New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Census Revals East Side
Will Fight if 1t Has 10
Women Fbbed About Ages but Men Lied Carefully Says
Observer-Question of Color Stumbling Block
Teutons Frame Replies Carefully

ers to support, though they admitted
that their fathers were IN business TOT
themselves, in some cases the fatner
being the senior business partner OF
the son who had to support him! On
Filial Piety, what stacking is COM
mitted in thy name!
In other cases men had to support
their parents, though there were oIhe[
adult sons who were supporting tnem;
Perhaps the most touching case OF al!
was that in which a meek and mild
citizen avowed that he had utterly de-
peudert upon him for her sole support
a mother-in-law. One husky LOOKING
fellow thought that he would be en-
titled TO exemption because ne hau
himself to support, and another'
prosperous looking man. had ms ousl-
ness tn supportl The reminders TO
the one that the government would
Iook after his maintenance if it draft
ed him into service, and 70 the other
that perhaps his partners could keep
the business going, were perhaps more
convincing to me than to them.
IlIiterate Politician
Ono confident, not to say cocksure,
citizen confessed his inability to reao
or write. Yet he had the outward ana
visible signs of prosperity, and won
dered in what business llhteracy was
so acceptable qualification. In wns a.
industry or business are you engaged
| asked.
Politics" was the reply. -,
There was another prosperous-looS,
ing citizen, with a quite confident ana
SUPERIOR air, who when asked his trade,
business or profession proudly re-
sponded:
walking delegated"
Still another came, well-dressed' pros
porous looking, intelligent. speaking
good English, with just that uIIlinaNe
Teutonic touch Of which no Ge!IhaIi
over fully rids himself and which mex
orahly BETRAYED his origin. young
woman accompanied him, whom he con-
suited about his answers and VINO
nrompted most of them. He had no
trade, business or profession.
"What, then, are your means Of sup
nort7 How do YOU make a livlng|
ain my own way.".
The next day he returned and asked
70 be permitted TO revise and correct
his answers; evidently having CON
cluded, or having been persuaded oy
his companion, that they were mas
creet OF course. could not let HIM
do ANYTHING of the sort, and | dan I
feel a 1.-THE of the regret that eN-
messed at my inability to obllge nim'
Ever since ] have been watching lot
his name or description to appear III
some item chronicling the detection
and arrest of German spy.
Another, Of the same kidney, was so
obyiouslv a German that | addressed
him in that language, and he acqulesceu
in its use in our interview. lie was
Prnssian and a Berliner Naturalized !
No. He had been in the United states
how long? Three months. And ms
business? Importer and exporter! q.
once more: Really, what's the use
Pricking a Bubble
There was another, Viennese; sci, self
confident, almost staggering. WIN
the air of one who should say "lch una
Colt" he clustered out that he Wouid
register, but please to understand thsI
ne would not fight, no, not Ior an
YOUR drafts. IL may have oeen pl1
Mira vires, but | could not resist the
temptation to slam my INST upon 'he
table with a thunderous-
"Silence! Do you know where. you
American government!
Did YOU ever prick toy balloon?
The fellow weakened, almost whim-
pered Oh. he-he meant no offence;
Of course, he would obey orders; ne
meant to be a loyal subJect-that 49,
citizen. la,
"Have YOU been nsturalized?"
81 have my first papers obtained yet
already" =,
"Let ME see them. An yes,
quite regular. Do you see what
YOU have sworn to there? Sworn to,
oh, yes, and I'll do it; I'll do it
Rut how can | fight
against my own brethren? If only 1t
we're a war aginst any one but Ger
Nonsense! Do you remember, or
have Won heard of. 1866? Did not Ger
mans fight against Germans then "
"Gottl Yes, yes! I'll do It, III
fight, if they want me to-"
There was stalwart Irishman,
priest. He proclaimed himself to be
patriotic, ready to fight. But when
Tho exemption question was asked, ne
nut down Yes; he would ask for exemp--
ton from military duty on the ground
of his priesthood. ,,,.
ayes, that is valid ground" ! said;
"hut from the way you spoke ] thought
that you might wish to waive it
He hesitated a moment; his eyes
flashed as the Old Adam asserted him
self; and then
"Sure. and will, then. Put it down
No. mi ask no exemption"
"And in which arm of the service
would you prefer to be enrolled"
"The infantry; they're the fighting
men!"