The daily gazette., 1879-02-17

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I - Yields Of Acttutty.
Says the Chicago Times The latest
claim made on behalf OF the jews IL that
! Wilhelmj Ia of their race. This makes
! four of the best violin players of the
world--some will say the very beet-de-
cendants of Abraham:-Vieuxtem
! Wieniawski, Joachim and Wilhelmj-
f, Three OF these have played to American
audiences, and fOurth-Joachim--ha
become known 70 those who had not
heard of him before through having the
degree ofDoctor Of NJ usic conferred upon
him recently with great ceremony by
She Un versits ofOxford. To the Jewish
1 race belongs also Lichienburg. The outh-
full promising violin player, whom Theo-
dore Thomas introduced to public notice
last season. kubinstein, the Russian
pianist and composer, Goldmark, the
composer of"Sak tlntala" and other works
| of the highest rank, are jews, and so are
Strauss and Offenbach. Lucca is a Pol
ish Jewess, and Patti IL also claimed AZ
/ one Of the race. This Is certainly a
pretty good showing for the chosen peo-
pie. whose numbers In Europe and Ame-
rica do not exceed one in q hundred AZ
compared with the other populations.
All of the American operatic manag-
s-Strak osch, Grau and o ttz k-a @
Of Hebrew origin, Maretzek name hav-
Ing been Meyer Itzig; and DIR. Leopold
Damrosch ans CarlO.rg, the successor
ofTheodore Thomas, are narshaled In
,, the same host. Wagner, the musical
! genius of Bayreuth, persists in saying
that there is no true music in the Jewish
soul, but he has among his followers and
| admirers many Jews who subscribe lib
orally In aid Of his musical projects and
pardon his invectives in view of his
achievements Thnsa vphn huo
his praises he probably credits with bet
ter taste than most of their brethren, and
doubtless views them as exceptional
cases.
II is interesting TO note what part the
Jews have been playing in other fields
The best sculptor In Russia, IL not the
| only one Of any consequence, was an ig-
norant boy, and Is the son of Polish
jews. He is pronounced true genius,
and Is the pride of Russian art.
The frst actress OF France, Sarah
Bernhardt, a Jewess, like Rachel, her
great predecessor, and like Januschek X
and M Modjeska, two of the most admired
players Of our day; Gambetta, the pre-.
server of the French republic: Lasker,
the leader Of the liberals IN the German
Parliament, and their be.t orator, and
Beaconsfield, the Prime Minister of
England, we're born Of Jewish parents,
anu Sastelar, the eloquent Spanish
statesman, is said to be of Jewish ex-
traction. Cremieux, the leading lawyer
OF France, and now, or lately, Minister
OF Justice; Judah p. Benjami d, ,forme,ly ly
one of the leaders of the Southern Con-
federacy, and now pronounced by Pro-
fessor Dwight the foremost lawyer of
England, and Sir George Jessel, one of
the most eminent of English Judges,
were born and reared a. jews Many Of
the most influential Journalists of &c. :
many and some of its first scholars be-
long to the long proscrl bed race, and it
Is the jews who practically control the
newspaper press not only of Vienna, but
also of Rome, where until within a few
years the Ghetto still existed.
Among the note worthy men of Ameri-
ca few are to be counted of ths Hebrew
origin, although they appear creditably
IN all departments of activity; but this is
not strange in view of the fact that, with
the exception ofthe small body known
as Portugue Jews, nearly all oft the race
that are OF mature years, are immigrants
from the continent of Europe. and are
unable to use English rs n native Ian
guage. Nevertheless, Wi coHsin has had
IA Jewish Governor, and the Federal
Senate an able Jewish member in judah
+. benjamin. Whether the opinion that
the jews have shown themselves as a
gifted race lie correct or not, II certainly
cannot bc denied that they have conri-
buted their quota to the famous perso l.
ayes OF the prose mt day.