Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-22
Woman Council
Literature Event
At Mrs. Gluck's

The opening meeting of the liter
airy and art society of the local
Council of Jewish Women was held
at the home of Mrs. Morris Gluck.
In Kearny avenue, yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Benjamin Goldman OPEN
ed the program for the afternoon
with a delightful reading on "Wom-
an as a Potent Factor"
Before even the era of civilization
there was a period referred to, as
the matriarchal age so-called on &C
count of the existence of a 'matri-
Archaic" meaning rule of the moth
er, a term used to express the earl
lest and lowest form of family life,
typical of primitive societies in
which the promiscuous relations of
the sexes resulted in the child.s
father being unknown, said Mrs.
Goldman. In such communities the
mother took the precedence of the
father in certain important respects
especially in line of descent and in
h~eritance, continued the speaker.
And so woman continued on
through the centuries fulfilling the
greatest of her sex obligations, the
raising and caring of families, until
recent years when she has come to
the fore so that today cherchez la
femme has a new Interpretation.
But she is still tn same feminine
human being, this woman of today
to whom has been extended the
wonderful opportunities in this phe-
nomenally progressive age, for every
| avenue of interest and activity Is
open to the woman of the twentieth
century.
Woman in the professional and
business world has earned her place
side by side with man in the matter
| of self-support, bread-winning n
| earning capacity. Woman has made
a place for herself in the practice OF
medicine and in law. In the drama
| on the stage and in the fields of lit
erature. journalism and the arts.
Nature has so richly endowed
woman with special talents and aptl-
tude which In ancestral times lay
dormant, that now, with her ever
increasing opportunities, she has but
TO train and develop her native abil-
itv in order to become a still more
valuable asset in this busy, enter
prising world of today.
Mrs. Morris Gluck then gave Ed
gar Guests poem, "Grandma's lass
es," in a charming manner, followed
by two beautiful piano selections,
"Rustling of Spring" and souvenir
exouisiteIy played by Mrs. Aaron
Kaufman. Upon insistent recall Mrs
Kaufman favored with another de-
lightful number.
Miss Ada Wilentz gave a clever
and interesting paper on "bltefa-
ture.'
The word literature is derived
from the Latin and means letter
Perhaps it can best be described al
the best utteranees of the human
mind as handed down in writing
All that learning, imagination ant
inspiration have given the work, al
that writing has preserved n time
has tested, is literature.
There are poems, novels, shor
stories, essays, drama, biographies
o~ratorios, but in order to make goot
its claim to be considered literature
each of these has to prove that
has in it something which can in
spire and enable human character
To present reasons why it o
be studied seems like gliding re
t fined gold or pertaining the violet
the very definition describes 1t as tn
: best utterance of the human mlne
and 1t surely needs no argument l
; convince anyone that he should a
far as possible, acquaint hlmsei
with this best.
, One of the most interesting phase
of literature is its inspirational pow
er. 1t is impossible to estimate II
any way the good that literature ha'
done in this way. That which strive
to teach is by no means the highes
type. But literature presents, bot
in history and in fiction, types o
men. who have achieved; 1t show
the motives which have guided tn
worlds great men, the forces o
which they have made use in over
coming their obstacles.
Literature may be called the mos
significant of the arts. The othe
arts bring beauty into life and hell
to make it worth living; but sine
mankind anne down from tamil.
tree, it is literature which has mad
life possible. 1t gives us not onl.
knowledge but wisdom and thereb,
it helps to free us from vain imagin
ings as to our own Importance. lg
norance is always concerted since !
never knows that it knows nothing
and even knowledge may be puffet
up on occasion, since it knows tina
it knows many things; but wisdom
is devoid of Illusion since it know
how little it ever a know. Mis-
WilentZ concluded with Phoeb
Cary's IF a task is once begun
Never leave it till it's done, Be tn
labor great or small, Do it well o
not at all. The next meeting will
be held at the home OF Mrs. Charlie
ID. Fiske in State street on Wed
nesday. December 10.