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' Know ye, chasan," said "Little Exemption, was cast for a con-
Crack-Nut" the next day, "that Ye- queror and a tyrant..l.he was pro-
bably chosen in virtue of his bass
kel's engaged once more?"
"The devil take him—they'll drive voice, which seemed to befit a tyrant.
(Contnued from page 2.) us Out of town on his account!" But Yudl, the elder baritone, was to repre-
sent Archmother Rachel. The made
them all day long and gossipped ex- Yekel walked the streets, heads proud-
him put on a white burial sheet, a
actly like a good wife. "Little Crack- ly erect, in a tine new shirt with a
sabbatical housewife's cap, and into
Nut" entertained his host with all, white collar, and cracked nuts ....
his hands thy put a prayer-book-
manner of clever tricks. lie'd begin to let anyone try conclusions with him!
Meantime the chasan had prepared and thus attired he was to take ihs
bellow like a dog, and while people
Ile had a post behind the tombstone. The
were looking under the table for thea musical shabbos feast.
dog, he would meow like a cat. Yoske, mind to let the little boys at first Bing Junior• baritone wrote an announce-
ment in heavy letter-type upon a sheet
Vold and Lepel were•not slow in mak- unaided—he knew he could rely on
of white paper:
ing the acquaintance. of all the nice them.
"The celebrated Kielcer chasan,
On Sabbath-eve the women un-
girls in town and in improving new
with his far-renowned choir, will give
hinged
the
windows
from
the
women's
,
They promised to write
amours.
And the chasan, a concert performance of the cantata
them love-letters and in the mean- House-of-Prayer.
time demanded and received money , on an ordinary shabbos, gave a ser- 'Mother Rachel's Grave', wherein
for the postal-stamps. In short, the vice to the congregation as splendid there will be represented, true to life,
singers proved "good mixers," they as New Year's. The worshippers had how Nebusaradan drove the Jews in-
lived on familiar terms with the cesi-. breakfasted a little too exclusively to exile and Archmother Rachel l•-
•allah her children.
dents and presently became known on onions and that didn't improve the
"The court will be held day after
all over town. • air in the (louse-of-Prayer. All
There were two young men in town throats were parched and everyone tomorrow, Tuesday, 11 o'clock in the
evening, in Goldman's celebrated hall.
called "Wajakhel" and "Pekude" af- was thirsty fur a sip of water.
ter the opening words of two Thorah , The chasan introduced his choir— Orchestra-seats, one rouble; parqueet,
portions that are always read togeth— the squeaking little sopranos first.. 50 kopecks; admission, 25 kopecks.
as
on shahbos. "Wagakhel" was a the women shed torrents of tears as The hall will be illumined, bright
book-binder by trade and made cotton-, if the blowing of the ram's horn— daylight, with eight new lamps."
pads when he couldn't subsist at none of the women could have told
Penke's picturesque background,
book-binding. "Pekude" was the, why she wept ..but after all, a Jewish with its fir-trees bearing citron-fruit,
marriage-broker of the town. Ile him-, woman has always something to weep was carried about in town among the
self was "altnost" divorced his, about ! And there was cursing of householders by the two young men,
wife went insane, and he was trying, enemies, as from time immemorial. W'ajakhel and Pekude, to advertise
hard to collect the "hundred signa-' Shabbos, around noontime, the whole the concert.
tures" required for lawful divorce-1 town was restounding with singing.
When Tuesday came, the whole
Pleasure or Commercial
ment. The two young men were I Wherever one of the singers lodged, company of singers fasted all day
Phones: Main 5193; Main 5194
partners in the matchmaking busi-1 the windows were thrown open and long. To prepare for every contin-
On the street they always all manner of Jews, chiefly women gency, they borrowed all the stage-
news.
"Wajakhel" on the and children, gathered in front of property they could lay hands on.
walked apart.
suitors' side, and "Pekude" on the these privileged houses to listen to From all over town they gathered in
side of the bride. W hen, for a won- the singing.
a whole wardrobe of pray-shawls,
There was especially high merri-
der, "Wajakhel" and "Pekude" were
Kittels, and other garments. When
seen walking together, it became ment in Butcher's Lane. Beril Ko- a Jew had lent a prayer-shawl and
known all over town, as a matter rite, the host of "Little Cracker- received a complimentary ticket by
F. G. RICE, Gen. Mgr.
of course, that an engagement was Nu t" seated his "soprano" in front way of reward, he began to consider
of his dwelling, took a seat to his himself a party to the enterprise and
impending.
One day "Wajakhel" and "Pekude" right, all splendid in his new Pass- resolved to go to the concert with his
paid the chasan a visit to propose to over suit, and beckoned to a number entire kinship, including the kinsfolk
This
a concert, with admission fees, in of teamsters for assistance.
Gas, Oils and Lubrication
of his wife.
Tire and Electric Service
They improved the improvised gathering repeated then
Goldman'a hall.
The "box-office" opened early in the
A Ten-story Parking and Storage Space Fire-proof Building
occasion to ask him which of his all the songs the chasan and his choir
morninig• It consisted of a little ta-
Auto painting and lettering of all designs. Trimming, Metal Bump-
young men were exempt from con- had recited at the House- of Prayer..
ble so placed as to bar the entrance.
After
their
noonday
meal
the
compa
ing and general repairs. Ford Parts. Prest-O-Lite Battery Service.
Both had their eyes upon
scription.
The elder baritone took upon himself
Yekel, when spo- ny assembled in Sarah Frisden's yard.
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Yekel Kolbasnick.
to attend to the sale of the tickets.
ken to, had a way of moving his lips There they were received in state by As if the Jews had nothing else to
Let Us Figure On Your Neat Job
and twitching ons ear; a great many the journeymen tailors of the otwn. do than to buy tickets! An hour
Always Open
and
Main 5193 and 5194
people mistook that for assent to They wore their longshabbos-coats
passed, a second, a third, with no buy-
al everything they said,...Whenever carried "exciting novels" under the ers in sight! but the "cashier" did
he came to a town, he took lodgings arm; others, in short coats, wore high
a in houses where there were marriage- paper- collars. They didn't exchange not lose courage, thinking: "Well,
people take their time....they
able daughters, whom he paid court a familiar "sholom aleichem," think-
W. SHERMAN BURNS, Treas.
RAYMOND J. BURNS, Sec'y
until two in the afternoon. At two
to. In such wise he always made ing regular introductions more gen-
WILLIAM J. BURNS, President
there arrievd on the spot a horde of
shift to he well provided with food tee).
school-boys, fresh from their teacher's
"I have the honor to introduce to
and drink and a little money to boot
bade. ...a boy took 25 kopecks from
—which didn't hinder him, after a you Miss Dvoshe—Ilerr Pin•has.
his shabby trousrs, and bought a
while to go to another town and there
hook hands ticket entitling him to stand-room
They
"Delighted."
His entire and sat down in the shade of a tree.
to court another girl.
admission.... hour after hour passed
assets consisted in his blue "Certifi- After a little silence they would talk and darkness began to fall. Then
cate of Exemption from Military Ser- about the novels most in vogue.
there came a solitary Jw, put fifty
The two marriage-brokers
vice."
"\'hat are you reading to-day?"
(The Original Burns Agency)
kopecks down, and stillness reigned
immediately began negotiations.
"The
story
of
the
mute
Miracle-
once more about the purlieus of the
Representing: American Bankers Association; Various State Banker.
"Three hundred florins and a new Worker "
hall. Every moment one of the sing-
Associations.
sewing machine... .
"A most interesting novel."
ers came on a tour of inspection, only
PHOHNE CHERRY 2322
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"Done!"
After a while the talk turned to to sneak off in consternation.
Night Phone: Northway 5535
"When do you want the meeting current songs.
A girl sang a song
Evening came. lne singers in
Salt Lake City
to take place?"
about a couple of unhappy lovrs;
Atlanta
Montreal
Des Moines
:
San Antonio
"For my part, to-morrow even "T' ' then a young man sang, with a peni- corpre were waiting behind the cur-
Baltimore
New Orleans
tain. The chasan in person relieved
Detroit
San
Francisco
Thus Yokel was once more provided tential and contrite air, about a
Boston
the elder baritone from duty at the
New York
Houston
Seattle
with a roof where he could drink youthful would-be suicide taking
Chicago
cashier's desk.... no buyers. At
Paris
Kansas City
brandy and eat gingerbread.
Spokane
leave of his parents, sisters and bro-
Buffalo
last the first of the audience made
Philadelphia
London
St. Louis
the song gave no worth-
thers
Cincinnati
their apparance. Kolbasnik-Nebu-
Pittsburgh
Los
Angeles
Toronto
%%hilt information about the girl that saradan s new relations—his be-
Cleveland
Portland
Vancouver
Memphis
had betrayed him.
Dallas
throthed in a new cloak, his future
Richmond
D.
C
Minneapolis
Washington,
And the vocal concert continued un-
Denver
mother-in-law, and all her kin—all
til nightfall. It was Sabbath of
considering thmselves as next of kin
Song.
to Nebusaradan and threfore enti-
For all that, the day left the singers
tled to free admission. Then came
empty-handed. In their hope to
the lenders of pray-shawls and Kit-
earn a little money in town for their
tels—likewise all "dead-heads."
onward journey they were thorough-
ly disappointed. When Sunday cameNine o'clock. • The lights illumi-
- mating the hall "as bright as daylight"
around everyone in town returned to
Free Estimates on
wee halfway burned down. Nebu-
his work and forgot any but his own
saradan's kinsfolk felt bored, sonic.
cooceres.. By this time the singers
of the lenders of prayer-shawls left
were without a groschen in their
the hall.
pockets. The chasan sat gloomily
When the curtain rose half an
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in the pastry-cook's shop, and the
hour later over a well-nigh empty
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pastry-cook counted every day the
house, the singers in their Kittels,
bundles of luggage, to appraise their
furious, starved, and weary with
•
value. Wherever the singers lodged
waiting, were grouped around the
and boarded, they were given to un- grave of Archmother Rachel, Nebu-
Factory: 5769 Stanton Ave.
derstand that the other households saradan, the tyrant, in his fireman's
must not lose a coveted chance to
Walnut 1066
helmet, in their midst. Mother Ra-
Entertain them; the singers, on their
chel, dead tired and hungry, rose
part, didn't care to take the hint... from behind the tombestone, and,
In short, there was no hope for better
hands uplifted in prayer, began to
things save a concert at Goldman's,
sing
with admission fees. The singers
"Behold, Father in Heaven,
agreed upon the staging of a cantata,
"To what pass Thou hast brought
entitled "Mother Rachel's Grave,"
thy People of Israel
showing: How Nebusaradan drove
"With Thy Holy City in ruins,
the Jews into exile; how they fled to
"And Thy children driven into Ex-
the grave of Archmother Itachael;
ile
and how Rachel rose from her grave
And Nebusaradan sleepily respon• .
to bewail the bitter lot of her children.
deal, as if execrating an inhospitable
The singers sent for Penke, the pain- town that stand and maltrated its
ter, who went to lease the hall for
singers:
them. They agreed with the owner
"Away, ye Jews, go hence!
to share with him the gate-money,
"Go into Exile,
share and share alike. "Penke de-
"Go into Exile,
clared himself ready to paint the
"Away with you—go hence!"
scenery. First he placed a screen
for a background, bearing irregular
fruit of citrons and branching out
into lulovim, with an inscription on
top of the screen, in conspicuous let-
tering: "The Road to Bethlehem."
In front of this. screen he put a
arge stone inscribed: "Mother Ra-
An Original English Poem.
chel's Grave"....and thus the scenery
was complete. The singers wore
By MORRIS ROSENFELD.
white Kittels and prayer-mantles
slung around their shoulders. With
bundles on their shoulders and
Mythology has passed,
crooked-handled staffs in their hands
There is one God at last,
they were to be driven into goluth
One force that rules us all,
(exile) by Nebusaradan.
That leads both great and small;
Yekel Kobasnik was cast at the re-
hearsals for Nebusaradan. He wore
That gives to stars their birth
a red shirt with military shoulder-
clasps and a fireman's helmet of cop-
And feeds each clod of earth;
per with red feathers. Rouged in
That gives to life its might
the face and adorned with a fiery-
And darkness to the night;
red beard, the poor little wretch might
well pass for a Nebusaradan. He
That grants us smiles and tears
had to sing:
And regulates the spheres,
"Away, ye go hence!
"Go into Exile,
Gives centuries their link
"Go into Exile,
And makes all mortals think.
"Away with you— go hence!"
God alone knows why just this poor
One rule that drives all blood,
devil, Yekel Kolbassnik, whose entire
One great, almighty God.
assets consisted of hie Certificate of

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