El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-27
GIVE ANDIT IS
GIVEN To YOU
Speaker Tells Rotarians of
the Need for Aid For
Suffering Jews.

Il do not understand II any more
than do you, but there is something
about this thing Of giving that blesses
u.s." said Samuel Neveleff. addressing
Il Paso Rotary at its weekly luncheon
Thursday at Hotel Sheldon He is
here to help organize the campaign
for raising funds in FL Paso for the
Jewish sufferers in the war ridden
countries Of Europe.
NO man has ever impoverished
himself by giving. 1t cannot be done. %
he continued Those who give the
most. have most left No man has
ever died poor because Of that which
he gave away No one has ever gone
hungry after giving away his bread
some way. somehow bread has been
provided for him
Misery is upon the war torn world
as IL never was before. Want is al
most universal in the countries that
have been ravished- They call to us
from every quarter Of the earth for
help. They cry aloud, or moan IN
tones subdued- The gaunt and fam
ished. the lean and weary. the sick
and wounded-they hold their out
stretched, empty hands toward us. and
beg for help. And we. Of all people
in the world, are in a position TO re-
Heve them
Giving and Getting.
'I believe that every one who gives
a penny viii get IL back hundredfold.
1 believe that every one VINO dries a
tear with his assistance viii be spared
the shedding Of a thousand tears.
believe that every sacrifice we make
viii so enrich US in the future that
our regret viii be we did not sacrifice
the more. This thing Of givingi A
oil ion H~~1Hla rsHH
ingless now is money that is boarded
How hateful to himself and TO his
fellows is he who does not answer to
the call for aid Give-and in the
giving live the life a human being is
entitled to enjoy. Give-and let no
thought Of sorrow abide with you be-
cause you did not give. Give-and
somewhere, from out the clouds, or
from the sacred depths Of human
hearts a melody divine will reach your
ears and gladden. all your days upon
the earth
This is not only a Jewish move
ment; it is a human movement. It
viii clothe where clothing is needed
and feed where feeding is necessary
it viii 90 wherever the cry OF human
ity calls IL It is Of human beings,
for human beings, and by human be-
ings"
Ben " wofford. Of San Antonio.
expressed his pleasure at being pres
ent and recalled when he knew the
president Of FL Paso Rotary. C. A.
20 years ago in San Antonio.
He is as young today as he was
then" he said.
Wear A Smile.
Gunther leasing. who has been in
France in the artillery, was welcomed
home and said he thought the best
thing FL Pasoans could do was TO
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This city" he said, els the greatest
place in the world, and every person
who lives here should think So Meet
the guests coming with a smile and
tell them they are coming to the best
city in the world. Meet the soldier
boys with smile and welcome them
70 settle here You are doing some
thing I want to praise you for. You
are seeing that your returning SOL
diers get their Jobs back In the
east they are welcoming them home,
but they are not giving them their
jobs back FL Paso is bigger in this
than in the east You are so enthusi-
astic in your welcome that you want
70 feed US all the time. Yesterday
Dick Dudley bought me a dinner; to-
day Louis Fischbein bought me one
Mr. Lessing confessed that he had
become a benedict since leaving FL
Paso and said his wife would soon
JOIN MIN mere he was married last
November "A, before going to France.
to Miss Helene Neff, OF Highland
Park, Ill
To Have n scout Troop.
On suggestion Of Robert Krakauer,
Rotary agreed to take charge Of and
father a Boy Scout troop IN FL Paso.
Rotary is sponsor for the general
scout movement in the city and it was
urged that the club now take under
its wing a troop Of SO boys Neal IT.
,hearman, a Rotarian. who was elect