Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-04
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Work Of the Philadelphia Council OF
Jewish Women Is Big Factor in
Americanization Of Aliens
Ry SARAun- InNNRIE

| Americanizaton Of Aliens
By SARAH ID. LOWRiE
| DURlNG tho second Liberty Loan it
| ~ chanccd that my part on the woman's
committee, which was installed on the
ground floor Of tho Ritz Carlton, consisted
| in receiving subscriptions which the women
collected through their various societies.
was interested in those brought in by two
| we'll known women by the thousands Of dol
| fars because the names were many Of them
| foreign, some slightly AmcriCanizcd, some
! slightly Tcutonizcd, but many Of them end
| ing in "it2' with what seemed TO me
| Polish or perhaps n Russian quality.
| After number of days II suddenly dawncd
| upon mo that they were all Jewish names
Goldsmith. Wcinrich, Drcifus, Lippman.
| flicgclman. Ransahof. Bronncr. Gutholn,
| Moos 1ochcim, MarCowtz. Gorccki. Klinka.
Caplansk. ct". And then examining the
addresses Of tho Russian and Polish sub
|. scrihcrS and comparing them with tho more
familiar Amcricanizcd ones I became be-
wildcrcd at tho activity of the two women
who were doing tho collecting. It seemed
impossible they could cover such varied sec
tions Of the town. or gain the confidence of
sO~largc number Of very generous sub
sCribcrs. 50 .iinally gathered courage to
ask ono Of them how in the world she man
aged. II was then she told me, not without
humor at my ignorance, that she and her
fellow collector wcrc backed by the great
organization of tho Philadelphia Council of
Jewish Women. which had set all its agcn
cics to work TO cover the jewish population
of the town for the purpose Of helping to
make the Liberty Loan n success.
ClNCE then | have come in contact with
~ many of the members of the council
and with other vt its works and II strikes
mo as a very remarkable organization both
ms TO its team play and its accomplishments.
I happened to meet Mrs. Max Margolis at
the Acorn Club, and finding that she was tho
chief executive Of tho council ] piled hcr
with questions.
! had been struck earlier in the year by
what seemed to mo the great wealth Of the
members, 10 judge by their beautiful clothes.
furs paradise plumes and general air of
fcStivity. II was n gathering at the Mcr
camille Club auditorium on North Broad
street, an entertainment that combined
reception, music and pageant, and very
touching appeal for Polish Jewish orphans
and what appeared to be a very generous
collection Certainly in no other gathering
of women in Philadelphia have I seen so
many beautiful women or such charming.
daring costumes
Mrs. MargoliS assured me. however. that
! was mistaken about the councils being
made up Of puto"ratS. On the contrary. she
said it was thr most dcmoCra tic organization
IN town. for its 1000 members comprised
women Of every walk in life and of every
shade of Jewish hrli"f 1t seemed to mc
impossible that Orthodox and Reformed
Sccts could gathcr within ono snricty mr.
that tho newly arrived Russian immi
grant could be made 70 feel at homo with
IN" settled and SupcrprOsperouS American
J"WCSN. bur apparently tho thing works.
thanks no doubI 70 tho tart of its Icodcr.
IT'S originaI leaders here twcnty.scvcn
i years az" were those we'll known and
..t,t., 1.,.l. Al.
and Miss Mnrdrrui They were themselves
Orthodox. and possibly ever since. in this
city at least. tho council has shown n trend
that way, though not enough to make the
aIl rcIrious tonic. cxrnmt Ii"ni,,n .nr,., ",i
which AZ present tho low isL mind .oo,,,. :"
blow hot or cold and find no noint uf n,,i
cable contact
The aim Of tho roprru i edrr,tior.
cultural for tho>r vino rnn tinJ ,Lot gr,,,,mi
of rompaniOnShir: rclioi,ns ,m,i,I1,ci"oI
civic. legislative and nLiIon,Lroni,. foI.
others,
For instance. tho Amcricanizotion work
the council has acrompli. .hcd 10 tho host In
tho city both for plnn and fnr rr.uIt. H.
is about TO establish n training scLooI Co...
volunteer sorial service vnrkcr. orJ IL Lo
run II citizenship srhouI nnd - SnbhntL
AucricnnIzotion srbonI fo, froio" L
children il has n motov corn, and " Ln,,,i'
tai emergency corns; II haS vcrT ,.,,InnTid
blind and dcar miSsionx md q. ,or w. ~,
that come from tho Municipal Court.
TIL" dues ar" So year. not enough. a>
MS president remarked with sigh. to give
them clubhouse of their own. But even
though both the Mercantile Club and the
Hebrew Young Mems Association nlOW
them III" us" Of some Of their rooms,
rent tree, and much of IN" committee and
ca~> work Is done in private houses, ono
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