Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04

Master Walter de Rothschild is the
leading performer. The education of
the Jewish youth is conducted with
great care. AT or years of age the
Jewish child begins to learn the Aleph
Beth. As soon as he can read the He
brew text, with the points, the work Of
translation begins. There is no learn.
ing Of grammar. no study of roots or
forms. The melammed, or instructor
teaches the translation ut once. He
pronounces the Hebrew words, explains
their meaning, and repeats given
portion IN this way until the child
knows it, Thus, without lexicon ~.
grammar, the descendant Of Abraham
learns the language of his forefathers
Il IS surprising to see the progress they
make in the course of single wear
When the child can translate tolerablv
well, he commences to read over the
Pentateuch, with the commentary Of
the famous rabbi, Solomon Jarchi.
The melammed repeats the words, Civ
ing the sense as before, and the child.
IN like manner, repeats after him until
his task is learned. When he has mas
tered the Rashi, lie begins the Talmud.
AT first the oral method is used, as be-
fore, but very soon the pupil is left to
shift for hims If, and usually at 10
years of age he is able to make out the
sense. At IL he becomes Bar-mit-rah.
or 'son of the commandment" and is
then responsible for his own sins.
which, up to that time, the father has
borne. He is expected to expound
some difficult passages of the Talmud
publicly IN the synagogue. If child
cannot repeat the kodeSh in the syna-
gogue, the soul of deceased parent is
supposed to remain in purgatory.
There is no danger that this may be
the case VIII II Master Walter Roth
schlld is called upon to go through the
performance. He is already consider
ed an excellent Hebrew scholar.
TO show how important is the event
of the boys becoming son of the
commandment, his father will COM
memorate it by giving to every child
in the jewish free school, Of which he
is president, and of which his son is
nominallya member, refreshments and
theatrical entertainments. Ten tons
of cake and sixty thousand oranges are
said to have been ordered for distribu-
ton among the twenty-five hundred
pupils, boys and girls, of the institution.
The importance of the Bdrmasrch is
derived from n prejudice in the He
brew faith which places man far above
woman. The Jewish prayer book con-
talns the words: BLESSED art thou, o
Lord our God, King of the universe,
who hast not made me woman" The
Rothschilds fully share in the belief Of
thesuperior blessings of male offspring.
Daughters, " Anse,m, the eldest son of
the founder, who had been deprived by
providence of male issue, used to say;
Daughters are dear to my heart but
they cannot be bankers, you know"
There Is an anecdote told of him to
the effect that he offered his wife
million of ilorins if she would present
him with an heir. Liberal as the sum
was" writer remarks, sit does not
seem to have been enough to produce
the desired result"
Ansem took his disappointment good
naturally, remarking that the price of
boy babies must have advanced since
his time, for he would have been will
ing to have been born for half the
money.
When he appointed his nephew,
Mayer, Charles, his successor at Frank
fort, he took the young man in his arms
saying: "Much as love you. should
have loved you better had you let me
be your father"
Although two female members of the
Rothschild family have married christ
ians, the Rothschilds have always been
devoted to their theological faith, and
are quite strict in observing the forms
of It synagogue, They are not devoid
of superstition in their creed, believing
that much of their good fortune has
come from their answering fidelity to
Judaism.
Heinrich Heine, when asked why he
had become convert to Christianity,
replied that he did not like to belong to
the same faith as Baron James Roths-
child without being as rich us he; that
he could not be as rich without being
rs stupid, and that no other man could
possibly be.
Last year Lord Rosebery was about
marrying Miss Rothschild. His lord
ships mother is married to the old
fashioned Duke of Cleveland. A friend
congratulated his grace on the intended
marriage of his step-son to Miss Han
nah de Rothschid, and highly praised
the amiability and other accomplish
ments Of the young lady. Yes" said
the old lord of Bard castle, "a vely good
girl | believe, very good girl, and / am
given to understand quite rich. Yes,
am told quite rich" The duke of
Cleveland spoke in good faith. He is
50 wholly wrapped up in his aristocrat-
ic prejudices that the deeds of the no.
blemen of recent creation or the wealth
of financial kings are seldom alluded to
in his presence. He hardly knew who
the Rothschilds were.
OF Course she Failed
30 shes oil brnl, on IN ob0i ropliaI