The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20

in the way a woman always does step
hing toward the back rather than the
'front.'. so that she risks breaking her
neck. and 1 was in New York, busy,
brstling. wide-awake New York.
walked two blocks and 1 was way Of
Ubere2 1 thought, at first, that / was
,,nder the government Of his majesty the
car. The advertisement of a theater
,,ostad on the corner was not in English,
neither was it in Russian; I looked at 1t
once or twice, and then discovered that
r. was In that remarkable jargon called
.eviddish." and then 1 realized that l
las in the home of the Russian Jew.
I, is said of him that, when he hrst
comes to this country. he walks IN the
tier and takes off his hat to every
~,on he meets, but that in six months
+fr,a he promenades on the sidewalk ana
l,ou,s TO nobody. That is a bit OF eXag-
@,oration: but the Russian Jew is here
- nv the tens or fifties, but by the
thousands. and he is going to be a pow
o-f,l factor in the land. Here IN MS
Now York home he seems TO nave maue
little Russia-and yet, he is eager 10 De
citizen of the United States. UhilAe
+ba German Jew, he does not put MS
obndren to work, but if he be the guidihg
s+ar of A push cart, or back OF tray on
which shoestrings are peddled, ne saves
,,oueb 10 put his children in the puphe
.cbools. and is most eager to tell you Oy
.,.6,,,ants of his hands, and with many
-rr,gs that. while he doesn't under
s+and YOU. his oldest son will.
.ts 4.2o o'clock. The dark-eyed, dark
haired maidens are running from the p@Ae
sbons with fresh, spicy-smelling cakes IS
the bath houses are ruiz. ehlluI f5iI,,sd and
no bathed and curled and perLume1 an az
dressed in their best, Tor allhou6n, III
tbree stars are not yet visible, eNeA Sg -,
is getting ready for the S1Op n, no
nan tsual because the feast 81 uhe az
ernacles is being celebra ted; Win d "o S7
bic escort an aruSt Lrle ny, fonr tiights.
90 through a hole in the roof ana D9n n1iIo
mere is arranged tiny Woouen inoid4oo
S,-itb Mains laid over the top, whlle lnslue
Win i1ia an snread for the Sabbath feast.
I1bere is the seven branched canule SUN
ready to be lighted, the silver SPICE Do~II9
so marvellous in their me alIstLS5 49,
chile a round are the highly spiced cakes
and all the goodies only khH 1. AZ III chit
Tevish housekeeper. To US the ue rs
of Jewish cooking are unknoWiss, ~ -
80 heen told by gourmets that Tor Won
derful cakes and Well-cookeu uSh ~ -
ME in the world compare with VI tIiS 5n,,.a
Down we go after seeing the ilttlc ~ -
erected in honor of the day, 10 meet lIie
first horn in his hnery. To you ne qoes i,
mean as much as he does 10 the J Soo ~, ~
Ynotber He is the one who at her death,
viii saw prayers for her, something tnds
her daughters cannot do, ana no n l a.
how shabby he looked an hour Az Iv a.
lust now gorgeous in brlSht plue Ptt,ifa5
q white silk shirt, and, how ne y enSiSu,
BY all the other little boys sllA ns fresh
body is so poor that ne NasI All the
men are in extra long black irock coats
and high silk hats, and as look a. "a q
group of them sta anr ~ tbe dude got his
ione-skirted coat from the RUSSIA. i NV,
and then / forget about sucn tisAe s
S ri az are ali alike with difference. They
tive YOU the impression OF pelhg lIsu
beasts of burden, and yet II you can maj an
ACE 10 make them understand anu say
dsr1,otbine about beans; glad that they are
in America, their faces VIII nsht up, dIli
thew seem to gloat over the one WIZ,
Gree" And somehow II comes 70 ~
vvbo never knew il, that slavery such as
they endured must have been something
dreadful. 49,. ,.o,, think vou
who read Lombroso in translation, Noruau
in the same way, but VINO can IhaIlasS
to understand an ordinary nIeA IN nyba}}
that these men are ignorant IN, Wa, via
n mistake YOU make! What do you know
of Sanscrif? What do you know OF ne
brew? What do you know ssid Oh oboe aTTle
tn Won to-day Is, with many motlons OF
his hands, much Struggling OF ms shoul-
ders and raising of his eyes, dlscussihs
Iere in front OF the synagogue not what
a barroom politician THINKS, hot tIiS ia az ~
scandal but the correct meaning VI d
P tbis common peddier, authorities, and
learned ones, for his side of the questlol.
You doubt it. Then come INTO INTO, tn az, oU n,iN
eboD with me. They won't sell us any
thing-it Is too near the Sabbath, but lsa-
dore explains in Yiddish what we desire
and so they let IT. uS ao d%ee Ei ied Works
ali Of Dickens and all of Thackeray S.
The best of the French writers are IN
the same language, and all OF the Rus
sian ones In a Basket is pile OF Pho,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OIL "oHNeii u
laee ash. who they are. and the daughter of
the house explains that they are pictures
of old rabbits, photographed. OF course,
from old oil paintings; She Pichs up L',, ots
who said: ITO what may he be nkehed
who learneth when boy? TO wrltlng IN
ink upon a virgin sheet AND Where ei9
may he be likened who learns when an old
man? To writing in ink upon plotted pa
per" She looked surprised that nam
heard of the man who gave breatn TO
this wisdom. So she showed me the PIC,
ture of another one. 1t was beautltuI
face, just such a face as the artist paints
when he wishes to give YOU an idea OF the
This is Rabbi Ben Jodah OF kephar,
who said: ITO what may we compare
one who learneth from children! 70 one
who eateth sour grapes and drlnketh VINE
fresh from the press. And to what may
he be compared who learns from those ad-
e45Ge and IN ag rns 80 old 9n wne Evidently
this gentleman was somewhat or gour-
met for his comparisons show that. Here
were wonderful silver candlesticks, the
seven-branched ones. l wanted to buy
one, oh, so badly, but there wasn't money
enough in New York to induce one of
these Jewish women to sell anything on
the Sabbath day. Here were praying
shawls. with curious knotted fringes,
some of silk and some of cotton, and if
We looked closely at the men waiting for
the synagogue to open, under many of
the black coats could be seen the edge of
the silk shawl
OF the women it must be said, that while
they are kindly in their manners, they
are not beautiful. Their faces are mex
gressibly sad, and the married ones dis
HSlre themselves with the hideous wigs
with which, according to the law, they
cover their own beautiful locks So that,
having husband, they may appear love-
lF TO no other man. Occasionally, a very
economical matron pins on a front piece
ana ties silk handkerchief over her hair,
out generalizing, the Russian Jewess con
Cedls her black locks under the unmiStaka-
Die long-haired wig. That these are in
great demand is proved by the number of
shops advertising them, either in Yiddish
OF Hebrew and that few of these women
arrffa Co /, Nv