Evening star., 1922-10-30
$83, 900 Quickly Subscribed
For Ne,v Hebre,u Home for Il ged
Formal Drive for $3.50, 1000 Fund for Pro
posed Institution Opens at Meeting
il, Eighth Street Temple.

"They are old and alone. the sad
dest part Of life. We must not for
sake them"
Emphasizing this quotation from
letter written by the Corby Baking
Company, which was accompanied by
a contribution Of $500 toward the new
Hebrew Home for the Aged. Alexan-
der Wolf appealed to a large audience
in the Eighth Street Temple last
night. and within short while $S3,-
900 was in the hands Of NJ. d. Rosen-
berg, treasurer Of the committee ap-
pointed to secure $150,o00 for the new
institution.
The meeting formally opened
drive for funds to build a new nome
on Spring road between 10th and 18TH
streets, which is to replace the pres
ent home at AIS NJ street northwest.
Drive Is Inaugurated.
Rabbi ]. T. Loeb opened the evening
with prayer and was followed by Mr..
Rosenberg. presiding officer, who
spoke in behalf of the drive. he
traced the history of the present home
and recited the plans of the commit
tee in charge of the campaign relat-
ing to the new one. A few years ago.
IL
as the nucleus for home for the
aged. The fund grew until $4,000 was
reached and then the NJ street nome
| was purchased.
"It is an ordinary home such as a
| family of six or seven would occupy.
We now have seventeen persons liv-
| ing there and the house is so crowd
/ ed that five men have to occupy one
ROOM" he said. I'VE have been asked
why do you want to build a new
home when you only have seventeen
old persons to care Tor .tio.d now We We
| speaker, land already have turned
down hundreds of applications for ad-
mittance.
Site Already Purchased.
Last spring a special committee
| was appointed by the home to select
a site They found four and half
acres between 10th and 18th streets
and fronting on Spring road. which
they purchased for $4,000. With the
balance of the money we will erect a
home economically-not of the pre-
tentious type-and also a hospital.
| The home will have all the conve-
niences and the hospital will posse ss
the latest modern appliances and the
best medical skill obtainable any
| where. We have several doctors of
our own faith waiting to take their
places in the new hospital. which
will offer as good care and treatment
as can be obtained anywhere in the
United States
Mr.. Rosenberg said that Jews of
Cincinnati. Ohio, recently contributed
$4,000 for d new home for the aged
there and that two Philadelphia mer-
chants not long ago donated s250.0O0
each as nucleus for a new Jewish
ton Jewry has more than once been
eXemplified. the speaker continued.
and cited the results Of the campaign
last year for relief of destitute Jews
in Europe.
Other Speakers Heard.
Rabbi George Silverstone then spoke
to the meeting in the Hebrew tongue
and closed a stirring address by plac-
ing in the hands of Mr.. Rosenberg
check for 500.
\ glowing tribute to the work of
Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith. chairman
of the executive committee. was paid
by Mr.. Rosenberg in introducing her
as the next speaker. When she took
her place at the pulpit the audience
gave her an ovation.
Mrs. Goldsmith told of the happi-
ness among the residents of the home
and of the desire of the old Hebrew
men and women to be with their CO.
religionists. She said that the in
mates must now be sent to the WASH
come i'll and are unable to pay for
treatment at other hospitals. "A Mr..
Robinson" she said, was an inmate
at the home and was taken sick. He
was removed to a hospital. but died.
So grateful was he to the home
however, that he left all his belong
ings. amounting to S2,315. to it," .
The desire of the old people wb
are dependent to be at the home was
illustrated by Mrs. Goldsmith in the
case of woman who had to be placed
with the Women's Welfare Clinic be-
cause Of lack of accommoda tions at
the home. She was eager to spend
her holidays al the home. Mrs. Gold
smith said, so in the absence of one
inmate sheN was permitted to stay
there until the absent one returned.
We can't force you to come for
ward with your dollars" she con-
cluded. You must come Voluntarily
Don't wait to be called
Makes stirring Appeal.
Alexander Wolf was the last of the
speakers. Pointing to dozen old
folks of the home who were sitting
in the-first two rows, he declared:
These people are ours. Provide a
home for their last days and make
them pleasant and comfortable. We
are in perfect comfort and enjoy
ourselves. 1t is q reproach on us il
we allow this movement to fail"
does not ask that contributions be
paid up at once. Five years will be
allowed and payments may be divided
into any periods desired. He then