Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31
MRS. H|LLNAN IS
HONORED BY
B MAJ BIRTH
Order Plans Campaign to Swell
Her $4,000 Gift to Home,
Initiation Tonight.

Y. H Kriegshaber, of Atlanta. second
vice president, and Max Cohen. Of
Washington, secretary and treasurer.
Worked Hard for Home.
Mrs. Hillman's donation of $4,000
to the orphanage came as a surprise
to most of the members Of the order
who gathered at the home for the Gel
ebration Monday night.
1t was known that she had been
interested in the home for some time,
and that she had been working hard
for its success, but 1t was not known
| that her interest would result in
| substantial donation a gift that prom
ises to lift the burden under which ST.
perintendent Som and his associates
have labored, and enable them to de-
vote their time to the children under
their care, without financial worry
| Mrs. Hilman 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 curtaled by a dearth of funds.
/ Il. 4.
| home been endangered This last year
there was a deficit of $4,000, which
the income Of the home could not
provide for"
| Mrs, Hilman was presented with
| handsome silver tea set, suitably en-
! graved, the gift of the board of d.
rectors. al token of their apprecia-
| ton of her work
Mrs. Hillman 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 f \.
! Calisch, of Richmond, made the adj
dress
Then George Solomon of Savannah.
| in 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,
i and all the recipients acknowledged
the tribute paid them in feeling re
| sponses.
Mr. Cohen, in his report referred 10
the admirable condition Of the affairs
Of the home as fine testimony to the
efficiency and devotion Of r. A. Som,
the uperntendent-
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 S56,O00 for that bureau in
District No. 8.
| The celebration of the twenty fifth
| anniversary of the home was elab-
crate. the exercises being witnessed
| by a crowd that flied the hall Of the
home The children took part in the
exercises, one OF the features being
/ pantomime staged by Mrs. r. A. Soma,
! Miss Sylvia Spritz and Mrs J. Green
| field