The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-29
Walter WincheII On BYO0dw0y
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coffee urns, silver vases, ornate Vics torian lamps and mantel clocks and an occasional porcelain shepherdees, Priceless antique metalWare is sold here as well as tho shoddlest ma. chlne-made articles.
 After Csechoslovakla became an independent nation in 1918 many Sloyaks from downtown moved up Into the Czech quarter, and the two groVps have combined many Of their interests. Pride in their lan- suages and traditions has prompted them to maintain separate schools where (after public school hours) the children can be taught their native speech and history. One of the city's most colorful spectacles in the annual Decoration Day Czechoslovak parade In native cos. tune,
 The Latin- American colony on Saturday nights is alive with eX- citement. Dance dens are throb- bIng with rhumba rhythms, Watch these 1.-the people weave their ball- bearing torsoS during the tantlliE- ing tempos. They make the rhumba fine art.
 Famed Chinatown Is packed with more happy orientals than you can find in Asia. Here are unique joss houses where Chinese Buddhists worship. shops hawk exotic herbs at fantastic fees. And if you lis- ten closely, you can pick up the live lingo and swift batter of the almond-eyed jitterbugs,
 At the foot of Washington Street you will appreciate New York's cos- mopolitan rep. This is the Syrian quarter where newsstands feature Arabic dailies. Turks, Armenians and Greeks also make their homes here. Shops glitter with vivid Sy- rian silks of rainbow hucS, Coffee houses and confectioneries of the Levantines add a picturesque touch, Occasionally, you can be startled by the sight of an old man in a fez
 Little Italy's rollicklng fiestas are among the towns WOW scenes, The streets are strung with lights, and happiness gets Q workout, The people sing and dance and toss ln- hibitions to the winds. This is joy in action-somethin you can never find in uppity saloons in other parts of town.
 Japanese Christian churches with their small schools attached and the Jap Buddhists who worship in the private apartment of a Japan csc priest A glittering array of luxurious gold and silver trim kets and other Asiatic objets dart is shown in Fifth Avenue import solons run by suave East Indians.
 Spanish Harlems turbulent tempo New market openings are accom- panied by the beating of tom-tomS, Almost every shop sells rare tropi- cal fruits and vegetables. The in- cessant babble is usually caused by the friendly bargaining spirit which is prevalent here. The first price asked is always more than the ven- dor expects to receive. Bargaining IS custom of their native lands.
 A writer once pointed out: "l may of Europe superimposed upon { map of New York could prove tha' the different foreign sections of thC city live in the same proximity tc one another as in Europe: The Germans near the Austrians, the Russians and the Rumarians near the Hungarians, and the Greeks be- hind the Italians. People of Vest ern Europe live in the western side of the city. People of Eastern Europe live in the eastern side of the city. NorthernerS live in the northern part of the city and south- erners in the soutehrn part. Those who have lived on the other side near the sea or the river had a tendency to live here as near the sea or river as possible. A refor- nation of this grouping takes place everytime the city expands. If the Italians move further up Harlem, the Greek follow them. the Spanish join them, with the French always tagging behind and the Germans expanding eastward"
 That ingenious generalization may have been true in the POS. But today the major groups of Eu- ropeans are widely distributed throughout the city. However, the foregoing paragraph emphasized New York's thrilling history as a melting pot which blended people from every corner of the earth.
 Here's our favorite toast again applied to the Urited Nations:
 Never above you-Neyer beneath you-ALWAYS beside you"