Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-25

A COMMITTEE Of the Sisterhood Of
"A Congregation Keneseth Israel, Broad
street above Columbia avenue, with Mrs.
Joseph Krauskopf as chairman, has been
at work for some time preparing this
years celebration Of Jewish Pilgrim Faith
ers' Day, a celebration that originated in
Philadelphia at the time when the local
Jewish community commemorated the
25Oth anniversary of the landing of the
Jews in New Amsterdam.
The Keneseth Israel Sisterhood pur-
poses to celebrate the event this year
on q scale more elaborate than any ever
attempted with an historical pageant deal
ing with the part that the Jews played
In the discovery of America.
Rabbi Isaac Landman has written
scenario, entitled "The Jews and the Dis
cOvery of America which is TO be enacted
in il scenes and by more than 800 per-
sons. The story deals with the golden era
Of the Jews in Spain. and will Illustrate
the part that Jewish scientists of Spain
and Portugal took in the geographical and
astronomical deductions of Christopher
Columbus. Columbus efforts with Fer
dinand and Isabella and the part the
Jews played In equipping Columbus cara
wells and in the actual discovery of the
new continent will be shown in some of
the scenes. The Maranos, the expulsion
and the flight of the Jews from Spain, and
the landing of the st. Catarina in the har-
bor of New Amsterdam in 1855 will be
some of the cimaxes OF the pageant
Frank Buchanan. who staged T'he Masque
OF 1916. has been engaged to produce the
pageant which is to be given at one OF the
local theatres.
Mrs Joseph n Snellenburg, Mrs Edwin
Gimbel Dannenbaum and Mrs. Stanley
Goldsmith have charge of the selection
of the cast Mrs. Alfred Heineberg, Miss
Helen Abram aud Miss Florence Bern
stein, of the costuming Mrs. Walter
Dalsimer, Mrs. NJ Lieberman, Mrs. Adolph
Loeb. Mrs Joseph A. Louchheim and Mrs.
Horace Stern, of the special music; Mrs.
A. j. BambergeT, Mrs, H. Bissinger ana
Mrs. +. Dannenbaum, Of the Illustrations;
Mrs. a. Dannenbaum and Mrs. William
A. Stern, of the stage properties.
The General Committee, of the kcneseth
Israel Sisterhood. that has the pageant
in charge is composed of the following
women
Mrs. Sidney Altman, Mrs. A. ]. Bam-
berger. Mrs. Harry Bissnger Mrs.
Gabriel Blum, Mrs, Walter Dalsimer.
Mrs. Alexander Dannenbaum, Mrs. Edwin
Gimbel Dannenbaum, Miss Helen Fleisher,
Mrs, Stanley Goldsmith, Mrs. Max Green
baum. president of the sisterhood, eX
officio; Mrs. Alfred Heineberg, Mrs Moses
Lieberman, Mrs. Adolph Loeb, Mrs. Jo-
seph A. Louchheim, Mrs. Slverman, Mrs.
Joseph n. Snellenburg, Mrs. Horace stern.
Mrs. William A. Stern and Mrs Joseph
Krauskopf. chairman
AN INTERESTING social event will take
Aplace Monday evening in Mercantile
Hall, when the Balbazoo Club, an organiza-
tion connected with the Young Mems He
brew Association. will give its 10Th per-
formance. The attraction will be musical
comedy. princess Ping-Pong." The music
is by Willard Goldsmith and the libretto
by Lee Pape who was recently awarded
the Drama League prize for the best chill
dren's play. Both male and female parts
will be taken by members of the Young
Mems Hebrew Association
Mayor Smith and the members OF his
Cabinet, with their wives, are expected to
attend. Mrs. Joseph ". Snellenburg is
chairman of the Committee of Patronesses,
among whom are Mrs. Simon Abrahams,
Mrs. Justin b. Altman, Mrs Sidney X.
Altman, Mrs. Albert II. Arnold Mrs. JOS
eph NJ. Asher Mrs. Sidney S. Asher, Mrs.
Albert j. Bamberger. Mrs. Arthur j. Bam'
berger, Mrs Adolph Berg, Mrs Max Berg,
Mrs Edwin NJ. Dannenbaum, Mrs, Maurice
T. F'leisher Mrs. Penrose Fleisher. Mrs.
Charles Edwin Fox, Mrs. Felix n. Ger
son, Mrs. Louis Gerstley, Mrs. William
Gerstley Mrs. Benedict Gimbel, Mrs.
Charles Gimbel Mrs. Samuel j. Gittelson.
Mrs. l. II. Goodman. Mrs. Milton Herold,
Mrs. Harry B. Hirsh, Mrs, Morton B.
Hirsh Mrs. Isaac Katzenberg, Mrs. oscar
Kind, Mrs. Philip Kind, Mrs. David
Kirschbaum. Mrs. Jacob Loeb Langsdorf.
Mrs Samuel d. Lit. Mrs, Samuel X.
Louchheim, Mrs. Clarence l.. Marks, Mrs.
Stanley V. Mastbaum, Mrs. Morris Rosen-
baum, Mrs Albert Rosenthal, Mrs Jerome
]. Rothschild. Mrs Jay F. Schamberg, Mrs.
1. ii. Silverman, Mrs. John Sinberg, Mrs.
Jacob Singer Mrs. Raymond Slotter, Mrs.
Nathan Snellenburg, Mrs. Abraham Smell
lenburg. Mrs Harry Fl, Snellenburg, Mrs.
Solomon Solis-Cohen, Mrs, Horace Stern,
Mrs. Walter NJ. Steppacher Mrs. William