Evening journal., 1910-11-01
GIRL, Is, WORKS
FOR CENT AN HOUR
ROumanian Who Eluded AuthO-
rites Found Destitute
in PittSbure
GOT AWAY FROM
ELLIS ISLAND BY RUSE

PITTSBURG, Pa. Nov. LIN this
city Of reputed wealth and high wages
Celia Gold, a pretty Roumaniau girl.
was found to-day working for l cent
an hour, 10 cents a day, or 60 cents q
week, I'm q cigar mandatory.
The girl and her elder sister Rose
out-witted the immigration officials az
Ellis Island and were brought to
Pittsburg by friends in a penniless
condition.
In the faraway land OF the good
Queen Carmen sylvia the sister had
heard OF the promised land across the
Atlantic, where they might earn
enough money TO better their condi-
/ ton. BY hard work they scraped to-
/ gether sufficient money 10 buy a ticket
TO New York. but on the steamer,
Rose, who is about IL years old, fell
III. and her little sister spent the few
dollars that remained for delicacies
with which TO supplant the coarse
I food Of the steerage.
Araving at ellis Island, they learn
ed the law forbidding the entrance OF
paupers into this country. The quick
wit of Celia came to the rescue, and
she succeeded In borrowing s25 for a
few minutes from a fellow-country-
man.
That $25 meant open sesame 10 the
sisters. First Rose showed the money
TO the inspector and was passed
through the gate, and then hurryine
70 the grating, passed the lucky mona
to Celia. who in her turn displayed
lucre, which opened the gate that
barred the way TO the land OF free.
dom. Then the money was returnd
to the Roumanian and the girls stood
trembling with far and expectancy
upon the threshold of a new land ant
new life.
Friends took them as FAR as Pitts
burg, and here Rose got a position a
So a week as a domestic. She sepa
rated I'm sorrow from her little sister
! Celia, failing to lind profitable en-
ployment on account of her youth
went TO work in the factory for II
, cents a day and ambitiously tried &
get into the night high school I'm orde
that she might learn the language o
the coumry of her adoption and in
crease her income.
She failed TO gain admission be
cause OF her not being 16 years ol'
and having no credentials. and des
pair was staring her in the face an
! the fingers OF those who profit fror
! the tempting OF the innocent wer
G reaching out for her when she foun
}, a friend
y prominent Roumanian. Mr.. Becl
x err. has learned to speak Niddish, ant
y according TO his friends he has falle
l. into the habit OF wandering incogni
le among the people who form the lit
kingdom I'm which he labors In tryiI
D. to force the people TO take advanta
SIS Of the educational opportunities viii
"a. the city and state offer them.
~. This modern caliph of Bagdad
10 the Hin was strolling through
,r- ghetto when he heard a girl we
.rs ing. He found Celia crying upon
lv doorstep. Her room rent was d
ng her cupboard was empty, she v
r. hungry, weary and half sick a
could expect no more aid from
"a sister.
S3u Glad TO find an American who col
~ speak her language, she told her sto
oi To Mr.. Becker. He introduced her
pc the worthy woman who has presid
~ for so many years over the Moorhei
ne school.
y Miss Mackrell saw that the girl WI
D. cared for and sent to school. al
Celia now believes that she has fallt
~ into the hands Of angels unaware.