East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-11

coinsul at a small city in Northern
Germany, has visited Warsaw. Po-
land, and writes the following highly
interesting sketch OF the city for his
paper:
Armed with a correct visaged pass
port from the department OF state and
an open letter from the Russian con-
sui general OF Berlin, have succeed
ed in breaking into Russia and for
three days now have gone about the
streets OF Warsaw, the capital OF an
Client Poland-a huge, sprawling city
OF about 100000 population on the
banks OF the muddy Vistula. The
scene OF the latest terror. where
bombs were tossed about like tennis
balls ard the streets were the scenes
OF bloody combats-where on the
very evening Of my arrival a young
anarchist accidentally dropped a,
bomb which he was carrying along
a busy street, blowing himself to
pieces and seriously injuring a half
dozen passers by, It is still the home
Of care-free and pleasure loving
people, who throng the streets and
parks in the evenings or sit in open
air cafes listening to concerts.
Thousands OF droskies, drawn by
sleek little ponies. run up and down
the streets all hours OF the day and
night, absolutely without order, twist
ing in and out among each other so
that an attempt to cross the street Is
absolutely a dangerous undertaking.
The carriages Of the Russian mobiles,
low. little wagons with the horses
hitched under great yoke of bent
wood over their necks and drivers so
padded that their rear view is some
thing like the view OF the north end
OF an elephant going south, and at
tenuated country wagons drawn by
scrawny looking horses; dinky little
horse cars and an occasional electric
train added variety TO the scene
The foot passengers are even more
motley in appearance-well dressed
men and women, gaudily bedecked
public women and girls from the
dance halls. miserable and hideous
beggars. soldiers in fifty varieties of
uniforms, Jews, all in coats that come
to their ankles, and skull caps, some
prosperous looking. many in miser-
able rags, some with ringlets and
many who bow cringingly with un-
covered heads as you pass and at the
same time curse you under their
breath with that awful curse of the
Hebrew-may your incoming and out
growing be accursed, your waking and
sleeping; may boils break out on the
back OF your neck. your hair fall out
and your children and children's
children to the utmost generation be
accursed.
never imagined that the things +
have seen on these streets existed.
The beggars are, perhaps, the most
awful. They throng the streets and
crowd the steps Of the many churches
exhibiting hideous deformities,
loathesome rags the hideousness of
neglected old age.
Often they humble prayers by the
hours, tell strings Of beads with trem-
bling and dirty hands, hold out dirty
caps, bowling and whining their tales
of misery, which, thank God, 1 can't
understand. Indescribably dirty ur-
chins follow you for blocks, screech-
ing their petitions and kissing your
elbow at every opportunity.
Miserable and ragged women with
more miserable babies hanging to
their fiat breasts cling to your coat
tails and can't be shaken off. The
dirty ragged Jew is even more mis-
cradle in appearance. He begs out
his begging petition, but spits in scorn
when he has received the kopec for
which he asked.
The Jewish quarters are miserable
and dirty and swarm like hives. The
streets are narrow, and l often see
Is and 20 people working in a mis-
cradle hole not more than 10 by Is /
feet. seyenty-five per cent of the |
people are absolutely illiterate-can
neither read nor write, but all are
bIlingual, speaking both Polish and
Russian, and TO this the Jews all add .
that peculiar German Hebrew dialect
known as Yiddish.
1t is a most peculiar feeling to be /.
engulfed by continual babble Of |
sound, not single utterance of which |
has the slightest meaning to me, but I |
am acquiring some felicity in sign Ian
guage and manage to faye pretty
well.
The contrasting picture Is most
vivid The city is one Of the noble |
old nalaces stateIv 0rthadnr crno1 |