The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-05
COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.
Discussed the Life and Works of
Heinrick Heine.

Discussed the Life and Works of
Heinrich Heine.
The Council of Jewish Women held
tie monthly meeting yesterday in the
day-school room of Mickva Israel
Temple. It was largely attended and
nroved a most interesting one. Among
The decisions of the business meeting
was that of beginning the mothers
visits to the Mission School Nov. 81.
The Council was enlarged by the ad-
mission of number of new members.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting a literary meeting was held at
which the life and works of Heinrich
Heine were discussed. The programme
consisted of a sketch of the Heine's
life by Mrs. o. Byck; a prose selection
by Mrs. A. Shulhafer; poem by Mrs.
A. S. Cohen. and THE Tempest" and
"The Wreck" by Miss Carol Open
helm.
following address of welcome deliv-
cred by the president, Mrs 1. P.
Mendes:
1--WE meet again in gladness.' In the
words of our beautiful Sunday school
hymn, l welcome you here this after
non. After a season of rest and recrea-
ton, frought with every pleasure, 1
am confident our meeting is indeed in
gladness, for what can gladden. the
heart more. or expand the intellect
and make it stronger and broader
than the contemplation and study of
the lives and works of great men? We
live for the time being in the world
of their own creation, rejoice with
them in their happiness, and sorrow
with them in their misfortune; we
must perforce come forth, from an
hour spent in such a manner, glad
and refreshed as if we had partaken
of a most stimulating tonic.
THE more we dip into the we'll OF
knowledge and take therefrom some
gem, with which we can enrich our in
tellect the more are we convinced Of
the truth of the words of the immor-
tai Pope when he said:
ga little learning is dangerous thing,
Drink deep, or taste not, the Pierian
spring,
There shallow draughts, intoxicate the
brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.
rs it any wonder then, that with
this undeniable fact before us. I would
earnestly ask of you, to make these
monthly meetings, so strong. in num-
Der that we shall out-rival the record
of any of our sister sections.
IT only ask you to come and listen to
those of us who are striving to enter
tain you, for 1 am positive in the as
sertion, when / say, that you in turn
will become so imbued with the spirit
of the moment that gradually you will
Join the ranks of the workers, and help
us to go forward
Month after month of each succeed
ing year, have we met here together, in
this little room, which has grown dear
to us through association, and each
year it has been our aim to so arrange
the work that we should share with
you the beauties of what is being I'M
folded to our gaze; and those OF you,
who have ever been ready with your
presence and smiling word of praise,
we welcome you again to-day Again
those who have come. only once per-
haps in a season, for you too, we have
a welcome.
I'VE recognize that knowledge is
power and we bend our heads to the
sapient Goddess, but we are ambitious
and while the hight we would climb, is
enormous, we are pilgrims, who will
take in our hands the staff Of Faith and
Strong Confidence, and mount and
mount until we kiss the Heavens of
Realization.
Now please let me see each seat in
this room occupied every month of our
session, and indeed I shall then feel l
have not spoken aimlessly; and here,
in the name of the section, I extend to
you one and all the hand of affection
ate greeting coupled with the assur-
ance that you may
Come in the evening, or come in the
morning,
Come when you're looked for, or come
without warning;
Friendship and welcome, you'll find
here before you,
And the oftener YOU come here, the
more We'll adore you.
At the December meeting the life and
works of Rebecca Crate will be dis
cuSSed