The morning news., 1889-03-10

neers have to suffer. A Jewish girl under
the present state Of affairs loses social caste
with her people by going outside of the
faith. The prejudice is entirely from the
christian toward the Jew. As far as chris
tiaulty is concerned we believe that it was
neces ary for the civilization of the world
and that Christ suffered just as all great
retormers have done before him and since.
b. FierSheim, a wholesale liquor mer-
chant, said: II cannot say how / shall feel
on this subject Of intermarriage when my
little children are grown; at present am
not in favor of it. Our views of family
life are essentially different from those of
christians. The tie between husband and
wife is closer, and the respect from chll-
dren to parents greater When asked for
his views on immortality, he respectfully
referred me to his rabbi, but added that
Jews, as rule, have no definite idea in re-
gard to the subject. They are principally
occupied with this life aud the adaptation OF
Its good things to the general welfare of its
people. While admitting that a religion
pervaded by spirituality was attractive to
the mass of mankind he thought christian
ity rather the outgrowth Of desire rather
than Of Christs ASSUME lotions. He thought
the dividing line which had held the Jew
distinct from the christian arose from big
otry on the one hand and prejudice on
the other. He thought it had lesSened in
the west, but it hardly extended to inter
marriage.
Isaac Bachrach, a wholesale merchant
and man OF wealth in Kansas City, said;
There is not particle OF bitterness on the
part Of the reform Jew toward christians.
am not, however, in favor of intermar-
rlage with christians, because l think ex-
elusive Jews have better ideas Of home
life. Tney marry to agree; divorces are
rare. D. / believe the dividing line will
ever disappear7 Possibly, who can predict
the changes Of hundred years hence, in
the face Of the pastq
NJ. Iuhalske, of st. Louis, expressed him
self very positively on the subject of inter
marriage with christians. lie SAID it had
been tried in hls family with disastrous re-
suits. He could think of no greater misfor-
tune than to have a daughter marry a
christian. He did not believe apostates of
any religion were siucsre and always sus-
pected that there were mercenary reasons
back of the conversions. "Snow ms an
apostate jew" he sald warmly, land | will
sIow you man who uses his religion as a
cloak"
He thought the race feeling which divided
the Jew from the christia1 never stronger
than to-day. He believed it would never
be overcome: while he was himself OF che
most reformed congi egation, there was
something in the te cts Of Judaism which
bound the children of Israel together with
immortality meant the record of our good
deeds in this life. A man who rears a
family of children leaves behind him a
Dame-that is his immortality.
A young lady, a Jewess, who wished her
name withheld expressed her tself plainly:
II am "A years of age and unmarried,
rather an extraordinary thing for a Jewess.
NY reason IS simply this; l am American in
all my tastes and Instincts. Jewish men
seldom marry until late in life aud then
generally choose a young bride. When
was Is | was presented to a wealthy man
past 3d. | was looking out eagrly into
life. | had gone to scuool with christian
girls and was strongly imbued with the
American idea of marrying for love. The
husband my parents chose for me was a
German with all the preiudices of his class.
N father was an orthodox jew who would
rather have had me dead than marry out
Of the faith, SO ] remained single. My pro-
posed husband had squeezed the lemon of
life and was ready to settle down to a COM
monplace domesticitv. | was anxious to
see the world. What happiness could come
of such a union? None. l could not Of
fe7d my parents by marrying against their
faith, so 1 remained single. shall die a
maiden"