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THE DETROIT

Music Notes

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By Hermann Mester.

(A Plea for Congregational Singing.)

and followed by the supervisors of
the Jewish Sunday Schools, I feel
reasonably certain that in a short
time they too could boast of con-
gregational sung as inspired and as
sincerely convincing as that found in
the neighboring churches.
Meanwhile the most important holi-
days in the Jewish calendar are slowly
creeping upon us. How many mem-
ber of Temple Belli El have copies
of the hymnal at home, wherein both
the special songs and the holiday re-
sponses may be found, and how many
ever think of having these hymns
sung at home in preparation for the
temple services? If this thought has
not come to you before, take it for
what it is worth; with hut a little
practice the temple could have the
best of congregational singing, and
1 am sure it would benefit the mem-
bers as well as the spirit of the ser-
vice.

JEWISH CHRONICLE

CLUB NOTES

The Emergency Immigration Com-
mittee of the Jewish \'S'onian's Club
has been doing excellent work in lo-
cating families that have been separ-
ated at Ellis Island and elsewhere. In
Detroit 175 persons have been found
and helped to get into communica-
tion with their families.
The Jewish Woman's Club is in re-
ceipt of a communication from the
United States Treasury Department
urging the formation of classes in
finance, in order that the women
might betione more familiar with mat-
ters permuting to this branch of civil
affairs.
'Ille club Was invited to attend the
presentation of motion pictures at the
Northwestern I nigh School last week.
The pict ures Were shOwn under the
auspices of the Department of Visual
Education and portrayed incidents in
the French and Indian wars and the
\\'ar of 1812. The films-was made es-
pecially for public school work under
the direction of Dr. W. C. Bagley, of
Columbia, and Dr. Atwood, formerly
of Harvard.
The club house at 45 Rowena street
is filled to capacity and there are
many names on the waiting list.
These are young Jewish women, em-
ployed in Detroit, but without home
connections. Three Jewish women
who were in Detroit for several weeks
on a trip around the world, taking
employment as they went, were given
accommodations as transients.

'rhe shameful indifference and the
utter disregard which the average re-
formed congregation manifests at the
regular Sabbath and holiday services
for the musical portion of the ritual,
seems to have been overlooked in the
discussions of the reformed rabbis at
their recent convention. The unortho-
dox Jew who visits at any fashionable
gentile service rust, if he has a spark
of religion in his soul, be astonished
at the freedom and the spontaneity
with which the congregation takes
part in the singing of the hymns and
the responsive readings. It is done
with sincerely and conviction, and be-
sides adding immeasurably to the
spirit of the service, it gives a decided
tone of sanctity to the meeting and
charges the atmosphere with that fer-
vor which most of its associate only
with the church and the cathedral,
but rarely with the temple or the
school.
Mr. Edwin Deroy, of Pittsburgh,
Most of the Catholic and high Epis-
Pa., has sent to the Fresh Air Society
copal churches possess boy-choirs of
the sum of $50, in honor of the golden
varying standards of excellence, often
wedding anniversary of his grandpar-
supplemented by adult choruses, who
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kuttnatter,
sing or chant the prescribed re-
114 Frederick avenue. The event was
sponses, and then lead in the singing
celebrated July 14. A 'tarty will be
of the hymns. Here, as well as in
given to the children of the Fresh Air
the churches of t he other Christian
camp, that they might share in the
denominations, the Methodist, Baptist,
joy of this notable anniversary.
Presbyterian, one seldom finds a par-
ishioner who, when present at the
service, fails to take part in it. Nearly
all the members are familiar with
practically all the songs in the hymnal;
they have heard them from their in-
pucitAREsT—The Jewish Na-
fancy at home, in the Sunday-School,
at the services; the mere mention of tionals of 'Fransylvania, the former
Hungarian province now under Ru-
the number often suffices to bring the
required tune to mind, which, with its mania, issued an official report of the
!HD:SALEM—Sir Herbert Salti-
wealth of associations religious or pogrom made upon all the Jews of ne), the British High Commissioner,
Vajnag.
otherwise, stimulates the worshipper
received the representatives of the
This pogrom was perpetrated by press today and announced that he
and makes him eager to raise his
voice in praise with the devoutest. Rumanian soldiers after the 23rd of was abolishing the censorship which
April of this year. After completing
Furthermore, the singing is generally
had remained unrelaxed since the
a thorough investigation during which
good and modulated; either choir or
Jerusalem riots of last April.
the witnesses of both Jews and Chris-
quartet leads, and the congregation
Speaking of the future of Palestine,
tians was heard, the Jewish Nationals
naturally follows, keeping correct
the High Commissioner predicted that
presented their findings to the com-
time and observing all the various
the
country would see great progress
mander of the soldiers , accused of the
marks of crescendo and diminuendo.
within the next few years.
crimes against the Jews, Major
With the possible exception of a
For the first time in the history of
Petala. They requested him to look
few orthodox congregations in New
Palestine, postage stamps just issued
into the charges and to punish the
York where some gifted "Chasan"
guilty. Relying upon Rumanian jus- bear an imprint in English, Hebrew
officiates and rules his male choir tice to act, the Jewish Nationals took and Arabic.
with a firm hand, and by the same no action for the time being and
token keeps his zealous "Kehilah" in awaited further developments. But
the tracks of tune and time, 1 have there were no further developments.
never heard such wonderful inter- The major did not even deem it neces-
pretations of the truly glorious music sary to reply to their letters and sim-
of the synagogue,—the fine old tradi- ply winked at the charges. Then the
tional melodies, as in the Great Syna- Jewish Nationals decided to make the
gogues of Frankfurt and London. To fact s public.
be sure they had been set in modern
What are the facts? On April 23,
harmonies by many of the most in- 1920, the Rumanian Lieutenant Brat-
spired of European "Chasonim," can- iano, and several soldiers entered the
tors with exceptional voices and thoro tannery of Ilershkovitz Brothers in
musical education. The men had Vajnag and demanded 40 pounds of
heard and learned the 'tunes" long black leather and 20 pounds of sole
before they had the right to sit with leather. Benjamin Ilershkovitz told
their fathers and perhaps their grand- the lieutenant •that he had not this
fathers in positions of honor in the material in store, but that he would
body of the synagogue. And so the have it in a few (lays. Bratiano was
mere intonation of a beloved melody not convinced and demanded the keys
was sufficient to enthuse the entire to the stock rooms and searched
assembly, and due to the strong and without success.
trained leading of the male choir,
In the evening the lieutenant and
the congregation was kept in time his associates went to the home of
and in tune, with the result that the Mendel Hershkovitz, the father of
effect of the singing was spiritually Benjamin and demanded to he given
overpowering and musically exalting. his horses and wagons. %Viten Mr.
It seems to me that the Jewish Ilerslikovitz asked to he shown the
communities of this country might government's requisition order before
profitably follow the innovations re- complying with it, the lieutenant
'eently introduced into the parochial claimed that he had lost it and began
schools of many of the states, and al- to abuse the old Jew for questioning
ready adopted by many non-Catholic the world of a Rumanian officer.
churches. The children are given sys- Bratiano demanded 5000 kronen
tematic intruction in singing, either damages for this offense, and threat-
in the parish or Sunday schools. This ened to shoot if it mere not imme-
instruction, 111 the hands of trained diately forthcoming. But Mr.
and competent teachers, includes Ilershkovitz was not to be bullied so
voice-placing, sight-reading, the study easily and blankly refused,
A quarrel started, which resulted
and mastery of the standard hymns,
and the correct reading of the re- in the arrest of 23 Jews, among whon,
sponses. The best results are not to were men of seventy and children of
Wel e brought to the
be obtained by mass-teaching, the fifteen. These
house of Mr. Herslikuvitz and were
work is done in classes with small
tied like sheep ready for slaughter.
groups of children; those unable to
They were beaten with sticks and
read arc taught the tunes by note,
flogged with leather whips , and were
so that when they are of age to study
compelled to cheer for Greater Ru-
notation, the difficulties of meter and
mania. Then the poor mutilated vic-
rhythm are practically negligible. In
tims were thrown into a pig sty, to
the course of time a fine and trained
body of singers has been developed, he Fk„cPts fp nrisao an yes"t htli e erj e,..ws were h e ld
eager and enthusiastic, in whose tinder arrest and during this whole
hands, in whose hearts, and in whose
h
oliff ers s imply made them-
period, t the
voices the old familiar, famous hymn- seises masters of their possessions.
tunes will ever 111111 not
nt only a ready ' and plundered their homes and shops
response, but one that is trained :m il The whole procedure was very orde . r-
quit e often beautiful.
was
%Vete some such scheme introduced ItY urabo ad„ eseYstoer
tjn
a i e '. eiT
tbili7e7
s a
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ff$3Inif0122107011 marauders just took their time in
carrying away everything winch they
ionnul either useful or interesting. Ac-
coriling to a conservative estimate.
I he loss through these robberies
.onotinted to over 700.000 kronen.
Custom Work Only,
.After the six days imprisonment,
Measurements Taken For 'The
Lieutenant Bratiano demanded a ran-
Um unshed Figure
kronC, or the prison-
kronen,
. s,on of 200,0
Fifth Floor
then
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ndd not possibly raise this sat.
Phone Cherry 1849
Phone
213 Woodwarde ~
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15-31°-1.63-21R3-251-0-10.505133:6.1ETTU-aSe, enough to loan them half of the
money and the Jews somehow man-
aged to raise the other half to effect
her liberation.
is the official report of 1
1 Jewish National Council of Transyl-
va-ia. It is very conservative in tone
graduate Reglater•d Optometrist
and guarded in its language because
and (tot felon, formerly at Ileyn's
Bazaar, Myron Optical
, (tar ' of the strict censorship and out of
fear of Rionan'an military vengeance
tick
and Friedberg's. announces
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the opening of Ma new optical par-
EXCLUDED FROM
JEWS
lors at 820 Woodward In the Wes
POLISH TENANT LEAGUE
low Arcade, opposite the Addison
Hot, I
\V \RS\W—At a general iorefing
Satisfied customers through the
of the Tenant League of Nlinilova
State of Michigan can testify to
Street. Warsaw, it was decided to ex-
clude the lewish member.. Since.
perfeetly fitting glasses and pre-
according to the organiration's coo-
served eyesight.
sfitution, members could he exnelled
My many friends will welcome
for ethical reasons only. the Polish
this announcement, and I wish to
mainr:tv decided to chatter the name
of the o•g-tnizatton to the Society. of
thank them to part patronage and
Christian Tenants. and thus excluded
to assure them of the same courte-
the few,
ous treatment at my new address.

FRESH AIR CHILDREN
HELP TO CELEBRATE
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

HUNGARIAN TROOPS
SAMUEL ABOLISHES
ROB, ARREST JEWS
RIGID CENSORSHIP;
PREDICTS PROGRESS

JEWISH ILL TREAT-
MENT DENIED BY
LUBOMIRSKI

Formal Statement by the Polish
Minister as to Pogroms and
Rumors of Them.

NEW Y OR IS The following state-
nient by Prince Luboinirski, Polish
Minister to the United States, in re-
spect to recent reports of ill treat-
ment of the Jews in Polish territory
by Polish citizens and the retreating
Polish army was made public here
Wednesday
Rumors of pogroms in Poland have
of late again become frequent in the
American press. At the end of May
came the first news of a Jewish
progrom by Polish soldiers in Balta;
it was even stated at the time that
the Chief of State intervened in the
matter, but was unable to do any-
thing. A glance at the ,map would,
however, have sufficed to show that
llalta was inside the Bolshevist lines
and that the Polish army never occu-
pied that town, so that if there really
was a pogrom it was perpetrated by
the liolsheviki.
Later on, for several clays running,
London telegrams were published
concerning pogroms that were to take
place in Lvov, and which even stated
positively that they were being or-
ganized by the same criminals who
raised the disturbances in Lvov at the
end of 1918.
In spite of the absurdity of such a
prophecy, this matter was discussed
with the United States State Depart-
ment. It was replied that appeal had
already been made to the State De-
partment in this question, but that the
department had received 110 news or
complaints whatever concerning the
conduct of the Polish army toward
the Jewish population.
The Bolsheviki have now sent via
London a wireless concerning pog-
roms perpetrated by the retreating
Polish army. It is easy to make such
statements, for at the present moment
no power in the world can prove what
is taking place behind the lines of the
Soviet army.
1 applied to \Varsaw for informa-
tion and have today received the reply
that the reports in question are all
false and concocted with a view to the
credulity of certain spheres.

l'he Jewish as well as the Christian
population are fleeing in panic and
despair from the regions occupied at
present by the Red army, and are
taking refuge in Poland, which alone
can save them from the Bolshevist
terror. Polish Jews well understand
that the advance of the Bolslieviki is
fatal to then]. for as profoundly re-
ligious people, and also as merchants,
commercial agents, small tradesmen
and artisans, they would be the first
to suffer from the decrees of the
Soviets.
The aim of the Bolshevist tactics is
to create anti-Polish currents which
would result in a weakening of the
sympathy with Poland. They forget
the crimes they have committed; the
burning of military hospitals, the mur-
der of the patients, the doctors and
the nursing sisters. It is only re-
cently that American philanthropic
circles were shocked by the tragic
death of Professor Friedlander and
Dr. Kantor, who fell into the hands
of the Bolshevik'.
Like the Germans, who during the
great war fell upon defenseless war
prisoners and peaceful inhabitants and
then lyingly imputed these crimes to
the army of the Allies, so the Bol-
sheviki murder right and left, making
hideous accusations against the Polish
army.
I am convinced that public opinion
in America, well acquainted with Bol-
shevist tactics, will place no faith in
these insidious rumors and will not
be influenced by the atmosphere ar-
tificially created by lying Bolshevist
messages.
CASIMIR LUBOMIRSKI,
Minister of Poland to the United
States.

The anti-Semitic press of Hungary
is endeavoring to throw on the Jews
the blame for the severity of Die
peace terms. According to the Jew-
bakers, the alleged anti-Iltingarian
agitation by Jews is responsible for
the action of the Peace Conference.
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The box-making industry is assum-
ing big proportions in Jaffa, where
the packing cases are used for
oranges, which are a prominent item
in the list of Palestinian exports.
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STATE FAIR SHOW
TO BE BIG DISPLAY

Dealers to Exhibit Variety of
1921 Models From
Chief Factories.

One million or more persons who
are expected to visit the Michigan
state fair this year from September
3 to 12 are going to find a display of
automobiles in the automobile show
such as never before has been offered
at the fair, according to G. \1'. Dick-
inson, secretary-tanager of the fair
association. Complete lines of cars
in all ranges of prices from the small-
est price touring car to the big $111,-
000 "jolts" will be shown. Space fur
the passenger car show on the second
floor of the automobile building last
week practically was closed out and
nearly all of the space for the truck
show on the first floor had been taken.

The Bemb-Robinson Company is
going to feature the Essex in its ex-
hibit with a good showing of Hudson
models also. The l'aige Motor Sales
Company has arranged to show three
closed cars and an open car. .1\ spe-
cial Locontobile will be shown by the
Kettenring Sales Company, which
also will exhibit the American and
Revere.

The new Chalmers will be seen in
the display of the Thompson Auto
Company, together with several new
models of the Maxwell. It is expected
Dodge Brothers new car will be out
in time for the display which will Inc
put on by Thomas J. Doyle. M. A.
Young is planning a special setting
for the Peerless and Mitchell cars he
will show, Reo is to have a complete
line and the Michigan Oldsmobile also
will exhibit a full line. Several new
models of the Cleveland will be shown
by A. L. Zeckendorf.
One of the last dealers to take
space for the show is Harvey G. Wil-
son, who will display the Auburn Six.
Two special Wills-Knight cars and
five Overlands will be in the booth of
the Simons Sales Company.

During the absence of the Italian
Ten Commandments of Sanitation,
which have been issued by the Medi- Prime Minister in London, the Acting
cal Unit, are teaching the people the Premiership has been entrusted to Mr.
fundamentals of health and cleanli- Mortara, the Minister of Justice.

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Prices on Everything Reduced
25% During This Great Sale

T needed but a word from us to those who know to awaken the saving instinct that is
naturally associated with the reading of any Finsterwald Advertisement. And the
nouncement of this great Mid-Summer Discount Sale brought ready response from
hundreds. Already many homes have been brightened and much money has been saved
thereby.

The sale will include not only the furniture already on our display floors, but as well
every piece of furniture in our warehouses. As fas tas pieces are sold from the floors, their
placed will be taken by furniture from our reserve stocks, so that a complete variety of de-
signs is assured you.

NU BONE CORSETS

We do not believe there is a single piece of furniture in our floors that could be replaced
for the price at which it was bought, but this sale will go on, in accordance with our policy
of "Opportunity - . We know, however, that any sacrifices made now will come back to us
from the sense of satisfaction that takes advantage of these price-savings.

Leon H. Koplowitz

Convenient Credit Terms

You Need Not Pay Cash to Profit

It is not necessary to pay cash to take advantage of the sale op-
portunities. No one need feel regretful because there is a possible
lack of ready cash. Individual credit terms will be arranged on each
purchase to suit your convenience of the customer.

Arcade Optical Parlor

520 Woodward

Open Evenings

Sunday by Appointment.

according to the newest militau v rul-
ing, the sale of alcoholic beverages
is prohibited.
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A small forest has been pl-mted by
the co-operative grotto at !Nitta to
.onoo emorate the it ezht men and
women who fell during the defense
' at 'fa , Ilai.

insterwald

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80-82 Michigan Avenue, at Washington Blvd.

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