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THE DETROIT • JEWISH CHRONICLE
LETTERS OF PREMIER
THREE BARS
OF A SOLO DISCLOSE ROUMANIA'S
STAND ON MINORITIES
(Continued From Page 2.)
Bratiano's Correspondence With Pres,
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knack of suddenly intruding upon the
Wilson Describes Evasion of
performance with a volunteer contri-
Treaty Rights of Jews.
bution of a few shrill notes, but Zar-
fin, his teacher and seat-neighbor in
II u c It a rest—Ex-Premier Bratiano
the orchestra, savagely stepped upon
his corns on these occasions and published one of his letters sent to
sternly bade him be silent. "When President V1'ilson during the Peace
I am time-expired and gone you can Conference. In this communication
shrill your notes" Zarlin whispered Ire attempts to persuade President
into his ear, "but until then shut upl" Wilson not to insist upon the para-
And Chayim "shut tip" as bidden. graph guaranteeing minority rights.
Only now and then Chayim, the un- In the flowery language in which he
derstudy, would speak his secret heart usually expresses himself he prom-
to Zarfin, his teacher:
ises President \Vilson that the Jew-
''Our instrument is scarcely ever ish problem will eventually be solved.
audible—never gets a proper chance— The solution, must not, however, be
the orchestra might as well be with- forced upon Roumania.
out it, for all you ever bear of ill"
Meanwhile Bratiano delves some-
But Zarfin was not sympathetic. ''A what into the history of the Jewish
fat lot I care—one month more of problem. Ile says that after Rou-
service and then goodbye 'waldhortir
mania signed the Treaty of Berlin.
The market-fairs of my home-town
promising to give the Jews equal
are already waiting for mel" You see,
rights, she found a way how to evade
Zartin was an earth-bound soul . . .
this requirement of the compact. 'By
Chayim rendered him lip-service in
homage to his seniority, but in his busing front G•rinaily the railroad
which that country held in Roumania
heart lie despised hint . . .
When, at last, the time-expired men for 3 much greater in- ice than the ac-
went home, the regimental band was tual value, Roumania received the si-
short five musicians. Four places were lent assent of the German government
quickly filled with capable under- to her treachery.
So spoke Bratiano, and he adds
studies, but the new 'vraldhorn" was
received into the band-fraternity with that if Roumania will now be forced
to sign the paragraph guaranteeing
a
general
shaking
of
heads.
The
sen-
to ior musician openly jeered at him: minority rights, she will again at the
'Nu, Kugel, thou wilt parade as a so- proper time find a way of evading
loist BOW! " he said, distributing the the obligation. For sufficitnt con-
sheets of a new march to the mem- siderations Roumania will find a
bers of the band, they snickered audi- Great Power to help her out of the
bly, but Chayim did not resent this. difficulty.
They made mock of his playing, but
As far as the International Jewish
0 his existence, at least, was recognized Press Bureau has been able to estab-
— by his colleagues, if not by the lish. President \Vilson did not reply
bandmaster. The bandmaster was In the impudent cynical letter of this
busy explaining to the drum some de- well-known anti-Semite.
tail about the new march—he had
neither eye nor car for Chayim.
The tuning of the instrument s be-
gan and the Ilerr Kapellmeister,
grumbling and chiding, went front in-
O strument to instrument assigning key
notes: a "b" here, a "c" there. But
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of Chayim he took no notice, and ganization of Detroit will hold an
with a sharp pang, Chayim relapsed important meeting tdonday
into his wonted nothingness. The .Npril 5, at the Beth David Synagogue,
tuning of the instruments ceased and on \\*Miler street, between St. An-
the march began. The outset was toine and Ileatibien streets.
loud and tumultuous, all the instru
The society composed of represen-
nests Were playing. and Chayim gave tative Jewish women, meet regularly
voice to his part now loudly, now in to study European conditions, partic-
a dying whisper, just as the spirit ularly as they affect the Jewish wom-
moved him: loudly, when he felt like en of rastern Europe. \\Ink pre-
penetrating the tumult and reaching viously the meetings were devoted
the unappreciative bandmaster's ear; principally to organization, it is
timidly, when the consciousness over- planned at the forthcoming meeting
whelmed hint that the orchestra had to map out a definite program of ac-
:tally no need of bin and his instru- tivities that will result in mater,a,
meat. In his bitterness of soul he aid for the Jewish W0111311 abroad.
Among the speakers announced for
thought: "I might just as well hold
the niouthpiece to my lips without the Monday meeting are Rabbi A. E.
uttering a single note, for all they Aishishkin and B. Goldstein, a well-
known Jewish writer and editor. All
would notice!"
Toward the middle of the perform- Jewish women in the city who are in-
ance there occurred a thing miracu - terested in the welfare of their sisters
lous in its wild improbability: Chayim in European countries are urged to
noticed on his score a "waldhorn attend the meeting.
trio, and lie began to play the trio.
And then, frozen stiff with astonish-
ment, he noticed the tumult of sounds
around him give way—the entire or
was hushed—and he, Chayim
Kugel, had to play a solo on the
"wahlhorn," amid deadly stillness,
with the eyes of au expectant world
upon him! and Chayim, purple-
faced, wild-eyed, transported with un-
bearable pride and joy, blew jubilant-
ly into his horn—not a sound but the
thin, brazen, far-off sounding notes of
the waldhorn—one bar—a second—a
third—and then the crashing thunder
of the orchestra sucked in his feeble
piping, drowned the voice of his in-
strument, and the march went on with
its uproar. The color of his face
changed from purple to white. His
instrument fell out of his feeble grasp
and to the floor. His antis fell to
his side, and he, closed his eyes in
the deadly ecstacy of n swoon. What
of that? He had tasted life. His
voice had hushed the voices of his
mates—true, for three bars of a solo
only—hilt he had been heard above
the multitude. lie had silenced his
scortiers, and, for a few seconds, im-
pressed Ws personality upon a regi-
ment of hearers. .And then, sinking
hack into the maelstrom of furious,
whirling sounds, lie became reab-
sorbed, a nullity, a shadowy voice in
the orchestra of life. They carried
him front the platform in a faint.
Gruff-voiced soldiers spoke of him
with the tender concern of comrades.
But he, Chayim Kugel, dd neither
he ar their sympathetic utterance nor
had lie any need of it—he had lteen
a soloist, if for three moments oniy-
he had lived.
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4. Milton M. Alexander will address
the meeting on the subject, "The Jew
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The meeting is one of a series of in-
formal evenings to be given by the
Ladies' Auxiliary in an effort to bring
the members of the congregation in
closer contact, as well as to increase
its membership.
The members of the congregation
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