Deseret Evening News | 1890-09-06 | Page 6 | Are They Armenians?

Are Ther Armenians? Last evening, a dark-complexioned, poorly clad woman carrying a baby on her back, was seen exhibiting exhibit-ing a monkey on Main Street, ask-lng ask-lng jossers-by for money. A little further down a boy in company -with a little sister led another monkey mon-key and begged for money. The two, no doubt, belonged to the woman wo-man afore mentioned, and it fa probable prob-able that tho pater fomilias was canvassing can-vassing anotbtr part of the city with a third monkey. Judging from the complexion of thu (ivople and from other circumstance?, Die reporter took them to be some of the Armenian emigrant tbat about a year ago came over to America. Many of thess oriental visitors store up hundreds of dollars but go round IiKeb-ggar and finally compel the Turkish consuls to send them home at the expense of tho government. This was one of tho reasons why the Sultan prohibited emigration from Lebanon last year.