The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-17

intimate personal contact with him. The
geniality and lOvableness Of the men re
cefved expression, for Isaac NJ Wise was
not only the intrepid fighter, the skllful
organizer, the powerful preacher the In
cisive writer, but also the kindly gentle
man who knit to himself with bonds of
steel those who came within the circle of
the influence of his sunny personality
The optimism of his nature has been fire.
quently dwelt upon during these past
weeks, but there was also a romantic
strain in his makeup which enabled him
b to forget the realities of life and find rec
reation in an imaginative world which OBJ
tanned expression in novel and in drama.
This many-sidedness appears in these
"reminiscences. The joviality and good hu-
NOR alternate with the discussion of the
plans that he had in mind; there appear,
too, descriptions of scenes and incidents in
American Jewish life that are not con-
tained in books; he tells likewise of the
diScouragements and the obstacles that
were placed in his path. The life por-
trayed is presented so wildly that the
reader lives through with him the days OF
struggle and achievement. The remin-
iScences begin with his arrival in this
country, for he dated his life from that
time; he rarely referred to his expert
ences in Europe; the restrictions placed
on the Jew in his native land of Bohemia
darkened the prospect For that reason.
too, he never cared to return to Europe:
once only he, had that thought, and that
was at the time of the revolutions of
1S4S, when freedom seemed to be breath
ing over the dried bones of European in
situations.
He was essentially a lover of freedom,
and therefore he was in all things but
birth a true American This fact appears
throughout his whole life, and notably in
this personal account of his hopes, long
lngs and aspirations"
THE ADVENT IN AMERICA.
1t was on July 90, 1886 that Dr. Wise
| first landed on these shores. He refers
! to the eVentful day in a semi-jocular
way by saying that the day had no par
! tlcular significance in the calendar, and
! that the whole year was a very com
monplace one. ION that commonplace
day in that commonplace year." says the
relator II landed in New York with
! Wife and child and 81 in my pocket" In
, few sentences and with characteristic
modesty he goes on to tell how during
the s1Xty-three days spent on the ocean
| in the sailing vessel Marie he did what
he could for the smallpox patients there
being no physician on board, tended his
SICK wife, carried his baby about, ate
herring and onions, smoked poor to-
bacco and rallied at his surroundings
he had plenty Of baggage when he
| landed, he says, but no money A coun-
tryman of his offered to take the lug
gage tos Essex street for Sc. This seemed
to him too high, and he appealed to an
Irtshman, who offered to do it for 81, and
got the job His first impression Of
the land of the free and the home of
the brave" he gives in this way:
Il had to make similar arrangements
for my compagnons de voyage; this in
censed dozen German drivers against
me. Now, this confounded Jew has to
know English and take the morsel of
| bread out of our mouths cried one of
them threateningly, and the chorus Join
ed in with all possible objurgations
against the Jews. 1 did not swear. but
was exceedingly angry. Aha. thought |.
you have left home and kindred in or
der to get away from the disgusting
judaeophobia, and here the first Ger
| man greeting that sounds in vour ears
is hep! hep! True, in my magma nfnoitv
l gave no retort to the gruff- drivers. /
/ turned my back on them, but I INDUCED
the right of being angry to my hearts
content, for L felt that from now on 7
was no longer an imperial, royal. Bo
hemian Schutzjude, but that 1 was
breathing free atmosphere, and no one
! could prevent me from being as angry
as 1 pleased
IMPRESSIONS OF NEW YORK.
I'm 1916 New York was a large village
! On Broadway, as far up as Canal street
and in the~business section east of Broad,
way the beginnings of the metropolis
We're perceptible, but elsewhere 1t was
like village. Small insignificant look
! ing people went in and out of small
houses, small shops, small institutions
The first impression that the city made
upon me was exceedingly unfavorable.