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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

proportionate rapidly. So for n whole year
the young musician, praised and supported
by the critics and the public. was only able
to appear because she had the evening gowns
provided by this philanthropic enterprise.
And the enterprise Is entirely due TO one
New York woman. although she does have
the support of her friends There is no or
ganization-only a hint comes that this
young singer or that aspiring pianist desires
n gown which she cannot possibly afford to
buy so n box goes TO her or she ls able TO
look over the stock ana find something APP
propriate. There are always new gowns ar
irving from the friends of this lady. who are
anxious 90 help Nv her work. Sometimes the
box travels on unopened, ms there may be
request for dress when the contribution
arrives SO Il proceeds on It's way to the
young woman who viii put II on for her
debut
80 many women have learned Of the good
work that this altogether informal charity
accompllshes," said ono OF the founders
friends the other day. that many frocks
that have been scarcely worn arc sent 10
her to be given 10 some struggling young
singer or pianist who wants 20 make a good
appearance at her concert. but would never
be able to do It unless there was a gown TO
he had I'm some such way. Alterations are
easy and IL Is possible 20 convert an aban-
doned dinner gown into q most presentable
dress for the young woman anxious TO look
her best There have been many efforts on
the part Of women who could afford it to
help the musicians over the rough parts of
their path None has been more appreciated
by the young women than this means OF
starting them out with at least appropriah
dress"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
New Philanthropic Enterprise Puts
Young Musicians on Road to Success

a 6tsrcAL charities may not. after all
MI require great fortunes rs their
foundation. often modest assist
a'nce proves genuinely valuable to the be-
ginner in the difficult field of musical en-
deavor. The experience Of one woman in
this city has proved that much may be done
in a small way that will gladden. the heart Of
the aspirant who hds her eyes raised to the
stars OF the musical world
Three years ago a young pianist arrived
here with the most modest wardrobe pos
sfile to one who had made the voyage from
Germany TO this country In wartime. She
was of neatcal nation Of this hemisphere.
but decided after she had been for two years
in Berlin that IL would be the part Of wis.
dom to come back to this country II not 20
her own. She had never made her debut
abroad, although she was entirely ready for
a public appearance Here the outlook vas
not encouraging. It was finally arranged.
however, that she was 10 give a recital at
one of the local concert halls. Her means
were naturally small. but she was to get
her opportunity.
After everything else had been arranged
there arose the question OF a gown. An
evening dress was necessary. But the purse
or her parents was already empty. II was
then that the newest musical charity came
TO her rescue. Out Of a number Of evening
gowns held In reserve for just such emer-
gency a suitable and even becoming one was
found for the young musician. She appeared
with great success. Few young women have
met with such success during their first sea
son. But the money Gid not how la with
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Would Merely Restore Old Rights.

1t may be something of a surprise to many
TO learn that what Lady Rhondda asks
based on the argument that recent legis1a-
ton equaliZes the position of the sexes-is
but the restoration of rights and privileges
enjoyed by women in England in the days
of the Normans and the early Plantagenets.
SO that equal suffrage for the sexes though
limited to the very small class of the
bilty in those days. is not new.
When the cities of England were few and
far scattered and the villages and towns
were dominated By the mobiles who lived in
their nearby castles the representatives to
the only House of Parliament that then
existed were the peers, the county bnrgesses
and the delegates of the cities. Wars at
home and abroad, far distant journeys to
the Crusades frequently resulted in the ex-
tinction for generation OF the male line of
lordly houses. The station and deeds of the
late noble were recognized In many cases by
the appreciative sovereign in the. granting
Of his title and rank to the eldest daughter.
Thus the lands and retainers of many fam
lies were the property of woman, and as
the chatelaines in olden times were not back
ward in taking their place at the side Of the
men. these early peeresses in their own right
participated in the crude beginnings of maxi
ing law in England,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
The Snail and the Screw

T + is no doubt true that nearly an human
inventions have been suggested by nat
ural objects. Fremont Of the french
School Of Mines points out an interesting eN-
ample Ia the case OF The screw the fundu-
mental idea Of which he believes. was sug-
sested 70 primitive man 10y the spiral shape
81 the edible snail
II was not the shape OF the shell that sug
gested the screw but the spiral motion
which it is necessary Go give to the body
Of the snail in order to withdraw ii from
the shell. This at once showed that an OBJ
iect Of a screw shape embedded in a solid
powerfully resisted attempts TO withdraw
IL by straight PUN
The hint was enough and Che screw ,bc-
came one ~ the earliest Of mans inven-
lions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Lady Rhondda Likely
to Have Support Of
Lloyd George in Pc
tition to King for
Seating Women as in
Days of Normans
ny 7 ILL my friend the noble lady
wv assure the House that this

.IAN ILL my friend the noble lady
wv assure the House that this
measure will in no way affect
the prerogatives and traditions of the cham
Der of which she is a member"
This question and others couched in SINH
lar phraseology will be heard in Great
Britain's House of Lords and my friend
the noble lady will sit beside my friend
the noble lord should King George give
assent to the petition recently laid before
him by Vscountess Rhondda. For woman
is now knocking at the door of the upper
house of the British Parliament and demand
ing entrance just as she successfully raped
recently at the portal of the House of Com
mons and in the person of Lady Nancy Aston
won her right to seat and voice in the
deliberations of the Mother Of Parliaments"
Although the petition of Lady Rhondda
prayed the King to order a writ issued sum
moning her as a peeress in her own right
to serve in Parliament as a member of the
House of Lords. the sovereign will not act
without the counsel and assent of his Min
listers. For while the crown according to
presidents, has the right to refuse to issue
such summons. the King cannot approve
of and issue such writ unless the summons
bears the great seal of the United Kingdom
which means that it must have had the APP
proval of a Minister Of the crown who Is
responsible as such to Parliament In this
connection il is significant that Premier
Lloyd George at the time suffrage was ex-
tended to the women of Great Britain ex-
pressed his sympathy with their ambition
to take part equal to that assumed by men
in the affairs of the Government.
1t also must not be overlooked that for
personal reasons the Premier is likely to
give support and sympathy to Lady
Rhondda, inasmdch as he was under great
obligations to her father, the first Viscount
Rhondda, who Food Controller in the
days when Engand's shortage of food was
one of the most vital questions the Cabinet
had to face in the prosecution of the war
put the country on a rationing basis that
averted what threatened disaster. The two
men, both Welshmen, We're close friends, and
the Premier's admiration for the father
tended to the daughter who has been de-
scribed as a superbusiness woman To-day
she is the Coal Queen of Great Britain. COM
trolling with seven or eight coal kings the
great bulk of the Kingdoms output of what
now is perhaps the most needed commodity
I'm EurOpe-fuel
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Peeresses Who May Take Seats.

Hut to return to the question OF the peer
esses and the House Of Lords. Here is the
list of those who would be eligible TO take
their seats in the august chamber after the
Lord Chancellor had taken his seat on the
woolsack should Lady Rhondda's. petition
be grantod
The Duchess of Fife, Princess Arthur Of
Connaught, daughter Of the first Duke OF
FIFE and the Princess Royal. daughter Of
King Edward.
Countess Roberts. daughter Of the famous
Field Marshal, lovingly known TO the Brit
ish army and public as "Bobs" The only
son and heir of the popular soldier was
killed i'm the Boer war when attempting to
recapture British guns taken by the Beers
in an engagement on the Tugcla River. As
a mark of respect felt by the whole nation
the title by special remainder passed to
his eldest daughter following his death whilt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
No Legal Barrier.

The authority and influence Of the re-
ligious orders upon the people. both high
and low. early were recognized as factors
that must be consulted in framing any laws,
and the abbots and abbesses possessed the
right to sit and vote in tho first parliaments.
Here the heads OF the feminine religious
orders and the peeresses in their own rights
spoke and voted on the same basis as the
men But with the advance from the primi-
tive conditions Of lawmaking and the de-
veopnent of n more established ceremony
and custom in the meetings Of the parlia-
ment the peeresses and the abbesses step by
step relinquishcd their rights to share in the
lawmaklng. BY the time the reigns Of the
three first Edwards had passed the women
had fallen into the practice of sending male
proxies usually close relative. 20 represent
them in the sittings when summoned by the
crown
This practice. at first optional aud with
out any parliamentary act giving legal as
sent 60 II, became so generally accepted that
within the space Of few reigns women
disappeared from the sessions of the mobiles
and the people and surrendered their right
to participate in the making of laws and the
execution OF them. II became the custom
that commoner marrying peerless in her
own right became entitled TO n writ OF sum
mons TO the House OF Lords as hor repre-
sentative and proxy.
In the official records Of the Kingdom
there is a clear acknowledgment OF the le-
raIity OF such substitution in the case of
Elizabeth. Baroness Talboys of Kimo In her
own right II Is set forth IN these records
that upon the death Of the Baroness with
out issue, her husband Edward Wl.nbish,
who until then had acted as her representa-
tive in the House OF Lords and had borne
her title wns forbidden TO make use Of the
latter any longer and was denied any fur
,hcr permission 10 sit and vote in The upper
chamber.
a. years passed. marking still further the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
New Problem If Prince WEEDS Commoner

1t is obvious, therefore, that the restora-
ton to peeresses in their own right, OF whom
there are twenty-four in the peerages OF
England and SCOTLAND, Of their ancient, privi-
lege of sitting and voting in the House OF
Lords does not necessitate any change in
the constitution of the United Kingdom.
Such Is not the case, however, should the
gossip now rife in London, that the Prince
of Wales is likely to choose a bride from
without the circle of the blood royal crys-
thllize into fact. This intimation was con-
tanned in an article which appeared In the
London Times, and which has been widely
commented upon, as the newspapers con-
trolled by Lord Northcliffe have been noted
for their method of anticipating the an
nouncement Of decisions already arrived at
by publishing arguments to show that such
are needful or, as the case may be, would
meet with popular favor.
Should the Prince decide upon a bride
from other than the royal families the re-
peal Of the Royal Marriage Act of 1872 is
on essential condition precedent That meas
ure, which owes its place on the statute
book solely to the dominating will Of George
III, who was incensed by the marriage OF
his brothers, the Duke of Cumberland and
the Duke of Gloucester. to ladies who were
not to royal birth. was fierCely and persist
entity fought and only carried through both
houses of Parliament by the full force of
the, Kings personal influence.
The act prohibits any descendant OF King
George H.. except those who are the issue
of princesses married into foreign houses,
from contracting marriage before the age
of 25 without the assent Of the King sig
nificd under tho Great Seal After that age
they may marry without the royal assent.
but only If they have given notice Of their
intention to the Privy Council twelve
months before the ceremony. and IL the
two houses of Parliament do not signify
their dsapprobation. All marriages con-
tracted in defiance of the act are null.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

withdrawal Of women from the actual af-
fairs of government, thf ir right to be repre-
scented became more and more forgotten and
disregarded, so that after the Great Queen
Elizabeth-had gone and the Stuarts came
peeresses in their own right was abandoned
There was no Votes for Women" slogan
then abroad in the land; no PanlShursts to
demonstrate and hunger strike. The repre-
sentation of women was confined to a very
small class which was quite oblivious to the
opportunity that was slipping from the
hands of women of future generations
Politics had become in it's practical appli-
cation a mans game, and woman had found
that there were other duties more congenial
than law making. Besides, reasoned the
feminine mind, / can influence legislation
without going to Parliament. This was
quite true of the class from which the
peeresses in their own right sprang. The
voice of the great mass of women was not
heard in the land in those days. They were
not expected to raise their eyes to the
heights of Olympus.
The right that women had possessed from
the first beginnings of law making in Eng
land slipped from their grip because gem
orally accepted belief and usage that
peeresses In their own right should be con-
sidered as disqualified from either sitting or
being represented by proxy In the House OF
ords became CUSTOM and custom became
tradition which bred presidents upon which
the exclusion of the sex from the upper
house Is based. This is the barrier Lady
Rhondda wants removed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Peeresses Seeking Their Rights to Seats in House of

Below oval
al there et~eny- our women who gains
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02
Page Three

fairs. From 1876 to 1905 he was
Secretary of the Budapest Com
munity and has been lecturer on
Religious Philosophy at the Rab-
binical Seminary.
It is to be regretted that the I'M
fortunate state of affairs in Hun
gary prevent the worlds Jewry
paying adequate tribute to so
eminent and distinguished a rep
resentative Of Jewish learning.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02
Noted Social Worker to Marry
New York Lawyer.

New York.-Jonah J. Gold
stein, well-known lawyer of this
city sailed last Saturday for Ell
rope where he will marry on ar
rival in Paris Miss Harriet E.
LoWenstein.
Miss Lowenstein is a brilliant
woman of this city who has dis
tinguished herself as social
worker. She was one Of the origi-
nal organizers of the Joint Dis
tribution Committee and has for
years been supervising the work
of the New York Federation for
Jewish Philanthropies. Profes-
sionally Miss Lowenstein is
certified accountant and for many
years past has acted as private
secretary to Mr.. Felix M. War
burg, chairman of the Joint Dis
tribution Committee. At present
Miss Lowenstein is on a special
mission to Paris connected with
European relief.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02
D. S. o. for Turkish Jew.

Captain Alexander Aaronsohn
received the distinguished Serv-
ice Order from His Majesty the
King at Buckingham Palace on
Tuesday.
Born in Palestine Captain Aa-
ronsohn's one thought was for
the time when the Holy Land
should be Jewish once more. He
and his sister Sarah organized
system of espionage which kept
the British Army fully informed
Of all Turkish military move
ments throughout the Palestine
campaign. Miss Aaronsohn took
her own life after torture when
her share in the work was discov-
cred, but her brother, who es-
capped from the Turkish Army at
Beyrout in 1916, went behind the
Turkish lines at will, and General
Allenby, investing him with the
ribbon Of the D. S. 0. after bat
tie, said to him, "You have helped
me to conquer this country"
Captain Aaronsohn claims to be
the only ''enemy" subject who
wears the decoration. Mr.. Aaron
Aaronsohn, his brother, was
killed while flying from London
to Paris with important docu-
ments. The British Government
are to raise a memorial to Miss
Aaronsohn in Palestine.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02

The Albert Medal of the Royal
Society of Arts, which is given
annually for distinguished merit
in promoting arts, manufactures,
and commerce." has been award
ed to DR.. Albert Abraham Michel
son, Professor of Physics in the
University of Chicago.
Professor Nicholson, who is
one of the worlds greatest physi-
cists, was born in Strelno Ger
many in 1850. He was educated
at the United States Naval
Academy and at the Universities
of Berlin, Heidelberg, and in
Paris. He has devoted his life to
the study of Physics and Optics.
His inventions in the latter field
have rendered possible the repro
duction of accurate metric stand
ards with a minute precision
hitherto unobtainable. Professor
Nicholson has received honorary
doctorates from Yale and Cam
bridge. He was awarded the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1907.
He is a Foreign Member of the
Royal Society, who awarded him
the Copley Medal, and he is also
Rumford Medalist of the Royal
Institute,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02

It is reported in the London
press that Professor Harold Laski
is leaving Harvard University to
take chair at the London School
of Economics.
Professor Laski is a son of Mr..
Nathan Laski, of Manchester,
one of the most active communal
workers in English Jewry. His
book, "Studies in the Problems Of
Sovereignty" has been we'll re-
ceived, and was recently followed
by another volume, Authority in
the Modern State"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
News About Jews Everywhere

Women were given an equal
right with men in the congrega-
ton of the Madison avenue Tenn
pie, Baltimore, Md, and Miss
Dora We'll, first woman to be
elected to office in any Jewish
congregation in Baltimore, was
made secretary of the congrega-
ton at the annual meeting held
last month.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02

Initial steps have been taken by
Temple Emanuel Congregation at
Denver, Colorado, Grew. DR.. Will
liam S. Friedman, Rabbi, to
build a new half million dollar
temple. The congregation owned
what was formerly the old Jewish
cemetery, tract of eight and
one-third acres. The location is
one of the choicest in the city.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02

A dinner was recently given
for Professor Leopold Auer at
the Ritz-Carlton, Chicago, to
commemorate the seventy-ffth
anniversary Of his birthday. More
than hundred, including pupils
of Professor Auer, who now are
famous as violinists, were present.
Professor Auer gave each guest
a Victro1a record made by him
and an autographed photograph.
There was a birthday cake with
seventy-fve candles. Among
those present were Efrem Tim
balist and his wife, Alma Gluck,
Sir Edgar and Lady Speyer, Fritz
Kreisler and Mrs. Kreisler, Jasha
Heifetz and Toscha Seide1.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02

Miss Catherine Filene, of Bos-
ton, Mass, has been appointed a
member of the executive commit
tee of the Democratic national
committee. Miss Filene is the
eldest daughter of A. Lincoln
Filene. She is a graduate of
Wheaton College, class of 1913,
and during the war was director
of the Intercollegiate Vocational
Guidance Association.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-02
Professor Go1dziher's 10th Birth
day.

Professor Ignaz Goldziher, one
of the greatest of European saw
ants, celebrated his seventeen
birthday on Tuesday last. u
DR.. Goldziher, who was born
at Stuhlweissenburg in Hungary
in 1850, was educated at the
Universities of Budapest, Berlin,
Leyden, and LEIPZIG, at the last
Of which he graduated Phi. D. He
devoted himself to Oriental
studies, and was the first scholar
to give a critical history of Ara
bic traditions. His contributions
to the study of Hebrew and Ara
bic mythology, philology, and
folklore are classics, and have ap-
peared in the learned publications
of all countries. He was appoint
ed Professor at Budapest Univer-
sity in 1894, being the first Jew
to be admitted to the faculty. In
1904 he received the honorary de-
gree Of D. Lit, from Cambridge,
and in 1908 Aberdeen made him
an honorary LID. He has been
elected a member of the British
Academy and of the Academies
of Petrograd, Copenhagen, Ber-
lin, Gottingen, and Amsterdam,
and of learned societies all over
the world. He is also CORE
spending member of the Jewish
Historical Society of England.
DR.. Go1dziher has never lost his
interest in Jewish communal af-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-05
COUNTY CONTEST

Puplle N xlsht County oshss's %
cs~pses In 0sslsmstsry Contest to
- Hsll Hsrs Saturday, April 10
Msdar - d Given Winner In Each
Glass.
winners In discriminatory contssts
from stshl schools OF the county VIII
meet st 9 o'clock Saturday night
April ~ q the r. n. G. A. to take
part IN the annual Marshall county
dsclamasesy contest. The schools that
win ss.A repressntive arc Clemens
STATE Osatsr. Melbourne. Rhodes
Vaneiwe. 1srgusen. Albion and 81
Anthony.
These schools hsve held contests
wttASa u lase two weeks to deter
mine ne representatives to be sent
The speakers aEs divided into three
grouoo, the humorous, dramatic ana
oratorical. and . medal win be given
the vinAsr In each class.
Music will be furnished BY the Al
bion and Melbourne school glee clubs.
JUDGES win be selected from MAI
shslltovn latsr In theSwsek oy @. d
Shut county superintendent OF
sch0NoA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-05

that Admiral Sims vas net Tie cnly
officer Of the navy 70 whom the same
words weSp addressed. WHAT ven
der. thsa. that the navy We ellgfsis
TO the criticism which Admiral SIMS
has 20 giibly heapsd upon itf What
wonder that there were delays and
haif-heartednsss IN the workf Ad-
miral Benson may have been loyal 10
the letter OF bis duty but he could
not. in the oircumstaneeA have had
his heart In the work Of annihilating
the submarine menace from which
Great Britain was 70 benefit even
moro than the United StatsA--0t
Paul Pioneer Press.