The Jewish advance., 1879-11-21

Bar Nj4roh boy how be has read
portion of the pen'atcuch in Hebrew
and has delivered an able oration y;
how his parents wept for emotion, and
his grand-aunt,nearly tainted away, so
overcome was she at the exhibition Of
her grand nephew talents. The thing
is in reality quite different For six
months or more the boy has studied two
or three verses of Hebrew recitation,
the meaning of which even his teacher
did not exactly know.k A prayer or an
address in English, concocted by the
identical teacher, has likewise been
hammered into the boy head This he
has performed before the congregation
parrot-like. And the sglowing account
Of his attainments has been put into the
Banjo for the sake oflein Gesch@ftchen
NIT dem heJen Heyrg4H.
Mr. Kartoffelschal shas been unfor
tunate in business. lie has tried, tried
again and-failed. Thrown upon his
last resources, he is reminded that he is
an Israelite, that he can read some Of
the Hebrew prayers, and that he has
once made speech iii his lodge. He
goes to work and utilities these last re-
sources He becomesYa cantor, is do
ing in teaching little, in preaching
at times, makes himseH popular with
few old ladies, and gets the influence of
their husbands and friqnds, and behold
him figuring in the pres as Rev. Dr.
As such, Of course, Ne must be re-
spected. He is admire even by some
of the old ladies who lie his nice man
ners, by one or two oil men who feel
edited by his trendelel Nu,s. e., the old
style modulation of voice at the
recitation of prayers. Ieis getting on
nicely his praises areasounded in the
papers.
Sd mar elm arlner 8luder,
6att faum bas Brob,
Oa nur6e ieb ein W v N Assssss 4 4: Z,
stuu bat es teine =
Thus he has made dsn GeschGftc1lea
nat dem lieben Herrgot.
Mr.. Hutzeldich was an apprentice Of
a poor tailor at home. lie had no talent
for the art and was keltat patching
up to his eighteenth 4ear of age. He
is of rather sulky DISPOSITION, and in
his youth he was not lively enough to
go out and have some frolic with . the
boys" His only recrettion consisted of
attending services atMthe synagogue.
His regularity at theIservices caused
the old men of his natife place to think
we'll of him. He was cRnsidered quiet,
inoffensive youth.
But the storm of thd time has blown
Mr.. Hutzeldich to America and the
breezes of chance havawafted him into
opulence. He is a WEALTHY man now.
But the inoffensive ykuth" has been
turned into demagogJe with dictator
ial proclivities. Mr.. 4utzeldich leads
his congregation the waH he likes. He
is Indifferent to the demands of the
time the services of ah efficient min
lister are of no value tol him; he fights
against every beneficial measure which
the better thinking anR more enlight-
ened members of his congregation en-
deavor to introduce. All he wants, and
desires others to be satisfied with, is
gabbling his prayers. Thus he makes
his Geschgftchen NIT dem lieGen Herr
gott.
Do you know Mr.. Stossbock He is
very enlightened man. He does not
want to hear anything about religious
matter, and considers Everything per-
tanning to religion humbug. He will
laugh in your face and tell you that you
are behind your time" if you tell him
that you read Jewish journal or that
you take any interest in the synagogue.
He does not give his children any reli-
gious instruction because he does not
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