Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-06-21
ZANGWILL EPTGRAMS
CLEVER THINGS THE WITTY AUTHOR
SAID ABOUT THE JEWS.

The Way He Compared His CoreIi-
Eionists TO United states BOnds-HIs
illustration of Some of the striking
Hebrew Chnracteri-tics.
Some years since israel Zangwill
when on a visit TO this country deliv-
cred an address in New York city to
bis own people. A few OF the epigrams
which be thea coined concerning the
characteristics Of the Hebrews are here
offered
Tie Jews had no country of their
own. They could not possess the land
Of their fathers in reality. So they
made portable Palestine. They car
ried 1t wherever they went. This was a
spiritual country. 1t could not be as
sailed by their Oppressors.
There have been two conceptions Of
the Jew-one that he lends money and
wants it back again, the other that he
deals in old clothes The truth Is Jews
have been everywhere. They have
been everything except pope of Rome,
and they have come near to that. If
they dealt in old clothes 1t was because
pnpnl decrees forbade them trading IN
anything else but old clothes and old
Iron.
Jews IN way were as good as Unit
ed States bonds, only United States
bonds may be converted. but when
Jew was converted he lost his value.
Because Shylock was rich and Jes-
sica beautiful all Jews are rich and all
Jewesscs are beautiful. wish 1t were
SO.
A good looking Jew was considered
the fool Of the family, which IS conso-
latlon for some of us.
The black plague swept over Europe,
The Jews escaped by reason of their
| different hygienic laws. The Christians
and thousands of Jews were put to
death for not dying of the plague
Colonel Roosevelt told me that the
Jews of his regiment were among his
bravest soldiers, and when Hobson had
to be kissed it took a Jewess to do IL.
Jews not only furnished money for
Columbus expedition, but his first
lieutenant was a Jew. This officer dis
covered tobacco, which is greater than
America
Carlyle said the Jews had no humor,
but CARLYLE was a Scotchman.
\ beggar stole spoon from wealth
Ter member Of his race who had enter
tanned him. When detected the beggar
said: by taking the spoon l broke
the eighth commandment, which says,
Thou shalt not steal II | had not
taken 1t would have broken the tenth,
which says. Thou shalt not cOvet.'
saw | had to break one commandment
anyhow, SO thought l might as well
have the spoon"
II has always been the desire of Jew
ish fathers, however rich, to have learn
ed sOns-in-law, however poor l do not
find this custom prevalent today.
To illustrate why there are no good
Jews in fiction Mr.. Zangwill related
the story of the Hon and the cub. The
cub had seen a painting of Samson
vanquishing the lion, and said to Its
parent: Il have seen many contests
between lions and men, and always the
men have been the victOrs. Why ara
there no pictures showing Hons over
powering mcuT at Is because we
lions have no painters" was the par
ent's reply.
The Jews have been scattered to the
four winds among all the nations OF
the earth They have been Of immense
service to every country that has har-
bored them. 1t reminds me Of the story
Of the crocodile which opened its mouth
80 that a bird might 60 into 1t and eat
the leechcs which annoyed II. There
was mutual benefit from the operation.
ii Is not strange that sometimes the
Jews find the crocodllc's mouth closing
upon them. 1t was natural that Jews
should congiogato around their syna-
gogucs. They became TO some extent
Isolated from thc people among. whom
: uWeIC inns IS"lauon Drought WIN
It suspicion. and suspicion caused more
isolation for mutual protection.
In mcdiacval times the nations OF
Europe had conception Of the Jewish
character compared to which Shake
spcares Shylock was a saint. 1t was
this that brought about the compulsory
ghetto.
There are two general types Of Jews
the German and the Spanish. This
Spanish Jews speak mixture Of He
brew and Spanish The German Jews
speak Ylddish. n mongrel of bad Ger
man and every other language in the
world.
The Jews financed the crusades vol-
unfairly and inyo!antarily. There was
nothing they had not financed, not even
their own persecutions.-New York
Herald