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trying to do my duty by you and the
children"
"I'm lonely" he said, as little boy
might say it, "and I want somebody
to play with" :,
80 you take up with this Rose"
unable to restrain herself any longer.
"Why don't you come right out with
it and be done with it"
81 don't know what you mean by
that" he answered her simply. "But
maybe you remember told you about
Rosie Morris-I met her last spring."
"Yes-and you don't need to tell
me any more"
you've got to listen! Every time
l want to suggest fixing things up,
you've gone on like this. l won't
have it!' He stood towering above
her and delivered his ultimatum. 81
wrote Rosie and she wrote back she
was coming next week and she is"
Minnie was dumbfounded at his
daring. 81 won't have her here" she
gasped.
ii say she's coming" His voice
grew pleading. "Just give her a
trial, Minnie. She's such a bright
little kid even if she's only fifteen.
She's Abe Morris sister, you know,
and the poor fellow just can't put
her through school, supporting his
mother and all those younger kids.
And l put it up to him that if she
helped you with the children and with
the house after school hours and
stayed with them at night that we
could go out together sometimes,
we'd treat her like one of the family
and buy her clothes and books till
she was through high school. Come
on and give her chance, Minnie.
You know how anxious you always
were to get more schooling"
She rose, her cheeks flushed, her
eyes shining. "Is she the Rose who
writes you letters ?" cried Minnie.
He nodded, perplexed at her eager
ness. eyes, she wrote me last week
that if you wanted her she'd come to
us right after the holidays. But I
didn't dare mention it-you've al
ways been so huffy when I wanted a
hired girl and said we couldn't afford
it,"
"Rose is different" conceded Min
ME. She stood tall and erect now
and her voice was no longer tired.
II, l don't want to make you any
great promises, Ben, but this Rosh
ha Shana I'm going to reform my
SELF"
"What do you mean?"
"When a woman gets scare like
mine, if she's got any sense it teach
es her lesson" answered his wife
to Ben's great bewilderment. "After
this you won't have to play alone.
Last Rosh ha Shana l didn't hear the
Shofar, but this year" And then
Minnie began to throw off her shack
les with a vengeance. "Mrs. Ma
lone always says she'll stay with the
children on an evening. I'll go and
comb my hair; maybe if I lace my
corset tight I can wear that brown
silk dress you got me last Pesach;
and if l put veil over my summer
hat it won't look so bad"
What do you mean, old one?"
cried Ben.
She dimpled like a girl at the
name. "It MEANS" she announced, as
she began to rip off her bungalow
apron, "that I'm going to Shul with
you and to go and see your uncle
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

Will ulSCOuIdSSu eyes.
Everything was ready for Yomtov:
the paint and the windows shone as
brightly as her cherished silver can
die sticks; on the fresh white table
cloth the silver and glass twinkled
merrily; there was a chicken in the
pot. Even the babies, two year old
Melvin and his sister Bessie, who had
just reached the crawling age, were
a joy to behold from their still damp
curls to their blackened shoes. But
Minnie Resemblance, looking about
her spotless parlor on that late Sep
TENDER afternoon, was not satisfied.
Perhaps she was overtired. For
the last week she had been working
from morning till night to finish her
fall housekeeping in time for Rosh
ha Shana. There had been curtains
to launder and new clothes for the
children and shirt for Ben to wear
to Shul. Ben had protested that she
was too busy to sew for him; he could
pick up good shirt at the Gents
Furnishing across from his shop. But
Minnie shrilly insisted that she
wouldn't allow it. "When I get such
loafer that l can't make my poor
husbands shirts, I'll be ashamed be-
fore the neighbors," she had snapped
at him between stitches. "And for
Gods sake, go in the bedroom and
give Bessie her pacifer or something
to suck. Her yelling drives me
crazy"
But it wasn't the teething baby's
protests or even the extra scrubbing
and sewing that strained Minnie's
nerves almost to breaking point as
she sat rocking in her little parlor on
Erev Rosh ha Shana. Too tired to
dress herself, her uncombed hair
struggling across her tired face, she
rocked madly to and fro, torturing
herself with her fears.
She had made the discovery only
that morning, although now she told
herself that if she hadn't been SC busy
with the babies and the house she
might have suspected something long
ago. Why, way back in June when
they had the coat-makers' excursion
up to Bear Mountain and ne had
started to talk about that Rose Nor
ris. Trying to be just to her hus-
band, Minnie reminded herself that
Ben had begged her to come along.
She hadn't enjoyed a single excursion
since the first few months of their
married life. 1t seemed that from the
time they were married she had
either been expecting or nursing a
baby. So Ben had fallen into the
habit of going out by himself. He
was young-just twenty five-and
enjoyed an occasional holiday. Min
ME, who was two years younger,
looked over thirty.
A wall from the kitchen interrupted
her painful musings. She rose heav-
lily and went out to find the two
freshly children sitting upon
the floor in the middle of pool of
milk and broken bottles. 1t was her
fault, she considered duly, for not
remembering that Melvin could open
the ice box himself-and frequently
did it. She cuffed both offenders in
discriminatory, comforted both with
the same weary absence of discrimi-
nation, and began to wipe up the
floor. Then giving each of the chill
dren a piece of jelly bread, she went
back to her rocker and her own ter
rifying thoughts.
Just that morning when she had
been pressing Ben's best suit for Shul
she had found a letter in the pocket.
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TO DO more than glance over one of
the endless romances in her Yiddish
newspaper before she went to bed.
But she knew enough English to
spell out the name at the end of the
Letter, Rose, she had read with
painful exactness, before she had
folded it and put it back into Ben's
pocket, her face flushed, her eyes
smarting with unshed tears. Now
she knew why he had praised this
Rose Morris after meeting her on the
excursion. He had called her smart
and American and pretty. Pretty
Minnie laughed Historically. Once
people had thought her pretty and
now
Now she left her rocker and went
to the mirror over the mantel piece.
She tried to look at herself with the
cruel eyes of stranger and shrank
at her own picture: her tousled hair,
dull from want of brushing, her tired
eyes, her sagging, sullen mouth. She
looked down at her corsetless figure
IN it's faded bungalow apron, realiz-
ing for the first time how flabby she
had grown from maternity and lack
OF outdoor exercise. She lifted her
hands, once so soft and white and
tapering, and forced herself to ex-
anime the work-enlarged knuckles
and broken. stained fingernails. And
suddenly she put her head down upon
the mantel and cried, but very softly,
tor she did not want to disturb the
babies who once more seemed to be
playing peacefully in the kitchen.
Its just like the stories I read in
the Yiddish paper" she told herself.
Hes tired of me. They get that way
IN stories and go off with young girls
who amt tired and old looking" She
thought, too, of all the gossip Mrs.
Malone on the top floor used to relate
to her on the stairs. Mrs. Malone
was a fluent reader and even more
fluent orator; she loved to tell circum-
scribed Minnie of the hair-raising
tales she read in her morning paper.
Divorces were her pet theme; to hear
her talk one would think that it was
the chief occupation of American bus
mess men to run away with their
stenographers.
Its in the air in America" said
Mrs. Malone. Sometimes I thank
God that my man is safe in Purga-
tory. l know where he is"
HE wouldn't have treated me like
that home" sobbed Minnie, remem-
bering Mrs. Malone and her vivid
sketches of domestic life in America.
"Now he sees how ugly am and he's
going with her. He's planning some
thing-that's why he never mentions
her any more. Oh God, if it wasn't
for the children, I'd want to die"
She heard Ben's hand on the door
knob and hastily wiped her eyes. If
she could only run into the bedroom,
wash her face, put on little pow
der-But he stood there in the door
way and she could only look back at
him, realizing with a pang how very
young and clean and altogether alive
he looked. For moment she hated
him for helping to make her 50 old
and tired.
Hello, old one," he said, using the
Yiddish they always found easier be-
tween them.
Minnie quivered as though from a
blow. Don't call me that" she cried
harshly. at amt my fault I'm look
ing twice as old as I am, is it ?"
He came toward her, the spring
gone suddenly out of his figure, his
face also Sappinp into limos of tired
The herald., 1920-04-15

It is both untrue and indiscreet to
say that the bolshevists have no brains.
and Understanding the resources of
the enemy has lost many battle. The
bolshevists have brains. but misuse
Them frightfully.
The herald., 1920-04-15

II people do not cease applying the
term "ace" to any one who leads In
anything they will make the ace look
like the deuce.
The herald., 1920-04-15

When a preacher does not know how
else TO make a sensation he can always
fall back on divorce or the prevailing
fashions In women's dress.
The herald., 1920-04-15

Congress is asked to adopt measures
to foster the dyestuffs industry, but we
have waited too long, we fear, TO ex-
pect results by this coming Easter.
The herald., 1920-04-15

A woman bootlegger bit police
mans finger when he arrested her.
That is to say, she bit the hand that
freed her.
The herald., 1920-04-15

Now a dental union is threatening
to strike. 1t is getting high time with
this threat for the public to show Its
teeth.
The herald., 1920-04-15

The Great Wall of China is said to
be crumbling. But it is not the only
institution of antiquity which is suffer
ing the same fate these iconoclastic
days.
The herald., 1920-04-15

That earthquake in Asia Minor was
probably nothing more alarming than
the high cost of living hitting the sui
tan'S harem.
The herald., 1920-04-15

The London Post says il is humili-
ating to have America settling the
Irish question. The London Post 10
guilty of gross flattery.
The herald., 1920-04-15

One half of the world doesn't know
how In thunder the other half manages
to live.
The herald., 1920-04-15

Working capital, which appears to
be about the only thing that is work
ing, should sedulously refrain from go
ing on strike.
The herald., 1920-04-15

The fact that an anarchist disap-
proves of government does not prevent
him from being exceedingly anxious to
get into politics.
The herald., 1920-04-15

Milliners say hats will be smaller
this year. But the bills will remain
the same.
The herald., 1920-04-15

Exercise keeps one warm and exer-
else in mining coal keeps several per
sons warm.
The herald., 1920-04-15

Some impertinent red is liable to
step forward at any moment with a
public protest about the high cost OF
T Y T.
The herald., 1920-04-15

The new uses that are being found
for goat skins are going I" make life
more precariuus for the consumer.
The herald., 1920-04-15
Help amteG
Nlilliners and Preparers
Wanted At Once
Apply S0A Frenchmen
Street

The people will suffer from blue
laws as long as they are content to
bear them on the statute books.
The herald., 1920-04-15

We now have a fair price court. a
fair price directory and fair price
for sugar, but we haven't any sugar.
The herald., 1920-04-15

The rattle of the coal going into the
bin is to many the sweetest music OF
the winter.
The herald., 1920-04-15

School teachers are getting $500
rubles a month in Russia, which prob
ably just about pays for board and
laundry.
The herald., 1920-04-15

AS fuel argument, a cold wave APP
peals more directly and fOrcefully TO
the dear old public than to any one
else
The herald., 1920-04-15

From the number already in the
field, you'd think a candidacy for the
presidency reduced the cost of living.
The herald., 1920-04-15

Religion too often consists in drop
ping grcenbaClg in the collection plate
Sunday. but il gets you nowhere.
The herald., 1920-04-15

In this time of fuel shortage II may
help little TO bear i'm mind that the
ex-kaiser is still saving wood.
The herald., 1920-04-15

Getting all possible heat units out OF
every shovelful of coal is now civic
duty.
The herald., 1920-04-15

The way one is compelled to conserve
on sugar these days, you'd think it was
soft coal.
The herald., 1920-04-15

With eggs steadily going up 1t VIII
not be long before every apartment
has Its own hen.
The herald., 1920-04-15

In these bizarre times the golden
rule appears to have become some
what furnished.
The herald., 1920-04-15

II IS noticed that when sedition
spreads it hardly ever spreads bread
with butter.
The herald., 1920-04-15

With booze gone 1t begins to look
as though castor oil will have no
competition as the national drink.
The herald., 1920-04-15

German money Is now the easy mark
to get, if you have something that, Is
worth anything at all TO offer for it.
The herald., 1920-04-15

When they make hair tonic unfit FOR
drink there no doubt will be big drop
in the sales.
The herald., 1920-04-15

The silver in "a dollar now costs five
cents more than the dollar. But then
in these days a dollar isn't 50 much.
The herald., 1920-04-15

II these premature presidential
bOOIns are lcrt out during the winter
some of them ma, be frOStbitIen.
The herald., 1920-04-15
Mo-.

The fellow who stole $1,000 piano
from a freight car may be back in a
day or two to steal the car
The herald., 1920-04-15
PRACTICAL

It's hard for poor thief TO decide
whether to steal sugar. whisky or coal
The herald., 1920-04-15

emperor Charles OF Austria wants
to be king of Hungary. Here Is one
man who Is not yet fed up with trouble.
The herald., 1920-04-15
A POPULAR
MOVEMENT.

Telescope OPP
erator-Have q
look at { h .
moon, only ten
cents.
Pedestrian -
Not this even
ing; I'm for see
in & America
first.
The herald., 1920-04-15
FROM AN
ECONOMICAL
VIEWPOINT.

Do you be-
lieve in early
maria ges?
Yes. With tbs
cost OF living az
high as now I'm
inclined to the
belief that the
sooner the girls
are married OF
the better,
The herald., 1920-04-15
THE WRONG
ANIMAL.

Why did you
look so sheepish
when your hus-
band sc ol d e d
you?
l didn't look
sheepish-I was
only cowed.
The herald., 1920-04-15
HIS DREAM.

HIS DREAM.
She: What IL
the matter with
you?
He: ! just had
a W on d e T full
d r e a IN ? l
Dire a m e d you
were suing me for
a divorce.
The herald., 1920-04-15
nNGANDN MAR =
ROW.

~"
Our friend with
an eye to I n e
main chance has
q long head.
Yes, but isn't
having too long a
head likely { o
make q man mar
row-minded.
The herald., 1920-04-15

cool OF POPULAR
esde Ave. Phone Hem
{ Or popular music
stine course guaran-
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NO MORE WHISKY
FOR FLU, SAYS ELKINS

Nashville. March l9.~~(SpoclalD No
more whisky Tor tlu, accor.lng TO Pto-
hibltion Director Louis u. Elkins. Such
prescriptions are Illegal aud no more
permits viii be issued 10 doctors to
prescribe wnisky not viii any d. uggiat y
permit allow him 10 keep "A stock ot
whisky on hand. aud no hospital wlll
be permitted 10 purchase whisky for
any purpose Whatsoever. This am
uouncemeut follows an investigation
made as to the legality of sueh pre-
scriptlons aud salos by Tennessee after
receiving information from Prohibition
Commissioners John y. Kramer that
where federal and state laws conflict
state laws shall prevail Mr., Elkins
sought M opinion from Atty Con.
Thompson on the state laws, The
opinion just received holds II illegal
for any drugstore. person. arm or cor-
p0raton 10 Keep NhlsKy on uhnd iof
the purpose OF filing doctors prescrlp-
tious or amy other purpose. The Becur-
ing OF whisky for any purpose by any
body IL held violation OF the laws OF
Tennessee which provide only for the
procuring Of grain alsohol, 100 proof,
and wine ny druggista and physicians.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-03-13
Will ALLIES GO
ON TO Berlin?
French Military Heads in
Rhineland Cautioned Result
German Overthrow.
FOCH HOLDS CONFERENCE
Officials Say Entente Will
Hold Aloof-Await Mon
archists' Next Move.


Paris, March t3.--(A. P)-The
opinion expressed in official
circles at the moment Is that tho
allied governments will take an
attitude OF aloofness and detaoh.
ment toward the civil strife in
Germany and permit the German
people themselves TO determine
the form Of their government.
The armed disorders in Ger.
many are looked upon as most
unfortunate both for that eoun-
try and the remainder OF Europe
at the time when reconstruction
had been begun.
MOVE ON BERLIN AT ONCE.
london, March t3.--(1,30 PM
q. NJ. S.)--in the event Of an attempt
by the German rovoIutionists TO re-.
store the Hohenxollern dynasty in
Germany an allied army will move
upon Berlin at once, Il was learned
this afternoon.
At the war Office Ii was stated that
no troop movements were heing con-
sidered and that no action would be
considered along this line until the
intention of the German monarchlsts
Is made clear, The statement fol-
bows:
''The war office liz not considering
troop movements. II Will not do SO
until tho intention of the monarch
lists is clear The continued success
OF the monarchists depends upon
the attitude nf the civilian guard,
which ontnumbers the army. If the
gu0rdsmen are not sympathetic to
the movement bitter civil war is In
evitable."
Order Precautionary Steps.
Paris, March ta~~U NJ ST.
French military authorities In the
Rhineland we're ordered this after
noon to tako precautionary meas
ureS as a result OF the overthrow OF
the German government by the Ger
man mllltarists and monarehlsts.
The council OF allied ambassadors
met this afternoon and heard q re-
port from Marshal Foch.
News of the German revolution
was received early this afternoon
just as the ambassadors were as
sombling.
Foch Holds Conferences.
Marshal Foch also conferred with
Premier Millerand and officials OF
the war office and general staff.
The report made by Marshal Foch
to the ambassadors included condi-
tions In the Rhlnelnnd district which
Is occupied by allied forces Of occn-
patton.
The government is anxiously
awaiting "A report from the allied
mission in Berlin on the situation
there
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Workers Parade
Frankfort Streets
APPEAL TO GERMAN
PEOPLE TO THROTTLE
MILITARY DICTATORS

Berlin. March lS,--(A. Pl~-ln an
appeal TO the German people, the
Ebert government when overthrown
called for a general strike as the
only means of preventing the return
of William Hohenzollern. The appeal
read
I'VE refuse to bow to this military
constraint. We did not make tho
revolution In order 10 recognize
again today the bloody government
of mercenarios We enter into no
covenant with the Baltic criminals.
Workers, comrades, we should he
ashamed 10 look you In the face II
we were capable OF acting otherwise,
We say no and again mo- You
must lndorae what we have done,
We carried out your views, Now
use every means TO destroy this re-
turn of bloody reaction.
Strike, cease TO work. throttle
this military dictatorship; fight with
all your means for the preservation
Of the republic. Put aside all dlyi-
sion. There Is only one means against
the return of Wilhelm II. Paralyze
all economic life, Not hand must
move. No prolotariat shalt help the
military dictatorship"
Anxious Night,
The meeting of the old cabinet ex-
tended far into the night, with an
anxious deliheratlon on means OF de-
tense. Nothing Came of the ncRo-
tiatlons and at o'clock this morn :
ing word came that the mutlneors
had reached the outskirts OF tho city.
NO resistance was offered to the ap-
preaching forces and they were
quickly IN possession OF the city.
President Ebert was one of the first
70 leave. pr. kapp proclaimed him
self imperial chancellor and prime
minister of Prussia and immediately
appointed Gen, Won Luettwitz com
mander-in- chief,
Dr, Schiller. minister OF Justice In
the Bauer cabinet, " said TO have
been ono OF the few 10 remain, and
with DIR. Albert, undersecretary OF
state, received the newly formed
government Premier Bauer WAS the
last OF the old ministry To leave the
government building.
Censorship on inlsgfams goius
abroad has been placed In the handi
OF lanatiua Trihltch Lincoln, former
tnemhnr OF the British parliament
who was doportcd from England In
August. 1919, after his certificate oi
NATURALIZATION had been revoked
New Regimes Proclamation.
The proclamation issued by the
new regime IN dissolvlng the national
assembly states that the aasemhiy'a
mission, which was to establish the
constitution and conclude peace, had
been FULFILLED.
The leaders OF the late government
have on their part issued an appeal
TO the people claiming their support
against the elements Of reaction and
calling upon them 10 organize gen
eral strike.
lot there be general sttike along
the entire line. Let the proletarint
act as a unit"
The manifesto was signed by Pres
ldont Ebert. Premier Bauor, Gustav
Noalte. minister of defense, Herr
Sehlike. minister of labor; Dr.
schmidt minister OF food; Dr. Ed
uard David, minister without port
folio, and pr Herman Mueller. min
lister of foreign affairs, the social
democratic members Of the govern .
ment, aud by otto Wells for the ex-
ecutive committee Of the German so =
cial democratic party.
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HELD ON CHARGE OF
CHILD ABANDONMENT

Montgomery. Alp, March i9-R. T.
Ietts, county police. Of Atlanta, Ga
called az the governors office here
Saturday morning and asked cAtradtion
papers for the return of John Acreu 20
Atlanta.
Aefee was recently arrested In nir.
mlngham and held for the button
county, Georgia. officials on a charge tr
abandonment Of his e1lia rla .tapers
were not rrnuted beesaisa the ofiecr
had failed to SGT a feauiniiion from the
georgia governor for his rpkase by
the Alhhuipa g0Verner
T J. Mckay special deputy 10 sotici-
tor ot The eastern judicial circuit OF
eeotEA. called on The governor for OK
tradition papers for the return Of 4. &.
ftnhfld, OF Montgomery. to savannah
en- charge of dcHcrtine his five chill
dren' Issuance Of the pnpcrs WIS pend
ing al ! O'Clock saturday afternoon.
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General Strike Against Rebellion
Washington Keeny Watching Bern Strike Frafor
NATIONAL ASSEMBL Y
DLSSOL WE'D BY KAPP
Government of Constitutional Liberal Action
Established for Germany.

Berlin March 3.An official Of the new yformed govern
ment called meeting of the representatives Of the press this
morning formed them the old government longer existed
and the ne n overnment had taken its place.
Chg kapp, he stated, had held conversations this
morning q Dr. Shfer president Of the imperial ministry.
~ government, it further stated, not
tiona ut government of constitutional liberal action,
whQ sired neither reaction monarchy transitional state
wal essary, he said, until elections could be held
ancelor Kapps proclamation declaring the national as
dissolved that body lacks moral right to longer
exist.
Its attempt to postpone the elections and thereby despo
cal proong its mandate the proclamation continues is in
tradcon to the viii of the people The constitution which has
just been adopted arbitrarily treated by the assembly
of paper The majority Of its members would prefer to have the
imperial president elected not by the whole nation but by the
parliament