Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-31
MILLIONS SENT ABROAD
S10,000,000 Contribution TO For
eign Countries for Christmas,
EuElnpd Got NUntt France Lenst.-Ncw
York nrconin1 Wcstcrni1c d--thy
liza. street Cur, to nurn---DuiIy
waste Would Feed Millions.

master Morgan, that this city sent at
least SS,0oOO0O In the form Of postal or
dcrs to foreign countries for Christlnas
presents, or average Of two dollars
for each man. woman and child. When
to this is added the money gifts sent In
the form Of drafts bills checks aud oN-
press orders, tho total Will probably eX-
coed 100000, the most striking example
this city has ever had Of the practice
OF it's foreign population of seudi IS
money lack to the "old country tn"
332.s postal orders already tohulatod.
which are estimated as less than two
birds OF In" total representing moneY
value of 5000, 7-9.2l, show in their clasa-
rcution soma interesting facts. The
smallest was for 10 cents and went to
china. wh.l- the largest amounting to
$500 went to England. The AVERAGE
amount is about SO. but the most popu-
lar sum was So. To England, AS COM
pared to other foreign countries, went
the greatest number of orders, 73oh
valued at SsSS4cS.62. The smallest num-
Der of orders 2.594 went to Greece, Willie
the smallest amount of money, SAG l02 A
went to France The lst SO far classi-
fed gives Italy second place usth a7,22l
value nearly equal to that for England,
Otier countries rank in the following
order: Sweden, 9s3Sl orders. totaling
$soi 36to1: Austria, 1905 orders. totalins
SCOT ai.a6 Germany %. c4o orders total
ing $-99 3l243; Hungary, 1880 orders,
tctaiing $.a9.9-22S; Russia. 1894 orders.
totaling N93.173.12; Norway. 1c,iio orders,
tcttaling Sill. 100 a. Greece. 2,5F4 ORDERS
totaliug Sl0S.l6l2; France, ESQ orders,
totaling $l61O2.ii
Is New York becoming wcsternzed?
That is the conclusion of many ohscrv-
ers who point to the Increasing prom n
once in business, professional and liter
ar,- life Of men from the Western States
For example this city has seen a veri-
table Western history invasion this year
An unusual number Of books by Western
authors or dealing with Western life are
numbered among the best sellers while
tie most popular and successful plays
duced during the past year have come
from the pens OF Westerners Eugene
Walter and Augustus Thomas being the
most noteworthy examples Naturally
enough the pictures OF Western scenes
and characters dra wn by thocc who have
grown up among them are more accurate
than the brand of Western fiction or
drama produced by men who never pene-
trated west of pittsnurg which was the
only kind that the East had an oppor-
turity to become familiar with until
within tie past four or five years.
Whether or not II. IS true as sometimes
charged that New York is unpopular in
the West, it is certainly the case that
tie Yves. and everything Western en-
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