. Christian herald and signs of our times . rform laborin the United States. 19. The immigrantscondition of health, mentally and physically,and whether deformed or crippled; arid if so,from what cause. Last year, immigrants camethrough Ellis Island. They were fromAustria, Hungary, Germany. Italy. Rus- large building and led to the pen, a gen-eral reception hall, which is a floor divid-ed in compartments by slight wooden par-titions. From the various compartments,each different nationality is led by a pas-sage-way to the desks of the recordingclerks, when they are required to answerthe
. Christian herald and signs of our times . rform laborin the United States. 19. The immigrantscondition of health, mentally and physically,and whether deformed or crippled; arid if so,from what cause. Last year, immigrants camethrough Ellis Island. They were fromAustria, Hungary, Germany. Italy. Rus- large building and led to the pen, a gen-eral reception hall, which is a floor divid-ed in compartments by slight wooden par-titions. From the various compartments,each different nationality is led by a pas-sage-way to the desks of the recordingclerks, when they are required to answerthe nineteen questions we have alreadymentioned. If the answers are satisfactory,they are allowed to pass the desk and pro-ceed to the railroad ticket-room, the dining-room or to the boat for New York City. One of our illustrations shows the mainhall with at least a thousand immi-grants waiting to be admitted to the United States. There are sometimes severalthousand on the floor at once representinga score of nationalities and all in their pe-.
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