New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

| occupied here with the problems Of the
hewers Of wood and the drawers OF water
and the doors Of nothing at all, II they can
help It, that we have no time 70 pay attcn-
ton to the immigration that comes TO us
IN the first or second cabin. I Will now TO
you tale unfold Of the ten thousand Euro
pean correspondents who never correspond
after they get here. / will take single in
I d!vidual case, for they are all alike Lis
! ten:
/ "a young man in Europe has received
what used 10 be called uue education
! soignee.' which means a highly ornamental
education that has fitted him for nothing
! useful I'm particular. lie may be a French
man, a German, a Bohemian, Dane or an
! uaIian-it does not matter They arc all
/ alike in this. The young man may have
! studied. and failed; be may have been in
/ his fathers Offices. and proved too strong
and playful to worR-he may have started
/ life on the assumption that father WAS rich
and mother didn't care, when in reality
| father wasn't and mother did-in short, he
! is an amiab!e idler. He usually comes from
the smaller towns. His family has good
social connections and, when 1t decides
! that II is time to ship him off to America
| il begins TO look around for Whatever ih'fo-
auctions II can give him. The youth mas
not the slightest idea Of what he purposes
10 do when ne gets here. His cholce IS al
for continued idling, for late rising anu
| long, pleasant evenings. HIS FAMILY Will
support him for year in TINS couhtfy-he
IS To become a remittance man. but they
are going to keep him short. lie VIII nave
the necessaries Of bare existence, but what
about the luxuries, the pleasures OF HE?
AN IMPRomPTU CORRESPONDENT
AN idca. The editor of the local paper
is a social acquaintance of bis or MS
fathers or his uncles. At any rate an
Introduction 10 him is easily obtained Inc
irnpending. decidedly involuntary emigraht
calls on him, and proposes that he appoint
him his correspondent in America. Inc
editor. bound by social ties, cannot wei re-
fuse. Moreover, he has probably had the
me experience before, and knows al
about II. He smiles grimly TO himself ana
makes out with all the dignity and poHP
of Europcan Journalism a commission 10
the Young man, adjoining II with imposing
etanps and seals. Terms-The European
nIan. pay for what you get The regu-
lar rate for space; no salary. The edl-
for. as already said, has probably had eX-
nerience before, but hope springs eternal
rhis time he may have caught good man.
tbough inexperienced, so he gives him ex-
illicit instructions about what he wants
The newly Matched correspondent Is gen
orally so eager for the job-especially for
tre signed and stamped document-that ne
will offer TO serve without pay, II necessary
- &c not the money ne is after. He has his
own motive. as we shall see later on.
"4owever. for the moment he is real
,rofessional Journalist. connected with
real live newspaper. He begins TO swagger
so,newhat among his acquaintance during
Tho few days remaining before his depart
IRE He presents his card, properly en-
oraved. at the local theatre, is admitted
Eva feels that he is the real thing now
nitbout mistake on the steamer, the sec
ond dav out, he mysteriously confides to his
,otobbor AT table that he is being sent to
.,,or,ca nv the K0nigsberger Getreide-
-oI,,,,o, the Pauillac Gazette des Wig
,,arors, mr. the Hj0rrung. Denmark. Even
t.o News'--it does not matter-and by the
xavrth evening he unbosoms himself in the
|. ,,oLing room, in deepest confidence TO the
nesoct that he is on "A special secret ana
Sa,oerous mission TO investigate the inten-
! $3.50 ~ the United States government in
,ho west Indies or Mexico, or Of Japan in
zIaodalena Bay. adding, negligently, that
bis predecessor has been recalled Tor bun