New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
EN- KELOHENU

ELESIIAM banged the receiver ON the telephone
r hook and moppcd tine p,r-pirauou from his
- forehead. "Wcl, that beats the Dutch hc
CALCULATED. "Th, is the last straw. gvc up. Where
ON earth am 80 look for a tenor now, don't sec why
should have it all To- do' III clll up Levin and let
him struggle q bit. II g. high time that someone else
ON the committee taking interest IN tins dcdca-
uon program I'm d-gu-'cd'
lie took down the receiver Hello, Central give
me- Pine IN! Hello, Jake, i, that YOU;
Glad caught you. What do YOU think has hap
poucd uow, No, the Rabbi Is all night; but the
tenor No. notdcad. I'min no mood for jokIug,
I'm glad YOU take these sctbacks SO good
uaturcdy; but why shouldn't YOU, when I'm doing all
the hu-lngt The tenor Is SICK and well. IN al my
Wit end . What's that you're saying, IcIc
phone to lIammcrstcns for new one; J. that another
one OF your merry cst; suppose YOU get busy and try
To- secure substitute; What that; F"ilG
Oh, with vourWifc, Can't break engage Oh,
very well Goodby, and again the receiver was hung up
with bang and Fc.ham sank wcany back IN In, char
Heres pretty kettle Of fish, At the eleventh hour
to have our beautiful dedication program spolcdi Was
anyone ever IN such pr,dIcImcnr I'm SICK OF the
whole business, Where shall ! turn for new tenor
Easy enough for Levin To- jest about Hammcrstcins S..
Wen, why not; Maybe can turn his jest to account
III phone to the rcsourcciul Oscar. More wonderful
things than that have been done. III try.
Flcham paused in his reflections He knew that money
was no object and that with long distance and rapid
transit" nothing seemed impossible For the third time
he took up the receiver, and before the Sabbath lamp
had been lit in his library that evening FlcShtm
president 81 the new synagogue Il'u'' VI H''''I' N
batting himself on his back with the self satisfied
thought that few could have arranged for new tenor
and such tenor with such ncatncss and despatch
SEVERAL weeks before this telephone episode the
~ announcement had gone forth that the new syna-
poguc would be- dedicated Saturday, January l} and
old and Young impatlcntly awaited the services,
which promised 10 be- Of unusual interest. II not
-urprisinp therefore, that that morning the imposing
new temple was crowded to the doors, and anticipation
was i'm the air The exercises passed off mpr,sslvcly
and without a hitch and only Flcsham and few OF his
colleagues ON the committee OF arrangements knew what
difficulties had attended the details OF the program.
How could those in the audience know that Rabbi
lmfcd had been the third who had been invited To de
liver the oraton the other two refusing for petty 1ca
sons, MI they did know that the visiting speaker
va, eloquent and said things To tickle their vanity and
Mrs Rcrnhcim nodded 10 Mrs Lew across the aisle and
whispered audiblv Hes scholar, amt it,
Yes, the committees task had not been an easy one
and now rs Flcsham gazcd at the tenor standing IN
the choir loft he hoped that all would be well that ended
well.
The tenor had obcycd the quick call, and was at his
post promptly He sang we'll that no one in that vast
crowd suspected that he was reading the music OF the
responses and hymns for the first time His clear voice
rang out and again Mrs. Bcrnhcim whispered To Mrs
Levi, "Wondcrfu Just like grand opera amt it,
THE last notes Of the anthem had died away, and
the old Rabbi OF the House OF Israel rose to give the
bcncdicton Fcrvcntly he prayed for the welfare of his