The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-12

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dressed. happier orphans Pink
checked youngsters m fresh white
sweaters and trim trousers rompcd
AZ tho newly opened Tushia. In Is
green grounds. on lts broad veranans.
Sunshine flooded is spick and span
white rooms. and flowers were fra
grant everywhere.
Nn-On Livnit Israeli twelve years
old when the xionlsts took II under
their control had always been we'll
conducted. Iounalcm said, under this
auspices u the ternlHn jewish or
gauizauon, Tho "HilfsVercm der
Deutschcn Judcn." Ranging In age
from three 20 eighteen years. many
Of the girls were fresh from the
wreckAro of paicatlnc's best families.
Tho Zionist commission was furnish
Ina the Institution with clothes anu
an allowance Of ti4f n monfh.
Girls Good singers
The older girls were skiiiIul home
makers. well bred ana often strik-
lnely handsome. Their singing was
New settlement ana every Friday
evening nrle CUP Of Sabbath
guests would gather In b orphan
age hull 20 hear thcfr sweet young
voices IN Hebrew sonEe.
THESE two were model institutions.
nut ~ was Undoubtedly uNAAlf 10 UNN
the mas a standard In judging the
orthodox asylums. with their more
limitcd means ana their greater num-
bcrs. Furthermore. II was "A question
whether. from the point OF Wow OF
the greatest good TO the greatest NUM-
ocr the Tvs high grade institutions
represented the wisrst expenditure OF
IN the city. the commission was SON
centratinE ~ best efforts upon ninety
fortunate chiidrtn.
/ viuited the three condemned or
thodox orphnnafes before I icft Icru-
salem, as ! had visited the othcrs. 1
could, 81 course. Judge only from APP
~pearanccs hut since my visit was a
surprise to the managers In each case.
! considered such Judgment OF some
value.
Disagreed win ConmIssIon.
OF these orphan asyiumH, Diskin's
institution was shciierlnE goo boys.
the number In WcinHartcn'r General
israclite Orphans Home had bCcn
reduced FROM los % Sc girls, while
= lumenthais Zion War ~Orphanagc.r
that at one time was a refuge for .a0
children. had SO boys.
Conditions IN Diskln's otphanare. I
had been tDid ~ a Zionist doctor who
had Investigated the orphan asyiuma
FOR the Zionist commission, were
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rs kind In Jerusalem. II was getting
no support from the commission,
which had wen stopped supplying II
with its portion Of flour. RABBI iSaac
DiHkin, its head, and the commission
hrf reached a deadlock In negotia-
lions over Hebrew education and
financial management.
Here ! found the children pale. evil
IDENTITY without. the proper physical
care from our point Of view. but the
youngsters seemed c~outentcd. Many
were ltnrninR trades or going out BY
day as apprentices. Tn. buildings
were unfit. but the managers eN-
planned no Others were available to
house SO many children. There WINS
considerable scrubhinE going on ana
The rooms looked com parativciy clean.
Orphanage n had sight.
The Eiumcnihal O~rphannge, how
ever. That the Nionists had only just
stopped supporting and that theif in
yeHtfator declared more worthy than
blskin's. was q sad sight. The chill
drcn looked miserable. their clothes
ragged. Only q fcv room were pre-
sentablc. The s1ualor was cmpha-
Of a building that had once been the
s 90. 900 home OF "a Russian citizen
who fled before the Turk, Raboi
"Blumonthal explained that the asy-
lum'a Funds were az their ebb. whch
t3 a month was the minimum re-
quired for each child. lie showed mo
too. a number OF new bcds and three
women busy sewing little sets OF new
clothes.
Rabbi David W~eingnrten's institu-
ton, with its most favorable location,
seemed a paasablc o%rphanaFc. The
commission, the rabbi old me. aftcf
D long dispute about the childreu's
Hebrew education. had Just begun TO
subsidize II 10 tie extent OF 1850 a
month IN addition to It's flour supply
The orphcnu, ~omhroidOry aud dresH-
making were 81 the best. and the
cleanliness OF ;Hq tistir.co Hc"'uod
above the average jerusaiorn = 81
ard.
No Unbiased Investigation.
I came away from thcr, three or
phanagcs convinced that they needed
a division between thcir religious aud
administrative management. Rabbits,
however learned. are not "a prloH ca
pable orphanago supcrintcndents. Bgi
! was also convinced that too Hcani
appreciation &c. shown by these instl-
tutions critics OF their service In tho
orphan crisis during the war. and Of
their right 70 insist upon n strictly
orthodox training for their young
siers. Clearly, here. as In the Other
charitable Institutions. impartial "a
pertH with iact were needed FOR "a a.
iRnosis and cure. Tho orrhanages. Il
waa evident, had had no unbiased In.
N~oatlgHfiOn.
Palcatine'H Jewish orphan problem
may BE solved. after all. right htfo ir
America. Major solomon LoweuHtoit
OF New York. an authority on orphan.
age admiuistruuon who was In JcrL.
salem with the American Red Gross
has reported his analysis OF the situa.
ton a. the Joint distribution commit.
tee, through whose hands milliuni
have 80 efficiently passed from Amer
lean Jewry to the stricken Jews b.
the shattered lands. As "a result, th'
secretary Of this committee. Albtrl
Lucas recently outlined a plan Z,
fcllN N. Wrrburg. It's chairman
Ialgstine's orphans are To be includef
IN "a wholesale project to adopt JCwisi
war orphans VA all the erstWhilc bel.
Irerent countries. Nir. Lucas sunni
up the situation In the Holy Lane
with q keen fairness Ia The fOllOwiui
striking statements;
Mr.. Iucaz's Suggestions.
no authority al present i paloH.
tine De- capable or undertaking th'
task Of properly raising those chill.
dgfu.
ANY extensive scheme Of boarding
out docs not merit support az the
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