The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-17

] l'lNlf liNNiN Nfutuufk.
! Miss Ncumnrk has distinct literary
] personality, aud will bring fresh color aud
new tone TO the English Jewish nction
/ world
She knew she must dress up, so She
] ioUrncyed forth, not 30 far away
down ON the east side of New York,
and purchased now dress, gorgeous.
magninccnt-al for live dollars. The
precious burden displayed trend to-
ward q qualntness and charm In de
| sign and color. not likely to be ap-
prccinted by the 10th century. Which
brings US to MOishcle.
When MolShclc became Rabbi Maur-
Ice schunbcrg. he met all the passershy
with full fellowship. lie wns still liv-
I ing with Altc Yetia who loved him and
WIS proud OF him because she had
/ borne him and shaved fer him these
many years. nut when he was offered
/ the position of assistant Rabbi at the
/ Big Temple, where all the mcn-or
perhaps. to lie more accurate, women
of money and power were wont to
congrcsate, he felt that, In justice to
himself. he must live further uptown
alone. Altc Yctta neither copied nor
asslmilatcd. She was primitive in the
sense that she was herself isolated and
ignorant
One day he came to her. "Manncle''
he began. But 1t was difficult to con
tinuc. The first step is always the
hardest. She did not realize that for
long he had been plotting TO get rid
Of her. This unconsciousness marked
her conduct always. She had the In
tentncss Of n child incapable Of under
standing the condcsccnsion Of its elders
and too absorbed in its play to take
note.
But II must he done-as gently ms
could delay the moment no longer. lie
had found himself sailing, with the
AID of neither compass, sun nor stars,
nn exceedingly capricious vessel over
an uncharted sea. He found himself
faced with the choice between charting
the whole course for himself, or
laundering on the first submerged rock
And Alte Netta became the first danger
to he avoided. How could he ever re-
tain his position, nay, indeed. the
respect of those whom he met, If he
carried this bit of old-worldism with
him?
So: "Mummclc. must move up
town"
"But of course, Moishclc We must
| live near the Big Temple now. And |
shah wear that beautiful new shawl
you gave me-its much too fine to wear
down here. And all your new, rich
! friends
But. Mammcnu, You don't under
stand" Up there, you see, I'll have to
live alone. Nh. catching up her
| hand and strol;ing it-''it won't be so
! bad You wouldn't like 10 move away
from here from all your friends And
! III he able TO give you plenty of
money so you'll never have to work
again. And I'll come to see you often.
oh. it'll he splendid you'll like it.
Just wait"
Alte Yettn made no cutlery. What
If her eyes glistcned strangely, and her
hands tremblcd? Mn,.heic wanted it,
SO It must he right.
He had told her to'wait and see. So
she waited through uncomted hours
unconscious, beyond the bare facts
that world of contentious interests
was shutting through time and space
just over the edge Of her horizon. She
visited her old friends. OF course sht
course. she could not be happy with
out them. OF course-of course.
OF u sudden the clearncss OF the
days, the chill of the nights reminded
her. The summer days We're fast slip
ping by; the New Year was approach
, ing and she had Il. yet made no prep
arations She must make haste. Why
how could she have forgotten that th'
day Of days was approaching thu
i. Moishclc would need her How wei
she remembered that first New Year
day, which had been at the same tint
Moishclc's first day as rabbi. He hac
led her in himself, long before th'
service started. And before The other
came she had kissed him and blcssc'
| him.
| How proud she had been as he stoo'
| there. straight and slim, his black eye
now flashing, now subducd his dccl
voice vibrant with feeling. And after
| wards, at home. lie had knelt by he
side, and whispered: Dear Mammc'e
dear one. How good you are. Every
| thing | owe to you. New Years da,
without you. / could not live through
it,"
Always she would remember that y
first nn.I Nnvy Nnur'g Ioy Sbp luI