The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-16

The lkralultus iu Tho country az"
fornCiuus readers. On their homeland
fulicia. th" peasants are so poor that
ihcl cnnnui buN books papers ut
magazines Large numbers nf them
are iiltoratc Thoir foremost desire
upon reaching America has been 90
'tuDate themselves some idea of
their 1cai for self Improvement can
Dee gathered from the stutisltt t,-
Gently obtained hN tho ktaiuluu fco.
Grafton. regarding their consumption
ot print paper only eight ucWsna-
pors are published for the zoo. 900
! krtluiuna tu thc United States. aud
vet they consume more print prpor
than an of tho newspapers published
Tor thcit % 600 bruthors living 90
GUlicin
The first Ukrauiau immigration 20
America htEdn about 800 wears ago
Tho Immigrants who vumc then were
from thc ~'arrathtau mountains boz
Western GallciH Their home ,oudi
tons had been forloru They were
farm lnhurCrF and owned practically
uo hand thonsclvo. More than hail
of the arabic land ,u Galicih brinrrs
to landlords. many ~ whom ARE FOR
oigu uohl"tueu. The peasants work
Tor a ptttpnco and have pra,' calls no
chance 81 buying any hnt for their
own occupation in fact. thtir ttatI.
has not boon very Car above s'rfduw
Hungary I,cstrictcd Emigration.
Ia the last ten wears. tho Gkruit
ian immigration to the new wa lt ios
assumed large proportions 10 wor-
Rcd the l%iuugHr'l authorize so
much that. iu ltl' emigration from
fuIDil &C. the United states Wa fst.
hidden Ncvertholo-~. 10 Nut on. Tor
The peasants wont over INTO gri
MANY and took sutp nom Hbmru 3
or Bremen Usually the men cluo
alone aud loft the womnl in tho Old
country until they could max" some
suitable provision for them n tho Jew
home. News about America tud -
opportunities became widespread ~
Galicit and many 1T tn peasants up
dertook 60 learn tn English idu-
guaRe
An lmuHinl fact ,lu'c 90 lig1' luz
ms one ~ the Ia, Hungarian clrc-
ioTil campaigns .'iuu' Apponyt. ~
the course OF q so atiNur tour. was
scheduled To- address ga t'Nd-prlplo
In ouo Of the Viup,s On the D1rpg-
thinus Bat when he reached BE
town. hc was trrIJ'"l o. iiul mat
very few of III" p'1pls go s'l spc1h
or understand hungarian AFTER in
quiry from some DO hrs iurtN l"ti"tF
in the district hr .Iuul that pnat
of them could speak and understand
English very We'll 50 he mad" the
best Of % bad business aud delivered
his political speech ia the crowd iu
English Instead 90 his native tongue
Engage Ia MANY businesses.
The FIRST tkrniuianS 20 arrive iu
America took up their homes IN the
mining ,istriots OF Pennsylvania They
were not ouly %uueducutcd. but they
had never had a chance 10 learn u
skilled trade Naturally, the unsiIlled
occupations offered them their onlN
Means 81 livelihood They became day
lahorcrs. miners aud factory hands.
In the bigger cities they found a va
rictv of odd jobs 10 do There b. one
business iu which the tkrainians az"
almost as densoly represented as the
Greeks are 90 the confectionery trade.
window washing. The window wash
ors' Union in New YORK h. made up al
most entirely of Ukrniniaus ia Bos-
ton many OF them work tu rcstnG-
rants. IN Detroit thes have become
skilled mechanics
\ distinctive feature Of lkrainiun
NJ" in the various settlements h the
"Nuroduy Dim or Peoples House '
This unique institution lH q real COM
munity center "a club. cooperative
society. school ana forum combined
The oldest ana most prosperous Poo
Plies HOUSE was established Ia Mo-
nes.en. PA. p foundry town. about
six wears ago There nre now twelve
of these ccut.rs located in different