New-York tribune. [volume], October 11, 1903, Page 9, Image 41

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- r . the teavy trucks
. r tr.r.t, ard above tie
. _ . . wt ..- r^e the shouts of
- . '• ■= A block to the exist
* * " " • -t i. A Little further
.•..-■ ruihir.g •.^r-.^gs cJ E.— ;a_2way.
Ea the c : FaJ thtt uuuUß and ccrifusicc \s
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A:.. stS -= E».-.t »f a certali: ra'-— which
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HIE SYRIAN MA>XFACTCREIt.
WtXb increased rcsourwa be starts a klajcno factory In tLl* caso *n<l e=?Io7«
reocfct _ --. . . .— i >Hw lariA
m:\v-yokk tuibune illubtrated supplement.
TE3 HAmEJLLJZSD rcriftt
Hj» v »» »^~ -— — — v »** x •> vrr.r*". capita: and £• ... ;.u
tn BS* on-? self. I: the ri Idle is ea-«y to solve
f . ■, - :-, :: :.. rs that the F> rian is a born
Even as his ton fathers, tl I baeni
■ . ... •• : the lead ■•- n r hants of the
world, so their d lants ■ " «h subjugat
ed a . ■ tea by \.ario-js dynasties since
. .. ■-. itiU hair* an Inherent ger.ius
...ing a bargain. The Syrian Immigrant
.... • a-:.-t i omes 1 :. ■
tf I toes not make It. he goes back.
;t ..- real -• :•• I say that 1
I ..;..•• ■ gets hia first start,
... • ■ , r. - • ';. ' - ' re the
. . • • • . i stock their pa ks, Such a
I - be found at No. 4:.'- Washingi i
| ■ ; iho-Crab is its proprii tor :hean j
._ . . . ;, . . : laughter who* ■b< eta n
r0 ... y •• • -. ts she may have robbed
them with & Best grains of henna, are glad to
show the- goods. The shelves se> m to hold every
thing tiiat human whim or necessity eight
want. Combs, pics, thread, scarfs, beads and
a thousand other things are here fur sale,
While the daughter is showing how prett;
are the com~s by £::■>.£ them at different a.nt»les
In her ravel hair, a youth shambk-s ir.to the
sto-e, and damslly bows to the proprietor. The
buggy troui rs of the D • ..:.-. bis
which snswi n the porp «c of as An rica
of suspenders, and his rath* r sos] i -■ ..- t
at other customers, easily show him to be a
newly arrived Immigrant. Phabo-Urab l^rin^s
.•_■-. f war •. l '.h-- youth cull:
over. Aft- r many :. kering •.. Immigrant
hand.- I si keeper a I '. ■ r bill, ••■
pa-k:-.- . - ■ iy in atl ... ise, be
ahambl a out with his burden on h:s should •'.
"That fellow ha= ju^ - come ■ teirut,"
.... - I r. who car.
here twoyi g I S That
■ . ■ I was ■ - t io. Well,
U take 1 ; . -^ the State
. : . irned the 1 est rout.:; f: on
bia brother, who started the same way. When
he comes L. ick bei he v. i.i have (50 to $70 I
: .- ;. N :. • :• never Beta t.r- 1 B
:to :;■■: tired He .^> afraid be'U get id
luck. The Syrian ped!er*s motto is: 'He can
not r- 1 t who \. ill sue* c -i.' "
Throughout the Syrian quarter most of the
olive skinritd women are always sewing. In-
Bti i of so;ng to a matinee, they sew; instead
..: reading the papers .v. l magaxinea in the
evening; the] s*w, instead of» playing bridge
whist or giving receptions; they keep on
s--w;r:tr. Some of the women sit on the bare
floors of thvir tenement bomea and sew
with :. ■ . I tr.r-.il. Oth rs, who have
: : ■ rs of the ■ og machine
.. up tta i • 5a and sew with a n..:
When ap' Her b ean . • . tj bring bis
wife or h:.s mother or his sister from the home
land, he puts h ,-r to work sewing.
Far better and healthier for the v. r I
Syrian w irr.en are the kfmono factories. Th»-y
are ur; -Ijt the r. .■ . Di f .-;. r,:in merchants
who have learned the value '.f liijht and
■.• l who understand the Amerl an ideas of
• ■ .-ion. Thus on the fourth f.our of No. 108
-. .vicb-st. nearly a score of women r. .;•
found .• work any *•■• kday, sewing kimonos
from brilliantly colored fabrics. The rot,r ot, is
bright, and occasionally the women hum a na
tive sore M they work.
•*The3e women will not work v.:th OS ■ long
TnE SYRIAN Ad A CAPITALIST.
Parlor of the country horn* ot lota Ab.l -el-N ■ > at EltlngvtUe. Stat*a H»
THE rCSUCART PEDLEB.
Now fairly on the road to prosperity.
time," saM Mr. Machsoud, o! the mof Lutfy
& Ifachsoad, who are among the largest
kimono makers in this country. A3 soon a.
a wi.'e has saved up enougb of her ~: ~~.gs, slit
] ::.- her husband ts ruu::::.^ ix store. And it
:= r.o wonder that they welcome this work, for
where they earn a dollar here they received
only ten cents in Syria, I have known of women
an i girls working for eight cents a day to tiia:
.:."ry "
The next stage, where the Syrian and hi?
wife develop from the pedler and the klmonc
n r to storekeepers, may bt seen In half i
hundred places ,n Washingtoa-st. Their nam.
has been pail • -1 b >th i i Arabic and English
..n the window panes. \v:.^: matter if the Eng
lish sign looks scraggly. A friendly neighbor
a little more Americanized than themselvei
painted 11 a: I charged them only a quarter
The newly established rr.- r :...■ ta stock their
shelves with la c of nurioua patterns and dif
ferent widths, uhhh they say was made bj
In -.yria a:.d Italy. Borne of the rnor-
elaborate patterns they sell fox fifty cents a
yard, and yet they say that it t'»ok a poor
woman two days to make that amoffllti
"No, we don't rmtko lace by hand In this coua
try," said the swarthy corr.plexioned proprietor
of No. 85 Washingtoo-ct. "It would cost toe
mvi h."
In such stores it is common to find the store
keeper and his wife eating at the end of th < -
counter out of a common dish. When night
comes they sleep at the other end of the room
Expenses are kept ad near nil as possibi*.
In a coup.- of years it will be hardly poaalalt
: - ognize tha rudimentary merchants who
• . :.t to sleep and eat in their stores. Syria
and Its :rr:pecur:iositie3 are further la the past
The suspicion which they were wont to have of
th< American is almost gone. The max takes
his luncheon at a cafe, and in such an estab-
Dshment as No. 3f} Rector-st. you may --'■ - him
any noon. Here he drinks the fiery arrack.
which is to him what the cocktail is to the
American. It Is the distilled spirit of fermented
rice, with enough anise to give :: an aromatic
Savor. With two or three genial companions he
orders a luncheon of lahan, or turds of milk.
D akshie, or mm ed meat and rice wrapped up In
grape leaves or Stuffed into a squash gourd, and
some grapes for dessert Thon he gives IL Has
sey, the proprietor, lv cents more for a smoke
Cuotlnaed on thlrtecnLh !>»*•.
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