New-York tribune., 1906-08-30
HOMES FOR ORPHANS.
Little Immigrant Jezcs To BE Vel
Cared for Here.

s'yvhat: The whole OF a bed for 1ne"' ex-
claimed the little fugitive from Russia delight
ealy as he looked down the dorznitory at the
Hebrew Orphan Asylum and saw that there was
one bed apiece for himself and each Of his
eleven companions.
'Oh goodyear whatever stands for ii in
Russian-crIed all the Others and they We're so
exhilarated al the prospect. for they had not
reposed their little persons in a whole bed"
since they left their homes in Russia-or. even
before that. perIlaps-that they wanted TO
crawl in between the sheets and sample the
beds az once.
They are very much interested at the He
brew Orphan Asylum and the Hebrew Shelter
ing Guardian Asylum in their new consign-
ment Of Jewish orphans. bereaved by last au-
tumn's pograms, or massacres. The young
sters everybody knows, arrived the
Amerika last Saturday. but they were not re-
leased by the Department of Commerce and
Labor at Washington till Tuesday. and Gid not
reach their temporary homes till after in the
evening. Then they had supper and bath. an
experience which they accepted with the great
est enthusiasm. although It is said The ma
3ority were quite clean, and even those who were
dirty weren't half so bad as many Of the or
pnans received from New Yorlk's tenements.
The youngsters were in state of great eX-
citement what with their extended journeys
by sea and by land. their examinations at the
hands of this doctor and that board and being
hustled about from cne pen to another at Ellis
Island
That the innocence and helplessness of
children offer no safeguard against the ugly
passions Of an infuriated mob is borne out by
the pa thetic stories of these Jewish children and
often by the marks of violence on their little
bodies
There is little Pincus Kohan, one of a family
OF four refugees. Pincus is delicate-lool1ing.
paIld child of two and One-half years, very
active In mind and body.
where were yOu hurt. Pincus?' IS n question
that is sure 10 bring prompt response in the
shape of a small. lean finger laid along broad
elongated scar the crown Of his borrl head.
ASK him how his father and mother perished.
and he will tap one baby fist on the other as
much as TO say that they were hammered TO
death ASK him, What DO you think of Cos
sacks, Pincus?" and the little blue-eyed fel-
low will hiss through his first set of teeth.
"chaZacim, which being translated means anil
mails. brutes. pigs.
Then there is Bertha sfawin aged ten; Z
Tribune renorfer "yyhen the C,oeSscL1s o+toc;,aJ
us. / saw them kin grandmother Their /
tainted. Thinking was dead. they left me, and
and nights"
Jennie Kohan, Pincus's five-year-old sister,
likewise showed a great scar on her head, while
Leah Seeai an leven-year-Old girl, also had
scars that might have been made by a hatclet.
Another week and the children will probably
have separated to their permanent homes in AL
bany. Macon. Ga: Chicago, ST Louis RaIti-
more. Pine Bluff. Ark; Kansas City Pittston,
Penn; Cincinnati and Coatsvile, Penn. Sew
e-al may also go 10 th7 South Jersey colonies,
maintained under the Baron de Hirsch Fund.
These homes" said Morris D. Waldman,
acting secretary of the national committee for
the relief Of sufferers by Russian massacres.
have been selected by representative we'll
known and often wealthy Jews resident in the
various cities. who hold themselves responsible
for the families selected by them. Where fam
lilies wish TO adopt the orphans thev can do so
legally, as the relatives have waived all claim
10 them. In most cases the children will go to
Well-t1-do Jewish storekeepers who themselves
came from Russia 3 number of years ago"
Miss Ida Sawin, the young woman OF TWENTY
one. who came over with younger brother and
sister, and who had practised for a year as a
nurse viii be sent to some training school 70
complete and Americanize her professional
equipment Miss Sarah Perlmann. the devoted
young woman dentist Of Odessa who for the
love Of the cause and without compensation
brought the children over. expects 20 return
Hoon