IMMIGRANT STORY

Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.

THE INFORMANT, AN ITALIAN (THIRD GENERATION) TOLD MANY
STORIES AT A NEW YEAR'S PARTY, MANY OF THEM ABOUT
ITALIANS, SUCH AS THIS ONE.
ANGELO WAS SITTING, DISGUSTED, ON A TRAIN. HE HAD BEEN
IN AMERICA A SHORT TIME AND WAS SO DISAPPOINTED, HE HAD
DECIDED TO RETURN TO ITALY. HE FELT EVERY (ONE) IN
THIS COUNTRY WAS WATCHING HIM, TELLING HIM TO DO THIS,
NOT TO DO THAT. WHILE IN THE DINING CAR, A YOUNG LADY
SAT DOWN AT HIS TABLE AND EVENTUALLY, SHE HEARD ANGELO'S
STORY. THE YOUNG LADY, WHO INTRODUCED HERSELF AS
VIRGINIA, WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC. SHE WAS SO MOVED, THAT
SHE INVITED ANGELO TO HER STATEROOM FOR A FEW DRINKS.
AFTER THE DRINKS WERE IMBIBED, ONE THING LED TO
ANOTHER AND ANGELO HAD JUST ABOUT COMPLETED THE TASK
OF SEDUCING THE YOUNG LADY, WHEN A KNOCK CAME AT THE
DOOR AND SOMEONE SHOUTED, "NORFOLK VIRGINIA!" ANGELO
GOT DRESSED AND RETURNED TO ITALY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT