The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-10
STORIES FROM THE STREET
Gossip, Tales and Incidents Picked Up
in Indianapolis By.Ways.
Jewish Name of Kahn-"Agin" the ANA
teur Musical People.

Lieutenant Totten's theory that the peo-
pie of Great Britain and Ireland are of the
lost tribes of Irael has been made familiar
to this community by Rev. DR.. Joseph S.
Jenckes. and that the people of the United
States as the descendants of the Celt and
Saxon. are simply Jews who have lost their
genealogical chart, but will be awakened
to the fact some day. in some especial way;
that they. also, are of the sons of Jacob. In
conversation with a well-informed Israel
lie the other day a Journal reporter was
given some information. This gentleman
remarked that in this community among
persons who did not recognize themselves
as having any Ofthe Semitic strain In their
blood. there were names which plainly told
OF their Hebrew origin. Take the name
Kahn or Cohen" said this gen tleman; You
find these names borne BY many Jews.
They are common names among MS, almost
as common rs the name of Smith among
gentiles Now, Kahn or Cohen means
a priest-a son of the tribe of Levi The
name Kahn or Cohen has undergone many
changes. You -ind persons who are not
Jews who bear the names Cone. Cones.
Cam Mccain. keehan, Mckeehan. Kane
and McKane INC being Gaelic or Irish for
eonl, and all these are merely notifications
of the Hebrew word for priest. IL Is also
frequent in France. where it appears
Calm and Cahan. This IS but one Hebrew
name that comes to my mind now. There
are others. if some philolOglst would but
take the time to hunt them VI"
DO you think" asked the reporter
that We are now beginning upon our last
daysp
THAT" was the reply. as. as Rudyard
KiplIng would say. another story.
i
ut seems to me-" said an elderly gentle
man. that something ought to be said in
the newspapers that would reach certain
class of amateur musical people-that is, if
they ever read anything. and on that score
1 have some doubt. Suppose n public en-
tertainment il going on, speeches and that
sort of thing. with interludes of vocal and
instrumental music. The musical people
are seated at the wings of the tbeater. or,
if in q hall. it may be they are well at the
trout and IN full view of the speaker and
the audience. Now these musical persons
take no interest whatever in any part of
the performance except that In which they
themselves engage. They whisper and
glggle all the evening through TO the an
noyanee of all around them, and espe-
cially to the persons who are on the
programme for speeches. Yet no one more
than q musical person Is so sensitive to o
discOurtesy of this kind. 1t must be said
that tins fault is one that belongs ex-
will be silent and apparently attentive. no
matter how dull discourse may be. This
skitJishness of musical people may be OBJ
served even in church choirs. and there are
whispered small talk that goes on behind
him while he Is hammerlng away at his
sermon" +
moro upright and honorable citizen
cannot. perhaps. be found in this State
than Dr.. Ritter, a resident OF Irvington,
but the Doctor does not make a showing of
his fine points on the outside as do some of
his neighbors and friends. Some twenty
years ago he, in company with two or three
Indiana politicians, was taking in the
"City of Magnificent Distances" They
had given him the title temporarily of
Judge" and by that persisted in address
ing him. One day the party got on Penn
sylvania-avenue street car that was filled
mainly with ladies. They were having
jolly time, and were appealing TO tho
Judge" for his opinion on this, that and
the other. A middle-aged lady sat at the
opposite end of the car. with her gazefixed
upon the Judge" and intently listening to
the conversation. Finally her feelings got
the better of her, and she had to express
herself Turning TO her lady companion,
in hoarse whisper. loud enough. 10 be
heard all through the car, she exclaimed:
What o Misunderstanding judge A
roar of laughter came from the Doctors
friends, and they had fun with him about
1t during the rest of their stay.
Funny business this" remarked dent
ist turning from his work bench and address,
ing the reporter.
"Whatw
"Filling false teeth. Every now and then
when we make set of false teeth we are
asked to fill two or three of the front ones.
so that the gold when the wearer smiles
will shine like q darkey's heel. This takes
away the counrerfeit appearance of the
teeth to some extent. It's counterfeit
upon counterfeit. Persons who have this
kind of work done are willing to pay for it.
and as they always want good showing
of gold, and are very particular as to the
appearance of the work. we have TO charge
well for 1t. Somehow, / don't like to do ii.
When we have made the counterfeit teeth
it always seems TO me that the deception
has gone far enough"