The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
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cal perception was entirely good. and
1 the longer he considered his wife $ sug
| gcstion, the clearer he N recognized rs
Feasibility Now that he was prepared
1 to make a systematic study Of t he steer
age, he regretted his inability to speak
4 any, but his own language, and In his
necessity he looked about him for an In
| terpreter He found one in the person
Iof Chicago man, Frank LOUDER n by
name, n genial fell ow, so mewhat past the
l.prime of life. They became 6 ood friends
Iunder the advances made by the Con-
! gresham. His wife was obs servant, but
i.held her peace for q couple Of days.s ~ hen
she asked her lus band for a report OF
progress 81 y, 5lsi n 4
We are progressing capltally,' he told
ther. It was late in the afternoon, and
their chairs were set forward, where they
l,could watch the setting sun; for the ship
was In the Gulf Stream, and the sea was
mass OF undulating color. There were.
young people Apronenadng the deck, and
friendly groups We're ~ ooki ngt over the
!! rail; while. from the steerage below there
came the sound Of laughter, and Of wild
Assyrian singing. IA 81
The lower deck swrmed like an ant
| hill, for the mbera dullness Of the first
storm had been cleared ava Y Il by lie
l5sunshine, whlch5S$was5 reelected fS In tho
lbright headdress Of the awome en-, and the.
fantastic shirts and vests worn by The
men. There was a deck- house vel. for
ward and this was now crowded with
Iemigrant Is, seated with their cks TO the
iiwlnd, while in The midst of them, on.
a great coil of rope, a. young couple So T
simply, with arms about each others
waists, in the ecstacys of IA fa ppy court
lIship Perfect health was stamped upon
their faces. All else bout them bespoke
ifahsolute poverty. IF Ia n g *
o1n gt',, ia
fare the most Ciod-forsa ken \ ople that
! have ever SEEM the ships doctor had
safd to Baddingt ton. The Congressman5re-
4 peated the statement to y his wifi alu
added: ct hey dom know the first thing
labout sanitary laws and fully half Of
then will be upon Il the state within a
I5month after they land 2 \ III @
..If they land, '5S suggested shis wife. ~
Yes, If they land, he corrected, laugh
i1ingly.fs IA ~ n, 4
Baddington was a systematic worker,
i and on the fifth day9lle had made such
.Iprogress ms his III invest legation hat the
\ first draft OF his proposed immigration
Hill was written. u e won't even farther
i than the Senator's had ventured, but with
slihopedet TO be able to carry 7 through4to
i n triumphant passage. S$S f5 ~
1 Aided by, II 4ouber, he was no W. at work
sl.on5the subject of wages paid to the imml-
4 grants In ( heir. own country. IIe already
4 had found that II they We're willing TO
4 work for double, aand, In many cases. for
i Guadruple Ewhatsthey had received In their
i villages, tile rate would still be so low as
4 To prove n menace to American workmcn.
q lar he could learn something more definite
4 of their antecedents. II would aid his OBJ
(. iect greatly. It was al this point that Ito
\ made an Important discovery.
4 1t was on a Saturday morning, and go
Ing tpir iii n
E found the Roumanians--two hundred or
n more Jews--gathered aft, MS far away
y az possible from their fellow passengers,
for$ worsnip. For the time being inc
4 place had become q synagogue, and in
The absence of Il rabbi one of the elders
4 was reading from the Scriptures His
y head, a type Of the race, was coyere4
Il In part bS little round hat, and silky
II beard streaked with gray, req chcd near
Fl Ilyto Ills waist, The attitude OF the con-
u gregation was peculiarly devOnt, and the
X faces OF the men We're for he moment,
II lifted above the sordid surroundings of the
I, dngy, Uttered deck to n higher spiritual
h plane, In which there WAS both pride and
a hope OF the future,
III "Clannish people, suggested Badding-
ton, MS they stood little apart. watch
! ing. the service.
',They came from the same village" re.
piled the Chicago man. n
"Indeed4 said the Congressman. '.HoW
4 did that happen?'a s4s} 81
Hrhey have suffered both from taxes
and persecution, and the people OF thu
2 village have been raising fund FORE
/, year, to pay the passage of these, tht
2 most. 70, across tho Atlantic
y 80 they land as paupcrs |"
e mot exactly. They so TO friends VIII
q left,tlle village a year ago, and who haY,
!, been saving from their earnings agains
the lime Of the coming Of these people
But that is not tho Print. These Ron
y manians have tramped across Europe L
IA Holland, three months by the way. foot
y sore by day ana unshetcred in the opel
Is country al night, IN order 70 reach Rot
IS terdam and take passage upon this boat
il You arc certain that they trampe
" across Europe in order TO iinrnigrate?"
HTheir chief men have told ME in thei
re. own tongue, and they do not lie replle
+. I.ouhrr
4, Badlington returned 1.-THE saloon dec
q for reflection. The picture of those be
lieylng people turned back at New YORK
N after their weary weeks Of trampne
IL came back sharply before his mind. & II