Marble Hill press., 1920-12-02

- Nj ~ the mos, Interesting and nusi
~ vital spots on the American continent
to-day IL Ellis island Aiens tr"m
EuroV- arr pouring into tie country
al the rate % sa.n year. and the
problem - assimilation has b"c"u"
NI mere pressing than ever before. The
tide ot immigration IL rapidly mount
" vi ing 60 prr var levels and for months
Elli. island. the great gateway. has
heen ehoked SHIPS have bscu foFc~d
60 tte ~ fnr days before disehafg'ng
their ste~rAEs passengers. and Oh The island " u
not unusual for as many A. 3Ua immigrants TO
~ detained tor the nigh, In si~~plnE quarters de-
slgn~d for the accommodation u half a. many
r1cors. benehe. and ehslrs are hlisd with the
overflow from the dornitorie.. and hundreds
slesp on their feet.
The melting pot 10 boiling oyrr and the e"ns
se.sioa ~it lncrvase With zach rassinE monih
Steamship tnsn say their accommodations are
tooke,i for full year ahead Foes and Italians
especially are coming In swarms and Il I. certain
thu, q. soon as the ~Ay is ci~ar for theta Ger
mans will rnter America In ,ss; numhers
That the prchlcm Of assimilation may ee
little less dtfeuit TO sDlyc. despite its magnitude
.. Indicated ty the fsei that =" mHny - III"
younger gvneration srr noN cn N" mahlfr'fs Of
the tnroming vessels Writ.- John MAKER IIarring
toa In the New YoSk Herald The death - -
many fathers tn the var has esusd hundreds
af thousands Of families on the other side TO try
. haszrf = nee fortune IN the Land q Promise
Many widows sums II them With two ~ thfee
ehtidrvn are rsachinE the c"untry by msans of
moasy scnt 20 ttsus by friends shd relatives
To the ciiidrca tire New World comes with
rush n .xpestsuc.- To them until they are
uzx=ssi utssn n ss-efns one of green swHrd and ~
hlue sea Of changing sktcs and 81 passing ships
Under other regimes the detained Immigrants
we're kept psnnsi iike dutnh driven cattle. and TO
them the uAitsd STATES mcaht foe many hours
wtrr e1kss and datk walls II l. all dinerent
nos for the prrs-nt commissioner ef iuimiErH'
,ian rrs<irrtck 4 Wallis. has st a nss prece'i.nt
nv using the acr~s ef unused grass plots on Ellis
island as q frcreation place for the immigrants
Tn. children are IN their eicment there. The
plur~ rtuEs With happy laughter and echoes the
fall ~ rotuplnE feet, Alert, healthy and strong
are thrS. Americans Ia he. and some of them. too.
are morr than aiicus
Ssuee Are In q Majority.
-Js suis American said retit Jean. the other
day.
lie had come With his brother, maker Of bead
harS to see what the new country had In store
AT slx he has the vision OF his adopted land His
father, snvRlryman. wHs Killed In tho war ana
a. his mother had other ties except those on tile
~sxt.rn shor, Of the Atlantic they had come hith.
.r TO hiring np Jean a. citizen Of this republic.
AT an tmprr~-onahe age the children who are
temporarily detained the island, cur largest
cntr~pos for the new citlEenry, are learning
through concerts and addresses and through
music many valuable lessons of life. very
large number of them are at school age or little
less and they ure coming here at time when
they arc best lifted to absorb the traditions and
the history OF the country to which fate has
brought them.
| The dtsruftion of families caused by deaths In
the war abroad has at the same time brought to
thi. country immigrants who are mainly younger
than the average. far may he observed oG
hand A detailed study of statistics along this
line has not been made, but the general impress
sscn ts given after seeng shtpead after ship
lead Of the future Americans. that there IL pre-
ponderanee not only of young women, especially
pf ytsing mothers, In the newly arrived OF the
e.ntlsr sex but that the men who ARE iand'ng
here In quest n fortune are more Youthful and
more alert In appearance than the Immigrants OF
prevlous years, Rarely one sees the bent and de
TRENT who have come with sons and daugh
tiers to begin their lives anew In the changed
world
More Permanent ciass Arrives
The presence of many families, although
eften berefr az fathers indicates more psrma
pent class than usual. There not many
unattached male Observation-Disclosures, Austrans
and the lke-who In former years sought the
United States only to avail themselves OF high
wages and to return with their savings Co their
original environment. Up to the first Of July
there had arrived at American ports 2i1,S2a men
and hoys, and isos76 women and children, which
n somewhat In excess on the feminine side. In
January the two renders We're about equally
divided and In the succeeding months the males
rrasiuaily Increased In numbers.
OF this grand total, ss0ooi. u Is noted that
I7aiaa are set down ms having no occupation this
classification Including women and children. The
homes ar those who are looking for cocks and
psr,or maids and experts In ail lines OF domestic