Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-07

M~oeileusullaz, were thrust back by the
Swiss frontier guards. They asked TO
try Germany. ave have pnpers from
the German authorities nj Bern" to en-
ter Germany" they said, because we
are Germans" And. In fact, they pro-
duced such papers. Twenty days they
remained on the frontier. Germany
refused to receive them but ION nc
count Of those papers) France gave
them permission to try ngaln. Win Bel
fort and certain roads Of the Doubs.
AT salins we photographed and
measured them" snld NJ. Sebllle, and
we tried TO learn something OF their
families. They had MS many names
and n~atl0nalities us you please, and pa
pers, too lat need, more thnn you
would Imagine. Their old gypsy queen.
eighty-ive years old, called the Boule,
or Mother K~akarnsca, seemed to pre-
side over ten families Of other names,
the Relnhardts. Heints. German, Laga,
Schernots. Meyers. etc. Emile Scher-
nots had n German workingman's book
In the name Of K~ralovitch. a Bohemiani
At Petlt-C roix, on the Alsatlan from
tier. eight German gendarmes with
pointed rifles said: "You cannot en-
ter-go" For three weeks they camp
ed outside Belfort, supported by the
French government-"belng under ar
rest" Later they sojourned ut Suarce
(stlll at the expense OF Frnnce), where
they claimed to know by-roads to en-
ter Germany, and asked to be allowed
to break up and get through" wagon
by wagon. The French let them 20.
And, now, look-in spite OF German
frontier organization, they all actually
got through into Germany
Before mobilization there wa so
much complaint against them that a
special law had to be made to regulate
rhem. The law OF 1912 had scarcely
got to working when the wal broke out
and all complaints against the gyp-
sizes ceased
H0wr Whyi
1.-THE complaints stopped. That Is
all."
The law OF 1912 gave to the head
OF each gypsy family n formidable
booklet, full of blanks TO be filed up
by mayors OF each town or commune
where they stopped-and a number.
This family number (printed on each
blank) was repeated In white enamel
on handsome black sheet-lron plates,
as many as each band had wagons.
Gift OF the French government. They
must be attached TO the tallbonrd Of
each wagon, 40 that countryside gen
dnrmes might jot them down, running,
though the band be In flight II was
a beautiful system. II will make a
good foundation, again, after the
war .
Often Ut Is repeatedly they were
grand, in their way. They would sell
fine horses to French peasants, chem.
horses which gave complete satlsfac.
tlon. The Coesre. or prince, would or.
der their copper utensils aud kitchen
wear TO be repaired by his artisans for
a trihlng sum and the work would be
well done. They gave amusing shows.
with trained bears and great apes and
dancing girls. Their women. telling
fortunes. bamboozled country wives.
Yet the same band. In another com.
mune, would obtain all they needed by
thrsnts OF fires; and small municipal
ties would buy them of, In consider.
able sums, to take themselves else.
where.
Then the war broke out-and Il all
ceased.
None arrived at the Snlntes.M nrles,
on May ~ last" volunteered a minor
police official. "A striking indication"
II Is, perhaps. the strongest detail OF
the story. Every Ave yenrs uhongh
you did nos know ~ the chief gypsies
OF America sailed back 10 Europe-be-
fore the war. Together with the gyp-
sizes Of Syria, the Danube. Germany,
Italy, Spain and all the world. they as
semblOd outside a long fishing village