HOW THEY GUARD THEIR CASH.
Immigrants From Different Countries
Have Different Methods.
Immigrants who pass through the Union depot every day on their way to the Southwest prove to be a continual source of study for the depot attaches. Many of these immigrants are freshly arrived from their foreign homes and understand little if any English. An interpreter is employed by the station company to assist in handling these travelers.
One of the curious precautions of all peoples is that of secreting their money while traveling and any one accustomed to meeting the various nationalities soon learns where to look for their money. Persons of one nationality generally conceal their money bags in similar places.
The women of all nations apparently have adopted the stocking as a safety deposit but eh men vary their modes of carrying their cash. Germans and Greeks ordinarily collect their available cash and place it in a belt worn around the waist. Those of Swedish or Norwegian persuasion use a large leather pocket book, the latter so large that the leather would be sufficient to make a pair of shoes.
To safeguard their treasures the Irish follow a plan similar to the Norwegians except in that the pocketbook is manufactured out of canvas. Italians cram a horn shaped tin tube full of gold and paper money and hang it about their necks by a small chain or cord.
The queerest place for keeping money is that generally used by the Hungarians. The men wear large boots and into the tops they drop their money alongside of a knife, fork and spoon with which all Hungarian immigrants equip themselves before leaving their small country.
