Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-11-25
DOING fine WORK
IN NEW YORK SLUMS
Nj s Elizabeth Covingt-n W-i,es
interestingly OF What Is
Being Dore There.

! The Daily Register has rece;v-
; ed a very interesting letter from
Miss Elizabeth Ccvington, who
IS doing >plenaid settlement work
; in New York. Her host of
friends at home will read with III
terest what she say:
White Door Settlement. I'll
! Clinton street, New York CITY,
Sunday, October s. 1922.
! Editor Daily Register: i wa
a genuine pleasure to have NV
home paper and to read about the
valued friends and loved ones III
Madison. / was 50 glad not u
read an account OF the death o-
any one in the issue ycu sent. for
many letters from home have
brought very >ad news and m
heart goes ont 50 lovingly and
tenderIy to every family which
has experienced the passing # q
loved one into eternity.
| While I am deeply interc ted ii
ny work, and meet screr2I jHo9-
| and people cal n week. il eTerv
/ walk Of If. there a.e n rev
'riends so valuable as tho e 5ac'-
Richmond. Ky. 1t Will always
'e the sweetest place in the world
o ne. because its horne an tte
les there can never be broken.
! then. too. in this great citv.
eel certain kind Il dis inc,i-u
| being hon in such a beautiiul
tate and especially TIE Bluegrass
c@'on. But = worldly "a / &c
ion is so small compared to the
! .reat suffering and POVERTY I see
n the slums of New York thru
| his beautiful settlement. Thaugi.
mere !, much 80 row OF the cat-
! idc. there IS much 10 on TIE in
ide. Oar head worker Is 50 era.
| .ious. her never firing cfier,s are
! IWars an insl li~aticn + those
! lo5ely associated with her. Our
| taft is one OF Intellectual .re3
| I'd women, bod. liberal ard hu-
| an in their finders >tandirg. Gre
| Iem:cr : 4 cousin OF Nicc-Prc. j
"at Coolidge and = mast ador-
| Die 9irl she is, aHcther nc:ui,2r
| very wealthy ard lives or i'if.'i
| vcnue. She gj.c cs v,luntcer s.
| i'e here. ard we adore her vi i
II her millions, which hava II.
! poiled her OF made her selfish.
There are important persons who
ntr,bTte 10 this sctiIcr1o.r
.mong them a~c Mr.. l7irler
1hcp0ri Miss Helcn Could anI
her brother Edwin Goul,. ars
}thers quite as vii kncNn.
Our work is mostly. a1ucne .hc
| Jews and they are very interest
ng. OF the Is nationaI:ties wi.h
Which ] have worked, the lev :,
my favoritc. believe hey arc
! Jods chosen people and TIE
ave been kept in darkness. saT-
! iering. and poverty for a grra.
purpose.
The Jews are having now tier
| New Years hoiitay. Last Satttr-
day they had what they called
,, Rosh Hashanah ard it was a dav
+ fasting-they ate abso,ut.N
| nothing from 6 o'clock Fri 'al
'vening. This Saturday the
allied Iom Kiprur and il was a
ay Of feasting. Little tents
| we're butt in their back ward;
| asst night and they are covered
over with reeds. but not thickl..
! lhe Jews 90 in them to pray and
they look up through the branch
es to see the heavens as they ex-
press it. These tents are built in
memory of the time when the
! Jew was 4 bondsman in EeyDt.
and was BROUGHT out Of that land.
and to this day that time has
been observed, and these statues
have been built. The tents are
allied Sue abs, and they must be
built on the night Of the Day OF
Atonement which IS the close of
Iom Kippur. In the tents they
have the Feast Of the TabarnacI.
(which lasts ten days. The fathe~
| only eats in the tent he can In
vlte one Or two men friends. but
no more. the tent is too small.
The father hides a chicken Zone
under or near his chair and the
child who finds it gets a presen1.
They never give every member
iof the family a present as we DO
at Christmas time THIS HOLIDAY
will last month and it is to the
Jew what our Christmas is to us.
In one corner OF the Succah
, there is a small table and on it
jar of wa-er with the Lulav in
it. The I-Nlav is palm branch,
, myrtle andSfsFon bound together.
In small box by the Lulav. there
is wrapped in cotton, a fruit from
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