THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

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FRESH AIR SOCIETY.'
The Fresh Air Society of the
United Jewish Charities will give
one of their delightful dances at
Alhambra I Tall, on Thursday eve-
16th, at 8:30.
ning,
These dances are. looked for-
ward to with a great deal of
pleasure by those who have at-
tended the affairs heretofore.
The workings of this society in
the community are so well and
generally known that it is need-
less to mention the various activ-
ities and the broad sphere which
it covers.
The Patronesses are: Airs. Os-
car Rosenberger, Airs. Joseph
Welt, Airs. Sam '1'. Goldberg,
Airs. Jaca Nathan, Mrs. Adolph
Einsterwald, Airs. Alex liner-,
mann, Airs. NI. I lelfman, Airs.
\lax Nlay, Mrs. David Levy, Mrs.
Ben Selling, Airs. Sam Sloman,
Airs. I Lugo Ilill, Mrs. Wolf Kap-
lan, Airs. Eugene Topple, Airs.
Albert Schloss and Airs. A, I.

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Reception Committee : Airs. J.
V. Brown, Airs. Leo AI. Franklin,
Mrs. Benj. Seigel, Mrs. Benj.
Lambert, Airs. ShitTman, Airs.
(;co, Epstean, Mrs. Louis Simons,
Mrs. lingo Freund and Airs. Day
Krolik.
Any one desiring tickets may
obtain same from Financial Sec-
retary, Nliss Anna Solomon, 111
I I endric Ave.; phone, North
369O-R,

ant advocates are at once to re-
ceive the rank of advocateS, but
no new appointments of Jews as
adVocates will be made for the
present. I litherto the NI inister of
justice had it in his sole power to
appoint Jewish lawyers, and
recommendations of the Advo-
cates' Councils were constantly
refused.

OBITUARY

The New Haven (Conn.)
Hoard of Education have voted
to prohibit the reading of "The
Merchant of Venice" in the pub-
lic sLhools and to prohibit the
reading of Lamb's "Tales from
Shakespeare" until an edition
shall be published which does not
contain this play. The singing
of Christmas carols has also
been suppressed.
Colonel Isaac I lart, of Hop-
kinsville, Ky., has been reappoint-
ed a member of the Governor's
staff, with the rank of Colonel.

Yiddish writers and friends of
Yiddish literature in Chicago, Ill.,
have. organized a Yiddish Press
Club.

Mr. Solomon Levy, of New Or-
leans, has been elected Grand
High l'riest of the Grand Chap-
ter of Royal Arch' Masons for
1,c)uisiftna.

OLD JEWISH RESIDENT
PASSES AWAY.

The Jewish community of De,
troit lost one of its most prom-
inent members through the death
of Mrs. J. I I. Cohn, 183 Winder
Street, wife of Rev. J. II. Cohn,
and mother of Attorney Louis
Cohn. Airs. Cohn, who was 68
years of age, was a resident of
Detroit for more than 34-•ears
and during these years devoted
much of her time working for
the betterment of the conditions
in the community.

The Private Bills Committee of
the Upper Canadian House has
passed the Jewish Philanthropies
hill of Montreal.
There is now a German paper
in Kovno and the principal street
of the town is named "Kaiser
Wilhelm Strasse."

The German Government has
granted permission to open the
well-known Yeshibah of Slobod-
ka, which had been closed since
the war began.

Rabbi A. NI. Hershman con-
ducted the funeral services. Bur-
ial was held in Ileth ()km Ceme-
tery.

In addition to her husband,
Mrs. J. II. Cohn is survived by
the following children : Airs. N.
I I urwitz, A. Cohn and I .0111S
C01111, both of this city ; Mrs. S.
Nlissner and I lenry • Cohn, of
Chicago, and Airs. S. A. Levitt,
of Montreal.

Among the new ..year's honors
The Jewish students of Gouch- bestowed by the Czar is the con-
er College, Baltimore, Md., have . ferment of the title of honorary
organized a Menorah society. commercial councillor on MM.
Menorah societies exist in thirty- Jacob Shapiro and 'Noah Gordon,
seven American colleges and uni- both hereditary honorary citizens
versities.
of Petrograd.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Air. Morris B. Wolf has been
re-elected president of the Alid-
dletown (N. Y.) Chamber of
Commerce.
Miss Savilla Alice Elkus, a sis-
ter of 11 r. Abram I. Elkus, has
been appointed assistant profes-
sor of philosophy at Smith Col-
lege. She is the first Jewess to
.receive a chair in an American
university.

Nfiss Elaine Rosenthal, the
\Vestern golf champion, won the
Florida State title last Friday in
the annual tournament at Palm
Beach. (hi the same day Mrs.
Benjamin Rosenthal, the champ-
ion's mother, won the final of the
second division.

Alderman Louis Rubenstein, of
Montreal ( )lichee, has been
chosen as acting Mayor by the
City Council.

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The annual convention f the
National Conference of ewish
Charities will be held at Indianap-
olis, Ind., May 7-10. There will
be seven sessions and an elab-
orate program is being arranged.
The United Mine Workers at
their biennial convention, recently
held at Indianapolis, Ind., unan-
imously adopted resolutions prais-
ing President Wilson for the nom-
ination of Louis D. Brandeis for
the Supreme Court.
Under new regulations which
have just been issued, the num-
ber of. Jewish lawyers in the dis-
tricts of Warsaw, ,Wilna and
Odessa is not to exceed 15 per
cent of the totaL in the districts .
of Petrograd 10 per 'cent, and in
the other . districts-5 per cent.
About a hundred qualified assist-

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