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The Jewish outlook., 1908-01-31

with their nvironment-mOst of
them know little of any other, and
they have neither the initiative nor the
money ahead to enable them to move.
Until transit facilities are improved
and made available by cheaper rates,
lower East Siders will continue to pay
high rents In this connection l can
do no better than quote from Charles
NJ Robinson s Modern Civic Art:
''TO enlarge the area available for ten
cments there must be cheap rapid
transit. These workers are compelled
to live near their employment in order
to save time. From the nOmadism Of
the pllshcart to the fixedness of shop
or fruit stand. there is requirement
that the home of the worker be of
quick and easy accessibility. AS COM
petition is keener and hours of labor
are longer in the descending scale of
employment. it becomes more and
more essential economically that home
and work be near. Civic art must
give up any idea; however attractive,
of bringing the poor from the green
field to daily labor in the city, heart.
Either the labor must be removed to
the fields. or the workman must be
housed in the city in close proximity
to his work. He has not time for
long trip. and no money to pay for it.
The rapid transit offered, then, must
be-to aid the poorcst-of the cheap
est and most rapid"
The matter of transit is not the
only one that enters into considera-
ton. The desire of the families to be
with their friends and relatives is
strong, and it will require large move
ments to urge them to leave in such
apprcciablc numbers as to reduce the
rents materially. Many of the Jewish
immigrant population have gone to
other sections of greater New York.
but in spite of this. rents have risen.
However. with the development of
outlying districts in the Bronx and
Brooklyn. as well as Long Island gen
orally. there is steady tendency to
move away from the more congested
portions of the lower East Side. so
that together with the efforts being
made to distribute newly arriving i'm
migrants. it may be hoped that the
pressure for room on the lower East
Side will be lessened. in order that
those living there at any one time Will
have greater comfort than present
housing and rent conditions permit.
-Chariiics and The Commons.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-01-31
High Rents on New York's East Side
BY CHARLES S. BERNHEIMER

Apropos of the rent strike on the
lower East Side of Manhattan, some
facts relating to the increase of rents
are of significance.
Three-rOOm apartments i'll tene-
ment on Orchard street which rented
for $40 in 1902 now rent for $14.
Those which rented for $I1.5 in 1902
now rent for $l4.5O. Some which
were $12 in 1902 are now $14 or $15.
That is to say, the rise has been from
So to 81 per apartment. This rise IS
characteristic of rentals all over the
lower East Side 1t is true of a num-
ber of houses which | investigated in
one block BE it remembered, too, that
these houses are old-law, unimproved
tenementS.
The block investigated by me, with
the aid of another resident of the Uni
versity Settlement. James p. Kranz,
is bounded by Allen, Stanton, Orch
ard, and RivingtOn streets. 1t does
not differ materially from other
blocks in the neighborhOod, although
it is one of the most crowded.
There are about 500 apartments III
the black. We made inquiries of fam
lies in 343 The families were Jews
from Russia. Roumania and Galicia.
The average residence in the United
States for the head of the family was
n little over seven years, and the av-
crage tena,lcy OF the apartments wu:'
II triflc more than two years.
The rental on the average was rs
follows:
broom apartments. .$lO.66 per mo.
Broom apartments. go. 14.OS per mo.
4-rOom apartments. .... 1858 per mo.
broom apartments. 2O.o6 per mo.
The average per room was $4.63
month. The rental of the entire num-
bcr of apartments averaged $14.55 n
month. or $174.60 a year.
When it is considered that the av-
cragc income of the families in the
block was about 5000 a year. it can be
readily understood how difficult the
situation is. This means that on the
average thirty per cent of the income
goes for rent Every increase reduces
the amount available for food and
other necessities. The families that are
Striking" have apparently reached
the lowest cbb on other necessities of
life, and so they 'strike' on rent.
This is the slack season for many. and
they have not the whcrewithal to pay
the present rentals.
OF 1913 heads of families i'm the block
for which | obtained data. 40 were
tailors. 81 operators. 81 prcssers. Is
fnishcrs. 46 pcddlers. 16 painters. !
fur scarf makers. 10 carpenters. and
the remainder were distributed in
other occupations. This enumeration
will throw some light on the charac-
ter of the tenants ''striking' against
high rates. If one asks why they do
not move. the answer is: They must
be near their work They can walk TO
their places of employment from the
lower East Side. Ten cents a day ear
fare is big item when one is earning
so little. and the time spent in going
and coming any distance would
shorten the hours of labor or the hours
of sleep. 1t would cut down the in
come. Then. too. the people who i've
in this district have become familiar
The Jewish outlook., 1908-01-31

row opportunities, uncOn genia !
though they often were.
"Oscar S. Straus, secretary of the
Bureau of Commerce and Labor, him
self Jew, some time ago said: "In-
stead of the Jew being a barterer, he
is the most spiritual man alive. He
has been pounded by the ages, robbed
and massacred. but he yields neither
his traditions nor his ideals. Had he
been materialistic he would have sold
out long ago and bought peace. There
fore. / say that he is spiritualistic or
idealistic rather than practical or ma
terial.
''One strong reason why the Jews
make such a marked success in this
country is because they make such
good citizens. They all love the very
name of Washington: Lincoln they
almost worship: and you can find
prints of General Grant and Admiral
Dewey in almost any Jewish home.
After the Jews are here a few years
they are not to be distinguished from
those of any of the other foreign-born
races. They assimilate well here
They love the country and its politi-
cal traditions. They make good pa
triots.
''In other countries the Jews have
had to practice all the subtle arts of
repression. Here they stand upright
and look at the sun. 1t does them
good. See how they scatter into the
arts as soon as their fetters have been
unbound. In modern times the name
of David Belasco casts almost a spell
over things theatrical. There are n
number of Jewish playwrights-
stein and Rosenfeld and Klein COM
ing only to my mind now Rachel was
and Bernhardt is II great actress. not
to mention Sonncnthal and Adler In
music there are Joachim. Johann
Strauss. the waltz king Mcyerbecr.
thai.
'.In the law the Jews have been emf
ncntly successful. In New York City
alone there are upward of 1900 law
ycrs who are Jews. There are GER
tainly 1000 Jewish physicians. There
are six judges of the Supreme Court
of the county of New York. viz. NJ.
Marley PlatZek. David Lcvintritt. Jo-
seph +. Ncwberger. Samuel Green
baum. Mitchell l.. Erlanger and Mi
chael II. Hirshberg. and Otto a. Ro-
salsky. of the Court of General Ses-
sions. is also n Jew.
81 have been giving these different
facts to undermine the universal su-
perstition that the Jew is only
trader. lie has succeeded also in med
icinc. in the arts and in the law: in
fact he has made his mark in all the
professions.
''Perhaps another reason why the
Jew is successful is the fact that he
is one of the longest lived of all the
races. the Quaker only living longer
than him. Through all forms of per-
secution he comes forth unharmed
Cast down but never destroyed In
the Middle Ages he was tortured by
the superstitious knights. and the Sr-
acens also burned whole villages Of
the Jews because they would not EN-
brace the Mohammedan faith. Surely
this does not seem as though they were
The Jewish outlook., 1908-01-31
Why the Jew Succeeds


EDWARD LAUTERBACH OF NEW YORK, GI
"When Israel Zangwill was asked
Why have the Jews succeeded?' he
replied that they had not succeeded.
and that as Il race they were a mlser-
able failure. and that only here and
there could there be found solitary
example of success He had some fig
ures to support his statement, and
these figures were drawn not from the
United States. where the Jews have
attained the nearest approach to some
kind of social solidarity, but from the
swarming, confused East. He said
that in Russia and Algeria and III
Persia the average Jew was not worth
So.
Although the Jew would consider
this a real test whether he has sue
ceeded or failed. viz: The size of his
bank account, yet judged from this
standpoint the Jew in the United
States is a pronounced success. From
figures supplied by Joseph Jacobs,
one of the editors of the Jewish En-
cyclopedia. in the Jewish World, |
find that in the city of New York
alone there are over forty milliOnaircs
who are Jews: that in Chicago there
are thirteen Jews who possess mil
lion dollars. ten in San Francisco.
seven in Baltimore, six in Cincinnati.
five in Philadelphia, five in Louisville.
and two in st. Louis.
''It is also significant that there
are at least 100000 well-to-do and
wcll-dreSscd Jews who live in the up
per section of New York City today.
and many of these have but lately
emerged from the East Side districts.
There are also hundreds of thousands
of refined and cultivated Jews in Chi
cago. Philadelphia and San Francisco
in fact. in all the large cities and
towns of the Union. wealthy Jews can
be found.
81 do not. however share the cur
rent superstition of the enormous and
fabulous wealth of the ordinary Jew
ish merchant. / believe that either
Mr. Carnegie of Mr.. Rockefeller pos
scsses more wealth than all of the Jews
of the United States put together.
Those persons who circulate the fabm-
lous tales of the wealth of the Jews
see but the Jews of the Broadway and
Lexington avenue districts. They do
not see the Jews of the East Side.
They forget these crowded and pow
crty stricken quarters of the city.
can old proverb of the Jew says.
Rather sell than be poor The Jews
in modern times have perhaps too
faithfully carried out this maxim. 1t
really is i'm trade that their success is
most easily evidenced. Emerson says.
Trade also has its gcniuses. But be-
cause the Jew has succeeded in trad
it is fact becoming prevalent belief
that by nature he is trader and
that he is incapable of anything higher
than trade.
''Instead of the word trader be-
ing employed to slur the Jew. it really
is a compliment to his inherent adap-
liability. because by temperament he
is anything but trader. Being shut
out for centuries from all kinds of
civic and political activity. he has
simply made the most of his own mar
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The Cree Indian Nuisance.

HELENA, March 26.-According to
residents of Clancy who are in the
city today, a murder was committed
near there last week, which the Jefer.
son county authorities did not bother
about Investigating. According to
the story, two drunken Cree Indians
were going back to their camp from
Clancy when they began quarreling.
One of them seized a fence rail and
crushed the skull OF his companion.
He returned to the camp with news of
what he had done, and the chief came
Out for the body with a wagon and
buried it in a shallow gave not far
from the camp. The murderer was
supplied with the means to escape and
fled.
\ few days ago another Cree became
drowsy and snooZed on the Great
Northern right of way. An engine
came along and the wheels took of his
head. Clancy residents are grumbl-
ing because the selling OF liquor to
the Crees is not prevented. saving
that when intoxicated the Crees are a
menace TO all the white people in the
ueighborLooG.
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DOCTOR ADVISED
USE Of CU7|CURA
After Other Treatment. Failed
Eczema in Raw Spot on Baby
Boys Face Lasted for Months
Cried with Pain when Washed.
ECZEMA WAS CURED AND
HAS NEVER REAPPEARED

"Our baby boy broke out with
eczema on his face when. one month
old. One place on the side Of his face
the size Of a nickel was raw like beef.
steak for three months, and he would.
cry out when I bathed the parts that
were sort and broken out. 1 gave him
three months treatment from a good
doctor, but at the end Of that time the
child was no better. Then my doctor
recommended Cuticura. After using
Q cake Of Cuticura Soap, o third Of q
box Of Cuticura Ointment, and halt 2
bottle Of Cuticura Resoivent he was we'll
and his face was as smooth as any
half old and no eczema has reappeared:
I am still using the Cuticura Soap; 1
think it is the finest toilet soap I ever
used. I keep my little girls hair dr and ID
thankful for what Cuticura has done
Tor us. Mrs. NJ. l.. Harris, r.. F. D. !,
Alton. Kan, May IA and June II, 'O7."
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Ny World.

WY VOtl0.
I live in two worlds, n in which I
must consider the weather and clothes
and meals and bills coming due and Il
host Of duties and obligations, some of
which weary Inc. 1t isn't really a bad
world, and l haven't much ground to
complain Of 1t. 1t is comparatively a
poor world, however, when set against
that other world into which l retire
with every opportunity-the glorious,
free and perfect world of my imagina-
ton. The common world, the world Of
meals and clothes and weather. l share
with everybody. No preference or spe.
cial consideration Is given to me. l
often get a kick or a cuff that I de.
spisc, even though l know that l earn.
ell it. But the other world is all my
own. l am it's creator. king and mas
ter. Nothing happens in 1t that does
not please me; nothing exists without
my consent. 1t revolves around me: !
am its sun and center; all else is sub
ordinate. There is no order, system OF
law in it that gives me the slightest
trouble. for l alter. change or abolish
these at my pleasure. OF course l es
cape whenever l can from the common
everyday world in which l am so in
significant into the world which Il
wholly my own.-Orlando J. Smith.
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The Walters Preference.

At Il dinner II day some men We're
cies of game. One preferred canvas
back duck, another w~oodcock, and still
another thought Il quail the most deli
cious article of food. Tho discussion
and the dinner ended ut about the
same time.
"Well, Frank said one of the men.
turning to the waiter at his elbow. who
was as good a listener rs he was Il
waiter, what kind Of game do You
like BEST
"Wcll. maSSa. to tell you the trufe.
almost any kind Of gamc'Ii suit ne.
but what ! like best Is an American
eagle served on a silver dollar"
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Nerve, Sure Enough.

"'The nerviest individual that ever l
encountered" says ex-senator Mason
of Illinois. was a chap that dashed
into an accommodation train running
from Chicago to Evanston on an Occa-
sion when | was occupying a seat neal
the door.
']ust before this person appeared in
my car the other passenger or two and
myself had heard a yelling in the
train shed, in the confusion Of which
We heard sorne II shout. Stop thief"
'Wcll. when this person did scamper
into my car he looked about for an In
slant with every appearance of a aunt
ed animal. Then he uived under my
seat, eXclaiming:
"'Sir, l rely upon your honor!" -
Lippincott's.
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1.-THE Frolicsomc Baste."

A lady and gentleman took Il short
excursion somewhat early one morn
ing. and the horse commenced kicking
in such an extraordinary way that. in.
stead Of becoming alarmed. they laugh
ed heartily at the oddity and obstinacy
of the animal, which, aided by the
apologies and explanations of the driv,
er, We're ludicrous.
Look now. ma'am, it's the quietcSt
basic in Ireland" (kick. kick. .hut It's
n small taste frolicsome out of play
(kick, kick, kick. aside to the horse
'I'll give it to We, We basic, when ! git
We home, to be exposing me this way
(Aloud> 'It's the blood We see, sir. the
rale quality blood that's in it-snre his
mother won the plate at the Currag,
O. Kildare. and It's only too quiet tn,
craythure is" (kick). aside "Ah
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The Best That Was Offered.

A prominent attorney of Kansas
City succeeded in getting his client out
of a bad situation by mcans of an al
ibi. whAch the attorney presented in
SO novel a way that it was little short
Of masterful.
At the end of the trial the attorney
was overwhelmed by congratulations
from his colleagues of the legal fra
ternity. To these fluctuations there
were added those Of the learned Judge
himself, who observed:
"A fine alibi. that, and mighty well
put"
"Well." modestly responded the law
yer, II myself think 1t was rather neat.
OF those that were offered me it was
by far the best"
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MIGHT Be With the Buffers.

II hope" said the new made widow,
with Il dry sob. that poor Thomas
won't be ranged with the goats instead
Of the sheep"
Dear madam replied the CONSIDER,
''your dear late partner was a truly
good man"
Yes. l know he was; but. no matter
where he was or what he was doing.
Thomas would butt ill.,"
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Why tho Blade 10 Curved.

Corporal Sandhurst was drilling Il
batch OF raw recruits.
"Why is it." he said to a bright look
ing chap, that the blade of your saber
Is curved instead Of straight"
1.-THE blade is curved" the recruit an
swered, "in order to give more force to
the blow"
"Nonsense" said the corporal. The
blade is curved so as to fit the scab-
bard. If it was straight, how would
you get it into the curved scabbard,
you IDIOT"
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MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

HELENA, March 3D. Within the next
80 days the Montana Mining associa-
tion expects to be smelling ore at the
Panhandle smelter at Pend d'Orielle,
Idaho. Announcement was made to.
day that arrangements had been per-
fected for the association to take hold
OF the plant, which Is in a good state
OF repair and thoroughly modern, &C.
cording to the report Of C. c. Titus,
formerly assistant superintendent at
the East Helena smelter.
E1LIsToN, March 27.-Erich Hill, q
we'll known saloon keeper OF thic
place, was found dead in the Little
Blackfoot river near here this after.
boon. His body was mutilated and it
is the belief Of those who discovered
the body that he was the victim of a
%murderous assanlt. There was q bull.
let kole In the mans head. Hts throat
was Cut from q TO ear, he had sew
eral gashes IN his breast ans the veins
In both wrists we're severed and the
hands slmost cut of.
LEwIsnOwN. March q. - BY the
middle OF June the passenger rate on
the Montana Railroad branch of she
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, op.
er ating between Lombard and Lewis.
town at this time, will be reduced
from five to three cents per mile. 1t
has been known ever since the meet
ing of the state railroad commission
here that the milwaukee intended. to
make this change "as soon a. the
road was connected up" but no more
definite information was obtained un-
til yesterday.
HELENA. March 2S.-TwO of toe
Butte labor union men who we're fined
for contempt in the federal court by
Judge Hunt today paid their fines.
They we're William Cults, $3.50, and
A. l.. Edwards, S1OC.. The sentences
Of the men will expire April L..
BUTTE, March 2&-The trial in
Judge Bourquin's court of TIE suit
of bernard Harrington, a six.
year.old boy, by his father as
guardian, resulted yesterday in a YER
dict for $4,000 damages against, the
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway
company. This is the second trial of
the case before Judge Bourquin. At
the first tria! last year a verdict FOR a
similar amount was returned, but on
appeal to the supreme court a new
trial was granted.
L~EgIsTowN, March 2s.-Wiliem
Knipe, of Kendall, died here shis
morning. knipe, while fishing in
Spring creek, in the residence part of
the city, Thursday, was seized with a
fit and fell into the deep water. He
settled down on the bed OF the creek
and his wife's screams brought Henry
Wilson, a colored man, to the scene.
Wilson dove in and succeeded in get
ting the unconscious man to the bank.
Knipe soon recovered consciousness,
but within a few hours became
violently insane, passing away in that
condition.
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Welcome to Him.
When the Gear Proposed.

The car of Russia had met the lady
whom he wished to make his wife, and
he had obtained his fathers consent
to the match, but it still remained for
him to make his proposal to the girl
herself.
The sacred words had to be uttered
in the old formula which Russian court
etiquette prescribes for such occasions.
Seating himself beside the girl. he
took her hand i'm his.
1.-THE emperor. my father" he said,
has commanded me to make you the
offer Of my hand and heart"
"My grandmother, the queen" she
replied, her eyes twinkling with mis-
chief. has commanded me to accept
the offer of your hand"
Then she broke into a merry laugh.
Your heart" she added, Il take Of
my w accord" --~v.,Trw
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Always One or the Other.

"But why did you leave your last
place." the lady asked Of the would
he cook.
ITO tell the truth, mum, l just
couldn't stand the way the master an
the missus used to quarrel. num-"
Dear me! Do you mean to say that
they actually used to quarrel?"
"Yis, mum, all the time. When /,
wasn't me an him, it was me an her.
-EverybOdy's.
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".l@-1or:S sarpint. yer at it agin."
-..r l. - ,ei}t when it goes ont too
ear, Il Il Morriu'. 1t understands the
fashions. ana =! never get much good
of him before tin or half past tin, any
way"
On the return the man was amply
repaid. He turned ovc and over the
money in his hand. glancing up and
around with an expression of cunning
not easily forgotten.
"Are you not satisfied" was the nat
ural inquiry.
ooh, yes, quite satisfied, and I'm sure
yer honor war satisfied, toO-only the
lady laughed so hard at the baste's
tricks that l thought your honor would
give me another little sixpence."
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he Wanted to Know tho Worst.

ne anted 70 NhoW tn0 WORST.
a miner who was suffering with
dyspepsia consulted u doctor and took
his prescription to a druggist.
"Well. how much?" said the miner
when the prescription was finished.
Lets see." began the druggist. cts
$40 for the medicine, Is cents for the
bottle. That makes
He hesitated. and the miner said i'm
patiently:
'Well. hurry up. boss. Put Il price
on the cork and let us know the
wOrst."-Ladies' Home Journal.
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Preventing a Possible Blunder.

\ young man who was to be married
in church to a Miss Way after a court
ship of many years privately request
ell the choir not to sing This Is the
Way ! Long Have Sought"
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Fun With the Conductor.

He boarded the train at St. Paul,
bound for Seattle. AS the conductor
passed through the car he asked how
far it was from st. Paul to Seattle
Sixteen hundred and twenty miles,
the official answered. The next time
the conductor came along the man
again asked him how far it was from
Seattle to st. Paul. See here, my
man." said the conductor pompously.
"it's 1920 miles from st. Paul to Seat
tie, and it's 1,G2O miles from Seattle tc
st. Paul"
"Maybe So" said the little man mod.
estly. II didn't know. You see, it's
only seven days from Christmas to
New Years, but it's a long time from
New Years to Christmas."-Ladies
Home Journal.