The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04
Over the Nuts and Wine !:
By FRANCES coURTENAY BAYLOR

such piteous clamor. "Por Iamor de
Dioss leche, senior" it always began
Look at my Luisito--a baby-just
cupful for my baby. Remember your
own mother. do not ask 1t for
Pancha and Tefdinando and Selma
and Arturo. But my baby. She gen
and then all the family would troop p
off to watch the grille of the restau-
rant, and stand there with crowd OF
others till 1t was opened. and the SER
want. If angry, scowled and scolded.
borne by the saints; or If compass
sionate, threw them the refuse of tho
establishment, as If to dogs; or per-
haps spoke with kindness and SYM
pathy. AT every window on the lower
floor. where guests We're breakfasting,
the light was partly shut out by star
ing children leaning on the sills gaz-
ing at the food. smelling with rapture
the coffee, stretching their poor little
hands through the barred windows.
piece that ever was their great, soft
brown eyes imploring one in twenty,
languages. their tongues (down. to
lisping babies) all softly murmuring.
"Por l'amor de Dios, pan, senior: pan.
of God. bread), SO that the Germans
and English and Americans couldn't
stand it. Nearly all of them divided
generously what they had ordered. II
there was Spanish gentleman pres
ent, on going outside he, lifted his hat
Gas giving to God), after the lovely
custom Of his nation, and gave his
aims. The child kissed the coin and
looked up to heaven. It was charm
piety of the transaction. One child
was made happy. But there were
thousands who had not even Eliiah's
ravens to feed them! The pawnshops
the people had possessed. but bread
was not to be had, and butter q mem
DRY. and meat very scarce, and vege-
tables scarcer, and eggs and poultry
kept for millionaires.
broadway.
Had I intended to touch on this
great artery Of trade along which the
rush as II 1t was their last chance to
enter heaven. along which there Is an
endless procession moving without
either bands or flags the year round
night aud day, I think one thing
would have struck me above all others
sign almost bears a Jewish name. The
Jews of New York certainly control
the trade of the city. One sees Moses
s Gompang," Lazarus az. Is & Gompnany',
."'Samuelson Brothers" at every turn
and every possible variation-Polish
French, German, Italian. Spanish Por-
tuguese, Swedish, Dutch and Turkish
-of Jewish names. There. is scarcely
n successful peanut vendor or pie
maker In New York that Is not backed
or upheld by Jewish capital. Jewish
enterprise. The prophecy. Chou shalt
hold the gates of thine enemies" has
certainly been fulfilled. In Chris
tian nation they hold in their hands
the trade of its largest city. and are
rapidly extending their power in every
other. It is only in North Carolina
that they strike a stone wall In the
| establishment dominant in some parts
of the State. A Jew can teach a
Scotchman nothing In business mat
| ters, and he cannot be ousted from
any. community In which he has taken
root. even by cocoa-grass combina-
| lions. Many of you will remember
the story of the two Scotchmen who
! met in London:
"Weel, Sandy, now; and how dye
like Lunnon?" asked Alexander Forbes
of his friend. Alexander McDouga!l.