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The American Jewish world., 1916-04-07
THE JEW IN THE PRIZE RING
BY Dr. Mendel Silber, Editor The Jewish Ledger.


strength was a keen disappointment to
the former champion and founder OF a
new school. But he submitted to the in
evitable and, retiring now from the prize
ring forever he became landlord of the
admiral Nelson" in Whitechapel and
consoled himself during the remaining
sixteen years of his life with the knowl-
edge and assurance that his name had
been celebrated in popular song and the
traditions of the ring and that his first
appearance would ever remain a land
mark in the history of British boxing.
A younger contemporary of Mendoza
was Samuel Elias, Dutch SAM" who was
born in London, in ITS, and entered the
prize-ring in 1900. He, too enjoyed an
enviable reputation among the pugilists
of his time, and during his short life
ne died in abject poverty in 1876 from
a ruined constitution which was the re-
suit of his pugilistic career-he defeated
a number of prize-ring celebrities of his
day, and his name has been handed down
in history as "the hardest hitter the
prize-ring had ever seen" and as the orig
inatOr of the now famous upper cut
which he was the first to use in his sue
cessful contest against Caleb Baldwin, on
August Z, 1904
Another master in the noble art of
self-defense" was Isaac Bittoon, who was
born in London in 177S. His first vic
tory came in 1901 and was followed by
number of successful encounters during
the following three years. He, however,
preferred teaching the art to the prac-
tice of it, and so he retired from the
ring and established an athletic school
in Whitechapel where he taught boxing
and fencing to the time of his death, in
1885, Highly successful also were the
two brothers, Abraham and Israel Belas-
co, of London, both of whom entered the
prize-ring in 1917, the elder brother re-
naming in the ring until 1924 and the
younger retiring in 1928.
A famous and gentlemanly pugilist
who enjoyed the highest respect of his
contemporaries was Barney Aaron THE
Star of the East" He was born in Lon
don in 1SOO fought and won four sue
cessive battles when but nineteen years
of age, and saw his pugilistic career,
which extended over period of more
than fifteen years, crowned with victories
over many of the leading boxers of his
day.
That all these men combined strength
with skill goes without saying. Their
skill was, however, far surpassed by that
of the consumptive boy, Samuel Evans.
("Young Dutch Sam''), who was born in
London in 1901 and died at the age OF
49, Evans entered the ring in 1925 and
remained in the game" until 1894. Dur
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Ing tnat perlOd OF nine years ne nardIy
lost fight, while the number of vic
tories he won is greater than that which
was carried off by any one of his con-
temporaries.
Enthusiasts of the ring might find
much to admire also in the career of
Benjamin Bandoff the English pugilist
who made his first appearance in the
ring in 1853 and scored a number of not
able successes between that year and
1865. On one OccasiOn-it was in 1868
Bandoff not only defeated a strong op-
ponent, the coored Australian, Jackson,
but fought on the spot another man also,
Callaghan and stood an excellent chance
of winning the second fight likewise
when, after eighty-six rounds, on account
of the darkness, the fight had to be
brought to a stop and was declared a
draw
Among the other Anglo-Jewish pugi-
lists may be mentioned William Benja-
min ("Bill Bainge") who accomplished
the task, in 1861, of defeating the we'll
known Dick James Of Aberdale, in two
rounds, the Australian Ike ("Spider")
Weir, and Ted Lewis whose successful
encounters in this country are at present
creating strong sensation in the ring
and in the press.
For the most remarkable record of
Jewish prize-fighters one must, however,
turn to the recent history of pugilism in
this country. Here, the heavyweight
Joseph Choynski, who was born in San
Francisco in 1868 and entered the prize
ring at the age of sixteen, holds the re-
o,1zoh nf 6of0of0H
at least brought to draw number of
the most prominent pugilists of America
as Dan Creedon, kid" Mccoy, James
Jeffries, Tom Sharkey, and Steve O'Don-
nell, and of having lost but eight out of
the sixty battles he fought. Choynskis
most creditable piece of pugilistic work,
it may be added parenthetically, was per-
formed by him a few years ago, not in
the American ring, but in Vienna Cafe,
where he knocked unconscious the no.
torious anti-Semite Lueger, then burgo-
master of Vienna, for an insulting re-
mark against the Jews.
Passing by "lesser luminaries" of pugi-
listic fame and prowess, but not omltt1ng
Battling" Levinsky, Monte Attell and
the featherweight champion Abe Attell.
the most remarkable career of all must
be mentioned-that of Joseph cJoe')
Bernstein.
He was born in New York City in 1877
of Russian-Jewish parentage and engaged
in the first encounter when but seven
teen years of age At the age of eight
cen he had already to his credit nine VIC
tories and two draws" while in the fol-
lowing five years he fought no fewer
than seventy battles of which thirty-five
ended in victories for him, twenty-four
we're declared drawn, only seven were
lost by him, and one remained unde-
cided. And those whom he defeated were
no mere milk-and-water pugilists either.
They were the cream of prize-fighting
society. the elite of the ring, and includ-
CONTINUED on page 558.)
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-03
FLOWERS HAVE REPAID CARE
Those of Today IncomparabIy More
Beautiful Than Any Known
to Our Ancestors.

Our grandmothers had one gladi-
olus about as handsome as a ragged
stick dotted with brick-red paint.
We have scores, with a vivid, orchid
like beauty and wonderful range of
color. They had a stiff, formal dahlia,
that looked like statuette carved
out of colored soap. We have dahlias
almost as beautiful and graceful as
the rose. The whole race of rambler
roses is new; so are the rugosa roses ;
the Darwin tulips are things of yes
terday-and it is only little more
than fifty years since the first golden
banded lily lowered on American
soil. Yet who can imagine a perfect
garden without one?
The old-fashioned garden of today
is the olden spirit working with new
materials. 1t ought to be, and in
time it will be, more beautiful than
anything our ancestors ever knew.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-03
PECULIAR CONT haOT.

A curious fact was divulged in the
British house of commons recently
in the debate in supply on the vote
of 100000 to purchase Col. Hall
Walkers property at Tully, in Kill
dare, and in Wiltshire, to meet the
requirements of the stud of horses
which the colonel has presented to
the government for the breeding of
horses for the army. The secretary
to the board of agriculture stated
that seven two-year-olds are to be
loaned to the Earl of Lonsdale, who
will run them in races on the under
standing that he will give the gov
eminent half the winnings after pay
Iment of expenses.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-03
What We Know And
DO Not Know About
Infant1le Paralysis
By SAMUEL G.. DIXON, M. D.
Commissioner of Health

w 18th the history of the worlds Poiomyeis
the results of work before have
edge that THE GERM OF THIS DISEASE HAS NOT BEEN
FOUND and further that COM
municaed from person to another.
There is medicine specific prevent
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD! Avoid patent medcnes-they do
haGm Call in your family physician you get SICK he
tell you he has remedy that and any does
and helped possible good many bring
child back health
paralysis commonly believed The re-
18th of July reported 1000 Poomyeit but
only 403 of paralysis Until pro-
duc the disease and how it person
another with present knowledge STRENUOUSLY
MEND the following precautions:
All excepting the doctor and the nursing the
of the disease must keep out of the aside for patient
disease prevails.
Keep all insects of houses particularly flies GUARD
sTUFFs FROM FLIES Flies may carry the disease.
Feed children cooked food much possible.
See that the outside of bread biscuits kept
from flies Wagons trucks carrying kept
horse stables.
Screen houses and baby coaches cribs
the house is not fully screened
The Department has literature subject which you can
get upon written request.
THIS DEPARTMENT is IN CONSTANT WARFARE TO
PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM DISEASE TO ACCOMPLISH
THE BEST RESULTS WE MUST NOT ONLY HAVE THE CON
FIDENCE OF OUR PEOPLE BUT INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC
COOPERATION.
July 49, 1916
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-03
RUSSIAN LEADER.

As a commander of men the Grand
Duke Nicholas is pre-eminent in
Russia. He is stern disciplinarian
and has incurred the dislike of some
officers who have felt his dispIeasure
but the soldiers love him because
they know that he is fair, and be-
cause they know that under his au-
stere exterior there are a generous
heart and a keen sense of humor.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-03
HOW SHE KNEW.

On Washington's birthday the
children in Marion's school gave an
entertainment. An afternoon dress
rehearsal preceded the evening per-
Torrance. On returning from the
rehearsal | was amazed to hear my
six-year-old daughter say: 'Well,
mother, I looked the prettiest and
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-03
July 20, 1916.

incest of all"
'Why, Marion" I replied, "who
told you so?"
'No one; but 1 looked at all the
other children and then | looked at
myself" Chicago Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-03
Buy Lumber Now.

The lumber advance is but small
part.of that in other lines, but it may
jump any day, so the time to do
your building or repairing is now.
Hemlock, white pine, yellow pine,
and specialties in, oak, poplar, cy-
press and cedar, ready for immedi-
ate delivery at real bargain prices,
these days.
Door Hangers Glide Door Hang
ers for barns and other buildings
that simply cannot get off the track
and cause trouble. In stock ready
for use.
Roofings Prepared roofingsfrom
$1.1O to 1925 per roll.
Hydrated Lime, for whitewash-
ing and disinfecting, 15c. cans.
Brick, several thousand straight
hard brick, at $3.50 per 100, or in
quantities.
JOSEPH G. LEAR e CO.,
Lambert Street,
LAMBERTVILLE, N. J.
Bell Phone 44R5
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Activities Of Women.

Women are paid ten cents a day for
making army shirts in France.
OF the 1896 women registered for
war work in England, only 1915 have
been utilized.
Very few OF the nearly 100000
woman school teachers in the United
States are married.
AS soon as the war Is over Miss
Genevieve Caulfield. a teacher at the
Pennsylvania Institution for 1nstruc-
tion OF the Blind. will sail for Japan.
where she will devote her life to
teaching the blind there.
Should DR.. Ella B. Everitt of Phila-
delphia accept the presidency OF VII.
son college. she will be obliged to
sacrifice a large medical practice
which she now enjoys in the Quaker
City.
Mrs. B. Castleton, who has just
been graduated from the Atlanta Law
school. took up law mainly that she
might have an understanding sympa.
thy in the work Of her husband. an
Atlanta attorney.
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GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAD
Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Lur
liant and Remove Dandruff-aeal
Surprise for Yau.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, fk|
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lwl
trous and beautiful as . young giht|
after a "Danderine hair cleanse Juk|
try this-moisten a cloth with lithl
Danderine and carefully draw n
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleans
the hair Of dust, dirt and excessive d
and in Just few moments you have
doubled the beauty Of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at oncA
Danderiue dissolves every particle d
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invs
crates the scalp, forever stopping itck
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most WI
be after n few weeks use when ~
VIII actually see new hair-fine al
downy at first-yes-but really nes
hair-growing all over the scalp. y
you care for pretty, soft hair and los1
of 1t. surely get 25 cent bottle q
knowlton's Danderine from any stors
and Just try 1t. Adv.
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does ths Midcontinsnt get 70 he;
Crescent island tube!"

does NJ llidcontinsnt get 70 he
Crescent island tube? 4
Right here" and Allison pointed to
his map. "You come out of the tube
to the L. and C.. which has long
time tracking privilege over nifty miles
of the Towando Valley. and termi-
mates at Windfield. At Forgeson. how
ever. just ten miles after the l.. and
L. leaves the Towando. that road
els crossed by our tracks!" Urbank
eagerly interpreted. THE M!dconti
nent, after its direct exit. saves a
seventy-mile detour! Then it's .
straight shoot for Chicago! Straight
ON again out west Why. Allison,
your route is almost as straight as an
arrow! 1t will have q three-hundred-
mile shorter haul than even the Inland
Pacific! You'll put that road out OF
the business! You'll have the king OF
transcontinental lines. and none can
ever be built that will save one kink!"
His neck protruded still further from
his collar as he bent over the map
Here you split off from the Midconti-
nent's main line and utilize the White
Range branch: from Silyerknop- MY
God!" and his mouth dropped open,
"Why-why-why, you cross the big
range over the Inland Pacific's own
tracks!" and his voice cracked.
Edward E. Allison, his vanity graft
fed to its very core, sat back COM
fortably, smiling and smoking. until
Urbank awoke.
81 suppose we can come to some ar.
rangement." he mildly suggested.
Urbank looked at him still in daze
for a moment, and trace of the
creases came back into his brow. then
they faded away.
You figured all this out before you
came to me-" he remarked. "On what
terms do we get in?"
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Her Bad Break.

Maggie was maid in the empls
of a Gotham family. One afterno9
two woman visitors rang the bell, and
telling them to be seated. Maggie wen
into another part Of the house to ss
II her mistress were in. e'|
Il am very sorry" said the mad
returning minute later. but Nm
Brown went out and won't be bad
till dinner time"
That is too bad" exclaimed ors
of the women. as the callers stana
for the door. And to think, too. thu
! have forgotten my cards. will fau
to"
Never mind the cards. ma am, b
terjected Maggie, with kindly df
posed smile. Il told the mistress you
names when ] went upstairs"
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ALCOHOL AND INSANITY.

THE seeming Indifference of the
public and the authorities appears in
comprehensive when it Is considered
what havoc is wrought by alcohol. We
spend millions OF dollars annually to
stamp out and protect the public from
infectious diseases, yet the harm done
by alcohol is infinitely greater than
that caused by all the infectious dis
eases put together. In our annual ad-
missions to Bellevue hospital of over
5000 patients lin the wards for mental
diseases) more than ten per cent were
suffering from insanities due directly
to alcohol, and in more than forty per
cent alcohol had played most impor-
tant part in the causation of the In.
sanity. 1t seems to me that 1t would
be the greatest aid to humanity IL
measures might be taken to reduce
the consumption Of this poison to a
minimum. and to provide proper cura-
tive institutions for those who have
formed habit but have not passed
the curative stage into one of com
plete mental and physical degenera-
ton. Such an institution should be
custodial as well as educational. In
such institutions many will find re.
covery. while, for those who do not,
proper restrictions will prevent their
leading life OF crime."-Dr. NJ. S.
Gregory OF Bellevue Hospital, New
York
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\ -And how much year does Market
Square church take out Of veddsr
court?''
81 was waiting for that bit Of I'm.
pertinence," laughed Manning. Il
shall be surpriSed at nothing you say
since that first day when you char
acterized Market Square church az
remarkably lucrative enterprise. Have
you never felt any compunctions OF
conscience over that?"
mot once" answered Gail prompt
ly. She had started to seat herself on
one OF the empty benches. but had
changed her mind. "If had been given
to any such self-injustice. however.
should reproach myself now. l think
Market Square church not only COM
mercial but criminal"
IN have to give your soul chas-
tisement." smiled Manning. These
people must live somewhere. and be.
cause Vedder court. being church
property. is exempt from taxation,
they find cheaper rents here than any
where In the city. If we were to put
up improved buildings. ! don't know
where they would go, because we
would be compelled to charge more
rent"
in order to make the same rate OF
profit" responded Gail. "Out of all
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FIVE REASONS.

DIR. Henry Williams of New York.
an eminent specialist in nervous and
mental diseases. has summed up his
investigation concerning alcohol in
these words:
Il am bound to believe, on the eyi.
dence, that II you take alcohol habit.
ually in any quantity whatever, it is
to some extent a menace to you. II
you do this. am bound to believe in
the light of what science has re-
vealed:
Il. That you are tangibly threaten.
ing the physical structures of your
stomach. your liver and kidneys. your
heart. your blood vessels, your nerves
and brain;
=. That you are unequivocally de-
creasing your capacity for working in
any field. be it physical, intellectual.
or artistic.
.. That you are In some measure
lowering the grade of your mind, dull.
ing your higher esthetic sense. and
taking the finer edge OF your morals.
4. That you are distinctly lessen
ing your chances for maintaining
health and attaining long life; and,
.. That you are entailing upon
your descendants yet unborn a bond
OF incalculable misery"
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l,cENse-AIcn TO HIGHEST.


In Massachusetts the minimum cost
of a first class saloon license is $1,000.
The maximum is not fixed by law, Dut
there are instances on record where
licenses have sold for $500 and $10,-
900. The average price is about
SO, 800
How does 1t work-this license sys-
TEN raised to its highest power? The
New York notwithstanding not
dry advocate-speaking of the In
crease of the license fee in the state of
New York from 1900 to 81. 800 year,
says.
1T seems plausible to reduce the
number of drinking places and raise
their status by imposing heavy IL
cense fees, but in practice 1t results in
turning over the business to a few
brewers who are able to finance the
license fees and to drive independent
dealers out of business. In some cities
in Massachusetts, brewers and whole
sale dealers control practically all the
saloons and hotels and form syndi-
Gates to handle the monopoly so given
to them by the high license law. 1t
would be easy to form syndicate in
New York city that would pay $4,000
year for each license taken out. The
revenue might be increased by giving
such monopoly, but the liquor bust
ness would be run for all there was in
it, and social conditions would not
be improved. Massachusetts has given
high license fair test and the results
are not what its original advocates
promised"
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SYNOPSIS.

A. n vestry meeting Of the Market
Square church Gail Sargent listens to
discussion about the sale of the church
tenenients to Edward E. Allison. local
traction king. and when asked her opin-
Ton OF the church by Rev. Smith Boyd.
says 1t is apparently lucrative business
enterprise. Allison takes Gail riding In
his motor car. When he suggests he Is
endtIed to rest on the laurels of his
achievements. she asks the disturbing
question: WHY" Gall returning TO her
uncie inns home from her drive with AZ
Hson. finds cold disapproyal in the eyes
of Rev. Smith Boyd. who is calling there.
AT a bobsled party Gail finds the world
unconlfortaby full of men, and Allison
tells Jim Sargent that his new ambition
is 10 conquer the world. Allison starts a
campaign for consolidation and control OF
the entire transportation system of the
world. Gall becomes popular and Aunt
Helen thinks 1t necessary 10 advise her
as to matrimonial probabilities. Allison
gains control of transcontinental traffic
and arranges TO absorb the Nedder court
church.
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Hopes omen VIII
Adopt This Habt
As Well As MsIl
Glass Of hot water each No. 3
Iro helps " look and feel !.
clean. sweet, fresh. Y Y

Happy, bright. alert-vigorou.
vivacious--a good clear skin.
ural, rosy complexion and fre.
from illness are assured only bv ~.
healthy blood. II only every -
and likewise every man could ss.s
the wonders of drinking phosns,.
hot water each morning. what ! r..
flying change would take place n
Instead of the thousands OF ,,....
manufacturing men, women y.
girls with pasty or muddy CONN.,.
ions; instead Of the multitudes =
nerve wrecks" 'rundowns," 4h,,.|
fags" and pessimists we should =.
virile, optimistic throng Of ~
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinki,,
each morning before breakfast, a M
of real hot water with a teaspoons
of limestone phosphate In it to ma!
from the stomach. liver, kidneys ,sI
ten yards of bowels the previous d,y,l
indigestible waste. sour fermentatIo.l
and poisons. thus cleansing. sweet.
ing and freshening the entire alimnI
tary canal before putting more fod
into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache. b,|
iousness, nasty breath, rheumati,nI
colds; and particularly those M
have pallid, sallow complexion AMI
who are constipated very often, al
urged to obtain n quarter pound 4
limestone phosphate from any dru,
gist or at the store which viii coy
but trifle but is sufficient to demo.
strate the quick and remarkab.
change in both health and appearauc
awaiting those who practice intend
sanitation. We must remember tint
inside cleanliness Is more importa,i
than outside, because the skin dos
not absorb impurities to contaminah
the blood. while the pores in the tht
ty feet of bowels do.-Adv.
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Found That Enemy Could Shoot.

A correspondent. sending news OF
himself. sends this hospital experience
from the British front: "He and
were occupants of neighboring beds
in the same ward. He had come from
the trenches with hole through his
nose. l was inquisitive and he re.
sponsive. I got this ere just by Noove
Chapel Pal o. mine said the blighters
could shoot: said they couldn't hit
me If give 'em chance. stuck up
me cad an looked at 'em. e got g
tanner an l got pipped.' or course,
the surgeon could only plug the nose
of such man with cheek"