The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-18

The national Jewish hospital is about to be built at Hot Springs, Ar kansas, where the famous springs are located. The United States govern ment has the direction of the springs and has long had an enormous army hospital there. The Jewish hospital is to have a frontage of 300 feet and depth of 15o, feet. It is under the direction Of the B'nai Brith, and a fund of $75,0Oo will be raised imme- diately for the purpose. The hot springs are famous for blood diseases and rheumatism. The entire place is under government direction, which regulates all the prices. The inhab- itants of the city number about 2O,- 900 and the annual visitors count up to 150,0O0. The hospital will have fif- ty beds.
 Professor Hermann Oppenheim, pri- vate lecturer for sixteen years at the Berlin university, has had an honor ary degree conferred upon him by the University of Birmingham. Pro- lessor |Oppenheim resigned last year from the Berlin university on the ground that, notwithstanding the rec ommendation of the faculty of law, he had not been appointed extraordinary professor.
 After an extended trip across the continent, including tour of the Pa lcif1c coast and Lower Canada, Rev. Dr. Henry Berkowitz, rabbi of Rodet home in Philadelphia to resume his duties. He announced the organiza- ton of correspondence school in connection with the Jewish Chautau- qua for the more thorough instruction of Hebrew students especially relig- ious ones. throughout the country.
 Tn the Editorial Review for Sep tember, Max K. Kohler of New Yorls presents the second section of his ad- mirable paper on the "Administration of our Immigration Laws Mr. Kohler has established reputation as a defender of the immigrant and more especially of the Jewish ,immi- grant. His argument is presented with force, his facts carefully com piled and his logic unimpeachable.
 The Rev. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf of Philadelphia, who had taken an ex- tended trip to the Canadian Rockies as the guest of the Canadian Pacific Railroad company, for the purpose of inspecting the farming facilities on the lines of this road, for Jewish set- tiers, has returned home. Dr.
 
 thusiastic terms about the great farm ing opportunities offered in western Canada.
 The definite editorial advice by a St. Petersburg newspaper of the in- f1uence of the Novoe Vremya to the Russian government, to recognize and honor American passports issued to Jewish citizens, leaves hope that the Russian policy may be changed. Our department of state has repeatedly protested against the refusal of the Russian government to permit it's rep resentatives to wise passports pre- sented by American citizens of the Jewish faith.
 Montague Glass received some blame for his stories. This was un- deserved. But Potash and Perlmut- ter distorted and unreal as they may be. are really attractive characters, not because they have Christian char acteristics, but because they have Jew ish chara cteristics Despite their commercialized philosophy, pettiness and vulgarity, they do good for the Jewish race.
 'sYiddish," properly speaking, is not language, it is a mixture of poor German worse Hebrew, and. in Rus sia, has some Russian words added. It has, however, a considerable liter ature, including large number of newspapers and other periodicals, and is used colloquially by Russian, Po- fish and Hungarian Jews. Tn the United States it is spoken by more or less recent immigrants only.
 The riots in Wales have subsided and there seems to be no reason why the hostility toward the Jewish shop keepers, which developed with such audiences, should continue. It is generally agreed that the outbreaks were caused by hoodlums for the pur- pose of footing the shops
 For some time plan was broached in the public press to call a conven- tion of prominent Jews from all over Europe to Vienna, to discuss methods fir the systematic direction of Russian immigrants. For this purpose com muna1 leaders in Russia had held a preparatory meeting in St. Peters burg. Recently it was announced