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THE AMERICAN ISRAELITE LET THERE "TO 'IT BE LIGHT. VOLUME 60. CINCINNATI, OHIO. SKl'TKM UK 2.r. NUMBER 13.

It represents to the child taken tmm profusion of brilliant colored (lowers. deliberately remembers this. It Is part if the mm Chr'stlan fultlit-. Hut their litten for THI lsKAKMTB. THE LOCU8T8' 80NG.

may come of such things? Have they forgotten what Pope wrote of such editor; by correcting all defamations through subsequent articles upon the same subject matter, thereby reaching the same reading public and correcting errors; and In case of willful abuse, by appealing to the patrons and advertisers for co-operation. Defamation In textbooks which pervert the minds of children and tend to prejudice, will be met by attempts to eliminate them from the course ot study. No effort will be made by this organisation to shield any malefactor. In founding this League, the Order ot B'nal Brith pledges Its hearty support In the future, as It has done In the past, to the enforcement ot law against all violators, Jew or non-Jew. A committee of one hundred citizens, residents In the various cities throughout the United States, has been selected to perfect the organization and to carry out its objects.

(Signed) Apoi.fh Kjmus, President. Independent Order of B'nai B'rtth. Chicago, September 19, 1913. efforts will not avail them, owing to the stroiiR sense of duty of the great and freedom-loving American people. In spite of the official position of Mr.

Bagnell as a Christian clergyman. I still believe that he did not really voice the sentiments of the Christian community. And despite the presence ot so many Bagnells In the camp. 1 still believe that Christianity will con tinue doing her noble work among her constituents as a great and righteous ness working faith." Rabbi Raisin, has but recently gone to Brooklyn from Meridian. and had made for himself, at the latter place where he had been rabbi for years, a name for fearless championship of the cause in which he was working that gained for him and the Jews of that State the respect and admiration of their fellow citizens.

Congressman Calder In the course ot the debate opposed the bill tor two reasons. "Because It is against the broad American spirit which has always opposed class distinction and because It Is economically unsound. "If enacted Into law," said the Congressman, "It will not prevent the coming Into this country of the an archist, the ultra Socialist, who, we believe, Is a menace to the Institutions ot our country, members of the Mafia and the Black Hand organizations of southern Europe, all of whom are able to read and write. What It will do Is to shut the door of opportunity to the men and womei who never nafl chance and who In the past have come to this country, the haven of the op pressed, to be afforded the opportunity to work their own and their children's future. This whole movement, in my judgment, is a prejudice on the part of unthlnk'ng people agalnBt the so- called foreigner.

"In the minds of the people It has always been a habit to say that we want America for Americans. Those who have adopted that shibboleth have forgotten that their ancestors, struggling for the opportunity to serve God and work out their own salvation. were Immigrant themselves" To Fight Defamation of Jews National League Formed Under Aus pices Order B'nal B'ntn. A systematic effort to combat the growing tendency to discredit the Jew "on the stage. In current liter ature, and of late, In moving pitcures," has been inaugurated at Chicago, under the auspices of the B'nal B'rtth Order.

The matter Is fully set forth In the following statement: Independent Order of B'nal B'rtth, 1228 Tribune Building, Chicago. Antl-Defamatlon League. For a number of years a tendency has manifested itself In American life toward the caricaturing and defaming of Jews on the stage. In the current literature, and of late. In moving pictures.

The effect of this on the unthinking public has been to create an untrue and Injurious impression of an' entire people and to expose tne Jew to undeserved contempt and ridicule. The caricatures center around some Idiosyncrasy of the few which, bv the thoughtless public. Is often taken as a pivotal characteristic of the entire people. The evidence of prejudice and dis crimination has been abundant, both In social and in business circles, as well as In public life. All fair-minded citizens must regret the growth of this un-American sentiment.

The pre judice thus displayed by no means reflects the attitude of the thinking, Intelligent majority of our citizens, but Is limited to an Ignorant, unreasoning and bigoted minority. For manv years the Jewish and non-Jew ish citizens have failed to meet this tendency by any means save quiet criticism. But the tide has been rising until It calls tor organized effort to stem It Regrettable as It Is. this condition has gone so tar as to manifest Itself recently In an attempt to Influence courts of law where a Jew happened to be a party of the litigation. This symptom, standing oy ltseu.

wnne contemptible, would not constitute a menace, but forming as It does but one Incident In a continuing chain of occasions of discrimination, demands organized and systematic effort on behalf of all right-thinking Americans to put a stop to this most pernicious and un-American tendency. Pre judice Is the child ot Ignorance. It knows no bounds, respects no Individual, and violates 'the most sacred tenets of our democracy. With the hope that the co-operation of both Jewish and non-Jewish citizens will be received In this effort or fair play for all people, the "Antl-Defamatlon League of America" has been formed under the auspices ot the Order of B'nal rith. Object: The Immediate object of the League is to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience, and It neces sary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people.

Its ultimate puropse Is to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike and to nut an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridi cule of any sect or body of citizens. Organisation: Any repuraoie person, regardless of sex or creed, may become a member by signing a membership card. No membership fees nor dues shall be charged. A central office has been created In the City of Chicago, with a competent office force. AU communications or complaints should be addressed to Mr.

Slgmund Livingston, 722 First National Bank Chicago, Illinois. Stage defamation will bo dealt with by enlisting the assistance and co operation or the producers ana managers ot the theaters, so that Investi gation of proposed performances may be made before the staging ot the same, thus correcting evils before any harm i done. If the co-operation of those In authority cannot be secured then the patrons of the theater will be enlisted for active cooperation. Newspaper and magazine defama tion will be met by proteBt to the of the Institution conscience. At the present time the Home has on its staff as fine a type of adult manhood and womanhood.

Intellectually, socially, and otherwise, that the best cared for dependent children, anywhere enjoy. The cotttaRe mothers, who deteneine to such a great extent the efficiency and happiness of the cottage as well as the deportment of the children, are selected with the greatest patience and skill by a master who Ib practical ly recognized as the dean of Jewish social work In America. Presence at the weekly council of the Cottage Mother's Association will reveal the v'gnlncant fact that these women are social workers In the advanced sense; that they have come to the Hebrew Sheltering with the avowed purpose of bettering the condition of orphan children; that they have adopted a seriouB calling and have not fallen Into a job. These are the women who are Intimately in contact with the child ren from sunrise to sunsen. The teachers, all college graduates or graduates of reputable training schools live with the children In the cottages and share the cottage life with them.

The man at the helm, the superin tendent, is a flesh and blood example and Inspiration of Intellectuality, cul ture, Idealism, Industry, and power. Show me your superintendent and I'll tell you the story of your Institution, Is getting to be a by-word In child- caring work. This applies with tre mendous truth to the Hebrew Shelter ing, and Incidentally explains the best that the Institution has done in the 1 past ten years. jiui to on overiooaeo is me spir.i and character of a Board of Directors that makes the work of the H. 8.

S. at all possible. Negative conservatism and fear Is the rule with Institutional direction elsewhere. It Is this that has held back reform and progress, anl this which bewilders so many other Institutions when confronted with the startling possibilities of orphan asylum work represented in the results of the Sheltering Guardian. The Institution at Pleasantvllle is a beautiful and everlasting monument to the Directorate.

It symbolizes opportunity to the orphan and opportunity to society. It is a powerful leaon in practical philanthropy. Best of all. It has set a standard which can only be Ignored at the expense of progress and recognition. The National Farm School Fifteenth Annual "Harvest Pilgrim age" on October 19.

Bon Voyage to Pres'dent and Founder Dr. Joseph Krauskopf and Family On Trip Around the World. Preparations are progressing rapid ly for the celebration of the 16th Annual Harvest Pilgrimage to The Farm School at Farm School, Pa, on Sunday, October the 19, which will serve also as a "bon voyage to the Rev. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf, President and Founder ol tne institution, wno accompanied by Mrs.

Krauskopf and his daughter, will leave tor San Francisco two days later, tor a year's tour ot the world. A notable feature of this pilgrimage will be an address by Rabbi Charles J. Freund. now of Harriaburg, who, during his Incumbency at Salt Lake City, acted as spiritual adviser for the agricultural colony at Clarion, Utah, which was successfully established In 111, with the cooperation of four graduates of The National Farm School. Rabbi Freund will tell the Intimate story ot the struggles and triumphs, of which he waB practically an eye-witness, of the devoted Jewish pioneers, men, wo men and children, who have Bet a glittering emerald, eleven and a half miles long by one mile wide in the very heart of the gray shed-scale and mesqulte desert of Utah.

Other speakers at the Pilgrimage, which, weather nernrlttlnK. will be held out-doors. are Hon. Win. H.

Berry. Collector of Ports, Philadelphia; Emlle Berliner, Washington, D. and Hon. Leon Saaders, Judge of the Municipal Court. New York City, and Grand Master of the Independent Order B'rtth Abraham, the largest Jewish Fraternal Order In the world.

A later announcement of the full programme and details concerning special tralna will be published In these columns. The unique plan of setting out Memorial and Festive Trees on The National Farm School grounds is constantly gaining popularity. Since the Spring Exercises, last June, at which 150 such trees were dedicated with appropriate ceremonies, requests, accompanied by donations in various sums, have been received for additional tree-plantings, as follows: Festive Trees: Beatrice Eschner-Isaac Landman, Phltadephla. Betrothal. Ijeonard Gels.

Philadephia. Confirmation. Edward Hirsh, Philadelphia, Confirmation. Lucien I. Katx- enberg.

Birth. Gilbert Kraus, rniia-dephla. Confirmation. Ralibl and Mrs. Isaac Landman, Philadelphia, Wedding.

Evelyn Rosenberg, Philadelphia Confirmation. Nathan Schoenfeld. Philadephia, Confirmation. Maxwell Sobel. Philadephia.

Confirmation. Lu cilo Pauline Wurmser, Chicago. Confirmation. Memorial Trees: Mlndel Belber, Philadephia. Moses Bolber, Philadelphia.

Sarah Belber, Philadelphia. Daniel Hessberg, Cincinnati. Michael Rubensteln, Philadelphia. Cass Sun-stein, Pittsburg. Rebecca Walker, Philadelphia.

Jacob H. Werbelovsky, Brooklyn. Simon Wilson, Philadelphia. Jennie R. Wolfstein, Cincinnati.

The revival of this ancient Jewish custom will be made the object of a special propaganda all over the country by The National Farm School, with the co-operation of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, according to a plan outlined before the Atlantic City Conference, last July, by Mr. A. H. Fromonson, Executive Secre tary of 'he Institution. There Is no more Interesting time to visit The National Farm School than at this season.

The home grounds are particularly attractive, with the congestion and contamination of the city streets an Irresistable tem-tatlon to get acquainted with the great truths of nature. Covering an area of one hundred and eighty acres, It is in extent the largest instltuloa for dependent Jewish children In the world. Distributing Its population of nearly six hundred among nineteen trim stucco cottages, each represent-" ing an outlay of fifteen thousand dollars, It is the only Jewish Institution of Its kind In the world. With respect to these cottages, let it be also said Uvajt the furnishing and equipment are the best and most substantial that modern institutional methods deems harmonious with the condition of dependent children. The old Idea of housing hundreds of children under one roof, with the attendant evil of hubs movement and mass relationships has been permanently abandoned for the later Ideal which cherishes uie family as the natural unit of grouping children, and the family fire- aiue as tne natural source of childhood happiness and responsibility.

The Institution Is a community unto Itself. With electricity supplied by Its own power house, bread baked by its own oakery, laundry cared for by Its own laundry, water supplied from Its own reservoir, and sewage carried oft by its own disposal plant, its own schools, a playground eoulnoed as well as the best In the largest cities of the country, even Its own Are fighting force recruited from. the male adult population, It Is as close to Independence as townships many times Its size. When agricultural work Is In troduced and table produce can be grown on Its own grounds, and when the local newspaper becomes a reallty- thc Institution has Its own press room ror instruction in printing the Inde pendence will be nearly complete. It the H.

8. Q. S. Is em'nently dis tinctive Because of Its up-to-date equipment. It Is preeminently distinguished because of Its broad educational policy.

Education within Institu tions was originally associated with and restricted to religious and sec tarlan purposes, exactly as the first ecnools in America were established for he preparation of young men tor the ministry. Something like a decade ago the need of vocational efficiency suggested the Introducton of some of the trades, and manual traln'ng In some form began to be a feature In the most up-to-date orphan homes. It must be borne In mind that a sharp dtstlnclton Is made between the or phan home and the reform 'school. Curiously enough, industrial prepared ness was considered essential to the abnormal child, for In lnstltut'ons for delinquents technical work of some kind has long figured, while the dependent child, who is normal In physical and social sense, has been slighted in the dlstrlbut'on of such opportunities. It has remained however, for the Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum to carry the Idea of equal educational opportunity with the normal child.

who lives with his parents. Into prac tical and beautiful reality for the orphan. In Its scheme, side by side with religious and Industrial training, It provides for the cultural studies of the high school. At the present time, one fifth of the children are enrolled In the high school classes, and In a year the first attempt to pass the Regents and College Entrance Examinations will be made. Think of a class of orphan children marching off to take a college examination with training for the examination provided by Its Alma Mater, and you will realize the great strides orphan asylum work Is making in America.

A very valuable force In the training of the H. S. O. S. child Is the opportunity offered by the cottage life.

Every suggestion of housework, from cooking to scrubbing. Is In the immediate hands of the children themselves. In conjunction with the work of the technical schools It offers a training In resourcefulness and manual dexterity. In the ability to do common things to become serviceable In the presence of real Jobs, that will be invaluable to the children in later life. And not to be slighted Is the silent lesson of standards decorum, cleanliness, economy, efficiency, dally practiced In the execution of routine duties.

The doing power of the child Is reinforced In many directions. If It Is poverblal that the average orphan asylum child Is unduly modest and wants a hustling, square-jawed aggressiveness and ambition, that he lacks initiative and push, such proverb must be abandoned so far as the H. 8. Q. S.

is concerned. The Cottage mothers and teachers who meet the children daily will tell you this; the visitor will notice It In little time; and the wonderful efficiency of the cottage life is unmistakablo evidence of this truth. Eight years ago a Boy's Republic was established. Seven years ago a Girl's Republic was established. From that time up to now the art of self-expression and self-Initiation has been expounded and developed in the finest of schools for children, experience.

So It has come to pass that the boys and girls have their respective savings banks, also their respective candy stands from which to derive a revenue to replenish funds for athletic goods and other needs close to the happiness of childhood; so It Is that an invaluable disciplinary force In the little community Is provided In the force of public opinion growing out of and even in the spirit of self-government ItBelt; so it Is, Anally, that a ncv orphan type is presented to society, a type that is neaitny in we expression of its needs, and capable In the execution of self-imposed responsibilities growing out of these needs. A splendid plant, high Ideals and standards and policies to live by, op portunity rampant, all rornlsn less than half when everything Is said and done for the establishment that Is engaged In the business of convert-w riAnandent children Into healthy. Independent, co-operative citizens of society. The greatest, locals wiu iu to seed without the direction and stimulation of adeqirate cultivation and care. The Sheltering Guardian most the lawns take on tln-Ir richest hues while, on the farm, I he results of the Hummer labor arc shown in the abundant crops.

The apple orchard used by the State of I'ennsylvan'a for demonstration purposes, presentR quite a picture with Its ripening fruits. Bernard Ostrolenk. one of the gra duates of The National Farm School. who, until recently, was an Instructor In the agricultural department of the high schools of Slayton, has been made Director of the Department of Agriculture of the Min nesota State High tchool. After a two months leave of absence granted by the Executive Board, at his request, witnoot pay, to enable him to do some literary work, Executive Secretary Froirienaon, returned to the office from his bungalow In the Catskllls, on September the 16th.

He Ib now planning a lecture and propaganda tour throughout the Middle West, In behalf of the Farm School, which will begin at Des Moines. on Succoth Eve, October the 16th. Minister Assails Jews Brooklyn. New York, Pastor. Dr.

Bagnell, Promptly Answered By Rabbi Max Raisin of Temple Shasrl Zedek. Following an address, classing Polish Jews as undesirable Immigrants, bv the Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell, pastor of I in on El I 'H tiri-h Rmnklvn KI 1 a debate on Monday night, Septem' ber 15. with Congressman William M.

Calder, on an educational test for aliens, the pastor was assailed the following day by Rabbi Max Raisin of the Temple Shaarl Zedek as sounding "a note most treacherous to our greet American traditions." In uie course of his argument. Dr. Bagnell declared emphatically that he believed the Polish Jew was a menace to the country. "This country of ours," he said, "Is no refuge for all the world, and we should have more sense than to at tempt to make It that. What we are really seeking to develop here Is a great Christian civilization.

But many of these foreigners, especially from Eastern and Southern Europe, come here with sentiments and prejudices entirely at variance with ours. Our immigrants should be of such a type that their sons could marry our daughters. "When these (southern Europeans come here from the land where the Mafia flourishes, they try to throttle the public schools of our city to take the Christians out or them. I wish some way could bejfpatul to keep out of this country a cenaui ckus of Jews. I believe the Polish Jew Is a menace to this country.

There are, however, some broader Jews who are more ac ceptable. Some Jews, like Rabbi Wise, have a broad modem viewpoint, but there are very tew of them, comparatively. There are just as few that have clung to the old orthodoxy, so that by tar tne most of this race Is skeptical and Irreligious. They are antagonistic to our Christian civtllzatlon." In his reply, which was published the next day In the leading dally paper. Rabbi Raisin stated.

In reference to the treatment he received: "In that same church of Christ, the invited stranger, found myself, figuratively speaking, sat upon, spat at, and kicked about In a most un- Chrlstlan-llke manner, and this, too, in spite of assurances of the church committee In Its printed circular that the proceedings would be entirely non-sectarian anil non-partisan." Following that Rabbi Raisin proceeded to pay his respects to his antagonlut in terms that could not be misunderstood or misinterpreted, and concluded as follows: No, It was not an appeal to reason. but to the low passions still rankling In man. It was an attempt to rake up the dying ashes of race prejudice and religious bigotry that happily have lain dormant In American Christianity for many generations. And because It was delivered In a bouse of worship, and from the lips of a supposedly 'Christian' preacher, it sounded an the more like an echo from the days of the Spanish Inquisition. "BagneU's speech was more than a piece of religious bigotry.

It sounded a note most treacherous to our great American traditions. It was an echo of the movement started several years ago by some religious fanatics to declare this a sectarian country, with a State religion seeking to crush our religious liberties by throwing all people Into one common religious mold. It Is the spirit ot bigotry that seeks to turn the hands lot time centuries back, and to make America Into another infernal Russia. How little this man understands the genius of our American Institutions can be easily seen, "Mr. BagneU's memory must be very defective, or he would, as he should, know that the Jews have been in Am erica for at least as long a time as the Anglo-Saxons.

The latest histori cal discoveries tell of Columbus as a Marrano-Jew himself. There were Jews In the ships of Columbus. Louis de Torres, the first white man to set his foot on American soli was a Spanish Jew. In the history of our United States the Jews have played a most cosplcuous part from the very beginning. We know of Hyam Solomon as the great financier who helped the struggling Government under Robert Morris with a large sum of money.

We hear of Major Frank as aide-de- camp to George Washington. The names of Commodore Uriah Levi, of Judge Mordacal M. Noah and countless others were most prominent In Amer ican national life long before the Irish parents ot Mr. Bagnell even dreamed of crossing the ocean for these shores. "Mr.

Bagnell. and people of his Ilk, are doing all they can to make this a Christian nation, to accomplish whlcn they are ready to oppresB and crush people who do not subscribe to the'r views. They are anxious to have the name of f.ie Christian deity put Into our Constitution, and thus place legal and political disabilities upon these practice? 'We first endure, then pity, then embrace." The lecturer-criminal stated that he and his crime-mates had learned tbe'r devilment at the reform school, which Is, ot course, a lie, but It probably never occured to a single one ot the "greeners" in the audience to ask how It came about that Rose and the others were In the reform school at all. Th'i Incident Is but another Illustration of misdirected energy. It the Protestant Christian Church can find no better outlet for Its excess of seal to verve the Lord then the suspicion of disintegration has become a certainty.

As if to mock Christ Episcopal church the following appeared directly under the "Bald Jack" Rose item In the newspaper: Westchester, September 10. Following Immediately after the request of the Board of Trustees that Dr. George Morris Phillips resign as principal of the Westchester 8tate normal school, an Investigation committee made a report, setting forth charges of Immoral conditions that, the investigators allege, existed In the Institution before the disappearance ot Harry S. Johnson, a steward, and Miss Ruth Wolf, a graduate. The report sets forth alleged revelations made by a matron.

That is the logical result of such an act as Christ Churcn na gultly of. A Ray of Light From Mexico From the Capital of our sister Re public to the southward, above the terrifying clamor of Internecine strife, rises the cheerful voice of humanity and universal bitotherly love. Our old friend "The Mexican Herald," lone a stranger in our midst, bearing date of August 31, Is with us through courtesy of Mr. A Berllnger, of the City of Mexico, and It la grat'fylng to note that In the beat of what la gener ally considered a devastating olvu war, a dally newspaper editor can calmly consider an extraneous matter just as if nothing resembling a re volution was any nearer than China. It Is an equal satisfaction to feel that a private citizen like Mr.

Berllnger has apparently so little to fear that he has time, inclination and op portunity to communicate with the outside world about matters entirely foreign to the ordinary Latin-American Internal troubles. The Issue of The Mexican Herald referred to contains an editorial under the caption, "A Charge of Ritual Murder," which Is as follows: Among the Interesting topics dis cussed at the recent Medical Congress in London wss a case of alleged ritual murder by a Kleff Jew. in the Middle Ages, when the Jews were almost universally viewed with disfavor, and even today In some countries. In which a recactkinary spirit of antl-Semlttam prevails, such charges of ritual murder against persons of the Jewish race were and are not uncommon. Occasionally, there may hare been or be some ground for the accusation, tor what community, what body of men.

what religious organize toon can hold themselves responsible for the acta ml isolated, misguided Individuals? But, as a general rule, such charges have been and are nothing bnt the fruit of the dense Ignorance or prejudice of the persons making them. For the matter of that, it Is well known that the charge ot ritual murder was one of the most common Imputations launched against the early Christians by their enemies. As to the Kleff Jw, whose case was brought up in the London Medical Congress, the story told was that he had been in prison for nearly a year on the chargs of having slain a twelve-year-old boy named Yusch-lnskl by shedding bis blood In pursuance ot a religious belief said to be still held by a Jewish sect. Apparently, there is no doubt about the material tact that the Jew did kill the boy. But the result of the postmortem examination, which showed that the boy had forty-seven knife wounds on his body, waa submitted to the leading psychiatrists of Europe to determine whether the murder was due to religions beliefs or to Insanity.

In this context. It is not out of place to say that religious beliefs, perverted or exaggerated (naturally, we do not speak of the genuine religious spirit), may themsevles develop Into a form of Insantly. The case was discussed In the sections devoted to forensic medicine and psychiatry, Dr. 1 jppe of Heidelberg and Dr. Cohn ot Paris produced evidence tending to disprove the allegation of the Russian authorities, which pointed to a ritual murder.

A Joint report signed by Prof. Pepper, the home office expert, and Dra. Wlllcox and Mercter. expressed the opinion that the evidence showed the brutal murder was the work ot a madman. "We are strongly of the the report says, "that there la nothing In the details of the crime to suggest the race or nationality of tne murderer.

We entirely and emphatically oppose the theory that the crime was a ritual muraer. Sir James Crichton-Browne, British expert on mental diseases, pointed out that the session of the congress was not a Judicial tribunal. He said, however, that the case seemed to be one in which racial antipathy amounting to criminal conspiracy seized upon an Independent criminal act and distorted and perverted It for Its own purposes. He asked the delegates to accept the conclusion that the crime was not a ritual murder. All assented.

This Is the sensible and charitable view to take, for It Is very unjust that a whole body of men should suffer for the act of an Individual. And let It not be forgotten that wholesale massacres of the Jews ay their Christian nelsiibors have sometimes been provoked. In eastern Bsc rope, by these charges of ritual murder. By Katie Jtml Joseph. he Ixicust sings on the maple bough And Bomehow it seems to me the summer Is so much shorter now Than ever I knew It to be.

But perhaps It's because I'm growln" old That the years flip so swiftly away; And there seems to be less of the summer's void And more of the winter's gray. He has sung just the same through the passln' years, Till each golden summer has fled; And I've heard him with laughter and heard him with tears, While the maples were changln' to red. And sometimes the hope In my heart crew strong, And oft It was heavy with pain But the locust kept slngln' his same old song, just slngln' with might and with main. But now when he aings In the maple tree With scarcely a pause through the day. It seems that he just keeps aayln' to me, "How fast the time's passln' away." And I guess it's because I'm growln' old That I feel the pains at my heart For I know that my life will be lonely and cold When summer and I must part.

Iji Fayette. September, 1913 New Conception of Orphan Asylum The Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society of New York has Model Orphan Home at Pleasantvllle, New York. By Michael Shablett, M. Principal H. 8.

O. S. School. When Jonathan Swift in a character istic satirical vein suggested that an easy and profitable solution of the dependent child problem was to fat ten the helpless creatures for the big course at Christmas and New Year's d'nner of the aristocrats and plutocrats, he held the mirror up to the despicable condition of the poor man's deed to the community of the eighteenth century. When about one hundred years later, Dickens present' ed Oliver Twist asking In his naive way for a second helping of porridge, only to be rebuffed nd punished by a master whose value was estimated bv the small sum he Invested for stomach fuel for the children, he disclosed the orphan child situation of the early nineteenth century.

Here recently, at Pleasantvllle, the dedl cation of the Hebrew Sheltering Ouard an Society Orphan Asylum to the religious, moral. Intellectual, In dustrial and social efficiency of the orphan and dependent children of New York City's poor affirmed a new and loftier responsibility assumed by Boclety; and likewise, emancipated orphanage from the shackles that for centuries have bound It to the odium of pauperism, neglect and exploitation. Not so long ago an editorial appeared In a great city newspaper as-Hailing orphan asylums as the way stations for ignorance, helpless super Billion and crime. It declared that children In orphan homes, are like so many human machines, ticketed and numbered, and devoid of personality. The line of lack lustre, dead-soul faces that greeted the visitor was a promise of future reinforcement of the devils of want and crime.

The editor was hardly writing from the broad, con siderate, conservative and well-inform ed viewpoint. His editorial might apply to conditions of a halt century ago, when free education was not within the grasp of every child, when even higher education was only for the. rich few. and when the relation between life and the school day was harely appreciated. In such a state there is little time for thought of orphans and It is hardly surprising If a picture of conditions In charitable Institutions of that time reveals dark and distressing facts.

The editorial writer undoubtedly meant well; but Im exercised his privileges alt the expense of much of the truth and to the distinct disadvantage of the splendid work being done by those institutions that are blazing the way better conditions and equal oppor- tiinity for the orphan child. It Is true that the most that can be said for some orphanages Is that they provide shelter from the elements, fund for the stomach and clothing for the back of the dependent up to the time he is ready to take, up his burden himself. It Is likewise true that In many cases conscience and the character of the child-caring work in vogue do not mix well. But no more are all orphanages engaged In the business of preserving the bodies anil cruBhlne- the souls of orphan children than are all schools without exception cheating childhood of Its Heritage of Intellectual freedom ana strength. When the Hebrew Sheltering Guard Inn Society moved Into the beautiful hills of Westchester County It carried with it from the city, well planned mi even initiated departures, some i winch had already attracted at tention because of their unusual asso- t'latlon with orphan work.

The radical 'luniKe to the country offered unusual sl ope for the fostering of those Ideals which Immediately distinguish the asylum from the home and emphasize "ie opportunity of an institution to ln'cnme an educational home In the purest, broadest and roost beautiful sense. Finely situated, with the descending Mi's to set it off as a landscape gem a ring by the progress of the sun across the heavens, the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum offers Its children the best that Westchester has in stock In the way of th'l'ln and flowers and open country. Jottings. The building of the Hartford (Conn.) Hebrew Free School association, which is to be known as tne Hebrew Institute was dedicated on Sunday, September 21, at Nos. 9 and It Pleasant street.

A great outpouring ot tne Jewish community of the city was present to pay tribute to the efforts of the zealous workers who as mem bers ot the executive and building committees of the association have given of their time unstlntlngly for the benefit of the community. It Is estimated that tne cost of the building, most of the money for which was contributed by subscription, will cast In the neighborhood of $60,000. Rev. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf.

wife and daughter, of Philadelphia, will leave on October 21, tor San Francisco, where they will take ship for the Orient on a Year's 'round-the-world tour. Two days before their depar ture, as noted In detail elsewhere In this Issue, the National Farm School, of which Dr. Krauskopf Is founder and president, will make one of the features ol its annual "Harvest Pilgrimage" a "Bon Voyage" to the doctor and bis family. The other features, Including the memorial and festive tree-planting, which nave been constantly growing In popularity, will De repeated tnis year and an unusually large attendance Is looked for. One of the special parts of the dedication In the early part ot the month of the new synagogue and tree school In Jersey street.

New Brighton (Staten Island, N. was the for mal opening of the big middle door, all entrance and egress before that runotlon being through aide doors. The performance of this particular ceremony was entrusted to Borough President Cromwell, and this was the greatest honor on such an occasion that could be bestowed on a citizen not of the Jewish faith according to a local paper. After Mr. Rablnowltx's Introductory speech, the key was for mally handed to Mr.

Cromwell, and he was lea outsiae again oy a side door, and unlocked and opened the main door, thus ceremoniously opening the synagogue Itself to general admission and regular worship. Following this came President Cromwell's address. which was an exceptionally good one. Among outer ttnings he said: "The religious part of today's event, the dedication of a synagogue to the worship ot the one and only uoa, appeals to me most strongly. Those of us who are Christians can never forget that the God of isrui.

the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of David and his royal house, the Lord of Hosts, Is also the God of the Christians, one and the same. That the Christians accept a Messiah which the Hebrews reject as the true Messiah prophesied In the Old Testament does not alter the fact that we all worship the same one eternal God, whatever revelations ana Incarnations we may nut our faith In. The one cen tral Idea Is the one God; and In that. Jew and Gentile are at one, and unitea in iaun. "Bald Jack" Rose, the sweet-scented rapscallion and Informer In the Rosen thal Murder case, a couple of weeks ago lectured at South Norwich, Con necticut, on wnat Makes up the Underworld?" The lecture was under the auspices of Christ Eclaoooal Church.

At the door of the lecture room stood three policemen. Rose said that he feared that some of his old associates or the friends of the gunmen now in the death house at Sing Sing might take the occasion of his public apearance to attempt either to kin or assault him. "The underworld," said the Rosenthal Informer, "Is made up from the so-called reform schools. These school) defeat the very purpose for which they were built. It was In the reform school that I learned to be a crook; It was In the reform school that the four young men now In the Sing Sing death house learned to be 'bad Society must reform Its "reform schools or the manufacture of crooks will continue to be as bad cs before." We all know that the devil can quote the Bible when It serves his turn, but this is the first Instance, as far as we are aware, where supposedly intelligent Christian people have not only Invoked the services of the evil one, but have even furnished the church, the audience and the opportunity.

It Is pretty generally supposed that the day of the "horrible example" has past, except possibly In the case of the "converted Jewish Rabbi," but along comes the directorate of Chr'st Episcopal Church and Invite the Innocent women and children of the congregation to become defiled by paying even a semblance of respect to vice and crime In the person of a pelf confessed criminal of the loweit type, and to listen to a concoction of lies specially prepared for just such foolish people aa composed the audience at that "lecture." Have those guilty ot the blunder considered what.