The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-25

with the clothes OF the deceased are
either burned or the caslet is made
large enough to' contain both body and
: clothes. We have been told that these
customs we're common among the
Jews in Palestine.
Let me give you another reason
UP to sixty years ago, when q man
and woman wanted to get married
frst OF all they secured the consent
: of their parents, then the young man
built for his intended a home ON
wheels, for his Gyrsy, girl does, not be-
heve in light housekeeping, and
then she would go into his tent or
wagon and become his wife, Just in
the same way that Isaac took Re-
becca into his tent aud she became
his wife. There is no race Of people
under the sun today more maligned
or more slandered than the Gypsy
race. We have been maligned in
novels and slandered on the stage,
and yet W.T.. Stead, who was one of
the greatest editorial writers in Eng
land for the last hundred years, and
who perished with the sinking of the
Titanic, claimed for our people that
morally we ha'l no peers in the
world. Theodore Watts Dunton. an
English novelist and art critic, has
written book called "Aylwin," and
in that book is Gypsy character by
the name Of Synfal Lowell and I
think he has portrayed the Gypsy
character better. than any other nov
elist that know Of.
To know any nation or any class
Of people you must live with them
and get close enough to them to find
out all their traits, habits. anr GUS
tins: While you have heard 4 great
deal about the wickedness. Of the
Gypsy race, let me tell you one or
two good things about them. I have
never known of a Gypsy committing
murder, neither have I ever heard Of.
Gypsy committing suicide. Did you
ever hear Of q Gypsy breaking into a
bank or reorganizing one7 Becausei
you have, great names for your sins
in the twentieth century. Did you,
ever read of Gypsy robbing widows.
and orphans? Did you eve., read Of,
Gypsy putting. his lands in another,
mans pockets to keep them warm on,
q winters day? I think can. tell
you something that you. never heard
OF, and that is,a Gypsy peddling her
virtues on the streets Of any Of your
cities. And we have no God, and no,
Christ, and, no schools, or teachers
or preachers, or scholars. You owe
everything that you have to the Cos.
pei Of Jesus Christ, then pity those
who have never he'd your chance.
You say the Gypsies are very wick
ed. Let me tell you what I thinlc
their worst faults are: First Of all,
hey are very rrcfane. But the edu-
aation which Americans have re-
ceived hasn't helped much in that re-
spect, for everywhere 60 I hear
inen swearing as though they had
been to hell for their education, and
had the devil himself for. their
'schoolmaster, for they have learned
Fhe language Of the pit perfectly. No
gentleman swears; he may call him
Icelf gentleman, but when he swears
the sign drops automatically. Have
|you ever though. for, a moment what
God said about swearing? He said,
Thou shalt not KILL" and that was
enough. He said, "Thou shalt not
commit adultery" and that was
enough, but when it came to. swear
ing He said, ''Thou shalt not take. the
name Of the Lord thy God in vain,
for the Lord will not hold him guilt
less that taketh His name in vain"
You can always tell what kind Of
wheels man has in his head by the
spokes that como out, Of his, mouth.
think their next worst fault Is
their habit Of drinking. Although
the Gypsies are not great drinkers,
yet they are, moderate drinkers, and
when several families meet, then the
men will sometimes 60 into o. spree
which lasts for weeks, and then, they
drink fearfully.
Their next fault, T think, il their
habit Of petty pllfering. You might
say they are great thieves. I,would
not; I have q better name for It'll
would call them "good finders" They
never buy anything that they can
find. fra Gypsy person, came across
your garden and he needed some-
thing for dinner, we'll, he would
take. He would not take very much,
only enough for meal He would
not bother carrying 1t, because he
knows there is plenty more further
Down the, road He is like. his great
ancestors, he gathers hispmannaI daily.
Occasionally they find q rope--with q
horse on the end
Their worst fault Is. their fortune
telling. God has said that the fusure
is yelled from our eyes, no. man. can
tell us anything Of tomorrow, and
when you cross a Gypsy girls hand
with silver to. .ell your fortune you
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