Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-29
EDUCATION AND AID
TO ANIMALS OFFERED
AS MEMORIAL IDEAS
Rabbi Levinthal Would De-
vote $4,000 Fund to Pro-
noting Schools Among
Jewry-Mrs. G. E. White
Would Build Hospital.

How would you spend $4,000 for a
memorial?"
This question has been asked Of the
EVENING LEDGER by subscriber. who
desires the opinion Of fellow readers. as
TO what form memorial should take
in order to provide, with the sum named,
the greatest possible benefits to mankind,
The EVENING LEDGER has asked the
question of a number of prominent men
and women who are leaders in the COM
mercial Industrial, financial. political and
social life of tho city. In each case the
question was put direct, and the reply
was invariably the plan suggested to
the persons mind as the result of many
years experience in some particular walk
of life.
The first replies appeared in the
EVENING LEDGER Friday, in which
Mayor Blankenburg and Charles W.
Erwin, Socialist writer and lecturer, gave
their views on the subject. TIE replies
today are from Rabbi p. L. Levinthal,
of the B'nal Abraham Synagogue, and
Mrs. Caroline Earle White, the founder
and president of the Women's Pennsyl-
vanta Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals;
RABBI LEVINTHAL'S VIEW.
Rabbi B. L. Levinthal said
"The best form that any memorial can
take is charity. The best charity is that
which shows no favortism, that which
succors the poor and needy in all stages
of life and in all eveptualities. The
Orthodox Jewish Church. which ] serve,
stands for an equal distribution of char
ity which provides for the mortal from
the cradle TO the grave For this reason
] prefer Jewish charities, and II | had
$4,000 for a memorial. ! would use It in
this way.
"Charitable institutions are maintained
in this city by the Jews for every need.
from free maternity hospitals, where
many make their entrance into the world,
to free burying grounds, where many
leave it. There are home for orphans,
homes for the aged and homes for Grip
pies and incurables. There are free hos
pitfalls. free schools and colleges, free day
nurseries, free employment bureaus. free
bureaus for legal aid and free food dis
pensaries.
"Thcse institutions are trying to help
the poor and needy in every stage of life.
and money left in trust for them would
be we'll spent. If were to show my pref
erence, 1t would be for the educational
institutions. I would like to see more
such institutions as Dropse College and
Gratz College, where the Jewish language
and history are taught, and schools for
children, such as the Hebrew Primary
School. at 314 Catharine street, and the
advanced school, at 526 Wharton street.
The interest from $50, 900 placed in trust
would go far toward maintaining insti-
tutions of this character. and the gener-
osty of the persons who would thus
endow them would he perpetuated by
thousands of grateful benehciaries who
would be educated in them"
MRS. WHITES VIEW.
A.. f,,soIi,o IrorIa White
"I do not know Pany plan that would
do as much good for both human beings
and animals as tho establishment of
free hospital or dispensary for the treat
ment of accidents and diseases of anil
mails. The sum of $4,000 would he suTti-
cient for equipping a suitable building,
or even the erection of new one for the
purpose, and provide fund for its main
tenance.
"a large proportion of the working peo-
ple of any city are dependent upon the
assistance rendered them by horses and
mules and are without means of liveli-
hood when their animals meet with ac-
cident or become diseased. If they con-
tinue to work the animals they are sub
iected TO a fine which they can not afrord
to pay and In detault Oh Whlch theV are
sent to jail.
IAN institution where such persons can
obtain free advice and treatment for their
animals would prove blessing There Is
already an institution of this character
known as the Carolins Earle White dis
pensary. at 315 South Chadwick street.
but It is impossible to meet all the de-
mands made upon 1t. In a city OF this
size a number of such establishments are
needed. In the form OF a memorial moth
ing could be more popular, and doubt
II there is any other way in which more
could be obtained for the money"