The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
JEWISH SOCIETY
APPEALS FOR AID
Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
tion Seeks Financial Help to
. Prevent DISARMAMENT

The Young Mems Hebrew association
OF San Francisco has issued an appeal
TO the people of this city in an effort
TO raise funds to prevent disbandon-
ment of the we'll known institution
For years this association has played
an important part in the lives of young
folk, and until recent financial troubles
cropped up enjoyed liberal patronage
The appeal is as follows:
To the San Francisco Public:
The Young Mems Hebrew association of San
francisco. composed of about 200 male members
with an affiliated female membership of 100
has been doing active work in this com
munity furnishing young and women with
a.,. a clean moral resort and among other things
with good library, classrooms, gymnasium.
bowling alley, billiard room. etc., giving the
membership exercise for the body and food for
the mind under reasonable and sane rules !;
giving courses of lectures and sustaining an
active literary society and similar instructive
possess Is naturally of the every day people
which can afford to pay but a very small
amount toward the support Of the institution
IL mas been our endeavor to be self support
ing, aud the benevolent and wealther classes
OF the community have never been called upon
nor has any outside support been furnished.
Some three years ago Dr. C. d. Salfeld the
owner of the premises at 1870 Page street
which were then well worth $40. 000 showed his
erty to the Young Mems Hebrew association
for about half OF its value and the association
having no capital of its own paid for the same
by borrowing $50. 900 from the Humboldt savings
bank and $1,000 from the California safe de-
posit and trust company.
We all know the financial conditions which
have existed during the last two years and a
half, and despite the unlimited good the asso
citation has accomplished 1t has been compelled
70 sraggle along unassisted ana hampered in
various ways owing to the dull times and the
nre OF April, 1906.
WAS RELIEF STATION
Prior TO the fire of April 1906 the institu-
tion was self supporting. After the FIRE the
buildings OF the institution were used gen.
eraI relief station for about six months, and
hundreds of people of the community both Jew
and GENTLE, there found shelter and relief.
This depleted it's treasury and deprived the
sociation of its facilities. consequently
than half the membership was thus lost. Further
financial embarrassment was caused by an in
crease in the rate of fire insurance being
raised from l Il to 5% per cent.
This being club for the moral betterment
OF the members we certainly could not rent any
poses and other tenants not obtainabe,
and we were compelled 10 look to our nrem-
bership alone for support. which, as herein
The membership and board of directors have
voluntarily taxed themselves and subscribed
additional sums toward its support, but the time
has come at last when the mortgages must be
satisfied or this magnificent property. with it's
grand future possibilities for the moral up-
women, must be sacrificed and the property fan
into the hands of the mortgages.
If arrange the sum of $4,000 within
the next 30 days we eau arrange for an exten-
sion of the debt and save the property, and
under better present conditions change the
method of handling the property by renting
out portions of the same and creating a sink
ing fund which will In time extinguish the
balance of the Indebtedness. We have Just 80
days time to raise SIS, 900 or face fore
closure.
TEACH LANGUAGES
The plans of the association include schools
for the teaching of English, French. German
and Spanish classes for foreign immigrants for
instruction in the English language to permit
them TO make living in this country; classes
in writing, book keeping and shorthand and
such usual practical knowledge as will make
young men and women self-supporting.
We now make first appeal to the San
Francisco public to save this noble institution
from extinction and we hope whether the amount
be large or small. If you take any interest in
the good work as herein outlined, you will at
once send in your donations TO l. ". Hellman
Jr., treasurer donation committee, Y. NJ. H. A. =
care Wells Fargo Nevada national bank of San
Francisco.
We earnestly request that all who desire to
become members of the institution and thus aid
1t send their subscriptions to /. w. Hellman Jr
We further request that those who may not de-
sire TO become members but nevertheless desire
TO aid the work of the institution send the
amount Of their donation at once
s. Wesskopf, Ben Schloss, Maurice RosenthaI
a. katschinski. Jewel Alexander David No
masch. William Marks, NJ Cohl. NJ. E. Glucks-
man. Samuel Glass, Henry zekind. directors