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door—"What are ya dole' Nat?"

Coolidge Will Support
All Jewish Movements

the
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frost of her tenemeat home.
For Natasha had
ish literary genius prevented the rise whistles started up again, and Na-
She was half way up the dark he cried suddenly.
.
tasha leaned lower. The swish of the
someone pant- taken off her hat and coat and was
and development of the Jewish dr
she
heard
water grew louder, the further down stairs, when
unpinning
her
black
hair. Then
ma. Whether there will ever be one she leaned. If she could only get I ing behind her.
B 0 S T 0 N—Governoc Coolidge's
ter-
is questionable. The Jewish people
"Natasha—Natr shrilled a small Reuben's eyes opened wide with
close enough, she would not hear the
on the views on the future of the Jewish
for
she
had
seated
herself
would have to live a thousand years
boy's voice. Natasha stopped at her ror
people, asked of hint by Represents.
floor in the middle of the room. her tive Elihu D. Stone of this co), are
in happiness and in orderly condi- whistles at all—
"The bay is pretty in the sun, isn't I landing.
fulness and piety, is often aroused to tions, to change its temperament, and
"Reuben Zeligman, what are you head in her hands—"Nat, Nat," he contained in this letter whs h Mr.
it?" Natasha felt her elbow pulled,
It k admitted by our friends and
whimpered, "Jacob ain't dead, is he— Stone made public today:
to
be
able
to
look
at
things
calmly,
such a high pitch, and often so indig-
and a familar, softly persistent voice doing away from school?"
enemies alike that our contribution to
When grandma died last year Rosa
nant, that he offers the leaders of the so calmly that it can observe the made itself heard against the wash of
"Should the opportunity present it.
Reuben carried a bundle in potato
the world's literature is a notable one
and grandfather made me sit on the
rhythm
of
life
and
classify
the
various
Jews a solution to all his trouble—
sacking, which he dumped carefully floor ever so long—they said I should self I should be pleased to support
the
water.
—as much notable a, that of the
"And I shall annihilate them instan- human passions in dramatic form.
Senator
Harding in such effort. a, h e
"My father didn't conic on the down at Natasha's door.
Greeks or the Germans; but still,
always remember"—
taneously." The Almighty was already Whether this time will ever come, Monrovia, and I had to go over to
might make for the bettering ,,t the
"Doncha know, Nat — Rosa told
there is no Jewish drama. Our con-
Natasha looked up and smiled a condition of the }twill' people wher.
in despair. Ile could no longer stand only the Lord of the destinies knows. Ellis Island for nothing—they said he
me to bring sick dope fer Jacob—gee,
tribution to the world's literature
this rebellious spirit, this disobedi-
ever they may be, for undertaking t o
little strangely.
might be there."
consists of lyrical poetry, and espe-
I (ergot the weed--grandpa said fer
ence, this willfulness, this stubborn-
"No, Reuben, Jacob has not died— assist them in the support ofor.
Natasha recognized the girl who me to gib off his cart. But I beat
cially of elegiac poetry.
ized government everywhere, hich
ness, and was on the verge of an-
he
is
not
dead—now—But
go
back
had
waited
with
her
that
morning.
Chapter 104 of the Psalms is de-
it from school at recess t market fer
nihilating them, but for the interven-
The girl talked on without waiting some baby booze." He extracted a and tell Rosa she say at the factory is the only means of protect n.; `)
scribed by the greatest literary critics
advancing their liberties.
(Continuod From Pago 7.)
am
mourning
for
tion
of
Moses.
I
for Natasha to answer—
as the best lyrical piece of poetry
bottle of milk from the sack—the he is, and that
"Our great concern is to make of
The story of the Bible is one long
"I think maybe it is as well that bottom of it dripped a noxious yel- him like the Book say we should—
"tie is
ever written. The Song of Songs, a
America such an example of righteou s
story of an intensely dramatic con- brother," her voice rasped—
he
is
Maybe you see, when I hear
passionate love poem, is unique in its
not bad, or stupid, he is only sick, father has not conic. I do not make
flict between the people, the Jewish
very much, and he is so old. I would low fluid—"Gee, if them eggs ain't dead in a week or a month, then I laws and of implicit obedience to those
investigated
vigor-
kind, and not imitative. The biblical
and I have money here to take care
busted!" Reuben
laws on the part of all citizens that
people, and the Jewish God; and
novelette, Ruth, is an idyl, and is
of him," Natasha stood up — "And have to care for him. When one only ously with his hands. "Gimme a rag, cannot take time—I will be sewing the material prosperity and spiritual
from this point of view, the entire
buttons." Natasha's voice broke.
unique in its kind, too. Nor can the
you say the country is kind!" She earns a little a week, it is only enough Nat—eggs is gummy."
blessings which flow therrfrou may
Bible is only one dramatic story. The
tales of the Bible, especially those of
laughed wildly— "No, I am not citi- for one, don't you think?" But Na-
Natasha opened her room door and "Reuben," she said, "the city did not demonstrate to all the world the
heroes of this intensely dramatic
tasha did not speak, and she rambled
care for my brother—it only cared
the books of Moses, be imitated; so story are a willful people and a de- zen of a cruel country." Natasha on, "I'm glad I see you again. It is pulled Reuben in. While she filled
I didn't sew them soundness of such actions. In this
, grand are they in their simplicity, and
pointed to the open folder with
a basin with water, Reuben looked for buttons. But
of
termined God. The story is not yet
warmer now in the sun than in that
for the city—I sewed them for Jacob. great enterprise the Jewish people
elating in their naivete. It can be
trembling fingers, "Here — look — it
about
him
expectantly.
at an end, and the conflict is still go-
same. Go, America ought to take a must prom.
said, without exaggeration, that the
say there are 62,000 those sick people horrid waiting room"—
"Ain't Jacob come, Nat?" he quer- I can't go back just the
Meatpart.
ing on. lie did not yet subjugate his
Natasha
wished
the
girl
would
leave
Reuben,' commanded Natasha, "To-
triumph of the Bible is not due, solely
in New York now. They are sick,
ied as he plunged his hands in.
people, though they may be nearer
her. She wanted to listen to the wa-
to Sus religious contents, but in the
many sick ones in my street, and
She wiped his hands in silence and day I will not work for the city."
LONDON—The Kiev correspoo-
to him today than before. And in
ter, and the girl kept talking, talk-
And the boy hurried out, for it
main, to its literary excellence. From
nurses come, and doctors some time
then washed off the milk bottle and
dent of the "Daily Herald" describing
this dramatic conflict between the de-
frightened him to see Natasha sitting
a literary point of views it is no
to look to them. You shut out Jacob Mg—
proceeded
to
open
it.
the
recent pogroms in Ukrainla, draws
termined and willful people and the
The ferry docked, and the girl took
doubt the greatest literary work ever
from that. If he is in city, he can be
"Now you can have a glass of there on the floor.
a trerible picture of Ukrainian Jewry,
powerful, determined God, the dra-
Natasha's arm and dragged her along.
produced; but still, this literary treas-
sick, and you care for him." Then
Fie
states that 10000 fresh refugees
When
they
reached
the
street,
she
milk,"
she
told
him.
matic talent of the Jewish genius ex-
ure of ours, containing all sorts of
"Say, Nat, 're ya dippy? Don't
she pleaded, "And he is not sick
A national organization of Hebrew reached Kiev and if nothing is dose
hausted itself. That is one of the
asked Natasha which direction her
literary forms, does not contain a
Jacob want the milk—ain't he come?" teachers was begun on August 2 at to bring them relief, they will be
now—that
man
say
not
yet"—
reasons why there is no Jewish
factory was.
dramatic form worth while speaking
The Inspector grew impatient
"I am not going to the factory." he reiterated.
the convention of the Hebrew Teach- worse off than they were last sinter,
drama.
"Yes—Jacob came, but he's gone."
"But you told me yourself you be- Natasha told her, and broke away des-
of. The book of Job, supposed to be
ers' Association in the Cleveland (0.) when they died on an average of NA
The
ancient
Greeks
hated
work
and
he
the nucleus of the ancient Hebrew
And Natasha put her head down on
lieved he had tuberculosis—in fact
perately,
before
the
girl
could
ask
Hebrew school, 2500 East Fifty-fifth a day. The correspondent appeals to
drama, is, after all, only a philosophic had slaves to do the work. In the must have, coming from that prison
s
her arm.
street. Committees were appointed the governments of the English pee
more.
and theological dialogue and lacks Greek polis there were five to ten life in Siberia—you surely don't deny anything
Mechanically Natasha boarded a "Aw. buck up Nat," he patted her to investigate the possibilities of es- pie to send a commission of inquiry
all the essentials of the drama, slaves to one free man. The work of what you yourself said."
shoulder,
"Rosa
said
fee
ya
t'
come
crosstown car, transferred at Second
tablishing a seminary for Hebrew and at the same time to take immedi-
iherchez la femme." There is no the slaves and the fertile soil permit-
The change in Natasha's face ar-
ate steps to alleviate the conduit,'
reached Rivington to the shop this afternoon—She say
Avenue, and
drama without the element of love, ted the Greeks to dedicate their lives rested his hand, about to press the street,
She wound her way through the boss is real sore at ya fer not teachers and a publishing house for
showin'
up--come
on.
I
gotta
get
Hebrew
school books. Eight organ- of the sufferers and stop further out-
as there are no true lyrics without to philosophic and aesthetic medita- bell for'her dismissal.
the midday crowd, and broke past the back to school." And he turned to izations are included in the merger. rages.
the element of nature. Altogether, tions and to contemplations of nature.
"I tell you," she repeated dully. line of pushcarts along the curb in
we miss the dramatic clement in an- Their mind, not worried by any eco-
"You ask me all the questions about
omic
trouble,
was
calm
enough
to
cient Hebrew literature, and as we n
d do all the observing and all the look- Jacob in prison for that!" Her hands
will soon see• in the• mediaeval an
flew to her breast, and then fell,
,
ing and all the searching, as a mat-
, modern Hebrew literature, hut
heavily to her sides. She stood silent
scarcity of the dramatic element. ter of fact, it was always busy, dis-
at last.
covering
and
finding
out
the
rhythm
What is the cause of this phenome-
"You know of course that we have
non, if it is not lack of literary abil- prevailing in human life. Their first to send your brotl er back," ventured
ity? And no man of some literary a ttempt led to their scientific dis-
the inspector gslitiv
education will maintain that the Jews, coveries, and their second attempt to
•
Her only answer was to pick up the
as a whole, lack literary talent. How •heir artistic creations, drama being
money from the desk where she had
. easy, then, to explain that the Jews, one of them. Aeschylus and Sopho-
spread
it. And, as he looked at her
who arc a remarkably gifted people des, men of kindred artistic and po-

WHY THERE IS NO JEWISH DRAMA.

By Dr. S. M. Melamed.

The Gate of a City.

WE OPERATE OUR

as far as literary genius is concerned, etic inclinations and interests among inquiringly.
Is that enough to pay for a
have so singularly failed to produce the ancient Greeks, had plenty of leis-
in the field of ure to devote themselves to the ob- ticket?"
anything worth while -
"My
dear girl, we don't take your
servation of human life with all its
dramatic literature.
money for that." He pushed the bills
It is true that the Bible as a whole trials and tribulations, with all its
away with some return of assurance.
is a book of hunger, and nearly all of conflicts and struggles, with all its
"The government pays every expense
its depths and heights are motivated ups and downs, and the result was the
by hunger. There was perhaps a classical Greek tragedy, uhexcelled for your brother front now until he
is safely home again. The law pro-
time in the life of the Jewish people for its elating beauty. The Greek
,
vides a fund for that purpose," he con-
that they were not hungry, and that drama it like every classical drama
was in Egypt, where they ate fish a grammar of human passions, and a tinued handsomely.
"And when he die—on the way—
gratitously. But since they left classification of human types embody-
Egypt, they were always worried ing these passions. This work re- you pay that tool" Natasha ques-
tioned
calmly.
quires
not
only
genius,
vision
and
im-
about their meals for the following
"Come, come," the inspector re-
day, partly because of ,their wander- agination, but leisure and calmness of
proved," you mustn't talk like that.
ing life, which made it impossible for the soul and of the mind, which the
Now haven't you any message for
them to accumulate wealth, and they ancient Jews, always worried about
,
The Jews your brother? I will see that he gets
thus had to live from hand to mouth. the next meal, never had.
the
love
element
never
had
slaves;
they
had
to
work
it," he went on in y.
It is also true that
•
"yes," said Natasha, "give him this
in the Bible is undeveloped; and so it out their own economic salvation, and
I money s_
. is in the Talmud and in all the sue- Palestine, though described as a land
"But hadn't you better keep your
what
f i silk and honey, was always
ceeding great works of our national
. literature; but that does not explain it is today, partly a paradise and part- savings for yourself?" .
Natasha stared at lin.
yet the total lack of the dramatic ly a wilderness; and the ancient Jews
"When you save money, it is fin
element in our literature. It is true had to work very hard to gain their
. that love life among the Jews was sustenance from the soil, to that there one thing. All the time you work,
was
no
time
for
contemplation,
for
\
always regulated and stricter than
you think
of it more.
to make
better
and earn
Do you
you work
think
among non-Jews, but still such a pas- meditation and for observation either
sion as love cannot be buried in a of naure or the lights prevailing the maybe I take money I save for my
compendium of rules and regulations. human life. A lyrical poem, and espe- brother and buy red beads? Or a
It must burst forth once in a while cially the elegy or the lamentation, new hat!" She laughed again and
and assume dramatic form. Beside the most typical literary form of an- her voice took on a feverish intensity
the traditional piety, prevailing in cient Jews, can be written in a hurry, Every penny has heard me say,
*, rui are for Jacob.' When I put away
Jewish family life since Ones im- can be written in a state of excite- ,
dollars I tell them that they will
not of a Puritanic na- meat, but not so the drama. It re- the
'
memorial, was
ture, which, because of its ascetisni, quires leisure of the soul and body, buy him strength and freedom and
was strange to the Jewish mind. The and it presumes and presupposes oh- happiness. And you think they would
buy anything else now? No—no!'
, piety prevailing in family life was serration and meditation, because i it is
Natasha pushed the money into the
rather based on tactfulness than on not only descriptive of a certain state
of
affairs,
but
an
investigation
of
the
inspector's
hands, but some kindness
dull Puritanism; but even in this idyl-
lic life something may happen, and as causes and effects, and is therefore in his face as he looked down at the
a matter of fact does happen, that not only art, but also science. And dingy paper bills, broke her self-
often assumes dramatic form; and in meditating and observing the hu- imposed calm—"Master. give me pen-
when ones reads the Bible from the man mind must be calm to function cif, and piece of paper," she gasped.
The inspector, supposing that she
point of view of drama, one may al- properly. The ancient Jews never
most think, nay. come to the conclu- had an opportunity to do that and wanted to write her brother a letter,
sion that love life among the ancient therefore their literary genius bears gave her what she asked.
Natasha picked up the circular and
Jews was as still as a dead sea, with- all the marks of extemporaneousness.
out currents, without waves, without The Bible is a book of ire, a book of spread it out beside her. Then slow-
storms, only here and there was he anger and rage, and lamentations and ly and carefully, she copied out the
struck by a short online or y a curses, and does not reflect and think list of magic remedies in Yiddish char-
short talc relating love life b that before cursing. One does it ad hoc acters-
An official put his head in the door,
throws a glaring light on the love instantaneously, without any reflec-
passions of the ancient Hebrews. Be- tion, instinctively, without any fore and indicated impatiently that other
neath the familiar piety in Jewish or after th ought. The great Hebrew p , ople were waiting their turn. The
life there are working elemental pas- poets were lamentators, and all of an inspector ordered him out curtly, and
sions, stormy feelings, powerful cur- elegiac disposition of soul—a state of continued to watch Natasha's fingers,
rents and counter currents and an soul not conducive to the drama. And cramped tremblingly over their task—
When she had finished, she folded
atmosphere full of intensity and sup- that is an additional reason why there
the paper and handed it to him.
pressed rage.
is no Jewish drama.
"Please give Jacob she explained.
Jewish love life, no matter how
The mediaeval Jewish mind was le-
much regulated and regularized, offers
The inspector placed the money and
plenty of opportunity and plenty of with a few exceptions, it was ossified
attraction for a gifted dramatic poet; and petrified. and could not therefore the piece of paper in an envelope.
and the antient Jews having been a produce anything in the domain of upon which he wrote, "Jacob ponof.'
people of literary eminence, could drama. The purely aesthetic produc- "I will see that this reaches him,' he
have found many an anchor ground tion of mediaeval Jewry was restrict- assured her. "Now is there anything
for drama; but they did not find it, ed to lyrics, and so one can say with- else we can do for you--do you know
out exaggeratioon, is a modern He- how to get back?" For Natasha stood
and did not even seek it. Why?
We !re accustomed to consider the brew genius. In the last analysis watching him dazedly.
"Back—back to city?" She turned
Bible from a point of view of religion there is not much difference between
theology, or philosophy, or the contents of Bialik's poetry writ- to the door, as if obeying an order,
or law, or
"Yes,
I go now." And she went out.
literature, or mysticism, but not from ten in the twentieth centuryf te, I.
As the ferry backed out into the
the point of view of conflict, of a Christ and Jerconah's and Isaiah s
ay,
and
the city rose mistily, a watery
highly dramatic conflict between a poetry written in the seventh aim . b
stubborn and stiff-necked people and eighth centuries before Christ. Both noon sunlight cutting the fog from
The twelve
a stubborn, fearful and almighty God. are lamentating, both are elegaic, and the higher buildings.
shrieked as the boat
In point of stubbornness, determina- both are everything but dramatic, be- o'clock whistles
and Natasha, leaning
tion and resoluteness, the one is a cause they give vent to their poetic swung round,
match to the other; and as the Bible feelings on the spur of the moment, over the rail, started at the sound.
tells a wonderful tale of a stubborn, and the dramatist, like the sculptor or The sirens on the hay and the ferry
stiff-necked and willful people, fight- painter, does not produce his work boats took up the hideous chorus and
ing a fearful, all-powerful and all-de on the spur of the moment. Natasha covered her ears. But the
termined God, lie, the allpowerful, al-
In short, the highly dramatic con- whistles screamed like voices—they
mighty, all-fearful, the creator of the II:ct between the willful and stubborn were trying to tell her something
dreadful that she wanted to forget.
of all being, is out to
un iverse, Lord
to ubiugat and to ru e people and a resolute and fearful Go , If they would only be quiet, her brain
h is p s e ople.
ople. and s the people stubborn, , a most spectacular drama in itself, would be quiet too, and she could
his
pe
stiff-necked, disobedient, rebell'ous, is though not a drama in the ordinary , just watch the green suds churning
just as determined not to obey, not sense of the word; the utmost poem
below her, without thinking. She
to be ruled and not to be bossed The ty of the Jews through all the ages never wanted to think agaiu. The
Almighty commands one thing. and ever since their appearance in the more intently she watched the wa-
the people does another; and the All-1 arena of history; and lyrical and ele• ter, the less she heard. But the
giae disposition of mind taf the Jew-
patient, the embodiment of mereil- ,

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