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id: 27423
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  " Scheikowitz began, when once again a page entered the room, bawling a phonetic imitation of Kapfer''s


id: 14825
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  All | | | | | | Nationalities | 169,954 | 100.0 | 46,310 | 100.0 | 52,886 | 100.0 | | | | | | English


id: 41291
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  THE MAN WITHOUT A FAMILY Life in a men''s co-operative housekeeping establishment is usually more difficult


id: 41291
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  the Report of the Women''s Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Reconstruction on the Domestic Service Problem


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id: 20638
title: From Plotzk to Boston
author: Antin, Mary
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  thing and person slept, forgetful for a time of joys, sorrows, hopes, At half past twelve o''clock the train came to a stop before a large frightened faces, another man, a doctor, as we soon knew, came in the father of the little family went at once to the only good man on remember that another day--so-o-o long--passed behind the mist, and we All day long we travelled in the same train, sleeping, resting, eating, place where only that house was to be seen; our things were taken away, time he kept a distance from those passengers who came from Russia, all carried on long journeys in uncomfortable things--like this? the arrival of fresh passengers a great one which happened every day; We passed in and a great many things were done to our tickets before we became too great for us to see the dear little friends, though it was


id: 28693
title: Tales of the Fish Patrol
author: London, Jack
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  time the salmon boat had collected its twelve prisoners and came Several days passed after the visit of Big Alec, during which Charley had passed; "we can wait some slack water till Big Alec has run his line and returned ashore, we went out in the salmon boat. "A good catch, I guess," Charley said, pointing to the heaps of oysters, Mr. Taft''s beds were three miles away, and for a long time we rowed "I''ve always heard that Greeks don''t like Italians," Charley laughed, We in the salmon boat, sailing close on the wind, tacked about and "Keep going, Charley, one time more," I said. it," as Charley said, while it took up all our time and prevented us "Well, Charley," Neil Partington said, as we discussed it on the wharf Yet Charley was sailing our boat as finely and "Slack away the sheet," Charley commanded; and as our boat fell off


id: 23264
title: The Settlers at Home
author: Martineau, Harriet
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  "Mildred," said Oliver, "I wish you would finish the cabbages. "What Mildred will say, I don''t know," said Ailwin. "Cannot we take care of her here till father comes home?" said Oliver, hedge into the carr,--"do you know, Mildred," said Oliver, "I think "If one could think how to feed these poor animals," said Oliver,--"and "I thought I heard a child crying a great way off," said Mildred, "Oh, I am so glad you are safe, Roger!" said Oliver. sister''s hands were in, for Roger''s sake; but Mildred pulled away her "No need, Oliver dear!" said Ailwin again. the moment she heard from Oliver that Roger was coming. Oliver knew what Mildred was thinking of when he said,-"Leave Roger to me," said Oliver, feeling secretly some of his sister''s Mildred to go home to Ailwin, and to ask Roger to come to him in the "Don''t be afraid, Roger," said Oliver.


id: 27423
title: Elkan Lubliner, American
author: Glass, Montague
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  first place, Polatkin, I ain''t said I am going to send him money, "I got a _krank_ right here," Elkan replied, placing his hand on his "I wanted to tell him something lots of times already," Elkan said "But, Mr. Lapin," Elkan said, "that ain''t no way for a buyer of a big "It ain''t got nothing to do with it," Elkan said, "but it shows that a "Did you got your lunch on the train, Elkan?" Scheikowitz said; "_Aber_, Elkan," Scheikowitz said, "this here Fischko ain''t a _Shadchen_ "Mr. Polatkin," Elkan said, "shake hands with Mr. Kapfer." "I ain''t asking you about Miss Maslik at all," Elkan said. "_Stiegen_, Max," said Elkan, moving away, "you got too much to say for "You ain''t acquainted with Mrs. Lubliner?" Elkan said. "Then you must got to come right along with us," Elkan said, "and we''ll


id: 29257
title: The Book of Khalid
author: Rihani, Ameen Fares
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  air, a few hours before they enter the harbour of New York, Khalid sees her, and Shakib swears that he saw a tear in Khalid''s eye as he Yes, the strenuous spirit is a long time dead in Khalid. truth, O Khalid," he writes, "better remain a stranger to it all thy Are we then to look upon Khalid as having come out of that Office with And is not Khalid, like his spiritual Mother, floundering, too, in the "Not long after we had rejoined our people," he writes, "Khalid comes The Padre is received by Khalid''s mother who takes his hand, kisses however, that Khalid comes to church on that fatal day, takes the heart, ''Khalid is no more.'' It was the first time in my life that I But Khalid would like to know why Najib, on coming into his tent in But Khalid would like to know--and


id: 14825
title: Our Foreigners: A Chronicle of Americans in the Making
author: Orth, Samuel Peter
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  immigrants all persons who came to the United States after the economic life long before the great Irish and German immigrations, immigrants were counted who merely landed in New York and proceeded foundations of a new and free Germany in the great North American The greatest quarrels of these German immigrants with American ways After 1870 a great change came over the German immigration. 250,630 German immigrants entered the United States. total number of white persons of foreign stock in the United States is great numbers of French Canadians in the factory towns of New England. but who did not take as readily to American ways as the German Jew. Most of the Jews from Hungary remained in New York, although Chicago immigrant admission into the United States.[52] The law excludes all accounts of the coming of immigrants, from the year of American New York (State), Germans in, 14;


id: 17841
title: The Old Flute-Player: A Romance of To-day
author: Dazey, Charles Turner
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  the big orchestras came to the little theatre, heard the old man''s "Yes, I know he does," said Mrs. Vanderlyn, a little shocked by his "Little M''riarrr is against your laws?" said Anna, much surprised. "Leave our address for Herr Vanderlyn?" said Kreutzer, who had been Down in the new tenement Anna and her little slave, M''riar, worked Monday afternoons there was no music at the beer-garden and Mrs. Vanderlyn gave Anna, also, that time to herself so they had these Anna Kreutzer, daughter of the beer-garden flute-player, to marry an eh, Anna?" said the old man after they had greeted one another The old flute-player looked down upon his lovely daughter as, sobbing, "Ah, Madame; I know," said the old man. "Anna, you love this man--Herr Vanderlyn?" "Mother," said John Vanderlyn, not viciously, but, still, a little A little too much love for an old man and his daughter,


id: 4376
title: Sowing Seeds in Danny
author: McClung, Nellie L.
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  PEARL WATSON--an imaginative, clever little girl, twelve years old, did you see the little snow-birds, whirling by like brown leaves?" Mrs. Francis asked with an air of great childishness. done, he looked up with his sweet little smile, and said to Mrs. Francis nodding his head. Pearl Watson was like the rugged little anemone, the wind flower that Pearl sat like a graven image while Mrs. Francis conscientiously tried to stir up in her the seeds of right "Ask Camilla," Mrs. Watson said, somewhat alarmed at these hygienic "Please ma''am," Pearl said, addressing Mrs. White, "Jimmy and me "Well," Pearl began, "ye know I wash Mrs. Evans''s dishes every day, and Mrs. Motherwell stopped pumping for a minute and looked at Pearl. "Keep away from the stove, Tom," Mrs. Motherwell said, trembling. "What is it, Pearl?" Mrs. Motherwell said coming into the room, having


id: 7793
title: Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
author: Andersen Nexø, Martin
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  "Good day, comrade!" said Pelle. Pelle opened his green chest and took out his work-day trousers. "Come with us, Pelle," said Hanne, and she laid her hand invitingly on "It''s just as forest-like here as in my young days!" said the old woman. On the days when Pelle worked at home little Marie was in high spirits. "Poor little girl!" said Pelle, stroking her hair. "She stopped crying when I took her the money," said Pelle, when he came "You''ve had a very bad time," said Pelle, and he took his hand. "We want to make life just a little happier," said Pelle quietly. "But are we going on like this all our lives?" said Pelle, holding her "What!" said Pelle, laughing, "doesn''t Young Lasse like the ''Ark''? "Now you look like a real grocer!" said Pelle, laughing. But he''s always like that," she said, turning to Pelle. "Like a working-man, eh?" said Pelle, smiling.


id: 7794
title: Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 04
author: Andersen Nexø, Martin
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  Pelle did not like Ellen going on with all this dirty work; he wanted to "I''m looking forward tremendously to reading your books," said Pelle this time!" he said as he pressed Pelle''s hand. days," said Pelle, nodding; "it wouldn''t happen like that now." "That''s just the sort of house you''d like," said Ellen, for Pelle had "If only they''d come forward and do work!" said Pelle. our father!" they said; and Pelle and Ellen were like two young people She loves him!" said Ellen one day to Pelle, and "Pelle, how busy you are!" said Ellen, when he came home. "Do you know," said Ellen, turning to Brun, "Pelle thinks it''s the bad "No, no, Pelle!" said Ellen. "Now I think you should leave off work for to-day," said Pelle. "It''s a good thing we got you to bed in time," said Ellen.


id: 10025
title: Gaslight Sonatas
author: Hurst, Fannie
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  "If you wasn''t a classy-looking kind of boy, Jimmie, that a fly girl like I know it''s common for a girl to--to come to a fellow like this, "I know I got a big job, Jimmie, but I want to make a man out of you, "I''d like to know who can lay his hands on the exemption of a little wife "It''s a shame, let me tell you, that a woman like Mrs. Kaufman can''t see the door right in Mrs. Katz''s face when six times a day she orders towels "Baby, ain''t you ashamed like it makes any difference how a good man fine girls what you meet down by Atlantic City if it ain''t that a man like A girl like me ''ain''t got the right to complain to no man, just like beginnin'' to-night I could sit here and look right into the time


id: 7090
title: The Little Immigrant
author: Stern, Eva
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  girls were opening the gate of Renestine''s sister''s home. "Has Miss Renestine come home?" bring him to you?" Renestine looked up and found a friend speaking to Mother and good sister, for the little home in the Rhine village where and, after seeing Renestine with friends, he said good-night and left. Jaffray was some years older than Renestine and was aware that TWO years went by and Renestine had been the bride of Jaffray Starr In a few weeks Jaffray and Renestine were together Jaffray and Renestine took out the books, dusted them and Renestine was the mother now of three little daughters. Jaffray, for he had found his first little house too small for his his wife came to live with Renestine and Jaffray, and afterwards one or were the favorites of the community and Jaffray and Renestine went So it was that Renestine, the little immigrant girl, became a


id: 7791
title: Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
author: Andersen Nexø, Martin
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  Stone Farm, which for the future was to be Lasse and Pelle''s home, When Lasse and Pelle came to Stone Farm, the older cottagers still went round to kill the farm pupil; and the look in the old man''s "Oh, was it you?" said Pelle, moving a little away from him. "Pelle''ll be going to school soon," said Lasse reflectively. She felt Lasse''s and Pelle''s hands for a long time with her soft "It''s Lasse and Pelle," said the old man, trying to wipe his face. strangely, Pelle thought; he was like Father Lasse when everything he said when the boy came in from school; and then Pelle had to "Yes, times are hard!" said Lasse, and went round to look at the But one day when Pelle came stealing home in this way, Lasse "It''s a good thing you came," said Pelle, as they drove up to the


id: 7792
title: Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
author: Andersen Nexø, Martin
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  "Where is Father Lasse?" said Pelle; he had a lump in his throat "Yes, because Bjerregrav follows only poor people," said Jeppe, got a piece of lung again," he said, and showed Pelle, who stood at another six months," said the master eagerly, and he looked at Pelle, over the whole wide world, so that Pelle at times felt like falling Pelle goes right up to the "Great Power." The "strong man" is the course be the farm Pelle was looking for--Father Lasse had a proper "Pelle, open the door quick!" said the master. "That''s master''s money," said Pelle, with averted face. "Look, father," said Pelle suddenly, "there''s a theater here now, "Pelle, you devil''s imp," he said, as he came home, "I''ve been "I''ve got to go to the town hall," said Pelle. "What the devil is it?" said Master Andres, looking at Pelle


id: 37774
author: More, Hannah
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  distress in the objects of their bounty, bear in mind, that if these men doctrine which some men have hitherto had the good nature to believe. good men were of opinion it ought not to be made familiar to the minds A love of liberty, generous in its principle, inclines some good men excited in that country, is destructive of all true happiness, and no least may be safely asserted, that the great truths of religion were Let us in this yet happy country, learn at least one great and important human heart, without RELIGION. solid peace to their native country, when light and order shall spring thousand priests_, of a nation habitually her enemy, and of a religion principles of every country into which they are carrying their least to extract personal benefit from national calamity; let every one as the French nation are instituting; before a race of men can be

title:
  Considerations on Religion and Public Education With remarks on the speech of M. Dupont delivered in the National Convention of France, together with an address to the ladies, &c. of Great Britain and Ireland


id: 41291
title: New Homes for Old
author: Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston
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  of Homes and Family Life of Studies in Methods of Americanization. This discussion of the family problems of the foreign-born groups in Questionnaires were sent to case-work agencies dealing with family Work with Families and Home Service Bureaus of various Red Cross the home has created entirely new problems in the family life. And the women in the foreign-born groups come from the country, the women of the foreign-born groups who have worked their way through are the United States Children''s Bureau, carried on at the Chicago School the use of case-work agencies in the care of dependent families,[41] Another specialized agency for work with the foreign-born groups is meet the needs of women in the foreign-born groups and of material The case-work agencies in some cities with large foreign-born relationship between the case-work agency and the immigrant family. American Association for Social Work with Families, and the National


id: 50470
title: The Long Journey
author: Singmaster, Elsie
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  A woman with a baby in her arms bade John Conrad look and see how his Conrad still had a little store of German gulden, long hoarded against "We thought George Reimer was our last friend," said John Conrad. "We will have to wait awhile, probably, for ships," said John Conrad to John Conrad Weiser, his friend, looked at each other. "Will our new home be near these kind Indians?" asked Conrad, trembling. To the eyes of Conrad and Peter the ship Lyon looked enormous as Presently John Conrad''s watchful eyes saw a new expression in the eyes "Courage!" said John Conrad a dozen times a day, to himself, as well as John Conrad stood silently, his older children close to him and little John Conrad saw the house and the people and the strange "Now," said John Conrad, "it is our land, indeed." journey," said John Conrad.


id: 42672
title: The wanderings and fortunes of some German emigrants
author: Gerstäcker, Friedrich
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  and better house; and the brewer, the little tailor, the shoemaker, and place for a settlement, and had made the acquaintance of a certain Dr. Normann, who promised to lend him a helping hand, as he had already, like wildfire through the little town, and scarce had he time to "I should like to lie down on the bare boards," said the brewer, looking "My good people," said the Pastor Hehrmann, interrupting them, "no "But, my good people," said the little fellow, dolefully, "why, it must "No, my dear Bertha," said the doctor, seizing her hand, which she, "Hardly so soon," said Werner, incredulously; "but time will show; from "Look ye, Helldorf," said young Schwarz, smiling, as he laid his hand on "Wolfgang!" said Dr. Normann, who now heard his name for the first time, "Oh, yes," said Bertha, "I look forward with pleasure to the little


id: 45530
title: The Secret of Steeple Rocks
author: Grove, Harriet Pyne
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  "Look, Dal," suddenly Leslie said in a low voice, and Dalton turned to "I don''t like to hear you speak in that way, Leslie," said Beth, with But like Peggy, Dalton was not feeling "so good." He had fairly thought "I know that Dal does not like Mr. Ives, from something he said; but why shouldn''t he like Peggy?" "These are Beth''s ''Cathedral Rocks,''" Leslie replied to Peggy. In response to Leslie''s exclamation over the number of boats, Peggy said Of the girls Leslie was Peggy''s favorite, but Sarita had no reason to be Leslie and Sarita wondered what Peggy''s real name might be, if Mr. Ives Sarita said; but Leslie thought that there was always a point to Peggy''s "Let Leslie look first," she said, as Sarita Peggy was so funny as she said this that Leslie and Sarita both laughed, "Dalton just loves this," said Leslie, "but look, Beth, here comes Mr. Tudor."


id: 57471
title: A Settler''s 35 Years'' Experience in Victoria, Australia And how £6 8s. became £8,000
author: Hulme, E. (Edward)
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  When living in the "Old Land," over 35 years since, I belonged to a at departing from the good "Old Land." Hitherto, we had borne up well wind and dust storm on the day we landed, and the place looked very Home"--about a mile and a quarter from the landing place, leaving this new and good land, hoped to be known simply as a christian, and "Wesleyan home." On the second day after landing I got work, digging purchased land some thirty miles from the diggings, and started About this time (1865) the Government passed a new Land Act, opening So myself and two eldest sons started to make a home on the land. small wages, but at the same time he was getting good experience with for nearly 25 years on the farm up to this time, 1891. Of course, to get this good land requires some capital, but the


id: 60099
title: Cecilia of the Pink Roses
author: Haviland-Taylor, Katharine
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  After he had gone Cecilia had looked around and said, "Oh, dear--Oh, "Little Celie," said Father McGowan, "I want to tell you things and I "I want to tell you," said Father McGowan, looking hard at the brick, "Cecilia Madden, dear," said Father McGowan. "Saint Cecilia!" said Father McGowan in a low voice, and then he She gave Cecilia a guilty look, then said: "This way. "You see, Father McGowan-dear," said Cecilia, "it was not just their "_Oh_," said Cecilia, "oh!" She smiled up into Father McGowan''s "John dear!" said Cecilia. "Cecilia," said Father McGowan, "this world is full of hurts. "Cecilia," said Father McGowan, "sometimes love "Cecilia Evangeline," said Father McGowan, "dear child!" "Cecilia," said John, "I wish you''d come in." He was by the door of "John dear," said Cecilia, "_are_ you sick?" "He is going to be a good man, Cecilia," said Stuyvesant.


id: 60145
title: The Conquest of a Continent; or, The Expansion of Races in America
author: Grant, Madison
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  In the days of our fathers the white population of the United States State fell behind Virginia in rate of increase of white population. immigrant population of New England was composed of a small group of The Indian population of New England though never great was largely As noted, New York State at the time of the Revolution was still was true in Iowa nearly up to the time of the Civil War. The ebb and flow of population in these States was so rapid as to make a large element of the population of the subsequent United States as population of the United States, the old American stock is now reduced The State began to attract Italians just before the World War. The British element is important, while Galveston has long been largely half of its population is of the old American stock, but the State is


