The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-16
FAIR CONGRES SES 5.
The Important Part of the Mid
winter Gathering.

winter OatnerIng.
Rabbi VOorsanger enchanted the atten-
ton of the congregation that almost CON-
petely filled the Temple Emanu-El last
evening by an address Gil ''Calfornia'S
Midwinter Fair"
The discourse was strong plea for in
tellectual effort that the various congresses
to be held may leave an imprint on the
minds of all-viSitors or otherwise-who
may be within the bounds of the State.
The rabbits remarks were based on the
Scriptural incident of the messengers sent
by Moses TO view and report upon the
promised land. The report, so far as
material beauty and prosperity was con-
cerned, was everything to be desired
When asked about the people, however.
the messengers so terrified the Israelites
that, indirectly, they were the means of
Ie;ardlng the occupation of Palestine for
forty years.
In place of such messengers" Rabbi
NoOrsanger remarked, 1--WE will have large
numbers OF visitors who Will see on every
hand the evidences of our prosperity-our
vineyards, orange groves, grain fields, and
the only park In the United States that Is
IN bloom all the year round-all the same
signs which Talmudical records say the
messengers reported upon. This, too, is
the land OF the pomegranale, the date and
the vine, hand made and fashioned by
providence TO he occupied by nation that
shall hold the western gates.
while fair is an evidence of nations
industry and culture, II is also an object
lesson In everything which human nature
has devised. In every province of indus
try and enlightenment it will be a grand
accumulation of all that has made the
nation rich.
"Annfhpr nhaan nf 10 H.
found in the fact that the management of
eyory lair has understood the quality OF
human nature. The finest mind delights
in little play. Cards were invented for
the pastime of a King. In 'merrie Eng
land the strolling players were close 10
the monks who wrote the rel giouS p!ays
which they represented. All this has eome
down 10 US and is part of our civilization.
A nj so you will find the Turkish bazaar,
the faklrs and numberlesS others who
have received concessions 10 entertain and
amnse. L have been creditable Informed
tcat while the entrance will only be 80
cents 10 the fair. TO see all those things for
which concessions have been granted to
date will take SO 90. l don't wish TO crit
lclze, but merely draw attent ton to the ap-
parent necessity in human nature to relax
the mind in ORDER that The senses be graf
flied.
Now l ask what is there of permanent
make US better or wiser? The White City
has disappeared the evidences of the peo-
pies industry has vanished. The view
that was so bewildering that il would have
taken SIX months TO examine in detail has
all gone. So Will be our fair by the Pacific
Ocean. The time has gone by when men
break up the homestead for mere adyen-
ture. Now If sucn a thing is done il is be-
cause necessity cOmpels il. There will be
many witnesses in the palaces who will 90
East or across The seas and make their re-
port. They Will tell not only of our ship
yards, our universities and the thousand
and one industries of our people, but be
very apt To make note of our intelligence
and mortality. They Will consider whether
California is tit to receive their families:
if the church and the school are firmly es-
t8bllshed In pure moral atmosphere
They Will judge not only our evidences of
industry, but our culture, refinement and
moral status.
ITO me fair is local affair, after all.
l have learned that so per cent of the
people who visited Chicago came from the
States bordering on Lake Michigan. or
within radius of 200 miles. few came
from California and fewer still from across
the ocean. But the intellectual features
made 1t OF interest TO the whole world
Its medical, journalistic and now famous
Congress OF Religi0ns-in all its two dozen
congresses wherein the master minds of
the world took part. there lay the interna-
tionality of the fair, and there lay its
permanent value. Those records are in
ink. and will remain as a monument of the
progressive spirit of our time
The learned rabbi concluded by urging
that here, as at Chicago, congresses
wherein the brightest minds OF this coast
may meet and discuss the various branches
Of knowledge. Then, truly, favorable re-
ports will be carried back that California
IS desirable in every way. not only ma
terially, but as having a people O; strong
mental and moral growth.