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The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-04-02
EDITORIAL

of the Faith, and founder OF the
Jewish people, whose beginnings
the festival commentaries; the
second is to Moses, the hero of
the Exodus, Israers Deliverer
and Law Giver; the third is to
the Jewish people, whose deliver
ance is recalled and whose con-
tinued preservation is prayed
for; and the fourth is a toast to
the Future. From time immem-
orial the Passover of the past
served as a hope for the future
Passover, when all humanity
shall be free, and harmony and
peace shall prevail all over the
earth.
The Cup of Elijah was probab-
ly intended as a visible reminder
of the semi-historical hero of Is
rael of the past, associated in
folklore with, and embellished in
song and in story as, the fore
runner of the future deliverance,
when the hoped-for Messianic
era would come. 1t was but nat
ural that when the redemption
from Egypt was rehearsed, the
future deliverance of humanity
from darkness and persecution
would be associated Herewith.
All these symbols and many
others used on Passover night
are intended to bring out in bas
relief the events of the Exodus.
All the many incidents connect
ed Herewith are embellished in
poetic forms and fancy, so as to
appeal to the heart and the senti.
ment and to add the halo of rev.
erence and fascination for the
entire setting. The very trials
and tribulations of our fathers as
well as their triumphs and hopes
are made concrete by means of
tokens and reminders, according
to the artistic genius of Israel,
growing out of the soul of the
people.
1t is impossible to exaggerate
the fine influence of the Seder-
service upon the Jewish con-
seriousness. 1t holds an abiding
place in the affection of our peo-
pie. The hallowed memories and
mystic ties which it ever evoked
memories both stirring and
sweet-are of a two-fold nature.
On the one hand, it reminds us of
a by-gone age associated with
the beginning of Israel; and on
the other, it recalls the annual
celebration Of the holiday, when
under the benign and sweet in
fluence of the Jewish home, the
reunion of the family at the Sc
der night ever turned the
hearts of the parents to the chill
dren, and the hearts of the chill
dren to the parents" thus for
shadowing the grand hope of the
jew of the ultimate union of the
human family.
And the home ever played a
phenomenal part in the life of
our people. Truly we are people
OF homes. The family fireside
ever held an affectionate place in
the heart of Israel. Its soul-life
was fostered by the purity of the
family, by the filial piety nurtur-
ed in the home, and by the solid
arltV Of tho poar,har. a. l.s IL
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and practices. These were poet
lied and symbolically expressed,
strongly appealing to the emo
lions and the feeling. That &C
counts for the fine spiritual SEN
timents dear to the heart that
came to the fore in the religious
life of Israel.
1t is a fact worth noticing that
for the past two thousand years
the center of religious life was
the home, even more than the
house of worship. Thanks to the
popular and religious party in Is
rael that arose during the second
century before the rise of Chris
tianity, thanks to those much
malinged Pharisees, the seat of
religious practices was shifted
from the Temple of old to the
individual Jewish home. And la
ter, when the Synagog supplant-
ed the Temple, the home became
the center of religious observan-
ces. Certainly the Synagog play
ed a phenomenal part in the life
of Israel; but the more intimate
and delicate sides of the spiritual
expression found a favorable
field in the family amidst filial
associations possible chiefly in
the home. There the wife and
mother was given her position of
Importance in the religious life
of the domestic hearth, thus ele-
waiting the status of woman in
Judaism. And the children parti-
cipating in sacred sentiments,
were instinctively educated in a
religious atmosphere making for
moral earnestness and spiritual
strength. Thus the home be-
came an altar and a shrine and
the respositary of the religious
and historical consciousness; and
there, also, as in a sanctuary the
family worshipped together the
God of the fathers "in the beauty
of holiness.
Accordingly, the Sabbaths and
festivals were observed at the
home in family reunion amidst
soul-uplifting and refining influ-
ences, gladdening the heart and
adding to the joy of living. Reli-
gious symbol and ceremony, sa-
cred rite and ritual, were added
to the observance of the special
occasions. The blessing of the
candles, the blessing of the chill
dren by the parents, and the Kid
dush with the family meals ush-
cred in, the weekly day of rest
and the various holidays. Poetry
and song pervaded the atmos-
phere; and the home by virtue of
its charm and exalted position
thus assumed a more dignified
place in the life of the people.
But of the many beautiful
ceremonies which ever added po-
etic flavor and spiritual grace to
the life of Israel, the Seder has
undoubtedly taken a most affec-
tomato hold upon the Jewish
heart. The families of Israel are
gathered at their homes in hap
py surroundings at the festive
board for the observance of its
natal day as a people, recounting
the wonderful story of the deliv-
erance of the fathers from Egyp-
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SOME SEDER SENTIMENTS.
By Rabbi David ROsenbaum,
Austin. Texas.

Austin, Texas.
A gifted people like ours need
ed an outlet for the expression
of their native genius and power
in the artistic sphere. Refused
participation in the wide world
about them during the centuries
of the Diaspora, forced to live a
life of their own resembling
somewhat an island in the midst
of vast sea, their artistic tai
ents manifested themselves in
the native channels of religious
institutions conferred in the Syn
agog, and still more in the home.
Thus we find many embellish-
ments in the ritual of the house
of worship, and fine sentiments
of poetic flavor in the form of
observances and ceremonies at
the family fireside.
Writers generally maintain
that the cultivation of the pictor-
ial and plastic arts were closed to
the Jewish people till compare
lively recent times by reason of
the fact that that would do vio-
lence to the spirit, and still more
the letter, of the Second Com
mandment. The injunction mot
to make a craven or molten i'm
age" it is said, initiated against
the development of sculpture and
painting among our people. On
the other hand, a brilliant writer
LUMINOSITY explains that the
Jewish soul is given to the under.
standing of the spirit, rather
than the expression of the tan
gible object; that the Jewish
mind by its native genius goes
beyond phenomena to the spirit
ual idea underlying them. 1t
tries to reach the invisible and
not the visible and concrete.
Either explanation will suffice
to account for the artistic i'm
pulse manifesting itself, not in
the work of the chisel and the
brush, but in the the elaboration
OF poetic fancy such as ceremony
and symbol, in the Synagog and
in the home.
Furthermore, the native gen.
ius Of Israel is predominantly re-
ligious. We stand out primarily
as a religious group, with a re-
ligious message and mission. It
is true that in the course of the
centuries we have learned to
master other fields of civiliza-
ton; and no mean part was con.
tributed by our people to the arts
and the sciences, the commerce
and the culture, and the learning
and the literature of the world.
These, however, may be but ad-
ventitious attainments. In the
classic period of our history,
when that which blossomed out
among us came out Of the very
heart of the people, we produced
divinely-inspired leaders, such as
priests, prophets and Psalmists,
and divine literature in the
form of the Book of Books"
giving to the world the Law Of
God.
Therefore religion and relig-
ious thought became the chief
sources of our inspiration; and it
is but logical that the creative
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ANSON CENTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Simeon Spencer of
Arson Valley have recently sold their
farm, stock, farming tools and the
greater part of their household goods
to New Brunswick parties who have
taken possession. Mr.. and Mrs
Spencer who made the sale on ac
count of their health plan to spend
the winter with relatives here after
visiting for a time in Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Hamilton and
son Earl and Mr.. and Mrs. Omer Gates
motored to Starks Sunday, =
Friends here OF Mrs. Parker Paine
are very sorry to learn that she was
severely injured by falling from a
chair in which she was standing to
open a window. All hope for her
speedy recovery.
William Gordon is quite i'll at this
writing. A physician was called to
see him Sunday, Mr.. Gordon is one
of Ansons elderly people being past
so years.
o. e. Gates lost one Of his horses
i Thursday in a peculiar manner as a
post norton examination disclosed a
! quantity of sand in the animals stom-
/ aeh. As that was all the trouble dis
covered it must have been the cause
of its death.
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New All Wsel FiRe French Serge
and Wool Jersey Dresses that are
Extra Coed Values at $500, $1,000
and $3.50 each.
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A Lot Of New Fancy Plaid and Plain
Serge Dress Skirts at $500, $3.50,
$1,000, $500 and $500 each.
Ladies' Csat Sweaters In all colOrs
and styles at $3.50, $3.50, $1,000, $1,000
and $500 each.
Boys and Girls Heavy Coat Sweat
srs IN all eolors $3.50, $3.50 and $500
each.
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BLACKWELL

Some of the household goods OF
Charles Chapman have arrived from
California and the family will return
in the spring They sold their farm
on Blackwell Hill six years ago and
moved to California, but have bought
back the old home and evidently think
Maine is all right to live in.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Pray Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Ketchum and Morris Moore
attended the fair at Athens, Wednes-
day, Oct 9Th.
Jewett Savage of Skowhegan was
a caller in this locality recently.
Morris Gates is at the home OF MS
grandfather for few days.
Ida Moore was home from Madison
for a few hours Saturday
The farmers in this locality are
busy digging potatoes. A good yield
is reported Some are selling from
the field and some will be put IN the
cellars for a better price later on.
Velma and Helen Ketchum had the
best display of crochet work exhibited
by girl under fifteen years at Show
hogan fair.
Percy Ren1er Is suffering IiOii q
severe case of poison ivy
A good number of Sunshine sisters
from Blackwell attended the meeting
at James Wills last Thursday Inc
next meeting will be with Mrs, Joseph
Gallant at the Twelve Corners, Nov
4th.
Mrs. Rachel Richards was busl-
meas caller in Skowhegan Saturday.
Mrs. Carroll Moore Of Portland and
Mrs. Harry Gee of Madison VlslCeu d'
Morris Moore's Tuesday,
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Felix Dionne returned to Brunswick
for few days.
Mrs. Cook Estes of Norridgewock
and Mrs. Ella Fletcher of Watertown,
Mass were guests this week of Mrs.
A 3. Borden
Col. and Mrs. r. L. Marston are the
parents of young son, Coburn Mars
ton, born at the Massachusetts Gen
eral Hospital in Boston.
Mrs Ella Nelson went to Waterville
Friday and from there was to go tc
Lancaster, N. H. with friends by au.
tomobile. In Lancaster Mrs. Nelson
will be guest In the home Of Jos
Sayward formerly of Skowhegan,
Friends OF Frank L. O'Rielly, for
merly of Skowhegan, and the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James O'Rielly, who for
merly lived here, will be interested
to learn that he is a candidate fol
representative in the Fourteenth Dis
trict in Nahant. A recent issue OF
the Lynn Telegram News has pic
ture of Mr.. O'Rielly and says, "Hf
possesses splendid qualities, which
commend him to the voters of the dis
trict and the personal work which he
is doing has already brought him as
surance of support at the polls. Mr.
O'Rielly' The Telegram News contin.
ues to say, rs well known in the
easterly section of the city, is affillat.
ed with st. Joseph C. T. A. S. Post 6
American Legion and the Friends Of
Irish Freedom. He is shoe maker
nv trade
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Funeral services for Lillian Marie
LaCasse, five year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Olin LaCasse were held
from Our Lady of Lourdes Roman
Catholic church Monday morning at
$50 Father ]. Louis Renaud oftici-
ated and a special feature was sing
ing of hymns by the children Of the
parochial school where little Lillian
had formerly been a student. Flow
ers and palms were used about the
bier. this being allowable according
to Catholic customs since the child
had not reached the age Of seven
wears. which Is supposed to be age
of reason. Interment was made in
the Calvary cemetery. The child had
been i'll for a long time with tuber-
culosis. There are no other children
in the family.
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A Large Lot of New Sweaters Of all Kinds

Ladies All Wool sllp.on Style $500
each.
Men and Women's Very Heavy All
Wool Coat Sweaters In Gray, Brown
Green, Navy, Garnet and Black at
$11.O0, $500 and S1i.0O each.
A Lot of New Coats, Misses 8 to IA
years size at $3.50, $3.50, $1,000,
$1,000 and $3.50 each.
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The marriage of Miss Ruby Nina
Packard. daughter of Charles Packard
to Melvin Elmont Densmore was SOL
emnized on the evening of October 9Th.
from the home of Mr.. and Mrs. f. d.
Packard. Mr.. Packard being an uncle
of the bride. The groom is the son
Of the Mr.. and Mrs. Densmore of Nova
Scotia. Rev II. l.. Nichols Of the
Centenary Methodist Church, was the
officiating clergyman.
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SMITHFIELD

Frank Champlin left town Wednes-
day to pass the winter at Long Beach
California. AFTER passing the summer
in the family OF Herbert E. Groves
in town.
Mrs. Kate Libby picked ripe straw
berries from her garden Oct. which
she enjoyed for her dinner.
Harry Kilgore is suffering from
severe attack of heart failure. His
daughter Marion, trained nurse Is
caring for him.
Philander Rowe passed away Oct
9. at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Berry aged about 70 years
shock was the cause of his death n
neral services were held in the church
Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev.
V. B. Bragden of Norridgewock. The
burial was in the village cemetery.
Parker Clement is very low at this
writing at the home of his son George
Clement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Moulton and Mr..
and Mrs. George Charles were recent
guests of Mrs. Moultons aunt Mrs.
George Hallett in Oakland
Wilmot Stevens and lady friend OF
Boston, Mass. were guests OF his fath-
or Fred Stevens. They motored to
Canton Sunday to visit their son ana
brother, Herbert Stevens.
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guests of his aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Fred
eric
Mrs. Lucy Fish, a former resident
of this town, but now OF Madison, Is
visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Myra Piper who has been IN
Massachusetts for several weeks has
returned home.
Mrs. Meta Sterry went to Lewiston
Hospital last week for an operation
for appendicitis.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THE NEWS OF sOMERSETS BUSY
TOWNS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MADISON CENTER

Tracy Forsythe and Perry Corson
returned from an up river trip last
Saturday. , tn.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hayden with
niece of Mrs. Hayden's and her hus-
band and friend from Salem Depot,
\ n started for a trip up river last
Monday morning.
Miss Ava Perkins spent the week
end with her parents and Monday at
tended the educational rally at North
Anoon conducted under the auspices
of the Western Somerset Ieachers
Association.
Last Sunday Mrs. Carolyn Fair
brother of Skowhegan visited at the
home of her cousin Charles Perkins,
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SHARKS

Mr.. and Mrs Charles Locke visited
relatives in Pennington last week.
Aaron Berry is selling his household
goods preparatory to returning to
Massachusetts.
Mrs Sidney Fogg who was injured
by an automobile and has been in Ken
nebec Valley Hospital, Skowhegan, for
some time has so far recovered that
she was able to come to her fathers
last week. Her many friends hope to
see her among them before long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Sargent and
daughter of Temple were recent
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Call D. A. & w. E. Porter for all
kinds of Insurance, the Folsom-J Zones
Agency. N. e. Phone 1882; Far
mers' "a. TITO
Weed chains, 2 sets, a bargain.
These are for SO 1 1-2 tires. One
sst never used, s.. another second
hand set In good condition. 81. R.
T. Patten. tf12
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Girls and women wanted at the
Shank Mill In Bingham. Light,
clean work. II AZ
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New Serge and Wool
Jersey Dresses
New Silk Waists, New Dress
Skirts, New Sweaters and
New Goats

A Big New Lot of SILK Waists,
Crepe de Chine and Striped Sat1ns nj
1898 each. Washable Striped Crepe
de Chine, Plain Satlns, Taffetas,
Pongee, Plain Crepe de Chine and
GeOrgette Mt $500 each.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-08-04
CLEVELAND v LIE NEST
PRO UPRAVU POMERU PRl-
RCDNfHO PLYNU.
Virzinsky zakon zakazu do
davani plynu do sousednich
statI platnosti.

Cleveland bude zastoupen
na konferenci vetsich NEST
Ohia, Pennsylvania a Zap. Vir-
ginie. kterou svolavaii NEST
sti tfednici V Pittsburgh, aby
utvofena byla organisace obci,
kterou ma byti zamezeno ne
zdrave konkurovanf iednotli-
vVch NEST t6chto tTi statG. po-
kud Sc tVce stainomerneho do
dhvani pTirodniho plvnu a SOU
tasn6 upraviti i staly a aspon
nonekud nom6rnT cennik po-
platkn. NaSe m6sta bude zastu
povati pravni riditel w. r.
Woods. neb komisaT vVsad ].
d. Marshall. Snaha iejich ma
schizi ponese Sc sm6rem. ably
Sc Clevelandu "a zinnich str-
denVch m6sic6 dostalo nalezi-
teho tlaku "a prim6fenou ce-
nu. Rehem vviedndvani arci ne
zalozi m6stskV znalec Bemis
ruce V kiln a bude dale pokra-
covati V Satreni. iinoiz vvsv6t-
lenv mali bTti iiste zdeiSi ne
srovnalosti Fast Ohio Gas
Co. V Pittsburku totiz panuii
ma plvn6renskou spolecnost ty-
t6z sti5nosti iako V Clevelan-
de. NeivetSim nebezpeGim ma
seho pfirodniho plynu jest stat
nj zakon platny V Zap. Virgi-
nil. ktorVm SO zakazuie re Ze-
me vesti do iinEch stdt6 pTi-
rodnf plyn, pokud nenf spotfe-
ba domacf zaiiSt6na. Cleveland
nak spali vice jak so proc. vir-
1inskeho plvnu. Jest tudiz ma
biledni. iak bv to s otopem
plvnem dopadalo,. .kdvby Zakon
omen mel byti provad6n die p6-
vodniho zn6ni.
Staty Ohio Pennsylvania SO
brani proti pTedloze, jez Sc
zove predlohou Steptoe dosti
energicky podaly liz prot
nemu protestv u naivySsihC
soudu Spoi. Stath, iehoz roZ-
hodnutf bude miti velkou dGle.
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nIfSTO DIAMANTU NASEL
"SNABU."

Policeini straznik Albert
Cutman Department. Cleve-
land Neutrality-suspicious. kradez
diamantovvch prstenH a dia-
naantove iehlire. ktere zmizelv
? domu pani Estaly Richove.
o225 Bellfield Rd., Cleveland
Heights. Sci 20 stop6 pachate-
II az do Forest Ave-, kde hle-
dal. az ma misto diamantG ma
snl V hvt6 Johna Snisaka,
1901 Forest Ave. aparat ma
vvrabfni kofalky, diva kvartv
hotov6ho zbozi a plnV Skopek
, kvasiva. Pripad udan byl ma 5.
no'iceinim precinktu.
Diamanty Gutman vsak ne
naSel, patrne ma l6pe vvcvice-
ny nos ma kofalku nez-li ma dra
/ hokamy, ktere arci nevoni.
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1928 Thames Ave. N. E., ba-
vlciho sc dvema automobile
sty, cd nichz pry bral zavda-
nou. Stale Sc tax pondell v
Euclid Beach parku. Pro Ia
nedbavani povinnosti byl Bu-
klad vyzvan, ably Sc dfadu
vidal, coz tento ucinil Sc slo-
Wy: "Kdyz Sc tax stale, byl
jsem ma ceste re sluzby, "a
slechl isem hadku mezi auto
mobilisty, zastavil jsem Sc o.
prem iinou karu poslouchal
isem spor. Pokud Sc tyce resig-
mace, mel jsem v umyslu tax
uciniti sam. Ma zeleznici plati
vice nez Ia prochazeni Sc uli-
cemi."
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kongre5nlku krajanovi J. j.
Babkovi z 21. distriktu, jenz
prave pred dvema lety "a prud
keho volebniho zapasu porazil
nebezp9cneho protivnika Cros-
sera. Letos Sc chysta poslednej-
81 Babkovi predlonskou poraz-
ku oplatiti, ac vlastne tim pra-
cuje proti vlastni organisaci.
Mensi pozornost vzbuzuje kon-
kurence mezi dvema rapubli-
kany, uchdzejicimi Sc 0 noml-
naci V tomtez distriktu, Gah-
nem DeE1bovskym, republi-
kany.
Doba rozhodnut1, ntery 10,
srpna Sc blizi a dulezitejsi kfi-
zovatky clevelandskych ulic
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cgvET',


ka Ch. A. Mooleye kontesJo-
vano jest statnim zastupcem
JOS. Lustikem distrlktu dva-
cdtem, V kteremz Sc 0 nomina-
ci uchazi JIM ctyri republika-
nj. Patrne doufaji, re Sc jim
podari steel tento distrikt. KITE
rT az dosud byl demokratic-
kym.
Die schvalenf V nekolika po-
litickych klubech ma M. c..
Norton, stara to figura republi-
kanske politiky jiste vyhody
pred svymi souperi kap. J. D.
Polleyem, J. Franciscan Thier-
rym Roy A. Burdenem.
M6stske demokraticke orga-
nisace venuii iistou pozornost
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PRIPRAVY X PPlMARN I'M
VOLBAM.

Ia Gternich primarnich vo-
leb trech clevelandskych h
kongresnich distriktech bude
zdejSimu volicstvu rozhodova-
ii V neiv6tsim poctu pfipadu
nez-li dosud. Y akci buda Sest
kontest1, tTi ma kazd6m lfstku
strany. Nejzajimav6jsim bude
die pronesenych predpovedi
volebni boj V p. distriktu, kde
Sc stfetnou byvaly senator Tn.
f.. Burton, John S. Rutlege a
II. |. Emerson, byvaly kon-
gresnik.
Move nominovani kongresnl-
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jsou oziveny politickyml fecni-
ky, kteri ale V mnohych pflpa,
dech mali jen nepatrny pocet
posluchacstva a hlucne jejich
prondsene sliby, co vse pro mas
hodlaji Wy konati, zacaste po-
zbyvaii ocekavane ucinnosti.
Necht' Sc vftezstvi prikloni k
t6 neb one strane, n9muzeme
niceho vice ocekavati, nez-li 81
uvesti ma pamet, re historic Sc
stale opakuje.