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The Washington times., 1922-08-13
ADVENTURE TRAILED
MRS. HERBINE.MOCK
i'm FAR-FLUNG TOURS
Art Lover Was i'm Balkans, Paris and England
In War Days, Established Hospital i'm Field
and When ON Greek Ship lin Mediterranean
Encountered Enemy Submarine, Which Took
Friend Prisoner.
BY ROSE sILvERMAN.

TN artistic in a beautiful home on Connecticut
avenue, there treasures to thrill the heart of
connoisseur-od gilt mirrors, chairs dating from the
Twelfth Century French carved buffet of the Thirteenth
much handsome Jacobean furniture jade from China fine
collection of prints from Japanooes of articles beauty
and value.
Upon visit the other day. found Mrs. Charlotte
Mock the of all these glorious things busy
lacquerng pretty, round table tall with pierc
ing eyes, energetic temperament full Of
personality Mrs Mock promised to provide interesting
afternoon a3
II would much like to lacquering established
industrial art in the United States my hostess remarked
1t exceedingly to learn and which be used
to beauty cheap furniture quite nexpensive Such
art would provide most suitable livelihood for disabled
soldiers The problem of their future interesting all
greatly could be solved in this way Perhaps kind
people will help to start this industry for it certainly
provides employment of kind suitable workers unfit
Tor strenuous labor"
Success usually waits upon your Efforts said. "May
history repeat ITSELF
Mrs. Mock energetic, kind generous has helped many
good schemes to materaze and is be hoped the public
will enable her carry this successful conclusion
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out of the automobile, to stroll. TO
saunter, to watch the passersby,
the thousand amusing and instruc.
tive street sights Of such city
as this.
Terrible, tentacied city; the i'm
preston of a monstrous creation
of men. against nature: under
stand. even against the nature Of
cities; the sensation of activity, OF
speed, OF people who never kill
time, but whom time thus employ
ed would kill. would use up quick
iy, II from childhood they were not
accustomed to 1t.
BROADWAY AT NIGHT.
In the evening. we dined with
the members of the American
Academy at the home of Its presi-
dent, Mr.. Sloane, Mr.. Gilbert took
us back to cur hotel in his automo-
bile. Mr., Gilbert is an architect
who has constructed the highest
slSyscrapper in New York, the
wooiwerth building, and has been
able to give to that edifice OF
more than forty.five stories a look
at once massive and slender. The
ensemble Is startling, but agree
able 10 the eye: II is giant for.
muia OF architecture decidedly in.
teresting.
We detoured ON our way TO see
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woman whose name I have for
gotten:
"I have had two wonderful and
unforgettable sensations I'm my
life-hearing Tristan and Iseuit'
and the arrival at New York"
Alas! the arrival At New York
demands certain formalities. The
young civilization of America,
like our old civilization, Is ac-
quainted with custom houses, du-
ties and all the European precau-
tions.
SOME STRANGE QUESTIONS.
Already, upon our arrival on
board, we have had to answer
strange questions which the Gov
ernment OF the United States
asked us solictiously on q huge
sheet Of paper.
Are you q bigamist7 Anar-
chist7 Do you intend to oppose
the Government"
When the ship passed the Mar
rows, when II passed In front Of
the Statue Of Liberty, ! was shut
up in the grand saloon, waiting
my turn to have my passport
vised.
When came out thought I
was at last going to enjoy the
incompatible spectacle. but q ne.
tie square. dark man. a Canadian.
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the phiianthropic work under
taken by Mrs. Mock have come
from this unseen force. she wishes
the fact stated with emphasis that
there IL nothing Of the clap-trap Of
so-caiied -spiritualism" about her
work. In fact Notwithstanding
her unusual development spirit
uaily, Mrs. Mock has more than
the usual share Of practicability
and common sense In her make
up.
TT Ia q fine thing to have spir-
ituality," she said, but one must
be practical along with II; spirit
uality never yet paid q board bill.
I named my hospital the Coulter
Hospital IN honor Of DR.. Coulter.
whom I admired greatly. But all
has been conducted along purely
practical lines, with nothing Of
the spiritualistic, either there or
In Chicago at the Coulter House.
which ! established eight or nine
years ago. The work has been
very successful"
While admiring some curios
chanced to see q red enamelled
cross with silver eagles surmount-
ed by a crown. the famous white
eagle" decoration. Noting my
curious gaze. Mrs. Mock remark
ed:
ADuRER OF SERBS.
"It is a Serbian Order given me
by the King. You know how
much admire the heroic Serbs,
bravest of the brave, yet the gen.
tlest Of the gentle, lovable. amen
able to authority, the most won
derful people in the world. When
they preferred exile and death TO
submission to the false Central
Empires, I became exceedingly
anxious about Prince and Princess
Alexis, still in Serbia, from whom,
no news came. had bought and
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stiles for the suffering refugees
and those I determined to take
to Serbia myself. I hoped to get
into that country via salonilxa,
through the agency Of my iega-
ton, and by this means to OBJ
tain some news Of my friends. My
SON and I took berths on board
the Sydney. . Messaserie liner.
We had rather an exciting time.
The submarines were very active
and often their wake was observed
perilously close. Then we would
start q xigzag course. and on 40
count Of this We went two hun
dred miles out of our way. From
Malta to Piraeus we were escorted
by q torpedo-boat and q destroyer.
life-belts were served out, and
every conceivable precaution
taken, our captain having heard
that the Austrians threatened
not only to torpedo tho ship, but
to fire on any small boats that
might be successfully launched.
Indeed we were not sorry to
land. But at Athens great dis
appointment awaited N. By that
time the railway line to Serbia
had been cut, and can assure you
I was inoonsolable. We got no
further than Salonfika- It was
heart-breaking. We heard Of the
pitiable condition Of the thousands
of refugees, starving. without
clothes, wanting the barest neoes-
stties. and nothing could bs done
to give relief"
"It was impossible 10 sct my
weIl-fiIied cases through. and III
timately I left them at the offices
Of the Opinion. . salonika news
paper. for distribution when pos
sibla. MY friends were safe. how
ever, I am thankful to say.
"on our return voyage ws mot
Capt. Stanley Wilson, the kings
messenger. whose dispatches we
carried when he was made prison
er by o German submarine. We
had cabins on q Greek ship, the
Spitsse, an old Dutch boat Sew
eral British were among the pas
sengers, including Captain and
Lady Sybn Findley and Colonel
Napier. When on deck that even
ing q typical Ensiishman spoke to
me; Il was Captain Wilson We
found we had mutual acquaint-
ances: we dined at the same table;
and we-the captain. DR.. and Lady
Sybil Lindley-formed q friendly
little coterie. On our way out to
sea two Greek submarines. pass
ed, but no enemy ship.
SAW SUBMARINE.
"The next day at sundown ]
had Just gone on deck when a
submarine approached. Immedi-
ateiy went below and met Cap
tain Wilson coming out Of his cab
In. I said, Have you seen the
submarine?' "A submariner he ex-
claimed. Tt must be an enemy.
mo. no. I declared; had It been
an enemy we should have been
stopped But Captain Wilson only
repeated with conviction. 1t is
without a doubt an enemy sub
marine At that very moment a
shot. fired across our bows. rang
through the air. The noise Of the
engines Stacked. died away; the
vessel stopped. We listened
breathlessly.
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York Has Great Many Surprises For Donnay French Payr

the electric signs on Broadway. ]
was filled with wonder this winter
in London before an automcbiie Of
fire, whose wheels seemed to turn,
while the veil on the hat Of the
lady of fire who was I'm the autorno.
bile seemed TO blow In the wind
like a flame. The friend who went
with me said:
That's nothing; you win $50
much more like II on Broadway"
And In fact the spectacle IL fan.
tastic. fairyiike. II In II O'Clock.
Thousands OF electric lamps pour
upon the avenue and upon the
dark crowds coming from the thea.
ters a blanket OF powerful III
one sees there as well an In brl
day.
AN AMAZING SIGN.
Upon the roof Of high buil@s
ing. huge letters guide from right
to left, then, in a moment. unss-
pectedly each letter Of electric blue
disappears into the shadow Of
night and these letters form words.
and the words a long sentence
which invites US TO buy at q csr-
tain department store. naturally
the greatest In all the world
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"'Your passenger list,' was the
demand.
"'win you send someone 70 sss
TT was the Greek captains re-
ply.
"'No: send II aboard command
Cd tho captain Of the U-boat.
Colonel Napier had Joined m,
and We knew the time to decide.
would be short. Although Cap
tain Wilson remained calm and
self-possessed. the tension for him
was Overwhelming What could
be donef How to save tho dis
patches-those dispatches holding
information 90 useful to the enc
myf Suddenly I felt II was my
duty TO help. I said: Captain
Wilson. you have to trust some
one-trust me. I am an American.
and therefore I love England.
Trust me; I promise to save them.
I swear you can trust me- He
hesitated, a. well he might. Then
Colonel Napier also appealed 30
him. Give them to her; don't
hesitate There was not IN in.
stant to lose.
'T asked hurriedly, Where shall
I take themr He whispered The
War offics.' We went MP; . boat
was waiting 10 take my friends
to the submarine. II was in.
spring to SO their calm. their
steady self-possession. Captain
Wilson made little speech thank.
ing those present for their sym-
pathy. Then they LEFT us."
And the dispatchesf"
DELIVERED DISPATCHES.
Herbert and I emptied cur hold
an. wrapped them carefully In
rugs. piled boxes Of sweets. and
other rugs over them, and strapped
II up. It was the most unlikely
hiding-place I could ind. But I
felt very anxious about them. and
very afraid"
I smiled. Mrs.. Hsrbins-Mock
and feari
"I was. really, not for ourselves,
but the responsibility was srest,
However. once on Land al diffi-
cuities vanished"
For her deed, Mrs. Mock wss
accorded public thanks by the
king and queen. by Lord Kitoh-
ener and by the navy.
. II believe IN work for women
The kind of work that may take
them out of home and homo sur
roundings, because Il 10 being
proved today that there is work
for women to do aside from old
fashioned domesticity." said Mrs.
Herbine-Mock. "And I see no
reason why a woman cannot keep
interested in both"
Mrs. Mock is the author Of
Letters from DR.. Coulter" or
THE Meeting OF the Spheres"
Pamphlets on Art" Talks with
Soldiers" and at present is ut
work on several other books.
"one never grows old. AZ long
as there is an interest in life, In
things. in people. there Is youth.
Only when you stop being inter
ested do you let yourself grow.
old. And T find that people are
the same the world over" said
Mrs. Mock. ..,
Keep interested" is her motto,
and she is one Of those rare people
who practice what they preach.
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MAURICE DONNAY,
celebrated French play
wright and member of
M. !.

Wrtght ana ment6er OF
he French Academy, recently
visited America at the invitation
of the American Academy of
Arts and Letters to take part in
its celebration Of the third cen
tenary Of Moliere. M. Donnay
carried apdy some decided inn
prsssions, to which he naturally
pave more candid utterance IN
the article t0hich appeared this
month in the Revue des Deu1
Mondes than IN any of his inter
vietcs Dhile in America. Er-
cerpts from the article follow:
trunsLdted by Orrick Johns.
WY e enter the bay in the first
" light Of the morning; the
w appearance Of the ship
has changed; the passengers have
packed their baggage and are dis.
tributins tips; they are ready to
lana: one sees faces that have not
appeared during the crossing, on
account OF sea sickness.
60 up to the first deck: people
Save told me that one must not
miss the arrival at New York. that
81 Ia an Incompatible sight; they
recall the remark of a famous
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American journalist shows the
same haste and the same insist
ence as the French journalist.
These interviews ended. three
or four young gentlemen who
specialized in photography levelled
their apparatus at us. One Of
them with a long cigar clenched
between his teeth. as in the jaws
OF vice, instructed US to take off
our hats, to put them on, TO take
them off again. to wave them a.
II we were saluting the land OF
liberty.
WHEN MORNING CAME.
Breakfast at the restaurant Of
the Ritx Carlton Hotel. Large
circular room. with a gallery all
about II raised several steps.
Half daylight. half electricity, As
the dark oompiexioned maitrc
d'hotel who came to take the order
speaks French with an accent
that cannot exactly place, !
asked him II by chance he is an
Italian. He replies. with an air
OF both apology and assurance
that he is German.
We dine without wine, with ice
water. thus experieaciRg the In.
dubitabie advantages of prohibi.
ton. At q table beside M . man
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REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF ART TREASURES I'm HOM
OF WASHINGTON WOMAN CAME FROM ALL PARTS OF
ORIENTAL RARITIES
AND EARLY PRINTS
AMONG ARTICLES

Treasures Enough to Thrill Heart of COnnois-
Seur i'm Connecticut Avenue HOnle-Mrs.
Mock Would Establish Lacquering as Indus
trial Art, to BE Livelihood Means for Dis
abled Soldiers.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-10-27
QUALIFIED VOTERS.
, J. Of the Qualified Electors of Put
p''' ~, County, Florida, for the Gen.
n Ds.l Election, November 6th, 1922.

,nv person whose Poll Tax was
~ on or before the 18th day of Oc-
l pI 1922, and whose name does not
noor in this list, must notify the
|cnorvisor of Registration immedi-
tdlv 60 that name may be placed in
~ nis+ration Books. This must be
ave, ttorded to in order to vote in the
election.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-10-27
Precinct No. 10 Federal Point)

Shontz n e
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

determine just where he should draw
his line of division between the
medieval and the modern period. Is
1853, when Constantinople fell, the
point of departure, or does modernity
begin with the discovery Of America
in 1892? But the chronicler of local
Jewish events is confronted with no
such enigma. In the life of the Tai
mud Torah the line is clear and right.
Its modern period dates exactly from
February Is, 1911, when Mr.. Alvin ac-
copied the offer of the chairman of
the Educational Committee to come
to Minneapolis as head of the school.
Of all the available Hebraists, the
one whom DR.. Benderly selected as
fulfilling the given requirements, was
Mr.. E. Alvin of New York. At the
time he was serving as teacher in
the Uptown Talmud Torah in that
city. He came to Minneapolis on
fifteen days trial, Immediately cap
tured the hearts of the local directors,
and was given three-year contract
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chairman of the Building Committee,
and Mr.. Archie Lowenthal as treas
urer-for the expenses of removing
the little four-room wooden building.
And then, according to the COM
promise plan Of Mr.. Waisbrem, the
structure was actually moved to it's
new site on 808 Bassett Place North.
The only encumbrance that remained
was mortgage to the amount of
81 500.
In accordance with his instructions,
the chairman of the education COM
mittee wrote letter of request to
DIR. Benderly of the newly organized
New York Kehillah. His terms were
explicit-he defined the man he
sought in negative terms-he wanted
no reverend, no titled man, no orator.
He demanded only one positive quail
ity, but demanded that in superla-
tive degree ability for teaching.
One of the most significant accom-
plishments of 1911 was the organiza-
ton of the Ladies Auxiliary. Mr..
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at the modest sum of $1OO per month.
He was only thirty-two years Of age,
well educated in the schools of
Dwinsk, his birthplace in Lithuania,
Of Riga, and Of London. He had
come to New York in 1906 al
ready well qualified by his years of
study and teaching in London. He
was scholar and gentleman, with
all the reserve and mildness of man.
ner that the words imply. By his
talent as pedagogue, his patience
and gentleness in the class room, he
succeeded Immediately in winning the
respect and loyalty of all the children
in the school; and to this day he holds
that loyalty in even greater degree.
And by his mild manner of conduct
ing the administrative work of the
school, he has succeeded in maintain
ing perfect esprit de corps among the
teachers and directors. He has never
been out of harmony with the Off
GERS. Sometimes he yields a point
in controversy, only to gain his end
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Waisbrem was the foremost of it's
advocates. He interested that expert
in organization tactics, Mrs. A. Farb-
stein, in the enterprise. The work Of
the Auxiliary has been invaluable;
it is difficult to imagine the present
prosperity Of the Talmud Torah, had
it gone unaided by this organization.
It's history, however, would have to
be another story.
But, before we leave the annals of
1911, it might be interesting to note,
in passing, the expression of graft
tude that was given to Mr.. Waisbrem
in that year. Two portraits Of this
director and president were made:
one of them was presented to him,
the other placed in the auditorium of
the school. Thus was shown the real
appreciation of the friends of the in
stitution for one of its most deserv-
ing workers.
II.
For the historian of Europe it has
always been perplexing problem to
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by the slower method of practical
demonstration. The Talmud Torah
has been his very life. Even when he
leaves his desk at night, he carries
in his mind the problem Of the school,
and it's pupils.
From the coming of Mr.. Alvin. the
story of the Talmud Torah has been
one Of constant progress. The quail
ity of the students was improved by
enforcement of new rule, that no
one should be admitted who was not
already enrolled in the public schools.
Also very rapid growth in numbers
occurred in the same year. Indeed,
IN 1911 1T was reported at the annual
meeting that the four-room structure
was inadequate, and that further en-
largement of school facilities was i'm
perative. Accordingly-after obtain
ing another $500 mortgage
rooms and large auditorium were
added.
The auditorium proved to be very
valuable accession. It served as a
meeting place for the children, and
as an extra class room. 1t gave the
opportunity for the development of
the Talmud Torah into a center of
communal activities. And it served
also as the source of large revenue
to the school. Upon the suggestion of
II. Zlskin, a plan was devised to con-
duct "minyon" on the High Holt
days. Almost all Of the proceeds
were devoted to the needs of the
school. Further funds were secured
by renting the auditorium as meet
ing hall for lodges and other societies.
We can see evidence of the growth
of the institution in the removal of
the annual ball Of 1911 out Of the
sectional confines of the North Side
to Richmond Hall on Nicollet Avenue.
The proceeds were larger than ever
before, for the Jews not only of the
small locality about Sixth and Lyn-
dale Avenues, but of the entire COM
munity participated.
Most of the credit for removing the
scene of the ball is due to Mr.. Ben
Dockman, who in that year had been
elected as director. AS chairman of
the House Committee until 1921, he
has since proved to be most valu-
able worker for the school.
AS we come to write the narrative
of 1912, we are reminded of Tenny-
sons line-"Ring out the old, ring in
the newt" For with the events of
1912 the last trace of outworn con-
vention and old-fashionedness disap-
peared, and the school redoubled it's
strides of progress.
At special meeting in April 1912
the last of the "melamdim" was re-
moved. Most of the teachers, it will
be remembered, were of modern
training, but one man of the
medieval cast had chung, almost
from the beginning Of the school.
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September 22, 1922

financial statement for October, 1910.
These items appear: membership
dues of $46, tuition fees of $3.50,
donations of $11.43, in all totalling
1858. The salaries and incidental
disbursements amounted to $157.22.
We find no allowance for janitorial
service. When teacher was en-
gagged, he was given, along with his
contract, a democratic broom; and he
served in the double capacity of
teacher and janitor. But, even with
this economy, the ordinary resources
would not have sufficed, except that
they were swelled by the quota for
October from the profits of the an
nual ball.
To the Talmud Torah this annual
ball was the most important piece of
financial engineering. It enlisted the
support of all the friends of the
school, and it gathered into the circle
of its jewellers all who were within
ticket-selling range of the north side
Jewish colony. This elaborate event
always took place on Sunday either
in Kistler's Hall, or in the Third Ward
Republican Club at Aldrich and Ply
mouth. For the raising of revenue
and for the general elevation of the
spirits of the friends of Hebrew Gull
ture, permission was won each year
from the Chief of Police to sell beer
on the premises. For the peace and
exclusiveness of Israel two police
men were designated to patrol the
scene of gayety. In 1910 the profits
from the ball amounted to $522.82.
Rabbi M. S. SLIDER alone sold $3.50
worth to the merchants in the towns
nearby. From bar-room No. 1, the
profits were $74.85, from bar-room
No. 2, $37.75; and from the lunch
counter, where Mrs. Lowenthal sold
sandwiches, $14.15.. 80
Almost all of North Side, ,Jewry
attended these annual functions. But
prominent among the attendants were
Mr.. |. Schulman, perennial master Of
ceremonies, in the bar-rooms Dave
Meyers, H. Fewells, M. Bank, and
Charles Rosenfeld, in the lunch room
Mrs. Lowenthal, Mrs. Meyers, Mrs.
Farbstein, Mrs. M. Strimling, and
Mrs. Lazarus; among the floor COM
mittee, Meyer Isaacs, John Zeesman,
Israel Kreiner, Sam Gelb, and Her.
man L1Ss; on the reception commit
tee, H. Edelman, Joseph Kolontersky,
and Moses Strimling.
If we go further into the details of
the October minutes, we find two in
teresting entries. In the first place,
it was voted that the expansion of
the activities of the school warranted
the appointment of paid secretary;
and consequently, Mr.. N. Eisenstadt
was elected to the office at the munif-
cent salary of $25 per year.
And, in the second place, we find
that the chairman of the educational
committee was instructed to secure a
new teacher and principal for the
school. There was once more peace
in the camp Of the directors: the
setting was suspicious for years of
genuine success.
Already $4,000 had been raised with
the aid of Mr.. M. S. Strimling as
, 1922-12-05

His Grace the Lord archbishop Of
Antigua arrived here IN the Parma on
Wednesday last at 4 p. m. and after
visiting and meeting many Of his Parish
toner's at the Rectory, he was taken
TO Government House. Here, Governor
and Mrs. Hough had invited a few
friends to meet him, the invited guests
being Colonel T. E. and Mrs. Backstrom,
DR.. and Mrs. Shitfe:t, Chaplain and
Mrs. Steiner, Colonel Robert and Mrs.
Stride, Mrs. Boreham. and Mrs. c. B.
Stewart.
His Grace was later the guest of Mrs.
Boreham and at 8 O'Clock p. m. he left
on the Parma for Antigua, Ibid.