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

vi JUL iHlliols WHOSE SupScFlp-
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 SEES
sion Tuesday in the assembly room
of the home
The 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 electing officers for the
ensuing year.
Luncheon was served to the so del j.
egates Al noon, in the dining room
OF the home, and, after a brief after
noon session. 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 a 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.
| The work OF Mrs, Hillman. it was
decided, will be the basis of extensive
| operations along the same line.
II Is proposed to solicit subscrip-
| tons ffom prominent Jews through
ont the United States. until enough
money has been raised to give the
home an endowment that will provide
! a perpetual maintenance fund and
1 LG1vent shortages such as have &C.
Cured during the last year.
Hillnan Gift Foundation.
Mrs. Hillman's gift is considered a
good foundation of the fund, and. in
spired by her example, members of
mo order are confident that the work
Will 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'nai Birth, Jews
all over the South will 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.
! 10 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
I Goldsboro. ~ c., first vice president:
| Y. II, Kriegshaber, Of Atlanta, second
! vice president, and Max Cohen, Of
| Washington, secretary and trea surer.
| Worked Hard for Home.
Mrs, Htllmans 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 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 it was not known
/ that her interest would result in a
| substantial donation, gift that prom
ises to lift the burden under which SUI
! perlntendent Som and his associates
! have labored and enable them to de-
! vote their time to the children under
their care without financial worry.
Mrs. Hillman 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 80 that
! the stigma of failure on our part shall
not be added TO the tragedy Of death
and poverty and helplessness.
Gifts Testify to Estsems,
| 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 IS 900. 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, as a token of their appreeta
| tion 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 oliver candelabra to Simon Wolf,
the retiring president. Rabbi f. n.
Calisch, Of Richmond. made the adj
dress.
Then George Solomon, of Savannah,
| in behalf of his fellow directors, pre-
sented Joseph Hirsch with a silver
platte. and Max Cohen, of Washing
ton. secretary and treasurer OF tho
order was surprised pleasantly with
silver set, accompanied by q pres
entation speech by Milton Hirsch. Of
Chicago
R. A. Som Is Commended.
Mr. Wolf made the presentation
speech conveying Mrs Hillman's gift.
and all the recipients acknowledged
the tribute paid them in feeling re-
sponses.
Mr. Cohen. ~ his report, referred 10
the admirable condition Of the affairs
OF the home as a 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. Sonns enterprise as chairman
OF the bureau Of collections and infor-
nation in gathering the impressive
total Of $4,000 for that bureau IN
District No. 8.
The celebration Of the twenty NTH
anniversary of the home was elab-
crate, the exercises being witnessed
BY a crowd that filled the hall of the
home. The children took part in the
exercises, one of the features being a
pantomime staged by Mrs. r. A. Som,
Miss Sylvia Spritz and Mrs. j. Green
field.
feed and no heed paid to the loss?
The material value of these lives is an