The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-01
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
rur PAST WEEK IN THE AMERi
CAN METROPOLIS.

,re,, Educational rsir-An About the
,.d,cs-An Interesting Artist-women's
rr,.. Ciub.-The Fan Mania.
Nrw YORK. November 20.-[Special
c',respondence.l On Tuesday OF this
c,t the American Institute building
vfl UNDERGO transformation. An ar
a workmen will take possession
ami prepare 1T for the great event OF
,be wear among the Hebrews OF New
Nort greater even than tie brilliant
p.,im bali. where millions OF dollars
- diamonds are IN sight. and the toilets
tro richest that wealth can afford.
r,. orcasion OF 30 much preparation 10
10 u,brew Educational Fair. which
'.tss Mace from December 9th to 2ist.
~1 ,he proyeeds OF which are 10 be de-
',od 10 the erection OF an educational
.t,tnte. which is TO bo the home
20 the Hebrew FresSchool As
s'ciation. the Young Mems He
49,, Association. the Aguilar Free
,brary. aud cognate societies. la the
',.nacement Of the Fair are associated
,,a,v of the weallhiest and most prom
,~ent Hebrews of the metropolis. which
is,ouivalent to saying that 1t will en-
600 some OF the richest men IN the
i-.if,d States. Among them are ban
millionaire Henry Badge, the
,.-e.i6cnt lof the fair; Abraham de
r,eece famous throughout the coun-
.rrasa successful manager OF charlta-
Dad. enterprises; MessIs. A. +. Hoch-
....der Isaac WallCck. Y. III. Roth
otl1 samuel StiegeI. and William No-
III merchants: Jesse Seligman and
c.muel S.hai2r. bankers; jacob ii.
,,r1iH. also banker and millionaire.
t,,,yn through his manifold charities
49, me American Montehore.' and
others equally prominent and innuen'
tlal.
Asa spectacle alone. the fair prom
..,. to be the iioest effort OF its kind
sver undertaken IN New York. LAVISH
ontla,s have been made Tor decofa'
ems There will be about seventy
stands. or booths, at which the Jichest
U,hrews Of the CITY their wives ana
tapphter- will preside. All the jewish
,,nrrecauons IN the metropolis are
vo,kinr actively for its success. and
.,,cb congregation will have one or
,s,re booths. Gfeeneries Of ferns, or
r6ils. and chrysauthemums. with tall
,ronical plants and thousands OF beds OF
Tune. will make the great building
t,ok like summer paradise. Ii IS es-
,,,,.tei that the total expenses OF the
soir will not fall much short oil SlVO.-
CoD. while the receipts will probably be
nuite double that sum.
As m everything relating to SOCIAL
fs.nlay. The Hebrew ladies will take
..ry promine1t part ia the fair. Mrs
# H. Mos, s. MIS- Henry Bulge. Mrs.
sbofmau. Mrs. Schift. Mrs. iSldore
ct,o.s Mrs. Edward Lauterbach, Mrs.
I.ifore WOrmser, Mrs. Dewitt Seilg-
man. Mrs Robert Ohenbach and many
n,hers will preside at the different
b.otbs. The leading rabbis, Gottheii'
Sflerman. Kohut. MenOles. Harris
Well and KOhler will also actively az,
80 the elanagement. A distinguished
,.,,,e on tie list Of patrOnessesI IS that OF
NJ. A1ua II Louis. the philauthroplst
an5 fo,.uder Of the first Hebrew charity
H.. Nv York. The congregations,
rmanu.eJ Bethel, Ahawath Chesel.
Rtr,i I,shurin. Cnerith Israel, On RAJ
Tefah. Temple lsrael and Temple hodif
S,holem will each have representatives,
an the IL, Of patronesses. Mayor Grant
,vili prc> ,de at the formal OD6 ning cere
monies. ia
There is no capital city in the Vorid
., dav - here the Hebrews are se phe'
non,ina,Iv prosperous as in New YORK
They have broken down all the bar
wiers and their genius has surmounted
every obstacle tnat lay IN Ihe pain 10
prosperity. In finance, in commerce.
I'm manufactures. IN eyere avenue OF
trade and preferment they are In inc
van. They have out~orn tue ola
preiudices. aud Hebrew names pre- now
40 be found even IN the sacrei iists OF
abe Four Hundred. They predominant
La Wall stIeet. and are me Ieadlns
suirtts Ia a majority of the vast enter
urisee that are ilOated there. lhey
nave 500. COO 600 of capital IN the
b,nk. NJ Aew York city alone. and con
trol the Hparcial operations OF the
metropolis. They have completely
fran.formed Broad way. out OF the
ZOO firms doing business between
C.r.l street and Union Square oyer
1850 beins Hebrews. They controi the
"A shinv trade. too. IA manu-
le.ni,fs employ 1000 hands. while
in ue enure country the ne
hr.us i'm the trade baye 3O.OOo
n.r.Yns. nearly all Of their Own race
s,lp.o,cd. They control the under
wear made. with its 81 900 employees IN
Nov York. and it's So 900 900 OF trade
arsrui,n;. aud the diamond, watch
and isWelrg trade of the whole country,
,gth as so 0JO GOO lovested capital
qu.re az, 400 Hebrew lewelry JooDers
boz NV York alone. Tobacco mats
fans. leather. feathers. wines aud beer
are AN very largely controlled ia theif
hands. some OF the trades mentioned
entirely 20. Aud. since the day when
Ass.r Levy assembled the reluctant as
ant of Pstrus StuyvesaDt TO his pur-
eha.iug "a two-story brick house on
-.Hoorn STRAIT. they have ACCUMULATED
holdings ot real estate In the metropolis
amounting to $3.50 600 600. Five-eigntss
81 the transfers nowadays are for their
Nco0HBt.
ia Wall street. that ocean of sunken
fortunes. the master spirit of the He
br.w has asserted itself for tie last
fftv years. As early as 1900 the names
~ Il 5mez. Hess, SeiXas. and Hart were
comment among the money brokers oil
So V,,k. The Hebrews have always
hsen among the leading spirits on
,Coanpe. The Lispenards, the Bran
,ous. Henriques. Schafers, Harmons
and Nathans we're among the best
known. All began life poor. Joseph
S,hrman. !he elder. was DaGS cleIA'
and saved 90 his salary 10 brinS his
brotbers 10 tins country. The Worm
ssrs we're IN the clothing business III
"a smal way IN san fraosisco before
coming east to be money, klngs. Ma Ma,
toon Boom. whose trade extended
throughout the Southwestern States.
ANA who dled worth 5000 VoO' game
here poor emigraut pedc'er' JACOB
Schia emigrated to this courtTy IN
1865 aud found employment as a
hanker's clerk before he became
broker aud banker. He is one
81 the richest and most esteemed
Hebrews N America, and Is widely
known through his bsneiactions to de-
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