Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-06-16

| PiAHVtSS OF the gypSy
oOiony 'nat makes its headquarters over
IN New Jersey, not far from the mo.
tropolis, excites great interest mot or,,.
IN the gypsy colony, but in society, cir.
eles In New York city. Now Ruth is
engaged to be- married, and should have
oeen last week, but her wedding gown
was not ready, and like all the dauph.
ters OF Eve, she really eouldn't Il be mar
rled In a gown that did not fit and was
not what she really had picked ont as
the proper attire for that important
venture. She had ordered the silk ex.
pressly woven for her fitting out on
her matrimonial venture, and the MIN.
bic fingers of the weavers had proven
too slow at their work to get the silk
out in time. The whole tribe is wait.
ing for that silk, and will continue to
wait until it is delivered to the dress.
maker, and the dressmaker in her turn
delivers the completed dress. In the
mean time the members of the tribe sit
on the fences or in the shade all day
long for week at time, with moth.
ing to do and they want to move on
for they have tired of New Jersey seen.
e'y for spell. The horses have grown
fat ON the spring grass, and the men
OF the tribe want to go swapping nags,
making big profits out of the other fel.
low, There are plenty of colts at the
side of the mares. The gypsy girls
play in the sunshine, having nothing TO
lose in the matter of complexion. All
the trinkets of the tribe have been sent
to the safe deposit of the city of Eliza
beth, and all awaits the folding of the
tents and the silent moving away. All
think a great deal of Ruth and will
patiently wait, for Ruth Is not only
princess in her own right, but she is
very pretty girl, and the men and
women of the tribe want to see her
well and happily married.
The Southern commissioners who
have come here TO talk to the emigrants
that fill Ellis Island every day, and in
duce them to go South instead of West,
iml the task very difficult. The mi.
grants a'e all well informed concerning
the situation and know where the best
wages are paid, and where their work
will profit thdm the most; and so they
stay in the cities. or go west or north
into Canada. Commissioner Watches n
says that out of 400 emigrants. 399
know, when they land, exactly where
they are going, and nothing that the
southern commissioners can do will al.
ter their determination. Besides they
want to get near friends and country
men, who speak the same language and
love the same customs as they do. They
can find plenty of such localities u
the north, and indeed they have been
sent for from just such localities, and
by such old friends When they are
told how superior the south is, they
think the men telling them that are
confidence men, and shrink away from
them. Then the south finds it difficult
to supply them with work at the trades
they follow and offer them farms in
stead, which the emigrants say they
know nothing about. Thus the tide
continues to trend to the west and the
north, with q large share left In the
cities that are nearest TO them as they
land. An emigant is a tough problem
he fixes up the whole program before
he leaves his old home, and does not
believe in changing it at the solieita-
ton of strangers, Notwithstanding the
fact that they officially represent states
of the republic.
The custom of the Astor family in
having a piece of property which they
own jointly divided in some substanr
tial way is revealed through the filing
of plans for alterations of both ex
terror and interior of the city home OF
John Jacob Astor, at s44 Fifth avenue
These alterations show that the central
walls which bisects the grand staireas'
and which was erected at the com
mand of Mrs. Astor, to separate hel
portion of the greystone palace from
that occupied by her son and his fam
ily. will be removed completely, thus
giving to the Astor town honse the lar
gest entrance hall and stairway of any
priyate residence in America. Two OF
the Astors, John Jacob and William
Waldorf, own the Astor house In com
mon. and they are particularly Keen
about their respective shares of the
profits Of that hostelry. The same state
Of affairs prevails in the cases OF the
1rtlo.f s4oria Of which hHIldm