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The children of Jerusalem in an-
cient times are said to have been ex-
ceedingaly witty and wise, clever and
bright, and they often outwitted
Athenian travelers, who had a repu-
tation for being particularly bright
and not easily outwitted by foreign-
ers. But when they arrived in .Terusa
lem they usually found their match.
Here are some instances of ancient
Accountants and Auditors
Jewish shrewdness culled from the
in Cracow,
a
prints a violent attack writings of the rabbis.
Naradu, l'olish daily published
os
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against the l'olish Minister of Internal Affairs for his sympathetic attitude
'There, my lad," said an Athenian
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towards and mild treatment of the Jews.
once to a little Hebrew boy, by way
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of a joke, "here is a quarter of a
The Polish government has written to the Hungarian Minister of the farthing, bring me something for it of
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Interior requesting him to improve the conditions of Polish-Jewish citizens which I may vat enough, leave some
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living
in the internment camps
New
York
City
WILLIAM B. ISENBERG
for my host, and carry sonic home to
Syracuse, N. Y.
my family." The little lad went and
Certified Public Accountant
Belated reports reaching Warsaw tell of wholesale massacres in the brought him salt. "I did not tell thee
Detroit, Mich.
(New York and Michigan)
Minsk government during the third week of June. No details are available to bring salt," exclaimed the Athen-
owing to the strict censorship.
ian. "That's true", said the boy, "but
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you told me to buy you for this coin
M. Kuranski, Polish Minister for Posen, when interviewed by Deputy something that you could eat of,
I Dr. Farbstein, promised that the government would take steps to prevent leave, and take home; you can eat as
further excesses against Jews in Posen.
much of this salt as you want to, leave
some behind, and still have plenty to
Abu Kirk, Sheik of the village near Petach-Tikvah, who led the attack carry home. You cannot tell me of
against the colony during the first week of May, has been found guilty by any food that will go further."
the Court of Inquiry and is soon to receive a sentence.
Another Athenian once said to a
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At a conference of British missionaries in London, a resolution was lad, "Here, nip boy, is some money;
I
bring
us some figs and grapes." The
adopted condemning the anti-Semitic campaign now being waged in the
boy went and purchased the fruit,
English press and instructed its executive to take steps against it.
kept
half
for himself, and gave the
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other half to the stranger. "Is it cus-
A report from Riga states that the Soviet of Vitebsk has ordered the tomary here for a messenger to take
closing of eight Jewish synagogues and their transformation into army half of what he fetches?" asked the
barracks. The reason adduced is that Zionist meetings were held in the surprised Athenian. "No," answered
places of worship.
the boy "but our custom is to speak
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what we mean, and to do as we are
King Victor Emanuel, the Minister of War, the Minister of Interior, the desired." But I did not desire you to
Mayor
of
Rome
and
General
Diaz
attended
services
in
the
old
synagogue
take
half of the fruit," the stranger
Office and Docks, 4163 West Jefferson Ave.
in Rome, where a tablet was unveiled in memory of the Jews of the city rejoined; to which the shrewd lad re-
plied,
"What else could you have
who
died
fighting
in
the
Italian
army
during
the
World
War.
Branch Yard, Warren Ave. and P. M. R. R.•
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meant when you said, Bring us? Us
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includes
the hearer as well as the
It is understood in London that the greater part of the moneys hitherto
'
collected in America by the Keren Ilayesod will be used for the foundation speaker."
"Fetch ace some cheese and eggs,"
of a Palestinian mortgage bank. Other Zionist organizations will be asked
said another traveler to a little boy,
to assist in this task.
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who did as he was desired. "Now, tell
411l■ Robotink, the official organ of the Polish Socialist party, criticizes the me," said the stranger, "which of
reactionary elements in Poland for their systematic anti-Semitic attacks,' these cheeses were made of the milk
declaring that the attitude has a demoralizing effect un Polish society and of white goats and which of the milk
of black goats." You are older than
especially on the youth of the country.
I, and more experienced," said the lad,
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Jewish refugees arriving in Warsaw tell of continued attacks on Jewish "tell me first which of these eggs conic
from
white, and which from black
refugees in the neighborhood of Slutsk, where thousands of White-Russian
bandits hide in the thick woods and lay in wait for groups of refugees en hens."
At
another
time an Athenian went
• route to Poland. The Soviet officials are poweress against the assailants.
into a Hebrew school, where there
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A report from Shanghai, China,•tells of a huge massmeeting held there were a number of boys. Ile entered
as protest against the massacres of Jews conducted by Baron Ungern, a into conversation with the pupils, in
counter-revolutionary general now in control of the Siberian province of their master's absence, and put a
Urga. Admiral Joseph Strauss was one of the speakers at the last meeting. number
of questions
to answers.
them to which
he received
suitable
As he
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Dwa Groshe of Warsaw has resumed its campaign for the institution was on the point of departure, sonic
of a general economic boycott against the Jews in Poland, and urges Polish of the boys said to him "Conic, let us
citizens to emulate the example set by their compatriots in Posen, who fiber- make an agreement that whoever is
ated that province from Jewish influence and thus, it says, became more unable
to reply
to his
the cloak."
question
put to
him shall
forfeit
"Done!
prosperous.
said the Athenian. "Since you are
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Ha Zefirah, the oldest Hebrew daily in the world, is to suspend publica- puilsfirst
the oldest is of only
us all,"
said you
one should
of the
fair that
lion shortly, according to an announcement by its editor, Seinn Deputy have
sai
tion.
Greenbaum. Hazefirah was founded some to years ago in A Zitomer,
then
ques'
N
d
the
s
tranger
only y a
t 'Atli
■ an, "as I am on
transferred to Berlin and finally to Warsaw. For many years Nahum here, you put the first." They plied
Sokolow was its editor-in-chief.
him with the following riddle: "Nine
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an
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out,
rk
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It is reported that the Soviet government of Ukrainia has requested the
four-an d-twenty wa it
dr in ks:
Roumanian Ministery of the Interior to admit the numerous emigrants on him." The enigma proved too ditfi-
who have assembled near the Roumanian frontier and are in a helpless cult for the Athenian, who had to for-
, condition because of the refusal of the Roumanian government to permit feit his cloak, and the riddle was en-
plained to him: The nine that go out
them to enter the country.
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embrace the period of man's embryo
The British Joint Foreign Committee is negotiating *ith officials of life, the eight days that come in are
the Colonial Office on the question of the introduction of large numbers the eight days of circumcision, the
of Jews into the various dominions and colonies of the British Empire. The two that pour out are the two living
Foreign Committee has especially in mind the thousands of Jewish emi- fountains that have been provided
grants from Ukrainia. for the nourishment of infanta, the
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one that drinks is the child that sucks
Leaders of the Zeiei-Zion, Poalei-Zion and Hapoal Ilazoir of Vienna the twenty-four waiters are the
have decided to convoke a conference at Carlsbad on Aug. 27, where the • twenty-four months allowed for be-
delegates to the Zionist Congress favoring workingmen colonization in tween its birth and its weaning. This
Palestine are to co-ordinate their activities and to decide on common tae- story reminds us of the "Who knows
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tics at the general Zionist Congress. ' one? who knows two?" that we have
lately been reading in the Seder serv-
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For Cash, Partial Payment or on Conservative
The Warsaw Jewish community is greatly incensed against the directors ice, and suggests that they are a set
of the local Joint Distribution Committee office who have employed strike- of questions with which one used to
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breakers to take the place of those of its officials now on strike for higher ply school children in former times.
wages. Robotnik, the organ of the Polish Socialist party, criticizes the The clever son referred to in the
W.ekly
Mart
et
Review
gives
the
facts
pertaining
to
E. 11. Clarke
"Joint" for calling in the Polish police against its own officials and calls following story was the child of a
the active stocks in the various markets. Write today for • copy.
such action "scandalous and barbaric." Jerusalemite
who on
was
once and
traveling
abroad
business,
came to a
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place where he was suddenly taken
Following the cessation of "Joint" relief activities for refugees in Po j
land, thousands of Galician refugees in the country are besieging the Polish ill. Seeing himself on the point of
I embassy in Warsaw in an effort tc obtain visas for their return to their death, he called his host, and begged
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native country. Traffic on the railways has become so congested due to this him
to take care of his property till
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latest development that a considerable number of refugees are forced to
son's arrival;
for deliver
fear of it im-
up
position,
he was and
not to
make their way in ears and in open freight cars.
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until his child first performed three
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clever things as a proof of his wis-
Private leusd wires connecting all offices and markets.
Chief Rabbi Loew of Vienna, arrested a number of months ago on the dom. After some lapse of time the
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charge of conspiring against the Hungarian government, will be tried on son arrived at the place. He knew
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July 29 at Zedekin, Hungary. The accusation against the Rabbi is that he the name of the person with whom his
gave out an interview to a Dutch correspondent in which he attacked the father usually resided on his business
Hungarian government for conniving at anti-Jewish demonstrations and travels, but could not find the street
In which he lived. He saw a laborer
pogroms on Jews.
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carrying a heavy load of wood on his
Due to consistent attacks by Palestinian Arabs against the composition shoulders. "How much for that
of the Arab delegation to Europe and America, because it contained a wood?" he asked. The sum was men-
majority of Christians, the personnel of the body has been changed and tioned, and the stranger said: "Take
it now counts five Moslems to three Christians. Mussa Kassim I'asha, presi- it to the house of So-and-So, and I
dent of the Arab Congress, is one of the members. The delegation has left Will follow you." Arrived at the
Books opened, audited, trial balance and
house, the master expressed his sur-
for Europe.
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prise at the wood brought to him, as
financial reports prepared. Reasonable rates.
The Zionist executive .n London announces the rules covering the elec- he had not ordered any. "No," said
tion of delegates to the forthcoming Zionist Congress in September. In the stranier, "but that was my only
any given national federation or in any country where there is no federa- way of discovering where you lived."
tion, the first 1,000 shekel-payers may elect one delegate, the next 1,000 "You are a clever youth," said the
shekel-payers likewise elect one delegate. For each additional group of master of the house, won t you enter
(Formerly with Sarasohn & Shetzer)
2,000 shekel-payers only one delegate is to be elected. Elections must be and stay with me?" The offer was
accepted, and presently the company,
completed by Aug. 7.
353 Navahoe Ave.
Hickory 4448-M; Main 8295.
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consisting of the master and his wife,
Two Arabs were killed by British soldiers in Jaffa in an affray which two daughters, two suns and the
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resulted from the refusal of the Arab boatmen to land Jewish immigrants stranger, sat down to dinner. Five
arriving in the harbor. According to a cable dispatch, it appears that the chickens were placed on the table,
British soldiers fired into the air and themselves went out in boats to and the stranger Was asked to carve
approach the large steamers anchored in the harbor. The Arabs were Ile divided one chicken between the
incensed at the act and fired at the military, whereat the soldiers replied master and his wife, one between the
two daughters, another between the
with direct fire. .
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two sons, and took the remaining two
The conference of Latvian Kehilahs which met in Riga appointed a for himself. A curious way of care-.
committee to arrange for the election of members to a National Council ing thought the master, but he said
for Lativa. When the conference opened there was a strong tendency nothing. When supper-time arrived,
Just Like Mother Made
towards the organization of such a national council, but it was feared that a fine capon was placed upon the ta-
Why stand over a hot stove when you can get all kinds of Cake
the Orthodox element would oppose it. The opposition from that quarter, ble. "You performed the honors of the
Kuchen and Struddle baked fresh every day on the premises at
however, failed to materialize. The conference elected an executive com- table so well this morning, said the
host, "that I would be glad if you
mittee of 15, of whorn seven belong to the Orthodox wing.
carved again." he visitor proceeded
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The central committee of the United Workingmens' Organization of to give the head to the master, and
Palestine has forwarded a memorandum to the Zionist Greater Actions the giblets to the mistress; to each of
committe, about to meet in Prague, which sets forthe the unfortunate cir- the daughters he gave a wing, to the
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two sons a leg each, and the entire
cumstances of the Jewish agricultural workingmen in the country and remainder he took for himself. The
JACK CROPPF:R, Manager.
demands the immediate establishment of at least two colonies, each to
master could contain himself no long-
include at least 200 families. In addition the request is made that the er. "Pray," said he, "is this the way
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former members of the Jewish Legion be provided the financial means of they carve in Jerusalem? for if so I
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utilizing grants of government lands 0 .iathave been made to them.
think the Jerusalemites are a greedy
people." "Let me explain," said the
It is reported from Moscow that at a conference there of four commis- , stranger. At dinner five chickens
sariats, it was decided to permit the emigration from Russia of all persons, were placed before me to be divided
be they liable to conscription for the army or labor battalions or not, pro- among seven persons, and I had to
vided they obtain vises from the government of the country which is their divide them arithmetically.• One and
destination and on condition that that government, or some public organiza- two make three and two and one make
tion, take care of them after they cross the Russian border. The United three, so I gave each couple at the
States having no consular office in Russia, it will, for the time being, he table one chicken, and two fur my-
impossible for Jews t.•■ obtain permission for a direct trip to this country. self." "You are an excellent arith-
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For service in the lumber industry of De-
metician," said the host, "but a had
The London political correspondent of the Jewish Correspondence Bu- carver. And how do you explain your
troit, meet the requirements of a wide
reau learns that the instructions sent to all British ambassadors concerning carving at supper?" "It is very easy."
immigration into Palestine omitted one category included by Herbert Samuel was the reply, "I carved according to
ranged special construction and industrial
in his speech on June 3, restricting immigration. The category as outlined the nature of things: to you, as the
lumber consuming field.
by the High Commissioner includes "persons who have a definite prospect of head of the house, I gave the head, to
employment with specified employers or enterprises." This is omitted from your wife, the inward part as a sign
the new instructions to ambassadors. The correspondent wires that this of her fruitfulnss; your sons being
exclusion debars almost all Chalutzim from entrance into Palestine.
the pillars of the house, received the
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two legs, and your two daughters the
A report from Constantinople states that Chaim Nachman Bialik, the wings, for they will make to them-
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national poet, I. Druianoff and Mr. Kleinman are proceeding from selves wings and fly away. As for
Constantinople to various Jewish centers in Europe with a view of obtain- myself, I came in a boat and will re-
ing funds for the establishment of a publishing house in Jerusaem. Malik turn in a boat, no I took that part
will also attend the forthcoming Zionist Congrestat Carslbad. On June 26 which most resembles it." "Well
the Jewish community of Constantinople arrangml • Bialik banquet, where done," replied the host. "I am convin-
Bialik and nine other Hebrew writers who came with him from Russia were ced that you are really the son of my
the honorary guests. Bialik told of the personal iA teention of the Russian departed friend. Here is the fortune.
from Lenine for Bislik's he left you: take it and prosper."—
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