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The Jewish outlook., 1907-11-15

One OF the matters dealt win AT
the recent conference of the Union of
German Jews was the premium put
by the authorities upon apostasy in
the apportionment of public Offices
There are no official statistics for the
whole of Germany as to the number
of Jews who have left the faith, but
in Prussia. under Il law of 1873. each
AuStriH has to be accomplished by
declaration before court of law.
which communicates the fact to the
governing body of the Jewish com
munity. In this way the community
becomes acquainted with the facts re-
lating to each secession from the faith.
Hitherto the materials on this subject
have not been worked up. and it was
only within the last few weeks that,
at the instance of the statistical bu-
reau. DR.. Blau has examined the rec
ords of the Berlin Jewish community
for information concerning Jewish
apostasy. From this information it is
possible to dcducc a clear idea of the
secession movement throughout the
whole of Germany, for other cnquir-
les have shown that it is correct to
suppose that at least three-quarters of
all the Jewish baptisms in Germany
emanate from the capital. In the pc
riod 1s73-l906, 1874 persons 1.395
-I1ales zmnsls-i79 fensals.s9 4in--B -Berlip-ser..
cedede from Judaism. In the early
years of this period the number of Sc
cessions is very small. Thus up to
1884 the highest number i'm any one
year was ten lin 1876 and 1889:
since 1887 the number has never fal-
len below 20. and since 1892 it has
risen very considerably. and in 1905
and 1906 reached the high figures of
157 and 156. The secession statistics
do not correspond to the increase in
the Jewish population of Berlin. but
increase out of all proportion to the
growth i'm the number of the Jewish
Inhabitants The number of Jewish
baptisms is still higher than that of
mere secessions from the Jewish com
munity, for these latter relate only to
adult persons who have been fully
hedgcd members of the community:
the baptisms include children under
fourteen years of age. of whom the
Jewish community has no cognizance.
Besides the moral damage which the
Jewish community sustains by these
conversions. it also suffers consider
able material loss. through the dimi-
mutton of it's taxpaying members. The
secedcrs. as a rule. belong to the we'll
to-do classes and pay high contribu-
tions. The annual loss to the Jewish
community through the secessions III
the period 1SS7-1906 was about SOOOD
marks.
TIE N\TURALIZATION QUESTION.
The Union was fully justified in
complaining of the manner in which
chiefly the Prussian government. but
also the governments of other federal
states. treat foreigners of the Jewish
faith. A large number of Jews from
Austria and Russia have lived for
many years in Germany, and although
they have proved desirable citizens in
every respect, occupying respectable
positions, paying high taxes, and en-
i,,u ra,npa1 .,ctanp, have ahSnIptpIy n
The Jewish outlook., 1907-11-15
First Reform Congregation of Paris

TINS country who have as yet not come
to consider the principles first formu-
lated over fifty years ago by Geiger
and his associates either as now obso-
lete or from the very first as idle, if
not frivolous. vagarieS The men and
women at the head of this significant
effort to instil new life into the .Ju-
daism of the French synagOgues are
noted for intelligence. They are, how
ever, not representative of high
finance. What of influence the Roth
schild family wields over French
.Jewry was not merely not with the
SPONSORS of the Union Liberae. it was
actively and bitterly inimical to their
plans. The credit for refusing to place
at the disposal of the Reformers one
of the existing Paris Temples is en-
tirely due to the opposition on the
part of the reigning chief of this
financial dynasty.
For the movement this opposition
augurs well. At least this charge can
not be brought against il that it in
tends to hllmor the whims of the fash
ionablc and wealthy. Orthodoxy must
exercise what brain it has To find new
grounds for discrcditing the honesty
of the leaders of the new departure
In all the keys of the gamut the song
has been dinned into our ears that the
prime motive of reform was the de-
sire tn curry favor with the million
!. aires, III it were worth one 8 efforts.
facfs abundant could De sldtiured To
show that even i'm this country money
bag as II rule is officially antagonistic
to the reform movement. But curl
osity is eXclIsable. concerning the line
of vituperatiOn which orthodoxy will
now take with reference to this
French band of reformers. Rothschild
is uncompromisingly opposed to them.
What becomes of the stock argument
that reform was conceived of the
weakness to toady to the wealthy!
"Nor can French ultramontanism
resort to that other favorite objection
according to which reformers lay
their heavy hands on the ark in order
to rob the people of their religion.
Men high in the estimation of OrthO-
doXy have given ample testimony to
the effect that in France under the
very regime of official orthodoxy Ju-
daiSm has been wasting away until at
the present moment nothing of it is
left but mere facade The new de-
parture, then, cannot be stigmatiZed
as an attempt to take away or to sub
stitute. Below zero lie minus quanti-
ties. This new society does not pro-
pose to deal in negatives. 1t is con-
secrated to positive construction. A
non-existing Sabbath can not be
transferred Orthodoxy would have
semblance of justification for its cry
of alarm that Reform is absconding
with valuables. if the Sabbath and
other ritual institutions We're genuine
ly and honestly observed. AS France
demonstrates. ritual Judaism has
lapsed into desuetude even though no
Reform congregation was in existence
and no Jewish services were held on
Sunday.
''The program of the new Society
practically reveals intentions long
since realized in most of our Reform
congregations. Occidental custom
shall prevail in the seating of the
members. The male portion of the
The Jewish outlook., 1907-11-15

RaDD1 LOUIS Levy, now mead OF the
new Reform Community of Paris,
which is attracting hosts of followers.
desires that the movement shall rest
on the purest Jewish tradition and to
maintain in its services everything
which is the very essence of Judaism.
Here are his own words on the sub
ject:
IF we are to safeguard the Jewish
religion, we must place ourselves i'll
harmony with the new eXigencies of
life and of modern conscience. This
has hitherto been neglected. Hence
the crisis which Judaism has passed
through for nearly thirty years, and
which has resulted in an ever-in -increas-
ing number of defections of Jews
from the ancestral faith. We must
bring Judaism back to its true spirit
in. order to make of it II religion of
humanity. Our reforms may be
summed up as follows:
1--WE shall hold II solemn service on
Sunday. because through present con
ditions of existence it is the only day
which everybody has free. But we
will not on this account abolish the
services on Friday evening and Sat
urday morning. The festivals will be
kept only one day That is to say. at
Succoth. we will keep the first day as
Succoth. and the eighth day Us Shcm-
ini Etserct On the Day of Atonement
there will he two services one from.
10 to noon. and the otlprfrorn 8 to q
p. M. The Sunday service will COM
prise traditional chants in Hebrew.
sung by choir of men and women
the prayers will be read by the Rabbi
The Scdrah for the week will only be
read in part: the complete reading of
the Torah will thus be spread over
several years. The sermons will be
preached every Sunday, either by the
Rabbi or by II lay member of the COM
munity. In order to prove its liberal
spirit. the community even proposes
to invite clergymen of other religions
to deliver sermons. Only the Rabbi
will wear the Tallith Men and wo-
men will sit together. and the men will
be uncovered. Religious instruction
will be given to children twice week.
They will be taught Hebrew. religious
p'IItlS tI' vi 'pJ''tN vi
religious practices. Every member OF
the community may. on his personal
responsibility. observe the dietary
laws and fasts. Circumcision will be
optional. The Rabbi will celebrate
mixed marriages on condition that the
party who is not a Jew shall embrace
Judaism. (If the bridegroom becomes
Jew. he need not submit to the Alb
rahamic rite) There will only be one
scale of charges for and one class of
marriages. Boys will be Barmitzvah
at the age of fourteen. after having
passed an examination before a com
mittee Service will be held in the
synagogue after funeral and on the
anniversary of a death. The kaddish
i'm Hebrew. as also the majority of i'm
portant prayers. the Shemang. She
none Esreh. will be retained
DR.. f. G. Hirsch. i'm the Reform
Advocate, comments as follows:
1.-THE REFORM CONGREGATION OF PARIS.
1.-The news of the final organization
of congregation with outspoken re-
form tendencies in Paris will be re-
,aiya1 with graf tificatiop hy many in
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-27

Don't rorgct t.at our driver takes
yn,t order FOR am kind of bakery
FOODS. 4. q. pratt 3 Co, GroCCrs.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-05-30
TALL HATS FOR sAvAGEs.
Striking Costumes Worn by seml.civ.
ilized Potentates on State Occasions.

The manner and occasion of wearing
the garments of civilization sometimes
chosen by savage chieftains and semi
civilized potentates have often proved
source of mirth.
Perhaps the palm for a unique com.
bination still belongs to that stat
uesque Polynesian native who honored
state function by appearing in a
stovepipe hat, the rest of his costume
consisting of postage stamps, abun-
dainty and artistically applied in ele-
CANT patterns over his entire person.
Still other striking effects have been
attained.
Robert P. Skinner, who was sent
lately on a mission to Abyssinia, re-
lates that, having presented an Amer
lean flag to Alto Paulos, hospitable
official person, far removed from saw
agery, he received this gracious &C.
acknowledgement of the gift:
II appreciate this more than any,
thing you could give me- 1t is the
proudest decoration could possibly
own. I shall ask the emperor for the
right to accept it, as we cannot accept
anything of this sort without authori-
cation, and he will say yes Then
shall wear it about my shoulders
every feast day."
The tall hats which the Americans
wore at the court of Menelik evoked
much admiration, says the Youths
Companion, as indeed tall hats seem
always to do in lands unfamiliar with
their peculiar rigid dignity One which
previous traveller had bestowed upon
provincial ruler of the country had
been, they learned, so highly appre-
ciated that it was at once sent to the
court jeweler and the brim encircled
with row of emeralds.
When, on breaking camp for the
last time, the party bestowed various
articles of attire on their faithful Abys-
sinian servants, they found that even
pink pajamas were less thankfully re-
ceived than old hats. Mr.. Skinner
gave his own hat to Alto Pito, chief
muleteer and general utility man.
He knelt at once, before he could
be prevented" the embarrassed COM
missioner records, "and kissed the
donor on both feet. Then he drew his
snowy white chamma about him,
placed one hand upon his long curved
sword and strobe forth, with the silk
hat on the back of his head, to resume
the prosaic occupation of railroad
track boss.''
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-05-30
Fire Escape unnatented.

my child! My child! Who will
save my child?" shrieked a distracted
mother as, returning to her home from
a meeting of the Daughters of Ruth,
late at night, she beheld her home
ablaze and her two-year-old daughter
leaning far out of the window. The
flames were rapidly sweeping toward
the helpless little one, the snow pre-.
vented the arrival of the ladder com.
pany and there was apparently no way
to reach the window.
Il will rescue the little one," shout.
ed Foreman Wetzel of engine %.
Ordering the engineer to shut down,
.Wetzel procured large basket, in
which he placed few pretty toys.
The basket was suspended over the
nozzle, pressure was turned on gradu-
ally, and slowly the stream, mounting
higher and higher, carried the basket
to the height of the window.
The babe reached out to clutch the
toys and fell into the basket; the pres.
sure was lowered, and as gently as
an elevator the precious burden de.
scended to the sidewalk, where the
historical mother, clutching the
youngster, poured out her thanks to
the quick-witted fireman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-05-30
Considered It Extremely Rude.

Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma tells
with great glee of a conversation that
took place between a Boston woman
and an Oklahoma man, with reference
to things western.
Il take it, ma'am," said the Okla
homan, that you've Travelled consider
able in these parts
Quite good DEAL" answered the
Bostonian. LAS far west as California
and Nevada, and I've spent some time
in Arizona"
Have you ever seen the Cherokee
Strip" suddenly asked the Oklahoma
person.
Thereupon ensued painful silence.
1t was plainly to be seen that the
Boston woman was much embarrass.
ed When she had in a manner re-
covered her composure she observed:
In the first place, sir, consider
your query extremely rude, and in
the second place, you might have
been more refined in your language
by asking me if had seen the Chero.
kee disrobe. '-Lippincotts
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-05-30

Rasmus Nissen and son went out
east of town last Saturday to bring
in some cattle that Rasmus had
bought.
Peter Jensen who has been i'll for a
long time, will try what he can do
at the Bluffs for while toward
getting relief.
About one-half of the people of
Elk Horn are talking of going Tues
day to the church convention at
Council Bluffs.
H. S. Rattenborg and Mr.. Ross OF
Atlantic were in town Thursday
They also called on parties at Kim
ballton and east of here.
Joe James & Company had new
cutters put on their store last
Saturday. Chris Rasmussen from
Kimballton did the work.
Miss Josephine Gibbs of Harlan,
who taught school here last year will
not teach here again as she has accep-
ted school nearer her home.
Hans G. Hansen, southeast of here,
has been hauling some of the large
tile from the Kimballton Cement
Works which Hans intends to put
into his we'll.
Chris J. Petersen, formerly clerk
in the James store, has been offered
the position of book keeper in the
office of the Cement Works at Kim
ballton.
The college is getting thorough
renovating and overhauling a new
coat of paint, new paper, and the
street leading to the college widened
and graded.
Miss Jorgensen, the lady photo
grapher, is fine artist and all her
work is first class. Give her call
when you want your picture taken
true to life.
Nels Nielsen, the blacksmith in the
southwest part of town, is having
more trouble with the foot injured q
few weeks ago, the nerves are affected
giving severe pain.
Banker John Petersen and Mrs.
Petersen left for Schuyler, Nebraska,
last week to spend few days with
her son, Peter, who is a practiclng
attorney at Schuyler.
Miss Anna Petersen went to Blair,
Nebraska, Tuesday to be present at
the college graduating exercises after
which she will go to the Bluffs to
attend big church convention.
Chris Hansen, out on the ridge
five miles east of town has the out
side woodwork of his elegant man
sion completed and the interior will
soon be ready for the plasterers.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-05-30
Souvenir Nutmeu Graters.

A lady who sailed for her home in
Germany few days ago took with her
dozen nutmeg graters and some tea
strainers to be distributed as souvenirs
of her visit to this country. when I
was here IL years ago." she said, 81
brought home nutmeg crater and
gave it to an aunt and every housewife
who saw it envied her. When this aunt
died everything she owned was dis.
posed of in her will with the execution
OF the nutmeg crater, and SO many in
the family wanted it that the simple
article threatened to cause a fight
among the heirs. Now will give each
of them one and tea strainer in add.
ton. These are two household neces.
sites which are almost unknown in
the part of Germany that live in"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-05-30

yer coins streaming across the street
| from the mandatory to the bank.
And the word soon passed that the
COVER ment had come to the aid of
O'Toole, and had started minting
money.
| And, when the people heard this.
their amazement was a wonder to be-
/ hold
Some of them were sent in to draw
their money, and report to the others
upon what they observed And when
they came back with their money on
plates smoking hot, they said how
that the barrels of gold and silver.
were going down to the cellars, in al
string, to be stored there, and, by thisS
time there must have gone in thou
sand barrels if there went one. And
their money, they said, had been
served across the counter to them
upon iron scoops, for no man could
handle it, yet while it was boiling.
When the people heard this, not
only would they not draw their own
money, which they had in it, as
they were now greedier than ever for
the big interest, but those Of them
that had just drawn it out, went
back with their plates again and de-
posted it.
OToole, the banker, was a glad
hearted man that day, and, for the
first time in three weeks, closed his
eyes in sound sleep that night. Dark
Patrick, at his special entreaty, re-
NAMED with him for three days long
err, till his mackerel fleet came safely
in. ,A
And it is said that it took 300
men, three days and three nights, car
rying off the fleet, into the bank, the
bags of gold that they had brought
back with them in exchange for the
scalpeens; so that O'Toole was able
to pay off, with double and trebleA
compound interest, every creditor he
had in Ireland, and leave for him.
self an Independent fortune into the
bargain.
1t was him was the elated man
then, | tell you. He nearly threw
himself at the feet of Dark Patrick
and he asked him to name the size Of
his reward.
well" said Dark Patrick, TIL ash
as a reward that you'll never again
risk the money of the poor people or
the country"
And O'Toole promised that he never
would, nor did he.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-05-30
Elk Horn

@. o. Jensen bought some cattle
last week.
R. P. Petersen and wife visited
Extra f lends Sunday.
Nels G.. Nielsen went to Brayton
last Thursday evening.
C. w. Boysen's gave a fine party
one evening last week.
Ole N. Olsen has been doing some
painting for his father.
Thomas and Ed Mardesen OF Extra
we're in town last Wednesday.
Miss Anna Jensen is going to visit
sister residing near Audubon.
John Faaborg's children are ill
with measles and complications.
Chris Mortensen has taken a lob
with Walter James for month.
S. G. Petersen and wife returned
from Tyler, Minnesota, Saturday.
Emil Tvenstrup, the Hamlin bar
Der, was in town Monday visiting
friends.
Pete Nissen has plenty of work in
housemoving to do here in the near
future.
William Anderson purchased q
good farm five miles west of
AUDI bon.
John Anker and Tena Olsen have
closed their schools at Earling and
returned homo.
Ed Mardesen and family of near
Extra, visited with friends here Sat.
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. Hansen and Mr.. Christensen of
Marine were in town Saturday even
ing visiting friends.
Prot. Nd. FL. Madsen has accepted
principalship at Port Amboy, New
Jersey, and moved there.
Jacob Hansen purchased nice new
carriage from the Elk Horn Imple-
ment Company last week.
Mrs. Axelsen, on the north road
from here to Extra, is remodeling
her barn and adding to it's size.
Rev. Anker has opened Young
Peoples Bible class to which all are
asked to attend and take part.
Reverends Anker and Jersild at
tended missionary meeting at
Bowman's Grove last Saturday.
G. w. Hansen returned from Oma-
ha after attending school in en-
balming and passed denomination.
The regular services at the college
every last Sunday afternoon in the
month were we'll attended last
Sunday.
S. G. Petersen and Albert Jorgen-
sen went to Atlantic last Thursday
evening to attend the railroad
meeting.
j. A. Petersen has Just received a
fine line of silverware, berry dishes,
castors, &c, which he has added to
his large stock of watches, clocks,
rings and musical instruments, and
his prices are right; so spend your
money at home where it will do the
most good.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-05-30
ately: I'm prepared to do as you

perately: I'm prepared to do as you
direct"
In short time O'Toole had engaged
the mandatory opposite and turned
1t inside out. He had brought Dark
Patrick the so men with the so picks
and shovels, and the ten herring par
rels, and he stood by to see what in.
the name of wonder the next move
was going to be.
Now" said Dark Patrick, says he,
II want you to start 20 of these
men in the cellar of this bank, and
20 more in the cellar of the manu-
factory opposite, working for life and
death, cutting passage under the
street from the one cellar to the other
cellar, and they are to fill the ten bar
rels to within half an inch of the lip
with the clay they take out. The
thousand pounds in gold and silver,
and the other ten men," says he, "is
to come with me-"
Then across the street he started,
and while the men in the cellars be-
low were working like the fury, cut
ting their way under the street from
house to house, Dark Patrick got the
the factory, and he got ten frying
pans and put them on the fires, and
he got hammers and anvils, and he
set them on a bench that ran along
the window looking into the street
On the frying pans he emptied the
bags of gold and silver, making the
men blow the bellows like murder till
the coins were red hot, and he then
started them carrying the frying pans,
full of coin, to the bench and beating
the coins on the anvils, nicely and
lightly, with little hammers, opening
the windows at the same time so that
the noise would get properly into the
street-where the crowd now was
gathering at tremendous rate in
front of the bank, and instructing the
heaters that they were to make all
the clatter and clang and Jingle that
they could
The passage underneath the street
was soon completed. Then ten her
ring barrels filled within an inch of
of lip were fetched up; they were
filled up with couple of layers of
hot coins-some of the barrels with
gold coins and others of them with
silver-and while some of the men
went on with the frying of the coins,
and some with the beating upon the
anvils at the window, the remainder
were started in pairs, with hand
sticks, to carry the barrels as fast
as they could across the street to the
bank
And as fast as the men entered the
bank with the barrels of money they
carried them back just as fast as the
underground passage, so that when
the last barrel was going in of the
bank door the first was coming out
again out of the door of The manufac-
tory, and there was one continual
string of barrels of fresh gold and sill.