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The Yankee Is Disappearing and Foreign Hordes Overrun New England Villages THE LiTTLC OLD SHOESHO? OF FREEMAN V/INSLCW. FATHER OF PRESIDENT WIN8LOW OF THE UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COM? PANY. Track Farms, Fishing Banks, Mills and Shops There Are in Hands of "Invaders." By Uvtagatea Wr.-b*. ^?*-*p\";: Passing of the Nea I has been discussed repeatedly in so ?*? ciniogical .'?r.d ameliorative coun clls in Hoyion r*r.d th.- oth* r municipal ?cei>? t culture In "XV- ' K.ist"; It has bien epi iiated upon galore in gracefully irr-.a?inative essays and 'untiry tomes of ? ?. bul r.CW, "Th?- Passing ome a fact. Investigator ?f I conditions and commercial l;fr- in New England as to seem an effect worked having been wrought out of the sut tie. gradual metnmorph the >?? ' men of vikir.*: mould, of Norwegian, ' Dan!***, Set or Knglish descent are disap- I fere hoste of men. ' swarthy, black haired, ?and small of stature, ling in the loerway of his ? me, literally a rlnc- overed col and be? : Its clean! ? .ftineas tl.<- :.'.????;?? ??f i real Sew luler, the kind of ?being that has made the region celebrated, Captain Bracket! v..-?-?-il hii heavy *i?nd ??(T toward the shim? s' i. and wi.h a son of philosophical ??mile, said: ? Ing hardly paya fer g. ing oui now " Then he added this amazing statement of -.t conditions: "The reason Is that over four hundred power boats, go but of Po?ton every morn? ine for the Railing grounds, and they are manned by Italians and Jews The new? comers ha\c talten the Ashing but away, and it will never return to the of men wli?? haid before held it." it is the noblest of tributes lo 'his ?splendid ??id sea rover that he does not ga? th. world as s venerable gloom and i? PORTUouESE r,SH P--^-^r^^?0?' (Jo whither yon will, north, south or West of Boston, vou cannot escape the uncon? scious mental rep.-ti.i ,-, "Tbc rank? ta gone:- You behold it at ? very ?M* matter how earnestly vou seek "the genu ine nasal twang" or the type * char** - r that used to accompany the old ^f^ II. th >' And th- thro..KM -rf mill and factory worker*? ???'??'??'-V^ *"* . Hungarians. Armenians. ?--?-" ?* Greeks and Portuguese. ? ,Mi?n faims adjacent to the cities y i Italians, -lews ..nd Pole? The 1 orti? g?ese nock t.. th.- Ashing ??"?'"':s-:f, st.r ?and to the milk eiBem Bj^foru and Kail Hlv.r The Finns dominate the ?marrying industry at ..ul.i-y and t.lo ? The French-?'a- <olonIts in Uwell, Lawrence and IUverhlU- Tn*\ eentiy arrived Seel ta dotai the fw**?'"? an?! general ?verse,,- work Ofl most of tn I 'by country and suburban estates. ' ,ived Irish lad and mtBotOUtU the hOUMWOrk. ** *?*iniS' 'U ,_ work, porterage and stcv.-dore duties '" th.- woods you ????"????* Bestttummtt and Finn ! had a talk with Captain Theophllu?* Hrackett. the dean of fi????" ^L men. the person who inv. ..ted *h' '"m""; dory, a type of se, r?-wboa, that ha enm? into use over the entire glob* Mor ha ty years old and more than six fMl in stature, for fifty years a h**??""" Z. North of Boston -oast Uttd tOt y*>*r"^? Icre that an able seaman, visiting all paris of the world. Captain Bracken Is a l.nd mark of hi. calling. H ?? be but a few ?car. until all such as be are tradition. lleve that New ?England Is poing Straight to the bow-wows becaus? ?>f "the fnrelgrt , ers." 8hlpwrecks. the perils of seventy years on the main, have only solidlh.-l and even sweetene?! the natural gift of philosophy with which captain Brsckett is endowed "We were all foreigners not so long hack. I cal'late th.se follows who are coming in now will mix with the spirit of Atnerl ' ?an Institutions an' be vvlllln' to fight for ?em. If n.-ed be. Jest as our forefathers did. " This Is the slogan' ThO*e Of I'uritan ?i?.-lent who win ?stand should*? to shoulder with the fwampscott philosopher ?an ac OOnpUeh a mighty work In bringing safety from the soclokiglcal revolution in which New BaglaM Is Involved. John I?. lAing, former -secretary of the Navy, is one uIki ? ?nutrients most elcctrlc ally upon this theme. .\.?t kMBg sin??' Im wa dlscussinp "the old New Kngland Thanks, giving," and remarked that the genuino Doma East Thanksgiving of even a generation ago had so far become ob? literated that to-day Its most ordinary features were absolutely not understood. Few, indeed, are those of the general publie who reall/.e the tremendous scop? of immigration. There are, as a matter of fact, about {KW.rtlO aliens coming Into the United States each year. Of this vast array New York averages about WtMS', Pennsylvania. I75.?v?i?. and Illinois. *A?*?M to loft.ivin A single year of Immigration fig? ures in New "England reveals that Massa? chusetts received tS.Wo; Sew Hampshire, 6,561; Rhode ?Wand, 12,01a, Maine, 5,3?7. Ver THE ITALIAN CHESTNUT VENDER. | mont. 2.?7. and Connecticut. VMS In the . Island. LOUi New Hampshire. 661; Ma.ne. ? lamler? ^ ? ^ |_-ommf __! ! Slnp'.c month Of June. 1911. the receipts S?7 ; ,,o srcn of a Saturdfiy evening I K as follows: Massa -huse.ts. T.r.,7; - Can there be under suchCitions a?? ^"Jme one of the manu?acturlog or mill l CouuecUcut, ?y?2. Vermont. 246, Rhode _ else than the i?as*ing uf the ?New fcng j to some o KITCHEN IN OLD NEW ENGLAND HOUSE. ?Ities. Worcester. Fttchburg, Fall Rive New ?Bedford, Lawrence, Lowell, and th rest. ? |o to any of these you choose, an It Is positive, unexaggerated truth that 1 seem? as if not more th.'n on?' out of ever twentl of the throng that crowds th lewalh f??r tWO successive hours is whor you WOUld commonly designate as "Ameri can." When yon waiKler for a half mil among such an assemblage? it la sliphti; dim? ult to realize that you aie In the dis til?t when some of the eld handmad shoeehops are stin standing and h Main street, the scattered gravea of soi ?h? is of the American War of the ReVOltl tlon O* a recent Baturday afternoon I start? ed forth for a trolley rule up LkWtttne* WSy. Pa.?"-!np mil of the north end of the Boston subway, th. cat in nachtag tin ChsrlrMown bridge skims a section given ov*r ain-ost entirely to Italian and Jereriah ten?ment housei \- ? ire, Charlee? l"wr.. a locatif.' !:- touched wherein the : h still hoi?! reliant sway, the tide of recent Immigration not having made s?** ?ptlMe an effect. Taking ?Broadway m the Chelsea bridge the car. after I The Legendary Nasal Twanf Is Drowned in a Babel of Strange European Tongues. Turnln;* westward at Broadway and T*.'al<<.en street, just before the marshes li aditi^ t?> Lytm are reached, the trol? lt ylsl passe- through several hundred of rardrn farms, the source from ?which Post? n, to-ether with Arlington, I the Danvers an 1 M-rhlehe.ul section, draws its supply r,f vegetables. Here ftom eaily spring until late fall hundreds of [tallan an-1 Jewish women fron the ?oiony doom on Revere street find labor ii the i fidos Thelt principal work is wcedln**, ???I watering, f??r th?-is truck farmers force the soil for all it is ? worth As fast as earlv cr?*ps ?re t*.ke:i t ? market other plants .started i.i the ?green? ', i -ir?- read) >?? bt transplanted by these women. At suc'i A SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT STORE IN JEWISH QUARTER OF BOSTON. > poing through an arfa of Polish and Jev !sh tenement homes, reaches t'hels? Bqtlare. Chelae* is a perfect stronghol of the .lews, hardly one shop or tenemet house ? ut ,.f three but 1? owned by a Je\ l?*sr?j by e J?w or managad t>y ? Jew. Northward beyond Chelae* is Kc.?"e. town which is "famous for affording th Coney It-lan?) phase to Boston. What i known as Revere r? ally comprises sever;i postofflrcs, villages and cross street stor? scattered over a vast area of marsh. Fror Beachmont and the section known as "th ber.ch" It extend? several mi'es inland an? joins Maiden. Several Ch*i??*? ? ???.I?l I ?el town Iraki* it. Along R*t*n stree and the vicinity of ll?vete Beach , is a c??l?>ny that Is estimated to lacrad? ai all-the-year-round population of at leas ?V?'?. Italians and 2.000 Jew-, l'y far th? larg?>st Italian settlement Is adjacent H Boston. They are represented In town ai f ?'. s by an exceptionally bricht young Ital? ian, still In his twenties, an 1 as worthy a citizen as well could be. Many of th?" houses owned by Italians are stylish in exterlcor and even pretentiously furnished. This might seem to some a careless statement, but It is the Ju*t truth, never? theless. Indeed, it may be set down right here that the aim of this article is to pre? sent an impartial statement of the general situation with respect to "the foreigners." The writer happens to have been In a po? sition to make a considerable study of this nuhject. both In the Middle West and the East, and this swift narrative of a thlrty flve-mile trolley ?p!n north of Boston Is presented to let the reader know actuali? ties as the tourist? ',"*i can readily reach them. im ?; the spectacle one of these fields pr septs is a veritable likeness to th<* peasai areas of the l.atin ? ountrles of Kurop They all wear headdresses Bnd shawls < Ca of th? most brilliant ?rlmso pink, sky blue <>r yellow. At evening, wh* th?i throng trudt-e^ back ."long Maid* -' tet, almost every woman carrytag o h?r head a hug- apron-wrapped bundle r green vegetables which she has been si lowed to "take," they certainly are a sjn?? tacle n>t to be forgotten Passing through I.Inden. a charming, il poeoful nook, hidden aa it Is amid th? Baugua ellflfa, are an soon bowling tin ou,,; llapleweod, another sonare, w-i.icb I ClOWdt-d With Jew shoos. Tu? i?- .??ii.-* Mahlen {"unan*. obs? i vatio:? here reve?, l that th?> Bumoroua "soda wat.i" tan-is, fruit i?nd c? nfectloncry sto - an a elus-vety In the hands of Oreeka, the mi__| shots run bj J.jWs and "the foreign**** domlnnnt In the ?entre of mercantile ac lirttlca of Boston's largest suburban city Immediately north. doing up through M'l'ose. you do ?tot see so much of the child from the other dav steerage. V.elrose still hoMa its BSV? eral thousand Of quietly prosperous, con? ventional New Engl?ndern Wakefleid, siso. Daapcaka the beautiful N?*w En.'lan.i pastoral tetreat, although the fnr<-lgn artisan Is liberally represented In Its fur? niture industries. Reading Is almost quaint in Its hldoen rurallty. Andover Is given over to study, and the scholastl?* InAuence is revealed In almost every detail, from the dormitory style academy buildings to the placid decorum of the village shop?. . __ CoatUiued on flftb page? -__4