Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-11

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avenue from Chestnut street TO the
oitvs western boundary. with his
ewes partly closed. he might readily
Imagine himself to ho in Warsaw or
fn some town OF western Silcssa. for
~ would hear almost nothing but an
unfamiliar tongue. rather soft and
pleasant e. tho ear. oddly accentuated
and acrminglg run together in long.
uneudinn sentences. lie too would
hear the voieos Of children as they
playad Together calling 70 ono am
other ia pretty Polish patois. for in
aho small arta of ten by six or seven
squares. live community OF Poles
Numbering more than 5000. Indeed,
n IA a surprise 10 find such n dcnsely
ss.puiated city of men and women Of
fnroigu nativity set down here within
ave minutes ride of the busiest part
81 Wilmington. and 10 discover this
Little Warsaw 10 he town within a
city, trsssAosmcn and professional men
stvs,lsinr their own language and sup
plNing al the needs uf tho community
Here the thousands Of our Polish
people live almost apart from the rest
81 Wilmington. that Is - far as their
narticipation in our affairs goes. They
pominI-ic hat uttlc- very Httle-~vvit!i
ueirhhorsi. and L il exceptionally rare
that the young m.n or women marry
out,udo Of their own racial boun-
dsfiea
Thr ploneers of this Polish town or
ssmmunity found their way TO VII
mlnrton more than twenty years ago
Their extreme poverty, governmental
oppression and lack OF opportunity IN
their Eutupoan homes. had long iplcd
fhem with an ambition 20 CoIue 20
Arnsrica, and when the way eventually
opcnod. small number came here,
and in the industrial plants found the
annninr sought From the first
money saved above tho cost ~ bare
Ntinw. ia thc humhlcst way. went
share for thnse left behind. and'with
thta hrnfhrrs sisters. wives. anu
ssgoethsarta we've brought 20 tins
country. and "a this city. And - the
iltfls strcam of Immigrants ~ twenty
Years arn expanded into a strong and
swelling lido of these prosecuted
peanlc until to-day there are more
than a.uOu pcrsons living in Whining
ton. vino regard Kossuth with the love
ana venoratiou that the American
holds for Lincoln or Washington
nn tho east ssie IL tho city, n the
ms,tlon adtacent partly % old Swedes
fihurph. rs another Polish colony. but
here they are more reeeut arrivals
A. fhoy cnme to America atcr than
thnlr cOmpatraots 81 the Maryiand
avenue seciion they have not pro
crossed 81 far IN the requirement of
rlrhes. and u the display of visible
umnlfnslHtions ~ ProFpfrly. ana one
~ aafn
w.urffy fhr more interesting of the
tgo pgrhaus Another rras1n is that
brsr pecpie arc the dominant factors
Is that entire west -sidC section, or Al
leaei the community rchects their
nreseueo more distinctly than docs
ant other foreign quarter here denote
the nationality ~ it, residents.
Hero one NAV walk along the nEain
atr,et ~ thc Polish settlement ana
- little q Indicate the presence q
the Aurio-SaVous or other people II
trade ar industry. The painted Agn
haard thai dirccts shoppers are
ansagiuv to tho American com
e.e.tlans of s,aminc alphabefsz dis
.fder n .n annarcnt wild state o. dis
.rrsnceu,Fnt. spelling out names pro
and utterly unintolhEfhle to other
taonles and almost All revealing the
nnal SIX which declares the un-
Aaniierated Polish purity of The bearer
~ the earnomeu Indeed. tho sense
- - disturbed al the prumlaruous dis
tf4hufion ~ the alphabet on the store
grsfiss. that one may declare tney
sefm as II the letters had bt-en ar
ranged hy srihing a boa 81 alphabet
erarkers over a board spread with
slun and many had stuck fasI and thc
result Il .gn. Nevertheless %
thnsp hpme- ffoud people these signs
are ths lie that seeus tok imparT
hfav atmosphere 70 that cid sexton
r our city.
Afisr centuries of more or less
isaepeud,.nt action at home or dis
Annians AZ critical periods and the
attendant weakness. the Poles here
have evidently awakened % the value
III ,.o-ntratIon and unity IN al mat
ters. that AFFECT them AZ a peofpie. out
n THIS lntlo Poland there are many as
seeianons and organizations, and IN
al Of them ne title emphasizes and
underiinas the mutual features, and
~. rna THESE, our new ncighbors,
eompactlv and tightly organized ready
to at a. a unit IN ali matters ~ mo-
ment lt would seem that the inter-
- ~ one is the interests ~ all the
gace here and We may quote one y
fhe leaders who said that while the
Isaies we're almost wholly Democratic
f.refafore the entire thousand men
and women VINO are naturalized and
we're quaiined 90 express their prefer
eneea az the polls. In November. had
e,st their votes for the Republican
tlrkei al that time. because tht
natural aspirations ~ their people hac
not been met az the Versailles con
ference. and the Democratic admins
trafinna was held responsible for no
Treating cur people right
AlouF this line. to assure the de-
aircd unity 81 action may be cited sth'
exisfenca OF the Polish Citizens Com
nnttea. which Ia supposed 70. an'
doubtless doa~l. voice the VIII q ma
community. and carefully consider
she best action for the welfare Of IN
Polish people. Edward Galicki, Is n
acknowledged leader u the committe
and itn work He probably y les
nutoeraflc than the American politica
l.oaa. bat he Is the dominant undis
puts-d leader and there j. never
aat,ht a. IL the location ot The hea'