The Denver Jewish news., 1920-11-10

contribute to the joy of your sojourn
in CIR midst will be successful. In
extending you our most sincere and
cordial greetings. we wish you to he
assured that it is the desire of every
member of the Denver Section thai
every moment of your stay with us
will be pleasant and inspiring, AMI
we hope that the recollection of your
visit where the West begins will al
ways be associated with fond mem
cries"
Mrs. Carrie S. Benjamin, of New
York, founder of the Denver Section
with charming manner delightful hu-
NOR. us well as serious thought, pre-.
sented the following message
1T would take greater skill than Is
mine to fittingly eXpsess the emotions
that stir my inmost soul as l stann
here before you. l beg your indul
gence if for moment l seem a bit
personal in my remarks. You see, the
entire atmosphere about me teens
with a myriad of intimate things
Coming back, after many years of alb.
sence to what love to call my ''home
town." coming back to dear friend>
and beloved relatives, coming back to
my own Denver Section, whose infant
ailments, so to speak, tended, whose
faltcring steps 1 guided, whose yigor-
GUS growth nnsf f.levrlopsneasst,4Esw r wa<cit.
cd with IL mothers pride, whose
achievements rendered far greater
blessings upon me than any l bestow-
ed-all this brings rush of memories
that not even the dignity of this
august assembly can stem. More words
could not begin to tell you what gen
uiIe joy it gives me to meet you an /!
greet you again-such genuine joy u"
is rarely given to II mortal. And as
10 real joy il quite unalloyed. ther"
comes Il feeling of sadness at the void
caused by those who have gone on the
great adventure But somehow | feel
their presence-the very touch of their
garmepts-thc clasp of their hands eN-
tended in greeting and blessing. II
is fitting that we pause for briei
moment to pay tribute to those splen
did women. and men. too-those who
have gone and those who are still
with lis. whose fine cooperation made
ncr section of the Council and per
hnps it is not too much to say tn,
banner club in the City of Denver and
in the State of Colorado, and farther
than that the deponcnt Sayeth not. ]
wish we had the time to reminesce-
to recall the vicissitudes the struggles,
the effort. the activities. the achieve
Incnts of those early years, how W"
spinncd with SpinOza. and Socked II
to- Socrates. sighed with Isaiah-and
best of all. really got on familiar terms
with the family Biblc-and in turn
gave of our best to those who needed
those days of over n quarter of II con
fury ago of just that kind of woman
that could make the things impossible
possible, the difficulties easy. 1t is
to these sturdy and steadfast women
the kind who said little but did much.
who were real doers and not merely
lockers on. the kind that spurred one
on to more and ever more effort. that
personally owe many an inspiration.
| was greatly in their debt then and
since, and am indebted to them now
for this reunion and this opportun-
ity. In partial payment of this debt.
so to speak. l wish l were gifted
with the tongues of men and of an.
gels and possessed that knowledge that
passcth understanding, that vision tina t
is prophetic so that ] might bring n
message well worth the hearing
Speech making is such II futile thing.
unless. as in the case of the proven
linl arrow, the message may be
found. even after long years. imbedded
in the heart of some one.
However, ii is wonderful thing
10 come togethcr'-tO convene hence
convention. to talk things over-in or
der that we may learn something
from each other and something from