The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-09-18

~ notes ring out. poignant,
pitiful 'Te-ke-OO." once
again Il resounds I'm the
hoary riffs Of the "waillng wall" rem
nant Of Hebrew glory. symbol Of He
brew fall. Piercing. clear. II heralds
mighty surge Of grief. For from the
gloom OF a hundred souls a cry Is
wrung. uncanny In the smiling sun
shine. writes Marian Weinstein 10 the
Chicago Daily News. The Jews OF
Jerusalem have come 20 mourn. 10
pray. They have brought to their
Father the sting OF their newest afflic-
tlon. the fresh page In their long
tragedy-the slaughter Of their breth-
rem in free Galicia.
The bearded elders In their faded
caftans bend and sway over their
huge tones. Their earlocks brush
the following leaves OF prayer. Apart
on the cobbled street sit shawled
women. scar. feshiess, resting their
qulvering forms against a native hut.
Their younger sisters. old-young wom-
en-. press the temple ruin. Now they
fondle the stones and now they clutch
them In despair choking dry sobs.
Beyond. a girl Is weeping. She has
lived through Russian pOgrom.
There is a lull In the wall. For a mo
ment the mass of motley headgear-
skull caps. turbans. fezzes-ceases 70
awav ~ p-Y. srr5- I'm ~ -rorHn And
come from their schools. tiny res-hoys
with their side curls and long coats'
OF their elders. They file In under
their rabbits eye. a look Of awe on
their pale faces
All United In Mourning
Jerusalem has forgotten Its squab-
bles. In this hour OF prayer and
mourning before their Maker all Jews
are brothers. "A dole. a DOLE
wretched bundle OF rags whimpers
through the crowd. Between two
suffering candles against the wall
khaki-clad soldier from the Jewish
battalion pauses 10 read the call 10
this prayer that was posted for days
IN the streets Of the Holy CITY, In
Hebrew and IN Yiddish-
Terrible reports come 10 us. one
after the other. from Galicia. Enc
mics OF Israel shed Jewish. blood
Ike water. Hundreds OF Jewish vic
Tins have been murdered amid all
SORTS OF atrocities. Countless limo
cents men. women and children. our
people's most pious souls. have fallen
In Lemberg alone los. butchered and
burned. were buried I'm one grave
Scores OF scrolls of the law have been
destroyed. and such outrages were
committed as In the day of the de-
structiou OF the temple. All our
brethren In Galicia are In deadly ter
ror.
.Our elders. therefore. have met
and decided that the whole cOmrnuni-
ty-men. women and children-shouiu
assemble Tuesday at s o'clock, Arabic
time nj the temple ruin to read t,ie
psalns and blow the shophar that the
Lord above may take pity upon our
brethren"
aIbrahImi Ibrahimw A shrfil cry
strikes the air. From the roof OF her
stone hut a swarthy Arab woman Calls
her son. who has somehow been
caught in the waIling. swaying multi
tude. "Ibrahlm!"
AZ the Waiilns Place
Inc JEWISH Ato%eN-
luctant Ibrahim Just as score OF
British Tommies appear In the wake
of a Moslem guide
Here you have the Jews waiting
wall" he recites In a sing-song- Inc
upper stones were built In the time Oh
the Romans. but the lower blocks De
longed TO Solomon's temple. Here tne
Jews come every Friday to vail
The Jewish soldier has recognized
q fellow Jew In an American neu
| Cross doctor. standing thoughtfuiiy Ut
| the edge OF the praying crowd
From what part OF the States are
your" he whiJpers eagerly. I'm from
Philiy. I thought you might be. too.
Down the stony steps leading to tne
wailing place new figures are eve,
hurrying. scurrying. The Taimuu
Torah children are leaving with their
rabbi. The weeping girl leans agains.
the Arab hut now. her eyes mar
closed, her lips trembling. The oio-
young women still cling TO the wall as
II the God whose ear they seek were