The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-13

wish to assure you that am not hero
WorShiper"
and, madam" retorted zangwin. Il
am not a hero"
A certain schnorrer (beggar) enter
tanned at home in the Ghetto, was
caught in the act of stealing a silver
spoon. He was called upon for JUS
LITIGATION of his O1fense, which he fur
nished in the following manner:
IF I took the spoon L violated the
eighth commandment, which says that
thou shalt not steal, but if I did not
take the spoon 1 violated the tenth
commandment, which says thou shalt
not covet.' So, having one or the other
Of the commandments to break
thought L might as well take the
spoon
A Zangwillion tribute to the virtues Of
his race was to be found in his quota
ton from the lips of an old Jewish
father:
Z call my wife, not wife, but home"
Two good rabbis OF the Ghetto were
discussing affairs of the outside world,
of which they knew little. One said
with sigh:
what rich man the Emperor Of
Russia must be. He drinks mis- tea out
of a. lump OF sugar"
Both tea ana sugar were precious ar
ticleS in those times, and the idea that
the emperor could drink his tea, not
from a cup, but from the hollow in a
lump of sugar, nightly impressed the
good father of the Ghetto.
Yes said the one to whom he had
spoken, "he must have wealth, but L
would add to it by teaching a little
Hebrew on the side, which he cannot
do"
A schnorrer was making his prayer
to God. In it he asked:
Il pray you to send me 100000, and
if you do so I will give $4,000 to the
beggarS, but if you cannot do this, send
me $4,000, and give the other $4,000
to the beggars yourself"
q @ g
A schnorrer wished to marry off his
daughter, but was without sufficient
! doWry for her. He called upon banker
and said to him:
My daughter is about to be married,
but her dowry must be $1,000. / have
$500 of that amount, but need $500
more. Can you not raise it for me?'
The banker replied:
! well, since you have $500 already,
/ give that to the bridegroom and tell
| him you win give him the other $500 as
/ soon as you have it. He is q good fell
/ low. and Will wait"
But" said the schnOrrer, with
/ grimace, that's the $500 which l have"
Another SchnOrrer was promised
/ GOWTy by q banker, but his daughter
: died before her marriage. Some time
| after her death the father called u0on
the BANKER and demanded the dOwry.
| The banker eXclainnd:
But your daughter is dead"
"What?" asked the schnorrer, would
[ Won profit by her death2''
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London's Ghetto was and is crowded.
So many as a people are crowded on
the average into it's houses.
In some places, said Zangwell.
/ -four families occupied a single room.
Each family took a corner of the
room. Jocular conversation among
| themselves always ran along the line
of their taking in boarders.
Many more quaint and clever things
this delightful man told, but what is
given will show his talent. not alone
in collecting these treasures Of the
Ghetto, but il telling them. The Ghet-
to is rich in such material, but few
have the ability or the inclination to
collect the same.
n certain kindly Jew in Chicago's
Ghetto was an officer in a secret society
which met each Tuesday night. Finally
his lodge changed the meeting night to
I Friday. He then resigned his Office. In
explanation he said:
We'll, when 1 go to lodge as an Of
ficer 1 must carry my books. How could
I pass the synagogue or go down Lib
erty street Friday night with my books
under my arm? No"
If you have not felt the heart Of the
Ghetto beat you viii not understand
this story.
/ Bamberger Coal Co., 161 Main.