The Denver Jewish news., 1921-06-01

picturesque, have made the error of
ealing the yOungster n wOman-hate
AS a matter of fact, he has no in
born or acquired aversion to women
as such. 1t is true that he does not
shake hands with women TO whom he
is introduced, but this habit is due
to his religious training, the boy be-
does not permit of his doing So The
accusation that he does not speak to
women is not true. He has even gone
so far as to take girls into the games
of spelling and automobile naming
which he plays and has laughed with
them as with boys. In a moving pic
ture show 1 have seen him express
facially the same sympathies over the
difficulties existing between the hero
and the heroine which the rest of the
audience felt more reServedly He en-
joyed the romance. Rabbi Hillel's love
story, when it was told him. In gen.
pral, Sammy's reputed attitude to
women is due to two things. First,
his religious belief which forbids his
touching them in any way; and sec
ond. the fact that among flatterers,
lionizers and the worshipful public
all of whom he dislikes. women are n
strong mOtherly instincts. Aside from
these two points of view. Samuel sum-
married. his attitude towards women
when l asked him, in these words: Il
have yet time"
From Jews point of view, one
Of the most interesting characteristics
of the young genius is his intensity
of religious observance and feeling. In
many ways. this feeling. TO which he
has applied all the intensity of
genius nature, seems almost fanatical.
One striking point of view is his COM
bative and antagonistic attitude to-
ward Christianity. Much of this is
undoubtedly due to his surroundings
in Poland, hut, in addition, there is
an observable measure of reflection in
the thoughts he expresses on the re-
ligiOn of our neighbOrs. In a moving
picture theatre, after witnessing a
performance in which the heroine went
several times to assuage her SORROWS
at n Cathedral shrine erected to Mary,
mother of Jesus, Sammy expressed to
me a heartfelt regret, when he tinged
also with measure of pity. that
so many people should he, as he felt.
fooled" by such things. He char
acterized the whole Cathedral scene
as idOlatrous and in poor taste in NOV
ing pictures. In his observance of
the Jewish religious beliefs and Gus
toms he is absolutely strict. where
there is any possible doubt. he eats no
food OH his journeys. e:>eept he has
a rabbits word that it is kosher. He
vii not even ride in an elevator on
Saturday. He eats absolutely no warm
food on the Sabbath. even tho 1t
may have been all night in an unat-
tended oven. He carries no articles
in his pockets on Saturday, leaving
even his wrist watch in his room.
He prays regularly three times day
and openly criticises thuse who eat
without hats. In all religious matters
lie exhibits the intense orthodoxy of
the thorO "Chasid." in which respect
he excels even his own father, who is
n very pious man.
Yet with all this. Sammy Rzesch-
ewski is n boy. At times he is pos
sessed of all the petulance and CON
trariness" that marks any younsster
of his age. He is fond of wrestling
and holds his own at 1t with others
of his own weight. He is very fond
of Charlie Chaplin and all comic NOV
ing pictures. He loves games equally
with every red-blooded boy. He Is
practically fearless. He will beg for
n story and has the normal taste for
advraturesome tales. requiring only
that they come within the bounds of
good sense. He is not fond of chess
prefering games of more youthful
nature His love of autOmobiling
shows itself in boyish way: he is
very proud of his ability to drive and
ever anxious to take advantage of
it, no matter on what sort of machine
In common with all boys of his age.
the self-bssertive instinct predomin-
ates; yet he is disgusted to the eN-
treme with any attempt to lioniZe him
or to make him seem like hero
making every effort to free himself
from admiring companies to get off
somewhere with congehial comrade
for play.
Mr.. and Mrs. RzechewsAi plan to
have Samuel give up chess and will
ottempt to divert his exceptional abili-
ties to other lines. The boy is won