The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-17
Dist. President Kusworm
Visits B'nai Birth Lodge
GIVES FORCEFUL PRESENTATION
OF THE ORDERS WORK. DIN
NER AND CLASS INITIATION.

trict Grand Lodge was accorded MI
Sidney q. KuswOrm, Of Dayton, o.'
president Of District Grand Lodge NO.
/. o. b. b., on his visit to Denver
last Sunday. A dinner was given IN
his honor ut the Albany hotel which
was attended by about 100 members.
The speakers on this occasion We're
NJ. l.. Anfenger and the honored guest.
both spoke in light vein. and proved
themselves good entertainers.
a meeting in the lodge rooms FOL
lowed ut W aich more than 200 mem
bcrs were present. 1t was fine as
semblage. and n splendid tribute to the
able and efficient leadership of the
district by Mr. Kusworm. Nineteen can
didates were initiated during the eve
ming. The ritual was beautifully ex-
emplified by the degree team of the
lodge, composed of Messrs. Zwetow'
Arthur F. Friedman, ID. Il. Harlem,
Simon j. Heller, and ]. OlcOyich, and
made profound impression OH the
initiates.
The event of the evening was the
eloquent and stirring address of Presi-
dent Kusworm After complimenting
the lodge upon Its splendid work, ana
the strength and efficiency Of its mem
bership, he spoke of the activities OF
the order and pointed out its oppor-
tunities. The Jewish spirit and en-
thnsiasm, he said. We're necessary TO
bring success to the Orders cause. 1t
was finished address. and was listen
cd to with deepest attention. He
spoke, in part, as follows:
After travelling from one extreme of
the District to the other, i am happy
10 have landed here today.
l have come here tonight to tell
YOU some of the achievements of our
Order, us we see them from n general
survey. You ought to know them.
very Ben Birth ought to know them.
consider this fine attendance this
evening u compliment. not to myself
--lmt to the office, and II all 81, the
lodges showed the splendid interest
that Denver does. the business of the
Bnai Birth would be fine.
want. in all sincerity, to cOngratu-
late you upon the large attendance you
have and upon the interest you have
shown and upon the splendid work OF
your initiatOry team. have been
privileged to see the teams in all of
the larger lodges of the District, and
l am not flattering you when 1 say
that you put on the work more beau
tifully than any other lodge does. l
congra tulate the Lodge upon the fine
type of citizenship represented, upon
The fine type of men you send to the
Grand Lodge convention, and upon the
fne work you are doing. 1t IL an IN
spiration for any President to come to
Denver, and. in great measure, 1t
makes IN for some of the hardships
and Inconvenience which one must
undergo in order to take care of the
duties of his office.
And in order to do our great work
with sincerity of purpose. it is neces-
snry to have Jewish heart.
We must be animated by our cause
before we can put the vigor and vim
and enthusiasm in our work. We have
history. We have history that Is
second to none in the world During
our fight in the wilderness We were
met by numbers that outnumbered us
twenty to one. Where are the Amori-
,es? Where are the Ammonites!
Where are the Moabites? They were
,acn, the same as we were. They are
gone. They are forgotten. They had
no ideals. They had no cause. They
mad nothing to inspire them. And they
lest. But what did Judas Maccabeus
have? Judas Maccabeus had that
motto that has been handed down to
us from time immemorial almost
who is like unto Thee, Y God, among
the mighty" We have the inspira-
tion of Maccabeus, the inspiration
of a Hillel. the inspiration of n Moses
Moses. And it was that inspiration
that inspired two hundred thousand
boys, thank God, to go and fight for
God and for country.
Here's to the blue of the wind
swept North, as they met on the fields
of France; the spirit of Grant was
with them, as the boys of the North
advanced And here's to the gray OF
the sun-kissed South. as they met on
tie fields of France; the syirit OF
Lee was with them. as the boys of the
South advanced. And here's to tho
blue and gray of us all. as they met on
the fields of France
And so 1 say to you that the in