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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
A TIMELY TALK ABOUT THE JEWISH
WOMAN'S CLUB OF DETROIT
By Elsie K. Sulzberger
E have all noticed the phcnont - I Elections in a society
are often
enon, time and again, of folks cross-roads hearing the signal, "Stop-
coon,
treating their friends with Look-Listen." The club has fortuo-
courtesy and kindness, their 'I ately elected Hrs. Max May to the
kin with crude impatience. \I el presidency, a woman whose prac-
often exhibit ignorance of and in. ! Beal, painstaking ability, whose sense
difference to what lies nearest, in a I of fitness and fairness are but a few
search for the unreal enchantment if her virtues. And for inspiration
that distance lends. The communal she has the work of the past for
family, or club, often fares no bet- • guide.
ter than the immediate family, coin- I
During the war the Jewish \\'oin-
ing under the same ban of familiarity. I . an's Club, like all other self-respect-
Yet there is neither justice our good :
trig and country-loving organizations
sense in this.
ave that immortal share
The Jewish Woman's Club of this ' "f women g
li i I f .1'
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twen ty - of self,
" "its bit." Milling knew a lot
established
tm..s.iet.
city has been es
eight years, and has almost a thou- 'bout dohs when he wrote:
sand members. Yet, viewed from "It's Tommy. this, and Tommy that.
and Tommy go away,
the standpoint of its possibilities f,ir
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Jewish Woman's Club Leader
ler, who says that it is the char-14
acteristic of the bolshevist to be
forever experimenting with his own
apple, snake and Eden. Wisdom ac-
cepts the findings of the past. And
so the scholarship and penny lunch I
will stand and be strengthened,'
through the efforts of the respective ,
chairmen, Mrs. Sidney Weinman and
rs. Musliner.
The New Work on Hand.
The question of the car
being right is never
asked. Our reputation
is better than a premise
or a guarantee.
Unsought and yet welcome, a new
field of activity has opened to the
It is well known, of course.
club.
that ever since the war what we call
labor has been restless and unsettled.
And Detroit, the industrial magnet of
the Middle \Vest has mightily at-
tracted the working class of other
cities, women as well as men, Jewish
girls as well as others. The garment
trades in Chicago have sent a big
quota, a floating, unanchored and un-
protected number. Others hail from
the east, attracted as usual by tales
of Detroit prosperity. So great has
been the influx added to the already
vast class of working girls that the
government itself, through the
agency of the Federal Employment
:Ind the ever-active Y. \V. C. A. has
erected buildings and is organizing
the emphiyed women for social and
recreational purposes.
The Jewish girl, worker and
stranger, alone remains uncared for.
No agency is here, no social head-
quarters to welcome, direct and care
for her Of course she is more than
welcome at the other places. There
would be no objection to her going to
industrial center dances or to Y. W.
C. A. picnics save a possible loss
of indenlity. But—she is con-
spicuously absent. Perhaps she is
moping in the squalid surround-
ings she has achieved for her-
self• soothing a rebellious spirit
with revolutionary pamphlets. We
have heard all sorts of tales. One
lewish girl, a leader in her factory,
herself expressed surprise that there
was no place in Detroit where a
Jewish girl could go in the evening ,
Iti inert others of her kind.
The Jewish Woman's Club has
accepted its clear-cut responsibility
and has organized the girls' co-opera-
tive department, with Mrs. Monroe
Rosenfield as chairman. Enthusiastic
and persevering, Mrs. Rosenfield will
surely succeed. She brings to this
new activity the ripe experience of
her work with the Jewish welfare
board, and the heart of motherhood
A summer of investigation reveals
the fact that it is almost useless to
start the work on too small a scale.
Where, for instance, can these girls
be asked to congregate? Ilan any-
,i•ertue.
Westminster
:id
Mrs. Max
one who reads these lines an an-
Club..
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President .1 e ■
swer to suggest?
A club without a clubhouse is like
good in city and state, it is still in But it's thank you, Mr. Atkins, when
Necessity
the band begins to play."
it plant growing in air.
its infancy. This club is worthy of
Every branch of the club was re- is a prayer that the powers always
having the support of every Jewish
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Thomas J. Doyle.
732 Woodward Ave, Glendale 7117
Open Sundays and Evenings
woman in Detroit, and has a right to vised for war usefulness. Red Cross answer, somehow, and we need not
expect it. For it represents the one unit, food drives, patriotic collections, be as much surprised as rejoiced to
and only united effort of Jewish canteens, registration work came hear that the Jewish Woman's Club
womanhood to express itself in or- knocking at the club door for help. has had a conditional offer of $10,000
ganized action, and so impress itself And the club not only helped in- and the prospect of other offers to-
dividually but organized on a large wards the realization of this dream.
upon the life of this wonderful city.
Courage, enthusiasm and vision are scale, "Do what counts and then We cannot say more just now as
Likewise the desire to don't c soot it," is a warning against this is a tale out of school. told to'
necessary.
others who might help in the
over-estimation of effort. But the inspire
pull together.
It is in human nature, of course. memory of a worthy past is a bracer. building of a "House Upon the
that we should all know more about And a stimulus for the future. Nor Rock."
There have been other committees
• a spectacular League of Nations can the club forget that it was un-
than the humble federations of our der the leadership of a strong and at work this summer besides that
was
k
s
wor
of the girls' cooperative department.
splendid wo man u •lien thi
local activities. And yet the ability
In that trying time it was Miss Sadie Hirschman, chairman of I
to evolve together and co-operate for dime.
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the evening entertainment, is plan- I
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mutual benefit must begin even as
Later -it.- may her physical and mental strength, wing one dance or program every
charity—at home.
country. even drawing heavily upon the bank mont h , starting with October, and
community,
to
spread
of spiritual reserve, asking "thing surely a good time "will be had."
humanity!
but the success of the shared ideals. Even clubs can profit by what hap- •
Satisfied that service, like virtue, is petted to Jack who could not play.'
What Have Been the Past
Apropos, the monthly hoard meetings I
selfsufficient.
Activities?
pages of the minutes re- are to lie held hereafter around the
Some of its have been members of But the
the Jewish Woman's Club for years cord still other work for the hours. lunch table on the last TueSday of
without giving a serious thought to War work did not entirely divert each month. Our Year Book, now in
oh, the club front its earlier enterprises. the process of compilation will reveal
its struggles or its destiny).
For installer, the
yes, we would cast a conscience- the scholarship fund which assists other surprises.
stricken glance through our check- poor girls to an education, and the monthly meeting day of the club has
penny lunch which helps poor kid- been changed from the first Sunday
book once a year to see if that $2
was still owing. (Usually it was.) dies to breakfast. Two sortlidneee- to the first Monday for the greater
good of the greatest number. sun.
Yet below the threshold of con- cities of the higher life. It is i well
,
sciousness. where we salt away our that the Jewish Woman's Club did day presented too many counter at-
s
field
in the form of family, forum
final conclusions, we knew that there not desert these worthy old
must he a good reason why we for the glitter that gilds the new. and music, while Monday meetings
the new administration have an ally in the electric washer. At
"joined." Now it eludes us. And although
The present ntoment affords an has many innovations on foot it has present Mrs. Henry Wineman. who
opportunity for clarifying such vague not questioned the conclusion of any chairman of the Monday monthly
impressions. A new president has re- earlier regime as to the necessity meetings is busy corresponding with
cently been elected. For the most of this work. Too often reformers the "best in the land" to fill her pro- I
are mere reactionaries, as has keen
part new officers and a board with
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