The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-07

! that the Jews as a people are rlch. Inc
proletariat among them is proportionate-
| ly much larger than 1t is among other
people; and thus it came about that the
Jewish quarters IN all the large cities
were already well filed when they were
| almost at a moments notice. called up
/ on to receive double or triple the number
they already held. The actual number of
the Jewish poor was thereby greatly in
creased; for many family that had been
wealthy or in easy circumstances in Rus
STA, Galicia, or Roumania, had been re-
duced to want and been compelled to take
its place among those who needed the
help of their brethren. This help was
freely and cheerfully given all the world
over Great sacrifices were made by the
richer Jews to meet the pressing needs of
the hour. and, with no help from the out
side world, excepting the London Man.
sion House Fund in 1882, the thousands
and tens of thousands of immigrants
| were cared for. The Jewish charitable
organizations, the development of which
has been during the latter half of the nine
| teenth century the brightest spot in jew
ish communal life, rose to the demands OF
the occasion. and the more than princeiy
munifcence of Baron and Baroness Maur-
ice de Hirsch, in regard to the Russian
Jews, may justly be looked upon with
pride.
New Ghettos however, were formed in
nearly all the cities to which these I'M
migrants came; and this name for the
habitat of the poorer Jews became again
familiar, aided by the popularity which
some modern novelists had given to 1t.
In the Middle Ages and down to our own
time the Jews had been forceu oS the
state TO hVe apart III su'n
sometimes Tor their own pro,ec'io',' SOM"
times 10 preserve the ou'Siue WI ~ -
contact with them Inc mouerh "hee'o
Is voluntary gstherihs Vi mt A'-
the purpose OF mutual heip anu rom d
feellhs OF reciprocal oohsations' 10 tne
outside observer 1t presents an uhsish'is
appearance II Is the aooue VI pooi -
PIE ana us popuiatioh Is usually
IN uress manners anu spen nc
s"ea'ihs sys'e"i '"Ni',' ia o"e
""o'hei 10 70 DC ioui'u ~ az
tos'' mas oeeh ureauiui iicen''Ne "
warn srihoins 'heNiaoe Vi INC 20 60
the results Oh LOO srea' no q
oiteh quite apparent 81 'i'a' ''''
morahty Oh the jews III 'i'.
mas suffered IN consequence. ~ peop,e Is
norant OF the language oil theT ne" nome
are Il prey TO the eVii-in'e''oe"' WIN
make use OF their ignorance LOT 'heii
own commercial ana poii'icai aoEaice
ment- This has been notapiy seen III the
| city OF New YORK, where d lax ci'S s'N
eminent mas permitted the vampires vi
| society to fasten their Iahes upon the
| Ghetto ana to produce copuitiohs "Hicn
| call ior the actlVe interference Va OH
| those forces winch seek 10 s'anip ou'
| crime ana VICE But on the oti'er manu-
| to one VINO is acquainted Win the inner
| life OF the Ghetto the virtues winch huNe
hitherto characterized the Je"s-iiious-
| try and sobriety-are stiii 10 oe Iouiiu
there; much more frequently imam III
those parts where the richer classes CON
gregate, and whose wealth enables them
to withdraw their doinSs from the puolc
| gaze. Its members are as iiidustrlouS as
bees in hive; ana thoGsh extremely NJ
I, gious, drunkenness is unknown ana actual
| crime is comparatively rare
In order to correct the ABUSES Oh the
| Ghetto. two things are absoluteiy heces-
| sary-the increase OF the actuai NUMBER
| of Jews there must be stopped anu inc
croWdhlS INFO CERTAIN" oi9'i'iS'
| work must De oro"sn' W an
tefiiiiiieu eioi. i''9 AZ
iorce tiie ne" 'iiiiii's a"'' '"'' 80
| Gu paris VI Inv iaN ~
III TINS country t.iis - "ei'7 N'"e ~
ohi'eu iiepie" I'm i'ieS' anu ''''a'i'
the ID MAJ % i'm"
| ieeii"e nos nv" go -
iedi VI ~
| eouh.'S ""e' ',e
lo'iiioeu ny Peoiie VIM w nv 9''''U
ms pecuilar Soetai anu 'u0'o"i'
mat 'he 'e" nos '@Neh 10y ~ ~
| certain "i' VI i'ue anu WIN -
uue |" ING iN' t''i' "i'i 'eeia
| 'Ioll mas ioi cent? 'eS 'ioseu many "aihS
Vi me 10 NM anu 'iie s.iiu VI SaiiiNa 'i'"
eAeiuueu MN iie'. ouSiS ito'n many
| spheres % ac'Ni's mem ~ MS iioiii!
ue' eiopeu !io'iie NV ia.
| tam d'7'A''S ~ p ~
'he 'u. VI Us anu
+! away ifoih ms -aiiiiS mat
THESE liiiei'' 'iiS N',i De
occasion offers Even !" uaih'
| "here three-loui ms Vi 'ne u'iiii"hu III
| uustry ~ III the i'''"S III jews 'here are
| " oe ioUiiu i9H 'o'''e'' D us .
| plumbers, carPe'"eaNers nia'tressihaK-
| ers' "atchiilahefS' &c III 'iie Has' Emu
Oh Lohuoh thefe are II Is true io'Voo Jews
VINO are ehsaseu III the clothes- making
trades put the rest Oh the 4o'VDo JEWISH
"ase-ear lers Vi Inns qudrter are scatter
Gu over All possipie oraiiches OF work
Hiaso'iiE' ihe'ai- "oihihs' teA'ne lhuus-
| ules' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cdpiiiahihs' ana