The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-09-14

which made them look like brigands.
After these. perhaps the most picture,
SQue costumes which | saw were worn
troop Of Dalmatian girls, the most
striking feature Of whose costumes
was the white WOODEN Ieggings tied at
the knee with ribbons. One figure in
particular that | recall was that of a
little woman, striding through the
streets of Fiume, driving a little train
of beautiful cream-colOred oxen.
All these distinctions Of costume
emphasized each other by contrast,
and. as they each signified differences
in traditions, prejudiccs and purposes
Of the people to whom they belonged
they gave one a sort Of picture of thu
clash of races in this strange and i'm
teTesting country
Even among those races who are no
longer divided by costume and habits,
racial distinctions seem to be more
clearly drawn than at BUDAPEST. For
example, to a large extent the bust.
ness Of the city seems to be mOnoplizeu
by Germans and Jews. The govern
ment officials are Magyars, but the
bulk Of the population are Italians
and CrOatian. As a matter of fact
there are three distinct cities which
commonly go under the name Of Fiume
There is the modern city, with its
opera house, it's handsome official
buildings, which is Magyar. The Older
city, with its narrow, grosSiping
streets and Roman triumphal arch,
which is Italian, and finally, just
across the canal, or "Fiume", which
seems to have given the name of the
city is 4 handsome new Croatian town
which is officially distinct from the
rest Of the city, having it's mayor and
town officials.
Plume itself has an exceptional
position in the kingdom of Hungary
| 1t is what was known in the middle
| ages as free city,, with a governor
and representatives in the Hungar-
ian parchment. The mayor, | under
stand, however, is an Italian, who
| has married a Croatian wife, This
| alliance of two races in one family
| seems to have a certain advantage in
| the rather tumultuous politics of the
| city, for | was told that when the
| Trotians, as something happens, Sc
to the mayors house in procession
| With their grievances, the mayors wife
| has been able to help her husband by
addressing her own people in their
| native language.
| The most interesting thing saw in
| Flume, however, was the immense
emigration building, which has AGO
modationS, as l remember for some
thing like 5000 emigrants. Here are
| the offices of the Hungarian emigra-
lion officials, and in this same build
| ing are received and cared for until
he next succeeding sailing, the &C
| emulation Of the stream of emigra-
| ton which flows steadily out at Ghis
port from every part Of the kingdown
Here the emigrants, after they have
| seen medically examined, given It patti
| and their clothes disinfected, are de
| ;ainCd until the time of embarkation
in company with United States Coun>
| 'el SlOcum, from whom | received
| much valuable information, I visited
| nc Emigration Building and spent a
| 2rgc part Of one day looking into the
| arrangements and talking, through an
| Interpreter, with emigrants from diff,
'ercnt parts of the country, who were
| waiting there to embark.
| Under his guidance | inspected the
| barracks, furnished with rows and
| lows Of bouble-decked iron beds, o.
| served the machinery for disinfect-
| ing the clothing Of cmigrants; visited
| thc kitchen tasted the soup, and finanl.
| ~ saw all the different nationalitics
| march in together to dinner, the WO-
men in one row and the men in an
| other. The majority Of them were Of
| Magyar nationality; good, wholesome,
| sturdy and thrifty people they seemed
! They were from the country districts.
! 'OiiiN VI 'liCHl "NlH pHlooilo VI pio
! "rty, who were going to America to
earn enough money to pay off mortg,
| lgcS, with which their lands We're
| bUrdcnCd. Very many OF them hac
| relatives, a brother, a sister Or a hus-
| band already in America and they
seemed to be very VOL Informed
| about conditions in the new country,
where they Wcr" going.
Tho two most interesting figures
hat ! noticed 0mCng the intended emil
grants were a tail, pallid and bare
footed girl with rather delicate ana
animated features, and man in d
linen blouse which hung down to his
knnN with hiS loot nd logs inraSnG Ia