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-
ceived expression, for Isaac M. Wise was
not only the intrepid fighter, the skillful
organizer, the powerful preacher, the IN
c1s1Ye 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
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-
tanned 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-
fscences 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
III,
too, he never cared to return to Europe:
once only he had that thought, and that
was at the time of the revolutions OF
l84S 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
ings and aspirations"
THE ADVENT IN AMERICA.
1t was on July g. 1916. 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
| ticular 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 s2sys, but no money A coun-
tryman of his offered to take the lug
gage to Essex street for S.. This seemed
to him too high, and he appealed to ar
Irishman, who offered to do it for So 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
Tor my conpagnons de voyage; this in
censed dozen German drivers against
me. Now, this COMPOUNDED Jew has tC
know English and take the morsel OF
bread out of our mouths cried one oi
them threateningly, and the chorus Join.
ed in with all possible objurgations
against the Jews. L did not swear. but
was exceedingly angry. Aha! thought /
you have left home and kindred in mr..
der to get away from the disgusting
judaeophobia, and here the first Ger
man greeting that sounds in your ears
Is hep! hep! True, in my magnaufmitv
gave no retort to the gruff drivers
turned my back on them, but I INDUCED
the right OF being angry to nv heart,e
content, for I felt that from now on ]
was no longer an imperial, royal. Bo.
hemian Schutzjude, but that I was
breathing a free atmosphere, and no one
as L 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 IT 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