The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

bath are all cooked beforehand, and if there are any hot dishes they must be cooked by the Gentiles.
 The orthodox Jew will not carry bucket, an umbrella or even a baby on the Sabbath day. I have just heard of a boy who was given a new suit of clothes Saturday, his Sabbath. The gift was made by one of the American col- ony outside the walls, and the people there watch ed to see how the boy could keep his religion and still carry them home. He pondered some time, and finally put the clothes on and wore them, thus escaping the sin of carrying them on Gods holy day.
 Jerusalem Meats
 Speaking of cooking, the Jews here are so particular that all their meat should be killed and dressed according to their religion that they have d slaughter house of theirsown. Indeed, they kill all the cattle of Jerusalem, serving the Gentiles free of charge, in order that there may be no danger of shining by eating animals improperly killed. The city abattoirs are on the road to Jericho across the valley of Jehosophat, on the southern slope of the Mount of Olives. The cattle and sheep are brought there and passed upon by the Jewish rabbis They are then killed and skinned according to the regulations, and the meat is stamp cd by the rabbis before 1t can be ex- posed for sale in the city. A special stamp Is placed on all that supplied to the Jews, and such meat, strange to say. brings about twice as much per pound as that sold to the Gentiles.
 If the meat is good to eat it is known as kosher If not killed accord Ing to the regulations it is called tariff, and no Jew will touch 1t. The killing Is done by the rabbinical butcher, who cuts the animals throat with one stroke of the knife. going just deep enough not to touch the bones. The regula- ton provides not only that the meat must be healthy but that no bone must be cratched, cut or broken, and if the butchers knife slips and cuts off bit of bone, even though 1t be no thicker than sheet of this paper, the whole carcass Is regarded as bad and as fit only for the Gentiles. The Jews eat cattle and sheep. but they will not touch the meat of pigs or game. Said one of the sportsmen of Palestine to me.
 If the Jews ate game they would clean out our cartridges and other birds in season. But as 1t is there is always good shooting"
 Most of the Jews here will not eat the hind quarters of any animal, and the hind legs and loins are sold to the Gentiles. The Spanish Jews say those who eat pork will be damned, but they get around eating rump steak by pull Ing out the white sinews or scraping off the red particles of the meat and making what we know as Salisbury steaks from them.
 In the Jewish Quarter The Jewish quarter of Jerusalem is confined to the southeastern section of the city. It is near the great platform on which Solomon's Temple stood and inside the Dung gate. It Is a dirty, squalid, poverty-striken section, and Is inhabited chiefly by beggars. A large part of the Jews here are mendicants, who live on the aims sent in by Jews from outside. At fixed hours of the day bread Is given away at certain places and the people come for 1t In crowds. There are funds which are supplied at regular intervals to those who need them, and much of the population Is supported this way. They might be called educated paupers for 1t Is their chief business to live without working. Many of these people are desperately poor. l visited a number of the houses, finding whole families living in a cave like room no larger than hall bed room and lighted only by a door at the front. In such dwellings the floors and walls are of stone, and about the only furniture Is the beds, which are for the grown-ups of the family. The children sleep on the floor. The kitchen is often on porch outside the house, and the water comes from court in which is well or cistern. This well may be used by a half-dozen different families, and it's surroundings are insanitary to an extreme.
 On the door posts of each Of these dwellings,, whether it be of one room or more, is tackled up a roll of white parchment six inches long. This con- tains the name of Jehovah and the Ten Commandments. Every Jew here wears the commandments tied upon his arm under his coat, and some have phylac- teries about their foreheads
 Mailing the Loss of the Temple
 It is on the edge of this Jewish quar- ter, just below the Mosque of Omar, where Solomon's temple once stood, that the Jews come weekly to sorrow over the loss of Jerusalem and pray God to give the land back to them. The cus- tom has been observed since the middle ages, and it Is still celebrated every Friday afternoon and Saturday morn ing. It takes place in a narrow alley surrounded by miserable houses. One side of this alley is walled with great blocks of limestone. which forms a part of the temple area. Against this wall about 50 men and women were leaning when I visited the place last week. Iney ndQ tnelr neaQS bowed, and many of them were old, and the long curly looks which fell down in front of their. ears were of silver. Others were just in their prime Tn ere were also young men and young girls. Not few of the male mourners wore European clothes, and saw one woman wailing in a hat and grown of Parisian construction. Most of the women, how ever, were dressed in Jewish costume with shawls wrapped around their heads.
 Each of the mourners had a book in his hand and read the Lamentations of Jeremiah swaying back and forth as he did so. Now and then the whole party broke out into a chant, a gray haired rabbi acting as leader and the rest coming In on the refrain. The substance of one of the chants was as follows:
 70 Lord, we pray Thee have mercy on
 Zion,
 Gather the children of Jerusalem to-
 gether!
 May the Kingdom soon return to Zion!
 salem,
 And let the branch of Jesse spring up in
 Zion"
 Schools md Hospitals
 The Jews of other lands are liberal in their gifts to the Jews of Palestine. They have established schools and hospitals in and about Jerusalem. and have agri- cultural colonies scattered over the coun- try. These colonies already comprise 5000 members. and they own something like 100000 of lfs,d. Some are in Galilee, some in Judea and very large one Is not far from the seaport of Jaffa. 4ls