The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

hand over the necessary fee, received a
sudden inspiration.
"Ilcester.- said he. Il haf only ninety
tree cent. Viii il dot'
No, sir" replied the clerk. This Gov
ernment - conducting no bargain counter.
One dollar, not q cent more nor less where
upOr the applicant drew from his POCKET
the remaining seven cents one by one and
paid with a sigh.
What ia your occupatiOn?" asked the
clerk ~ a bronned son of Italy.
a Teddy bear" was the quick and as
tOnishIng reply.
The same question was put to an Irish
man and he replied I'm married. in a
tone that implied IT was occupation enough.
Another said he was a chaser but vas az
a loss 10 explain what a chaser was.
What advantage have you here that
you didn't have in h old country" a native
Oi BOhemia was asked.
IL can vote for Teddy ROsenfeld." he
answered with n smile of beatitude.
When the new naturalization law went
into operation and a few of the old guard
g%rafters were still on the job a clever
Italian b~uttonhOled one Of his countrymen
in the corridor and taking him into a room
temporarily unocCupied made the I'M
sophisticated one raise his right hand and
proceeded to administer the oath TO him.
He eXacted 81 for this service and told his
victim TO return next day for his papers.
When the man came dow the next
HlOTUihk anu IOlu Ine clerk NnAt nad nap
pened h latter went with him Ia the
room indicated. 1t happened to he het
Grand Jury ROOM, and as chance would
have II the jurors were there assembled.
To the clerks astOnishment the Italian
grew excited and pointed out one Of the
jurors IA the guilty man and was for seizing
him on the spot. IL was with difficulty
that Donovan succeeded in pacifying the
man and convincing him that he had made
a mistake.
Tk..u. an,w,. a. l.. - n
candidates for citizenship are out at elbows
and able to speak English with the greatest
difficulty. this is not so tx proved
every day by the number OF applicants who
are both well dressed and well educated.
A short time ago nm Italian gentleman Of
leisure. who said with the DuTest accent
that he was a native Of Rome. explained
that he waA so anxious to become an AIaeri-
can citizen that upon leaving the ship he had
gone straight to his financial agent and
requested TO be conducted To the naturaliza-
ton bureau. In answer to the usual ques-
tiOns il was brought to light that he was a
man of means and that his family was
coming over "a soon IA he secured a suitable
residence. He said that he had studied the
people Of the world and had come to the
conclusion that this country was the most
desirable nation of them all.
A Persian OF the same class upon being
lnterrOgated IA to his future remarked:
y shall now go back home for my wife and
"hN NV NAU EDIhH y NhAnlbJeE the
great American passport. He will trembIe
so IA | shake the ashes of my cigarette and
tell me he is my humble servant. Humble
servant, BAH will say. I come for my
wife and children to take them to my home
IN fonkers in America to grow up good
Americans and good Christians. Then
when we become smart and strong we
shall help those Persians less fortunate
because they must stay in Persia"
An intelligent German about to be nat
urHlyAd aaih that tho nnIWy nnaa.,.k -rnaak
having in travelling around the world is an
American passport, relating an incident
that occurred during the late war between
Russia and japan. He said that ne was
travelling through Russia with "A German
passport. In the same party were two
Americans and an Englishman.
The Americans were passed az once with
a considerable show % courtesy. but he and
the Englishman were delayed From twenty
TO t~wenty-four hours before their passports
were acknowledged. The clark asked him
Why u wan, The reason he gave for 10 was
that America IL known TO he the only