Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-27


coming MARKS the beginning of the
Hebrew year 566l? n
With it begins the 10 days of "re-
pentance and return to God. " ''Fhe
Day Of Atonement, according to Its
true tradition, is the day when the
Books of Judgment are opened. All
deeds are weighed and destinies are
decided for the year. There is curious
rabiuical allegory in which all people
are described as then passing before
the Creator to be judged
The sign Of the Zodiac for this month
has been represented by an old man
with pair of scales in his right hand
and an open book in his left. Among
the most religious Jews the blessing Of
the new fruits has been deferred until
today, and they will he eaten for the
first time at the NewaaYear Feast. The
blessing. is "Blessed art Thou, o Lord
God of the Universe, Who hast given
us the fruit"
Services will be held in the syna-
gogues early Sunday morning. The
ritual for the day, with the transla-
tion, fills an ordinary volume. 1t Is
divided into three parts. For the fret
OF these, the supremacy OF God is the
theme. Then the invocation for the
speedy approach for the Kingdom of
Gcd, and then all present unite in
prayer A trumpet is then blown. and
that Judgment may be tempered with
mercy more prayers follow, after which
the trumpet is blown again. The
service concludes with songs OF rejoic-
ing that all shall be free frum error and
acquire perfection in the knowledge of
God. Saturday is the first Of the lunar
month Tisbri, designed as a preparation
or the Day of A tonement, and is dis
tinguished by the special use made Of
the trumpet. 1t is incumbent upon by
every Jew to "hear the sound of the
trumpet and even the most lax at
tend this service. 1t is thought that
upon this day Satan appears before
God to accuse the children Of Israel
and that the sound confounds him.
The trumpet blown at these services is
rams horn, q reminder Of the ram
which was sent as a substitute for
Isaac. The instrument is difficult to
| perform upon and Ia blown by man
called the Baal Tokeiah. The men who
adhere to the old time customs wear
white robes in the synagogue. Women
who can afford it wear white gowns,
while the poorer classes substitute a
white apron. The scripture lessons OF
the day are the accounts of the births
of Isaac and Samuel. At the New
Years dinner the bread il sweetened.
An additional bowl of sugar is placed
on the table and the pieces of bread.
as they are eaten, are dipped into 1t
and prayer for. the. future is said.
My dear, am going to tell you how
you can make your library Just like an
old friend. Now this book on the table
beside me here has the authors name
| written on the fly leaf; between the
| from the writer. And In that famous
volume to the left there is rose which
bloomed last summer in the novelist
garden in England. In little place
by themselves there are three volumes
OF which am very fond. IAN Authors
Love, !" 1.-THE Autocrat at the Break
fast Table" and Max Muller'e
Memories.' For many years they were
tine constant companion of one who
touched some Of the deepest chords in
my life. They have been read by the
sea at Santa Barbara, by the lakes in
inland California, on the alkalI roads
of Yellowstone Park. They have been
in the hurry bGrly OF metropolitan life
and here in my sanctum sanctorum.
Whenever l pick them up fiosd OIL
memories comes to me. 1t adds greatly
to the,value of ones books to associate
them with some personality. To get
the autograph of the author, the auto.
graphed opinion OF q critic, or the
marginal opinions Of friend by whom
the book has been read. Here have
| little volume of Sara Orne Jewett's
with letter from her in front; then
have Cecilia Thaxter's autograph with
her poems, aud on the fly leaf holly,
hook blossom brought from hcr ex
quisite garden on the Isle of Shoals
In Dream Life l have DonalG
Mitchell's autograph and clover leaf
from his garden. William Winters
"Life of Booth" has the great actor,
autograph in it. and Emerson
Essays have in tie front a piece o.
myrtle that peeped through the paling.
of his garden at Concord "Niphola.
Niohelby" has copy of Dicken'
booknlate in it; Sheley's poems have
a flower gathered from the garder
where Leigh Hunt, Lord Byron anG
Mary Wolstonecraft Shelly spent sc
many happy days by the beautiful
Italian lake. In an old copy Of ''Ro
mona" | have picture of Romons's
home which l took when in California
This method is not difficult. The
autographs are not hard to procure.
picture or souvenir is to be had for {
little trouble. Indeed, the pleasure
get from these silent friends is beyonc
anything Else in the world to me. They
form a part of life, far from thu
madding crowds ignoble strife" Try
it and you will find you will take q
fresh interest in books and theil
writer's, and the twilight hours of life
will often hold more for you than they
do now, and the blue devils" thai
come to US all at times will find a
powerful enemy in these precious be
longings.
We'll, sweet lady, how's yo' deah
health this mcrnin'P"
knew the voice and manner could
only belong to that dear good fellow,
big, burly Burr Mcintosh. l would
know bis voice aud that drawly accent
any place. | don't know where Burr
gets his delicious Southern accent fol
he comes out of that grimy, dusty CITY
Pittsburg. He is taxing prominent
part with Mary Mannering in the pro
duotion of Janice Meredith" which
; will come to New York late in October
, l saw rehearsal last month, and il
, my opinion Gov boy" suits him better
! than any l have seen him try sine,
'Mizzouri. Seeing him recalled tt
mind that few years ago this dea
, fellow came very noarly breaking up a,
> amateur dramatic organization 10 th,
) largest town of one of our smalles
States, not many hours ride from New
York, and nearer the Mason and Dixo,