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Mrs. Jacob R. Greenberg, presi-
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Mogen Abraham synagogue, an-
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week, this organization will he known •
as the Mizrachi Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Mogen Abraham synagogue.
A general meeting of the society
will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday,
March 20, at the synagogue. Matters
of importance arc to be decided upon
at this alerting.

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Perfection Lodge No. 480, F. &
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entertainment was presented during
the evening. Refreshments and mid-
night luncheon were served. The
committee in charge consisted of
Louis Streamer, chairman; I. L. Zuie-
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HEALY
COSTUME GALLERIES

The Maccabees of Judaea, a De-
troit Young Judaea circle, of which
Mr. David Racoosin is leader, last
Sunday, elected the following officers
for a new term: Sam Silverstein,
president; Nathan Lesser, vice-presi-
dent; Maurice Goldman, secretary and
captain of athletics; Sam Penslar,
treasurer. The Maccabees are plan-
ning for a. smoker to be held in the
near future for the members and men
leaders in Young Judaea.

DAUGHTERS OF THE
WHITE AND BLUE

The

"WHO WALK IN DARKNESS"

A

Purim Story.

BY E. G. EHRLICH.

T

HERE is a certain unforgettable "11's-11, just keep your eye on the,
thrill about one's first Purim play, youngster and for Heaven's sake,'
the very first in which the ardent don't let any of your volunteer work-
young Settlement worker or Sabbath ors who think they call give fool do-
School teacher appears as author, or ration lessons get their claws on her.
even as stage manager and producer. If we go up to the Lakes next sum
The delightful importance of being rater, I'll take her along. She needs
consulted on costume and scenery and fresh air and plenty of country milk
lighting, although your ideas may be --I can see that. And next fall when
more than hazy on all three; the tense she's nice and fat and rested I'm go-
moment when you choose your lead- Mg to see about sending her down to
Mg characters, regretting with genii- Blake for a lesson every week. How
Mr emotion the fact that not all your will that be? So planned the en-
exicted aspirants can be Esther or thusiastie little lady, who was old
Mambas or Mordecias; that final un- enough to realize that sometimes our
real period of suspended animation on best laid plans are broken like so
the night of the play when the cur- many wisps of straw,
fain is about to go up and your young
I'm afraid I showed a little impa-
actors, more or less grotesque in tierce the day I was giving out the
make-up and rented finery, cluster tickets when Libbie asked if she
about yott, protesting that their wigs could give one of the precious card-
are sure to come off or that their rues hoards to a neighbor—" 'cause my
have suddenly disappeared. . . . Yes, mamma don't think she's coming."
the first Purim play and the second, "Some of the mothers are too lazy
and even the third, if you are young to live," I stormed to myself. ''To
and enthusiastic, is an exicting as think of that wondeful child feeling
well as a harrowing experience. But her own mother didn't care to take
after a half dozen years of holiday the trouble to dress and conic a few
entertainments, teaching squeaky- blocks to hear her." But aloud. "Lib-
voiced little boys to rant like Haman hie. I don't care how busy your moth-
or self-conscious little girls to wear er is or bow little she goes out. She
the robes and crown of Esther with just has to come. Tell her so for
queenly grace loses its flavor. Purim me, please! And I want your father,
plays become a necessary evil, a job too."
to be accomplished—like making out
"Olt, he'll come," Libbic promised.
the pay roll or discharging the janitor. "and I'll have him coax mamma.
But last year there was one bright do anything for you 'cause you've
spot in the drab monotony of my been so good to nat."
Purim play; a new member had re-
I forgot the incident at once, but
cooly conic into our dramatic club, three days later after the Purim play
a veritable "find," one of those wonder I understood why "mamma" had had
children whose rare gifts do much to to be coaxed to come. Libbie, flushed
glorify the prosaic rounds of Settle ;old beautiful, in her robes of gold and
molt labor. Libbie Nloskovitz, she white, led me to a little bewigged
was called, a thin slip of a girl about "'mail ill Tie of the rear vials, "This
thirteen, tall for her age, with tailor- is she said- adding in Yid -
gettable eyes. I shan't bore you ray- di sh, - NI animate, this is the teacher
lag about her gifts. I myself have who is `" nice In
been driven to distraction by hearing
Th e little woman groped (or Illy
fond parents and even teachers, who ' mud '
I 1011k he r I "" work ". ""
ought to know better but usually hands and held them close, my heart
don't, rasing about their prodigies an- smarting with pity, for I saw that she
blind
Elsie,
e I '1111 SUIT 1110Se
til I, too, became enthiea a,tic.—only was
• •
'
•
'
Lent
a h ngers, would have
ve worked only.
to have my hopes dashed to pieces
,
too happily upon Libbie's player dress.
when I heard Mamie murder. "
FIR- Poor little mother in the darkness, I
Spring Song" ill cold
blood or listen- thought. And she cannot look upon
ed to Pantie Iilestilied h, a pp ear
e
Libbie's sensitive face or wonderful
a Ilebrew Mary Garden in the ucar aces
taispeakahle things to
"Did you like the play?" I asked
e.'Sittlie Laurie" or "A Baby's Prayer tier,
at Twilight." Yet after all you must
She shook her head doubtfully and

Daughter of the \\late and
Blue have undertaken to sew for the
Every
Jewish orphans in Palestine.
week a ;trice is offered for the best
article made.
The last regular meeting was hall
at the home of \G.. I.any Drapkin.
An interesting program took place
in which the following took part:
Untie Davidov, Hinda Kurtzman,
Larry Drapkin, Sadie Jaroslow and
Ida I.iss. The next meeting will be
held Sunday at the home of Miss
Erenpries, 9136 Cameron avenue.
Miss Julia Witte, leader «f the club,
will entertain the girls at her home
take my word for it that little Lib- 131thie hastened to explain. "My 1110111-
On Sunday afternoon, March 27.
Ni- was a genius. I use the word ma was born in the old country and
with caution—a genius. Hers was the almost as soon as she got here, she
tire, the deep emotional quality which got blind in a tire. So she don't get
some of us like to believe is charac- out much and she can't understand
teristically Jewish, i'ausing !is to coll. English. That's why she didn't care
LONDONt—The recently elected oilinte far more than our quota to the to come; .Ile couldn't understand all
Chief Rabbis of Palestine,' Rabbi field of drama—and comic opera. hire my talk in the
play."
Kuk and Rabbi Jacob Meir, were of- childish face was a mask made to
"Libliie looks very licalitiful ill or
ficially installed at one of the lead- mirror emotions, which she
felt al - faacy dress," I told the little mother
ing, synagoguesin Jerusalem, accord-
though too young to comprehend half ill Yiddish. "And she did her part
ing to a dispatch from that city. Sir
she expressed; her voice was liquid :111.4 hue, too."
Herbert Samuel sent the Rabbis a
dIe an-
- MY Lilthie is a fine
congratulation in Ilebrew. The in- melody; her gestures, although she
stallation took place in the presence had no training, seemed inspired. sacred siiiinlY-
It was nuthe night of the Purim
Even
all
overworked
Settleillellt
per-
of a large gathering of the popula-
play that I first met her. I saw licr
.
tion, including many notables. In son has dreams once in a while; for
s
the course of the ceremony special a long lime I dreamed of seeing Lib. only once more, the day of
prayers were offered for the victims lin grown to •WII:111 ,i strength and funeral. It was during the worst of
stattne,
well-trained
in
lit!:
art
and
the
influenza
epidemic
and
1.ilibie
ilad
of the Ukrainian pogroms.
11, e , a
in ne utral
trading figure gone out quickly. "I.ike a snuffed
candle," said the Settlement visiting
upon the stage.
.
Intr.,. "She didn't have any •tantina.
11 11•Y as I was, I [Hallo:v.1 to bad ()oh- that wonderful flame in her
time to give her private lessons. Les- 11111( . 11 .111,111 ■
1 have meant something
sons is hardly the word. I used to sink to the world. It isn't right."
LONDON.—Latest figures avail- hack in my chair after giving h e r Inc
.\ 11.1 the 10-wigged little mother,
able show that 2,513 Palestinians are W0111 little copy of Shakespeare, and sobbing over the coffin of her one
at present employed by the Pales- order her to read to me. Now when child, uttered the saute protest. "M;
tine government. (If this number, I 3111 tired and discouraged I some- Liblin was 50 smart," she cried again
163 are holding positions of import- times. lean back in my chair, close and again, "so bright . . . and now
ance. The government also employs 11V (• y11 1: :111(1 think of the picture she she goes away. And I have nothing
417 Britishers, of whom 2 I 3 are oc- vole. sitting Uri'ss from nie, cheeks to live for in the dark and I stay. It
cupying positions of responsibility,
15 , 11511, great eyes shining, her un- isn't right
it isn't right. -
mot brown hair falling about her
. .
Sums-times I scowler. .
tare ;is she read the golden words
—The Jewish Criterion,
sla• 11 drited to love SO 51111(1. The child
bad tin instinct for the best which
was almost anranity. I knew she bad
r acquired it in the public school.
nle.re only it miracle keeps a child
VIENNA.—The Roumanian Par-
lot mg literature after secs rat )'cars' liament has adopted a measure call-
api owing among• its dry bourn. Icd ing for the registration of all in-
by 3 lir:Ivy, uninspired teacher. Pet- habitants of the country, according

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11311•.

she never saw a book

nrehension is felt in Jewish circles
"Mercy Speech" and I had
that this measure may be utilized for
to blink away the tears. so real was purposes of restricting Jews under
illy dream picture of the little girl the excuse that they are aliens.

leading it, her r oier so clearly re-
membered.

Of course, it was a foregone con-
fusion that Libbic should be our Es-
ther. She had her lines learned by the
first reltramal; even the childri
acre electrified by the fire and spirit
she breathed into the uninspired lines.

"She ain't' like all actress," com-
mented Becky Ruben, to Itl•. after the
rehearsal. "She acts like she thinks
she is Queen Esther!" NAllich proves
that a mighty good dramatic critic
was probably lost in Becky.

It was after one of the later re-
hearsals that Libbie timidly brought
up the subject of costume. ''I'll have
to have an awfully fancy dress, won't

It

stir asked.
"Why, yes," I answer somewhat ab-
sently, my mind busy Gill utile( mat-

EDMUND G.

LEWIS

ters.
"I'm afraid my mantilla can't wake
it and—"
It was a familiar plaint. Our corr.
worked- Settlement mothers seldom
has,- time for fancy ball costumes for
thor youngsters; sometimes I won-
der how even the most energetic of
them Cr, manage to send them to
school svelbpatchol and clean. So I
pulled myself back lo allelic' to 1.11i-

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to a dispatch from Bucharest. The

or t on a newspaper in her own registration will be effected through
•ontiltd home, she had been blessed local police bureaus, and all persons
throligh the heritage of some hook- who have been residents of Rou-
lto tits: ancestor, a far-off Ghetto mania prior to August, 1914, will
dreamer dreaming strange dreams be given certificates to that effect.
This, it is stated, is in direct con-
over his Talnaul. For, from the first
she ceased to draw trashy juveniles lict with the provisions of the peace
treaty,
where it is clearly stated that
front the library. Instead, she (raveled
all those who were in Roumania at
in the milt,: "realms of gold" I tried
the
conclusion
of peace are entitled
to 11111 • 11 (II her Yesterday I
to full recognition as citizens. Ap-
heard a world-renowned atilres• read

"The others will wear the clothes
from last year's play," I told her, "hut
I'm going to ask Mrs. Goldman to
make your costume herself. She was
!at the rehearsal the other day and
liked your work very much."
Libbic dimpled with pleasure, as she
always did at a word of praise. .Nnil
I, knowing through bitter experience
how man)- young prodigies have been
rained morally as well as artistically
by too fervent admiration, refrained
from further quoting our Lady Boun-
tiful, who before her marriage had
been one of our hest amateur actors.
"'11'here did you discover her?" she
cried out as soon as we were alone.
'I never heard such a voice! And her

facial work is just about perfect. Has
she had any lessons?"
I modestly mentioned our private
readings.
"That's nothing!"
ungraciously.

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