THE CHAYT FAMILY HISTORY BOOK

Welcome to America

Jules Chayt Writes;

Now we come to America. In September, 1923, we arrive on the ``S.S. Paris'' in the City of New York, Pier #57, on the Hudson River. We cannot get off because the ship is quarantined; somebody on the ship has a communicable disease, and the ship has to be decontaminated. We moved to another ship on the other side of the Pier and we wait a few days. Then they sail us on a ferry to Ellis Island for clearance, as we already had been vaccinated and immunized in France, we breezed right thorough and back to the Mainland.

WELCOME TO THE U.S.A. Zaida, who was a good provider, had secured a seven-room apartment in a beautiful area called Coney Island, a famous beach resort for middle class people. This apartment had a private bathroom, running water and a large kitchen, four bedrooms, living and dining room, also a porch on the outside.* ``We went out on the porch and saw the world.'' The seashore was two blocks away, a clean beach and a wide boardwalk. This was paradise. We registered in Public School #80, where we were put in a foreign class to learn English.
		Zaida and Bubba in New York

* Compare this to the apartment on Rue de la Mare in Paris with an outhouse toilet, water hauled from the courtyard and only later - electricity, one electric bulb in the kitchen - all described in detail in the previous section "Life in Paris." (Or follow this link to compare all of the Chayt family domiciles we have recorded descriptions of.)

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