UKRAINIANS
MAKING GOOD
IN AMERICA
The Ukrainians m this country an
voracious reader.-' In their homeland
licia. the peasants are so poor that
they can not bus books, papers 01
magazines. Large numbers of then
are illiterate Their foremost desin
upon reaching \merica has been t«
educate themselves Some idea o
their zeal for self-improvement eai
be gathered from the statistics n
rcntly obtained by the Ukrainian Fed
cration regarding their consumptioi
of print paper. Only eight news
papers arc published for the L’eO.OOi
Ukrainians in the United States, am
yet they consume more print pape
than all -of the newspapers publisher
for the L ("in, mm brothers living ii
Galicia.
The first Ukrainian immigration t
America began about thirty year
ago. The immigrants who canie thei
vprc from the Carpathian mountain}
in western Galicia Their home con
dition • had hoen forlorn Tin y wer
farm laborers, and owned prin ti<
n*» land themselves. More than ha.l
ot the arable land in Galicia belong;
tu landlords, main of whom are foi
eign noblemen. The peasants wor
for a pittance and have practical!’
mi chance ol buying, any land In
iheir own <> cupation In fact, thei
-talus ha- not been verv far aLv
serfdom
Hungary Restricted Emigration
In tlie Iasi ten year the Ukrai da
immigration to the imw world ha
assumed large proportions. Ii o
Tied the lllUl’iHUan authoritie
i;i :(ii I ha? in I !•! L’ • migrat hm t mi
( ;.. 1 i I' 1 a In the I ■ bed Slat a "I
bid b n Never-I !ii-1* : kept »»n t
tin- pe 1 ant v elU "V el* Hit" » . •
la Hr. and Ion a 1»i p from llarnbur
- • Rreti" a 1 mails t in men « am
,,i Ha- *1*1 let ’ tin w omen in tin <d
c . mi t . nil ii t In v could make nmr
• 1 a !.1< pro ’• i l"*l for Ill'll 111 fin u
I N ** '•' ..I. «: rie.a amt ’>
(lain . . and m nr nt tin pe • i:!
und* t• ad< tn le mi i be I an li !i ! •
guage.
\n ;imi!: ing fact came t" light dm
ing oiu- of tin- Hungarian elector.!
(imp.line fount Aponyi. in th
course ot a speaking tour, was sein'd
ub'd to nudre-; tin* townspeople ii
elm of tin village- in tin* Carpathians
I bit w hen be re • hod t In- town h
was irritated to find that very few n
the people could speak or under-tarn
Hunaarian After impiirv from som
of bis party leaders in the distric
he found that most of them emil
speak and under-rand Knglish ver
W(dl So he made the best of a bin
business and delivered bis politica
speech to the crowd in Knglish ii:
stead of in bis native tongue
Engage in Many Businesses
The first Ukrainians to arrive in
America took tip their homes in the
mining districts of Pennsylvania.
They were not onlv uneducated, hut
(hey had never had a chance to learn
any skilled trade. Naturally the mi
skilled nectlpat ions offered them their
only means of livelihood. They he
^ came day laborers, miners and fac
tory hands In the bigger «-ities they
found a variety of odd jobs to do.
Tiler*- is one business in which 1 *
Ukrainians arc- almost as den ely
represented as the (Ireeks are in the
'confectionery trade window-wash
ieg The Window Washers’ Union in
• New York is made tip almost entirely
, ; of Ukrainians. In Boston many of
them work in restaurants In TV
i ; troit they have become skilled me
c ha nles.
A distinctive feature of Ukrainian
1 life* in th<* various settlements is the
"Narodny Dim," or "People’s House.'
• This unique institution is a real com
• infinity center a club, co-operative
society, school and forum combined
The oldest and most prosperous “Pco
1 pie's House" was established in Mo
nessen. Pa., a foundry town, about six
) I years ago. There are now twelve of
i j the centers, located in different cities
j A description of the* one in Newark.
. N J.. gives an adequate idea of all
-of them, for they are much alike.
A Ukrainian Community Center
In Newark the Ukrainians bought
i two small houses, formerly dwelling
houses, in tie- heart of the for.ei it
. district, at Beacon street and Spring
field avenue In these they installed
• | a grocery, a butcher shop and a re
,- j t an ran t. Over the- door they hung
i a sign which read. "The Ukrainian
Workers' Uo-operative Society On
l an upper floor they took out parti
'lion- am! made* a large hall where
the\ hold meeting three or four
1 'time; a week Scum- of their gather
■ jugs are r >r hu -inc - uurpoe-. ;-mie
are politic al. and nine are lit era r\
’ \ • oft ell • I , , ibl*\ ogee nr t w ir» a
' w e,-kf they ha-. |e, tup- If h <r-I
to Pud c uomHt 1"- : r to • ipply f be
! dej|> it’d Tll'-V ’ HI! ]• - ' " l'< -'ll e\ i ■ r >
,,i :. |,itrt a -1 n mom \. hi f or'
! hilo'.»j h> mi j ( n t• u t le -
- h; • etu cr’- and - h« > 1 -iimitm
1 Th.- \ .*■!. g-ic.p intend to !ci\ ■
• t !>■ • d le ... ad ■]. jj,g 11),- n: her two.
and c-nlar if m* .'inn- ha’! t , .
. enntnodafe He ■ . >n * ds
I > )]'. ! ■ : . ira'n • - t hat t !»*■
[' k r.t ini::’. a ; 1 h i < < > i i: t ! ' It \ • * na-.
*o ta\. in-t' id • liein-a mere bird
1,. ;<:e. i tin keen intere-t they
la,a in the* “people's House and
1 Hie efi.arts they arc* makitm t" insure
• tin- ; er maiienc e of tin- movement In
nearly every Ukrainian settlement
i money is being collected today for the
•pp r o: .-I! nf these- institution
Tim Ul.T-atnian federation, the na
f t - •. r i-wide in -ani/.ai ion <»l fin Ukraitt
1 ran- in the* Unieel State- i- com
• posed of all the principal local sod
» dies and clubs, including tin* "Peo
j i l. ' I louse Parle tlii • month
He l-'c ch-rat ion will hold a nation..!
! (invention, probably in Washington.
1 which will be attended by del gates
from every part of the country This
will b» the second general convention
in In- held The first one met about
three years tiRO in New York. At
present the federation has affiliations
with about 5<m local societies
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AMERICANS ARE VERY
POPULAR AMONG USE
TROOPS OF THE ALLIES
A number of interesting stories
from the French ami It iliati fronts
have jut hern brought hack to this
count i> t»> Professor S.* II Clark,
head ot the department of public
peaking of the I’nivenity of chi
tago. who has been for several
months in the war zone
While lie was on the French front
Professor Clark had occasion to visit
twelve wounded Berman pri. oners.
They had been fairly well fed. it ap
peared. hut they wen thoroughly war
weary \ few were rather defiant
and confident of victory. Put most of
them wanted peace The spirit of
the majority of them was well ex
pressed by a t:: year old prisoner from
Saxony, who. though Prussian in s>ni
pathy. said 'I don’t care if Met/ lias
fallen, or Berlin. I've been away
from my family for three years We
want peace, only peace."
Professor Clark also tell of the
great popularity of tin* \meri< an sol
diet* in Fram . and Italy The ital
i,m- are • pccially grateful for tin*
work of tin* Y. M (' A One Italian
private in tin* front line tnalns
■along tile Adige aid to him "Your
YMi'A, sietior' (and In* pronounced
i i ‘ j m I. a ' "your Y M <' \ i tin lied
< To n! tin heart' " \l't**r talking
j with Italian and French soldiers.
Proi'c~snr Clark decided that i* \*. e
: live up to otn* tenth of what tin pal
| i.m and French think of *■ 1 • hall
have aci om|dished tin* greatest work
of tin* age
♦
HIS WAY.
I n«\< r pay old
debts.
H ■' \v a b o u t
year new ones?
I let them get
old.
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WANTED—Rr»sx".ur«.rt or chamber
mai l v "’I; by worn; *} Apply
♦
Yout • i ited Con pound and
stigmai. *<•:■-• replaced See Os
borne.
ci ;ji
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