The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-30

dences Of the Jews readiness to assist
any worthy educational cause, nonsecta-
rian or other, despite the fact that in
this country they support 428 education
al institutions Of their own.
In education one Jewish name stands
pre-eminent. 1t is that of Felix Adler,
founder of the Society for Ethical Cul
turc and of the epoch-mak king Ethical
Culture school in New York, where
children rich or poor. white, yellow or
black. meet on q common ethical
ground. Since 1875 this institution has
stood rs one of the strongest props
to moral progress and Felix Adler, still
working as hard as ever, has come to
be looked upon as an institution rather
than as an individual.
''Social worker is perhaps a fitting
classification for DR.. Adler, and this
brings us TO a field in which the Jews,
and peculiarly Jewish women, stand in
commanding position.
Council of Jewish Women.
Foremost among societies in this line
is the Council of Jewish Women, the
avowed object Of which is "to bring
about closer relations among Jewish
women; to furnish means OF prosecut-
ing work of common interest; to further
by the application Of the best philap
thropic thought" F."
That is the keynote of it's work,
which is far-reaching and intensely
practical An idea of the national scope
of the council and of the high type of
women that conduct its work may be
gained from the list of it's present
officers:
>Presidcnt, Mrs. Caesar Misch, Provi-
dence, r. l.; first vice president, Mrs.
Enoch Rauh. Pittsburg; second vice
president, Miriam K. Arnold Philadel-
phia; recording secretary, Mrs. Paul
Mrs, Joseph z. Friend, New Orleans;
auditor, Mrs. Henry Streng, Louisville;
executive secretary, Miss Sadie Ameri.
can, New York
The honorary vice presidents are Mrs.
Jacob II, Schiff and Mrs. A. n. Cohen
Of New York, Mrs. Solomon Hirsch Of
Portland, Or; Mrs. NJ, C. Sloss Of San
Francisco and Mrs. Hugo Rosenburg
of Pittsburg.
The directors are; Mrs. s. NJ. Blum.
auer, Portland. Or; Mrs. Nathaniel
Harris. Donora. Pa; Mrs. Seymour
Samuels, Cincinnati: Mrs Emma Eek
house, indianapolis; Mrs. Otto Kempner.
Brooklyn; Mrs. Eli Strouse, Baltimore;
Mrs. Nathan Glauber, New York; Mrs.
ID. d. Levy, Norfolk, Va; Mrs. Robert
We'll New York: Mrs. Henry Teltle-
baum, Nashville, Tenn.
The national standing committees and
their chairmen are. Religion, Mrs. Will
liam Rosenau, Baltimore; religious
schools, Mrs. Octavus Cohen, Charles
ton, ). G.; philanthropy, Mrs. Enoch
Rauh, Pittsburg; subcommittee on
blind, Mrs. Joshua Piza. New York:
education, Mrs. Bernard z. Poilak.
Cincinnati; subcommittee sex hygiene
Mrs. Bernard E. Pallak, Cincinnati;
peace and arbitration, Mrs. D. Bern,
kopf, Providence, r. l.; reciprocity,
Mrs; Max Thalheimer, Syracuse; purity
of the press, Mrs, Eugene Friend, Nil.
waukee; immigrant aid, Miss Sadie
American. New York; finance, Mrs.
Emma Eckhouse, Indianapolis. and
Junior sections, Mrs. H. P. Hirshfield,
Mobile, Ala.
The councils headquarters are In
New York and it has 50 senior and 10
Junior sections (branches) In 25 states
with nearly 1900 memb bers. Il main.
tains 52 paid workers and has 1857 vol.
unteer workers.
Most far-resching and sociologicalIy
important of its several activities is
that conducted by the department ~
immi grant aid The motive for this
work is Ito do for immigrant girls
what we would wish to have done FOR
a member of our own family going to
foreign land TO live.''
When it was known that 1881 Jew
ish girls between the ages OF IA and
% arrived in the United States last
year, only 1900 of whom were with or
came to parents, 1t may be realized
that IN such work surely is a great op-
portun1ty for the expression Of true wo-
manly service.
The difficulties and dangers encoun-
tered by such immigrant girls upon ar.
rival in the country are obvious. The
immigrant aid department has devel-
oped an international system for their
protection, advice and care which is the
most complete and effective that ever
mas been devised That system is now
being taken as a model by other asso-
Citations.
The girls are sought out for guidance
even before sailing from their home
lands. and so far as possible their mis-.
information concerning America is cor.
rected: Upon arrival hero they are
immediately put in touch with the best
Of American life as expressed in our
schools, recreation centors, Fairgrounds,
museums, our settlements and other
similar institutions, Records OF the
employment and home life of each pirl
are kept, she Is visited frequently. and
thus. wherever the sections of the
council reach In tho different states, the
work of protection. education and up.
lift of immigrant Jewish girls Is being
carried on systematically.
But, as has been said, that Is only
ono phase Of the councils work. IL
maintains ffty.two study circles 10
deepen the understanding Of Judaism
and Jewish history; it is the pioneer in
the care OF the Jewish blind and has a
national committee for this work whose
syllabus IS considered the best of all
guides for volunteer workers with the
| blind. Pittsburg and Cincinnati owe
the formation of associations for the
blind TO this council.
The subcommittee on sex hygiene is
among the pioneers in this branch OF
work looking toward greater personal
and social cleanliness. Ia its philan.
tbropv department the >luDeil s work
is extended 70 all girls. whether jewish
or not, seeking 20 train them for
life in industry and for the home, Sc.