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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
Mr. and Mrs. H. Kaplan are at
home after a two weeks' visit in
Montreal.
Mr: and Mrs. Morris Harris,
of 704 Brush Boulevard, are
making an extended eastern trip.
On their way they will stop at
Montreal, Quebec, - Boston, New
York and Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs * . D; W. Simons.
and Miss Sylvia Simons are at
home after an extended southern
trip.
Mrs. J. Spater and Mrs. J. L.
Freud entertained at bridge on
Friday at the home of the latter
on !Marlborough avenue.
The monthly meeting of the
Grill Club took place on Tues-
day evening of this week at the
Phoenix Club. Mr. Sidney M.
Fechheimer, advertising manager
of the Trussed Concrete Steel
Co.; read a very interesting paper
entitled "Rambles in Advertis-
ing."
Miss Miriam Cohen, w ho has
been visiting the Misses Gins-
burg : has returned to her home
in Alpena.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of
Sfiaarey Zedek held its monthly
meeting on March 13. A very in-
teresting paper on "Tudiasm
From the Standpoint of a Cath-
olic" was presented by Miss
Mary E. O'Grady. Mrs. Robert
Lowcnberr gave the story of
Purim. Piano selections were
rendered by Ciertrnde
M r, and Mr,-;. Merman 1 7inster-
‘yald, of Massachusetts avenue,
entertained forty guests at din-
ner on Friday of last week, in
honor of their fifteenth wedding
anniversary.
Airs. Mary 1;iildstein, of 201
Hendrie avenue, announces the
engagetnent of her . daughter,
Ethel, to Mr. Chas. Freeman.
Mrs. M. Atonhenu, of the Hol-
lenden Apts., has returned from
n extended visit in New York,
where she was the guest ()f her
daughter, Mrs. I.. Mendelssohn.
Mr. au(i
Edward FtIte•
aP1101111CC the Bar Mitzvah of
their son, Manion!, which took
place on Saturday, March It, at
Shaarey Zedek. A reception was
held at their home, 126? Brush
street, on Sunday, March 12, from
3:00 to 10:00 o'clock. There were
several out of town guests pres-
ent,
The Rondeau Club held its last
- meeting- at the home of Mrs. S.
A. Berman. After the meeting, a
delightful iuncheon was served.
\11 present testified that they
spent a very enjoyable evening.
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The Jewish Woman
FAMOUS JEWISH WOMEN.
Grace Aguilar.
The last meeting of the Delta
Phi Sorority, held at the home of "Though He slay me, yet will
Miss Esther Harris, vac presided I trust in Him," were the last
Oyer by the president, Miss Anna words of Grace Aguilar,—words
Fischer. A dainty luncheon, one which she spelled out on her fin-
which was thoroughly relished gers, for speech was then beyond
by all of the members, was served her. Those words, and her epi-
by the hostess. After considera- taph, "Give her of the fruit of her
ble discussion, the Sorority voted hands, and let her own works
to give .a dance sometime in the praise her in the gates," (Prov-
near future.
crbs xxxi 31), sound the keynote
Mrs. Hattie Rosenberger, of to Grace Aguilar's life and work.
48• McDougall avenue, announc-
She was born in London, June
es the engagement of her daugh-
2,
I81G. From infancy she was
ter, Miss Celia M. Rosenberger.
feeble, in spite of all her parents
to A. S. 1;reesol1, of Detroit.
did to strengthen her constitu-
tioh. From seashore to country,
from place to place they took her,
AN APPEAL TO JEWISH
• but perfect health was not to be
WOMEN OF
hers. In these, travels, however,
DETROIT.
- Mrs. Julius V. Brown, oaf 223 she became an ardent student
Medbury Ave., - asks the co-opier• amt lover of nature. At the age
of nineteen she published her col-
ation of the ladies who arc
lected
poems which she had be-
ing to give up part of an after~
gun
to
write when but fourteen
noon tp-- --tsit pre-natal cases.
years
of
age. These appeared
Those to help Mrs.
Brown in this noble work will anonymously, under the title,
please call North 109,!-M and re- "The Magic Wreath."
ceive information and instruc-
Grace Aguilar received the
tions.
greater part of her education and
This work is carried on under training from her parents. Her
the auspices of the Fresh Air mother, from whom she inherited
Society
her strong religious feeling,
taught her to read the Scriptures
systematically. Her father read
DEATH OF MRS. ROSA F.
history
to her daily, while Grace
BLOOM.
would deftly ph- the needle or
On Friday evening, March 10. draw. Thus she - became well
Mrs. Rosa F. Bloom, widow of versed in foreign history and lit-
the late Adam E. Blooth, passed erature.
away at her residence, 18 Engle-
wood avenue, after a brief illness.
Miss Aguilar died at the age
Though Mrs. Bloom had been of 3 , yet so great had been her
somewhat of an invalid for many indt stry and power of concentra-
years, her final illness came upon tion, that her writings entitle her
her very suddenly, and her death to be classed as one of the fore-
was a great shock to her many most English novelists and writ-
friends. Mrs. Bloom has been a ers of Jewish history and relig-
lifelong resident of Detroit and ion. Her stories are mostly do-'
she had a host of friends in the mestic talcs founded on Marano
community, who had learned to history, the most popular of
admire her for her many beauti- xehich is "The Vale of Cedars, or
ful qualities of mind and heart. the Martyr: A story of Spain in
She is survived by four sons and the fifteenth century." This has
one daughter, to whom the sym- been translated into Hebrew, and
pathy of the community is ex- twice into German. "Home In-
tended. The funeral took place fluence," and its sequel, "The
from the family residence on Mother's Recompense," w ere
Monday afternoon, Rabbi Frank- both written when Miss Aguilar
lin officiating.
was but 20.
In 1845, "The Women of Is-
rael" appeared, and in the follow-
ing- year Grace Aguilar addressed
a series of thirty-one letters, en-s
titled, "The Jewish Faith : Its
Spiritual Consolation, Mora 1
Guidance and Immortal Hope."
The object of this - work was to
would deftly ply the needle or
Judaism to a Jewess under the
spell of Christian influence. It
appears that most of her religious
writings are addressed to her
Jewish sisters, advancing argu-
ments against conversion. She
constantly plizaded for the read-
ing of ScrWires in the English
version, though she also laid
stress upon knowledge of the
Hebrew language.
Among, other Rothschilds serv-
ing their countries are Mr. An-
thony de Rothschild, who is now
convalescing from wounds re-
ceived at Gallipoli, and Major
Lionel de Rothschild, who is do-
ing splendid work in connection
with the recruiting office in Eng-
land. .
The death of Sir Nathaniel
Nathan is reported from London.
The deceased who was a brother
of Sir Matthew Nathan, the pres-
ent Governor of Ireland, held sev-
eral important judicial positions
in Jamaica and in Trinidad, in
the West Indies. lie died at the
age of 73.
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