Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31
MRS. H|L[MAN IS
HONORED BY
B MAJ BIRTH

MIs' joel hHlmani whose suDScr1p-
ton of $4,000 for the Hebrew Or
phans' Home on Washington street
was announced Monday night at the
meeting of the Bnai Birth conven-
ton, formed topic of discussion at
the opening of the final days ses-
sion Tuesday IN the assembly room
Of the home
Ihe morning meeting was devoted
to winding up the business of the
convention, setting the date for the
next annual gathering of the District
Lodge and electng officers for the
ensuing year
Luncheon was served to the so del
egates at noon in the dining room
Of the home, and, after brief after
noon session~-a sort OF good bye"
affair-the delegates were taken for a
motor tour Of the city.
Initiation To Be Held.
The last function of the convention
Is to be costume initiation" held at
: o'clock Tuesday night in the Pryor
street Temple by members Of the
Gate City Lodge, Many Of the dele
gates have arranged to STAY in At
lanta to be present at the ceremony.
Inc work OF Mrs Hillman, 1t was
decided, will be the basis of extensive
operations along the same line.
IT is proposed to solicit subscrip-
lions from prominent Jews through
out the United States, until enough
money has been raised to give the
home an endowment that will provide
a perpetual maintenance fund and
Iiovent shortages such as have oc-
Cured during the last year.
Hllnnan Gift Foundation.
Mrs. Hillman's gift is considered a
spod foundation Of the fund, and. in
splred by her example, members of
mo order are confident that the work
viii be completed within the next
year when the convention meets
again
While the work of raising the
money will be done for the most part
by members Of the b mai Birth. Jews
all over the South win aid and the
campaign will be under the general
direction of Joseph Hirsch, of Atlanta,
who was elected chairman Of the
board of directors Of the institution,
TO take the place of Simon Wolf, Of
Washington
Mr. Wolf was made honorary pres
ident of the home Mr.. Hirsch will be-
aided by the other officers who were
elected Monday-Solomon Well. If
Goldsboro n. c., first vice president.
V. H, Kriegshaber, Of Atlanta, second
vice president, and Max Cohen. of
Washington, secretary and trea
Worked Hard for Home.
Mrs. Hillmans donation of $4,000
10 the orphanage came as a surprise
to most of the members of the order
who gathered at the home for the cell
ebration Monday night.
IT was known that she had been
interested in the home for some time,
and that she had been working hard
for its success, but ii was not known
that her interest would result in a
substantial donation, A gift that prom
ises to lift the burden under which Su-
perintendent Som and his associates
have labored and Bile them to de-
vote their time to the children under
their care. without financial worry
Mrs. Hlllman announced her gift at
the close of her address which was
one of the features of the celebration.
She reviewed the history and the work
Of the home, and was optimistic con-
corning its future.
The home must be placed upon
safe foundation" she said, so that
the stigma OF failure on our part shall
not be added to the tragedy Of death
and poverty and helplessness
Gifts Testify to Esteeme.
The maintenance of the home has
not always been equal to the need.
often has the usefulness OF the home
been Curtailed by a dearth of funds,
and often has the existence Of the
home been endangered This last year
there was deficit of $4,000, which
the income Of the home could not
provide for"
Mrs. Hillman was presented with a
handsome silver tea set. suitably en-
graved the gift OF the board of di
rectors. g a token of their appreei1-
ton of her work
Mrs. Hiliman was not alone the re-
cipient of a gift by the directors,
Generous individual subscriptions,
prompted by their esteem Of various
officers. resulted in the presentation
Of a silver Candelabra to Simon Wolf,
the retiring president. Rabbi E. \.
Callsch, of Richmond. made the adj
dress
] mem A1COi SO oUlOAlAOllf u "a a AlAAfltAf'
i'm behalf of his fellow directors, pre-
sented Joseph Hrsch with a silver
platte; and Max Cohen, Of Washing
ton. secretary and treasurer OF the
order. was. surprised pleasantly with
a silver set, accompanied by pres
entation speech by Milton Hirsch, of
Chicago.
r. A. Som Is Commended,
Mr. Wolf made the presentation
speech conveying Mrs Hillmans gift.
and all the recipients acknowledged
the tribute paid them in feeling re-
sponsos.
Mr. Coh&n. q his report, referred TO
the admirable condition Of the affairs
Of the home as fine testimony to the
efficiency and devotion Of r. A. Som,
the superintendent
He is conducting the education Of
these children along the line of the
ideal said Mr. Cohen. and referred
to Mr.. Sonn's enterprise as chairman
Of the bureau Of collections and infor-
nation in gathering the impressive
total Of S56000 for that bureau IN
District No. 5.
The celebration Of the twenty-fifth
anniversary Of the home was eiab
crate the exercises being witnessed
BY a crowd that filed the hall OF the
home The children took part in the
exercises. one Of the features being a
pantomime staged by Mrs r. A. Sonn,
Miss Sylvia Spritz and Mrs. J Green
field
feed and no heed paid to the loss?
The rnateria value of these lives is an