The Denver Jewish news., 1918-10-24


II is funny to see kid eight or
nine years old here with II cigar or
cigarette in his face. The people here
live in very unsanitary way. And on
|! rich peoples children go to school.
There are Spanish, French. Jamai-
can. Porto Rican and Haitian people
living here
The sugar mills are in opera ton. I've
been thru two of them and saw how
the sugar is made.
The cane is cut. the leaves stripped
off and then it is carried to t!ie mill.
1t is carried up belt into crush
er, then into two other cr1lsherS onto
which hot water is poured. The pulp
is then dried and carried to tba FUR
naccs where it is burned. The juice
after it has been squeezed out. and
the water is run into watts. where they
arc boiled and the impurities brought
10 the top. when it is filtered. Then
it is run into big tanks. where the
water is boiled off and the sugar be-
comes thicker and browncr.
II then goes into the crystailiZcr
and is dried and poured into sacks.
OF course it is brown sugar when 1t
comes out. II is later refined.
took out two Liberty bonds. one
for 500 and one for $50 dollars. and
mcnts.
Ia fake c1,re of yourself. wi'slr
you would do as | said in my last lc.-
ter and try and take rest.
Your Loving Son.
GEORGE.
The following Interesting letter was
received from Chaplain David Tan
ncnbaum:
France, Sept. IL. 1918.
Dear Hcrmina:
l should have written To you long
ago in answer to the many letters
which you wrote to me. But, some
how or other. l did not have the
tins to write You Il special letter
when / wrote to all of the folks.
When one has Ford of his own and
enough work for five, he does not find
much time to write long letters.
II is just after iosh Hushonoh. l
am still tired and hoarse from the
strenuous two days that l spent. 1t
was Al Rosh Hashonoh that l hope
that | will not have TO duplicate
again. While ii had Its romantic
and heroic aspect it is not exactly
what | should call pleasant Iom-
toy.
| wrote uf the plans that 1 had
originally made. If the military Situa-
tion were such as to allow them be-
ing carried out we would have had
quite an historic New Year celebrr-
tion. As it is. they could not he car.
ricd out. Instead. therefore. ar
ranged III separate services one in
every point of our area. 1t was
THINKS to the Ford that I could get
around. | started out at seven O'Clock
IL the morning with my driver. as
siStant and Chasan. Each service
was of an hour and half's duration
During this time the boys davened,
thts Chasan sang and / directed and
preached. 1t was fine little family
affair. tho. at one service there were
about four hundred in attendance.
These services were not ut all what
one would expect of Rosh Hashonoh.
For one there were no new clothes to
dazzlc the eyes. There were several
boys who did have new overseas caps.
which they managed to get for the 9c-
cusion. but most of the Jewish Nanks
showed mp in much used Uncle Sans
olive drab. Then there was no wills
pcring nor talking nor going in and
out during the services. cit was SO
solemn as to almost remind one OF
reputcd Christian revcrencc). 1t did
not seem Il bit like Jewish Shul.
Then again we did not have any OF
the beautiful surroundings of n Shnl
Mt home in the States.
In most places services were held
in the Y. NJ. C. A. Hut. This is II
large room for the most part either
with the sun or the rain streaming III
and always packed with soldiers ana
Officers in quest of something to eat
or to smoke or to read. In some Huts
there are benches to sit upon. in others
there are none. In the latter the men
stand where they find room
In one place we held our service
in an old French barn. 1t was the
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