The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-15

dict the many At- ina -AtN
about our manner OF life and our
methods ~ doing business But many .
times have sheen tempted 70 write .
something about our people. that .
Other people may know them better.
f9r nothing accurate has been written
that ] can find
valley STANLEY is known from Bos-
ton 10 Worcester aud throughout all
the outlying country He is the her
eiitarv chief OF his tribe. for, hSe
kinrshin. leadership among the gyp-
sizes IS usually hereditary. HIS people
camD an Somerville during the sum
rner months. though they move about
- sore extent as his business as
horse trader demands. Al present ne
Is living in Eferett. while the people
81 his tribe are distributed through
out Everett and Lynn for the winter
Gypsy Held in Respect
Il would take Valley Stanley's word
where 1 would not take another mans
bond said an Everett horses dealer
~ the chief OF the Stanley tribe
why. knez bis father. Bill stanley
chief OF the tribe before him There
vas never a straighter man in the
horse-dealing business than Bill stan
ley
That is the idea formed Of two gypsy
chiefs BY a man intimately associated
with them IN a business that Offers
great opportunities for sharp work
Perhaps you yourself have been
frightened when a child by somebody
telling you 10 watch out or the gyp-
sizes will get YOU said the chief 5
son. That is because people have
the idea that gypsies 90 in for kid
naming children. They have usually
carried this idea in their minds since
they themselves we're children, when
they received IL from their parents IN
nreciseIy the came way. That Is aO
solutely q wrong idea Of US Why
should we kidnap. We have children
enough OF our own. quite as many A
We can take care Of
Then they accuse Us Of being &C
dicted 10 stealing That is lie W
know the value Of a good reputation
in our business. and II We had d
- higher STANDARD Of honor than that
: would be sufficient 70 keep us honest
u think that II you will inquire anon
4. the people with whom ne have don
A business YOU viii find we bear az e.
a cellent name for honesty. This mis-
a conception Of thieyish tendencies
II inherited. and IL has been fostered b
n the depredations Of many wanderei
~ who are not gypsies al all. but hay
- taken TO a nomadic existence x
sheer love OF idleness and freedoi
y. from responsibility. ] know Of Frenc
~ men. OF Irishmen and Of Germans ~
r travel about the country posing
~ rvpsies. when they have not dr.
q az gypsy blood in their veins and nol
a. az the gypsy code Of living
10 some Of us are fairly well educs
fo- ed Much OF that education has be-
sv obtained by contact with the worl
~ but the world is a good university. a
his one doesn't forget the lessons o
bis learns there When a gypsy leav
,ua the life OF his forefathers and april
~ himself 20 the usual pursuits Of G
,ev ilization. he generally succeeds. Viii
MS proves that the gypsy Is a man Of
telligence. ! have a cousin who
mayor OF a large town and anotf
who is head OF a considerable 81
psy mandatory.
O.. Personal Characteristics.
, OF Look al me. Do look like
an Egyptian Am | dark, or swarthy.
ion. fierce Of aspect"
.eht Tom Stanley is well-set-up N
the above the average height. no darl
be- than most dark men OF Caucas
as blood Tie speaks English well. Z
Not away from the environments Of
-psy summer camp has as little Of the
his OF the gypsy-the gypsy OF ficti
hat. that is-as a business man.
aims "Ye. people picture me and
people In their imaginations as
,hief savage wanderers. akin to the F.
nted tians or the orientals. Look al
1lain little girl on mine. Does she look
long an Indian chlldg"
ablic He thrust forward a bashful TOT
about seven years. faxen-ha
o us child with big blue eyes She.
we vas as far removed from the pop
tx as idea OF the gypsy as Peary Is
our from the north pole
said. Il am OF American blood. but
of us English descent My people Hve'
nara, Worcester a few generations ago.