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perod and then sought more congenial

future, which takes most of the over
flow. from the original ghetto, and is |
destined in few years to surpass it in
population, is Brownsville, the eastern |
portion of the boro Of Brooklyn. It
was founded in 1885 by some Jewish
only really began to grow about two |
years ago, it already has a population |
Of $4,000, with fourteen synagogues.
, Here there is plenty of room to spread
out. New streets are being opened con- |
tinually, blocks of houses are being
rapidly constructed, and yet so great
is the influx of Jews from the crowded
ghetto on Manhattan island that the
builders cannot keep pace with the de-
| mand. Every day and all day during
the past twelve months, beginning with
the opening of the new Williamsburg
bridge, which forms direct route from
the old ghetto to the new, there has
been an almost continuous procession
Of moving vans across the bridge. New
York has never seen such mushroom
like growth as is now being witnessed
in Brownsville.
The inhabitants of the old are mi
grating to the new in a steady stream;
nevertheless the population Of the old
is still increasing, and the city has
been building in the old ghetto the
largest and finest public school struc-
lures in the world to accommodate the
SlOW1uS uuulDcI OIL SCuOOI CiIlluIcu. L uC
places Of those who have moved across
the bridge are taken by the $4,000
foreign Jews who, have just arrived.
To seek to diminish the congestion in
the Manhattan ghetto, the Jewish So
ciety for the Assistance of Immigrants
is yearly finding employment for thous-
ands of it's inhabitants in the country
and the smaller cities.
But, besides these four communities,
the Jews are abundant in every part
of the city. Everywhere in the resi-
dence sections one comes upon signs
ington avenue, Manhattan, one of New
York s finest residence streets, might
: almost be called Jewish avenue. Even
on Fifth avenue, and in the exclusive
West End section, Jews form a large
! proportion of the inhabitants. The
! American Jews do not settle in com
; munities like their foreign-born core
= ligionists, but are scattered all over the
city.
A recent advertisement in New
) York paper for men to solicit for a
newspaper stated that Hebrews and
. Catholics would be given the prefer
8 ence. The reason was that protestant
> Christians are coming to form the third
: class in New York in numbers, and in
t Importance to the subscription depart
' ment of a partisan paper:
, The uptown movement of the Jew
a has become proverbial. Families who
0ns 0nce ii vfS Se in the d9yatew % g1etfo ood
r ing uptown fashionable apartment
: hotels. Not hotels of the class Of the
= Waldorf Astoria, of course, altho not a
f. few wealthy Jews are mum bered among
. the guests of the houses of this charac-
a ter. But in the second-class hotels,
' which are of the same grade as the
, frst-class of smaller cities. Some of the
+ hotels seek to bar Jewish families, since
!, many gentle families object to their
a presence. But many luxurious apart
). ment hotels are occupied almost ex'
, clusively by Jewish families.
g Wonderful Rise in the World.
O The rise Of the Jews in wealth and
e power is, indeed, wonderful. The same
f generation that came to America in the
e steerage during youth has been known
in it's old age to make it's annual tou1
e to Europe in a "chambre de luxe' or
It one Of our fastest liners. Most of the
It by Jews, and a large proportion of the
% wholesale houses. It is safe to say that
8 half the stores on Broadway, New
s York $ chief business street, are KEEP
10 by Jews. They are already powerful IL
journalism, and the leaders in the the
r. on the way to monopolizing the lega
3 and the medical profession. The two
l. great universities of New York, one un
l. der Episcopalian management, the othe1
is under Presbyterian, have number o1
n Jews on their faculties, and Columbia
W especially, has an enormous number Of
'e Jews among the student-body. To SEE
at the close of the afternoon session
the students pouring out of the city
college, supported at public expense, ONT
10 would think none but Jews attended
y i The Jews side with no one politica
~ party. They are not anarchistic:. Theil
II influence is on the side of morality ant
ID good government. They are one OF tn
- city's bulwarks against any possible up
m rising or lawlesSneSs on the part OF th'
N unfortunately submerged tenth.
w Nothing more repulsive-looking cal
"a be imagined than the vast majority O.
v. Jews arriving from eastern Europe
IS They are dirty and rnkempt, and clat
e. in tatters.s But it is to. be considered
IL for centuries in Europe. In Galicia, .th'
re 100000 Jewish inhabitants are continu
10 ally on the point of starvation, ant
IS. those of Russia and Rumania are bu
er little better off. But just one genera
e. tion in this country works miracle
le The young men begotten by these long
ID bearded, repulsive-l looking foreigners ar
IL lie schools, completely. Americanized
as generally moral and upright, and val
le liable addition to the population.
le The wealthy Jews are very democrati
ly in their views, not at all clannish; in
or tensely patriotic and broad-minded.. TIL
e. fact that they build no great .univer
ne stiles of their own, but prefer to SEM
as their sons to Christian universities. i
d, sufficient evidence Of this fact; .. The,
rk entrust their sons freely to Christian
&c tutors. They extend the hospitality Q
Of their homes to gentiles the same as t
their own race They take leadin
part in civic and moral reforms.
In New York and vicinity there exist
ne strong prejudice against the Jew. Th
wv chief cause is that so many Jewish fam
20, lilies have risen so rapidly from pov
ne erty to affuence that there has not bee
ct, time to acquire the culture necessar
re for association with people of refine
mt ment. These moneyed Jews, withou
b. culture have been largely guilty Q
er bringing opprobrium upon their rae,
re But the innocent should not be mad
he to suffer with the guilty.
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m, ance-The Penn Mutual. Andrus bldg