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NO I.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, NOVEMBER , 1918,

VOL. I.

THE JEWISH INSTITUTE NEWS

cit.\ RITIEs

oFFIciAi. HRGAN OF THE uNITED
DETRoi I".

President

JOSEPH I.. SELLING
JULIAN II. KR01.11:

Vice-President

Yice-President

FRED M. BUT/.EL

D. \V. SIMONS
BLANCHE HART

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Treasurer
-
Superintendent

Published Monthly by the Educational and Publicity Committee of the
United Jewish Charities.

NIILTON M. ALEXANDER, Chairman
FRED NI. BuTzEL
RA11111 LEO M. FRANKLIN
CLARENCE II. ENtitiASS
RABBI SAMUEL S. MAYERBERG
It . LIAN II. KR01.11:
MILFORD STERN

NEW HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS
AND OAKLAND BRANCH URGED

"No Story," But Many Poignant Tales
of Sadness and Kindness Heard at
Herman Krolik Influenza Hospital

"A MASKED INTERVIEW"

BY KATE FRIEDMANN.

. We had been slated to write;.3 (ea- f -"What now''
"The' muffledoice of the ease-
ture story of the Free Clinic-of the I
Editor l:lifted Jewisli.-Charitiewirflirlueen is °riser came through the gauzy folds.
MILTON M. ALEXANDER
gave 'em all castor-oil." she an-
Associate Editor
iiia1011111:431,41
KATE FRIEDMANN
\Ve shuddered an
nounced briefly.
tetald - f
How at vari-
involuntary shudder.
atilt.
doctrines of approved
ance with
evade it.
NOr did we f• SVISII
our step , sociology. Castor-oil!)
'Me "Jewish Institute News" is not a new publication. Front Met there was a bboyancy
"They were living in two rooms ,
on the morning of the interview that
time to time, in the past, it has !nails. its modest appearance in 'Die
the per- father, mother and four children. The
betokened a sesere grill
111:111 1: a stranger, out of a job. The
Jewish Chronicle under a three-column head.

ANTON KAUFMAN

Report of Blanche Hart, Superintendent of United Jewish
Charities, Tells of High Praise Given to Child-Caring Work

of Organization by State Experts.

Share of Organization in Patriotic Work Has Not Halted Active

Benevolence—Rich and Poor Now Aided by Social Workers

in Different Spheres.

The need oi a Detroit Jewish \\'ork- national institution for Jess isl
of a new branch ties at \Voodbine.

ing Girls' Home :mil

in the Oakland district %%Til t! IWO
WORKING GIRLS' HOME
Blanche J.
things dwelt upon by Miss B
\\ ' illl the great many unanchored
Hart, Superintendent of the Unitedd girls coming to Detroit, hired by
Jewish Charities, in her brief but cool- plenty of work and good wages . ill'
tireliensive annual report.
greatly feel the used of a Jewish
.Nliss (harm's report, as read in the working
girls' home, h o t e l ,, , \ . IV .
w
annual meeting of the United Jewish II. A., where the girl would be fissured
Charities, is as follows:
of clean. Nvliolc,oille surrounding,s, the
'Po President, Officers and Members right kind of recreation and good
,If United Jewish Charities:
kosher food at a minimum charge,
•,1 to get a clinic oldest boy died yesterday of mom-
In fact, the "News" was inaugurated some months prior to the
\Ve. were ,
Only a few es enings ago 1 told our
not use the room
Such a home should be self-support•
a lemur,. story with wart Dinuilia They would
birth of the "Patriotic Fund News," although the latter has screed as stor
President niost emphatically that I ing, exclusive of rent, 1.15es :Mil 1,,,,
robs and tears and an occasional
have
no
report
tonight
other
would
\..
sibl e salary of a resident wor ker
the inspiration for our present f l ake-up.
de-
smile. There was to
than the statistical one which is to be
reek
n
ol an in-
H e re the girls would l i o nt
The "Jewish Institute News" will make its appearance the far
scription of the clinic itself, its clean-
mate home life, a place where thee
printed.
m
liness, its sunshine, its general atos-
in each month as a feature of The Jewish Chronicle.
I felt that in the fifteen annual re
triends
would be proud to bring their
phere that fairly radiated health.
.
It will aim to bring you bits of timely information of the United
pOriS i0 whichyou base been forced The necessity of seeking their OCAS-
There WAS to he a write-up of the
to listen that almost every phase ot IITCS in often undesirable places mould
Jewish Charities, and the litany active, useful organizations that are nurses in their blue uniforms and
newer methods of philanthropy have no longer appeal to them, and a new
snowy caps.
affiliated with it.
been emphasized, and our policies and kind of preparedness %%mild be cre -
There was to be a sympatlit•tic pic-
It will present the human interest side-lights of the social work
results from year to year outlined; ated.
ture of the patients themselves--the
and on account of war we during the
that is being done in Detroit—the intense human anecdotes of the day, poor sick—the emaciated widow—the
OAKLAND STATION NEEDED
last year have been most conservative.
rather than the technical handling that smothers the columns of most crying, frenzied mother of the sick
Si. therefore, I felt there was little The character of our neighborhood
baby who didn't cry at all, only leaned
for me to offer for your consideration has changed greatly within the last
philanthropic periodicals.
its little head against her breast, too
few years. The Negro is crowding
this t•\ ening,
Do you like the "Jewish Institute News" in its new dress?
present snrroundings in great
tired to tight the unequal battle.
After perusing our statistics, even into o u r
Wehmw so!
There were to be quiet youngsters
you to whom figures may not mean numbers. Our clients are moving out
n as the
Ibis-
and crying youngsters with tonsils
much as to the professional worker, to w hat i s k now
and adenoids, with whooping cough
will be able to see that accomplish- trict, and I feel that it is highly int-
establish
a
branch
and toothaches--all. :ill waiting for
inents have been made during the past portant that we
Perhaps as fine a tribute as may be paid to the efficiency of the their chance in that sunny, airy, white
%Tar. so I am claiming the woman's office in th a t v icinity.
room.
.And
over
all
that
spirit
of
it may be a dvisable in the \ ery near
United Jewish Charities is found in the promptness with which it met
privilege of changing my mind and
charity and good-will and helpfulness
future to turn our present headquar-
...,ising this very brief paper.
the emergency created by the influenza epidemic.
•s
'
that is an integral part of the air at
ters into a 1'. ht. IL A. and Y. \V. II.
MORE PHYSICIANS NEEDED
Clinic released its doctors from the more urgent work of
The Free
A. building and let all relief activities
the institute.
\\'e
as
all
other
organizations
have
the moment and the Herman Krolik Memorial Ilona on Frederick
he handled in it location in the north
So we bounded eagerly up the stairs,
HERMAN KROLIK MEMORIAL.
felt the stress of war, and where it
notebook in hand, past the fete wait-
end. It is often a hardship for women
street was speedily transformed into an emergency hospital.
the boy had died in--some religions has touched us most is in the lack of
with children to conic so ,.;reat a dis-
braved the "Flu" to ing transients seated in the vestibule, scruple, the mother said--so they
OUT
p , , , ,
Practically the entire staff of the Institute
tance for relief and well,, al assist-
into the consulting room.
were
all
huddled
in
the
kitchen,
the
ovsicians
,o
properly
maintain
lies
and
care
for
the
sick
in
their
unhappy victims, many of whom were living amid conditions
nurse the
ance llIld it means an e xt I:, ex-
three youngsters all running . high chi
WE DON A MASK
penditure for carfare.
calculated to aggravate the disease.
A tall, young ss,uman, heavily mask- temperatures, the mother crazed with homes
cost of and ho, the desperate fuel situ-
\Ve have long passed the stag ,. of a
The authorities are generous in their praise of the Institute and its
lising
There was no
lack of leaders in our recrea-
ed, rose hurriedly and offered us grief and helpless.
i folio),
mere relief-giving organization bent
something. It seas white and gauzy doctor on the case. I g ave ',el " all ;Mina! and educational work, and the
,,,r,
workers.
would lit. Still/filled if/ know the
and reeked of camphor. \Ve took it castor-oil. s' The 1
itihl great increase in delinquency.
oils type of homes that son,. workers
r
v-,i
t
o'
i
n
id
c
rita's
c
1. She
: nnsaa
unwillingly and held n gingerly' by a
95 CHILDREN BOARDED
are called into (id - social ser% ice work.
string. There was no denying the might have . saved her boy's life."
Our work with dependent children Poverty or sickness 15 (lull alw ,0 • the
She
stopped
and
ran
her
hands
of
Detroit
owe
a
great
deal
to
the
Patriotic
Fund.
purpose hi the eyes of the young wo-
Th,...2oleral
The Jews
through the cards. pitiful tragedies increases with the growth of the city; worst form of distress.
con- man who confronted us.
•
and with Si) many mothers doing war public is coining more and ■ A'At to
In common with other .hmericans our boys benefit from the
"1't0 it on," said she of the gauze alphabetic ally :irranged.
i:eve (lout rich AS well as poor call
work and children and homes being o believe
tributions that went to the support of the Red Cross, the V. NI. C. A. mask. We dropped our reporter's
i
i i
FIVE "FLU'S" IN ROOM
r
neglected, we are often hard put to
book and struggled with the fasten-
and other pitriotic organizations.
"Bart case, here," she said. " 1Voman
Fund provides for such ings. She took compassion and tied and four children in single room. \Vo- find suitable homes for the many little
Patriotic
i u ;"111 :1
ii.ii':'"1.'Y1:
re
'lil s e exd,it)1ehi'lr Yt i• vi;t'cgive.
1
:
1'
,
,,
a
.
r
t
at;
i
t
e
r
m
addition
to
these,
the
mares for whom it is necessary for us social .
Rut, in
Dr. Inches' emblem liver our nose
man dying with pneumonia. Children t ,„. are.
We have contributed our snare to
distinctly Jewish enterprises as the Jewish War Sufferers' Relief Work,
and behind our ears. \Ve felt undig- all under ten. running high tempera-
Cross II onie Seri ice Section
But
(tut we have in every case met the the
and the United Jewish Charities. These organizations alone secured nified, uncomfortable. indignant.
tus. No doctor or nurse onhe case, idren
sit uation. and for none of the 95 chil- Nllell
' S Registration, Patriotic Fund,,
tuns.
VOI
"I'm
slurry."
there
was
a
business-
almost half a million dollars from the Fund.
No one able to give the woman a
boarded last year was it neces - Babies'
The smallest evidence of our appreciation is to make our payments like kindliness in the voice that sooth- drink of water.'
euk.iiiiilin:ntl
,le• 7:tir71- -
i g"f'''
for us to make use of any instil
naires, in \\'
explaining
xe llaniig
,i , fead -
ed. "But the 'Flu' you know, we must
" \Vhat did you do?" we inquired flow
Mg (0011 cifilseTVAli1111, and IP
promptly—or to pay up the entire pledge, wherever possible.
r% ■A■ 110i -
take every precaution."
g war prop aganda at t, ,
in
timidly.
RECEIVING HOME MODEL
AND LEARN OF KROLIK
"Bundled the woman and children
\\'e have during the year opened our 1"ni •
HOSPITAL
in our automobile and hurried them to
SERVE BEHIND FIRING LINE
over
the Herman Krolik home. That was third children's receiving home, which
.\ !ready, this year, close 0, a thousand dollars has been turned
\Ve regained our composure and
to
publicly dedicated . and
to d i \ " ,. ul hoes
" P "r
I''''
We "th'it e"'''
so
he
I
'
"'"11
two
days
ago.
The
mother
is
on
the
c „,,, rrricr
note-book. "The clinic," we 11111f-
to the Jewish Charities through the "Flower Fund."
we hope that you all will avail your- activities along
• any'
road to recovery: the children are im-
ago it the stiggest•on Inured vaguely, "where is it °"
: th a t we wi ll b e fully prepare
selves Of the privilege of attending.
This novel fund was established seven years
lies It is
She guessed our purpose immedi- proving.
The investigator of the Child Wel- !changes that the war will t
of Rabbi Len hl. Franklin, and the idea has sines' been adopted in a
atels. "It's Imam closed for a few
ROSALIE IS SAVED
fare department of the State Board of lease to forsake regular duties for the
t, her
number of other cities.
days. You see we're fighting the epi-
She tinned to the woman at the Charities and Corrections said that em „ t i, tha l w ar retie! ones It
orsies w h en i the art is
1)101
a tilled with our g ii)o
Briefly, the idea consist in donating the amounts usually devoted demic. tooth and nail, and we couldn't desk. "Remember Rosalie? Vie were she wished every child-caring society'
horrors f(
keep the clinic open and supply sail-
her, 'Tuesday night, just two of us. ill the country might see this home,
to the purchase of floral remembrances at funerals to the United Jewish
,•ient doctors and nurses for our tem- It was ten o'clock and we were ready she considers it has the most ad- wa r, 1110 we must learn that it is as
Charities.
porary hospital at the same time \Vc to go home when the telephone rang. vanced and niost constructive method essential i n as great a measure r`''"
* * • •
we sere behind the tiring line.
wish it had been possible."
Rosalie was very ill. We went out Of child-placing work.
"Dow interesting," we whispered there. The child was dying of plum-
.
The thanks of United J'"'' I ..
One of our big problems in child
A small boo's idea of social service is a basket-ball gauze in the
through the mask. "Believe we'll r u n
due to a great ❑ nal• mew!'
OUT Frederick Strt•et House welfare work is the question of feeble- ti es a r e
Chunn al
gym.
up there." The eagle-eyed, sharp-
minded
children,
the
state
institution
who
were
most
generous
twish
open. All hospitals turned us
to
I ,,
* * • .*
eared woman caught the whisper.
entirely inadequate to handle the past year. Personalls
down. There wasn't a doctor or nurse I
_
thank the President, the 11,,rd ol
the situation.
"I don't belit•vt• yon will," she said to be had."
The w hole world is probably going to adopt the Boy Scouts' 'Motto:
Mal:
with a smile that brooked no contra-
After a child has been committed Directors and members of the
".‘t 12 o'clock that night the girl
r
"Ile Prepared."
diction; "we run no chances."
f we often arc orced who have more than contributed their
was in the Receiving Hospital. We Icy Probate Court
oned Jewis
* * • •
"But," we argued, "we need a story were with her through the crisis. She to wait anything from six months t,, share in making the C
in the coinnui
That Ludington citizen might for this week."
years fur admission.
Charities a necessity
.\s the Detroit News would say:
sat up today."
This problem seems to be acute in nity.
.. Then . 's really no story at all. The
'rite woman at the desk rose
have sent his dollar to the Patriotic Fund!" -
voce was urgent, v cry urgent. so we
other
communities
Respectfully sli!,111ittet l.
also.
and
there
is
"You see," she said, and her voice
* * • *
I l l . \ N. , III, . .,. I • i . RT
t,sok this emergency measure ot
TOW a proposition before the National
Sprintenden t.
rganized transforming the Herman Krolik Me- was kinder than ever, "there is no ion ference of J ewish Charities for a
"o
What has become of the man win didn't belie\ e in
story. The Berman Krolik Hospital
morial, our "Children's Temporary rose out of an emergency. \\*, 0, t
charity"?
Home." at 214. Frederick, into a tt•tn- its III/kcep to Dr. Schiller. to Miss •
* * * •
porary hospital for influenza patients.
nurses, to the Die-
"Miss Goldstone is in charge. There
The children at the Rosalie Siegel Ilontc could use a Victrola or
tician. III our•workers here.
1 his ert,s.
s.
ones?
,
c
ti
e
le
i
iiita
Cheer
the
little
are
fi
s
tc
We walked out, past the impatient
∎ one you want to send to
phonograph. Dave on
t 1en
bta'sasi•' :illuatsitenemrentY
* s *
. 'm" waiting in the hal], down te
ices There are day and night nurses I worn stairs that haul echoed with the
on duty, and our dietician. The Red footsteps of a thousand others, whin-
I loty do you like it'.
The work of the officers of the ; Freund, Bernard tiinsbur• 1-1a.,1 ,' I.,
Cross Canteen is supplying two hot ing. pleading, rebellious. bitter in turn, United Jewish Charities for the past 1Heavenrich, Samuel Hear • ' • h• ' I 11 ' .
\
meals daily for the nurses and assist- who had sought and found here the year 'was rewarded by their unani— Edith Ileavenrich, Ra • ' •
,,.,,,,
who
"
iS
bib
.tort'.
Reolly
then-
ants.
milk of human kindness, and a new moos re-election at the annual meet- , Hershman, !sirs, M. C. \\ ' , • ' /— .'. f.
ron
Klein...\111,11
leg, October 9. Several new directors' Himelhoch,
GIVE 'EM CASTOR OIL
lease of life.
Krolik. R hIn J.
REALLy . THEREs NO were added to the board. The coot- mann a Mrs. Sarah L. kro 1 .
A thousand questions took form.
'••\'p,
Lev
Y• I' " 1" Cam-
J.
plete
list
Levin,
David
in
of
officers
and
directors
is
L.
E,"
The
words
echoed
dully
'
.
.
..
But there was no opportunity to ask STORE,"
Wallace Rosen-,
them. A young woman rushed in, our cars. No story in the castor-oil as follows:
uel S. hlayerberg,
DETROJT: O9MMUNITY UNION
heim, Joseph Siegel, Albert Sainte
President, Joseph I.. Selling.
adjusted the ready mask with a dex - episode, no story in the woman dying
\ Schiff
SEP 1 .11911
Albert W. Schloss, Mrs. -•
Vice-President, Julian H. Krolik.
•' .:13 . tAt:oi, MICHIOAN„
terity that spoke of practice and of pneumonia and four sick children
'h. ID,
A. !" 1 " fa !taro
huddled in one miserable room, no
Vice-President. Fred II. Mani.
ingcr, hlilfortl Stern,
wineman.
dropped
wearily
into
a
chair.
gsessaf.
Il
Treasurer, 0. W. Simons.
Stotler, Henry
eggrallit OI
"Poor girl" said tlii• woman with story in rushing little Rosalie to the
Stiperintendent, Blanche Hart.
•• •
the business-like kindliness in her Receiving Hospital at midnight. No
Weinstein.
s".
u tion
oe, s,sos 1
—
c ons - tit , r
r•r. vaousr4-•+1--1".•.42?•.'etr41d-01-1-
An amendment to the ei
Directors, !stilton Alexander. A.
voice, "she's been working night and story at all!
nscal }I .
Drn"1 cV.117 w"*"
THE DINE SAYINIA limeg•i•
Some
one
laughed
quietly,
good-
Bault.
H.
Buchelter,
Henry
M.
fluted,
changing
the
start
of
the
girls."
(Not
a
day. So has(' all the
was pres3a, °
word of herself, not a word of the natureilly. We looked up into the C. A. Fnggass, Raid Leo M. Frank- from October to January M.
Butzel tt
overstrain that brought flee tell-tale, amused eyes of a passer-by—and lin. \\'m. Friedman, Walter Fuchs, A. cd by Mr. Fred
hastily removed our mask.
Finsterwald, Harry Frank, lingo A. adopted.
lines about her own eyes.)

In a New Dress.

Meeting the Emergency.

Have You Paid?

The Flower Fund.

■

cati.kt,,,,,,, t,-, the

Our First "Patriotic Fund" Check.

Old Officers Are Unanimously Re-elected ,
Several New Directors Chosen, at Annual
Meeting of Detroit United Jewish C hantie