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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30
OUR ANNIVERSARY NUMBER

This is our seventh anniversary
number. Anniversaries are pleasant
and joyful occasions to celebrate ii
all is well with the celebrant; if he is
in the full enjoyment of health and
yigor. if he can look back upon a
rounded period of worthy achieve
ment, and can confidently look for
ward to equally useful, purposeful and
vigorous activity in the future.
Our readers will pardon the bit OF
conceit that prompts us to lay claim
to all those grounds for celebrating
and rejoicing. The record of the
American Jewish World in the north
west and especially in Minnesota dur
ing the last seven years is one that
we have no reason to be ashamed OF.
We have served the Jewish communl-
ties and Jewish interests within our
sphere to the best Of our ability. We
have grown in every respect, and find
ourselves now in the best of health.
We must acknowledge, however,
that all this has been made possible
by the kind support we have received
from our host of friends, our readers
and our advertisers. We wish to as
sure them that their friendly cooper
alton in the building up of the Amer
lean Jewish World is fully appreciated
by us, and that it shall ever be our
effort to merit their further interest
in the welfare of our publication. In
addition to our thanks we extend to
them our wish for a Very Happy New
Year.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30
DULUTH IS WITH US

Every now and then we are re-
minded of the fact, that next to the
Twin Cities there is no other COM
munity that is more deserving of the
attention of this paper, to which this
paper can be of greater service, and
from which in turn it can receive
more appreciate support, than the
Jewish community of Duluth.
The Jewish community of the Zen
it'll city has of late years had steady
growth in numbers and influence, and
has made uninterrupted progress IN
the development of it's Jewish insti-
tutions and activities. Some of it's
Jewish citizens are leaders in the COM
mercial and cultural life of the city,
and enjoy the highest measure of con-
fidence and esteem on the part of their
fellow citizens.
In addition the community is IA
vored with the possession of spiritual
leaders in both the orthodox and re-
form camps of whom any community
would be proud. Rabbi A. S. Luchs,
who has just taken charge of the re-
form congregation, though a young
man and a recent graduate of the He
brew Union College, is spoken of by
all who know him as one who is sure
to make his influence for good felt
not alone in the life of his own flock,
but in that of the community at large.
He is man of magnetic personality
and fine intellectual equipment.
1t is, therefore, with no little graft
fcation that we find ourselves once
more able to devote part of our an
niversary issue to Jewish affairs and
activities in Duluth. Duluth is again
with us, and we are glad of it.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30
TO OUR FRIENDS

One of the greatest blessings, it
not the greatest blessing, in life is
a true friend. We never appreciate
friends until some occasion arises to
test their friendship. 1t may be an
occasion of joy, or an occasion of sor-
row. Their hearty fluctuations in our
happy moments, their sincere sympa,
thy in our moments of sadness and
pain, are often enough to double our
joys and to remove the sting from
our grief.
We have lately had occasion to
think of how much of all that makes
life sunny and sweet we owe to our
friends, and how cold and barren life
would often be without them. Some
may be proud of the enemies they
make. They may take delight in
making them. We are proud of our
friends. Here is Very Happy New
Year to them.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30
E. EDITORIAL
THE DAY OF MEMORIAL.

We are on the eve of the Jewish
New Years Day. Our ROsh Hashon-
ali is an occasion that not only stirs
strong sentiment and emotion in us,
but also gives rise to serious ref1ec-
ton. We naturally feel a certain
anxiety as to what the mysterious
stranger, the new year, will bring us,
as to what it has in store for us.
How ardently we pray for, how fer
vently we wish our friends, a Hap
by New Year!
But our New Years Day is also
a Day of Memorial or Remembrance.
Remembering, thinking, rejecting
that is what the occasion really calls
for, especially on the part OF peo-
pie trained in reflection, thought and
memory as the Jewish people is.
And how much there is to remem-
Der at the beginning of new year!
Remember how quickly time passes,
how swiftly it flies! Another year,
and still another, and another, and
life's course is run. ''The day is
short, and the work is heavy" is the
reflection of the old sages. Remem-
Der how inadequate the brief span
of human life is for the realization
of our plans and ambitions. Yet we
are forever planning forever chas-
ing after new will-o'-the-wisps, and
then, suddenly, it is all left, unfin-
ished, unattained.
Remember what little control man
has of his life and destiny, how COM
pletely dependent he is on power
outside of himself that makes not
only for Righteousness but for every
other kind of goodness in the world.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30

a ten-page newspaper, the size Of the
page being about half of the regula-
ton daily newspaper page, and is re-
plete with cleverly written material,
news, editorials, short essays and
stories. 1t is to be weekly publ
cation.
The name of it's editor, DR.. I. w.
Marcus, we'll known in the Minneap-
oils Jewish community ever since he
came here as representative of the
J. w. B. during the war, is guarantee
that the paper will remain true to it's
purpose, namely, to convey sound-and
enlightening information on all mat
tiers Jewish, and especially on Jewish
interests and activities in the North
west, to that element of the Jewish
population that reads and understands
no other than the Yiddish language
and to serve as the mouthpiece of all
Jewish institutions and organizations
to that element. We wish our new
confrere a long and prosperous ex-
istence.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30

Why, then, shall not man resignedly
submit to Gods will, no matter what
betide, and be happy in the
consciousness, that, having in his
humble way tried his best, planned
his wisest, still, whatever. God does
is for the best. This is ancient Jew
ish teaching, but it is as sound and
true today as it was when first pro-
pounded.
With this thought as our guide let
us enter upon new year confidently
and hopefully with firm faith in
Gods infinite goodness and love.
Whatever He may decree for us, it
will still be A Happy New Year.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30

pass it on to friend, preferably
non-Jew Its author is G. Frank
Lydston, an M. D., but a man who
can write, and has done some
meritorious writing besides "The
Bogey Man the Jew"
DR.. Lydston, who by the way, is
not Jew, seems to know the Jews
quite we'll, and seems to be deeply in
terested in them. He also seems to
know Henry Ford, or a great deal
about him, and about his hired pen
ny-a-liner. That is how he came to
write his ''The DOGGY Man the Jew"
If idiotic Henry could only read
a years output of his f1ivvers to
have it suppressed. To give a sam
pie of the Docs treatment of his new
patient, Henry Ford, let us quote the
following paragraph: "Were | to
write a brief for the Jew, 1 think
that the labor of it would be SIM
plified by the latest example of
Jew-baiting'-printed and circu-
lated by one of the most distin-
guished Gentle exemplars of what
America has to offer in the way of
commercial exploitation by those
whose bumps OF responsiveness are
dominant. Gar be it from me to
assert that there are any Jewish dol
lars in the colossal fortune acquired
by this gentleman. We Gentiles
meticulously trace to it's source every
dollar that we acquire. We may not
balk at ordinary tainted money!
but money contaminated by the
touch of the Chosen People,
HeavensD" (p. II, 18).
And again, of Henry's hired scrib-
bier he has this to say: "Let the
Jew remember that literary hacks
come cheap-let him also read
Aesop, and note the fable of the
Ass in the Lions Skim" 20. 23).
And here is a sample of how he
shows up the ass in his lions skin:
"Our Jew-baiter says, If the Jew
is in control, how. did it happen? The
Jew comprises only per cent of the
population. Is it because of his
superior ability, or the inferiority
and don't-care attitude of the Gen.
tiles?' This is really funny, and
should add to the gaiety of nations
The Jewish tail is wagging the Gen
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30
'THE BOGEY MAN THE JEW"

It is small book, about 135 small
pages in large type, and can be read
thru and enjoyed at two-hours
sitting. But you will enjoy it more
than anything serious or comic that
you ever read, and you will wish to
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30
OUR NEW YIDDISH CON-
TEMPORARY

We offer our most cordial greetings
to our new local contemporary in
Yiddish, "The Saturday Post" that
has just made it's appearance. 1t is
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
HARDING'S MESSAGE

HARDING MEOOAOE
ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION
OF ROSH HASHONAH, l AM GLAD TO EX-
PRESS MY SINCEREST GOOD WISHES AND
GOOD WILL FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES AND THEIR CO-REuGION-
lists THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE CAN
NOT TOO OFTEN REMIND OURSELVES OF THE
GREAT SERVICES THE JEWISH PEOPLEHAVE
RENDERED AND ARE STILL RENDERING THE
WORLD. 1T IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE
LIVE IN A DAY in WHICH ANCIENT PREJU-
DICES ARE FAST BEING OBLJTERATED, AND
THAT THE USEFULNESS OF THE JEWISH PEG
PIE TO ALL MANKIND is BEING CONSTANTLY
INCREASED BY REASON OF THIS FACT.
(Signed) WARREN c. HARDING.
*This Hashonah the Jewish People sent
bv President Harding The Jewish Forum the leading Jewish
monthly in English.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-09-30

~,
All Jewish days begin at sunset OF the
preceding secular day.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-12

always pictured. even BY the cartoonists< ct
his own party.
President Gomez was q man after Pote's
own heart. and during his administration
the pot boiled more merrily than ever before.
The national lottery was established and
Pote got the concession to print the tickets.
The printing of the revenue stamps was
given to Pote. A new Jai Alai concession
to take the place offhat which had expired
was granted and given to Pote. The cor-
struction of the Rogue Canal was given to
Pote. A bill was passed to renumber an
the houses in Havana, and the contract
given to Pote, who proceeded forthwith to
plaster as many as four numbers on some
houses and the gate posts Of the same, At 81
per number. the cost of the blue tin plaque,
plus the labor Of putting II In place, being
all Of seventeen cents.
With money rolling in from these and
numberless other sources, scarcely less pro-
life, it was only natural that Pote should
look around for a bank in which to put Il
all, so he bought the Banco Nacional de
Cuba, or a controlling interest in it. put out
the then president, Edmund G. Vaughan.
and putting in his own man. W. A. Mer-
chant, forthwith proceeded to use the insd
tuition as his own private property, witr
The Washington herald., 1921-06-12

hsnins business. The secretary Of pus,,.
instruction went to Jail for the .csnd.ror.
deal, but Pote went on prosperinr witbo,,
interruption, in subsequent years abt,in;n,
tne Government contracts for printing reve.
nue. stamps and lottery tickets, with each
new contract enlarging his premises until now
La Moderna Poesia, fifteen years ago lodged
In an old one story building, is a huge print
ing establishment consisting Of q great edi-
nee covering more than half a city block,
with scores of linotype machines and the
most improved presses.
Although Pote's rapid rise to wealth
began during the first years Of the republic,
the great money lender could do no business
with Cuba's first President. However weak
and yenal some of those under him may
have been, the austere old patriot, Estrada
Palma, who had learned abnegation and
thrift In his country's first war for inde-
pendence and the following long years of
exile, during which he conducted a school IN
Central Valley, New York, was above the
promptings of avarice, and the presidential
salary Of So, 900 was more than ample for
bis simple needs.
1t was not until the presidency Of Jose
Miguel Gomez that the great captain Of
finance and master CRATER found room for
The Washington herald., 1921-06-12

the result that when the crash came last
summer upon the collapse Of the sugar
bubble, 1t was found that the slips put in the
cash drawer By Pote as memoranda II
money loaned hiD-or himself-amounted to
the no mean aggregate Of 81 100000.
But that Pote was not hogsing every
thing. but was playing fair according to his
lights, was evidenced BY President Corners
emergence in the brief space of four years
from indulgence to afnuence, with q magnif-
cent residence on the Prsdo, q no less costly
country seat and q few millions-variously
estimated at from four to seventh cash,
lands and securities.
Having for years gone about clad as In
tne days Of his poverty, be continued
the practice when the second American in
PREVENTION began. but found he had made an
awful mistake when be went 10 call in such
Informal attire on Colonel (now Genera)
=. 81. John Greble, who was supervisor of
tne Department Of the Interior.
treble passing through the anteroom in
which Pote was waiting caught sight of the
coatless, collarless man, and turning to the
police captain who acted az his aide, de-
manded to know who that dirty fellow was.
The police captain IN. an awed whisper in
formed the indignant Colonel that Ii was
Pote.
Tell him to get out of here and not to
come back until he>has washed anu nnIshed
: dressing. : I.ordered Greble.
While doubtless he derived q certain salts
faction from showing BY his informal attire
the contempt that be felt for the we'll
dressed, we'll educated men Of high position
whom he could buy and sell at will, there
can be no doubt that he was also con-
sulting his own comfort. Accustomed until
middle life to going without coat or collar,
these articles Of apparel must have caused
him discomfort. That such was the case was
indicated on the first, and probably last.
occasion Of his wearing 4 dress suit.
1t was q great event, the opening of the
new Banco Nscional Building, and there
was unlimited champagne, of which, there
being no charge. Pote partook freely. When
the reception at the bank was over Pote was
induced by some of the bank officials to
adjourn with them to the American Club.
There also there were free drinks. under the
influence Of which Pote, tiring Of the re-
straint be had put upon himself. tore his
necktie and collar OF and allowed his
rounded shoulders to slump forward into their
babitual slouch, ripping the dress coat from
the nape of the neck to the waist, 50 that
when later he was carried down the stairs
and dumped into a coach be presented some
what the appearance Of q seventeen year
locust coming out of its shell.
Door and ignorant through youth and
= early manhood, all his energies devoted
to getting and saving money, Pote never
learned to enjoy any of the amenities of life.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-12

Even the savor Of good food was unfsmflisf
to him and he continued after becoming
millionaire to gulp down the coarse. H.
cooked dishes Of cheap eating house. During
the last few years he lived in Q hsndsoms
house which he had bought from the retiring
Chinese Minister. In the fashionabie resi-
Dental section Of yedado. but he lived there
in squalid dirtipess. with only q couple OF
servants and two or three chaufeurh
Since the change in his fortunes brought
about BY the collapse Of sugar be bad re-
lapsed into his old habit of going upon the
street without collar or tie, though still
wearing a coat. And yet, with all his
affected contempt for appearances and scorn
for the opinions Of Oh fellows. this hard,
strong, ruthless master Of men had his van
tiles. Scornful Of the learning the lack Of
which had not kept him from making In
possessors his slaves, be nevertheless sent
over to Spain q goodly sum Of money 10
obtain for himself degree Of ''licentists."
and be who had gioried in slouchins through
the streets and up the stsirs Of the presi-
Dental palace costless. collsriess and hat
less had himself photographed In cap and
gown as the Licenhste Jose Lopez Ro-
driguez. and the. picteres published In the
newspapers Of Havana and Of his old homs
town in Spain. To his vanity as much a.
to his loss Of money may be attributed his
suicide, for a short tine before his death
be exclaimed TO his most intimate friend,
after inveighing bitterly against men whom
he had made only to have them turn against
him in his adversity: They have robbed
me, they have deceived me and every one
is now laughing at mel"
WHEN Jose Lopez Rodriguez was found
w hanging by a twisted sheet from The
balustrade Of a winding stairs in his stately
residence, the news Of Pote's suicide
was told under scare headlines on the front
page Of every afternoon paper in Havana.
There is no record that Jose Lopez Ro-
driguez was ever married, but in 1909 be
made and placed in charge of q notary q
holographic will bequeathing his estate to
be held in trust for a natural son.
Meanwhile. q string Of newspapers owned
by a friend Of the dead man are demanding
the prosecution Of certain officials Of the
Banco Nscional de Cuba and other men Of
prominence whom in a letter founu on ms
body Pote accuses Of despoiling him BY
forcing him to sign a document transferring
to them twenty FIVE millions to settle bis
Indebtedness to the bank Of less than half
that amount
1t is believed that after the payment Of
sI debts the estate Of Jose Lopez Ro-
driruez will be worth somewhere around
ten million dollars, proving that it was not
the fear Of penury that drove Pote to end
his life in the fashion By which his en-
rloyer forty years ago had died and which
marked the beginning Of his own prosperity.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-12
No Eye for Color

Friend Of mine" says a Britisbe,
n now in this country, ''is a cur,t, !,
a local suburban parish in England. Som,
little time back he went up to Oxford to t,k.
his master Of arts degree. and the foIlovins
Sunday appeared in the pulpit resplendeot
IL bis new master Of arts hood. t,v
nights later he was dining In the bous, q
a prominent parishioner and was amazed :.
hear his hostess pleasantly remark:
" Mr.. Blank, that new hood Of your,
doesn't suit you at all. can't imsxtn.
why you, with your complexion, chose red
Of all colors in the world "A myrtle r-esu
or an old gold would have suited you much
better and would have been far more eaee-
tive. You men never know how to drs.s
yourselves-'
The Washington herald., 1921-06-12
A Real Society Chorus Girl
By Margaret C. Jones

CHORUS girls who are former society
~ debutantes are usually such only in the
minds Of their press agents. But in the case
Of Miss Suzanne Chase, of Washington,
daughter Of Mrs. Eolney o. Chase and the
late Captain Chase. the metanorphosis has
taken place In actual fact
The story of how Captain Chase, one Of
the most popular officers in washington's
most exclusive society, literally worked him
self to death early in the war as chief assist
ant to Admiral Benson, director af naval
operations, has been chronicled n many
parts OF the country. But the tlN 6f how
MS pretty, black haired daughter, Suzanne,
left the imelight Of society to dance behind
the footlights has not spread to other cities,
even through q DRESS agent, as yet.
Suzanne's debut a few seasons ago sfter
her graduation from the National Cathedral
School In Washington was the signal for
extra preening on the part of less attractive
'debs and for the raising Of critical Ior-
gnettes by appraising matrons with eligible
sons.
Suzanne's mother, before her marriage,
was Susan Brown, q member of one Of
Washington's Oldest and most respected
families. She holds the place she does in
society not through family alone, out also
because Of her success as q water-color
artist, her paintings having won honorable
mention at many showinss.
Suzanne's older brother, Lieutenant Com
mander n. B. Chase, is q prominent figure
in the naval set, and a younger brother will
be graduated from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis this year.
Even a. q child Suzanne decided she
wanted to do something" and when, after
q brief season rs q feted debutante, she
announced that she wasn't satisfied with
being whirled from one social engagement
to another, her family agreed to let her 90
TO New York to study interior decorating.
Like many another girl, Suzanne had
always had a secret desire TO become an
actress. Her study Of esthetic dancing had
increased her longing to 60 on the stage.
Consequently the proposal Of girl friend
that they try to get lob" as chorus girls,
coming when Suzanne was earning q meager
salary in a New York decorators shop, fell
on fertile soil.
I'VE applied for jobs and got them"
Suzanne explained, in relating how she be-
came q chorus girl. ''Oh. no, they didn't
dive me a tryout or anything; / just told
them I wanted to get into the chorus
although was scared stiff when ! ap-
proached the manager-and they took me"
And the interviewer quickly grasped the
fact that she got II on her face" She
=. of the stature most readily described ss
petite"
As for Washington society, II talked OF
nothing else for months. Suzanne on the
stare How exciting. and what q strange
tLinr for her to do" And when Suzanne
was in Washington recently dancing in the
chorus the boxes were filled with bevies OF
her former friends, who buEzed excitedly
whenever she appeared. The men who used
to dance with her filled the orchestra seats
to see her dance across the fcotlights.
When she visitsd her family At their
The Washington herald., 1921-06-12

home on RisTs Place she had a. her russt Q
chorus girl friend.
Il find most Of the riris IN ths chorus
very likable," she said. They ar, mic,
girls, as rule. though most Of them are not
well educated" and she added that the
reason she found chorus girls % coupanion-
abe in many ways was that they are nes
artificial and are absolutely sincere.
Artificial: Mercy no." she said. why
most Of them are 80 natural that the, az
almost back to nature &"
But suzanne feels that musical comed,
will not be congenial to her as a permspent
career although she declares that sh. would
md 1t difficult to forget its fascination a, |.
profession.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-12
POTE: CUBAS DICTATOR WHO RULED AND DIED IN SQUALOR

the fullest exercise of his abilities. Comes
went into the presidency with nothing but
debts testimated at $ls5. .o0o). . fondness
for display and q rapaciousness- ss-scarcely
second to Pote's own--which gained for him
the nickname Of "Tibmon" (the Shark.
in the semblancs Of which animal be 10
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-03-25
WAR EAGLE, w. VA.

The death angel visited the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andy May and took
from them their darling baby. The
little one was badly burned some time
ago which caused It's death. The be-
reaved have our sympathy.
Mrs. Nerna Hall was shopping in
Williamson Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Tom Buckhannan was visiting
Mrs. Sarah Belcher Sunday.
Miss Pearl Hoderfield was visiting
Miss Rose Belcher Sunday
Elias Spencer and son Lewis of
Norris, KY, are expected to spend
Easter in this town.
John Campbell was in Wyoming
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vanhoese Of
Gilbert was shopping here Monday.
Mrs. Bessie Stepp of this place was
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Perdew, of Wyoming Sunday.
Mrs. Minnie Price spent Sunday af-
ternoon with her friend. Mrs Oracle
Smith
Mrs. Willie Cole. was visiting Mrs.
John Cole Sunday.
/ Mrs. Grace Cole was shopping in
Alnwick Monday.
There will be picnic here at fhe
school house Sunday. Everybody al :
tend as the school will close soon.
AUNT NANCY.