The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02

children gently, for "a gooI boy needs
no blows, g bad boy is not he!pol w
them, yet too much lenience Is not good
Tor Them and ct is better Tor children
to weep than for parents
Though he values learning highly,
Knowing that "a Well instructed Jew will
always be able to help himself" be- var
ues work even higher: IAN artisan does
not die of hunger" 'Handicraft Is the
best coat of mail against poverty "a
humble handicraft is also a handicra it,
are some Of the many maxims OF this
kind. If with all that he admires wealth.
1t is only because this is the only avenue
for his ambition, and yet Jewish wealth
is like March snow" In fact, norh;rs IS
permanent with the Jew but his toverty,
and he takes especial delight to be merry
at his own want, though his heart be
heavy. Three men," he says, sing
from sorr0w-a Chazon, a peggar ana
Badchen," Or else, when does a Jew
sing? When he is hungry" Nor can
a Jew we'll be rich, for "a Jew has Gnly
money to lose and time to be SICK" And
when in sickness he allows himself the
luxury of a chicken, the chicken is equal
ly afflicted, since when a poor man
eats a chicken he is sick or the chicken. >"
but generous: Poor people have good
hearts" and God rejoices when one
beggar scratches another" A Deggar's
Yet poor people are not only cheerful
joys are few: "A beggar is happy when
he has lost and found again. lie is
long suffering. but when does a beggar
complain? When he has two weddings
In one day." for he loses his chance of
eating at one of them
The jews Rabelaisian humor finds vent
IN many sayings similar to the last.
Barefoot whole year and in socks on
Iishe-be-ab is an ironical illustration
of poor man who, to show his sorrow
at the fall of the temple dons his socks
on that holiday which he could not afford
! TO wear during the rest of the year
w men one is angry at the Chazon he
does not make the responses Of amen -
IS good pendant to splitting ones face
by cutting off the nose. An English
proverb says that every dog has his day.
but the Jewish adage is more explicit
ana informs US of the precise time the
| dog has his day when has a dog a holi-
day? When he has broken his leg"
Somewhat drastic is the following illus
tration of the ubiquity and university of
the Talmund: I'm the holy Gemara, Won
| may find everything, even a shrivelIed UP
bedbug. Those who have ever seen q
Russian cheder will fully appreciate the
truth of the statement Death" saws
another adage, is the only gratis thing,
and yet it costs your life" Of death
religion. 1T is never too late to die
and the angel of death cares not wheth-
er the dead man has his shroud " Though
hlial affection, love to children and wife
are frequently commented upon, the mere
romantic love has but one representative.
and even that smacks of utilitarianship,
born of bitter experience: Love is sweet,
but 1t tastes better with bread"
Humility is encouraged and pride meets
with stern reproach. Pride sleeps on a
dung HILL but the greater the gentle
man the smaller he feels OF family
pride, so common among the Jews. tha
proverb says: "A geneaIogy in the Gem
| etery and tribulations at home or
pearls on your neck and stones in your
heart" Independence is regarded as the
highest good: Better your own por-
ridge than somebody else's roast meat"
and one is warned of needless humble
ness: IF you stoop too low they will
step on your head
1t must be noted that the proverb
! plays more important part in the every
! day life Of the Jew and is more fire.
| quently made use of as an Illustration
! by the raeonteur than is the case with
/ the nations whose languages are more
! generally used for literary purposes
! Whole converse lions and stories are
often a string of maxi1ns in their proper
| sequence.