New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-11
VICTIMS OF THE TURK.
Continued from ninth page.

E-ssay takes great Turkish pipe away from
s--- other customer who has just finished
vs--- CT the mouthpiece with a napkin. and re-
Els IS bowl with kind Of heavily spiced to-
l-..0. Massey drops a red hot cube Of charcoal
O. --e tobacco and hands the stem TO the mer-
c1-r-. After few pufIs the smoker is blowing
t.- -1uds Of smoke into the air. and the water
;l -aa bulb through which the smoke passes
t-.. IS sIumbrously. The merchant fingers over
a t-y CUP Of coffee, as black Is Erebus. and
---a- -uteruinably about the Sultan and Tam
1--y Ban
a-- The wife has changed. too When she first
ca-e she was told 10 keep in the house, away
t--- the sight OF men. II her husband was a
y .netan. she may have worn face cloth
tL- st Few days after her arrival until the
.=--= u Spectators compelled her husband to
le- -e- expose her features TO the vulgar stare
70 Be sure, she now tends the store while her
husband is al the cafe, and she never thinks
r. ~ 70 such = place herselt. but IL many
v-vs she enjoys Liberties she had never dreamed
&C before she goes to the bank with the weekly
She walks 10 church alone on Sun
DAY Il her husband does not feel like going"
And when the Tammany leader invites al the
women and children OF "choWder" she goes
ara likes her little cnes-
There are dozen more merchants in Little
SYRIA who ten years ago were itinerant pedlers,
ana "a DO nov CO business Of 10000 a yer.
The tznking firm Of Fauor Brothers, OF No. GO
y -1gt0n-st. has had such a rise Thirteen
ye-rs ago this concern had little novelty store
r. Nc-r-s-st, where, with capital OF $3.50.
thy supplied pedlers with the contents Of their
= rs Nov they occupy a four story building.
a1- -- addition 70 q big iobbing business in ORR
e--al goods they conduct the chief bank Of
Ah--cs h-Sheraal
Tie majority OF the Weather Syrians
making their homes in Brooklyn. and in Pacific
s. AID President-st. another Asiatic colony is
growing %. II Pacifc-st- is one Syrian church,
t-=s-=1-e1 by those Syrians who believe in the
Cr--l-lX Greek Church. The Roman Catholic
sg---s. who form the majority, however. come
q Larh1ttan each Sunday, and worship in the
Aa-----e Church, OF the second floor of No. s.
N-----ston-st
Only one Syrian q prominence lives on staten
Lsla-1. and he is reputed to be the wealthiest
q -l-- al This is John Abd-el-Nour the silk
re-.1--t, OF 80. 60 Broadway. At EIungviIle.
staten Island, A5d-el-NCUr has country villa.
-- t.rh he delights 50 much that he lives there
IT, ye4r round The estate comprises eleven
al-ae and from his front porch he can look
CO. ---Css New-Tork Bay and see the low lying
81 u Sandy Hook The parlors are luXuri-
ouz 3 furnished with draperies from CONSTANT
ROPE vases from Paris and brass ornaments
t-.- --s native town q Damascus
---- Ab5-eI-NoUr has lived in NeW-fork
le1-e- th4n any other Syrian who has immigrat-
- amber. He came IN 1850, and his success at
t-a.--- such attention that others began to FOL
Dr.. ---. These first Immigrants were 50 help
Jess NAT they resorted to begging to keep from
s-...--. and the police had many fights with
ta.. "a trying 10 stop their mendicancy Al last
A.. -Nour fitted cut rUm}ver with uinkets
T. So. 70 Catholics. and they went through the
Country selling crosses, rosarIes and images.
tbs was the beginning Of the Syrian pedler
q today who sells everything, both sacred and