Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10

Nhihh VI naNlnk even one woman In the
house. Unmarried young women who
work for a livelihood find ia all but trnpos-
sible TO get accommodations IN New York
boarding houses. For some reason or other
the proprfetresses of New York boarding
houses seem TO be pretty sore on their sex
Ihey explain their objections to women as
tenants by saying that the women guests
are TOO nnical; that they expect too much
TOT their money; that they are gossipy ana
mischief-makine: that many of them SNUG
gle forbidden pets into the houses; that the,
are exacting of the servants and want their
meals n.eais served In rooms on the slightest
preteAt' that they are perpetually scrappinr
over the use of the boarding housa narlnr
Tor company-entertaiuing purposes and All
,nat sort Of thing. The boarding house
n,eip say That, on the other hand. their
MAZE guests make little or no trouble Tor
the reason that they are away AT business
curing the greater part OF the time ana
mar they take the thing as n comes
Nent 80 70 speak, without kicking. A
-NeM iork newspaper woman. who is pou,
ensaeeu IN getting the material for an ar
.lcle Tor a Sunday paper on this mater
s o,u tne writer that 1t is now easier for a
.aIhhy with seven young children m 81
INTO a New York fiat that Is worth D.tS,e
e'ah LOT even married woman TO get into
a 5000 New York boarding house ana sbs
the data to prove her statement.
curious Charge Against Bartender.
A young New York bartender is now e.,
.he Tombs. held without bail. charged Win
oeihg an accessory before the fact a. .
suicide when TO the calm. dispassiona,s
open-minded view he Seems TO have NO.,
only sort of sardonic humorist
-. ne was seated behind his bar one niyb,
last week when a tough specimen 81 n -, ,.,'
good patron of the establishment slo,pc,,oI
in. siouched
Chimmy said the hari-visared sne,,
The 49, ~ me narkeep. who went on reading
.i1e nase ball score without looking ne
m tired o de game an N I bad q -
L INK Id blow me lid off" sun
h., rs that so? said the barkeep. kaening
ie Eye glued to the base-hit column an5
reaching for a drawer with one ha,,a al"
me bartender opened the drawer. nuIlaI
a large loaded revolver out of II and tassi
II on to the bar. AIM ''sSeu
There YOU GO Smile :, ala
,rock-1aced customer who had Amazingly
ms worid-wearfness. Help Yourself Tell
EN- that I'll be along meself in ahout a
reading N' iisHt on
Two seconds later he heard a terrific ex-
pios1on, and then he had TO 20 ONT ara
s sins Ior the dead wagon. for the tough
nau Dlown the whole top of his head ~
Inc barkeep explained TO the nolica ,bnt
tne castaways were Quitting into his nIace.,
slI the time with those announcements re
hY ing ing, 10 their ieave-taking of the world
oy tneir own hands, and that he had ksnt
the gun In the drawer solely for the mr..
pose OF calling their blufrs" He 81,
mat INA. ne mad banded the pistol out TO about
Al ct
within year. and that all of them mo-,
heels 'heh 10 theli
He is held for assisting suicide =, all
the same, although the unanimous verde,
OF the New York press appears tn he No.
ne ought to be turned loose without anv
further ado. my
Resentment Against Italians.
The Italians of New York have been hus-
tea about and 'hot-footed" with great on
thuslasm and earnestness by the COPS Of
Manhattan ever since announcement was
mace In the papers of the excessive pensl-
Ties visited by the Venice authorities upon
the young officers Of the L. $ s Chicago
VINO were caught in that cafe brawl 4
sood many of the New York policemen have
seen service in the American navy. and
these men have been particularly to the
fore in showing their resentment against
the gloating Italians. great MANY of The
Dago class of New York Italians re-
Joiced with an exceeding great joy over
the plight of the young American officers
IN the Venetian prison, and they were
nightly impudent in expressing their
qualification. hurrahing over the fact that
the Americans were being repaid for their
treatment OF the participants in the Malta
outrages in New Orleans some years ago
- But there happen to be stool-pigeous
among the Italians OF New York. as well
as among all of the other alien races and
thcsc Stool-plstbiS tpiu the New YORK
the names of the "Dagoes" who were csle-
brating with the most particular joyful
ness the predicament of the Americ an naval
ofhcers In Venice. After these joyful ones
the police went with stick that didn't
have to be sharp for the purpose il served
and II is probable that more rejoicing Ital-
ians were marked up with the clubs of New
YORK cops last week than had suffered that
treatment for the entire preceding year.
The police dubbed the Italian push-cart
fru1t peddlers all over the town to keep
them on the move. they made the plaster
of-paris image manufacturers sorry that
they had ever clapped eye upon the statue
of Liberty. they mussed up the propric-
tors of italian peanut stalls until they were
unrecognizable for resisting arrest after
being informed that they were numbering
street corners, and in general, they made
the lives of the gioating "Dagoes'' more
than miserable.
Little Love for Italians.
There is mighty little love lost between
native New Workers and the Italians of the
class that come to this country any way.
and the New Yorker will tell you that the
Italians of New York more undesirable
as neighbors than the Chinese of the Mott
street quarter ever dreamed OF being. Ii
is the simple truth that the great bulk OF
the Italians of New York are the very or
scourings of their country. They are I'M
speakably filthy in their habits. manners.
morals and methods of existing. Few OF
them exhibit the slightest desire to learn
the English language, so that very few or
them are capable of assimilation by this
The final ambition of the great
majority of them is to earn enough money
to go back to Italy and lead the life OF
the lazzaroni. Beneath their servile man.
ners and pretended abjectness. most of
them hate America and Americans with a
hatred that is an unquenchable flame with
In them. There are more murders commit
ted by Italians living in the various Italian
quarters of Greater New York during a
year than are committed by all of the rest
Of the allen races combined. They are
slaughtering each other by
the stiletto being the ordinary
instrument of carnage, but so contempt
uous are the New York police of the ItaI-
ans that they rarely undertake anything
more than merely perfunctory hunt for
Italian murderers. They don't consider
them worth the expense to the city that
would be entailed i'm their trials.
The thousands of Chinese in New York,
On the other hand, are decent in their pub
lie manners. law-abiding quiet, infinitely
more cleanly than the Italians and a whole
ot better class of resident aliens from
every point of view. That's the reason why
he average New Yorker doesu't tipa-ar-