The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-16
YOUNG MEMS HEBREW ASSO- CLAYTON HAS BUSY WEEK

The Young Mems Hebrew association has just had one of the busiest weeks of its career, while the work of the coming week promises to be just as intensive.
 The most outstanding feature of last week, of course, was the concert of Edlataska who sang a series of folk-songs Jewish, English, and Russian, on | Wednesday night to a highly apprecia- tive audience which practically filled the large Y auditorium. Miss Laska's mellow mezzo-contralta voice showed up to greatest advantage ill "Yahrzeit." with which she stirred her listeners to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. Her Interpretation of "Roszinkes init Mandlen," "Ditjatko," "Geh Ich Mir Shpazieren," and "Jobner, Shpiel Mir a Liedle," which she had to sing twice, won her audience completely. AS she herself remarked, she felt at home be- fore half the evening was over.
 To the Lyceum course committee, who represented the various Jewish organiZa- tions in town, Birmingham is indebted for having brought here an artist with the sterling ability of Miss Laska. This committee consisted of the fol lowing: Mrs. Joseph Smolian; chair man Mrs. Joe Bettman, M. Croneheim, Charles Myers, l. Epstein, $. Myer, Florence Rlach. Frank Abelson, b. T. Feidelson, Jonas Schwab, II. J. Baum, A. c. Silverman, M. Shugerman, A. c. Oorn, J. D. Cooper, J. Cotton, Simon Goldstein, J. Frankel, Jr., Charles Temerson, $. Rubinstein, A. Blumberg, Henry Swedlaw, Misses Pauline Gold stein, Lois FriedberS, Rose Sewelovitz, and Messers. T. Williams, l. Abelson. M. Dobrin, and Louis Cohen
 Another feature of the week was the joint open meeting of the local Bnai Brith lodges, which was held in the I. M. H. A.. auditorium on Sunday night, and which was addressed by Judge David B. Samuels, of Shreve- port, La. Judge Samuels, who is presi- dent of district Grand Lodge No. 2, for even more aid for the splendid l. o. B. B., made an eloquent appeal work done at the Jewish Orphanage in New Orleans, the Jewish hospital at Hot Springs, and the Jewish home for the Aged in Mobile, all of which are supported by the l. O. B. B., of the south.
 The membership of the Y was we'll represented in groups marching in the Armistice Day parade.
 A very interesting part of the weeks work were the basketball games be- tween the various groups in the gym nasium classes. Coach Spencer has divided his classes into basketball lives, each with it's own distinctive name, as Reds, Blues" etc, and distinc- tive uniform, and has worked out a regular tournament for banner to be inscribed with the winning lives names and hung in the gymnasium. In this manner everyone in the gymnasium classes has chance to get the bene- fits of the game, teamwork, develop ment of stamina and gameness.
 Lewis Bernheim's big radio kept pouring melodies and other queerer noises into the lobby all week, attract ing groups of radio fans. The Radio club. which was launched election night when the Y got election returns by radio, Is commencing to build several sets for use around the Y.
 The Y class in social dancing met, for the first time last Tuesday night with Prof. H. c. Miles, their instruc- tor, and will meet regularly hereafter every Tuesday, at z :45 D. m. The Y Music school gained several pupils in plano and violin. It is hoped that from this instruction in music and dancing. school of fine arts may gradually be developed.
 The stout business men gathered, for the first time this year, last Wednes- day, and now regular business mems gymnasium class is meeting every day. from 12:15 to :15 D. m.
 Besides all the above activities, there were the usual club and class meetings, try-outs for the cast for Seventeen" for which the Dramatic workshop has commenced work upon, as well as the usual aid to strangers, unemployed. sick, and needy from among the Jewish community who come to the Y for help.
 The features of the coming week in- clude n lecture by Prof. Loehr on his trip to Palestine, to be given in the Y auditorium on Wednesday at 8 D. m., and the Sociae-Y Nights entertain ment and dance to be given on Wednes- day, at s 80 D. m.