Date:  Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:36:03 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Re: "street arab"



"Street arab" and "street urchin" were used in the 1880s --> for the

kids that were placed on orphan trains from big cities in the East and sent to

rural areas in the Midwest.

                   DMLance