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The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-10-17

"the earth shall be filled with the
knowledge Of the Lord as the waters
cover the sea-"
Be ye comforted, therefore o house
Of Israel, on this day Of atonemen:.
You offer the same service and, the
same prayer that your fathers Of
fered at this season Of the year. You
respond to the same religious coll
to which they responded and receive
comfort and consolation through the
same channels. Be we comforted o
house Of Israel, on this day of days,
your God still reigns, your faith still
survives. Come we and let US join
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-10-17
WHY THE JEWS SURVIVE.

(oontinued from Page l1).
we imagine the writer Of these lives
making a compromise with the idol
worshipers?
And then idol worship became rar-
err and rarer. Men finally sought an an
swer to the world problems by the sim
pie solution that there were powers,
good and evil, in eternal conflict. As
the one prospered and progressed so
did joy and pleasure and success
come; as the other progressed SO did
sorrow and suffering and failure fol-
low in its wake. It was a delightful
simple solution compared with the
strict monotheism Of the Jewish
teachers 1t was enticing. 1t salts
fled SO easily the longing Of the sim
pie heart. And yet the prophet
would not compromise. Idols were
vain and foolish; two contending
powers were just as vain and foolish.
There was but one God, one law and
one humanity and he who could not
perceive this was not worthy Of the
Jewish Message. To this the pro.
phet again declared ~ am the Lord
and there is none else-I form light
and create darkness l make peace
and create evil. I am the Lord that
doeth all these things" (Isaiah as;
u.
And then when the new dispersal
ton came into the world, teaching
q Godhead taking on human form
and preaching a religious philosophy
that was borrowed from the myster-
les Of Greece and Rome, and Egypt,
then the Jew again stood for his
faith. His prophets were no more,
but q prophet people held fast to the
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-10-17

anew the covenant Of our fathers,
let US prepare a way in the wilder
nescs so that our faith may survive
in our children's children even as it
survives in US. God will reign for
ever and ever and Gods people must
survive to teach his doctrine and his
truth. Kingdoms may come and
Kingdoms may 60, nations rise and
fall, but the spirit Of the everlasting
God as instilled in his people Israel,
must survive through US, for all ages.
Let it kindle anew the flame Of
religious zeal in every Jewish heart.
AMEN.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-10-17
Friday, October II, 1919.

how could 1t be brought about?" I
asked him.
First it is necessary" he answer
ed, "that Jews shall take an active
interest in the political life of the
landry joining the various political
parties Of the country. My own par
ty Is ready to receive Jews on equal
basis-with the same rights which all
have"
Twill your party put forward Jew
ish candidates at the next elections to
the constitutional convention Parlia-
ment? 7" asked. Certainly" he re-
piled, 1--WE would be glad to do SO
and I am sure the other parties will
do the same"
"Will they be elected? Have they
any chance Of election at all! Do
you think that there will be Jewish
members in the next Parliament? I
asked further.
Positively" he answered; 81 can
not imagine the next Parliament with
out Jews. In fact believe that there
will be many Jewish representatives.
Then / put my last question to him:
IF you came into power now, what
would you do about the Jewish ques.
toni"
Assuming the standpoint that the
Jewish question is settled, and that
it will become entirely solved through
notifications in the present law de-
cree, ! would appoint capable Jews as
judges, magistrates, and to similar
important offices-in this fashion I
should work for thte creation Of q
friendly spirit between the Jews and
the Roumanians-and make the Rou.
manians appreciate Jewish merit and
valor."
1t is worth while noting that both
gentlemen gave US no permission to
publish their opinions on the Jewish
question in Roumania itself-and I
did so. The ministers Of the govern
ment spoke with me practically to the
same effect-but they did not allow
me to make public their statements.
They spoke for the foreign press only.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-10-17


expulsion, through Stygian darkness
and despair until the light of the
nineteenth century gave the Jew an
opportunity to proclaim his message
openly. Those wondrous eighteen
hundred years of suffering! The most
most glorious story Of any people,
finally gave way to brighter day,
because the Jew would not be bribed,
he would not be whipped, he would
not be tortured into faith that his
mind could not accept. He would
not compromise.
And when a few centuries later
new light broke in the eastern
world and Mohammed borrowed
much from Judaism and added much
from eastern superstition and asked
the Jew to accept him as a prophet
and thus proclaim a new form Of Ju-
daism to the world, then it was that
the Jew remained steadfast, he re-
fused to compromise and he finally
won the day.
Why has the Jew survived! Be-
cause he has been steadfast to his
trust, he has remained true to his
principles, he has refused to COM
promise.
And if we're to add but one more
reason for the survival Of the Jew,
| would say that he has been the
protestor Of the ages, that he has
never been silent when principles
were involved. II has not made him
popular, but popularity was never
strong point Of the Jew; but it did
make struggle and struggle connotes
life and life meant progress for the
Jew and for the world. 1t may sound
strange but it is nevertheless true
and some prominent Christians ad-
nit it, that without Judaism Chris
tianity would not have survived. In
the first place Judaism is direct
c.lilenge IN every Christian doctrine.
No new Interpretation could be
adopted by any Christian sect with
out meeting the opposition Of all
other sects and the test Of Jewish
doctrine. Each new sect claimed to
give a purer Interpretation to the
tenets Of the old testament and yet
the Jew remained to give his own
version Of such interpretations No
new dogma could be proclaimed with
out receiving some protest from the
Jew. He may have been in ghettoes
and he m ayhave been derided and
decried at all times, yet his very ex-
istence and persistence was enough
to challenge any and every faith and
in spite Of his continued protesting
the Jew has continued to challenge
the admiration Of the world. He will
remain; he cannot be wiped out,
There may be loss from the Jewish
fold from above and from below,
but the Jewish body remains stead
fast. Gradually the truth is trickling
into the life Of our neighbors that
here is a people, descended from
grim antiquity that still lives and
proclaims its message and because
Il lives it must have a message that
is worth considering. As religions
decrease, men and women are study
ing more carefully the message Of
the Jew and Judaism; they are seek
ing a reason for the persistence Of
this faith in spite Of all persecution,
The first rays Of the morning sun Of
religious liberty are just rising above
tbe horizon. will the full sunshine
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
A Reader Asks About Our
Schools
By EARL GOODWIN.
And Gladly Tell Him That We Can Do Anything We WaI
STRAIGHTFORWARD Congress Lets Us

In the mail comes letter from j. j. MARIN, who is
evidently in favor of free nearree education in music
for children in the public schools His letter asks question
in way which to carry with it criticism and opens
fair field for discussion
Says Mr. Marin:
''While visiting in New York recently, group
of children leaving school building, every carrying
violin. 1t after school hours and upon inquiry
told that the board of education bought the vons at
wholesale and sold them to the children at cost Their
lessons cost them % cents Why can't that be done here IN
the Capital Cityf Please mention it in your paper
In answer, will say that the Board of Education CAN
do this if it feels is worth WHILE and what more the
Board of Education offer FREE lessons in violin music
flute music, piano music bean planting hedge trimming,
astronomy gastronomy and locomotive engineering IF 1T
CAN GET CONGRESS TO APPROVE AND APPR0PRL
ATE THE MONEY.
Already have schools of vocational education worth
millions in money and untold wealth in terms of possbi
ties Girls learn scientific housekeeping and boys
learn the rudmens of constructive work. if they to-
and as much attention is paid to FREE education music
the curriculum of public school possibly
stand.
But Mr.. Marin and everyone else should understand
that is members of Congress and NOT the parents and
other taxpayers of VOTELESS Washington who decide
what the public schools shall have Onehird of budget
spent the public schools and not parent in all
the District of Columbia has word to say about anything
the schOosfrom the membership of the Board of Edu
cation down to the smaller details Some day however If
work together will have Senators and members of
The House in Congress from VOTING Washington, and
probably also local self government under which we will
have something to say about schools and if we
want FREE violin lessons given that shall be done.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
Making Farmers Out of Soldiers
If the Soldiers Want Farms, Secretary Lane Has
Plan for Making Waste Lands Useful

Secretary Lane in a recent address before the Amer
can Newspaper Publishers Association made strong
appeal for the support of his bill for the reclamation OF the
desert and swamp lands of this country by turning them
over to returning soldiers financed with Government money
while they are building homes and making the lands
productive
According to the Secretarys figures there are in the
United States 215000000 Of unused lands Forty
million of this land along the Gulf coast fertile and
Of great agricultural possibilities.
The total cultivated of Spain is only 100000
acres and the country has population Of 2OOOOOO people
Argentina the garden spot Of South America, has only
100000 acres under cultivation.
The great farms of Illinois, the richest in the country
with value of 81 occupy only 32OOOOOO acres
The Secretarys plan is fast the soldiers get back
to say to them: Go home. See the folks Tell them all
about what you did and over there and then go to
the unreclaimed lands and make yourself home. The
Government will pay you while you doing it and finance
your necessary investments and you have forty years
to pay Uncle Sam back"
This is not as generous as the that Canada is
offering her boys nor as much of inducement Aus
aa is making for soldiers turn to farming but despite
the lesser attraction there file at the Department OF
the Interior $1,000 letters from American soldiers asking
permission to settle on these lands and make homes
In Canada the demand great that it is expected all
the available government lands will be exhausted and that
the seizure and division Of private lands will be required
all applicants are to be placed
The possibilities of the SecretaTys plan enormous
II there were enough American young who would
enthusiastically take up the cultivation of 215000000 acres
Of land they could be the greatest influence in the life of
this country.
Cultivated scientifically and intensely, this land
would provide enough food for every woman and child
in the country
And the man who feeds America is the man who has the
real power.
Secretary Lanes plan to vitaze the great waste places
Of the country ought have the widest publicity but the
determining factor in its is the attitude of the
returning soldiers.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
Releasing Girls From Harems "
Not Unlike Giving Certain Ladies the Right to Vote

Sad stories come of the war; you have been 'fed
up with them the English say One of the saddes and
that will get little sympathy the Continent
and across the ocean from Turkey.
The Turks are turning adrt the girls of the harems
sometimes they can't feed them sometimes
they don't want to be held responsible for Armenian girls
and others stolen and locked up against their will
The motives of the Turks not important
The condition of poor girls suddenly freed from the
Turkish harems taken perhaps little way from the Turk
house to another town village and dropped in the street.
drop cat from bag that is sad and pitiable
Have you ever canary bird caught returned to
its cage after it had escaped from the little gded palace out
through the window and into the cold world beyond?
GETTING out is exciting STAYING out is trying
When the small bird gets back and finds everything as
it used to be- swing birdseed and bath in the right place
it is happy bird
Those girls from the harems turned out in their fnerv
their light slippers, their Turkish trousers tight at the
ankles and loose above their utter lack of preparation
not unlike the escaped canary.
In different way the Turkish harem girls resemble
certain ladies of the grand and glorious United States shv
eng and moaning they suddenly find themselves turned
out of the little home cage into the cold world of politics and
permitted to vote
Except the suddenly dspossessed harem lady, there is
nothing pifu than the antisuragette on Election
Day 81 don't want to go to the poIs so she says 'I
don't want to think. want to CLING to something
don't want to be independent want be somebody's lit
tle cunning, ignorant darling I want great big
fierce man to tell me how to think Put me back in nv
cage"
But she can't get back for with ladies it isn't as with
canaries When goes out of the cage ALI. 90 out
When ONE thinks and votes all must vote whether thev
think or not.
Perhaps of the independent, thinking women who
Continued in Last COIumn) !
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
What's Doing; Where; When

Entcriainment--Wash Rotary Club
1880 D. m
MeetI1S-kansas State Society, Wilson
Normal school Eleventh and Harvard
streets northwest. $50 p m.
Entertainment Postmaster Generals
Bureau in charge. The Little Theater.
l"stothcc Department building. S:l5 ,. m.
Entert ertainment-CentraI Y. NJ. &. A
butldlnS. p m, for benefit boys camp
BaZaar-W Omen'S Alliance Of All Souls
church, home Of Mrs. William Kent, 1875
+ street northwest, I to $50 y. m.
Me"ting-AnHuaI business meeting Col
leg" Women's club. clubhouse, p. m.
Aeetlng-AnnUal business meeting Of COL
l1Ee W"meu's club. 1879 ! street north
west p. IN.
Tomorrow.
Observation-Disclosures hike, led by Will
tam Il. Handy. VIII start from Chain
Bridge. 2:l5 y. m.
lect urc- Gordon Gordon Smith on The
rum" SIiuaf 80. GuspiCes Jewish Welfare
Board. Eigit.' Street Temple, II 80 a m.
Address IS Alice Case. Prussiants.n ~
or AmcrIcanism in the Public Schools -
Pythian Temple, y. m.
Conventional rChdiOCessan Union. Holy
Name Society. GunZsGa Hall. . y. III
Annual meeting-Thc Columbia Country
Club. club house at Fort Berry. Va, 4
p. m. Election OF officers and board OF
directors.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
..RELEAsING GIRLS FROM HAREMs"
Continued from First Column.


have successfully fights for suffrage will do something
to help the poor little pushed cage canary
bird ladies' canary bird COULD gradually learn to live
out of doors if the cat didn't get him. He would scratch
few worms for himself, pick out place tree out Of
the wind and survive.
Anti-surage ladies, if treated kindly, could get used
to using their brains thinking public questions playing
the part of human beings An organization should be
formed to make it easy for them.
You could show them in classes picture of George
Washington and say: This gentleman helped to make not
only the United States and the in it, but also the
WOMEN independent. When he made good the fight
against taxing tea, ETC., he took taxes from
well as from men"
From George Washington the little "Idon twant-to-
think ladies could work their way up gradually to VIII
liam Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt H. Hiram John
son Woodrow Wilson, and Carrie Chapman Gait.
For the poor girl turned out of the harem frightened in
Turkish street. wondering where to Sleep nothing
be done this distance But good deal could be done for
the lady whose head aches because she is told that she has
a right to vote.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
Beatrice Problems and Pitfalls
Especially for Washington Women

brooding over the question, "Are
all men alike?"
/ hasten to assure her they are
not. She has only to look around
with unprejudiced eyes to see
that the man she describes is an
exception-an exception repre-
senting all the vices of prolonged
bachelorhood. And he presents a
warning to all young men. Even
if they don't love and marry be-
fore they arr thirty, they can, at
least, keep human and avoid be-
coming worshipers of their own
selfish ease.
The man she describes is by no
means typical, thank heaven, but
an abnormal creature in whom
the springs of life are drying up
and who is mainly concerned with
his shell.
Thankful in the Long Run.
My own belief is that there can
only be a minority of men who
could be so unpleasantly practical
in their love affairs as this cold
blooded, long-distance suitor. And
l honestly believe if my corre-
spondent summons sufficient
courage to forget him" she will
be devoutly thankful in the long
run.
This type of stand-still wooing
was far more prevalent a gener-
alton or so ago than it is at the
present time, when women plan
their own lives and make their
own decisions and decline to be
showed about life's chesSboard at
the whim of any player.
The idea that a woman may
wait ten or fifteen years. passively
and sweetly, while a man makes
up his mind whether or not he
even wishes to become engaged to
her, is certainly anything but
modern. A woman who does not
take the situation into her own
capable hands long before the end
of any such protracted period in
vites tragedy, though no one could
be cruel emo oIgiI to say that she
deserves it.
A normal woman wants more
than the bi-weekly visits of a
cautious member of the Gentle
mems Protective Association.
And if she decides to forfeit the
big experiences Of life-love and
motherhood-it ought to result
from her decision and not his.
There is no reason in the world
why a man who regards marriage
as steel trap should marry, he
really ought not to, but he should
look about for some other diver
sion instead of what used to be
called in rural communities,
wasting a girls time"
The Washington times., 1919-05-03

about the number of taxicabs pass
ing in front Of the Union Station
preventing people from boarding
street cars. Now if the large sight
seeing cars standing there from
early till late would move around 10
the other side Of the entrance, It
would give the public a chance to
get to the street cars. But as you
know the large buses take up half
Of the entrance, and also have two
men standing in the passage wag
shouting sightseeing coach, which
is permitted in order to let the r. r
Co. get some extra graft from rent
ing the privilege. The railroad com
pany has failed to pay taxes on the
property in front of the station but
they sell the privilege of doing bust
ness there,
ANOTHER DISCONNECTED
FRIEND.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
Today.


Mass meeting-Auspices Of Rhode Isla Id
Avenue Suburban Citizens Associa tion.
Rhode Island avenue and Twenty second
street, S p. IN. William :. Torbert w:ll
preside.
Meeting Society for Philosophical
Inquiry. west study room OF Public Ii
brary, 4:30 p. IN. Dr. Edward u. Rich
ardsOn. Prof. II. . Mcneil and Henry
FaTquhar will speak.
Dance-Minnesota war workers will give
a dance for men in uniform and other
MinnesOtans. Wilson Normal 5 G q !,
Eleventh and Harvard streets northwest
$50 p. m.
Smoker-Kappa Alpha Alumni Associa-
tiOn, at X. A. House, 25ll Fourteenth
street northwest. $3.50 p. m. Meeting Of
stockholders after smoker and dinner.
Dance-Askarben Girls Club, Wilson
Normal School. Eleventh and Harvard
northwest. All Nebraskans invited.
Observation-Disclosures College of Law.
New York avenue near Thirteenth street
northwest, O'Clock
EnteTtainment-Mayti festival. An
thony League. 2OO7 Columbia road nortn-
west. 3 to 6.
Meeting-studio Assembly. Art and
Archaeology League Of Washington. 1882
street northwest, 3. IN.
hseting-BiOlOgiCal Society OF Washing
ton, Cosmos Club assembly hall. p. m
Council meeting. club council room. 1872
p. m.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
TODAY'S TOPIC
"The Gentlemen's Protective Association"

too wise, too experienced not to
recognize all the symptoms Of de-
lay, caution and lodging that
marks a member of "The Gentle
mems Protective Association" and
thwart these tactics on the spot.
And l can't see why she does
not devoutly say grace now that
the barmecidal feast is over,
shove back her chair and try
something else. But no, from her
letter she seems TO be afraid of
life, and she spends hours in
The Washington times., 1919-05-03

to this humble student of human
nature.
The affair in its way might
really be reckoned as an asset, for
if a burnt child breads fire. GER
tainly the victim Of twelve-year-
old love affair would never en-
dure a second standstill wooing.
Shed Know All the Symptoms.
The tragic dreariness of one of
those long-drawn-out near-engage-
ments would have no charm for
her a second time. She would be
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
GOGETTERS?
ON BONDS FOR VICTORY.

A gogetter lad was he
And a gogetter maid was she:
Together they went
And their money they spent
ON BONDS FOR VICTORY.
A gogetter man was he
And a gogetter woman she,
They both made a dash
To invest their hard cash
ON BONDS FOR VICTORY.
Our gogetters cross'd the sea
Made the world safe for you and me,
Well buy till it pains
And our pockets it drains
ON BONDS FOR VICTORY.
N. c. JENNINGS,
Department Of Justice.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
HEARD AND SEEN

JOSEPH V. BUTT calls my atten-
ton to the fact that the Navy Yard
Players League is getting up a good
show for May at Pythian Temple
the idea being to charge just enough
admission to cover the expenses This
gives a lot of people chance to see
a good show and attend a nice dance
at a slight cost. Which is something
greatly needed in these days Of H.
G. of l.