The Detroit times., 1910-05-17
COMET APPROACH
DOESN'T FEAzE
FOREIGN FOLK
Half Of Detroits New Citizens
Haven't Heard Of Halley's Tramp
and Those Who Have Are
Not Fretting.
However, Delray Hungarians viii
Keep Children Home From School,
Wednesday, "Just Because

The scientists may worry, II they
insist upon Il. over Halley's comet.
They may squabble over the question
OF whether the comets tail IL $4,000
600 miles long, or whether Il Is 10000
600 miles long; they may resort 20
fisticuffs. II they choose, to decide
whether the comets tail Is made OF
cyanogen, peroxide or Imagination.
and whether II Is going to do tho
whisk-broom act to this old earth
but Detroit's various foreign colonies
fret not one single whit
True, many Delray Hungarians Will
keep their children home from school.
"Wednesday. Just because Is their
only explanation. They soon AZ the
idea that the world viii be destroyed
They laugh at the idea OF any. serious
damage to this terrestrial sphere, but.
at any rate. they will keep the chill.
dren home from school. That is. some
of them will. There may be lot
OF smoke or something like that, and
just to make sure Wen keep the chill
dren home" they explain.
Haven't Heard Of Comet.
But more than so per cent OF the for
know anything about the comet or it,
approach. II they did know. they
wouldn't care. Those that were told
OF the whizzing package OF mystery
speeding toward Us at frightful clip,
didn't care, and weren't interested.
One might expect to find panlcky
demonstrations among some Of the
foreigners. 1t Is distinct shock 70
find that the average American Is q
good deal more worried about the
comet than are our new citizens.
Advices that the comet Is due to
make its nearest approach 10 the
earth Wednesday. don't feaze them In
the least. First, one has to explain
what he means by the comet. and what
there Is to II. Then, in nine cases out
OF ten, he gets the reply, with an air
or ennui-"Well, saw that comet In
the old country, in 1882. Big, It was,
like FIRE ball Some people were
scared. But It went by. Why Do
4 scared~
Roumanians. seryians. Buigarians.
Italians, Negroes, Poles, Crcatians.
Belgians, Hungarians and al Of the
Others all have the same views, ap-
parently, IL they have any views at
all.
"Ma" and "Pa" unafrald.
! Detroit's colony houses harbor most
of the more ignorant foreigners, and
to them, the word of ma" and PA"
meaning the landlord and his wife. rs
law. And most of the Mas and
Pas" saw a comet in the old country.
more than a score OF years ago. They
went through the panicky feeling. they
found themselves alive and well when
the celestial visitor had passed, and
SO they don't see any grounds for
worry. And when ma" and PA" are
satisfied, the boarders are satisfied
Mrs. Fannie JambrovitZ. queen OF .
colony house that shelters 80 Servians,
at No. 426 Frederick-st., fairly radiat-
ed that philosophy. Furthermore,
| Mrs Jambrovitz believes in newspa-
pers. She reads the German Hungar-
ian Herald published In Cincinnati.
Seeing no warning In the Herald, Mrs.
Jambrovitz was disposed to pooh pooh
the comet.
why don't the paper say II, II II
| Is coming?" she asked. When con-
WINGED that 1t was coming, whether
the Herald announced its approach or
not. Mrs. Jambrovitz was not per-
turhed. She laughed as she told or
seeing a comet in Mitrovitz. Hungary.
| back in the eighties.
1.-The people said then that the
world would CO." laughed Mrs jam
brovitz. Some people prayed for
days. Everybody went out to see Il.
Il was a big ball of fire. Everybody
was scared. But 1t went past, and
I'm still alive"
servlans Not Alarmed.
over in Pete Petljonsk's saloon,
Riopelle and Kirby. Servians and
Slavs sat about a table, loaded down
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