The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-24
Pointing the Lesson.

creature or aggressive prosperity And SIX years ago
the cage had him!
Pointing the Lesson.
He Is lesson of the melting pot its finished prod
uct. its melloweSt fruit
Along the passage aud into the great railroad wait
ing room with the Tiled floors and the light green
artlstcaly kalsomined walls, wait those other
\ccssfu ones. whom however. friend Will meet
Signs in many languages are prominent there There
tickets may be bought. there money changed. The
vcnturers who have dribbed here wait about
easily. stand stiny, pcomfortably. They look nerv-
ousy about their hands shaking still They pursue
anxious inquiries. They not certain yet that their
troubles over
The waiting room by-the for the Western
parS-ls more crowded. for the great :ide of lmmi-
grafton goes here,
Here arc little islands of trunks and little families
or companies ranged around them, or near them, or
sitting them. The crowd Is chuttcrins, scsticu-
lang one. tagged and ready for It's distribution At
the end the rcfresbmcnt stall is beseged The large
cardboard boxes containing the oranges the sand
wches. the SardineS. the large dark Sausages, are
being bought eagerly. The peasant girls from Hun
gary and Russia. the peasant men rom Italy and
Poland sit examining the food into their mouths and
taking large alternate bites at and bread.
Children bury their fiat noses into the yellow iu-
terlors OF oranges; thrust theic arms elbow
deep into the cardboard packages There is babel in
the air and litter the floor and that litter the at
tendants sweep. sweep all the time.
Contrast of Types
Humor tarlvcs in this place. party of visit
ing American Indies walk about looking curlously.
They are scientifically, modiShly enconpassed; they
are laced they are adorned with delicate blouses and
the pcepIng wItclery OF silk Two heavy footed rosy
checked Irish girls their eyes out. to speak
We'll" one asks what do YOU think of theml'
"Arrah. musha" says one, they have different
shapes and clothes from the women where l come
from"
- You ask her friend where she comes from.
"Shure from this side OF the town of Boyle" she
swerS.
1t seems too that 1t Is difficult for the immigrant
understand The size OF American cities. The wander
ers wonder at the delay. One had friend In Brook
lyn and that she deemed sufficient for all resi-
from care She pictured Brooklyn as somewhat l0rGcr
than her town Boyle where the nclghborS all know
each other. An inspector is unsurpassed to be
asked tue whereabouts OF one John O'Brien who was
standing heyant there mint agoh."
So tagged. antcipatory, they wait poor wandering
ones-wat TIL the whistle suddenly blows Mt the end
of the room cards become displayed on long poles
rcpcas of tags many breasts, and a shouting Is
heard IN many languages The chatter rises then. be-
comes intense and surging rush comes TO the open
gates Boxes taken, packages gathered. the little
families and companies consolidated. All move foF
ward to the wide gate and the waiting ferryboat and
the new world
II Is early afternoon the slim palaces OF industry
still rise softcned by the rosy mists Of distance. Yes
they are greater more majestic han any fairyland OF
dreams.
The wanderers have to the country Of en-
cbantment and It is theirs.