New-York tribune., 1906-09-30
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Courts Furnish Interesting Study
for .SOciOLOgiStS.

The courts are excellent institutions for making
known how thoroughly cosmopolitan Brooklyn has
become. While the revelation might be highly In
teresting from the point of We Of socioogist It
sometimes CRATES on the nerves Of the magistrates
The other day there was great gt2sls9s 81 foreign
lingo let loose in the Kings County Court. Judge
AspinaN was the bench. Hebrew was brought
before the bar 10 be sentenced. According 10
custom. the clerk asked II the prisoner had
anything 70 say in his own behalf. The could
not talk English, Barney WOlf-otherwise known
as the Mayor of Brownsville'-was called upon
in ais capacity Of interpreter Barney is Of an ex-
treTnely nervous temperament, and the prisoner ap
peared 10 be far from calm. Barney explained the
forth into wild chatter Of unintellgible words
swinging his arms and letting himself loose in true
spread eagle style. The interpreter became equally
voluble. The Yiddish dialogue ragged back and
forth Tor seVeraI minutes Wlth Judge ASplhaA
eying the pair with solemn misgivtng. Finally
partial lull fel upon the courtroom. Barney pre-
pared 10 unburden himself. Judge Aspinsn waved
AFTER that six months"' he said. and the pris-
oner was hustled off 10 Jail.
Two Hebrew lawyers joined in legal combat be-
fore Justice Dickey, IN Special Term, Supreme
Court, not long ago Their deneanor toward each
other appeared to be much influenced by the attI-
tude Of their respective clients The lawyer for the
complainant presented his case TO the court in
manner that aroused his opponent TO a high pitch
Of Indignation
Why. YOU don't know the difference between
Ineum and tuum,'' he exclaimed.
Yes. 1 do" replied the lawyer, for the COM
glS1Ilall Aieufn' means that which is mine. and
'tuurn, means that which belongs to your cred
itCrs'
man who apparently strange to these
parts dropped into cafe in the theatre district a
few nights ago and gave his order TO a waiter The
place is known for the quality Of its menu rather
than for the quantity OF food it serves When the
waiter returned the stranger eyed his sumner
6skance, but turned TO It without comment lIe
Inlshed his meal in q short time, and. turning 10
the waiter said:
TO be served
The waiter accepted the strangers remark good
naturedly. In fact. he seemed to feel a sort OF
sympathy for the man. The cafe was practicable
deserted, as the performances were stu in progress
AS the visitor stirred MS coffee the waiter stepped
nearer him.
mark -
The stranger nodded.
when first landed continued the German
';he first thing that did was TO md a saloon and
order glass OF wine The bartender gave me a
little glass OF wine, and drank ii and waited. He
seemed 70 have forgotten my order, 50 / said:
ordered glass OF wine
you got it, said he
WHAT cried. do you call that a glass OF
wine in this country?'
That's what do he replied
1 nearly rell OF my seat. The glasses they serve
VINE N back home hold pint. We never thought
OF cr1Iklng less than a pint at a time there I
could 1--we on wine but beer makes me sick You
can't get enough wine over here for a reasona bic
price 70 satisfy a German. Ny mother was very
5ond OF wine, but she never thought that she had
her." ~ '0-N'