Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-04-08

fh course uinn'r Tor seven cents -
tie latest thing toat charity workers
have devised for the poor Of New
York's Ghetto. The scheme is unique
~ that all the food served IN in ac-
eordancc with the "kosher' standard I;
that is, according to the religious re-.
guirements of the orthodox Jews II
vas found that hundreds Of the uncm.
ployed could not avail themselves Of
the numerous "brcsd lines" scattered
throughout the city because there they
did not serve kosher food The new
seven recent dinner will not only be pre-.
pared with due regard for the rcligi.
ess demands Of the Jewish people. but
win also assure them of a good square
0eal Of soup, meat aand vegetables at
= very low figure. Jewish girls from
veil TO do families in the ncighbor.
hood have consented 10 serve as wait.
fssses. The signs that decorate the
walls are unique. Among them are;
Don't waste any time eating, for
there are hungry ones waiting. -
"Don't crowd or push; for everyone
will be waited on in turn "Don Z
shout at the walters, for they are no,
deaf"
In one of the public schools Of
Brooklyn there is a little girl Of ten
years who has been in this country but
three months and now reads and speaks
English with almost as mucn ease ~
some of her class mates who were born
N America. Minns Weisbein IL n
Russian by birth, and besides speaking
Rnglish, which she has picked up in "A
Few weeks, she has SIX other languages
81 her command, Il Russian. Polish, Ger.
aen, Spanish and Italian. when Minns
was baby her father was in favor
with the ear, but trouble came and
he was obliged to fee for his life. The
family then wandered in different
countries, and before they had been
ohere many months, Minna was able TO
converse with any Of the natives. In
December last they came AZ Storage
passengers To America and attention
was attracted to the family because
6 tiny Minna's ability TO converse in
several languages. Robert watchorn,
commissioner of immigration, declares
shat Minna is the most remarkable
enid that has ever come 10 America.
II is no bed Of roses that il handed
out in these days to the army of un.
employed who apply for a square meal
and lodging to the Charity Organiza-
ton society. Just by way Of testing
nm applicants sincerity, he is made TO
saw and split onc-eighth of n cord of
wood and after he accomplishcs this
tho society IN convinced that he really
wanted n meal aud place 10 sleep.
He gets both. II he is married man
and lives at nome he gets fifty cents
for his work, but If he has no home he
gets n ticket that entities him TO "a
lodging and meal. This distinction IN
made because the man without home
would in all probability spend his
money in "A saloon. The society con.
duets big wood yard which permits
Of about $50 applicants getting work
daily. However, owing 10 the business
depression fully 700 apply every day.
The wood is sold at the same prices
charged by the local companies.
daring burglar broke the plate
glass show window of Harlem store
early the other morning and flashed in
his lantern; but there his daring stop
ped The rays fell upon two staring
eyes. The whites showed for n con
siderable space about the pupils, which
gazed steadily ahead. They were two
hard, relentless orbs staring out of
nothing. just one look. the lantern
dropped and the burglar fled. Every
thing in the storcwindow, which was
that Of AN optical company, wac left
intact, although there were several
thousand dollars worth Of things with
In the burglars, reach. Everything
was snfc howcvcf. including the two
lonely glass eyes, staring straight
ahead from the black velvet Of the
window base.
In order to break down the barriers
between "socicty" aud the working
people, aud in order to insure TO the
latter better labor conditions, n mum.
her of New York women of social prom
inonce, including Miss Anne Morgan.
daughter Of j, Picrpont Morgan, and
Mrs !. Borden Hartman, met recently
TO form an organization Of those will
ing 20 go into factories, 10 eat, sleep
aud work with the working girls. The
object IL 10 enable these women 10 offer
valuable suggestions for reform in fac
tory legislation aud supervision. A
unique feature of the undertaking
nnwaVpr IL .hnt tho rpm,.lv aimed "a