THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
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A MOST AMBITIOUS MUSICAL be heard in Detroit for the first time
(Communication.)
JEWS IN RUSSIA HAVE REPRE-
with orchestra on this occasion.
UNDERTAKING.
To the Editor:
The personnel of the orchestra wili
r SENTATIVES ON COUNCIL
Complaints have been received by
FOR CONSTITUENT
represent the pick of Michigan sync
ASSEMBLY.
the General Board of Elections from Detroit Symphony Orchestra An- phony musicians and numerically th,
• • '
'various places throughout the country
band will be augmented to 80• mem-
nounces Soloists of World-Wide
Petrograd, June 12 (via London, . regarding the handling of elections,
bers. With a larger orchestra the pro
Reputation for Series of 14
tine 13).—Despite internal and for- and the attention of complainants is
grains will take on added novelty :ts
Ogn anxiety, the Provisional Govern- called to section twenty-three (23) of
Pairs of Concerts.
new works will be performed that it
Ment is making rapid. progress toward the rules of election, which reads as
was previously impossible to present.
constitutional reconstruction and do- follows:
Modern French and Russian writer,
The
announced
program
for
the
"The District Board of Elections
inestic reform.
especially will find a place on the pro-
coming
season
of
concerts
by
the
De-
: This week there is sitting under the may hear and determine all contests
grains, while the American composer
Inesiclency ' of F. F. ' Kokoshkine, a that may arise in relation to the elec- troit Symphony Orchestra, tinder the will similarly be given a conspicuous
mem1Ser of the Duma, a council of tions. Appeals from the District 140,crship of Weston Gales, repre-
pixty-one members, which aims to
Board of Elections may be taken to sents the most ambitious musical un- place among the novel offerings.
The Friday afternoon and Saturday
dertaking ever attempted in this city.
)repare for elections to the Constitu- the General Board .of Elections."
evening
concerts will be given at the
4nstead
of
ten
subscription
concerts,
nt Assembly., This assembly will not
Therefore, before the General Board
?nly draft Russia's permanent consti- of Elections can entertain any appeal, as heretofore, the management an- Detroit Armory, which musicians gen-
ution, but will also solve certain im- the matter must first be submitted to nounces a dual series of fourteen pairs erally regard as one of the best pro-
mediate problems, the chief of which the District Board of Elections, and of concerts on Friday afternoons and portioned halls for acoustics in this
re the questions of nationalities and only after the decision of the Dis- Saturday evenings with the same pro- section of the country. The entire in-
he conditions of the transfer of the trict Board of Elections is rendered gram and the same soloist and sup- terior will be redecorated and com-
ands of the nobles to the peasantry. can an appeal to the General Board plements this with a series of 14 popu- fortable seats installed, while added
facilities for the accommodation of
lar concerts on Sunday afternoons.
In this preparatory council are sitting of Elections be taken,
group of constitutional specialists,
It is advisable that all complainants
For the subscription concerts solo- music lovers will serve to add both to
also deputies from the army and from present their evidence to the District ists of world-wide reputation have the comfort and attractiveness of the
ttll the political parties, representatives
Board of Elections in writing, and been engaged, the list including such place as a music hall.
The demand for season tickets for
pf Jews, Ukrainians, poles and other when the testimony of witnesses is celebrities in the musical world as
Faces, and also a' representative of the offered a stenographer should be Mine. Gallic-Curci, Alma Gluck, Fritz both the Friday and Saturday series of
tvomen, the famous feminist, Mme. present and a record of such testi- Kreisler, Efrem Zimbalist, Margarete concerts has been exceptional and
liislikin Yavein.
mony kept.
Matzenauer, Joseph Hofmann, Julia music patrons are urged to make early
Culp, Harold Bauer, Maggie Teyte, Os- application in order to secure desir-
GENERAL BOARD
sip Gabriolowitsch, Emilo de Gogorza, able seats. Reservations may be made
OF ELECTIONS.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY JEW-
Helen Stanley, Francis Macmillen, in person, by mail or by phone at the
; ISH STUDENTS CONTRIBUTE
Hourwich,
Chairman.
Isaac A.
Guiomar
Novaes, Lambert Murphy. offices of the Detroit Symphony So-
1 $1,100 TO WAR RELIEF.
Room 122, 1 Madison avenue, New
In,
many
instances these artists will ciety, in the Kresge building.
York City.
! More than $1,100 has been collected
l)y the Columbia Jewish .War Relief
Committee from Jewish •students of
the university in the last two weeks.
very day the workers held short
meetings at noon in Earl Hall on the
Professor Richard• Gottheil,
bead of the Department of Semitic
head
Languages and History, was honor-
'ary chairman of the central commit-
tee, with Louis I. Newman,, acting
Chairman; Max Cohen, general man-
liger; Benjamin Zable, secretary, and
Miss Rebekah B. Hoffman, igeneral
reasurer.
The Menorah Society contributed
250, the proceeca of a concert of
ewish music, which was held in the
orace Mann auditorium recently.
, he Columbia College Comitlittee,
control and gear shift—its free running—its ample
eaded by H. Haldenstein, '20, turned
Last Sunday, my partner, C. A. Smith (maybe
leg room—its soft cushions.
n the largest amount, while Barnard
you know him as "Smitty") had his little "say" in
When we'd gone a few miles, I turned to
ollege showed the largest contribu-
the Free Press. He told you a lot of things about
"Smitty" who was grinning beside me like a Chem
ions per person. The Columbia con-
this Detroiter car we've taken on for representa-
hire cat, and said, "What price did you say this
ribution has been forwarded to the
tion in this Michigan territory.
car
is?" "$1250," says he. "Looks and acts like
American Jewish Relief Committee
MaYbe you read his story. A lot of people did,
$2000,"
says I. And, I believe if you'll drive a
for its $10,000,000 fund.
and I hope you did, too, for I have to take my hat
Detroiter
for twenty miles (maybe less, you'll say
off to "Smitty" as being some little writer when it
i
the very same thing.)
comes
to
a
subject
he
'knows
all
about—automo-
tslEMBERS OF OLDEST SYNA-
Of course, all the people who wanted demonstra-
biles, for instance.
GOGUE PRESENT MR. AND
tions Sunday, couldn't have them. We didn't have
As
I
said,
a
lot
of
people
read
"Smitty's"
article
MRS. JACOB H, SCHIFF
cars enough to take care of the requests, all at once
in the Free Press, last Sunday. I know they did,
WITH LOVING CUP.
:
—and it don't look as though we'd ever catch up
for I was over to the rooms where we're showing
the way they keep coming.
the Detroiter cars, and any number of people
Newport, R. I., May 26.—Members
To make a long story short, we sold four De-
walked in there with the paper in their hands—
Of the congregation of the Synagogue
troiter cars last Sunday, to say nothing of orders
and
"Smitty's"
story
folded
on
the
outside
of
the
'Jesuat Israel, founded in .1763 by Ju-
taken since. And, for my part, I've every reason
paper.
dah Touro, today presented a silver
to be pleased with the show i ng we've made and the
I
was
a
good
bit
surprised
to
notice
how
many
loving cup to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H.
prospects
for sales to come.
people came in Sunday and asked for demonstra-
Schiff in appreciation of their philan-
It looks as though we were going to make money
tions
of
the
Detroiter
"6-45."
It
shows,
first
of
thropic work.
out of this Detroiter car. It's taken the popular
all, that a car made up of all standard parts and
In presenting the cup to Mr. Schiff
fancy—just hits the nail on the head for the fellow
sold
at
a
popular
price,
is
just
what
most
people
Max Levy, chairman of the commit-
wl; doesn't want to put a lot of money into a car,
want.
tee, said: .
yet wants style and performance and comfort for
So far, as the car itself is concerned, I'm in much
"Many times has the city of New-
himself and his family.
the
same
position
as
you
are.
I'm
just
like
any
port been honored by the presence of
To me, the best part of owning a Detroiter car
ordinary, average car-owner—not an automobile
distinguished guests, and it is hon-
is that I am familiar with the name and reputation
salesman
nor
an
engineering
shark,
nor
anything
Ored now by the presence of two per-
of the maker of its every part. Lift up the hood,
like that, I look at the Detroiter car with your eyes
sons who have devoted their lives to
or the floor boards, and you meet an old friend,
thought
of
buying.
—just
as
I
would
any
car
that
1
charity and philanthropy."
Continental engine; Borg & Beck clutch; Timken
From the standpoint of the owner, then, I know
The inscription on the cup read:
axles; Connecticut Ignition; Detroit transmission;
you'll
agree
with
me
that
there's
no
more
desirable
"To Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff
Hotchkiss dkive; Stewart Vacuum gasoline system
car on the market, regardless of price. Nothing in
from the Congregation of Jesuat Is-
—old familiar friends like that; whose names you've
its
price
field
can
touch
it
for
appearance.
rael, Newport, Rhode Island, 5523-
known ever since the beginning of the automobile
When "Smitty' came to me and told me he could
5677."
business.
get the agency for the Detroiter, and wanted me to
I never in my life drove a car where I felt so safe
go in on it with him, I wasn't at all enthusiastic.
and
sure of myself—and I've driven some pretty
To•Secure Choice Importations.
But he said, "I've got one of the Detroiter cars out-
expensive cars. And if you're looking for the limit
?Bernard Schwartz, maker of R. G. Dun
side,
and
I
want
you
to
take
a
ride
with
me."
cigars has just left for New York City, where
of car value as a price you'll be perfectly willing to
Well, I've known "Smitty" Smith for a long
he will attend the Sumatra tobacco inscrip.
pay; just drop into our new show rooms and ask
time. I know he's stuck to two makes of cars ever
tions or sales that are taking place there this
"Smitty" or one of the boys to haul you around in
week. This is an entirely new proceeding,
since Heck was a pup. I've a lot of confidence in
theie safes having always taken place previously
a Detroiter.
his
judgment
of
cars.
He
ought
to
know
a
good
in' Holland. This year, however, owing to the
If you can find any objections to it, you'll do
car when he sees one—and he does, so I piled into
war, it was found impossible to ship tobacco
more than I can and I wish you'd tell me what
from Holland to the United States and it
the Detroiter.
was therefore decided by the large importing
they are.
We drove about twenty or thirty miles, through
interests to bring all the available wrapper to-
town
and
country.
And
we
hadn't
gone
far
before
bacco direct from the Island of Sumatra to
I began to sit up and take notice. I wanted to
New York and conduct sales in that city in
the same manner as they were formerly held
drive it myself. And when I got hold of the wheel
in Amsterdam, Rolland.
I liked the feel of it—the way it handles—the easy
To accomplish this, special ships had to be
I
,
B. F. Glines Talks About
the Detroiter from the
Owner' s Sideof theFence
t
t
a,.01 4w,
chartered to bring the tobacco to San Fran-
cisco. From there a' special express train was
rushed across the continent to New York in
prder to have the first four thousand hales
arrive in time for this week's sales. Thug
again has Germany's U-boat policy been beaten
and bray the nerve and initiative so character-
istic of American business made it possible.
Mr. Schwartz left here determined to se-
Cure some fancy tobaccos for his R. G. Dun
cigar, which continues to grow in popular fa-
vor, and smokers of the brand may therefore
rest'assured of the quality of same being main-
tained.
Smith-Glines Sales Co., 857 Woodward Ave.
MICHIGAN DISTRIBUTORS
DETROITER-Touring Model—$1250 f. o. b. DETROIT