The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

go fubt Suey S1A
- TO receive her blessing ana
.1Gm - Apccessor she win soon
~ - would put aside fhs
- and rest . little ere she
- .rattesanss BY the road that
must take some day.
- y ~ err from Fanwood 70 the coun-
\ ss.se ~ Pyrsmld4 but Snake Mary has
4 nessage thence. saying > pill
e. = = II way from tho Old World
<.,<s -. NE has heard from tho
49, ~ eoufh and the west, too. Her
80 been journeying along roads
~ Me- IL sDokes Of . wheel. to
- s6nser Al the hub Snake Mary
<2 - potjsnce, while her children
1cnndren serve her ~ loyal SUBJ
9Iav I'm her in the heat Of the day
1900 bogs, which would seem TO
~ 80 suhgtjtuts Tor the punka Of
80 ascent home. and perform .
zo1 t1nlnaaoes that SHOW their love
\ - have 20 wide . personal &C.
49, . ~ this aged gypsy queen.
Y2 trnyolod, HomAny way. In Egyp&,
r1onoa. SPAIN, Germany. the Brit
- lsesS and Upper Canada. across
U1l6a osasoo to the north and 10 the
S ~ avn 70 Mexico. She speaks
III dooen languages besides her
10y 1b She has been over her
- enough 70 have established the
ancoe she has made, 10 that these
- into friendship. Her visitors
. NJ friendship. They come from
y esss. one might say--a good half
Z UGll1, At least-and some Of them
ouD ~ majesty for upwards Of
O6ee yoafs. Many Of these visltors
+ eo1." Or, - one Of Snake Aary's
- aays. .tout-claas folk" without
49, h their veins That these
= M ass often persons Of educa-
~ rUGoement. like Snake Mary. IL
~ The fact that they have been
- ~ her regularly since she has
~ SunmeF home IN Jersey. They
~ ners than fortune-tslline or
- oonl1g-the chief business of the
II nmp they come 20 talk over old
I'd ~ 10 listen to the stories the keen
n voman tells Of long wanderings.
n N1t0Fs she h most frank and cor
B ~ ~ trusts them.
- -, oAuns the Canepa.
$3.50. ~ b courteous and accessible 10
|Emo tAot dos not try to take snap
o = ~ snd her commodious tent. the
= - does not appeal 10 her. ana
81 1eps on hs approach Ike the
- mn his lens.
- make Mary 10 the most royal
- + America and ~ high in rank A
pnn4y ruler In the world. she II par
gH he queen Of the Harrisons. one
~ eeus neAt family Of gypsies on this
EmM ~ water. The other three are the
- the Coopers and the Jeffreys.
= thess live In Ohio. where Sugar
The king Of the CoopenA II the
M q large farms near Dayton. Il was
10 The last great gathering of gyp-
~ uAsn Matilda Stanley. Z daughter
EMR. had royal burial Over 5000 Of
ooQpb assembled to pay the last hon.
Qh tAeiF queen. The Harrisons have
H. 1aea together ~ 4 tribe In twenty
- 0ough the individuals OF that name
IL legn visiting each other constantly
~ perfectly well acquainted. Their
y eocd form and members Of tho
1mg the record OF the births and
NJ marriages up TO date each year.
Harrison. who n constantly with
nNsae h u near the camp at ranwood.
49, Aead man Of the tribe. The other
'.sas can him king. He 10 % years
- married Snake Mary's oldest
ssee He has = large family. His
e& children are younger than some
grandchildren. He IL an old friend
IA. Stanley and has spent much time
m b Ohio. King Harr,son's bust
sl - always been horses. He has bought
- and snapped along the roads n
seseey, Pennsylvania and Delaware
~ years. and n the best known
eeaief probably in the region. He
e buseness II good. In spite OF hicy-
~ horssiess carr,ages
- complaint Of them" he declares.
ave not hurt me and they won't.
tnas IKE horses win have them. n
ase money TO buy them. no matter
ny machines may be on the mar
n dealing along these same roads
WI summer and In the towns every
Ws Wo-score years. I know every
cares for horses ana every one
=. There are Just as many buy
nofs II anything than there used
rw III horses RICH, round here now.
e1ey every day in the week with
- come TO buy. Prices are good.
kans has hundreds Of relatives in
saesy ara all through the Eastern
good many az then. have given
aaoesing. 70 a great extent, and are
how, or even professional men,
~ doctors. lawyers and musicians
mem. For the most Part, though.
- farmers and horse dealers. In
~ nsr probably there are few gyp-
as % not find tin. for at least y
= ss"inE. They all know the art
On the road 10 matter how
Incsssnx thew have had I'm cities
asse taught many A sarsso some
~ his art. toe. Joseph rennei the
sHa his wife have tried n with
sHa have tcurncyef into Austria.
way So has Mr. Leland. a
~ Fennel. ehc has discovered
- :. sae orssin ~ svnsteS by critical
~. we IN lie seems 10 have de-
- ssai they cssYfe from Hindu.
- shes use many Etwt.astanl verbs
-. e' expression to-day IN q WAY
shese words ard forms ara
aas were always Ranasnv.
rAssr Language,
- esssr ss~. % shlx language. ."r-h.
80 TIE birds And al Wild things.
- nxnaxc OF their cwr. which 10
- ,A we language Of those anscag
ry dwell ard wAscf serr.ss like
~. - themselves nearer 20 ssn
$500 sasure thar Ger language or
t0es.. - al well 20 b@. as ~. are
1n,s.. aeasts anS students - ase-
kDD, sss u u equally ueel tha, IN,
ne - ard that his language
k4ns ssrrs Art seis Of the charm
1evp - e.-aeor ~erif. ~. seen, ~ the
- = tse rntse ~ streams ara ere
~ R,~ WIND ard The storm. Fer
Ed - speech - fur ~ al, ss.
E0 - 'as gypsy has few tradition.