not a strong woman, and that she had to tie her
self together. Then / found all OF the womsl
In the United States tying themselves together
and that made me laugh.
One woman explained to me that she locke
nicer in her dress when che wore thoso things
/ said she did not, but that she looked as IL sh
would like to get them OF as quick US possible
No woman have met here or in other coun
tries Gun tell me a good reason for wearing coI
sets. One says that coryets make her ftti
round the waist, but 1t also makes her healt
little. That's what | t0la her. Another VIC
man says that she would be ashamed To walk 4
the street without corsets,, said she shout
be ashamed to be seen with them on. l thin
o woman who wears cOrsets ought to b
ashamed, because it tics her up as ii she was 3
unhealthy that her bones are about to fall apart,