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A-ai^r* ? **._r ????-? ?- _^^^^^^ \m*%***maaWA^^A\*****a************************aiAaaaawm ._? - ??. p In New York Is a City Set ApartWhere LiveJews Who Know No Yiddish ^-_ V-be Chim/0 Co/y&e- Ho-Ltsa o/ t*he HtW "*YorK. CotoW cy* Oriettt^l JeWs. Some o/7 It'gj P^ti*or)5, ^-wiog TufK-ish Jev^s, a^rtv They Come Here from Oriental Lands and Speak a Hodgepodge of Spanish, Greek, Turkish and Arabic?They Are in Very Slight Touch Usually with Their New Environment, Retaining the Customs and Modes of Life of Their Birthplaces. GD ? " Ihe i man) a Weatern city llve In the led pari ol Manhat "bul th. activltl" i ntervala? ? and thal ? ? ? ? ntelllglble, for they. th Turktah or Arablc or 1 Th< - ol 1(1} . with a ilation througho it th ,.f -???.. tl iiiiuin noi nany of thei Tl f. a i.k.- ex. epl tl >1 the .. -i \ Lall !"..? III rai taa Wrltten Kngllsh i- u and i ? oaatderoble num? ber ai .!l.lil\ II f. meaaa of comn .... ? ,,. g. excepl Rlvington or llouston ai ,i you wlll ren - < in bla bei k j.-ii.ii i bod). hut lacklng a har atae < atln I nlng - r th. ? . id ii i mlna faee In the II out - ni lt i ;?..,..- foi ??> RId, .-..,.1 to bi ? ...an| l< uion or ptepberry t. n fi om the 1 '????? rown, lik. ? a ? Hoa .-.ni,'. EARLY JEWISH IMMIGRANTS. ? i om tbt 0 ? i ou tln.' He .o-1 lle ta b n pri aenti I of tbe l it. si oddltloni to x> w I Hi .5! a Tll Ji a ..f ' h< Bpa ? .i more ?. ? -i tu th< aai lieal Jea tah Immigratlon Into N a 1'ork than any Jewa who have ; |t CO mon lha an l flftj Walk along <'hi > -? ... \,, m :? of tha -ti- ? ? you tiiai t. tt a ol of "La A be weckly "Oriental Bpantah->Jearlah Journol." si.-n i buj a . opy. Thi ?-<iitor will < n aatlcall) tell ln Bngllah hoa bll l ii ii- almoel ti,? ..r-i> prlnted motter many -.i I Jewi ..r able to i ad. if yea <-an .,<? 4-i|.h. i Hebrea charactera you wlll ilie eover on glenclng ol thi paper whj i.ii..- all Jewlah pubneatlona, to ? and tba Bnrt la laai Begl nlng, then. \\ it ii the flral \a I pagi .... qulckly dl.-iov.-r that Wbll. 'th. hand i.- tbe hand .,...? ,it ? fainiliar. hai Um worda are n-.t the Fiddlah a o ommon on lh< i".st Bl .? v..u can late 11,. n. after a faablon, hoa ,i yov '?? accjuainted witi. tbe Bpantah loagai Thoi ta the haala of the potyglol loaguag* .-t a largi proportlon of tha 4_lrl. i.tal .J.-w.-. CentlntM on down tbe atreet, nti'l na 1'., i ... antll you aome to No. '7>; .. numbi' of young men atttlng in irom .,i ti.. Ms platg gin.ss artndoa i,. ai :, in Kngl rorda ' Inti tloiUtl K- -la.iianl A < af?-. ClgOfl -fc Tuii.-h Cigarettee, Oiiehtol Meeta I <?,,,. ii. i..< b eharactera >i. i ia.. in<ai- to ba koaher. "loteraatloaal' a^en.i-: rotber a i<U' word t.? u*. ... th fronl "i ?< reatai rant a cb ue euolea the apaee <?f a glngle Btere ,f tbe ?1?< t) pe "ii thi ground . ... It B aald to - aUng pi ic* * "i- i rrient?1 Ji a -, . ? : ? : ,,i on* "f ihe narrow t..i:.- and i u ,-. th i" ? ta privati b* \- rai ii, pri i \ - , . ., - tii. room la wMe o..lei th> raoal lllumlnated part of the eafe. lt ro 1 t "f the great whv doa an pla) uj on Ita ra Two m* H a:e Bl BtOd BbOUt it ur.tii.- ? ' I ?' *;' ,,r i,,, ?.????: i -., e . . ..i ii reatauranta and :ati "i "f from ..-, it the hlnd :i game v, Rb Bt* i -? .' <--_ A T-uf Kish Jew W1.o Will Stoititv "^ou-r Sliocs For TVo a looka like .. backgammon i?u.<i l r_la la i-ani t" bi otM of the m* tboda "f k .1 has been reported thal worklngman" ln two daya loat 112,000 bj gambltng In the eoffei b* Perhapa, when yan kaow more aboul the j poverty ?.f the Oriental Jewa in Nea York yoa wlll conatder thi- itatemenl aa one i" i" tak'ii with tha proverbaal grain Of xa't. Thi eoffe* i ppeara from aomedarh plaee [ln the rear. v'>i. pa) youi nlekal an.i l.mk aicillid for tha 'I'-am and BUgBI There B nothhtg alaa upon tha table ea* cepl tha cup and aaucei contalnlni ih* . -i bt?nd ?>i tb* '.- veragn. ?, oa B U ii. ii be - be* n twat " ?i d, v.iii tak>- no cream ? Ith lt I mm a to a baaarntoli fa on th" t"i' Perhapa Um proprletor i-ite noimi to t:.ik with you. ii- B aaaong the comparatlvety feu Ortental Jewa who been In ihh country long enough t" i. ome acqualnti d arlth _ngllah, or to '"<? come a ot??i ii He aooma t" be mora aoeiabla, franker, lesa auaploioui than hB Pollah ca*relbja lo*j?ata A'?< srdlng t' repcrt?, he B i o h oa indlvidualtotic and leaa ambitloua f... learnlng "Vou lika the Turkleh oo-oeT" he aatu ln Englleh, n po48aaaaea qualltlei1 thal you l|ke,.eo .,., 11!.- "Yea," altbougfa it \t so h"t lt *-=? "***Q48fc^ rnlag your longufl In a wo) that wlll noi bo forgotten for aeverol houra. "Too a Brltlal ? thi nexi ojm tlon, "No, an \i.n-. i.-an." "Shai... hondi. ' la i;" nexp i ted i?? aponse. "I om an A nertceo dttaea, too, be contlnuea oa t..- reecbea l.l- hand acroe* tba toble, Bvldently Amerlcan .n laanahlp B appreclated by hlm. "Hoa lotiK have you been ln Amerli iT" "Thlrteen yeara. and ? cttlxan dtght." ii>- a?t^ aa if he waa dellghtod ot eatar* t.ilnini; a BBtive \m?ruan, and WbOO >'ou leave Mr, i.<-v>. for thoi i* hla naaw. jbMta you goodby wlth a imlla Hla ap pooronce woui.i noi i>.t.i you t>. auepeci blm of being a J. a Ha la untlke tbe uaual i-im Mda Jew. Hls i..nn boad, oar* row fece, thln, itraight'bolred muetacbi aad ileader, ?,r-. bulM oll aiiggtii lha | ?oetern Ifedlterroneoa type, On yooi way out of thi- TurklHh OOffoe 00000 on Ai... ii.-an -..di \i, ,i not* I.- ? al tha young bmo. There gw m to be no old Baea la Ihla nelghborhood rou would j not reoognlae them ai Jewa, atther, for they, lUt* tla ,fO|N i' t'.r. ai'- oi 11 dlffei I i-i.t type from lhat to whleh you are ae oueiomodi ti,. ., foeea baor rooamblaac* I to th<- national type* of tl..- OQUlBlItll from whleh they ccbbq, Pa.-slns down '"hryatie ctreot and tuin liuj io tho lafl upon l?elancey stre*L you TV>e Ob-rv^tie. St-re,et Hoiiie. o/ lh& 0r)1y . .,!,.? to i bi !? i. a .th protected b) an i'.'n fi ln* wall te lha i>..' t, al Inti ? r,. i i ., iii,.. ,.f boothB i | : i oai 0 I ? in, ti \\:.. ii you learn thal foi a diln* i- '"? - ? "t- | -ai wondi r, nol ? ,.i-,'. >-., iiiai 11> managa lo thrlve upon 11,, pi,,., i .i- ol ao amaII an ? rea, i? ?.t boa ..iild ? fou !>? rfni m a in. .tal < aleu . latlon ami di-<"\ri thal In orak r lo havi ,. . , ? . rj a day ll ry te on* hundred r !l ? ? ! ?? Vl ' lowtng flvi .i.ii' iti i". ? ach ? i . onaumed In ai i ual labor Ii (lv< hun drc ' n ,1 uti m ? Ii il and one-thlrd houra, Of ? ourai. the eoal "t th? blai k ur; .-iii.i i he weai and u?r on Ihe bi uaheg Iiovi io b* Bred Boreover, no one .... : . , ontln iou i fou feel lempti <i lo go Into one of the aide atreeta folloa - oil your ah.i, nol .. dlffl* . uii thlng lo 'i" i" ..H Ba I Btdc Bri i I and retura for anoth* r bj tha nexl In tha line. Th* at bootblaeka are all Orten* : | .l'V, . .md al the noon h-ur ". "t. a before th* hollday are almoal i on? llnuoualy buaj Th* n i "u go down Into Ihe arcade ealli d aii. r atrael aad atop In freni af .. hu1M? Ing oeeupted b) a klrnone factory. The two proprietora and an alari young n pri - antatlva Oreek Jewa si|"? rea through the Bre atory bulktlng where naere lhan [one hundre.i raung rden and women ara employad ai t?ahJan khnearoa aklrta aad aprona Ton ara a llttto aarprlaed al the aaneral rlaanllnaaa and ilghtneeg thal preveJl. harlng Bnterad nnd.. lha Imprea -i,n thal the plaee nalghl br a grlmy aaraai ahep Tbera B aa eraarding of ma chlnery. The power is f_ratobed hy elee* irleiti and tha faa batta are all eavatad. An Btovatar traj_t*orta rea freaa Baar to floor. On aaa ran Bnd ;t dlgalBed Baaa arlth araj beaurd, wearing a hi.uk faa an.i i.MikiiiK rery much HBa b grand rtotojr ar a BMtropolitaa art the Oreek Church, al tbe rery Baat, aa be Bto beblnd hia pIB of kimoiio.-s arlth diKt.itied. yat genlal countenanea Tha aaraara are all Oreek Jewa ni.tivr- of ;i plaaa Bean whleh Ufaa -,r the MM Jewteh Inhahttanto hav. iaat* gratad to thB aaantry. The alerl raanig aalearnan reniarha ha exaeflenl Bngitoh thal he B laiilag aa rnaaj *>f his fi-iioa cfiintrymin natuialit.-d r*s posslble and thal ao f.n more than l*M have becoroe dta "i ,.-, a Republican naturolly," he aaya, i we ara aii solog lo rotg for lUMoa* .. " Thi Orl niaal Jewi Mea \'ork. of whom there ai aboai etghi thouaand, ?-.'? cordlng lo ??> io. .-ni aurvey, ocvupj a pe* rullai poeitlon. Phej ara Beperptad from ih.-ii ...-r.ii; loni.-t.s. noi only becauaethey -.. an entlrel) dlfferenl language, bat '???au-. tha) ar. Bephordlm, a.- diMln .. froni tahkenaitm, tbe former ba. ?-, d< icendanta ..f ti-.- Portugueee .,i..i Bpanlah Jewa and the latter theQer. man, Pollah and i.iri-ian Jowm Tha so phardlm pronobnc* Hebrew dlfferently, , . -..i... contend, more aceurotely, than l ? A nk.-i a/ln. anl IhOTl la a BMgtll "II \ rgence In tba rituol. Boelal dlatlnctiona IIn tn. peal hav.- aometlmea been ao Kreut ii...i Intenaarrlage Baa ilnteei Impoo. albb Thej .t.- laoloted b) laitgaagg aad 1 retlglea praetlee Tha Bephordlm who came Drai lahed tn Bhai part of thi dl ii,.- Jewa iiv.il, wlth th. id.a of koIhk among them te llye They orere do,.nie,i io dlaoppolntment, for they coaM ool oa? derataad lha tengui of theti oo-rellglon> letJ Tha Hpanlsii bogla ,,t thotr lanKiiax.-. bowever, Rtted them fer oobm dggraa of . ...iiinuni. atiun arith th.- Italtaai, Tho Turktah lewa ara eegetarlaaa to a ?reat .1- degrea than their co*reUgtoaleta from Caatral Borepe. They oln are mosob tOOMd to OOlag OUvg oll |0 thetl <ook)p*. Th. cholCO of a lo.atlon WBg OlOO llmltod b) an, th. r < on.sld-ral,on. They re.|ulred Ko.sh.-i moat. Hat theeg n-uaotm tho nclgbbothood grbtcb they rhone for tbelr eolooy i- boundod by Itallaag gad Phllob an,, Ruaalan Jowa. Owtag, bowever to thoi, Uagaal and aodal l.-olatlon. thr i.v 0f Amerlcanizatlon la somewhat alow, althoufh they m.p.-ar to i.e gaxtoaa for iiitlurallzutloii oa aOOB a. the law wlll permit The promptngaa with wh>h .vome of tho Turhlob ^Ji-ws Ho+k dtUenshtp ls illua trated la*thg eaaa ..r .?,, :,lun S|tting ln a harh.r ..hop In Ihe fhrystle btreet eolony ..f TurklBh Jews who talked wlth a rep raaentattrva of The Triuuno of his ex perlenea in becomlng natarailged, ita ro* oalled thg day df th.- month of the year on whleh ho land. d Hu aon had been hera .. yaar. Toavthor. on the followlng t'aj- th?.v vialted thg na'uraUxatlon olllce OrietfteWl Jewisb Types o-n the ?<%st Si^et^ ? al ho mii-r.i n.iko hit* do.-Iar.i u ntloa, tha eoa baelas l ?. oct ti..- i ?? rloog ? whole routlm ta Bai >i cleorly in hla n Ha remembera t i ? oaa to whleh i" lan gnewera. Five yeara gftoromrd * i I . ha toob the aocond step. follow tnu one* naora tn the potli trod B(.n tho year before Thi everi i araa cleariy Impreeeed upoi hla n Ho ro,-aiio.i how bta ??' ?tber dtlien with ohon ; had bet m ai Quolated a moatfa after ho laadad wani with him ae wttneaoea and loar h teM ic muat a aH .. month i ? ?? inee ho bad known one of t'aa wltn ond eleiei aionfh*), tbe law requlrlng a coatlnue i im .... Tha bobi month he went ogala Thla time hl raad waa a gucaaaaful ooe Then f.i lowed ln dtn courae th* exomlnetlon In courl He g I ? ? ? lueotle a hl< h waa pui te '"tn ond ea< inewer whleh n. made. Ai laai ttv axamlner aald "There ia no objectlon." and hg waa adopted Into thi dtlaeaahlp of thi country. WThlch redtol ?imy |t*r< .. ii- w polnt of i lea ragarding tb?? rere. moay of th?- odoptkm of ollena lato i u .-itizenahtp. the Impreaaloa n makag upon t,..- nea i ittn n ind tb< manner ln w it aboold be coadueted Thg North Amerlcan Chrtc Loof a boi t to brias the Orloatal Jeara Into eleeer oontacl wlth thdr Americen en vlronment ond racentl) completed a atud] i ,,i them wttb tha klea ol mohlog Aaaei - oona better ecojaalnted wlth thla Uttle I ethoologtcal lolaad lo tha nr.-at polyglot] Bgg of New York. FUGITIVES from spain. W'hon 1-Vrdiiiari.l an.I laabello OCdi rad lha Jeara oui <?f rfpam in IfH many weat in., Pcrtugal, aad aMghtly mera tbaa m -.. .:s ago found th.-ir woy to th. geJoay eetoMtabed .t the meuth <>r th.- Hodaoa Rlver, Thej erere permltted t-> eettlehen att..- thej ..ad uudertoheo tn provtde oraong thenuelvea for lha noeda of oay of their povert) atriehea oaea Peecead* anti Of tho.-^o ggfllerg ar?- .-llll tl be fou.ii.1 ln tl.N ?-lt\ a largi proportlea of theae Jeara, bow? ever, aeeurad >.f a welcotne te tho iitt.. man Rmplre, *al iMtal ad themaelvea thi r< an.i i.uiit up eommualtteo, la wht.-i. th* Bpanleh longuoga was apehaa. AceerdBig to ..ni' atadOBl Of .iewl.h lypOg and thir orlgta, "Ti.o trodltlonal BemJUc boBBty, Whleh ln wi.mon often BgOBBlOg an fx Qutalte noi.iiity, i?4 geaerally found gagoag theee J.v.. . . . lt appoar. that la a I dltlon tO tho delleoey and the strlklni; aymmetry of the feoturag whlcb aro often m.'l wlth. It is ulao tho brttlloat, radlant o\r* arhlcb glvea theae Bephordlm th.-ir repatatlOB foi beaitehlag degonce ond , hnrin Tho Spanish and An<laluolan wegBoa org aald i.y aooM t<> .n.- thdr ohonaa io th.-.>. boautlful ayea, arhlcb ow aiie/t.-.i to bava thdr ortgtn In tha smuii quantttlea ..f Bamllhi blood whlcb Bowa in thoir vdne, . . . ObI) very raroly B to l.e Meon g BpOBlgh .low dlsplaylnat a Ber Vtle or rrlnultiK attttude ln tho preaomo of gopadoro, aa la often to bg gaaa omoog OOfBiaa and I'.-llah JOWO, The Sephai.lltn are very PTOUd, and their .-ona.- Of dlgBlty moBlfaotg itKoif aven in thdr iIiom.m and depertment, to whleh they pay acrupaloaa attentton, Theee trait*. whleh they a? qulred whllo lldog f.>r eoatuiiea aaaaag tho CoatUlaaa, baea heoa tranomlttod t.. thoir deecendanta of to-doy. , . ? Kem braadl baa patated thla type of j.w-b tx elodvaly, Hg tael theea la ABmtaraoaa, where mnny Mttlod aftt-r their expulslon from Si'iiin an.i pprtBgal/.' Thlg arrtter |.4ilnts out that tlw Hephardlm have taken on many ol "th,- Bomotoleglcal tralta of the 1*0001 and pgoplOg OIBOBg whom they llve.'' Owtaf to thg b*ab of oppertualtlgo for tdu.atlon. thg JgWg in the- Ottonmii l.m pire hav* not rlpga ihkIi Ib tiu goelal aeote, belBg tallom. ahOegBOhOfO, carp.n tera, baggage porter.. IIbIi pedlers, l.arge 1111*11, rag podlera nnd sueh llke. Th.-y follow the Oriental inmtoin Of Bleeplng on plllona and rlothB fpTOOd OB the lloor. lt B aoly by means of the Ineome dorlved from lodaers that they are able to pay the rontala asked for the wretch.-d houHei. whleh are avallalde for their use. OwlnK to the lack of faelllties for learning iho laiiKiiage of the country. the deacendanta of tjie BpBBteh Jews who rniKr.it. d to Tur Bey have llttle accjualntanoe aith the Tur? ktah tongue. hut rely upon the corrupt Hpanlah. Their italOOt la alyled Ladlno, or Judea-Hpaniah. belag a mlxture of Spantab. Turklsh and H?brew Their lg. ability to rea.) and wrtte the TurkBt, MP _? _ggi baa baaa a bar ta their or<r-re?.? in the ?lii ea life af Tarfc* r. la bbbb part f Mi i adoafaa and ? Itallan are apokea, bul I ? I Pfepari f tbe O ?:?! Jewa rel - ? toa v number of jm- of b_ka onta .lolned the foti - T ? ItJO I lul H.imid. and u la aald 'hat one>ejuarter of I di i - from BatM h b ? I Coaatanttn* | threaiemanl of thal pot i ri Jawi In the teet " uaent there were aevena i rewlah ,].?;. gatea POLITICAL DISAPPOINTEES. s, . -"' . "? ? ? Amerlca twenty yeara ara> pered They wer* onl] a faa in Buarta, howerer Binigral numl?-r- dld ' ' Bl I II tll ':'",r ,rV .Isbaa nt of .1 , ..natltnti- ra! c hl ?**? Poverti-, a_aappolntment ai th* Bek ef politleal reeogi the Vouag TBrl party. the adoptlon ??' - n !a i*& and dtotuti ad coyndll Balkea resrn.n h-d them te eonaide Tha fad thal their i aroapered here i irni I ihel '? m in ihi* dliwetlea The -tream i.as centtoael B groar, I v.n ent* i "*; " "? ' ?? jaara arha ha- a kat thai i-raaag tbe) lacea toarard Ih* 11 ? it k) r-ttmated thal ? BBBial Jewa ha Baa ferl ?? P8BI th* .halra-Fianl.-h dtalaet, I " Oraa* antt the r'-malnd.-r Aiabtc and i IdW laa eoloalea tn Beattia L v - Ba laa Fram-is.-o. At.ai.ta. Montgoraery, ai*. ? blcago, Phlladelphto, Al aatlc Ctti and Barttan, N J., ar* inBaalfBaat aa a*a> . aarad ait* that ln thB rftj Taeei ? v.u vork are dlrtded betareea tha BBfl BJde and Karlern, th bara ef B Idowartaara coi->p> llrlng ta lha Bral bounded by Chryatle. ' ?? Houatoa. bp - x ind >'.u-ai atrxw la ? icfl) oa Orc^ra Blvlngtaa and AJloa atreeta The uptown coio. v is aaattered through thi rectaagt bounded by Plral and nfth aveaata aaa 110th and U.'.th jtr-.ts DANGER OF FEW FAMIUE3. An unfortur.ate phaae - l tha On-nt*l IjOWtoh Imm.itiati".. tl mtall numwr . ..f b-Btltoa in the i-aaalea ln Bea k*^ City it is estimated that there are aa more than Bd IBBilllea The UBMBin are men who have left thelr fainflha 88 hind. ar raung uaaaarrled BMa * gaartan which they ara oblkrel B ctapy eenseat Uaually. of three or W ' reoyaM. for whleh the. pay an ?Nfn* of from 116 tO W r.-nt. an Bl^jj* rate. when one r-ousLL rs the ?'"?"" >0f the .piarters md tha BBBaBKaO fn iioi.ment. As th.- Bveraga weekB ?* inga ..f Uhtaa waa arork aprrosimawia? a.nountitiK to a lltth mon- than > n.onth. it is evident that there anaaa. af Bupptonaonrlng the toeaaaa ^^ majerity <>f the nualllra thrrefora,^^ ln reeaaerB. iiioupa af yoBag aaaa _ Ibariag as aaany ?" tm or tw^iv.>. ^^ real two room apartmenU, all >"n ( iiiK towaril the rent The lJtt,r '' k. the oriental custom of aleeplng oa kauar ,-nts apraad on the gger. -N'?l ^ haaaahaapata b>- nature. and vT0 ^ llk- many nmny other men wlMTB '. ^ work B involvad. th- bedd.ng:to<**? alred. the arlndowa are win ' i.pened. UM vr-ntilath... ls t"?"" ?"* , intervuls betw.. n the 8PPh^tJ*** ^ 'broom are w.-eks ln duratton. ' ,"> I their Baeala In the eottoa BHiaaa bbj taaraata, which are tba chlef aoeia tres. At thaaa ptocea thej raaalaawai 1* tti ri- from the Orlent. ?r,t,'lt ??,, Plles. read Um Wgeetly cagar. play ? or gamble. J(1,s I The n.vupation* Bf th? TurBBa^g, litrc- aaean in chBuracter. Thej ? in th.- tsawntawB Bwvlng i-iIU' ,,, aad aboul one hundr.d poBah bB as^ DalBBney and aaarhy atreataat twe a Bhlna Koaa of them has a bsaaai. they are ir4?-.en.lv arre.ted OB tl.io ^ count. Many aro also emi*lo> ?M i ^ eaal laaaaa <*f hotels and reetearaa niuuufa. iur- idgarettea Ib the Betori ^ a well-to-do Turklsh Jewlsh llmv of the Turklsh Jews have aaved a ejj from thelr earnlii?a-'or the) I' for aeaaamlcal an.i aaving-w apa- am* ^ the sal? Bf orlontal goods. and na ( Baadld. The Oreek Jews arv pera r-^ llttle better off tliuiiiciall). for "'? , elthcr been ablt- to orlng BfBthai BB ttoaaasaai oa s4??oa?b pag?.