The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-07-05

and drove us away. But We got the
picture finished up and all the young
sters in the neighborhood and their
mothers had to have look at it.
young Jew of about 20 was in
terested in the operation, and curious
as to my mission in that quarter. He
answered many questions and accom-
pauied me around many more blocks.
He said he was born right around the.
corner on Hester street, had grown
up there and was studying dentistry
II was his ambition to locate some
where in the great West. / found that
he had a better knowledge Of the coun-
try. and especially the West, than
some older and more prominent men
/ had met up town
This part of New York is thickly
Dopulated was told that down here
in one square mile more than quar-
ter of a million people live--a popula-
ton equal to the City of Denver in
n square mile.
We went thru streets lined with
cart peddlers-where from little cart
YOU can purchase anything from
r,enny's worth of cocoanut, or safety
ufn to a cheap suit of clothes. Other
streets had swell little shops with
saIesmen and saleswomen on the side
walk to pull possible customers inside.
Different nationalities are found in
different nearby sections = Jews,
Greeks, Hungarians, Germans, Poles,
Chinese. You see women and chill
dren everywhere. They NIL the door
ways, the sidewalks and the streets
women all aroundTwomen old and
young, good looking and homeiy-
women shopping and gossiping. Knit
ting and sewing. but more often at
tending babies. Children everywhere,
children at play, babies in buggies'
babies in arms, babies unborn. Surely
Margaret Sanger has not exercised
much influence in this neighborhood.
The Jews catch on to American
ways and the English language quicker
than most foreigners. l found many
people down here who could not un-
derstand my talk Saw newspaper
office and went in. All the man in
charge could say was, Boss not in"
In little drug store found
young Italian salesman could speak
better English than half the police
men had talked to up town. He was
bright and clever. Said he had coma
over only a few years ago-and was
mighty glad to live in America.
We visited Chinatown on Mott
street, but it isn't much, if you have
ever been in San Francisco.
Here is surely the melting pot of
the races. There are good schools
and libraries in this section and there
is a healthy ambition to learn.
A few years ago a very charming
little book was written by Mary An
tin, entitled, The Promised Land
She was a little Russian Jewess in
Poland, came over as a child. Her
father was a cart peddler and they
lived in the South End Ghetto of Bos-
ton. Just such district as I have
been in today. Approaching the op-
portunities in America for education
and advancement better than many
American children, she advanced rap
idly and is today graduate Of col
Ieges and a popular writer and lecturer
This book is the story of her early
life in Poland and America. II is one
of the most charming stories have
ever read-a story that should make
every American thrill with pride for
his country.
II was the story of Mary Antin's life
that took me to the East Side today.
Shc hlOlt VI lCONtA Ehttt anu
Harrison Ave, Boston, she might just
as well have been writing of Hester.
Ludlow and Orchard streets. New
York
1 have walked hundred miles to-
day and have seen a million people.
can close my eyes and see swarms
OF mothers and babies, moving masses
OF wavering people, miles and miles
Of streets, filled with moving people.
y ~
This morning i met on lower Broad
way a parade of Boy Scouts. There
must have been several thousand OF
the young boys, all in uniforms, many
divisions carrying guns, marching to
the martial music of several bands.
They attracted as much attention as
an army. 1t was a solemn sight
this great little army of little folks
carrying guns. preparing for war
the war which may perhaps last until
they are old enough to take the places
of their fathers and brothers who are
now being called to the colors. The
sight was one to cause the hearts OF
many a father to beat a little faster