The Immigrant in St. Louis, a Survey. Page 16

?. sent for them, to make the last few years of their lives brighter; brothers and sisters, looking for the older brothers and sisters, who have sent them passage money; friends, looking for the renewal of ties which were formed when they were little children together.? Exploitation: The sight of such happy reunions is touching, but far more potent is its significance of the crisis in a human life is the arrival of the stranger whose friends have failed to meet them, or who comes alone and friendless to this big city. The responsibility of railroad or station officials once over, the man or woman is thrown into the complexities of American urban life with a rapidity that is almost certain to be demoralizing. The very gates through which the immigrant passes when coming from the train are attractive places for operations of questionable character. Here, the person who is out for that kind of business, may easily find a ?load,? as it is called, that will keep him for a few days, until he succeeds in locating another victim. Market Street is lined with sharpers? stalls, and the man in search of lodgings, or the girls looking for work, invariably runs the gauntlet of these pitfalls. Tr

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