Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-22
wATDRBURY's NEW ARRrvALs
A Mystery Where Homes Are Found
 For All of Them.

Waterbury is getting its share of the new arrivals from the old world. IL IS said that at least six hundred ItaI- 1ans came into Waterbury since last January and how all of them managed to ind homes is a mystery Most of them were met at the railroad station and escorted away in great triumph. Tn many instances the strangers were the wives and children of men who nave been living here for some time past and had managed to save enough to bring their families here. Some people regard the coming of so many Immigrants from sunny Italy with alarm and think that the day is not far distant when this country will want to check immigration from southern Europe. Without stopping to discuss the merits or demerits Of this question, it Is safe to state that there are two sides to it and that if we nave large number of people earning money here and sending 1t across the water to maintain families it is much better for Waterbury to have the wives and children of these men here so that the city may have the benefit of what 1t costs to maintain them instead of having it go abroad. Besides that. it gives the youngsters an opportunity to acquire knowledge of the English language and become Americanized 2 by the time they are able to earn their own living, and in this way they will be better equipped to take part in the mad scramble for existence fhat is now going on in Waterbury ana else where. Nobody claims that an Ital- ian is not as good as anybody else so long as he behaves himself and 1t Is no boast to say that considering the number of citizens of that nationality in town the bad ones compose but a small fraction of the whole, so that af- ter all the constant coming in of Ital- ians is nothing that one should weep over. Besides that, man who brings his family here and takes up a permanent residence in the community Is more likely to make q desirable citi- zen than the nomad who has no par ticular stopping place and does not care where night overtakes him. Tt might also be said that a marked change for the better has come over Ale local Italian colony since the for Nation of the parish of Our Lady of Lpurdes and the appointment of a res- idant pastor to minister to the spiri- tbal needs of those associated with it. This great transformation was first made apparent through the instrument ta1ity of Rev Dr Martin, who had jurisdiction of the Italian colony for time and made easy the way for the Rev Michael Karam, whose whole soul is wrapped up in his priestly labors and who will soon have an ediflce which will be credit to himself and his peo- pie and an ornament to the city. Let the Italian and other races come in and if they are not just what some folks would like to see them when they show up they will soon learn that 1t is to their advantage to behave themselves that is provided the laws are properly enforced and every man made to feel that once he reaches here he is bound to govern his conduct to suit the conditions he found in his new home if he wants to stay here.
 Quite good many Lithuanians came to Waterbury during the present year, but the number was small compared with that of previous seasons There are some Hebrews and sprinkling of other races. but all would not amount to as many as were added to the Ital- ian colony. The English speaking peo- pie appear to be staying at home, all though 1t Is said that more Irish drop- ped in since last January than during the same period for the past ten years It is estimated that about fifty young men and girls came to this city direct from Ireland this spring. All had friends on the lookout for then- One man strolled down to the station and hung around waiting for the arri- val of the 9 o'clock train. He said he expected his brother to come in on it, but he didnH know how to identify him. He never saw him He came to this country nearly twenty years ago and the young man he expected in was but eighteen. Pretty soon the train came laundering up through South Brooklyn and the man took up posi- ton near the stopping place so that he could not help getting his eye upon ev- cry stranger that stepped off. The third or fourth person to alight was a tall young fellow who looked about as if he knew somebody was waiting for him. The Waterbury man stood aside until things got rather quiet and then he was noticed to take the young fel- low by the hand. Both eyed each oth. CT intently for a few moments, but neither uttered a word. The next thing onlookers knew the two men were crying like children. They were brothers and curiously enough their first meeting occurred three thousand miles away from the parental roos