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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-02
August 2, 1918.
LOCAL NEWS

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evening, August the first, at a family
dinner in honor of the engagement of
their daughter, Frieda, to Mr.. w. Gold
berg
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Green, 1927 West
Twenty-seventh street, entertained at a
family dinner at their summer home at
Big Lake, Minnesota, in honor of their
brother, Mr.. Harry I. Juster, who left
for Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina,
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Morris, 1927 Girard
north, entertained in honor of Miss Eta
Miller of Winona, Mimi, who spent
two weeks visit here. Twelve guests
were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mandel 1928 Irving
north, entertained in honor of her
brother, Daniel Sovitzky, who left for
Camp Wadsworth, S. c. There were
sixteen guests present.
Twenty men in service were enter
tanned at dinner last Sunday by the Y.
w. H. A. summer camp at Minnetonka
Beach, Lake Minnetonka, by the pat
ronesses of the cottage last week. Mr.
anu MIS-. hdTdLZ duu MIS- M LlIOu WoIo
chaperons.
Mr.. John Podosin and Mr.. Sam Sha-
piro entertained on Sunday last in honor
of Mr.. Sam Atlas and Mr.. Sam Slaven,
who are stationed at the Overland
school, at the home of Mr.. Shapiro, 43
Highland North.
A reunion was given by "The Pre-
tenders at Wildwood on Saturday last
in honor of Miss Mosette Burton of De-
troit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kesler and daughter,
Gertrude, of Kansas City spent a few
days as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs Ma
kar, 2449 Colfax south, en- route East.
Engagement of Miss Frieda M. Weis-
man Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs Aaron Weisman, 1904
Chicago avenue, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Frieda Marjory,
to Mr. w. L. Goldberg of this city.
Weddings.
Mr.. Samuel Grossman of Montana and
Miss Francis Segall were married on the
evening of July the twenty-seventh at
the home of the brides parents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. Segall, 926 Fourteenth Avenue
South, in the presence of immediate
relatives. Dr. S. N. Deinard officiated
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-02
HEBREW COURSE AT UNIVERSITY
TO BE ESTABLISHED IN

The petition of Jewish students for
the establishment of a course in the He
brew language to begin with the school
year 1918-1919 at the University of Min
nesota, was vetoed by the board of re-
gents at their midsummer meeting yes
terday. The board appropriated $500 as
a lecture fund to procure Hebrew scholars
as speakers during the year, in prepare
tion for the probable establishment of the
course later.
THE BERRENSON BROTHERS IN
SERVICE.
With the entrainment of Third ward
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

Council members, and was we'll at
tended.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TALL
MUD ToRAH FOR THE MONTH
OF JULY, 1918.
Disbursements.

@1,VOOOJ
Disbursements.
Teachers and other Salaries. IS 834.49
Interest on Bonds .... 1880
Interest on Mortgage ........ 10000
Paint and Oil ................ 1885
Linen 1926
Telephone 4.5O
Electric Lights ........ -l5.16
Printing 1850
Balance expense Mr.. Avin's trip
in search for teachers. ...... 1910
Overdrawn by July 1st. ........ 1910
$1,462.95
Overdrawn in the Treasury by
July 31st Observation-Disclosures 1866
I. SCHULMAN,
Secy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15

hut with those In the back of his head
he saw secret things and he now saw
Il monk hiding some fresh meat that
he might eat It secretly. st. Patrick
was AZ once stricken with rCmorse and
prayed for forgiveness. An angel then
appeared and commanded him to put
the pork into water. This he did, and
1t was Immediately changed into fishes.
His Memory Worshiped.
Such tales MS these are told of by
the Irish themselves with no hint Of
dlsrespect. They are merely the evil
denccs of the nll.pcrvading humor Of
this lig"ht-hearted people and should
be taken in the same spirit by others.
In spite Of them the Irish worship the
memory of st. Patrick above all other
saints.
II should not be imagined, however,
that the traditions concerning the pa
iron saint Of Ireland are all humorous.
Some of them cmbedy that sense Of the
beautiful which Is also an Irish char
acteriStlc. One Of the most attractive
of these tales Is that of st. Patrick
and the kings daughters.
In the year 433 he celebrated Easter
by converting many thousands Of the
inhabitants, After the termination OF,
the services he went to Tara to try to
convert the king. But the king would
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
1lreIand's PAroness.

The first day of February is the an
nlyersary Of st. Bride, or Brlget, the
~"patroness' Of Ireland and Of Fleet
street. She was the beautiful daugh-
ter Of an Irish bard, and her story
seems to have fired the Celtic imagl-
nation, Wherever the early Irish mis-
sionarles wandered In western Europe.
from Cologne to Seville, churches or
abbeys will be found dedicated to her
honor, and wherever the "exiles of
Erin" may migrate the name OF Bird
get marks n woman of Irish race. The
spire of her church In Fleet street has
been repeatedly struck by lightning
and is now much reduced in height, but
remains n Of the three tallest stee-
pies In London.-London Chronicle.
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St. Patrick Day


'0'Ho' NT3s Of Irs.1H1S tt.S as |
1V@,' 0Tiie To-Day
an nFe ana irf.aRa there
@t "a.I ne "or'd array;
anu i'''""l' .a@sS are en- rata
green az" Tob"H Aer me
green seas
N" .a'4' A'ar me co''esRS cdt.
"'. on % Ir'NR orse'e
&c N"y 10 .'''ss 10 me- ana cannot
zee '"s "-@dS'
N0' 81, go. peas |R'0F' rising rom
n.' C''@neyS o. Me topnS.
ne '0'.s'H $ cay ana me High mus
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS.
HAVE ALWAYS FREELY GIVEN
Openhandedness a Characteristic Of
the Irish Race Wherever
They Have Settled.

The following sentences are quoted
from 1.-THE Old World in the New"
C914), by Edward Alsworth Ross, pyo-
lessor Of sociology in the University
Of Wisconsin:
Along with their courage and their
loyalty, the Irish did not bring the
economic virtues. Charity visitors
know that the Irish are often as open
handed and improvident as the Bedou-
ms. They are free givers, and no
people are more ready to take into the
family the orphans of their relatives.
The Irish are near the foot of the list
of crime. Among a score or more of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
EDUCATIONAL BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
NORWOOD REFERENDUM CLAUSE
PERMITTING COUNTIES TO
VOTE, STICKS.
TO PRESERVE WAR RECORDS
Legislature Changes Date to End
Struggles-Convict Camp at Old
Capital Closed and Prisoners
Sent to Farms.

Jackson.-By a vote OF - yeas
against 8 nays, the senate passed the
ONeal.Holton house bill providing
for compulsory education in Mississi.)-
pi with a referendum clause. The bill
provoked a heated debate and the
senate was several times in an uproar.
The committee on education brought
in an amendment as a substitute for
the house Norwood amendment. The
Norwood amendment permitted each
county or separate school district to
vote on the question as to whether or
not education should be made compul.
sorry. The senate committee amend
ment made it optional with each coun-
ty as to whether or not the new law
should be operative. The senate com
mittee amendment was adopted, aft
err a spirited debate the vote was re-
considered and the Norwood house
amendment was permitted to stand IN
the bill, The bill was then passed in
this shape. Senator Christmond
changed his vote for the purpose Of
entering a motion to reconsider.
The bill as passed provides that
when a county or separate school dis
trict votes to enforce compulsory edu-
cation each child between the ages Of
Z and IA years must attend school for
at least sixty days within a calendar
year, unless the parents of a child
are too poor to purchase clothing and
books and such child's labor is neces-
sary to support infirm parents. The
bill provides, however, that in cases
where parents are unable to purchase
bors may contribute those supplies.
The senate adopted a concurrent
resolution fixing March 20 as the date
for final adjournment. This does not
necessarily mean that the legislature
will adjourn on that date. The object
,s to spur legislative work, but If 1t Is
found impossible to clear the calen-
dars of the most important bills By
The Goth, the date will be reconsidered
and moved up.
Senator Wilmington of Leflore coun-
ty introduced a bill that is designed to
expedite the work of future legisla-
lures. The bill requires the COVER
nor to prepare a budget for each bien-
NAL period and to have the budget
ready when the Legislature convenes
in regular session.
In order to clarity the matter EN-
braced in the bill to direct the Missis.
sippi Centennial Exposition Company
to pay a claim of the Luderbach
Plumbing Company of Jackson,
amounting to nearly $4,000, that bill
was withdrawn and a new bill, which
provides THAT the Mississippi Cen
tennial Exposition Company may be
sued in the courts of law" was sub
stituted. This bill, after some ex-
plantations and discussion, was passed
without serious opposition.
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Where are you FROM miss? You'll die of cold here"
Il am from the hospital there" the young woman replied, waving a blue
WITHHOLD hand and arm at the MontefOre home and hospital, about two blocks
to the east. II have been watching you boys of Uncle Sam from the window
and I know you will take better care of me than they do there. l got out Of
the window and a gust of wind caught me and 1 knew that heaven was help
ing m get to you. l am very cold"
Private Barnett, rather confused, hurried the young woman-she was
about twenty slim, with large brown eyes, red lips and white teeth-into a
room na by where was a blazing fire. The officer of the guard was notified.
hot coffee was given her and she was swathed in warns army blankets.
She said her name was Lillian, and that she hoped she would never be
separated from "Uncle Sans boys" again. The "boys" however, hurried her
back to the home, where the doctors and nursesp put her to bed.
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With all Difference to the comic
traditions about the blackthorn stick
and the shillalah, it was the quest of
peace which brought the first group
of Irishmen to America, and their
first propaganda was for religious free.
dom, freedom of conscience, which en-
couraged the coming to the Maryland
colony of the Quakers, the Puritans
and the Nonconformists banlshed from
other sections.
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nationalities, the Irish stand nearly at
the foot Of the list in the commission
OF larceny, burglary, fraud or homi-
eide. Rape, pandering and the white
slave traffic are almost unknown
among them. No immigrant Is more
loyal to wife and child than the Irish
man. As compared with their imml-
grant fathers, the proportion Of labor
ers among the sons Of Irishmen Is
halved, while that Of professional men
md statesmen is doubled, and that of
clerks, copyists and b~ookkcepers is
trebled. There is no drift into agrlcul.
ture or into mercantile pursuits"
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World gasped and sat back quite
stunned. But they didn't feel unrest
in Greenwich Village. Instead, they
just began to allow their hair to grow
a little longer, took a few more beans
out of the soup and ripped away n
of the two postage stamps usually
worn as clothing. And the village felt
secure and happy that it was doing Its
bit.
AS an example of the way they are
conserving on clothing material, the
dances being held in Webster hall
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gDCCUpIeS tHe HUuSt' SHyS IHul UUeSH
explain how bones resembling those OF
human beings came to be in the box,
nor does 1t explain the headless spec
fter frequently seer in the house. Corby
lis laughed at by the police, and the
police are derided by Corby.
For weeks the house has been
'eaunted," says Corby. There has
been the plaintive whine of an infant,
for one thing; a headless nan APP
peared to Corby and Mrs. r. H. Pc
tors. a neighhor q strange blue light
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15

A bill has been introduced provid.
ing for the preservation of war rec
Ords, with the history Of Mississippi
commands and individuals serving
with all American wars.
The bill provides that the director
of the department of archives and his.
tory be authorized to prepare and
publish an historical roll of Missis-
sippi soldiers and sailors, with the his.
tory of Mississippi organizations and
commands serving in the war of 1872,
war with Mexico, Confederate war,
Spanish-American war and world war.
with all records relative thereto; that
the said historical roll shall be fall
and complete as it can be made from
a thorough and exhaustive study of
all sources of information in the de.
partment Of archives and history, the
wal department at Washington and
elsewhere, the work to be undertaken
as soon as practicable, and to be con
tinued until it is completed; the print.
ing and binding to be done by Mis-.
sissippi printers and publishers under
the control and discretion Of the ii.
rector Of the department of archives
and history.
"The publication, when completed,
shall be distributed by the director.
who. in his discretion, shall furnish
free Of cost to the universities, col
leges. schools, public and county ii.
braries each a copy, and shall ex.
change for similar publications from
other states. and shall be authorized
to sell copies to other Libraries and in.
dividuals at a sufficient sum to cover
the cost of publication"
The state convict camp, which has
been maintained on the grounds Df
the old capital since the work of
restoration of the old building WIS
begun, nearly two years ago, is being
broken up, and the seven men VINO
have been engaged in clearing I'D the
work about the grounds, grading. lay.
ing walks and the like, returned to
the farm life once more. Four of the
men were sent to Rankin farm and
three to Oakley. This step was necss.
sary owing to the failure of the leg 8.
lature to make any provision for fur
Their grading and lands cape work
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shone in the cellar, and a stove. every night, at the same time, cracked loudly
three times. When Corby found the box in the cellar he says the rappings
grew SO continuous and loud that not a roomer in the boarding house slept
q wink.
In the mysterious box which Corby found In the cellar in which the blue
light always appeared. we're several bushels Of Stacked lime and large bones
which fell into dust when exposed to the air.
The police have accepted Sergeant Flecks explanation of the box. but
Cohy says they have not explained the childs cry, the rappngs or the head.
less man who comes and gees.
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NN"'S "t 'hC CAliohNC u thS Solulioio
war hospital, Gun Hill road, shortly
before 3 a. M, and said:
Il am a friend of yours"
Private Barnett forgot to say "Ad-
vance, friend, and give the counter.
sign" He just stood and blinked.
Il know Uncle Sans boys are all
friends of mine," the young woman
in the nightdress continued. "And l
know they will take care Of me-"
Private Barnett recovered his vo-
cal DOwprS and Soi1. H\Vho ara vor19
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
MANY LEGENDS
OF ST. PATRICK
Picturesque Variety Of Incidents
Crowded Into Life of the
Great Apostle.
EXPOSITION OF THE TRINITY
Something That the Drulds Could Un.
derstand-His Kidding ireland Of
Snakes Is Of Course More
or Less Mythical.
.OPULAR tradition has surround.

HOPULAR tradition has surround
- ed the life Of st. Patrick, whose
festival all loyal Irish celebrate,
with n more picturesque variety
OF Incidents than has been the tAte of
any other saint. Whether they are
true or not Is n matter of little lmpor-
lance II the stories are good. They
have to be good, for the Irish are the
authors.
One OF the most famous of the myths
connected with st. Patrick, perhaps
the most famous after the traditional
expulsion OF snakes from Ireland, IS
the story Of how the saint became con-
nected with the shamrock. When st.
Patrick first began to talk to the hea-
then Irish Of the Trinity they did not
believe him till he picked a shamrock
and illustrated Che doctrine by three
leaves growing on one stem. This con-
crete analogy appealed to the druids
and most Of them became Christians.
These druIds were st. Patrlck's
worst enemies, and he was forced by
their hostility to net in n manner some
what inappropriate for a saint. He
cursed their lands for them, so that
they became waste and drcar boys; he
cursed their rivers, so that no fish
could live in them; he cursed their
kettles, so that they would not boil,
and finally he cursed the earth, so
that 1t opened and swallowed them up.
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these days might be investigated. Recently they held one Of the "eveyonce-
in-a-Whle' affairs, and there as very little attention paid to clothing at all.
Time was when the law stepped into Webster hall OF occasions, when 1t
was deemed the girls had crossed the border and carried away the backto.
nature young folk to the station house around the corner. Now the police
men, it Is understood, have been instructed to arrest OF sight all entering
Webster hall with more than a daub of black paint and q smile on their
bodies.
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unereof walked into No Mans Land and with a large basket skired the wire
entanglements and walked along the parapet of a American trench. They
shouted:
Pies! Who wants a pie? Piesw
The war stopped right there.
Americas warriors sat o. the firing step eating pie. Americas sentres
tooka-bteaple, looked at the German trench and took another bitea-pie.
Jacob and Samuel and Eli began to cough; but kept on selling pie. Jacob
III Sanuel inc Eli Started nvountary to weep-and then they looked up.
Smoke from the German" trench was all around them. Something in the
smoke made the tears tfckle down their cheeks. They a wildly and fast.
They found out later they'd been "gassed."
jacob and Samuel and Eli came back again Thursday into No Mans
Land, not needing guns. But Samuel kept both eyes N the German" trench
for smoke.
pies! Who wants a pie? Phs!" they cried.
They yer regular Joshuas, for like Joshuas SUI the "a stopped dead
Still.
Gimme two" shouted a sentry.
Here, buddy; I'll take lemon cream" cried a machine gunner.
From all sides the grim warriors" came crowdng up.
found MS lighters aces buried in mince, apple custard, and berry pie.
Well, when the Piemen Three were brought by guards before Mai. Fred
eric L. HuidekOper, division adjutant, in division headquarters, it was dis
covered to oft them had been barred from camp for disobeying a rule against
selling pies to soldiers except through the regimental exchanges.
Take 'em to the stockade" ordered Major Huidekoper.
Jacob and Samuel and Eli Bunin won't interrupt another war to sell pies
to soldiers in the frontline trenches.
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HeadIess Man Resides in Harrisburg Haunted House

HARRISBURG, PA-Despite the declaration Of Police Desk Sergeant
III Charles FRck that he buried a box In the cellar of the house at $50 Yer.
beke street In 1884, and used it as a refrigerator, E. F. Corby who now
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Girl in FiImy Garb Dazes Sentry on Zero Post

JEW YORK-A eomey young woman in a fmy nghtdress, her black cuns
~ blowing in the beow-Zero breeze and her bare feet twinklng in what must
have been way belOw-zero snow, dashed up to Private Roy Barnett, on sentry
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Greenwich Villagers Find War Economy Is Easy

NEW YORK.-h Greenwich village that land of embryo literary lights,
~ artists, nomads and first families" they are prepared for most anything
that might choose to come along. When the war began all the rest of the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
Brought King Into Fold.

st. Patrick told them he was n blsh-
op Of God and expounded the prln-
ciples of Christianity. They were de-
lighted with his discourse and became
converted at once. Then they asked
ST. Patrick TO return to Tara, where
their father was king.
st. Patrick, much surprised to hear
that the two maldens were daughters
Of the king he had just visited, accom-
panied them back to the castle. Here
the king was persuaded by the prin-
cesses to accept the new religion. The
next day 1000 of the people followed
the example Of their king and prin-
cesses.
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Gen. George Bell, Jr, commander of
Thirty-third division, they will detour
as widely as the terrain permits.
This tale of the Piemen Three and
the twice interrupted war started re-
Gently.
Sunlight cleaned upon No Mans
Land of the Camp Logan battlefield.
1t glinted from rifle barrels of Sentries
gazing through wire entanglementS at
the German" trenches 30 yards away.
Then Jacob and Samuel and Eli,
Cnrinr nothing for wnrS or r,nnnrr
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have none Of the new religion, and st.
Patrlck's life was in danger. In de-
spur he was departing from the town
when he passed n fountain near which
were two fair maidcns. The maidens,
full of wonder ut st. Patrlck's white
garments, asked him who he was.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
Put Cross Over Right Grave.

He had a habit OF setting n cross
at the grave Of a Christian whenever
he could. In his travels one day he
came upon two newly made graves at
the head OF n OF which was n cross.
st. Patrick stopped and asked the man
in this grave what his religion was,
The mar replied he was n pagan.
"Why, then, Is this cross placed at
your headi" 81. Patrick asked.
The man replied that his companion
had become n Christian and that II
mistake had been made in placing the
crosS st. Patrick then corrected the
error and went his way.
But even ST. Patrick made mistakes.
He was once tempted TO eat meat when
it was not proper to do so. He got
some pork, but hid it for a time and
before he found an opportunity to eat
it he met n man with u pair of eyes In
the back Of his head in addition to the
usual n @ in front. st. Patrick asked
the meaning of this and the man re
piled that with the eyes In his face he
saw such things as other men saw,
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Tale of the War and Piemen Three of Houston

H~oCSToN-Jacob and Samuel and Eli Bunin won't interrupt another war
= : " sell pies TO soldiers /. the froatline trenches. If they meet up with a
war complete and with spare parts, owned and operated personally my Mai
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His Most Famous Act.

The saints most famous achieve
ment was the Kidding Ireland of
snakes. The method he employed was
novel at least. He simply called all the
Serpents together to the top Of Il noun
tain and compelled them TO swallow
each other until there was none left,
but, as the EngliShman said, that
seems improbable.
A more authentic account Is that ne
drove the snakes out by beating n
drum, and that, In his enthusiasm, he
Knocked n hole In It, which an angel
at once came and mended. One huge
snake he Is said to have chained In
Tough Dilveen, and even to this day,
every Monday morning, the snake calls
out In good Irish:
ITS a long Monday, Patrick
st. Patrick seems TO have taken n
great delight In performing miracles.
Once when he was in England he saw
a leper who wanted to make n voyage
in a certain ship, but the captain would
not let him. st. Patrick took a stone
altar which had been consecrated by
the pope and threw It into the water.
He then made the leper sit on the
altar, which floated and kept up with
the ship for the whole voyage.
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tnefeot walked into No Mans Land and with a large basket skhred the wire
eWansemehs ad walked along the parapet of an American trench. They
shouted: