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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-05-09
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The history of the suferings Of
the Jews of Palestine under Turkish
rule now forms the topic of the day
Several of the former Turkish Of
ficials who took part in the cruel
persecution and brutal maltreat-
ment of the Jews have after long
searching been arrested by the
English military authorities. Thus
the former Turkish head physician
of Nazareth, Hassan Bey, has just
been taken into custody. Already
the mere mention of this excrable
person awakens memories or horror
in Our hearts. He was the chief
initiator Of the purpose of ill-treat-
ing and Matchmaking innocent peo-
pie. Frightful things are related Of
this monsters. barbarous cruelty.
It was he who in the spring of 1917
in Nazareth subjected the Jewish
workman Schwarz to the most
dreadful fortunes until the unhappy
man put an end to his into1erable
sufferings by committing suicide.
1t was also Hassan Bey who had
the teacher Enrich, Mende1 .Chank-
lin and the community president
Rosenberg, logged in the most
barbarous manner. He had boiling
eggs placed under the arms of the
laborer Xvi Nadab in order to ex-
tort confession from him. He was
thoroughly merciless, and tortured
Jewish men, women and children,
including the aged and the sick.
The English authorities had been
long searching in vain for him until
the Jewish colonist Cork, one of his
victims, succeeded in running him
to earth. The co1onist had him ar
rested and he is now confined in
the prison at Jafa with Jewish gen
darmes guarding him. New wit
nesses against him and persons who
have suffered injury at his hands
are appearing every day. 1t is re-
ported that the notorious Kama
kan Of Haifa, who likewise has in
Vulnerable crimes against the Jews
and Arabs on his conscience, has
also been arrested.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-05-09
May 9, 1919

member of society just as this non
Jewish fellow-citizen of the same
class is. Similarly, those Jews Of
Russia who were in business,
owned some property, or had GER
tain Jewish interests at heart, such
as Zionisn,, Jewish culture, or Jew
ish philanthropy, had nothing to
gain and everything to lose from
bolshevism. They have been its
victims and not it's supporters. The
Jews who have entered the ranks
of bolshevism are of the same class
as the Russians, the disinherited,
the appropriated, the economically
enslaved class, to use socialistic
phrases. That some of them were
clever and capable enough to be
chosen as leaders simply shows that
among the Jewish disinherited and
submerged were men of intellectual
force.
But these Jews who are identified
with bolshevism have nothing in
common with their non-bolshevist
fellow Jews. They have completely
separated themselves from the main
Jewish body. They are Jews neither
by religion nor by nationality. They
are of the cosmopolitan proletariat.
They would resent being designated
as Jews, and bracketed as such.
All that one can say is that they are
of Jewish descent. So that instead
of saying that all Bolsheviki are
Jews, it is much nearer the truth to
say that none of the Bolsheviki are
Jews.
But all this will not change the
prejudiced opinion of Jew-haters
and should any radical socialist of
Jewish ancestry in this community
or this country, attract too much at
tention to himself, many voice
would be heard to the effect that
radical socialism is naturally Jew
ish, that Jews are socialists, and
sOcia1iStS Jews
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-05-09
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

PllCu. Allu IL lind DC, uuC W IO SllldlI
degree to the remarkable success of
The Scripture Stories that the De-
partment of Synagogue and School
Extension has felt impelled to pub
lish similar work on Post-Biblical
History by Adele Bildersee.
Miss Bildersee's "Jewish Post
Biblical History" is an excellent
presentation of the history of the
Jews from the time of Jochanan ben
Zakkai up to the period of Moses
Mendelssohn. The method, as the
writer states in her preface, is ito
select from the pages of postBib
lical Jewish history the outstanding
personalities, to present the life
work of each in such a way as to
illustrate the spirit of Judaism in
his time" The aim is to bring out
clearly the guiding principles of the
Jewish spirit, the law by which it
lives, the hope of the future toward
which it works, and the conception
of the universally of religion. How
we'll she has succeeded will be shown
by even a casual perusal of the book.
The authoress is an experienced
teacher in the New York High
Schools, and has been in charge of
the Religious School of Temple
Beth Ell of New York City.
The style of the book is clear and
interesting. The characters select
ed represent the outstanding figures
of each period. The authoress has
included in her history number of
extremely interesting personalities,
ordinarily omitted or often hastily
treated, like Chasdai ibn Shaprut,
Meir of Rothenberg and Isaac LII
ria She gives in addition to a
vivid picture of each individual life,
also a historic background admir-
ably portraying the times in which
each lived. The fine use of anecdote
and intimate incidents in the lives
of the great leaders, and the liberal
use of many of their maxims, prov
cribs, and sayings, gives the vol
Tune what newspapers call "human
interest" and precludes any danger
of monotony. At the same time the
larger issues are never lost sight of.
The book consists of twenty-four
chapters, each dealing with the life
of a great sage, and contains thir
teen excellent illustrations of per-
sons, places and documents. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18

recent bulletin issued by the Childrens bureau.
Scotland has for several past granted schol-
arships Tor bursaries) from the public funds Eng
land too, is mending this method OF providing
for the better education of her young.
In this country, up to now, scholarship funds
have been made up OF private contributions, pri-
vatey administered. Already good many COM
munities have begun to realize the importance of
salvaging the local talent that might otherwise be
of educational opportunity.
Results obtained in cities where the scholarship
plan has been tried out proves that the saving Of
this potential child power constitutes community
investment that steadily increases in value as the
child grows up and becomes trained and efficient
worker.
Comparison of the wages of 81 children who had
quit school at the age of IA years to go work with
the wages of equal number of children who
through scholarships enabled stay in school
for two longer, shows that after three years
of wage earning the average wage of the child who
third times that of the child who had left school at
the age of IA
The children's bureau advises that any commun-
ity wishing to inaugurate scholarship should begin
by appointing committee representing schools.
women's clubs, employers social workers. and others
mttees would be: to raise money for scholarships
to, administer the scholarship funds, and to hold
meetings to interest people in scholarship work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18

: Eyes, dear; wait until twelve
thirty, and we'll drive to the car
barn then. transfers! Trans
| fers y"
Spike" says that his liberty was
his first actual touch with the hor-
rors of war.
Another bird that lived in some
remote corner of New York state
told me in pitiful tones that all he
| had time to do was to walk down
| the street of his home town, shake
hands with the postmaster, lean
over the fence and kiss his girl lit
! had to go two ways, hello and
| gOOd-bye), take a package of clean
underwear from his mother as he
passed by and catch the outbound
train on the dead run. All he could
/ do was to wave to the seven other
| inhabitants.
March 26.-I must speak about
/ the examinations before / forget it.
| What a chubby time we had of it.
l got a trifle wrong at the start on
| account of my sociable nature. You
| know, / thought it was a sort of a
farewell reception given by the Of
ficers and the c. P. O.'s to the men
! departing after their twenty-one
days in probation, so the first
thing l did when I went in was to
shake hands with an ensign, who
l thought was receiving. He got
rid of my hand with the same
briSkneSS that one removes a live
coal from ones person. The whole
proceeding struck me as being a
sort of charity bazaar. People@were
wandering around from booth to
booth, in a pleasant, sociable
manner, passing a word here and
sitting down there in the easiest
going way imaginable. Leaving the
ensign rather abruptly, l attached
myself to the throng and started
in search of ice cream and cake.
This brought me up at a table
where there was very pleasant
looking c. p o. holding sway, and
with him l thought l would hold
few words. What was my horror
on hearing him snap out in very
crusty manner:
How often do you change your
socks ?"
This is question I allow no man
" doh ulos II 10 PAL IICuldI " OO-
jectionable why, SIR" l replied,
don't you think you are slightly
overstepping the bounds of good
taste? One does not even jest about
such totally personal matters, we
know" Then rising, I was about
to walk away without even waiting
for his reply. but he called me back
and handed me my paper, on which
he had written Impossible" and
underlines it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
Public School Scholarships.

A child who leaves school early to- go to work is
as assuredIy manned for all timesas the soldier who
returns wounded from the trenches.
Not only does he the risk of becoming per-
manently crippled in health by his premature en-
trance industry, but he will also find himself
heavily handicapped by lack OF training when the
time comes for him to compete an adult with
skilled labor.
Our armed forces have been fighting war for
democracy But democracy, to be enduring, must
be built upon the solid foundation of saved and
protected childhood. The children of today mus.
carry on this same ideal tomorrow II they are to
10 this wisely and wen they must be made and kept
fit for such important work.
The rescue of children from the kind of expioita,
lion that stunts their growth crippes their health
and perverts their general development be best
accomplished by keeping them in school until they
have been sufficiently educated trained to become
good workers and good Citizens
The value OF school Scholarships in combating ths
leadeRey OF boys and girls teieave sehaeI far tenn
RefaFy financial advantage has been clearly Fecog-
lzed. both here and iHfsFeigH countries, according
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
With Other Editors
Presidents Fortunes.

The estate of 100000 left by Theodore Roosevelt
but for a president one of unusual size 1t ranks
Mr.. Roosevelt indeed probably the countrys rich
est chief executive since Washington, and the fact
has suggestive interest. Many ruler of petty
public has become a multimillionaire, but mil
Iionaire has ever been president of the worlds
greatest and richest republic and this, notwithsand-
the comparative magnitude of an accumulation of
81 900 900 has decreased.
The Roosevelt fortune was different, moreover in
being mainly inherited fortune. It's possessor
may have added to it in his lifetime but as in the
Of other presidents. most of his personal
ings in period of forty years of public life were
absorbed in the support of his family. No other
president has ever enjoyed such advantages of re-
munerative publicity Mr.. Roosevelt, and besides
his salary from official positions his income from his
books and from editorial work must have large
Yet it is fair inference that If these had been the
sole of his support he wslld have died poor
maH, Cleveland died and also of their prede
cessors in the White house,
This has been the common financial fate of presi-
dents, and the example Of Mr.. Roosevelt probably
meraiy proves the Fuie that the office Of president
is not economically productive in any logical proper
tien tgts exalted state and enereus political quail
fieataHE=New York wofld
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
DiScouraeing BoISheVisn1.

Iynching of Dr. Iiebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg
by Berlin mobs most likely will have salutary e-
feet in checking the Bolshevist movement in Ger
many Such demonstrations of brute force impress
the Teuton mind.
In the United States the situation is different Vio-
lence against extreme radical leaders might easily
result to the disadvantage of popular govern
ment here for it would be to make the victims
martyrs in the eyes of many. Bolshevism may be
stamped out in Germany. but never in this country
About all we can do is to pull its spurs and let
it wear itself out beating against empty air.
So long as the on vigorous prosecution
of those who tried to defeat purposes proper
and necessary Nor need we be too prompt in for
giving those who proved to be enemies within our
own borders. Most of them chose deliberately and
with full knowledge of the penalties. They deserve
no special sympathy and no particular indul-
gence in their efforts to justify their past acts.
Now that the danger from enemies without is
past however, we may safely be more liberal in
the matter Of free speech, without which no real
democracy can exist in time of peace The espionage
act should be repealed amended that it will not
operate to interfere with frank discussion of polit
cal questions.
The good sense of the nation is its best protec-
ton against this thing call Bolshevism. That
good sense must be relied upon to prevent such VIC
lence took place in Berlin, even in the face of
extreme provocation. 1t must also guard us from
a still greater danger in failing to make fair and
Just classification If neglect to discourage ultra
conservatism in the efforts will make to dscredit
real reform by sweeping denuncation as bolshevis-
tic, we shall make grave error. The inevitable
ultimate result will be to confuse the public and to
give real Bolshevism a standing which it does not
deserve and which it could not otherwise get.
1t is conceivable that American sanity may be
put to severe test but with the experience OF
Europa before Us we are fully warned and may face
the future with entire confidence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The SDpcialist's Fees,

Will you kindly name a compe-
tent eye specialist for me and one
whose fees are reasonable?
&C. 2. 81
Answer am always glad to
name competent physicians or spe-
cialists. but / cannot undertake 10
determine a doctors fees-that is
a question to put to the doctor him
self. The name OF two good spe-
cialists in your city have been
mailed to you.
Lost: One Safety Pin.
Two weeks ago our 19-months-
old baby swallowed a safety pin.
He choked badly and fought me so
I could not prevent him from swal-
lowing it. l called the doctor, buc
he could do nothing then. Any ad-
vice you can give will be appre-
ciated.
Answer-The chances are that
the pin has been passed from the
bowel-such things usually come
away a day or two after they are
swallowed. If the pin was open It
is serious; if closed ii is not. An
X-ray examination would show
whether it is Still in the body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
Complications and Fatality of
Influenza

Influenza intelligently treated is
not a serious disease. 1t termin-
ates in recovery after about three
days of fever, as a rule.
The complications of the disease
are serious, particularly pneumo-
mia.
What do 1 mean by intelligent
treatment?
mean, first, rest in bed. Right
here is where the patient or victim
of the disease too often makes his
first mistake. He remains up and
about, trying to flight it off" And
mayhap Mrs. Camp encourages him
by telling yarns about similar cases
with sad endings in bed. Women,
as a rule, display more sense than
men about going to bed with such
an illness, although women can and
do generally endure much more
suffering than we do without COM
plant. At rest in bed the patient
is conserving energy to fight the
infection; he is not exhausting or
gans which have overtime work to
90 destroying and eliminating the
poisons of the disease.
Second, fresh air throughout the
illness. That means, of course,
cool or cold air if it is available,
and never warmed-up air. Some
antiquated health official jumped
into print early in the recent cpl
demic with a warning against fresh
air for influenza cases, which
pleased Mrs. Camp nightly. In
fluenza patients treated in tents do
better than those treated in in
closed sun parlors or in rooms with
open windows.
Perhaps the most foolish and
risky procedure for one coming
down with such an illness is ex-
Fermentation with alleged grippe.
or "cold" cures. The pain-killer in
such medicines (acetanilide or Simi-
lar coaltar derivature) destroys
red corpuscles in vast numbers,
interferes with the oxygen carry
ing function of the blood, seriously
weakens the heart and impairs the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
Good to Eat.

| Toxic Sandwiches = One cupful
cold boiled rice, one teaspoonful
grated onion, one teaspoonful fine
ly chopped parsley, one-half cupful
sardines (skin and bone removed)
or any cold fish can be used, one
half teaspoonfuI paprika, one table
spoonful chopped stuffed olives.
Put the rice, fish and olives stuff
ed in the food chopper, add the
onion, parsley, paprika and oil from
the sardines; mix well to make a
paste; spread between thin slices
of brown dry bread. Do not use
butter, as the oil from the sardines
is very rich.
Twin Mountain Mullins - One
quarter cup butter, one-quarter cup
sugar, one egg, well beaten, three
quarters cup milk, two cups flour,
two teaspoons powder.
Cream tie butter, add gradually
the sugar, then the egg. Sift tho
-four and baking powder together
thoroughly and add to the first
mixture alternately with the milk
Bake in hot buttered gem pans %
minutes.
Tomato Salad - Thick slices of
splendidly firm tomatoes. Chill
them well. Have hearts of lettuce
cooling in ice water and prepare a
different" dressing with a blend
ing OF a dash Of caviar or minced
sardines, some chopped capers, a
bit of bruised sharp onion and two
spoonfuis of oil to one OF vinegar.
Salt and cayenne and a sprtnkiing
of parsley, Stir all together and
dress tomato slices and heart let
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
Heart 1HOm0|
|l11,1DTODCOn1cC -
loy i Mrs.. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

place him in the position he now
holds if they did not believe in his
character.
Entertain the girl as he asks you
to and make up your mind to like
her. Absolutely never say anything
against her to your husband.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a
boy 16 years of age and am much
troubled with pimples on the face.
My father says that they came from
shaving. l had to begin n half year
ago. I put cold cream on my face
every night Please tel, me how
to get rid of them.
SWEET SIXTEEN
You will outgrow having PIN
pies in q year or two. In the
meantime you can better the con
dition by watching your diet close
ly. Do not eat rich or fried foods.
pastries or candy. Exercise n grea,
deal and sleep with your windows
wide open at night.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 7 have a
sister and I am older than she is.
Do you think she has any right TO
entertain her company on Sunday
night when I want the parlor?
Use the parlor together. Your
family spirit should make you uni
ted enough so that you could en-
terrain at the same time.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am in
love with a young man. He has
been coming over to my house, bur,
he doesn't come anymore. What
shall l do? A. c. W.
There is nothing you can do. Tho
boy would como TO SEQ you II he
were still interested IN you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: How many
rings do you consider II proper 20
wear on both hands?
SILLY BILLY.
Personally I think one or two
Iings are prettier than several. To
wear several detracts from the
beauty of any one, Too many Jew
els at once are not goOd taste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
NII2tA,NlsTN TALKS
BY MILLlAc1 i, BRADY ND.

germicidal or germ-fighting activ-
ity of the white blood cells. That
is a pretty stiff price to pay for
momentary relief of aches and
pains. There is no doubt that a
good deal of the pneumonia devel-
oping as a complication of influen--
"a is merely one of the untoward
effects of indiscriminate self-drug-
ging in the earlier stage of the dis
ease. One who imagines any
known drug can break up" or cut
short such an infection as influenza
or indeed any respiratory infection,
has much more faith in drugs than
I have. and l have considerable
faith in drugs when one near and
dear to me is i'll. More efficient
and far safer for alleviating the
early symptoms of so-called
grippe" or cold" is a hot mustard
foot bath administered to the pa
tient in bed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18

March 25.-Man! Man! How
suffer! I'm so weary I could sleep
on my company commanders
breast, and to bring oneself to that
one must be considerably fatigued,
so to speak Who invented liberty,
! anyway? It's a greatly overrated
| pastime as far as l can make out,
| consisting of coming and going
with the middle part omitted.
One man whispered to me at
muster this morning that al he
could remember of his liberty was
checking out and checking in. He
looked unwell. My old pal, Spike"
Kelly, l hear was also out of luck.
His girl was the skipper of Four
teenth street crOSStOWn car, so he
was forced to spend most of his
time riding, between the two riv-
ers. He nickled himself to death
in doing it. He said if Mr.. ShOnts
plays golf, as no doubt he does,
he has Spike" Kelly to thank for
a nice, new box of golf balls. And
while on the subject, Spike" OBJ
serves that one of those engaging
car signs should read:
as it gallantry, or the advent of
woman suffrage. or the presence
of the conductorette that causes
so many sailors to wear out their
seats riding back and forth, and so
many unnecessary fares to be rung
up in so doing?"
His conversation with Name"
his light-o'-love, was conducted
along this line:
Yes, Name"
Eyes, George, dear Gare, please.
madam What does tweetums
want?"
You look swell in your new uni
form"
ooh, George, do you think it
fits? eyes, madam, positively the
car was brushed this morning,
your baby will be perfectly safe in
side.)"
Name"
George. (step forward, please).
Go on. dear"
Name, it's doggon hard to talk
to you hcs'e."
Isn't it just, What is it, lady?
Cabbage? Oh, baggage! No, no,
you Can CHECK baggage mere, IHlS
isn't a regular train.
George, stop holding my hand!
1 can't make change"
Jaw, Name, who do you love?"
"Why, tweetums, l 'Iove-(plenty
of room up forward, Don't jam
up the door you, of course. (Fare
please. Fare, please! Have your
change readyD"
Cant we get a moment alone,
Nance"