The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-03-23
The Jew.r in America.
By Frederick ]. Haskin.

in New York alone Hayman Levy,
fur dealer, taught the secret of
| getting rich to the first Astor, who
| worked in his employ.
Many people claim that the reason
| the Jew succeeds is because he is dis
honest, but there are several univer
! sal traits of Jewish character which,
| If observed by other nationalities,
would tend to make them equally
successful in life The first of these
| is untiring energy and devotion to
business; the second is practice OF
economy; the third is regard for the
| domestic virtues. 1t stands to rea-
son that any young man who will
work. save his money and take care
OF his health has a better chance to
GET on in the world than one who
neglects these cardinal principles OF
well being These traits are really
the basis of Jewish success
The Jew has had brilliant record
in politics Oscar Strauss is the first
member of that race to hold a CabI-
net portfolio. There have been six
Jews in the Senate: David Yulee, OF
Florida; judah P. Benjamin, of Lou
isiana; Benjamin F. Jonas, OF Louis
lana; Joseph Simon. of Oregon; Isa-
dore Raynor, of Maryland, and ST.
mon Guggenheim, of Colorado
Twenty-four Jews have served in the
lower branch of the National Con
gress, and the four now representing
their race there, are Henry NJ Gold
fogle, and Joseph H. Littauer, Of
New York: Lucius Kahn, of Califor-
MIA, and General Adolph Meyer, of
Louisiana. William Loeb, secretary
70 I1a -
ed as having as much power as a
Cabinet officer There are about
1000 Jews in the Government en-
p1oy.
AS educators the Jews have left
their impress on every country in the
world. Rabbi Gershom Seixas was
one of the incorporators OF Columbia
College, and was one of the fourteen
clergymen present at the first ina igu-
ration of George Washington Felix
Adler has immortalized himself by
founding the ethical culture 500 .tles
in New York and Philadelphia. There
are eighty papers and magazines
published by Jews IN the United
States. Prominent figuers Ill the
world of American journalism are
Adolph Och, owner of the New
York Times; Joseph Pulitzer, owner
of the World, and Carvalho, manager
of the Heart papers.
Rose Pastor Stokes, Albert Ster-
ner and Samuel Gompers are famii-
lar Jewish names in literature, art
and philanthropy. The present tele-
phone transmitter is the invention of
a Jew, one Emil Berliner. The art
to this country by the Hebrews, who
e,,1ffxy, ~
sugar cane in America The lirs:
white male child born in Georgia
was Isaac Minis, son of Jewish ex-
lies. The worlds champion type
writer is Miss Rose Fritz, a Hebrew
girl.
The Jews practically dominate the
theatrical business in all its branch
cs. Heinrich Conrad and Oscar
II ammerstein, the giants in the oper-
attic world are both Jews. Klaw ami
Granger, the Frohmans and the
Shuberts are successful managers and
producers David Belasco is not
only a successful writer of plays, but
the foremost producer in the country.
Charles Klein is one of the most
successful playwrights of the time.
Alfred J. Cohen, better known as
Alan Dale, is one of the best known
dramatic critics. Miriam Nicholson
and Claiming Pollock are among the
younger playwrights. Richard Mans
field and David Warheld are the
foremost Jewish actors, and Clara
Lfpmann holds honors both as ac-
tress and playwright. Most of the
musical comedy stars, such as Sam
Bernard, George Cohan. 10 Weber,
Lew Fields and Rogers Brothers are