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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1915-12-09

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1915-12-09

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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-09-24
YANKOFF THE SHOPPER (Chaufer)
4 Rosh Hashonah Story
BY Emily G. Gerson.
4 Rosh Hashonah Story.
BY Emily G.. Gerson.


ed. We might not thrive on foreign soil, !"
said the father, sadly shaking his head, to
Jankof's pleading. Then he continued, emo
no, you must 60 alone now. Katinka will
keep us company. Katinka is good girl;
remember she also viii be waiting for your
return.' Katinka blushed as her head bent
lower over her sewing
"I'll work hard and fast, and after l
have made comfortable home for you
and the little mother,' Jankof patted his
mothers hand fondly, "and Katinka, I'll
come and fetch you, and then you must live
with me in America. Russia is no place
for progressive Jews. We stifle and stag
nate here. I long for freedom. I want
to breathe, I want to live"
$50 you shall, my son. answered his
father proudly, "but be sure to breathe the
right kind of air. Make the most of your
advantages. I have great hopes for you. Be
true, be honest and faithful and perhaps
we may Join you some day. It is true,
Russia holds no longer any attraction for
US poor Jews. We are not wanted, and we
are haunted. AS for making a living, well,
I'll be lucky if I am able to keep the lit
tie I have scraped together for mothers
and my declining years. ought not to
spend it in transportation.
"You won't have to- cried Jankof
"Ill earn big pile, and then I'll come
back and take you all bodily away with
me.''
Jankof ended the conversation by i'm.
printing kiss on his mother s cheek; for
Katinka he had loving smile; and as he
linked his arm in that Of his father s, the
old man muttered blessing on his son in
whom their future hopes were centered. The
following week passed only too quickly for
the little family who for the first time in
it's history was to be separated. And such
separation! The mothers tears fell hot
and fast as she packed her boys belong
ings into the little trunk that was to &C.
company him into the far country. Katinka g
idle moments were spent in working pair
of slippers for him as a remembrance. It
was truly work Of love, for the Jankof
embodied everything that was right and
manly in her estimation. She and Jankof
had gone through school together, and
since her parents death, she had been
taken into his house as an adopted sister,
so to speak. No words of love had passed
DelWeeH tHem uHIlI CHe eve OI HIS uepdr-
ture. Then Jankof declared his passion,
Katinka answering, with her soul in her
eyes and while it made the parting all the
harder, it gave their lives a purpose, and
made their hopes radiant
"I'll be back for you very soon, for I
am young, and strong, and hopeful, and I
must succeed. My love shall make the way
easy for me- for I love you Katinka, love
you"
OF the voyage over, the less said the bet
ter. Many have made it, and they who have
travelled in the steerage can testify to the
hardships and inconven ;ences Jankof
made friends easily, and the buoyancy of
his youth kept him from despairing One
Of his travelling companions had lived in
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parents. He gave Jankof fund Of infor
nation about New York and New Workers,
and invited him to share his room until he
would find some work to his liking. This
new friend learned that Jankof had been a
jack-of -all-trades in his little village home,
assisting his father in the sale of horses,
helping the Shammos in the shul on Sab
baths and holydays, and doing odd jobs for
the Jews in their homes.
"You III soon find work to your taste,
said his friend, "America is a great place
for the poor"
America! At last, land was in sight, and
JankOf's eyes were strained toward the
shore.
1t was easy for him to get position as
hostler for his knowledge Of horses and his
love for them made him desirable man,
but Jankof reached the Gland of the
brave and the home of the Free' when au-
tomobiles we're beginning to be very pop
ular, and his friend, Julius herman, with
whom he still roomed, advised him to Hget
next as he put it.
"a chauffeur has much more of show
here than driver, or coachman,' he said
"The chauffeur is the coming man. He
will be 1T with a capital [. If [ had
your mechanical mind, and your handy ways,
I'd have been at the top long ago. AS it
is IN only worth 5000 year in the shop.'
"How much does a chauffeur get?'
asked Jankof, or Jacob as he now called
himself.
cat least a thousand dollars and then
some, in tips Think of the c;nch You IL
fell as though you owned the machine
real millionairey feeling without the
trouble of handling and disposing of rich
man IS money. Get busy, kid, I want to
see you get on. Think of your sweetheart
in Russia
Jacob thought of her very often, and
Of his parents, too, and he determined to
take his friend IS advice and spend his even
ing hours in learning the uses and abuses
of the automobile
Before he was in America three months
he knew a great deal about the machine
and then his friend Julius had new idea.
He had saved some money, and Jacob had
brought some over with him. They would
buy a secondhand machine together, get
license to run it, and Jacob could carry
passengers at $50 much an hour through
the park or $50 much mile' from sta
ton to home, or from ferry to business
section 1t took some weeks for Julius s idea
to take root in Jacobs brain, but when it
did, it grew rapidly and by the spring he
was seated on the front seat of his own
car and doing business which promised
to make him, if not Vanderbilt, at least
rich enough to bring his parents and
katlnka to him in less time than he even
dared to dream Of
NO time would have been too soon for his
mother, 1ather and Katinka to leave hated
russia Inc prosecutions If the Jews were
growing in numbers and intensity and their
longing TO see and be with Jankof was be-
coming almost unbearable. Before the first
month had passed they regretted their de-
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September "a, 1915.

the time the first six months were over
they began to speak of joining him.
eve must wait until he sends for us,
said the father.
"We must wait until he makes home
for u.s. cried the mother.
81 must wait until he can afford TO
marry me,'' whispered Katinka, sitting
sob.
Then came a letter from Jacob. 1t was
full of his new venture He wrote in Yid-
dish, his mother tongue, but already ne
used many English words to express his
enthusiasm, although he did not know how
to spell them properly, and his father
who was not strong in learning either,
could not decipher most of the letter.
With Jankof's message folded carefully
out Of sight, the father, mother and Katinka
called on one Of their wise friends and
adroitly bringing the conversation around
to Jankof, the sage asked after their sons
welfare and was finally requested to read
the letter. Translated it read: 'My Dear
Ones:
cit s no use talking! America is great
and glorious place. Even the poor people
enjoy life and there s work for all who
want it. I am on the fair road to making
$1,000 year. I am studying to be Shoffer,
and besides blowing in pile for my living
expenses I'll be able to save neat lit
tie sum to keep house with Katinka will
be my wife and housekeeper, and you, darl-
ing parents, will live like the king in
France when bring you over: l have not
forgotten any Of my Jewish training. My
work is entirely to my TASTE I never was
considered blower before, but I think IN
safe in saying that I'll make good. This
Shoffer business pays big in America. My
heart yearns for my beloved ones, for whom
1 ask God blessing in my nightly pray
ers.N
Fondly, your absent jacob
Even after tine wise man had read it, the
letter was not very Gear, these three
things they all understood Jacob their
Jankof, was a blower, and it had to do
with the Shofar--and that he was building
home for them.
Their hearts rejo;ced. A Shofar blower!
their Jacob, man of real Importance in
the Synagogue. Mother was for packing
up at once and sailing over to her boy,
but Father thought it would be better to
give Jacob little more time to learn to
blow the Shofar. His idea was to leave
for America early in the fall, about a
month before Roshashana. Then they
would be in time to hear him blow the
Shofar on that great day.
They knew the blowing of the Shofar was
to a Cnazan in their shul in Rus
STA, and that it did not net the Chazan any
money there, the honor was the important
thing-but in America-well, in America
was differentiated from the
way Jacob wrote his position must be
very special Think of it! One
thousand dollars year. All that for blow
ng the Snofar on Roshashana. It was un-
heard of, and the old folks never finished
alking about it until they were finally on
me ship, one sunshiny day at the end of
AuOnSf Thnv o11oupo1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01
PricesPaid Wholesale Deal.
ers For Vegetables. Fruit

Fruits-Bananas, sc lb. Or
anges, SIS q $50 case; Cali. grape
fruit, retail. 3 for Csc; pineap-
pies, &c Id; Jonathan ap-
pies, $1.40 @ 1.50; harvest, $1.35
box; Delicious apples, 81 box;
Winesap apples, $3.50 box;
Winter Nellis pears, $1.5U;
grapes, 81 bskt; Malagas, $1.15;
Concords, 25@27c bskt; Tokays,
s1.20; lemons, $1,000; GRAY e.
stein apples, 75c box; cram
berries, $9@9.50 barrel: quincss,
$1.25 box.
Vegetables - onions. Walla
Walla, 65@75e: lettuce, 81;
cabbages, 1 1-4cc lb. Chill peppers
$2.35; green corn, zoe doz.; to-
matoes, 10000 box; egg plant
81 box; beets, 81: sweet pota-
toes, 81 cwt: squash, &c lib;
pumpkins, INC: Hubbard squash
1kc; Melted Gem potatoes, sic
OH ton; Brussel sprouts, 10c Id
Cauliflower, 90c doz.
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SHOWING OF j. OF w.
TEAM CAUSES WONDER

the score should have been larger,
to have put U. ofW. fans at their
ease.
Superior weight. coupled with
plunging tactics, won for Wash
ington. A few of the forward
pass attempts were brilliant, but
many failed. The kicking YVES
poor. All attempts to break the
line were failures.
Students of the game who are
inclined to compare scores are
getting little satisfaction from the
fact that the Oregon Aggies Gre
ated a sensation Saturday in their
defeat of the Michigan Aggies at
East Lansing, Q 0to 0. Michigan
is a powerful team. Oregon de-
feated the Whitman team recent
ly by score OF 35 to z. and the
University of Oregon won over
them by a 20 to 0 score.
The Washington team, with
$50 rooters, will start south tho
middle of the week for Saturday
bis game in California.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01
by "PETER."

What will the University OF
Washington do Saturday when 1t
meets the Universityof California
on the Berkeley gridiron?
I That Is the question being ask
ed by Washington followers ev-
,orywhere. Although the U. of
w. eleven has never tasted defeat
n seven fast and furious seasons
there are many students Of the
game who believe that she has
more danger of biting the dust
this year than ever before under
Dobie's tutelage.
Saturday the Washington boys
defeated Whitman with 81 to 0
score. The scoring was made
with straight football. four touch
downs and three place kicks. Bnt
although the university boys kept
whitman from scoring-even in
the face of the fact that the Walla
.Walla players were dangerously
near their goal several times. =
students of the game assert that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01
Ragtine Real Music? So
Argues One 'High-B

had a folk-song tradition liz
America our popular melodies.
doubtless, would not be SO per.
meated with vulgarity.
The words, also, too often have
the chief vice of vulgarity slug
gish ionality-without it's
chief virtue, the generous warmth
of everydayness. And this latter
quality, when 1t exists, resides
not SO much In the words them
selves, rs in the flavor of the
songs, the uninspired but tireless
high spirits of the American peo-
pie.
But ragtime words have at least
one artist quality of the highest
rank. They fit the music like a
glove. These songs appeal to the
people who expect to sing them, a
people who have no oratorio or
grand opera tradition behind
them, and who come quite natur.
ally to the ideal of welded music
and verse which Wagner had to
struggle for against his whole
generation.
shouldn't be surprised, In fact,
IL the origin of the rag" is to be
found In the jerky quality of the
English--or shall we say Ameri-
can--language, which found In
the negroes its first naive singers.
One of the negro "spirituals"
runs thus:
"An' he gave them commishun to
fly,
Brudder Lass'rus!
An he gave them commishun to
fly"
The tune, as always in negro
songs, follows the exact accent Of
the spoken words. But just
imagine what Messrs. Moody and
Sankey would have done to them!
AS you walk up and down the
streets of an American city you
feel in its jerk and rattle a per-
sonality different from that Of
any European capital. This Is
American. 1t is in our lives, and
1t helps to form our characters
and condition our mode of action.
1t should have expression in art,
simply because any people must
express itself il it is to know It.
self. No European music can or
possibly could express this Amer
lean personality. Ragtime l be-
lieve does express it. It is toda'
the one true American music.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01
VANCOUVER
| WINS TOURNEY

Tacoma bowlers took low score
in tri-city tournament staged or
Seattle alleys yesterday by pick
ed teams from Vancouver, Taco
ma and Seattle. The local team
stepped out ahead in the first
frame, but fell down badly in the
second and third. The scores
were. Vancouver, 2,715; Seattle,
1852; Tacoma, 1852. The Ia
coma team comprised Johnson,
Radonich, Berry, Whisner ana
Bennett.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01
NOVICE WINS
FREAK MATCH

w. ]. Noonan, new golfer,
won the tombstone" tournament
of the Lochburn club yesterday,
sinking his ball in the 18th hole
for his last stroke. Jack Craig
was second, dying" on the APP
proach to the 18th hole. Howard
Wright. G. H. Raleighand II. J..
jackson all passed away" ON the
18th green.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01
JESS willard
PREPARING TO
Defend TITLE

battle in this city next March.
New Haven Is also mentioned as
the place for a battle. willard Is
said to have been offered $4,000
as his guarantee, win, lose or
draw.
Willard claims to be in first
class condition. He has boxed
every day since he became cham
pion. Frank Moran is the most
likely opponent.
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cur native game. He Is found
frcm coast to coast and better
known to man, woman and child
than any other animal.
a hunting the rabbit there are
many things "a rcnembex. The
bunny runs = njxhk and sleeps
Ia daytime Any rabbit who Is
routed ont a tho d&ytimA ~
routed from hi fe1t. b ii the
fold Ct break Of dawn.
you ar usine . hound and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01
EARL COOPER: CHAMP
AUTO RACE DRIVER

Earl Cooper, the idol of Tacr-
ma race fans and most popular
driver who ever came to a western
speedway, is classed as the all
around champion automobile race
driver of the world, by the
'Horseless Age" a motor mag,-
zine, Just published.
Cooper participated in IL races
last season. He won three firsts,
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a rabbit is Jumped" stand still.
II the hound is good and the rab-
bit does not ''ho1e up." the dog
viii bring him around to you for
the Shot II the rabbit "holes''
the dog win tell yen where.
II you do not use > dog. ftir
Ground IN thick briars or IN brush
piles In the woods.
II you have companions and
one Of the party IS stirring among
the brush a ~ bottom 81 . nil,
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was second three times, fourth
twice and was eliminated three
times.
Under the race drivers system
of scoring, first gets 10 points.
six for a second, four for third,
and so on. Cooper's score for the
season is 81, while his nearest OPP
ponents, Anderson and O'Donnel.,
are tied with 80.
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WON'T RESIGN.
SAYS 0'NEILL

CHICAGO, Nov. Tip O'NeiIl,
president of the Western league,
won't resign until he gets his sal
airy for 1915. A magnates' meet
ing yesterday failed to materialize
because quorum did not appear.
O'Neill declared that the mem
bers would not appear because
of their antagonism to him, but
asserted that he would not re-
sign until he was paid. His con-
tarct as president OF the league
continues through 1916.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01

station someone &C the top Of the
hill Bunny nearly always runs
up hill. That's because his FQar
legs are much stronger than his
front legs.
II light snow has fallen TIE
night before, follow the tracks.
They viii lead 70 the bed the
rabbit has picked for HIS days
rest. IL snow Is haavy and tho
Weather extremeIy cold, the bunnf
viii 30 Into burrows, drains ana
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01

? Cheese-W>shington. 100; Ttl-
tamook. 15c. =
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 46@4Sc;
storage, $50 30c.
Butter-wasningron creamery.
$40 33c. N
wholesale Neat PRICES.
Fresh Meats - Steers. 11M0
12c; heifers, 11hc; hogs,
trimmed sides, Ice; mutton,
wethers, 13c; lamb, 1870; ewes,
lie; whole hog, lie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01

Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee
is starting his third year in the
ring in search of the real top
notchers. He claims he does not
want soft ones" even to pick up
easy money. He wants to meet
the real fighters figuring that is
the only way he can land the
lightweight championship.
Mitchell, in his short career,
has faced the toughest birds a
20-year-old boy was ever asked
to meet,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01

BY EDDIE MAHAN.
As told in an interview with
Brown Holmes, Times special
sport writer.
Linemen, on offense, should as
sumo a good deal like the posi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. Jess
willard IL planning to defend his
title. The worlds heavyweight
champion last night completed
His engagement with wild west
show playing here, and announc-
"a that In the future he would
devote all his time to the first
game.
/. Propositions have been made
- Willard for q championship
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VERNON WILL
DEFEND TITLE

CENTRALIA, Nov. Tick"
Vernon and Young Turkey of
lCentralia will box In Aberdeen on
the night of November for the
featherweight championship of
the Northwest. Papers were sign
Cd today for the match, and an
inouncement made by Leo Cohen,
Turkeys manager.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01
WHOLESALE
QUOTATIONS
Prices Paid Producers For
Meats, Butter. Eggs. Poultry

Livestock - Cows, 8R @7c;
hogs, 707hc; lambs, 6h @7c;
dressed hogs, 10c: steers, 6A %
&c; heifers, 5A @6Ac; dressed
veal, 9@11c.
Butter and EGgs-Ranch but.
ter, 80 @ sic: strictly fresh ranch.
eggs, 44@4 Acc.
Poultry = Chickens, dressed
IL % 15c; squads, 16 q 1Sc; ducks,
100 1Sc; squads, 2.25;
springs, Csc.
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ton as a Splinter. The sprinter
puts both hands on the ground,
while the lineman needs to put
only one, for balance. Keep the
knees off the ground and dig the
toes in. so to push the body for
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BY HIRAM X. MODERwELL

BY HIRAM X. MODERWELL
II has been nearly 20 years, and
American ragtime is still official
ly beyond the pale. AS the one
original and indigenous type Of
music Of the American people. as
the one type of American popular
music that has persisted and I'M
dergone constant evolution, one
would think It might receive the
clammy hand of fellowship from
composers and critics. There is
very little evidence that these
gentlemen have changed their
feeling about 1t in the last 10
years. Then they asserted that
1t was fortunately on the wane";
now they sigh that 1t will be al
ways with us. That is the only
difference.
can. feel satisfied with this.
/ can't nelp feeling that a person
who doesn't open his heart to
ragtime somehow isn't human.
Nine times out of ten musicians,
If caught unawares, will like this
music until they remember that
they shouldn't.
What does this mean? Does 1t
mean that ragtime is "all very
well in its placer" Rather that
these musicians don't consider
that place theirs. But that place,
remember, Is in the affections of
some 100000 or more Amer
leans. Conservative estimates
show that there are at least So
900 900 copies of popular music
sold in this country yearly, and
a goodly portion Of 1t is ragtime
And these musicians prefer to
regard themselves as beings
apart. This is a pretty serious
accusation for the musician to
level against himself. l don't
mean that wherever 10000, 00O
Americans agree on a thing they
are necessarily right. Their SEN
timental ballads are the mere
dregs of Schubert and Franz Abt
But ragtime is a type of music
substantially new in musical his.
tory. II has persisted, grown
evolved in many directions, with.
out official recognition or aid
You may take it as certain that
IL many millions of people persist
in liking something that has not
been recognized by the schools
there is vitality in that thing
The attitude toward folk-music
at the beginning of the nineteenth
century was very similar. A Rus.
sian folk-song was no less scorn-
ed in the court of Catherine the
Great than a ragtime song in our
music studios today. Yet Russian
folk-song became the basis OF
some of the most vigorous art.
music of the past century, and nc
musician speaks of 1t today except
In terms of respect.
The taste of the populace is
often enough toward the shoddy
and outwOrn. But when the pop.
uieiSO SiCdtCo itD OWh ait
official encouragement, then lei
the artists listen. I haven't no.
ton whether ragtime is going t.
! form the basis of an American
school Of composition" But
am sure that many native com.
poser could save his soul II he
would open his ears to this folk.
music OF an American city.
But the schools have their re.
ply. "Ragtime is not new" they
say. at is mercy syncopation
which was used by Hawdn ant
Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms
and is good, like any other must.
cal material, when 1t is used we'll. >
But they are wrong. Ragtime il
not merely syncopation." II II
certain sort of syncopation -
namely, a persistent syncopatior
in one part conflicting with exact
rhythm In another.
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mediately after the wedding sup
per at a downtown cafe, but kept
their destination secret. They ey-
pect to be gone about 10 days;
when they return they will take
up their residence here for the
winter. Mrs. Witt will accompany
Oscar when he leaves for the De-
troit training camp next spring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-01

Frank Sloman. OLYMPIC club ard
high school spriDter, broke the
worlds interscholastic record for
40 yards on the track of the
P1nama-Paclfic International Ex-
position. Sloman's time was
- 1-5 seconds, The former
mark was held by ]. Il. TED
Meredith. Meredith's time was
~ as seconds and was made in
1911 on an oval track.