Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-07
WHERE IMMIGRANTS LAND
Ligbu and shldSvI OF tire EumEI Current
ut EIhE Island
cH~EEsfUlNtss COMMON CHARACTERISTIC
Types Ct women and Chndren frcm
various PErts Of Europe
Philosophical Observations
Of n Gn1eEeeper.

q sac little paragraph IL The newspapers
informed anyone who might care 10 read
that Z young Syrian girl vho had been re
fused admission 10 Ihis country through
New YORK had been detected while trying
10 suuEEle through Canada and in Der
despair al The double diBHppDintmsut had
suicide. Twice she had reached
the borders Of the promised land, and
death seemed preferable TO turning back
10 The old home she had left, probably
with g boast Of the good fortune which
would ne beers a. soon as she had crossed the
ocean. They are proud. these peasants Wit
crowd IN droveE 10 America. and 10 return
bone and confess failure is more bitter 70
. them han any one vbo does not know them
car imagine. There are not many stories like
this OF The Syrian girl. but the Bturv Of
the excluded immigrant is among The sad
dast Of all sad tales. Little Is written
about IL. for few could DO il justice. even
among those whose fancy leads them 10
such topics. Writers who wish 10 be path
etiC choose the landing OF the immigrant,
and dilBtt on the sorrow Of II, which, 70
any une who knows them. lie hardly con
vinCirE. For the immigrant is 3 happy
soul, a. least on his arrival. What comes
after is quite another story.
A trip 10 one Of the huge buildings where
the poor Of the old world frst make &c
uuHiutEnce with the promise Of the new IL
likely to cure, rather than TO induce. q 81
uf he blues. Avoid the excluded division, /"
and one can spend q vs-y cheerful day
among the brand new Americans. Open the
duur where wait the newly arrived who
have Dot money or friends and tragedy
takes the center o. the stage. but over the
long line o. BteerEEB folk which files W
the stairs and past the doctors the Eo6deHE
o. Hope reigns supreme. There is hardly
q fare without q SMILE. unless care and
age have so hardened the lines that a smile
has no idee OF how TO make Itself B. home.
They have come from countries in which
tbe immigrants are treated like cattle, where
the p-overhihl two ends Of life were for
ever gaping widely. and in 3 Few hours
they will stand in the streets on which. 20
rumuT says. gold may be picked up-mBybe
that is only q figure Of speech. bur again
maybe II Is really going TO prove true.
Then, IL The gold STORY is TOO hard to
believe. II is more than likely that for at
least q third o. them their hearts desreHtE
are waiting No wonder thai the old
woman whose back bends almost double
under the load Of her great bundle feels
IL light and wHrkE swiftly. for the son OF
her love may be almost within reach, or
q pretty and gorgeous IrrBysd young
woman viii soon be weeping over her Eno
calling her mother.
Specimens Of Many Races.
The long line exhibits specimens Of every
rate under heaven, or 80 Il seems 70 the
on-looEer. Hard times. government tnjus-
tice, ambition or iD-luck. have thrown
them al together. and then spread them
cut in 3 never ending file for the keen
eyes Of blue coated. gold laced men. They
climb up the stairs. kept in line by iron
fences. and pass FIRST one physician and
then another, and then q kindly woman
who will see that The delicate are not too
rudely iostlsd. II is all very friendly and
encouraging. except when the doctor lays
& firm hand on some shoulder and peers
into the fare through sppRIlinEly sharp
glasses. He turns I'D The Lid Of al eye
al right. il is only the common or gar
den sty, Hno is not likely 70 pauperiss
the poHsessor, and the line moves on again.
Another iE halted. Why. my friend. that
scar OD your forehead? II is obviously
merely a combination Of unsteady sea
legs, and q sharp Bit Of furniture. 30 the
man is passed on and he breathes again.
An old wumEn-very. very Ul6-is stopped.
and MADE TO Sit down with q few delicate
looking women There is 10 reason why
these should be vsEried with the long
waiting. They win pass out quietly. by
AID by. and 30 the doctor explains to the
ruther frightened old soul, vino tbsrsupun
subsidies and looks superior.
A briEht-eyed ERtekeeper discuursek in
friendly fashion about what he sees. He
is young, and his accent does not dsnott
that ms training has included a college
education, but shrewd observation and
common sense, thank the powers, may be
- - - IL g. 49,
have 10 build a school house q day" OBJ
serves this ~dignitRry, for the children
alone that comes in here" And 30 indeed
il seems. Children to the right Of you
children 10 the left Of you-Rnd such Eool
children. None OF them are CRYING. and
hundreds are fling through the iron rail-
inEB. Not only are they uniformly OF .
cheerful mind, but they are helping. with
murh enthusiasm, 70 carry the baggage
Little tots, hardly six years old. plOd ava.
r with heavy baskets.
, Two Of them together stEgEer under {
great sack-Ons Of the meal sacks which
are convenient Tor the carrying Of baggage
: II you don't happen 70 be possessed o.
7 trunk. Several u them, in childish fashion
, walk strHiEht ahead without paying IN,
J least attention 10 what IA happening, ant
: never notice that their mother has beer
put in the little room TO wait until the lin,
. passes. Then arises maternal shrek 10
= the kinder. % and the word is passed dow
\ the line. and various OfhriElE disentEnEl,
: trom the general mass the pSrtirnlR
, kinder" who seen unattached 10 any grow
. NJ folk, tthis iE something like looking 70
! a needle IN q hHyEtRrk 20 the uniuitiztsd
but The officials seem 10 have a mErvelOu
b. FyEtsm q their own, and then The rEuuite
: family displays much affection an6 wait
/. patiently for their turn 10 60 out
Getting started Right.
Al the desks past which the immiErEu
: marches. 3 man. whose linguistic accom-
pIishmsnts are beyond the oomprehsnBio
o. an ordinary mind, Strengthens Out III
destination Of sach one. and they pass ou
juyfuIly. ticketsd 20 that any one can dru
them just Al the right station. The phil
osupbicEl EEusEsepsT before msnroDs
: beams pleasantly 81 Them, q" 'THin't n
Joke. lEndin' in 3 strange country, and
don't unst nothing 10 be pleasant ,. IN
spscts their cards and separates "rHfroB
casts" from railroad WssE" and assure
them that they viii be carried 70 the trail
= For Uncle sam Goes 3 good deal for neWl
arrived immigrants that one would ns
= expect 70 md n & red tape place like
government once. tn EHteksspsr has