. Book of the Royal blue . es besides. Vast quantities of soft drinksare consumed, but foods new to them areapproached with caution, and only pur-chased by the most adventurous. Many ofthe immigrants are musical. Accordionsare requisitioned and the songs of theirnative land are played. Sometimes a groupof Swiss mountaineers will break into the diltirult to guess their from theirdress alone. The total absence of hats isconspicuous, for the women all wear hand-kerchiefs, generally of gaudy colors andoften of silk. Now and then can be seenshort skirts and boots to the knees, but them
. Book of the Royal blue . es besides. Vast quantities of soft drinksare consumed, but foods new to them areapproached with caution, and only pur-chased by the most adventurous. Many ofthe immigrants are musical. Accordionsare requisitioned and the songs of theirnative land are played. Sometimes a groupof Swiss mountaineers will break into the diltirult to guess their from theirdress alone. The total absence of hats isconspicuous, for the women all wear hand-kerchiefs, generally of gaudy colors andoften of silk. Now and then can be seenshort skirts and boots to the knees, but them;(unty have no striking mode of is their faces, their gestures and their talkthat go to make the picture, as a whole, sointeresting. There are several missionariesstationed at the ]>ier who help the immi-grants in many ways : they give out bookletscontaining good advice, and instructions ft>rtheir best welfare. They refer them, ifthey are interested, to the minister in the AMERICAS LARGEST IMMIGRANT SHOWING THE SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PIER.
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