business, and not one intended to learn any manual trade. Some were going in for music, and occasionally one is found who intends to make his living by art. But above all, the young Jew is ambitious and intends to rise. This is true in all cities. [Sidenote: Worthy Qualities] The strong good qualities of the Jews are absence of the drink evil, love of home, desire to preserve the purity of the family, and remarkable eagerness for self-improvement. They easily adapt themselves to the new environment and assimilate the customs and language of the new country. This leads to the danger of readily falling in with the vices found in the tenement districts--the children showing this in the large numbers of them that appear in the Juvenile Court. The remedy is removal, and this the Jewish parents seek as soon as they are able. [Sidenote: Good Citizens, but Poor Americans] With decent environment and a fair chance, the Russian Jew promises to become a good citizen, intellectually keen, commercially shrewd, professionally bound to shine. But that he will ever, except in rare instances, imbibe the real American spirit or understand the American ideals is a question. At the same time, the Jews are believers in the principle of democracy, and in case of an issue arising on the separation of Church and State, would be found standing with American Protestantism for the religious liberties of the American people. QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER V AIM: TO CONSIDER THE DESIRABILITY OF THE SLAVS AS IMMIGRANTS. I. _The Slavic People as a Whole._ 1. What nationalities are generally included under the term Slavs? Are they numerous in population? Are they strictly of one race? 2. What grounds are there to justify popular prejudice against them? Or to show it to be ill founded? 3. When did they begin to come in large numbers? 4. Where have they largely settled, and with what results? II. _Racial Divisions of the Slavic Immigrants._ 5. What can you tell about the Bohemians, as to their religious history, political sufferings, and coming to America? What are their conditions here? Their accessibility? Their location? 6. Tell about the Poles in the same way. 7. Tell about the Slovaks in the same way. 8. Tell about the Magyars in the same way. 9. Who and what are the Lithuanians? 10. Who and what are the Ruthenians? III. _Slavic Elements of Strength and American Outlook._ 11. Mention some encouraging features with reference to the above-named and other Slavs. 12. * If you had been born a Slav in Europe, would you be likely to prefer America to Europe? Protestantism to Roman Catholicism? The country or the city? IV. _Social, Moral, and Religious Aspects of the Jewish and Slavic Population._ 13. How many Jews are there in New York City? 14. What keeps the new arrivals in the larger cities? 15. Are they religious, quick to learn, temperate?