The Washington herald., 1921-01-07

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peared, former clients he had saved
from the electric chair. delegations
from the two Irish american organ
iZations with which he had been ac-
lively affiliated. reporters and edi-
tors from every newspaper in the
city and even Louis and Jimmy, the
BARRIERS from Beekman street where
he had been shaved daily for the last
twenty years.
WAS PROUD OF
| BEING NEW YORKER.
Mr.. Levy was a spectacular and
| picturesque trial lawyer, and he had
appeared in more cases in the Grim
inal courts than any member of the
New York bar. He always had a
young Irish American in his Office
as he used to say ITO take care of
the money" He was most proud Of
having once been poor boy. of his
being Jew and of being a resident
Of New York, which he declared was
the city where there are the largest
number of chances to succeed for
| lad with an average supply of de-
termination and brains
Illustrative of his cleverneSS l re-
call once he was defending a young
man charged with murder. whose
plea was self-defense.
One of the jurymen came from
SChleswig Holstein. In the close Of
his summing up Mr.. Levy dweIt elo-
quently upon the boyhood of hi,
client in Schleswig- -Holstein. his
poor parents over there awaiting
the verdict and the scenic wonders
of the German province Of Schles-
Wig-Holstein. The prisoner was ac-
quilted. As the court room was
clearing the released prisoner ap-
preached Mr.. Levy and said: Il no
ticed Mr.. Levy that you said I came
from Schleswig- -Holstein. You were
wrong. l was born in Austria
RALPH SLEEPING
. MEATH THE POPPIES.
He was a new boy. and when I
asked him his name he replied:
Ralph White" DIR. ]. J. Savitz,
principal of the Trenton Normal
School, was speaking at the dedica-
tion OF the Frances Einstein Me-
mortal Auditorium in Pompton
Lakes, N. ]. He continues: when
asked his age there was no re-
ply. When l asked where he was
born (for I could see he was a for
eigner) no answer came. Another
boy stood near whom 1 rightly sur
missed was along to help induct
Ralph into the American school sys-
tenn. He is 16 years old and he
was born in Italy he explained.
He arrived in this country only
yesterday But he says he is Ralph
White? l asked, puzzled. oh, his
name in Italy was Raphael Blanca,
but he changed it for he is now an
American. his father having come
with a family of seven to put them
in our schools was the answer,
This was six years ago. and
Ralph White, who changed his
name over night into the IanSuar.
OF this country where his heart
was, became one of Trenton's snr
scholars. when we entered The
great European war DR., Savitz was
looking through a list of the first
seventy live volunteers from Tren-
ton.
But let him tell it: There were
boys from The Avenue and boys
from, The Ditch Diggers' Houses
across the railroad among them
was Ralph White. When they went
to Camp Dix l saw them all there,
the rich boys and the poor boys
eating the same food and sharing
the same burdens. Then they SAIL
ed for France and went over the top
together, Ralph White was with
them. After the armistiee and that
Christmas in the trenches they
came home and We gave them a
great celebration. But Ralph White
was not with them" He sleeps un-
ler the poppiea