The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-05-27
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
A Trip for Two
Story By Elma Ehrlich Levnger
Copyright 1921 by Ema Ehrich Levnger all rights resrved

Inty uluL have W w any CiIIAS IoI
me and they sent me through college
and everything"
II guess you're right" conceded the
bride-to-be. "Anyhow, it won't seem
so long if we just stay year. And
it won't be that if we have good
long honeymoon first. There isn't much
choice in the winter" pouting over
the climate this time, "but we can go
to Palm Beach or California"
Benjamin's heart sank within him.
He was good-natured, easy-going
lad and he hated to make either his
parents or his wife unhappy. eve
can't have regular wedding trip
right away" he faltered.
Lenora stared at him in unbelieving
horror. Everybody has wedding
trips" she pronounced her dictum, Eat
least anybody who is anybody" she
amended.
"We're going to get married in
April" Ben reminded her, "and that's
the rush time in our line" He worked
for wholesale millinery establish
ment. "By June, maybe, with the fall
stuff out Of the way, I can get off.
And we'll make it real trip then
anywhere you want to go. Papa
wants to make it his wedding present
and can get the whole summer off
if I train Davidson right first. So
we can go"
"To Palestine" supplemented
Lenora, and this time he agreed with
her. They were both ardent Zionists
in fact, they had first met at rally
meeting, and had fallen in love while
serving on a tag-day committeeman
a visit to the Holy Land would have
seemed a glorified pilgrimage, even if
taken alone Combined with honey
moon! The thought was so intoxi-
eating, that Lenora Immediately for
got the winter resort frocks she had
meant to include in her trousseau and
decided she'd tell her aunt not to
send her any wedding silver but let
her pick out her own gift at the
Bezalel School. She was so very
happy that she didn't pout again all
evening, even when he reminded her
at parting that his people expected
her to spend Friday evening as usual
at their home.
"Some of the Haddassah girls were
coming over here after supper to talk
over the wedding," she explained. 'I
can't have them all for bridesmaids
so we thought we'd see just whom we
could leave out without hurting any
bodv's feelings"
"Well, you can't hurt mammals
feelings by not coming to supper
when she asks you," he reminded her.
81 haven't missed a Shabbas meal at
home since I can remember and now
they expect you, too. And, maybe,
we can break away early and you can
meet your girls, anyhow"
But after supper Papa Kasminsky
insisted upon showing all the picture
post cards he had collected during his
last three European trips. Just before
the war his summer vacation had in
cluded Palestine and now the young
people were RECALLED by a somewhat
uninspired description of their dream
country, devoted chiefly to the outrag-
eous demands of porters, poor beds
and dirty linen, Mamma Kasminsky
interrupting every ten minutes to
lament that her stomach had never
been the same since. "They say Jew
ish cooking is the best in the world"
she declared, "but when you get
everything fried in grease an inch
thick, and cold in the bargain, you