The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20
kEEPSTHE FATHERLtNDSWAYS.
Lone Island t1t,'s German Settlement
which change. Not Win Near.

II i now nearly a generation since the
| German Settlement 81 Long Island city
was founded. and the grandchildren Of
| tho original settlers arc IN some ii.staiCo-
| inhabi,ing the region. vet tho settlement
| il almost a. German to-day IN some resi- ccts
as il was thirty wears ago. Here have
| lived and hourishei much that IL best IA
| German tradition. md the outward aspect
Of tho quarter be-f eaks the living and
| activ" traditions uf the fath"tlaAd.
| Steinway avenue ~ the main thorough
fare " the settlement, but II occupies al
! most exclusively half a dozen other con-
Siderable streets. besides byways and out
lying bits - partly improved ard. Tho
houses, for tho most part. are neat little
frame structures. each with IL b, uf lawn
and row Of trees IN front. many with a grc.n
and fiowory garden IN he rear. fruit trees,
old fashioned Towering plants. ard climb
ing vines. There has even Teen an attempt,
after an old German custom. TO MAINTAIN
cherry trees on tho sidewalk
Almost, every business house, % what
ever Kind. bears a German name on tho
sign board. and the Characteristic German
trades e~XiSt-pastry bakeries. tiny b.er
halls. music shops. n ~purveyor- - ath-
letic goods. 4 turn hall fiourishc- Ia the
settlement. and a shooting garden Is man
taired singing societies abound, ad
amid spmeshat gauut surroundings IA
trout Of the shooting garden stands upon a
tiny square II green sod a bronze bust Of
Franz Ait. a trophy won by the united
singing societies Il Long Island city at q
national slugtug contest m Brooklyn Two
years agp.
Liz. many such settlements within the
greater New York IA. community IL com
plc,o within itsc.f and sufficient To- it-elf
f. has hot only It's own peculiar Pleasures
MUSIC. athlc,i's, shooting. couvi, atty
but it, own trades and professions a. We'll,
doctors q several schools. LAWYERS. even
M architect, who's. house. a marvellous
wooden structure with an astonishing
tower supported by a t"nuous fving buttr"ss
of wood. IL quite tho wonder II the helgh-
bufhpud
There j. still 50 largo an Infusion ~ eew
immigrants IN the settlement that many
-gDS and other public announcements
A." boo the German tongue You meet IN
all public places persons who hai'uallV
-rsrik German. and tho English Of a large
ar' u! the population u marhed With a
strong ao-e-'
This neat l'tlA citv within the gaunt and
crimy precincts %! the late capital Il Queens
county has all the marks OF PROSPERITY
and few signs 81 real puverty The amus'-
m'uts are truly popular, because nearly
eyrrN body is we'll "A enough To- take tart
10 them Il II "A neat n comfortably
dras-rd population that crowds the streets
ON gala oC~asions, and almost every homo
show evidence that there IL tim" for other
than purely material consideration
II il a community II settled ways, and
simple village habits. for IA spit" 81 tho
fact that the settlement vas a part 81 Long
Island city for years before the latter hc-
came a part Of New York. and has long
enjoyed whatever public Co~nvcniences arr
most distinctly urban. n has retained ~
original ncighborly character 4 now
conner soon becomes generally known II 10
come from the Fathorland, and those whose
fathers and grandisthers have dwe!t Ia the
settlement nrr known 10 everybody.
spreading out from the origiual bounds
- tho settlement some 81 ia" Germans
havc taken to market gardening. and the
kindly soil - Lorg Island has proved most
profitable under the hand 81 a people who
arr natural gardeners Actress OF green
crops now attes, the skill of the settlers.
You NAV SEQ men, women and children
al work In the fields. undisturbsd bv the
Whi1king trolley cars and tho crowds 81
pleasure seekers bound Spur dwarf
Almost at the doors 81 the settlement
the Germans have their own seaside re-
-prt. Bowery Bavr striving under IL new
name % North Reach TO ESCAPE from the
-om.w hat doubtful cunnutation az it,
earlier title H.Ie on hot DAYS crowds II
goincn and children find fresh air and salt
water. bathing IN the mimic surf 81 The
gentle Sound. ~picnicking on. the sands
and sharing the joys provided for the sum
mer visitor. There come DAYS and nights
when half the settlement betakes itself
To- the shurr. and tine trolley carr are laden
with the returning plcasur" seekers, who
shout German songs unth alter midnight.