The age-herald., 1898-11-09
Of the Ghetto world and of its people he

not always on their dignity. Carlyle said the Jews were without humor, but Carlyle was Scotsman. Piety was considered as everything in the Ghetto. A beautiful Jew meant a pious Jew. If he was beau tiful, he was considered the fool of the family, which is a consolation to some of us. Child life in the Ghetto was beautiful Religion did not mean sour faces. They had no drama to speak of, so l cannot com plain Of it. Will the Jew survive the l Ghetto? Magic links of the past are fre- | quently felt as iron letters now and are l being severed.
 Fate of the Jew Riddle "The fate of the Jew is one of the riddles | of the Sphinx. But there is little reason to thlnk that the end is any nearer now than is was in Pharoah's time. Yet spiritual Zion must be rebuilt if the Jew is to sur- vive."
 "The Schnorrer, or Beggar of the Ghet- to-" came in for a liberal share of criti- | cism, and while pointed out as clearly | dehned character he was made the target | or rather the subject, of MT Zangwils S | keen satire, which provoked frequent ap- | plause. MT. Zangwills peroraton was especially hne, bringing out the moral of his con- cepton of the theme, and was a scholarly | effort.
 He closed his lecture with the recitation | of an original poem, "The Hebrews Friday l Night set to the metre of Burns Got tiers Saturday N.ght.'' Entertained by Rabbi NewfieId MT zangwill arrived in the city yesterday afternoon from Memphis, and was taken in charge by Rabbi Morris Newfield and Bertram Jacobs, who escorted him to the Morris.
 At o'clock he was entertained at an
 informal dinner by Rabbi Newfield at the residence of Samuel Ullman, in North Eighteenth street Besides the distinguish
 ed guest, the following were present: Rabbi
 Morris Newfield, Samuel Ullman, Dr. and
 Mrs J. H. Phillips, MT. and Mrs B. Stein CT, Bertram Jacobs Misses Leah and Car
 Tie Ullman Messrs. Sid and Monte Ul- man and M. B. Mayer. After the lecture last night MT. Zangwill was entertained at a banquet at the Mor- ris by number of prominent citizens who desired to show him some attention. Those present were: MT. Zangwill Rufus N. Rhodes. B. Steiner, Dr. J. H. Phillips Dr. Newfied. J. A. Rountree. Samuel Ullman, J. w. Tominson, Ben Jacobs, Mayor F. V. Evans, B. F. Ezekiel, Lucien Julian Walker, Bert Jacobs, J. J. Smith, J. B. Cobbs, J. Fies, Gen. c. M. Shelley, A. B.
 Loveman. W. L. Malone, M. V. Joseph, w. B.. Leedy, Sig. Steiner, Ex-Governor Sim
 mons of Mississippi, Otto Marx, J. K. Me Donald and Sam Adler. The speeches at the banquet were in- formal, but for the most part were of un- usual excellence. General Rufus N. Rhodes presided, and was the toastmaster. His in- troducton of MT Zangwill was in the high est degree admirable. It was filled with the highest appreciation of the great crit ic's work. Mr. Zangwill's reply was inim-
 table. Other speakers were General
 Charles M. Shelley who made a brilliant
 talk; Lucien Julian Walker Ex-Governor
 Sims of Mississippi, Dr. Phillips and pr.
 Samuel Ullman.
 At the conclusion MT. Zangwill proposed
 the toast of General Rhodes.
 Leave This Afternoon
 Mr. Zangwill will remain in the city until
 This morning he will be taken to Ensley
 and Pratt City and will be given an op-
 portunity to see the negro at work, sub-
 ject in which he is especially interested
 as well as to see the wonderful resources
 and development of the district.
 An Age-Herald reporter was accorded
 the privilege of a short interview with the
 distinguished writer last night, and in re-
 gard to his impression of the south he said.
 sion, formed from observation from
 the car windows, Is that 1t is a delight
 full country with wealth of tropical col-
 orng
 .I shall be especially pleased to visit the
 mines and industries to see the negroes at work
 'I interested in the race question,
 which I do not clearly understand, and
 would like to more thoroughly"
 On being introduced to a party of ladies and gentlemen last evening his interest in
 American affairs was manifest in the ques-
 tion: Aren't you excited over the cleo
 tion?"