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The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-10

1T is u curious thing to see how the
American public has taken to It's heart
the character so far removed Ia It's
qualities from the idols Of the nation, E"
writes dramatic critic, discussing
Charlie Chnplin's appeal to the masses
"One can understand how the popu
lace would love that figure so sedul0us-
ly created by Mr., Douglas Fairbanks I;
the "GO-getter," the RoiHrian, the ma.
tcrlal success. that full representation
Of the aspirations OF Americans as
pictured in popular fiction, popular
drama and popular lectures. But the
Chaplin character is so alien to all of
this. lie is the failure, the outcast, the
protest against all the gross material
ism represented by that other tradition.
Perhaps he should be triGe more
careful In letting us see this side Of
him. Perhaps he should stick to the
clowning. Some day we will find him
out and let the ku klux Klan know
that the wicked fellow is not one hun
drcd per cent
But it Is more curious to realize
that nobody has discovered i'll the uni
versal Charlie, the Jewish Pierrot.
whose subconscious exile soul makes
him Il forlorn wanderer and an outsid-
er. Surely, his gesticulations and
manncrisms are not Of the accepted
Jewish type Any Irlslman can imi-
tate Jew. Chaplin does not attempt
to be Jewish. Most probably he avoids
it. Chaplin's Jewlshncss lies in his
pathos. in his tragic optimism. in his
Z fatalism, in his satlric revolt against
society, which he considers merely as
an object for caricaturc.
He belongs to those artists who pre-
sent themselves. who must live their
own characters If they are to follow
their creative impulse. who never pose
or simulate. but merely act their nat
urnl tendencies
Israel Zanswill once reWar,ed to me :
We do not need Chaplin 10 boost our
racial stock but why should the fact
that he is jew he hiddcn?v'
While the intcilisentsia docs not
comprehend that indeiinable something
which marks Charities foreignncss. it
senses that he is not an English pro
duct. Ii attempts TO analyze why the
Partisan gamins call him Charlot. the
German Jungens Karlchen. and the
Flemish kids Karellle '-trhat the Chap.
lin art transccnds geographical boun.
dar.cs Is an accepted fact; it does not
follow. Of course. that he is Jewish
All great art is international
True. But If there is Jewish phil
osophy of life, there is a Jewish sense
of humor, and if Il creation bears thest
characteristics why believe that ii is 4
coincidence?
Perhaps commercial necessities for
bid an international movie star being
n jew. Perhaps certain countries, oi
even districts in these United States
might lose some Of their Chaplin en-
thusiasm. if Charlie became il son OF
people, whose fate provokes any
thing but laughter,
! Would the Chaplin vogue wanc, if il
Were the Little Jewish comedian raih
er than the Little Englishmun"
(Joseph Braininl
Copyright 1925 ~ Seven Arts Feature
Syndicate.
The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-10

The four girls slave to maintain the household
sara ten years old contributes her pennies by selling
ring 1t is Bessie who Is admired by father
cause her in regularly and in the greatest
amounts she deucts any money for her own per
sonal needs unless her by her father Upon
reaching their maturity the girls look marriage
MS escapes from their poverty Masha Fanla choose
men Of ther gYp liking, who are,urvcn away hbwevcr
by Rcb Smoinskys disregard for his daughters happiness
and by his greater concern with his welfare
plcty. He is loath have Bessie marry for her de
parture from the house would the loss OF her wages
Under such considerations and his principles;
Reb forces his three daughters marriage with men
whom they hate and despse but whom they regard
hoess, refugees from the misery bitterness of their
home.
In sara is concentrated the frustrated ambitions
listers In late grlhood against the arrogant
stupidity of her father and life herself
She attans her ambition college finally grad
yates as school teacher The end OF the story confus
ed cntanged, purposeess. 1t has just enough touch
purpose however to show that Yczorsa did intend to
echo life
Academic demonstrations NOTWITHSTANDING judgments
concerning literature almost purely subjective Those
punds who stress the objective phase literary
evaluation admit that moods OCCASION time circumstance
exercise considerable influence critical critera. What
ever be the rank assigned to Bread Gvcrs"
literary distinction, the least of the charges
evced against the volume is that reeks with senti
mental meodrama. Sentimental it is. cloyingly So But
is lie Hester Street Miss Yczierska has incor-
porated into her book those corpueut pingud, olug
women of the East Side, to whom slobbery weeping is
mental joy and bursts of grief physical relaxation
The restriction of immigration TO America will cause
more than one unsuspcc!ed harm benefit 1t
ofore been condemned commended in its social political
and economic qualifications 1t will us surely have n
noticeable influence AmericnnJewsh letters With the
sweeping of the ghetto what will become of Miss
Yezierska and the other chroniclers East Sley
Even Montague Glass and his ilk will disappear, But
o ifp Is tlp tnost
pleasant episode in Jewish history Memory of tliose
sitting days should he cradicated soon as time will
permit.-(S A. +. S.-By Martin GoldeD
'tBread Givcrs by Anzia lezicrsa. Doubleday. Pagc)
The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-10

Brrlin-raul AXclrod leader of
the Russian Mensheviks, was the
recipient of the greetings of the Inter
national Socialist Congress now in
NInrscillcs aud Of the Socialist press in
Germany ON the occasion Of his seven
ty-Etth birthday, which he celebrated
todJy. Mr. AXelrud wis uue ct the
founders and theoreticiaus Of Russian
Meushevism.
The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-10

Lcmberg. g.-The trial of Stanislnw
Stclger, Jewish student, who has been
held under arrest since September,
1924 on the charge of throwing bomb
at the Polish president Wuiripchow-
ski will begin here on September I, an
announcement issued states.
The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-10
The Dead Command

king Lear Of the Pushcarts"
is the name that Nczierska
might have given her latest book
Bread Givers, - for King Lear
is an impressive figure. whether
huifetcd by the stormy night or
among the pushcarts. Reb
Smolinsky, tyrannizing over his
four daughters as tradition.
has tyrannizcd over him. finds
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23

DR.. T. Shattuck, a former dentist at
Benton, died at Seattle, Wash, recent
ly.
Delbert Fullbright of Potosi and
Miss Kathryn Burrows of Waterloo,
Ia, were married at Dubuque.
Joseph Daley of Dubuque was SEN
fenced to three years at Fit. Leaven-
worth for sending obscene letters
through the mail.
The city council of the village of
Belmont has voted $4,000 toward the
work of hard surfacing the Platteville
road No. g. 1t is estimated that this
amount added to what Belmont town
ship and Lafayette county have al
ready appropriated will complete the
job to the railroad crossing. Grant
county has already covered the road
from the county line into Platteville.
BY glancing over the Tribune files
we find in an issue of 1S49-seventy-
six years ago-the following, which
will be news to most every present
reader: "The first log cabin in Min
eral Point was built by Nathan Nor
ris; the first diggings was also struck
by him in 1928 The first frame build
ing was erected by John T. O'Neil, as
store on Commerce street. The first
brick house was built by VIM. Phil
lips. Capt. VIM. Henry was the first
person to erect a frame building in
Galena, which was in 1926" Mineral
Point Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
WITH THE
PIONEERS
Christmas in Early wisconsin


New Englanders among the early
settlers of Wisconsin generally were
inclined to make little of the celebra-
ton of Christmas Day, their favorite
festival being Thanksgiving; but
Christmas was duly observed by the
settlers from New York, as we'll as
by those of Southern and European
antecendents, as were most of the pi-
oneers of the lead region. The French
men and their escendants-earliest of
al the white settlers of the state
regarded Christmas as the foremost
festival of the year. At Green Bay
and Prairie du CHEN, the dancing
and feasting begun at this season US
ually went on with little intermission
till Ash Wednesday,, from which time
merrymaking of all kinds was sus-
pended till Easter. Cornish settlers
who began to arrive in the lead region
as early as 1928, had a custom of bak-
ing large quantities of saffron cake
for exchange at Christmas time with
neighbors and friends. The prominence
of Santa Claus and the Christmas tree
in Wisconsin Yuletide festivity date
from the advent of the immigration
from Germany.
CoIOhSl JOun Mc4Nell, VI CHe OuICeu
States Army, who was in command
of Fort Howard in 1921, planned and
conducted the first elaborate Christ
mas celebration of a social character
within the present borders of the
state. A hero of the War of 1912, and
strict disciplinarian, he was also
whole-souled gentleman, and believed
in making life as interesting for his
men as was compatible with the full
performance of military duty. He al
so believed in making the post, so far
as regulations of the War Department
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
BOSCOBEL

Erwin Towns of Soldiers Grove is
recovering from effects of the ampu-
tation of his left hand, an operation
recently performed at Brookside hos
pital. The accident occurred when the
member caught in the clutches of
corn shredder The young man recent
Iy enlisted in the government aviation
corps and was making preparations to
enter service when the unfortunate
happening dashed his hopes and am
billions.
The value of a manufacturing plant
to a town the size of Boscobel is illus
trated by the following statement,
furnished the Dial by Geo. L. Hunt,
showing the cmount of funds dis
bursed during 1925 by the company he
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23

permitted, a center of social recrea-
ton for citizens of the vicinity. Be-
fore winter set in, he kept his force
hard at work cutting wood for fuel,
constructing all manner of improve
ments, and putting everything about
the place in perfect order. When this
had been accomplished, he began car
rying out a well-devised programme
of entertainments beginning with anna
teur theatricals. Thus it was that the
first performance in Wisconsin of
Sheridan's School for Scandal" took
place in the assembly room of the post
at Fort Howard during the winter of
1921. The holiday season approaching
Colonel Mcneil learned with much
satisfaction that the French inhabi-
tants were accustomed to celebrate
Christmas as high festival, and de-
termined 'to do his part in these ends
of the earth in honoring the day"
The resources of the place were eX-
hausted in preparations for the affair.
At a long table in the assembly room,
plates were laid for one hundred
guests Invitations having been ex-
tended to the whole population,
French half-breeds and Americans,
scene for painter was presented by
the costumes, which ranged from
army uniforms and Partisan fabrics
and fashions down to the buckskin
garments and moccasins of the abor
igines. Nor was the variety of attire
more extensive than that of the bill
of fare Among the meats from which
the partakers of this bountiful Christ
mas feast were free to make selec-
tons were venison, bear and porcu-
pine, while there were dozen kinds
of fowls, including ducks, geese and
other feathered game the finest that
ever flew, and nearly as many sorts of
fish not emitting the sturgeon, by
some of the diners accounted king of
all the finny tribe. The company sat
down to table at o'clock in the af-
ternoon, arose at 6, and danced till
the small hours of the morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
MONTFORT

While the Richie family were re-
turning from a visit in Lancaster Sun
day, their car skidded on the ice in
front of Ray DiVall's and turned COM
pletely around. Mrs. Richie received
a slight scalp wound.
Bessie Howell Johnson was born IN
the town of Clifton, June IS, 1866, and
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Herman Kamm, Wednesday, Dec.
9. She is survived by her daughter and
two sons. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at the Rock church
conducted by Rev. ]. R. Lindsey.
Burial in Rock cemetery by the side
of her husband.-Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
NEARBY NOTES

An eight months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Elliot of Hillside, near
Dodgeville, died Monday evening of
whooping cough.
Mrs. Kern of Ellonboro received
word of the marriage of her daughter,
Mrs. E. P. Edmunde, at Gaitsburg,
Penn, 10 H. D. Glody.
Herman Massey of Monroe killed a
deer on the outskirts of Monticello.
The crank of his car hit the animal
when it attempted to cross the high
way.
Miss Sadie Burns of Highland and
Edward Daley of Beloit, were married
at Highland They will make their
home at Beloit where Mr. Daley is en-
gagged in the undertaking business
Lawrence Bausch of the U. S. Navy,
was called home on account of the
death of his mother last week at Cass-
Vile While he was at home he re-
ceived honorable discharge because of
the sad occurrence.
VIM. Bowers, who was released from
prison just few days ago, was sem
fenced to 20 days again for theft at
Richland Center, having appropriated
a coat, pair of rubbers and watch
from his employer, Guy Berry of Boaz
Charles J. Dvorak, Muscoda bust
ness man, was stricken with apoplexy
on Wednesday of last week. The Mus
coda Progressive reported his con-
dition as improved on Thursday, but
with small chance for complete re-
covery.
James S. Renshaw, aged 90, who
with his wife observed their Goth we'd
ding anniversary last January, died at
Minneapolis Thursday They were
Monona sweethearts and married at
the little Brown Church in the Vale"
at Nashua in 1858.
Fred Marriott, formerly of Darling
ton, was killed in the G. M. & st. P.
Ry. yards in Milwaukee on Saturday
evening, Dec. 5. He was caught be-
tween a loading platform, where he
was at work, and freight car which
was being switched by a switch en-
CINE.
The Him Mercantile company of
Fennimore shipped out their 18th car
load of poultry last Thursday. 1t is
estimated that each car contained
5000 head or about $4,000 pounds of
live fowl which would mean that at
least 285,000 pounds of chickens were
shipped from that station.
R. Olaf was arrested at Lansing
by Game Warden John Book of Ell
kader, on a charge of having musk
rat furs in his possession. When he
was taken before a judge, he was
fined $50 and costs. The season for
muskrat is closed for three years and
it is unlawful to take their furs.
Chas. NJ. Carroll was badly burned
Monday afternoon by an explosion of
gasoline. He had started a gas en-
CINE connected with saving ma
chine on his farm three miles south of
McGregor. Pouring in gas, the engine
backfired and the five gallon can
which he had in his hand exploded,
blowing off part of his clothes and
burning his body severely.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
TRAPPED IN SHED.
3-YEAR-OLD CHILD
BURNS TO DEATH
Infant and Brother Playing
With Matches, Start
Fire.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12.-Trapped
in a shed room containing oil and
paper where, it is believed, she and
her brother were playing with match
es, 3-year-old Helen Barber, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Natalie Barber, 1886
Amelia street, was burned to death
yesterday.
The negro cook of the household,
Olivia Alexander, hearing the child
scream, about 1870 a. M, rushed to
the she'd She found Larry Barber, 4
years old, holding a bucket of wa
ter and trying to open the door, which
it appeared he slammed shut when
he ran to get the water. The woman,
whose hair was burned, said she
opened the door and unsuccessfully
tried to find" the little girl, but was
driven out by the smoke and flames.
BY the time the firemen arrived,
the child had been burnt beyond rec
ognition. The rear of the Barber
home and the home of Mrs. G. Pietri,
1887 Pension street, adjoining it, were
af1ame. While neither house was de-
stroyed, the damage was estimated at
$4,000. The little boy was uninjured.
Mrs. Barber was sewing when the
tragedy took place. Only half an hour
earlier she had looked out of the win
dow and smiled at her two pretty chill
dren as they played on the lawn. Wild
owed about two years ago, she mad
moved in October to the large two
story house where she took boarders.
AS she watched firemen trying to
reach her little girl and realized the
tragic outcome of their efforts. she
tainted.
The children had 16-year-old negro
nurse, Ida Simpson, who was on the
premises. But it was Ida's day Off,
she said, and she was doing some spe-
cial cleaning before leaving for the
afternoon. The child will be buried
in Galena, Ill, where her father, Law
renee c. Barber, is buried.-Picayune.
(The above news story appears IN
the Herald by courtesy of Mrs. E. M.
Lowry who mailed this office the clip
ping from the Picayune. Mrs. Barber,
the bereaved mother, is sister-ln-
law of Mrs. Geo. B. Clementson.)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
Rags Yield Him Gift
of S120-All flashed

NEENAH-Orrie Coates, employed
in the cutting room of local paper
mill, believes in Santa Claus now.
Coates, while at work, observed a
large roll of paper currency slip into
a cutting machine with some rags. He
was unable to stop the machine before
the bills had gone between the knives,
but carefully picked up the scraps
and took them to Neenah bank. The
bank sent the fragments to the treas
ury department at Washington and in
replacement of the bills on which the
serial numbers could be determined
Mr.. Coates received $120 in crisp new
currency.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
Highland Business Man
Missing for Past Week

HIGHLAND-Oscar STEINER of the
meat market firm of STEINER & Wis
dom, has been missing from his home
and place of business for over a
week 1t was thought he went on a
visit to his former home in Boscobel
but after a few days when he did not
return inquiry was made and no def
mite information as to his where
abouts could be obtained. He has not
been located as yet. He has wife
and three small children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
POtOsi Men Locate
Large Ore Deposit

POTOSI-The Ridgeway Mining Co.,
new organization made up of ten
Potosi business men, have a big strike
of lead ore in shaft at depth of
120 feet The miners came onto big
opening lined with ore. Robert Travis
stated Monday that the men figured
on getting out 100000 pounds of min
eral from this opening. Just under
the opening on the crevice was found
some good jack or zinc ore. The shaft
will be sunk deeper, as the particular
ground in which the Ridgeway Min
ing company is operating is on a high
elevation of ground and the main
ore level will not be reached until a
depth of $50 feet or more has been
attained.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
Pioneer Cassville Woman
Passes to Better Land

CASSVILLE-Mrs Eldridge Ish-
mael,a pioneer of West Grant and a
resident of Cassville for the past 80
years, passed away Monday afternoon
after a weeks illness. Her aged hus-
band, who survives her, is owner and
was for number of years landlord of
the Denniston hotel, Cassville's oldest
hostelry and one of the landmarks of
the village, being originally erected
by Wisconsin's first governor, Nelson
Dewey, and intended as the state cap
itol. Three daughters, Mrs. M. c. Ed
wards and Mrs. Eugene Moon of Lam
caster, Miss Dollie of Chicago, and
son, DR.. .. E. Ishmael of Madison, al
so survive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
HAS ROTH FEET AMPUTATED

E. B. Prouty of Richland Center,
who was seriously injured in an ex-
plosion which occurred in his garage
in that city two weeks ago, was con-
veyed to Milwaukee last week and I'M
derwent the operation of removal of
both feet between the ankles and
knees. How the bomb, or whatever
explosive it was which caused the aw-
full accident, ever reached the coal
bunker where it exploded, is still a
mystery If it was placed there IN
tentionally the crime is one of the
most diabolical on record in this sec
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23

Some of the finest hogs ever
shipped from this point were includ-
ed in a consignment of four carloads
leaving here Thursday last. The
greater part were products of Marion
township. Eugene and Otto Freymil
Ter had a lot of rs, averaging 265; J.
c. and Will Wetter u, average 250;
John G. Boebel and Percy Rounds 81,
average 260; and Jack Kreul SO with
an average weight of 270. Fred Frey
miller was the purchaser and the en-
tire lot went to Oscar Mayer at Mad
ison, bringing the top notch price for
their class.-Dia1.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
Mother, Fiancee Win
Burglars Surrender

FOND DU. LAC-The entreaties of
his mother and sweetheart caused
Harold Scheifelbein, rs, to return here
from st. Paul to face charges of rob-
bling the William Kussow grocery
store Dec. 23d, 1924, he told Police
Chief James Silgen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23

The tax rate for the village of Ben
ton will be 1888 per hundred. We be-
lieve this rate is little higher than
last year. Anyway it is plenty high.
Platteville's rate is $223.-Advocate.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-31
Giant Cruisers
Make Auspici0us
Start ON Voyage
Continued From Page I

Continued From Page !
said they ala not desire TO delay tn
take-off while Lieutenant Com
mandcr james II. Strong, who viii
head the PB-l crew. declared thai
! il would be hazaldous to start hi,
machine on the trip without thor
! ough air tests.
Will Time Each Plane
Decision 70 start the flight with
ont the third plane will not take
any of the sporting element out of
the adventure, - Captain Moses
said. Each plane viii be timed on
its actual hours in the air and the
one making the best record viii be
declared winner.
To the ten destroyers and air
tenders stationed at 200 mile inter
walls along the course. word went
out over the air for them to stay in
their positions until the Phi goes
by.
\ dozen mechanics worked over
the new motor at Crissy Field yes
terday, while the huge machine, in
It's roped enclosure, was viewed with
interest by hundreds Of spectators.
Up at San Pablo bay, where the
flight started today, the two PN-9
planes made their test flights dur
ing the afternoon. Commander
Rogers was able TO get his machine
out Of the wafer on the third at
tempt. loaded with its 1880 gallons
Of gasoline and full crew Of five
men.
Lieutenant Snody required four
attempts before his machine, fuse
lage down in the water until it was
almost submerged. could rise. But
both finally got into the air and
made perfect test flights around the
bay. %
Expected There Tomorrow
IF the schedule is maintained, the
PN-9s should arrive off Pearl Har-
Dor about / p. m. tomorrow, Pacific
east time. But there are many
Elements of danger in the adventure
which may thwart the aim.
!" We expect to buck head winds
or the first 600 miles, said Com !
nander Rogers. after that we are 4
.ounting on favorable trade winds
u help us along. We have just .
'nough gasoline, counting on the .
III of those winds. If we don I .
ret them-wel. we viii wait and !
ee. -
The weather bureau at 10 q. IN. /
conditions for the flight as
highly favorable. No fog is re-
ported along the entire liHe If (:
light, up to the ceiling Of 1000 ;
Get Cr higher. said the bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-31
WILL co OUT TO
SHOW SYMPATHY

HARTSHORNE, okla, Aug. 81
District 2l Of the United Mine
Workers Of America, comprising
5000 union miners Of Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Texas viii 20 on
strike tonight Their move was in
sympathy with the Henryetta min
ers, who have been out on strike
for more than two months.
The miners ask l924-27 wage
scale instead OF the 1917 scale which
they have been working under.
The 1924 wage scale pays approx.
imately 81 day while the 1917
scale pays but IS a day.