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THE WHY OF THE GYPSY l> . * - t~ Strange Race That follows the Bent ; * of Its Choltfe. . TRUE TO BLOOD AND TRADITION , ; < ; J Peculiar People .Have Roamed the .. Earth for .at Least One Thousapd Years, and Have Hejd on .to Their Own Manners and .Customs Without . Ever'Forgetting Anything or LearnW: AnythlnaJ. Haskin.. : . v The Illness' of a Gypsy king in Detroit a few days ago, which is .said to have endangered the succession in a fafnous Gypjsy dynasty, was widely noticed: in. the papers and called public attention '4o that' strange race of nomads who-live all over the modern -world, and yet are not In the least a part of it. In facC-Their camps, 'which at this time of the year are beginning to appear along the roads all over the i United States, with their queer tents and painted wagons, their swarthy women in gaudy^silks, seem ns.out of place among the neat American farms and homes as would an orchard growing among daisies. -The Gypsies are unique among peoples in having roanied all over five i continents without a country of their own or any other unifying influence and yet they haye ;Kept intact their language, their customs and ways of ' living, and, their racial purity. On the nature of that race science has r.eceptr ly shed a good deal of light. The Gypsies are no longer thought to have come from Egypt, as their name would imply, but are known to be derived, from northern India. Both their language and their racial type are said to relate them unmistakably to the Hindoos. . The mystery about them is what caused a large section of a race to suddenly ajlopt a nomadic life, and what enables it to continue this life in all parts of the woild fpr centuries . without loss of racial .identity. For the / Gypsies began to wander in the 10th century, moving from_their home probably in a. body which broke up into smaller and smaller subdivisions and gradually scattered to all parts of the world. They were probably driven out of India by the hordes of Genghis Khan. There is nothing remarkable about the start of this migration. History is full of similar ones. But usually the migrants have settled again at the first favorable opportunity and ' have been largely absorbed by the population about them. Only the Gypsies have kept moving, and have remained unchanged. The iews of course offer the nearest thing to a parallel, but the Jews have attached themselves to various countries, adopting their languages and customs, playing an important part in the making of civilization. The Gypsy adopts nothing and remains as completely outside of civilization as the rabbits and birds. A Race of Nomads. It is plain the secret of Gypsy nature is in the love of wandering, which scientists call the nomadic impulse. This component of human nature has been scientifically studied, by Davenport. -He decides that the nomoriir? imnnlsp is native to ail human nature, but has be.en largely inhabited in most individuals because of the necessities of civilized existence. Most of us some time In youth have dreamed of long and adventurous journeyings, and a good many of us have yielded to the temptation at some time or other, if the delinquency amounted, to no more than playing hookey from school. Many persons keep this desire all of their lives, even though they never yield to it Some cannot resist ' it, and these become tramps, itinerant, peddlers, explorers, globe trotters, or whatever else their abilities and opportunities enable them to become. There ore few of us, even those most rooted , In habit and settled, who cannot feel the romantic appeal of a free roaming life. The Gypsies, then, are a race of men who embody this characteristic of all men most intensely. Think of a Gypsy as a person ideation of your own love of change and adventure, your hatred of routine and monotony, the wandering dreams of your youth which you never had. the chance or the courage to fulfill, and you will understand . him better. The Gypsies might perhaps be explained by the fact that a part of a j-ace or tribe had to migrate in that far-away day, and that all of those in whom the nomadic impulse was strongest naturally volunteered to go. Perhaps circumstances made it impossible for them to settle anywhere as a whole, and so they kept moving, the less strong and adventurous dropping out one by one. until only a band of hardy, born wanderers remained. The fact that the Gypsy personifies the vagabond and the nomad in all of us doubtless explains the different accounts of him that you get. By most respectable people he is regard* ed as a cheat, a thief, a kidnapper, and a bad follow generally. On the other hand, many distinguished persons. of whom George Borrow, the English author, is the most famous, have learned the Gypsy languuge and lived among the Gypsies, and these without exception testify to the sincerity, kindness and hospitality of the road people, and to their great capacity for friendship. Why Gypsies Are Not liked. No doubt there is the instinctive antagonism between respectable set* tied life and the life of the Gypsy; but possibly it is not too much to imagine that respectable settled life is achieved only by repressing and conquering the nomadic impulse the Gypsy represents, t The farmer, plodding through his daily t routine, perhaps sees. in the Gypsy, without, being exactly aware of the .The Gypsies who come to this coun I selected case. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon William E. Mikell, dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Dr. George Walker, of Johns Hopskins university, one of the country's leading physicians and a native of Yorkville, S. C., and Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, of the United States army. I Of the degrees conferred this year thirty-seven received the degree of bachelor of arts, thirteen the degree of bachelor of science, fifteen the degree of master of arts, eight the degree of civil engineer and forty-six the degree of bachelor of laws. This is the largest class to be graduated from the university, the largest increase being in the law school. Embarrassing Silence.?The unsophisticated young clergyman essayed to break the embarrassing silence that had fallen between his fair partner and himself. "Er?have you ever noticed," he began, "how opposed to modern ideas or politeness is the wording of the tenth commu ndment? I mean the part which says 'And thy nui.nservant, and thy maidservant, and the stranger within 'thy gates.' The guest, you notice, comes after the maidservant." He waited hopefully for the reply which should open up further conversation between litem. j The fair one was slightly bored. Her answer came in a perfectly modulated voice. "No, I had not noticed it until you spoke, but it is as true today as it was then, lie usually is af> ter the maidservant." And even longer and more embarrassing silence followed. Doctor or uaw.s .-Urcyioe wmiexbu v.. | -Native of YorkviMe^ The on$ hundred and -sixteenth com- l mencement of the University of South Carolina held in Columbia last Wednesday, was featured by the address to the graduates by Thomas Walter Bickett, of Raleigh, N. C., former governor of North Carolina, .who advocated cultivation of the "Mass Conscience" and Federal laws to prevent both the lockout and the walkout In industrial establishments. There were 119 young men and women who received degrees. Lucius Cuthbert Johnson, of Wagener, was the law class orator, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Oruydon, of Columbia, spoke on "A Blot on the Escutcheon." David Jamison Jenkins, of Anderson, had as his subject "The True Ideal of Education," and William Henry Thomas, of Columbia, was the valedictorian. D. J. Jenkins, of Anderson, was awarded the W. T. C. Bates medal for the best essay written udring the session. Fitzhugh McMaster of Coiumbia, making the presentation. T. W. Keitt, of Newberry, a relative of Miss Anna M. Keitt, the donator of the Keitt medal, of Newberry, presented this trophy offered this year for the first time to the best essay written during the sesdent body, Frank Kelly, of Union, being the winner. Prof. Yates Snowden made the presentation of the Philo Sherman Benet medal to J. L. Flemming, of Langford. | while Dean J". N. Frierson, of the law school, presented W. D. Robinson, Jr., of Columbia, with the Thomas H. Peeples medal, for the best argument on a try from Ireland and England, on the fact, his own other self, the self that he has had to fight?the self that led him to play .hookey at school, and tempted him to go to sea, and even now causes him to leaye plowing for .fishing once in a whjle. His attitude .toward this self, an incarnate in the Gypsy, is one of mingled envy and antagonism. He despises the Gypsy and still he hangs around the .Gypsy tent and has his fortune told and swaps horses and loses money on the trade. Needless to" say, some .of the Gypsies have earned -their bad names. The Gypsies .from the south of Europe are .usually the dirtiest, the most inclined to .pilfer and cheat?.though none of them are to be trusted in a horse trade, other ha,nd, pre joften well-to-do,- and their .traveling homes are remarkably clean and comfortable. There are .411 grades" of Gypsy as of other society. ?onte of vthe better class Gypsies o\yn nomes and farm9 where they spend a part of<the year, going on the road perhaps only in summer. These usu-' ally send their children to school a part of the time. Theft Is a colony of Gypsies In Washington, who ride about Ln nutpmobiles and seem always to have plenty of money. Gne :t^ie .men of this .group was arrested by the Washington pollqe on .the charge that he had no .visible means.of support, and he proved in police court that he had invisible mean.s to the extent of $100,000 in a Washington bank. Some few of these well-to-do and educated Gypsies are said to desert the road life entirely and settle into profession or traces. But even these feel the call of -the road at times and wander surreptitiously. Those who have studied the Gypsies closely are all of the opinion that they should be tolerated and allowed to live "their free and easy lives as long as they refrain from, actual crime. They say the Gypsy stands for something va.lua.ble that the rest of the race is rapidly losing under the.influence of civilization?for. the primitive spontaneous love and understanding of nature as distinguished from our highly artificial admiration of sunsets and moonrises, for the joys of .change and freedom. It is well that the Gypsy wagon should .rattle past .our doors once in a while. Maybe it will .only make us feel snug and superior in our neat little painted houses, our neat little lives and habit and work. But maybe it will make us reflect that there are other things in life.than dollars and duties and routines?things that a Gypsy knows. UNIVERSITY CLOSES YEAR. - ' J {AMD A DECORATION General Tyson Urges the Deserts of Col. T. B. Spratt. FORT MILL OFFICER PEERLESS SOLDIER .Was Responsible for Much of the Splendid Initiative of -the Regiment Which Broke the Hitherto Impregn able Hindenburg Line. * Fort Mill Times. Praising.,unstintedly the "exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service in ,tiie .World >var" of Col. T. B. Snratt of Fort Mill, former lieutenant colonel of the 118th regiment, 30th division, Brig. Gen. Lawrence D. yyson, 59th brigade, 30th division, recommends in a. recent letter to the war department that Col. Spratt be awarded the distinguished service medal. Much of the credit for the .gallant record of the 118th regimen* is attributed by Gen. Tyson to the work of ,Col. Spratt, who "wa^s the-mainstay of his immediate commanding officer in the preliminary battles of the Hindenburg line" and on September 29, 1918", when .the 30th division plowed (its way with shot and shell through that series of Germa.n forts, hitherto considered impregnable. " During these battles," says Gen. Tyson, in his letter recommending the decoration for .Col. Spratt, "the 118th regiment fought as galiantly,!. believe, as any regiment fought at any time In France and this regiment bears the distinction of having won five of the 78 medals of honor won .by the whole American army during the World war." It is a source of great pride to ron Mill people that two of the five congressional medals of honor .W^n by the 118th regiment were awarded members of the Port Mill company, Lieut. James C. Dozier and Sergt. Thomas L. Hall, who lost his life in action a few hours after performing the heroic act for which the medal was posthumously I awarded him. Tuesday the .following copy of the letter of Gen. Tyson to the war department was received by The Times. Accompanying the copy of the letter is a note in which Gen. Tyson says, "I wish the people of South Carolina to understand, what my opinion of the 118th infantry* and .Col. T. E. Spratt is." The letter in full follows: "I recommend that Lieut. Col. Thos. B. Spratt, 118th infantry, A. E. P., be awarded the distinguished service medal for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service in the World war. Col. Spratt was second in command of the 118th infantry from Its formation at Camp Sevier in October 1917, until December 1918, at which time ne .was oraerea <.<j mc u..uvU States for promotion in recognition of his conspicuous services. Col. Spratt aided greatly in 1 he training of the Goodrich 30x3i \ llSaS anti-skid safety tread \ Goodrich 3( 1. One quality 2. Extra size 3. Specially desi{ 4. cAnti-skid 5. ftf/r price them into cold water oerore removing the skins afterward. wiiiip One Year, by mail ; ;?3.00 Six Months by-Maif ...? . ;. -1,75 One Year by Carrier L ? 3.50 Six Months by Carijiir....... , 2.00 iGT{Extra postage ior..djBlivery .by VilIarge Letter Carried, one,cent a copy. Papers delivered at?the postofflce to be called for by subscriber/ without extra charge for postage.* }-;>/. ? ! Three or more ohrfilal subscriptions returned and paid'forat.one time, $2.fi0 each by mall, pr 53.00 if .delivered by | carrier. .j< < ' > ' t* . [states and in France. | "The 118th infantry did glorious and idistinguished service in the YpresjCanal sector from July to September, j 1918 and later in the great offensive In |the Somme from September to Novem!ber, 1918. "Col. Spratt was the mainstay of his immediate commanding officer in J the preliminary battles of the Hindentburg line in front of Eellicourt and Nauroy, September 24-27, when his regiment took over the sector assigned to the 30th division, and did conspicuous service in straightening the line before the great battle of the Hindenburg line on September 29, 1918. He also distinguished himself on the 8th, 9th and 10th of October, when he ma- I tcrially aided, by his advice and counsel and soldierly conduct, in the capture of the towns of Montbrehain. Brancourt and Vaux-Andigny, where his regiment greatly distinguished itself and where the Germans .were driven back and routed, great numbers of them being captured and killed, but at the expense of a great many of our l>nin?r 1/illnri find WOimded. UWil iliV.ll Ubiuo _ __ _ "Later Col. Spratt distinguished himself on the 17th, 18th and 19th of October, when the Germans'were driven across the Selle river, great numbers of them being killed and captured. "Col. Spratt .deserves especial commendation and reward for his services because much of the initla.tiye and success of his regiment >vas due to him, Col. Wolfe at that time in command of the regiment, being sick or indisposed on several occasions during these hard-fought battles and Col. Spratt then being charged with the command of the regiment. "During these battles the 118th infantry fought as gallantly, I believe, as any regiment fought at the time in France, and this regiment bears the distinction of having won five of the-78 medals of honor won by the whole American army during the world war. "1 have always felt that the 118th infantry would never have attained its great success had it not been for the initiative, devotion to duty and invaluable aid of Col. Thomas B. Spratt. "Lawrence D. Tyson. 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