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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
SHOLEM ALEICHEM DEAD
The Heart-Rending Story of a
Jewish Widow
Another Instance of Russian Barbarism and Cruelty
A Quarter of Million People in
Funeral Procession.
Sholem Aleichem, one of the
greatest Yiddish writers who ever.
lived, died in New York on May
12. Over a quarter of a million
Jews paid their last tribute to the
earthy remains of the great author
by following his body to the grave.
)bservers said that it was the great-
est funeral procession in the history
of New York.
Sholem Aleichem, whose real
name was S. Abramovitch, was
born in Russian Poland. Even in
his early youth. he displayed that
gift of humor that later made him
the idol of a people. He came to
New York City shortly before the
war broke out. It is thought that
his untiring labors in behalf of the
war sufferers is the indirect cause
of his death.
The pathetic appeal of a poor are in the war ; my oldest daughter
Jewish widow of Sutoki, Vitebsk, is a pupil of the trade school, and
not to be sent out of the village in neither I nor my little ones, have
which she has lived all her lifetime, ever been fitted for a trade.
"I have no property, have never
• as contained in a petition to a 1)11111;1
Deputy and certified to by a priest, been out of the village of Sutoki,
is presented in the recent number of and have no relatives in the city—
the Russian-Jewish weekly l'errci- where then shall - I go with my little
skya Niedelia, a copy of which has tots and what work can 1 do? Listen
just reached this country. Despite to my plea and keep my family from
the fact that her two elder sons are destruction. Please consider my pit-
ill the army and she is left with four iful condition and obtain for me
little ones to take care of as best she permission to remain in Sutoki,
can, the order went forth that the where 1 have spent all my lifetime.
family be sent out of the village, be- Surely artisans have permission to
cause she, as a Jewess, has not the live in villages, and my two sons,
right to live there. The desperate who are at the battle front, are
mother begs the Duma Deputy from tailors.
the province of Vitebsk to consider
If this is impossible, let the au-
her petition and pleads that she be thorities at least postpone the order
permitted to remain in the village. to send me out until my second son,
The petition follows:
Raphael, arrives. To drive me out
With bitter tears do I appeal to means starvation and death.
you, our representative. Listen to
"(IN Es' A SC H N EIDERM A N."
the tragic story of my life. NI y late
husband, a tailor, lived in the vil-
".Ns she cannot write, I, her
lage of Sutoki, province of Vitebsk, daughter, Rebecca, have subscribed
for about thirty years. NI y eldest her name for her, and plead earnest-
son went into the army when his ly that his petition receive'consider-
father was still alive, and is How in ation."
the war zone. The second son,
Appended to this petition was the
Raphael, who on the death of his certificate of the priest, Joseph
father became the bread-earner of Prigorovitch, in which lie corrob-
the family, was taken into the serv- orates the above statement and
ice on January 25, 1916, and is now adds:
working in the military tailor shops.
"To send the Schneiderman fam-
I am ill, and have been left with two
out of Sutoki now , wh en t h ey
daughters, fourteen and fifteen
have no male member capable of
years old, and two small children,
working for them, would mean
of nine and twelve, with little means
plain disaster. Therefore, as a rep-
of support' in the domicile of my
resentative of the Sutoki community
husband.
whose duty it is to take care of the
"I receive aid from no one, and
families within this district, I beg,
through my own hard work I sup-
in the name of humanity, that you
port as best I can myself and my
take up favorably the plea of the
children. Now a still greater mis-
Schneiderman family, and use your
fortune has Overcome me. The ad-
influence in countermanding the
ministration of the province of
order sending them out of this vil-
Vitebsk decided on February 25 to
lage. I also urge that, if possible,
send me into the Jewish Pale, be-
your
influence be used in obtaining
cause my husband, the artisan, is
for this hard-working widow and
dead.
"Who can possibly be my sup- mother, and her family, the perma-
porter now ? NIy sons, the tailors, nent right of domicile in Sutoki."
,
Society
(Continued from last page)
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alexander
and family have taken an apart-
ment at 22 Alger avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben B. Jacob of
Rowena street have returned from a
two weeks stay at French Lick
Springs.
The Delta Phi Sorority held a
meeting last Nlonday evening at the
home of Miss Belle Kohler of Ma-
comb street. A delightful vocal
solo was rendered by Miss Anna
Benson, who was accompanied by
Miss Irene Mitchell. Miss Bessie
Wine's exhibition of Oriental danc-
ing greatly charmed her audience.
A delicious luncheon, served by the
hostess, concluded the meeting.
N1rs. R. Phillips and daughter of
Los Angeles, who have been the
guestS of Miss Bornstein of 311
Hancock avenue west, have re-
turned home. They were accom-
panied by Miss i tattle Bornstein
and Miss Laura Hauck as far as
Chicago.
Our Young Folks
(Continued from page 2)
right here in school. I will give
you two hours to write it ir6 The
subject is 'Honesty Is the Best
Policy',"
Many children wondered why
Jane turned so white and then so
red.
"Now, children, you may start."
Jane sat dumfounded. Ruth
glanced over at her once, but im-
mediately turned away. Five min-
utes later Miss Watkins, noticing
that Jane had not yet started,
asked, "Why, Jane, why don't you
start? What's the matter ?"
"Miss Watkins, I have a very se-
vere headache. Will you please al-
low me to go home?"
"Why certainly, my dear."
When Jane met Miss Watkins
again it was after school had closed
for the summer. •
Miss Watkins met Jane with a
smile and exclaimed:
"Oh, Jane, I was so much disap-
pointed in Sallie's theme ! Do you
know, I'm almost positive you
would have won the prize for ev-
eryone's beat Sallie's theme. It
certainly is too bad you got ill at the
last minute."
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