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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-04-19

of his reign. Since Solomon began
to rule in go (B.C.E.), he must
have started building the Temple
in 967. Accordly, 1447 (add 4SO
to 967) was the year of the exo-
dus.
The date of the destruction of
Jericho furnishes another proof
supporting the approximate 1447
date of the exodus. The examina-
ton of archaeological remains of
Jericho, the first city the Israel
ties conquered in Canaan, ha S
proven beyond any reasonable
doubt that the city was destroyed
around 14OO (B.C.E.). Allowing
for the forty years of the sOjOurn
in the desert, we would again ar
rive at about 1447 (B!C.E.) as the
year of the exodus.
Another proof is furnished by
famous "Merneptah &c. 1225) re-
corded his victories in Canaan as
follows:
Plundered is Canaan with every
evil,
Carried off is Askalon
Seized upon is Gezer,
Yenoam is made as a thing not
existing,
Israel is desolated, his seed is
Great interest attaches to this
inscription because it is the only
Egyptian text in which occurs the
name Israel"
It is obvious that Merneptah's
reported defeat of the Hebrews in
Canaan implies their presence in
the country.
There are, however, also many
sound points in the arguments OF
those favOring the theory OF the
late date of the exodus. AT any
rate, this interesting ch ter
awaits further calculation from
the advance Of archaeology.
A word of comment should yet
be added on another biblical
niracle"-the crossing of the Red
Sea.
According to the march route
the Hebrews took out of Egypt,
they must have crossed the Red
Sea at some point between Lake
Timsah and the Bitter L a k g
where before the opening OF t
Suez Canal the waters were We
shallow. 1t may well have be
that our ancestors crossed by
shallow neck of water of the S
which was liable to be driven ba
under ga strong east wind" (EA~
dus Ia, SD.
It should be remembered that
q miracle" is not necessarily an
event contradicting and opposing
the laws of nature, but rather
timed to fill the need of the mo-
ment when a miracle" is the on
ly way of salvation.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-04-19
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1COntlnueu
ND have been necessary to
W. the existence of such a
SSua. 90 he is said to have been"
's T,.e details of the story of the
man anI plaques" have been examined
l0n anv scholars who found them
- descriptions of natural phe-
. : whose occurrence in Egypt
O. ~oII attested. The intensificatiOn
these natural occurrences to
I. degree where they became the
S ~ II Plaques" finally made Pha-
~ oconiesce in the exodus of
& Hebrew slaves.
i naturally, the believing Jew
,oss not require the proof of sci
'U Oe to uphold his confidence in
aolv Writ. Still, since Judaism
ass ' always fostered the spirit of
Il. inquiry and has never
,smanded blind belief of its fol-
Iowers, it is not contrary to Jewish
Erodition to adduce the facts I'm
derlving the Biblical miracles.
The ten plaques, save the last,
hove been observed to occur in
Ecvpt, though in a lesser degree
thsn described in the Pentateuch.
h is extremely interesting that the
order in which the plaques &C.
eurred corresponds to the natural
order of these phenomena through
ont the hange of seasons in
Egypt.
The first plague when "all the
waters that were in the river were
turned to blood. And the fish that
was in the river died; and the
river stank, and the Egyptians
could not drink of the water of
the river; and there was blood
throughout all the land of Egypt"
EXODUS 7, 1925 is an accurate
description of the Nile when it is
at its lowest just before it begins
to rise in June. Then the river
looks red and is swarming with
organisms and dead fish that bad
odor of which hovers over the land
lining the river. The lower the
water falls the more intense are
these unpleasant effects.
The second plague, frogs (ExO-
dus 8, lis, may be observed yearly
in Egypt when the Nile inundatiOn
sets in. In July the frogs abound
in Egypt even in normal years, so
that in the abnormal case of a
calamity like that described, con-
ditiOns may well have approx
mated a catastrophe.
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth
plaques. flies, murrain, boils and
pestilence-are scourges of Egypt
also in nowadays. That the plague
Of "boils" followed upon that of
the overabundance of flies is borne
out by recent boil epidemics in
Egypt which were chiefly due to
Evening star., 1940-02-24

Herat, Khorassan and several others.
Existing genuine examples Of these
carpets are few and those offered
are probably reproductions OF their
earlier predecessors done in the
Sultanabad Hamadan area. OF
course, the district of Khorassan
some 80 or so years ago made some
very fine rugs in small and medal
lion patterns, known as Khorassan,
Meshed and Birjend, but in some
of them the wool is very f1abby, and
durability consequently is exceed
ingly limited.
Among the smaller-size rugs of
Persia, those made by nomads are
usually the best and are generally
identified by wool warp and weft.
Such rugs as real Karaja, Kashgai,
old Shiraz, Kurd and Hamadan are,
as a rule, good. There are also small
Kashan, Bidjar, Kazvin and other
commercially produced small rugs.
Rugs From Caucasus.
Rugs coming from Caucasus are
chiefly small carpets and can be
divided into short-pile and long-pile
rugs. Among the short-pile carpets
are Daghestan, Kuba, Cabistan, Chi
Chi, Shirvan and Derbend, and in
the long-pile group are KAYAK and
Guendje. Karabagh rugs come in
a variety of patterns and weaves.
Armenians and Caucasian nomads
are still among the best weavers in
Caucasus, although the rugs they
make now do not have the character
and originality of old Caucasian
rugs. AS for Turcoman rugs, COM
monty known as Bokhara, the car
pets known as such today are chiefly
commercial products and do not
have the distinctive patterns and
rich colors familiar in earlier Tur-
comans. Rug lovers know the names
of Tekke, Saryk, Yomud, Sailor,
Pendeh, Afghan, Ersari, Beshir or
true Bokhara woven by roaming
tribes, although many use such COM
mercialized designations as Royal
Bokhara, Princess Bokhara, Khachli
Bokhara and Khiva Bokhara. Mass
lllSlllO0o OduSCd Oy
Soviet Russia may in time work
havoc with rugs produced in Cau-
casus and Turkestan. Belouch rugs,
by the way, are commercially woven
in Persia by Turcoman nomads.
Today there are few Indian rugs
offered to the American homemaker
and most of them are sold as semi
antique and antique. The warp and
weft of these carpets should be
closely examined to see that they
are not made with jute The dyes
also should be tested carefully.
Sometimes, however, Indian rugs are
offered here made around Kashmere
and Amritsar commercially and
which compare favorably with Per-
sian Hamadan carpets.
Turkey has produced some excel
lent rugs in the past, among which
are fine prayer rugs, chiefly made
by Greeks and Armenians, as we'll
as by wandering nomads. Later a
group of large-size rugs were made,
called Sparta, Anatolian and other
names. Rug imports from this
country today, however, are unim-
portant and are chiefly copies of
Persian designs not all of which are
successfully reproduced. Carpets of
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Irregularities of pattern are not al
ways a fault, but they sometimes
indicate a rug which has been cut.
And there is no reason why there
should be holes or tears in a mod
ern rug.
The dyes. too. should be reason
ably fast. There are Oriental rugs
which have been painted over in
America and which will reveal their
true colors in the first real wash to
which they are subjected. Vegetable
dyes are rarely used nowadays and
not all chemical dyes are bad Rugs
not washed chemically may not have
a glossy Sheen but are preferred
by experts. Nevertheless, if you
want "luster" assure yourself that
the washed pile is still strong and
resilient. Rugs which are closely
woven need not have a high pile,
but rugs which are of loose weave
should have thick body. Rest as
sured that although silk is sometimes
used for luxurious effect in Oriental
carpets, Oriental rugs are made with
wool pile and not with cotton. Good
wool is not "flabby." but bristles
Evening star., 1940-02-24

Turkish type are also being made in
Greece and the Balkans. The wool
used in all these rugs does not seem
able to stand the strenuous wash
ing process to which almost all mod
ern carpets are subjected.
Clever Carved Effects.
And probably few Oriental coun-
tries today are able to blend so
many diverse and pleasant colors
as the Chinese. Their greens, rust
reds, golden yellows, aubergines and
many other shades of delicate tints
are well known to American home
makers. Their simple circles, floral
bouquets, arrangements of ancient
symbols plus some celver carved
effects, are dainty and excellently
suited for bedrooms of all types.
Not all Chinese carpets are of good
quality, however, as some of the
cheaper grades employ jute and
cotton in their piles. Another type
sometimes sold as Chinese rug is
nothing more than a hooked rug
with burlap or canvas base and
looped yarn pile with the loops cut.
If I were to give a brief advice
on how to buy Oriental rugs, it
would be this: Disregard names
when buying Oriental carpets. A
Sarouk rug of today is not the same
as the Sarouk sold some 80 or more
years ago, it is merely a type. Sim
ply examine the warp and weft
threads to make sure that they are
strong wool or cotton threads. OBJ
serve the sides and see that they
are we'll finished. The pile of the
rug itself should be reinforced by
several bands of overlapping threads
or selvages on each end to protect
the pile yarns from unraveling.
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when touched, and the pattern at
the back of an Oriental rug should
be like that on the surface, although
often much weaker in outline. In
short, good Oriental rugs should be
made with the best materials OBJ
tainable. So, If you like the colors
and pattern Of an Oriental carpet.
insure the fact that the dyes and
threads used In 1t are also good be-
fore you buy.
Beware of comparison by price, be-
cause two Oriental rugs with the
same name and apparently similar
appearance often have vast differ
ences in quality. Go to a reliable
dealer by all means, and don't hesi-
tate even to pay a qualified expert
if you need one. In the long run
you will find that the extra money
you paid was well worth it.
Evening star., 1940-02-24

terror styles from single, basic floor
plan In each Of two types, . two
bedroom and three-bedroom home.
BY approaching the operation from
this angle, vast economies are ac-
complished through Standardization
Of fundamentals, although giving
distinction to exteriors.
The Six-room homes illustrated In
American Builder. for example.
shows how by turning the house
sideways on the lot, with the gable
end to the street, the appearance
changes completely. In addition, one
house has a brick exterior. the other
white shingle.
Evening star., 1940-02-24
Green Acres Homes
illustrate individuality

Presented as examples of how,
through skilled planning, variations
that lend architectural individuality
to small homes can be developed
without increasing cost, two homes
recently built in Green Acres, Md,
by Albert w. Walker are featured in
the current issue of American
Builder, national publication Of the
building industry.
The homes illustrated in the maga-
zine are two-story, detached Co.
lonial houses, with six rooms and
bath. Schreier & Patterson were
the architects.
The builder develops many ex-
Evening star., 1940-02-24
Air-Conditioned Hotel

Contract has been awarded for
complete air conditioning Of the Lee
Sheraton Hotel, formerly the Lee
House, 1t was announced today. All
guest rooms are to be air conditioned
as well as the lobby, dining room and
other public spaces. The contract to
install cooling equipment was given
the Combustioneer Corp.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
Soroptinists
Back Move
Aid Allies
Plan to Seek
Endorsement of
Convention

The Soroptimist Club of Washing
ton has indorsed the movement of
the Committee to Defend America
by Aiding the Allies and will seek
to have similar action taken by the
national federation at its convention
next week in Salt Lake City.
The local club voted Endorsement
at its final business meeting before
the convention yesterday at the
Willard Hotel.
Mrs. Bertha B. Jones, who pre-
sented the resolution, said she be-
lieved the local Soroptimist organ
ization is the first service club of
the city to 60 on record favoring
the movement.
The club voted to contribute 500
to the Red Cross relief fund and
made plans to collect used clothing
for refugees. On the home front,
the club made donation of $50 to
provide summer vacations at Camp
Bennett for underprivileged chill
dren.
A party of Washington Soropti-
mlStS headed Dy MISS Mary BOurke,
the president. will leave tonight for
the convention. Included will be
Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, second
vice president of the federation;
Miss Daisy Reed, delegate: Mrs.
Lorraine Good and Miss Estelle
Zirkin, alternates; Mrs. Mary Lewis,
Miss Emma Beuchele. Mrs. Jean
Bennett, Miss Dorothy Herring. Miss
Jeanne Meara, Mrs. Ethel Knight
Pollard, Miss Anna Mae Rose of the
Montgomery County club and Mrs.
May A. Bowman of the Alexandria
club.
The Soroptimist Club of Arlington
County will be represented by its
president, Mrs. Pearle Sharpe, and by
Miss Nellie Spencer, delegate. Mrs.
Rebecca Wisman, Mrs. Sharpes
mother, who is known to the club
as Mother Rebecca," accompanied
her daughter to the convention. Miss
Betty Brown. president of the
Arlington County Venture Club. also
is with the party, which left by
motor Tuesday and will visit the
West Coast before returning.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
Auxiliary to Meet

The Donor Affair Committee of
the Junior Auxiliary of the Jewish
ConsuHptive Relief Society is max
ing plans for function next season
and will discuss them tonight at
meeting of the society at the Jewish
Community Center.
Miss Marion Ostrow is general
chairman. assisted by Hilda Fried
man, in charge of publicity and pro-
gram; Miss Marian Barker. Miss
Ruth Askin and Miss Ruth Isaacson,
prizes; Miss Mildred Schwartz. Tele-
phone Committee: Miss Ann Kauf-
man and Miss Lillian kaufman, lug
gage and blanket clubs; Miss Evelyn
Davis, ways and means, and Miss
Bea Goldberg, accounts.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
Girl Takes Tests, Wins
Two Scholarships

Mary Frances McGrain, 10, was
exactly twice as successful as she
hoped to be in the scholarship COM
petition held recently at st. Martins S
Parochial School, she has learned.
Determined to win one of the
honors. she took examinations for
each of four scholarships for which
she was eligible. Two of the tests
were given on the same day, and
it was in them that she scored two
"firStS."
Somewhat f1ustered when in
formed she had been awarded the
prizes offered by both st. Pat
rick's Academy and Immaculate
Conception Academy, Mary Frances
finally decided to continue her
studies next year at Immaculate
Conception.
The st. Martins honor graduate
is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank McGrain of 20 Todd place
NE.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
Real Estate Board Holds
Outing at Manor Club .

More than 400 realtors and guests
participated in a day of sports and
recreation yesterday as the WASH
ington Real Estate Board held its
annual outing at the Manor Country
Club. Officials of the District and
nearby counties in Maryland and
Virginia were guests of the board.
The program featured a golf
tournament, horseshoe pitching con-
test, baseball game and numerous
foot races. More than so prizes were
given away during the day. A
dinner, followed by an entertain
ment program, closed the outing.
The realtors assembled at board
Offices at noon, formed a motorcade,
and with police escort proceeded
to the club in nearby Maryland.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
Mizrachi Meeting

Officers will be elected by the
Washington chapter of the Miz-
rachi Junior Women tonight at the
home of Mrs. B. Dekelbaum, 1926
T street NV.
The annual donor dinner of the
group was held this week at the
Wardman Park Hotel, with Judge
Joseph Fromberg as the guest
speaker. Mrs. Bernat Weiss, presi-
dent. presided and Mrs. Gerald G..
Gross, dinner chairman, intro
duced the guest of honor, Mrs.
Simcha RabinoWitz of New York,
who brought greetings from the
National Mizrachi Organization.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
B'nui Birth Officials
Father Is Dead

Joseph Bisgyer, IS. of Baltimore
father of Maurice Bisgyer. national
secretary of the B'nai Birth. died
Monday in a Baltimore hospital, 1t
was learned today. A native of
Brooklyn, Mr.. Bisgyer had made his
home in Baltimore for the last 20
years.
Funeral services were held yester-
day, with burial in Har Sinai Gene
terry, Baltimore. Rabbi Edward l..
Israel offciated.
Besides Maurice Bisgyer, Mr.. Bis
oyer leaves three other sons, Gustave
Bisgyer of Baltimore, Samuel S. Bis
oyer of Brooklyn and Henry of Jer-
sey City, N. j.; two daughters, Mrs
Rose Soloman and Mrs. Marye
Franklin, both of New York City.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
Arts Club Program
To Feature Dancers

A program featuring Marion
Chace and her dance group in
Concert 1910" will be presented
at the Arts Club tonight following
a club dinner.
Periods ranging from the 18th
century to the present day will be
interpreted by the dancers in va
ried settings. One group will be
based on Negro spirituals. Todd
Gray has assisted with musical ar
rangements for the latter.
Hostesses will be Miss Marie E.
Walhcott and Miss Caroline P.
Martin.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
D. c. Students Graduated

Thirteen Washingtonians yester-
day received degrees at final exer-
cises at the University of Pennsyl-
vania. They are George Bralove,
Richard Sanderson, John S. Har-
rington, Kenneth H. Mcclure,
Thomas B. Mitchell Samuel Shul-
man, Robert s. Godsall, William G
Evening star., 1940-06-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fanelli of
Arlington Village are spending this
week at Gay Manor, Virginia Beach.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

and to the east, and the French said
their troops successfully attacked q
German position between the 9aar
River and the Vosges Mountains.
Fighting near the Luxembourg
frontier has flared intermittently
between the German village Of Perl
and the French frontier village Of
Apach. Uneasiness In Luxembourg
has caused many nationals Of that
tiny country to apply for permis-
sion to enter France.
War Committee Meets.
French activity on the home front
was marked by a meeting of the War
Committee composed Of Defense
Minister Daladier and chief of the
army, sea and air forces with Presi-
dent Albert Lebrun. This is the body
which makes all decisions Of war
strategy.
Premier Paul Reynaud received
the Swedish Minister, E. Hennings,
and the Belgian Ambassador, Pol le
Teller.
Western front action yesterday in
the Rhine River sector saw a bold
German raid on a French held
island near the Swiss frontier beat
en- off by French machine gun fire.
Boats Repulsed from Isle.
The German raiders approached
the island in boats but were forced
to withdraw In the face Of heavy
blasts from machine guns and rifles.
Because of the darkness the French
could not say whether any of the
German boats had been sunk.
The French said their artillery
smashed German military construc-
tions in the Saarland. which have
held the especial attention Of the
French command"
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Position Now Is ImpregnobIe
In Scandinavia, Nozis Hold
Sinking Of Two British Submarines
Reported; Mine Fields Scorned

was practical economic side to the
question of Sweden's neutrality.
When the port Of Lulea, at the
head Of the Cult of Bothnia, te-
comes ice-free next month. 1t was
considered likely that Germany
would try to have iron ore from
Northern Sweden shipped from
there rather than along the Nor
wegian coast regardless of how
strongly German forces may have
become entrenched along the latter.
Beyond that, neutral military eH-
perts in the German capital said
they felt Sweden may yet by the
force of circumstances be drawn
into Germany's military orbit, de-
spite the present German disavowal
OF any plans for protecting" her.
Such contingency might arise,
they said, II Britain should succeed
so effectively in mining the Kat
tegat and the Skagerrak that con-
tact between the German forces of
occupation in Denmark and Nor
way would be cut of from each
other.
In view Of Germany's pledges not
to draw Sweden into the af1air,
however, it was emphasized that
this line Of reasoning lay In the
field of speculation.
1t was not until late tonight
that the high command revised to
a total of five, from the earlier
announced toll of two, the German
airplane losses In an encounter
yesterday over Bergen. British
losses first were placed at 8 and
then at 10 warplanes.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Nazi Infantry Drive
Near Luxemborg Is
RepuIsed, French Say
German Attack Stopped
At Borbed-Wire Barrier,
High Command Asserts
Nv the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 13.-German infan-
try stabbed savagely today at vital
French positions near the Luxem-
bourg frontier under screen of ar
tillery fire, but the defenders beat
them back and cut them down in the
tangled barbed wire of no-mans
land, the French high command an
nounced tonight.
The night French communique did
not disclose the strength Of the at
tacking force, but, it did say the
thrust was preceded by a violent
preparation of German artillery and
that it went forward under a pro-
tective barrage.
No Estimate Of Casualties.
It was at the barbed-wire barrier
between the lines that the German
attack was halted, the French re-
ported. No estimate of casualties
was made.
Earlier in the day artillery and
machine gun fire was reported heavy
at various points along the Rhine