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February 06, 1920 - Image 7

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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, 1920-02-06

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PAGE SEVEN

""FIE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

Young Judea of Detroit
to Celebrate Palestine
Week Sunday, February 8

Seven Twelfths of a Dozen Principals of Let 'Er Flicker

Trials and Tribulations of a Publicity Man as Related by Oscar Adel, Press Agent
for Shaarey Zedek's Coming Show.

(1) Bessie Barnett; (2) Samuel Jacobs; (3) Ray Barnett; (4) Dr.
Hilliard Goldstiek; 13) Herman Busch; (6) Dolores Weis; (7) David P.
Sillinan.

Principals Temperamental
in Let 'Er Flicker Rollick

Boiled Guys, Steingold and' a Frank Scott Clark portrait that
sell, art,. I got all the ladies (not Dave Ferrer had snitched for no.. I
without committing hutglary, midi was kind of keen on getting that F.
perjury') but the way the he-male S. C. picture of Sall!, it Sill/Wed 111111
' Matinee
idols shied when I backed] in his Navy uniform. but Saul didn't
cm into a corner mid demanded al like the rating on the sleeve.—I wo n-
,
picture, you'd have thought I was der %%That it is. allYilowi — white eagle
trying to sell 'en) an insurance policy and a coil of rope and an assortment
or stock in an oil well -- the gladsome !of white angles and lines and things?
welcome I got.
"Venn Busch's phisog. I got from
"That picture of Bessie Barnett I a girl.—Nope, it's a secret. I promised
lifted
piano. and„lien
her I wouldn't tell. Jack Fisher got
the
it arid
I, : me Dave Sillman's picture, they're
missed
pointed
me,
brothers-in-law or something, you
h a d to swearreturn
I don't suppose I ever wll, know. And Dave promised to get
wIlich will,”
sadly. "NIrs. Rae Barnett': hubby had use one of Jack—which I haven't seen
Irv. Levy is too deeply im-
the flu the clay 1 called up on Jeffer- yet.
son avenue, and I had to pilfer that mersed in the manufacture of gasoline
trolleys
up at Ford's, and he's afraid
snapshot out of au album while she
was feeding Barney I.. orange juice. that if his picture is ever taken the
D. U. R. Will arm every motorman
Delores Waiss didn't have anything town with one together with in-
more recent than
one with her hair
down her back, so I was forced to • structions to knock him off at sight.

"There's twelve in the cast—out-
side of the chorus, of course,—count
'cm" said Oscar Adel, as he leaned
against the office desk and separated
the list from a sheaf of contract
blanks for the Program of Let 'Er

lure her into a three-for-a-dollar "Steingold and Schwartz—the Ilard-
joint and make a noise like a birdie(S
i oiled Guys, in the shove, are practts-

while the criminal behin d the c a"t" a I Mg 'tough mugs' so hard these days
did his "" t.—\‘' hich thre e "'ti ld e ` that they are afraid to look in a inir-
of what it means to be a Publicityl ror, much less take a chance at shat-
Ma " are Pie compared to wha t I ran tering a delicate anastigmat lens and
M u "gal " when I 1"accil the me "' frightening a photographer out of Ins
for theirs.
studio."

"Hilliard's wife gave me his. And
Flicker. "Ifessye Barnett and Rae the Doc, chased me half a block down
Ilendrie
with a pair of pliers in one
Edwin
Waiss,
Delores
Barnett,
hand and a ten dollar set of porce-
Green that, Saul Jacobs, Jack Fisher,
lain teeth in the other. The only way
Bunch, Irv. Levy, Dave Sill- I got that nineteen fourteen pose of
Hilliard tloldstick, and the Saul Jacob was by trading him for
man,

Oscar Adel sighed wearily.

"Seven twelfths of a dozen princi-
pals, that's the best I could do." And
he placed the hard won portraits on
the office desk and disappeared in the
direction of the elevator.

Parents. friends and relatives of
Voting Judaeans, as well as others
interested in the Young Judaea Inove-
mem • are asked to attend the Pales-
tine week celebration to be held at
2:31) p. in. Sunday. Feb. 8, at the
Shaarey Zedek. Despite the fact
that a number of parts or; the pro-
gram had to be called off (111 acnnull
of the prevailing epidemic, the pro-
gram will he an excellent one and
f mainly worth seeing and hearing.
As it part of the program, a number
of Young Judacans 55 ill be awarded
prizes for feature short stories written
by them in the Voting Judaea shor t
story contest. Ju addition, leaders
of four of the cffs.h. wj.II receive-cer-
tificates of affiliation with the nation-
al organization for their clubs,
Start Hebrew Classes.
Immediately following the Chain-
i s l io osor ll'Shvat celebration, activi-
ties will be resumed for the organiza-
tion of Hebrew classes for those
whose I eWish education has been
neglected in their youth. Classes will
be organized only for those over the
age of lo, in that the leaders fed
that all under that age ought to en-
roll with a local l'altund Torah or
Ilebrew school.
Purim will be celebrated in Young
Judaea in co-operation with the Sun-
day schools and Talmud Torahs in
order to give those in charge of the
movement an opportunity to tackle
the educational problems that arise
from time to time. One of the prob-
lems before the organization at pres-
ent is the lack of adequate meeting
places. Considerable difficulty is be-
ing met with in getting at least two
of the local Talmud Torahs to open
their doors to the league of Detroit's
Jewish youth.

ment of the Zionist Organization of PHILOMATHIC DEBATING
America. Toys must be in good
CLUB TO HOLD ANNUAL
shape, practically new, and will be
ORATORICAL CONTEST
collected at the entertainment to he
held this Sunday at the Shaarev Ze-
(kik. It is expected that the Voting
Six young men, members of the
Judaeas will remember their Pales- Philomatic Debating Club, have dur-
tinian kin as they celebrate Palestine's ing the last few weeks been pre-oc-
Arbor Day, and will indicate their cupied in polishing up their oratory,
desire to be of assistance in the re- making friends With the dictionary,
construction of Israel's homeland by a and in tither ways manifesting an
willingness to give to the children attitude suggestive of preparation for
of Eretz Visroal the thing's that they a contest reason is that they
Lack and need.
are all out to win the gold or silver
medal that will be awarded to the
Dr. Aronstam To Speak.
two best speakers at the Sixth An-
Dr. Aronstam, who was to lecture nual Oratorial Contest of the Philo-
at the \\'estininster and Delmar mathic Debating Club.
streets synagogue last Friday even-
These six "Inarked" men, Messrs.
ing, will give his talk this Friday Ralph Aronstam, Harry !falter, Max
night instead, he having been kept Cohen, Irvitig lskowitz, Leo Kaltman
away on account of a sickness in the and Max Schuster, are each supreme-
family. For the lack of a speaker. ly confident that he is going to carry
the place of worship was turned into home one of the coveted prizes, and
an open forum, questions being the competition is therefore going to
placed to chairman and answered by be very keen.
Tuesday evening, February 10th, at
him, in several cases resulting in a
general discussion. The attendance 8:00 o'clock is the time; the gymna-
was largest Friday evening• more sium of the Shaarey Zedek synagogue
than 2511 being present. .A still larger will he the scene of the delivery of
audience is expected for this Friday these six masterful orations on vital
evening. The majority of those turn- problems of the day. The judges
ing out for the Friday night get-to- who will select the winners are lion.
gether meetings are Young Nut:testis Clyde I. \\'elister, Circuit Court
judge; Jacob Nathan, secretary De-
from the North End of the city.
troit Stock Exchange, and Chas. P.
O'Neil, attorney. A meritorious mu-
sical program will supplement the
speeches of the evening.
The Philomathic extends a cordial
invitation to everyone to attend this
event.

Philomathic Debating Club
Installs New Officers

\\. ith the installation of officers for APPEAL FOR CLOTHING
the new terns, the Philomathic De-
FOR NEEDY BRETHREN
bating Club last Sunday evening em-
barked on its mission with renewed
IN WAR-RIDDEN EUROPE
energy and enthusiasm. The new
leaders are Reuben Levine, speaker;
The Jewish People's Relief Com-
Irving I skowitz, clerk; Max Cohen,
mittee of Detroit are conducting a
assistant clerk, and Ralph Aronstam,
campaign for collecting warm clothes
sergeaut-at-arms.
for the European Jewish War suffer-
After the inaugural address of the ers. Help save the lives of these
new chairman and the announcement sufferers. Give your clothes which
of committees, a program of hot you do not use to protect them from
speeches was held, which did full jus- cold. Our brethren in Europe will
tice to the training in extemporan- accept them with joy as though they
rums speaking that the members re- had been new. If possible bring your
eii I. at the meetings.
bundles to the office, 490 Hastings
The Debate Committee, consisting street, or call Cadillac 2061. The
of Maurice Meyer, chairman; Leo bundles will be transmitted to Europe
Kaltman and Max Cohen, have ar- through the Joint Distribution Com-
ranged for next Sunday evening, Feb- mittee.
ruary 8th, a debate on the question (Signed) THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S
RELIEF COMMITTEE OF AM-
of adoption of parochial schools for
ERICA, DETROIT BRANCH.
the education of the Jewish youth.

Leadership Problem Acute.
Besides, there is still the problem
of leaders. (%liateyer difficulties are
being met within certain of the cir-
cles are due to poor leadership, or
total lack of leadership. A number
of volunteers have responded recent-
ly to conduct girls' clubs, these hav-
ing proven fully capable of handling
their work. It is notch more diffi-
cult, however, to find male leaders, a
problem that is being experienced by
Young Judeae throughout the coun-
try.
Young Judaea of Detroit is out to 'The affirmative will be presented by
General Deniken has appointed Mr.
collect 1,000 toys during this week Sam \\.eisberg and Shirty Hurwitz,
to be sent to the children of Palestine and the negative by Joseph Loomis G. Ginzburg to be one of the Magis-
trates of Kieff.
through the Palestine Supply Depart- and Able Shevitz.

INTERESTING PURIM
DANCE PLANNED BY
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Oldest Jewish Fraternal Order in
Detroit Celebrates Thirtieth
Annual Event With Many
Unique Features.

.Nrrangements have been completed
for the thirtieth annual Purim dance
of the Knights of Pythias, to be giv-
en Wednesday evening. March 3, at
Arena Gardens auditorium.
The number "24" will prove of pe-
culiar significance for the event.

ANNOUNCING

Spring Fashions in Women's Footwear

Newest Models are now arriving on our Fourth Floor

NIany of these New

Designs

(vill

he shown exclusively

at our store

W

J. W. COHEN

Finzel's orchestra of 24 pieces will
furnish music for 24 (latices, and each
dancer will he the recipient of 24 nov-
elty favors during the course of the
evening. Finzel will conduct. and a
special feature is promised in a sen-
sational boy drummer.
'fluf Detroit lodge of Knights of
Pythias is the oldest Jew ish fraternal
organization in the city, and through-

E ARE now showing
new Spring Styles and
low effects in Oxfords and
Pumps which correctly
forecast the mode of the
coming season. Ladies who
appreciate that exclusive
note in Fyfe footwear will
find authentic and distinc-
tive character in our latest
models.

The Lisette

is one of the
T HIS
newest models for

the coming season, exclusive
in design and ultra in fash-
ion. The crushed leather
bow, color to match, adds
a distinctive touch.

In Black Kid, Patent
Leather and finest French
Blue Kid


$18.50 and $20

i'•

( Fourth floor)

EST.

n
?)?

f.N.

NATHAN I'EREIRA

out its history has been a factor in
the social life of the Jewish corn-.
triunity. J. W. Cohen. past than-i
cellor, and Nathan Peteira, connected I
with the order for many years, have
taken an active part in affairs of the I
order and much of the success of past
Purim balls has been due to their tin-i
tiring efforts.

D,

1865

).

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