The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31

4 rSVsS.s HE newly arrived Immigrants
Il are not altogether the scum Of
-. Europe, as some would have us
4 iElXlgaSI believe; they really are nc
49, worse than the Immigrants who
nave come before. Some OF them are
l5A few exhibit d surprising degree OF
a lIn1 y. and even educati on; The
anfs tf swe fbs s snd s asans
and Mddle Wt ss su' the vast farm
lands, the numbering regions and tile
4 cattle country. 5ijs
4 Italians. the Poies-aussia and AUS
Z, jlriaIi-- the Greeks, the Armenians and THE
! Turks, Utmost Invariably drop right where
ahey Z Land They seek out their nwn
Ile,ynlent and. live inexpensivelY. The
4 Poles and Italians become any lahorers,
y ~, I. h, ws ei,gage small tratle. the
| Snlukers or lielps4to manufacture rugs.
AZ vii, OIL slesiage rates is liotaulways
| profitable , 70 steamship line. Some
| times 1T costs more than S7.5O@to brlng q
| larry when he must bn fed Then. also.
hlanyia refused adrittance aid must
l be$carried back. 81 II is not So casyeto get
| as itwould seem. 3s ag3f3i E5 S
Uncle Sam was prepared to handle
| the result OF this ocean, rush. As a
lsthrong OF immigrants come down the
gaa,sWiay Mof the ship with their strange
f fa w rnth 2ny nn fsst snfa
ings-the baggage is s1atcl,ed out OF their
hands and thrown to one side for ex-
animation. u
Some few understand and move of In
line without a murnlir, bu, the larger
number hold grimlS on to thcrS belong
irgs and have to be forced onthelr jour-1
rr1 & e \
Hustled into single file and hurried
elong with shouts and pushes like 80,
many cattle, they enter. Long. narrow
number Of physicians. AS iii Immigrant
reaches hmsthe doctor hats him for Il
nsinutc; with q dexterous movement tho
iiewcomei's head .is tilted back and an,
eyelld, crashed and turned over; the head
covering Is removed and a quick examine
ton Of til e sea p is made. An instant'a
s s1 GLANCE decides the immigrants
--infeetton \ OF. the scalp ana optic nerve
common in Europe-is discovered, the
afflicted one Is turned out OF limo for
further examination and usually Is de-
ported at the steamship company's cx-
\ 4 Safely through this ordeal, which is
ftrer before. the astonlsled subject has
an opportunity to protest. the Immigrant
h .1,,, 6sWifi the inspection ROOM
Ihls ls a Ela ga pa rtment arranged into
alleys or passages with sen.s like park
benches fitted along The sid es. 3 IA high
aesk and gate. are at,the further end
IA dozen linguists and #g facial students
sort out the various M tlonalities. direct
Ing. all of the same tongue into one pas
{sageway. s A 3s 3 6 3
migrant. IT is assumed As Examined ~
otiicia Of the steamship company and
5found,s, e gdble for admlssio into the
4 l States; Each Inspector therefore,.
m rSNv,
containing the name OF all the passen-
gers of 4 he par icnlar ma tonallt he Is
i? examine The sheet con tains a COM
fRlete description OF each in1r:,igrart with
town. his a &c, whether he Is; married or
single, his destination 81 I he2 amount z Of
money he has, and the nam 5Gf friend
or rela tive, II he has one. who will5vouch
for his ability to earn a living. The In
spector interrogates each candidate over
and over again upon these points, and
demands to see the total sur, OF money
possessed by him.. # u q
this rece ption hall for immigrants THE I
wife and little ones who have waited 4
i I, :, IN POLAND or
the New World saving lip money i to
pay heir passage and provide home.
meet him here under the frcwn OF the
inspector, and U he Il gag of Hundreds Of
name is called In the niting room J; there
is ii rush OF eager feet. a quick, fierce
embrace and 1 kiss. and then a happy
family stallds. proudly he fore the 5oflcial
and answers each searching question
Sometimes the husband, or the BROTHER
or the relative does mot answer when
theBnane is called. Then the disappoint-
replies to the stlons 8ask ea are turned
into "a retention room I to await a more
lengthy and more searching examination
ssomeSare ltimately permitted to remain
ir "a \, ,.yr,,, r.
day. and finally are sent hrokon-Rearted
back to the land from whence they came
s. Nna; tBryerkwicza is u Russian Pole
from the province OF Lonzo, a little.
bright yellow calico dress. She is With
out Goa t, wrap or hat. in her arms rest
"a tiny boy baby. The two travellers are
yerygiad that the over and
and father, after two years Of patient
waiting. Is now a joyful certainty
So. I here Il IS a very scant store of silver
left In Annals purse, and she and the
sm54tlle rigid examination but she ex-
plains 8 ,volubly he patient Inspector.
that, stanisl = .ls IN America waiting
called I'ennsylv ania--a farm he has near
to q big city, He Is prosperous and lad
sentall the way TO- Poland to the town
and surely he must even now be waiting
,attthe door for them. si
!. All this and much more she tells the
interpreter, and So the messenger Is sent
through he big waiting room, to shout
at the top of his voice the name of STAN
,islaus Bryerf wicz. a But he does not an
s1xcr. The ship Is a day and a half
late,Sand perhaps he has tired of waiting
Orr, perhaps he is III Perhaps even,
he Is ignorant OF which vessel the wife
and baby were TO arriSc on. and lis even
no.,w!wvanderlng3 about in, search of them.
. So AMMAN the little son step aside
into the retenti onEroom, while a Telegram
Is sent to the farmer who lives near Ia the
big city In the province of Pennsylvania,
telling him the glad news and bidding
him come quickly and claim his wife
and SOD. x 81
a swart visa ed, r limpld eyed youngster
from Italy isl5neXt In line. He Is al
mere child OF eleven or Twelve yeursa
but HI. has come along all tho way from
Florence witt only blt of paper explain
Ing his circumstances and twenty-seven#
cents In American money. 5 r
IIis4uncle and guardian the only living /
relative he has IN the world. - lii ChcagDsl
FIe has been. here for tllre.' years ana
fruit establishment lie has taken adj