El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-05
By AIOritz saphir.

/ 2 OYAS-BERENY is the name Of the
/ happy Hungarian country where
under the tutelage Of my mentor,
/ rabbi Lebisch, made my first entry
| into the world Of science. Rabbi Lee
bisch had a quite extraordinary genius
Z for teaching. consisting OF a long slen-
/ der pipe stem with tassels attached al
one end and If / did not seem 10 IN
derstand his explanation quickly
enough, the pipe stem knocked them
into me with much energy ana con.
siderable success Ny comrade al these
| lessons and fellow sharer OF the oe-
lights Of the pipe stem was Sanele, the
Youngest son of the JanlIor OF Oul
svnagog He was rather good look
ing Young fool, but veritable ass ne
wrote a good hand however, WlllS
every time L wrote anything my raDDi
yelled: You will neither learn to read
nor write If you live to be 100 years
I'D on the other side, he prOphesied
that Sanele, whose letters looked as II
they were engraved was Douno 70 pc
come a great and famous Schoiar anu
scientist The Whims OF 1ale are
STRANGE however for, when % years
later I rode from LoVas-b eEeny ~
notwithstanding, / recognized IN my
driver the talented Sanele. -
The letter "Z' in particular was az
ficult for me to reproduce in writing
and mnav were the interviews hao
with the pipe stem because OF It. LOOK
inR. sometimes like q dromedary IN con-
WILSON'S. sometimes like snake IN &C
ton il was always picturesque to look
at when it emerged from my pen ID
nele's Z" on the other SIDE was d
verftable pleasure TO behold, ana j re-
ceived a double thrashing, first because
of the shortcomings OF my own u ana
then because of the perfection OF MS.
And still, in spite Of the z" L wrote
love letters. ,,-.-
and all famous lovers, / think, nave
been notorious for their bad spelling.
we turn out our letters under the high
pressure Of love and the eyes OF loFe
succeed in understanding US
Julie Frumetel, YOU understood ny ]
eZr' Your loving eye was vel able I
TO read my hieroglyphics- Hou under-
stood what wrote, 1ortuhatelS' "HllS /
YES. charming Frumetel, We are made 4
for one another! Destiny, rabbi Lee I
bfsch and Joseph Pals sheepskins sue !
ceeded in separating US First loves I
are rarely crowned with success
was forbidden to go near any I
library and knew nothing OF elmer I
FOntaine or Werther l had never seen I
of any literature except my Latin ana
Hungarian grammars- Helolse ana Z
AbeIard, Dante and his beloved Cnar-
Iotte. Mignon and all other heroines OF I
love were strangers 10 me Stlll l IlFeo I
my own love story ana became
Nv uncle and Frumeters father were 4
the Montagues and Capulets OF LoNas-
Bereny. An old feud held the families 4
aDart. a quarrel which had its founda- I
ton in the competition for the skins
Of the sheep that died in the folds OF
Joseph Pal. the squire OF the village
NV uncle hated to lose these, but very
often Frumetels father got them, be
cause the price he offered was higher,
and every time this happened II IN
creased my uncle's hatred. But trifles
1l1~~d RI
Frumetel was the only daughter 81
old Beers. Simple and modest, she had
been raised among the geese and had
grown before anyone noticed It. Every
Friday she dressed her red hair as If
for a high festival, and she appeared
in the synagog Saturday mornings, her
short and stout body clothed In a long
blue gown, her feet, which I must ad-
init were rather large, encased in vel I
low shoes and her hair tied with
black silk ribbon. When I saw her
thus a tender passion arose within me-
every thought Of the sheepskins disap-
peared and / saw nothing but her In !
my excessive happiness I could have
kissed even rabbi Lebisch and his pipe I
stem. was with my 10 years a very Z
handsome fellow I was the Alcibiades
of the village, the dandy among my 4
comrades and the Caesar Of their bat
ties. To appreciate me fully you ought
TO have seen me in my Saturday
clothesl
Hdu ioll5 DeSn a45 uAhs 1oI Dlue
suit and at last, thanks to a peddler
Of cloth, my wish was gratified. IN
this same peddler did not
have enough cloth Of the same color,
and my uncle did not think it mattered
much that the front Of my suit was
light blue and the back of a very much |
darker shade of blue. The result was
that, seen from the front, I looked like
the sky in Nay. and from behind, like
the same sky in November. With this
suit / wore as q growing glory a black
velvet cap. edged with white lambs fur
This cap was exceedingly large and al
most met in front Of my face, the two
corners of an immense linen collar.
which protruded from my coat beyond
ny eyes.
Thus attired, appeared at the
5ynagog, fully convinced Of my own
irresistible powers TO charm Frumetel /