The Washington times., 1904-10-30

that MANY Of the pupils do not speak
the simon pure language of their cOun-
tries" said Miss Erickson. They use
a dialect or pat0is which, while 30 Us
very like in some cases i'm others il IS
very unlike the real thing. Sometimes
I have TO call upon the other students to
help me, but not very often. The Ger
mans, as a rule, speak pure German.
but among the Russians, Italians, and
French there are many dialects,
After dletation and correction ] al
ways ask the students how many mis-
takes they have made One night ]
called on "A Polish Jew. How many
mistakesg said j.
% Two and a half he answered. ana
there was evidently little doubt about
his race.
eyes, there are schools similar to this
ln other large American cities j have
visited the school i'm Chicago, which is
larger than this, and in New York.
where the foreign population is So very
large there are special schools for the
dlnereut uaJ0uahties This must ueccs-
sarily be- so arranged there. For there
are IN New York more Italians than
IN any ciiy ian Italy except Naples"
-Year-OId Learns +, BIC.
"Russia-very bad place" said Benja-
OF the foreign class. lie is "a typical
subject OF the White Car. Although ne
has been iu this country for nearly two
years and has learned 10 speak English
readily and has as great a command OF
English slang as George Ade himself
schaplTo has only been going 10 school
Tor month. lie is seventeen years old.
but -hIs is the first month he ever at
tended school About a week ago he
put the finishing touches upon the al
pHaDet- He IS anxious to learn and 10
get an he can out of the school
''lt costs good money no go 20 school
lu Russia There are public schools, but
IL takes 1--WE. six hundred dollars year
TO go. How can poor people do that2
Only t.e rich and the friends of the
Gar can go. It's bad cOuutry-u0L
Ike this continued Benjamin. His
father Eas been iu the United States for
five 81 Is. and 81 now keeping a gro
Gerry store iu Washington. This is
Beu5aWils ambition. CAS- soon as 1
f learn enough j want 10 keep "a store.
It's better working for yourself than
4 for somebody else. it seems funny that
boy AS Bis as me should be learning
f A i O.. but i never had 81 chance before.
I wanted 10 go TO school when / first
came over here. but my father, he said
that 1 had Jo learn TO speak English
ursr Tie didn't know about this class
where they teach sou English. as well
as hIw 10 read and write. Well. he was
older than l. and he knows more, so /
didn't go 10 school But J dom, lose "a
night now.
MY brother ls coming over here soon.
. If he don't he viii have 10 90 in the
army That's bad-uearly as had as
Siberia. Everybody that can serve has
/ 10 go iu the army in Russia. Some
times men cut on their fingers on pur-
pose Then they cant go. The doctor
f tells them they are not right. you know
Sometimes they make believe they are
blind They viii do most anything not
/ to 40 to- fight"
/ Schap.ro is firm believer in the free,
dom OK speech The fifteen years he
/ spent in Russia, afraid 10 mention ths
/ Gar OF "His friends made deep ina.
. preston au his mind, but since he has
I been here Ha has learned 70 say any
thing he likes about any one and every
one. Roosevelt. he's all right Parker
hes no good You can say that here
/ but If you said anything like that about
/ the Car In Russia they would send you
/ on To Siberia. Not for mine" said thi.
Young American.
/ Jennie Gomez represents Porto Rice
iu this congress of nations. Dark eyes
black hair. and a tendency TO do as sin,
| wants characterize this attractive mail