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py and forgot my promise—until two
weeks ago, when my little boy di es.
"You open It, Bertha; I'm so ner-
And now my wife is lying dangerous-
complied.
vous." Bertha
ly
ill. That brought me here. I home
"Why, mother, they are new rec-
come to you, Master, to fulfill my
(Concluded from Page One)
ords. Enoch must have picked them
promise and to ask you to pray
up in France. We'll play them—yes,
my
By EDWARD ELISCU
Wolf, stopped and asked, "Where does me, and obtain mercy for me and
mother?
the Baal-Shem live," "I am going to poor wife from the Most ligih."
"In France? Then he's in France?" see him just now," said R. Wolf; "it
The Baal-Shem took the 3,000 thali r
begin and how did ing and a better time killer than the
..
When did it all
p lay them"
of the sages, and at the same She gulped hard. "Yes letter would is only a short distance, and, if you and handed them to R. Wolf, went to
But I:
A it come about? Enoch was a young wisdom
like to walk with me, I will take you the door and opened it. There was a
time provides such a wonderful op-Then to herself: "
Ts anti
man, mouth
curly hair,
laughing
black
eyes
messenger standing in the doorway,
like that of a cherub. ortunit of sitting with extended have been so much more welcome." there.'
a
of the
scratching up a few char-
So they both entered the room of the who spoke, addressing himself to the
Bertha
quickly
placed
one
claws
and
Natu re had been most generous in acters.
records on the victrola. A buzz; the great rabbi. The new-corner took out stranger. "I have come from your
bestowing favors and had implanted
a bag from under his coat, put it on house, Simon, to tell you that your
Enoch was old fashioned. His needle caught.
!a resounding kiss upon his counte-
he
the table and said, "Three thousand wife is better. As soon as the num
"Yahley tachnewanu mei-oriv."
no that where Enoch was there mother kept him so, and as such
Dialer are in it, and I will tell you heard this he took out another bag nod
did not get into the social swim that
0 j n o Ry ner ee 'igne d supreme.
"It's my boy—my Enoch'll—my why I brought them." "Do not tell me
said to the rabbi:—
his handsome countenance and golden
And, as if that were insufficient, voice would have given him access to. songbird." Hannah hugged the pack- anything," replied the Ball-Shern, 'but
"In order to atone for my sins, Ma.-
containing the other records, tell your story to R. Wolf here, who ter, I hove brought you, not only the
A to top it all she blessed him with a Besides, he persisted in desiring to be age
song-
"My
and wept in turn.
laughed
amount
I promised, but also another
voice
that
was
liquid
gold.
Little
brought
you
to
me."
2 '
cantor—so common, you know—
y
wonder that he was idolized. And a when he might easily get into the bird—my little songbird."
The stranger said "I was coming 3,000 thaler; employ them in the v,
The people in the neighborhood home from the fair at Lodz and had you think best.'
r how the hearts of the maidens ached! opera, or failing that, at least join a
a
WWI
bride-
Ile
The 4th of Adar came. The
musical company. And what a for- pricked up their ears. The voice was 30,000 thaler with me. My way led
But Enoch tons wary.
familiar. Impossible! 'f heir Chosen through a dark forest and I had to groom's party arrived in Miedzyb ,
dreamer and realized that to achieve
tune awaited him!
his aspirations, if he was to plead for
But the future he sought—that was in France. -But strange things travel at night time. In the middle of When Gitele beheld Joseph, she es-
0 mankind and defend their shortcom-
in strange times. Instinct- the forest suddenly my coachman claimed, "You are the one whom I
dream to pray was
for his
ri
ings, he could not, for a while at cheshed
not peo-
very happen
ively they wended their way in the stopped and said to me, "Give me your waited for." And you are one whom
be r hity.
least, assume the responsibilities of ple— fo
e uman
his wonderful qualities direction of the music. There so t money, Jew—and prepare yourself for I have seen in my dreams," answered
I marriage. But Hannah knew naught long
and synagogues vied Hannah, her face beaming with joy. death, for your last hour has conic.' Joseph.
The Baal•Shem gave R. Wolf the
of his plans, and if she hail, what were recognized
ach other for his services. Then It was a festive occasion for Temple I alighted from the carriage, gave him
ymoney and prayed to God and engagement ring for Joseph. It bore
street as the old men and women con-
mattered if they did not blend in with with e
me to the
a
dvertising
co
-
lid
American
promised
to
give
away
the
Masser
the
inscription:
i hers? She, too, was young and ex fore. And how he was advertised! gregated about Hannah and the vie-
"The ways of men are before the
ll of his magnifi- trola and listened to the intoning of (tithe) of this money for some char-
ceedingly pretty, and there coursed
crowd!
a
eyes
of God, and He makes even all
The
papers
table
cause
if
God
would
save
my
life.
e the synagogue the holiday prayers. What
A' through her being a longing and a
Just as I had finished my prayer a his paths."--(Prov. v. 2l.)—London
surging that the gods, hearing her cent qua
never
before witnessed such throngs What a gathering!
air
—
miraculous
thing
happened.
A
comet
Jewish
Chronicle.
Hannah never tired listening to her
prayer, had the way.
(
man voice plead
l to hear a
songbird, and morning, noon and fell from the sign of the Zodiac,
The choir was rehearsing for the
—lead
—lead for sholem, for
i
meldiouslyp
spread
into
thousands
of
sparks,
and
BALTIMORE.—(J. C. B.) —Th..
night she sat rocking to and fro lis-
aproaching high holy Unseen,
days. synagogue peace.
teeing, while Bertha played nothing the next moment my coachman lay Jews of Baltimore have taken what is
' Hannah slipped into the
again sat in the
dead on the ground. Something had believed to be the first real step to-
And as Hannah
and made her way to the gallery, and
ing to her boy it was - but the records of Enoch, the song
hit him right on the temple and liter- wards perpetuating the name of Hal-
isten
i
l
balcony
, there she heard the soulful voice rue
for her mind to picture bird. And the old men, instead of
ally smashed his head. I thanked God four by the organization of a lodge
ly natural
in supplication. Who listening to on
the scene when she peered over the going to the synagogue, gathered for my miraculous escape and contin- bearing his name, which will be atbha-
Al such music would not grant its every balcony to aee her Enoch, to see her about the never-ceasing instrument, ued my journey."
ted with the Independent Order sf
to find solace and content-
FA! wish? Selfishly the thought possessed songbird. And she wanted to cry seeming
And forgot your promise," inter- Brith Sholom. More than forty mem-
meet. Hannah's heart filled to over-
0, her to encage that songbird and have aloud,
posed the Vaal-Sheet.
aloud, but stifled it.
owing,
for
her
boy
was
praying
for
bers were installed last week.
her
very
own.
Oh,
if
only
she
fl
h
it for
The stranger bowed his head and
Perhap it is because I am old and . them—praying for humanity.
, had a little silver dart, such as she
continued his narrative in a plaintive
and tribu-
Ile who is slow to anger, and ea , .
Thus began the most singular and
,. I had read about, that she might wound I picture the past, its trials
penitent voice:
sholem—on
ily pacified, is truly pious and virtu
that somehow
I harp on
4' ever so slightly, just that she could latices, But
the chase for it novel congregation ever heard of. A
"Alas you are right, and I have been
it—and
she
would
nurse
it
peace.
ous.—The
Talmud.
capture
punished for it. I was rich and hap-
so tenderly. And as the thous s se ems like a will o' the wisp. After congregation of members, transient
,600 years of strife, when one would and permanent, where no dues or
palmed through her mind, slowly she have
thought the world had had its fees were paid or expected, and most
xY
r I raised her head over the balcony rail- h unique of all had a woman for its
priestess. She sought not the office ---
. Enoch felt a pang in his head fill of it!
A flash of lightning, a crash of nor did any one appoint her to it.
and, looking up, their eyes met. Star-
tled, Enoch gasped. His hand went thunder. The heavens scream aloud. She did not even know of its exist-
to his heart and the fate of the twain War is upon all the earth. Life-blood ence. It was assumed and taken for
was sealed—the songbird had been is fertilizing the soil, while mangled 'ranted that such was the case. She
wounded and captured.
corpses are strewn about, and we had little to say, but was ever in at-
They were married and their lives hear bloods—aye, the bloods of Abel tendance. A holiday Jew or one who
(
—again crying aloud in protest.
perfunctorialy attend the synagogue
seemed
happiness
itself.
And
then,
TO MY CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS
Manufacture. of
as if nature became jealous of their
Into this maelstrom was Enoch on yahrzeit and was exceedingly put
exceeding bliss, silently and without drawn. Unfalteringly he offered his out in publicly paying respect to his
warning the gods went a-hunting—a services, while his mother—the worn- parents memory, who had scolded and
STEAMSHIP AGENCY
dart cut the air, quivered a moment an of dreams, of ideals—saw one ranted, criticised and declaimed the
,
—snap! Hanna's songbird lay cold songbird after another tantalize her members for not being more prompt
3711 Hastings
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with sweet harmony, only to flutter in their attendance for services, mak-
on the ground. Dust to dust.
MONEY FORWARDED TO ALL PARTS OF TILE WORLD
All the wailing of mankind has not away. Oh, fate! Death has no sting. ing him late in deciding the fate of
the
nation
in
a
game
of
poker
or
succeeded in solving the problem. Yet LifeTis
" life alone.
pinochle, did not have far to seek in
there is an answer—there must be an
'Twos the mother again who re-
order to obtain the missing member
answer.
And
it
is—what?
ceived
the wound.
I
rs
to the minyun.
In anguish and travail was Enoch
"Don't worry, mother; I'll come
And so it continued many months.
ben Enoch born, and the little mother back, I know I'll come hack. It will
had the brilliant future of caring and be gloomy enough for the boys over Here, 'twixt the changing of records,
iroviding for son and self. That she there. I'll sing to them; I'll pray for the topics of the day were discussed
i
lid. It was toil and hard labor, but them. Who knows, mother, but and the progress of the war. Here
with the memory of her songbird still that my prayer will be answere d were the various lists of killed and
1
lingering in her soul there arose a Wouldn't you lend your songbird for wounded perused, and Ilannah gave
yearning that her son should grow such a cause?" encouragement, while she in her half-
I
happiness
tried
to
smile.
Reports
of
Cadillac 2075
w „ a ll sh e
up and follow the vocation of the
"My little songbird!"
battles in which Americans partici-
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songbird father, and some day he,
could say.
thick
,
coming
su olTi
t d w eerneca
too, stand before God and people and
REPAIRING AND REMODELING
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I Iiate
d f aa td
sck
scanned
e
r
i
"Oh
mother:
let
me
go
with
a
ss
i
.n
with sweet cadences extol His work.
0
buoyant
heart,
with
the
feeling
that,
a sigh heard if their beloved ones
Such now became her cherished
ets
STORAGE
come
what
may,
pupp
though
we
were
not
among
those
mentioned.
dream, and with that determination
she fought the world that delighted seem to be in this mundane sphere, Hannah's eyes began taking on a
0
hard stare. Weeks had passed, and
I
in placing obstacle after obstacle in let me go with your bjessing."
0
"I shouldn't worry, you tell me? no mail. Every now and then a chok-
her path. But who ever conquered
,
ing sob could be heard of "my song-
What
else
would
you
have
me
do?
0
mother-love?
bord." A quick glance followed to
,
What
else
can
I
do?
Who
will
now
Candles and eggs—light and crea-
I see if she had been heard; then a
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heavy
sigh.
again
hear
your
sweet
voice,
my
lit-
while her boy as he grew went to
• • • •
cheder to study. And there she would tle songbird?"
It is morning and raining. I like
"They will need me more there
wait for her little songbird Enoch.
Under her protecting shawl would he than here, mother. In the turbulent rain, enjoy sitting at the window and 4
sit and lisp all that he had learned strife they will need spiritual action listening to it patter while the chil-
that day, while his mother's face more than material words. They wil l dren frisk about barefooted in pud-
beamed with delight as she saw the need practice more than preaching. dles, going into raptures as the mud
beauty of the father more and more They will need song more than la- seeps through their toes. And as I
I
: impress itseelf on the boy's counte- mentation. I will pray for them. I watch them a thrill of joyous emo-
I
nance. She would hug him for sheer will sing for them. And I've got tion surges through me as I again
,
joy; kiss him, pet him, while he something to keep you busy while live through my childhood.
,
0
Memories, oh, sweet memories!
0
munched a begel which she always I'm gone."
0
Day
is
drawing
to
a
close.
It
is
seemed to have enough to buy, but
"What do you mean?"
0
still raining. A grayish pall casts a
never anything for herself. Then it
for
you,
moth-
afore
i
0
"I've bought a
I
was that she told him of his wonder- er. There's but little work attached, somberness about me. I shiver. The 0
0
pattering rain has become a down- 0
ful father; extol his beautiful voice and you'll like it."
et
pour; it no longer interests me. Tap! 0
—God's own songbird. And some
"A store?"
tap!
tap!
Each
drop
as
it
strikes
A
0
day little Enoch would take the place
on,
"A phonograph store. Come
seems
to
be
tolling
the
seconds
I
still
made vacant by the father, whom mother, and I'll show you where."
0
A
have
to
live.
I
realize
I
am
old
and
God needed for his choir on high.
There on Temple street, in the City
/
"Yes, Enochell," questioned the of the Angels, the songbird led his like a hermit crab. I shrink back
mother, a tremor in her voice as mother. It was all set up and ready into my shell as my eyes catch sight
Lafayette
and
Shelby)
(Car.
, tears welled in her eyes. "You'll do for business. Even the young lady of the palm trees below, standing
clerk in charge was there ready to row on row, groomed in their win-
I that?"
to dow mantles, pallbearers, awaiting
"Yes, mama," replied the boy "But meet them with a smile, willing
or my coming.
why do you cry? You should be play the latest operatic number
0
Memories! Memories!
you
wish.
as
ragtime,
0
happy that God chose papa for His
It is only when we are old, when ?
"Miss Bertha, meet my mother,"
choir." A heavy sigh escaped Ilan-
0
said young Enoch by way of intro- one asks how near home we are, that
! nah's lips as she tightly pressed her
look
back
upon
cherished
dreams
we
0
boy to her bosom, hot tears coursing duction. "You'll take good care of
her while I am away." Her smile and treasured ideals, and we have—
down her cheeks.
was sufficient answer. what? We have hurried and scurried
"Yes, Enochell, I should be happy.
0
The streets were lined with multi- and scrambled through life and ac-
I'm not crying, Enochell, I'm not cry-
was complished — what? Even through
ing. I'm happy, because papa was, tudes of people. Determination
I and now you are going to be my writ on each boyish face. The old the darkness my dim eyes peer to-
men cheered; the women soaked their wards the distant mountains. theri
songbird."
The boy grew, each day becoming hearts in a cauldon of tears. And as peaks striving upwards, ever up-
Hannah saw her songbird march by wards since creation, and still striv-
more handsome, each day his voice
ing, and have reached—where? The
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gaining in strength and volume and she screamed.
"My songbird! Don't take him more I dwell on the subject the more
I
sweetness,
while
Ilannah
just
lived
in
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away." She collapsed. Her boy had I pity myself . I become tired of
'her boy.
If your dealer cannot supply, phone or write us.
I There were better opportunities in gone when she was revived. Bertha life, and as my gray head sinks heav-
side, and although Ilan- ily to my chest my eyes look down
America. America! what strange was by her
psychology envelops it! hat strange nah understood what Bertha meant upon the street below, and there, in
Detroit,
Mich.
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to
her
boy,
Bertha was not her song- spite of the inclement weather, in
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I imp causes ages of repression to turn
bird. spite of the cold and the rain, sits
I liberty into license? The very faith
For
several
days Ilannah kept to Ilannah, the priestess of Temple
one fought for just to be let alone
to believe is cast aside. Aye, and he her room, bewailing the loss of her street, in her accustomed seat, her
boy;
but
her
lamentations
availed small, shriveled figure cuddled in a
who casts aside is called modern ,
broad minded, and when the modern- her naught. At last she was pre- , heap, while the sharp-pointed chin is
wailed
anon
to
go
to
the
store,
where lost in the palm of a long, bony hand.
ism and broad mindedness is boiled
a little gossip, new faces, would re- Yet she still had hope. The war had
I down for naalysis it proves that a lieve the tension. Thus she became ended; the songbird had not been
game of bridge is by far more divert-
a familiar figure as she sat in front heard from for two years other than
of her store rocking—knitting, knit- the records on the victrola. From
ting, thinking. You could tell by the long continuous use they had been
expression on her face whether or worn out, scratched and cracked, but
not she had received a letter from , it was all the poor woman had left.
her boy. It was on those occasions Just memory!
when no letter arrived that Bertha ' But what strange sounds are these?
was put to the use of her wits, but It is a new cantor intoning the pray-
she soon ran short of excuses and ex- er, a fresh voice. "Eli! Eli!" it cries
planations, which in the end seemed I aloud. A tightness grips my heart.
to aggravate matters all the more. I III-boding thoughts surge through my
Even the letter carrier, who had I brain. The tones, the music, the song
now become the most important and —beautiful, all beautiful. My heart-
most awaited member in the common- strings rend, my breathing becomes
ity, avoided passing by, so as not to I labored. 'Tis a prayer for the dead.
meet the expectant gaze of Hannah, I long for my songbird, who prayed
which was not to be gratified. Han-Ito God—and oh how he prayed.
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nah noticed his non-appearance. Something is wrong. Commotion pre-
"The letter carrier must be sick," veils midst the congregation and I
hasten below.
she said to Bertha.
The congregation is larger than
"Why?"
"I haven't seen him for so long a usual. They scan the papers and pass
time." Silence. "Maybe that is why them one to the other in turn, then
I have not received my letters. I glance at Hannah and shakingly bow
know Enoch would not neglect me." their heads. For the morrow is Me-
Bertha swallowed hard. "Doesn't the morial Day, and the government had
government send around other letter brought back one of its heroes who
carriers if one is ill?" she questioned had paid in full. In the public square
on a flag-draped gun carriage rests
Hannah.
"Sometimes — if she can spare a casket, flower-bedecked. Already
the military is in command; back and
them; but in these times—"
"Yes, in these times," Hannah re- forth pace the sentries with bayonet-
peated and rocked nervously. Tears ted guns, while the populace look on
came to her eyes, she was breathing with uncovered heads. Only the coo-
heavily; the tension was nearing the ing, ever-feeding pigeons and the im-
breaking plant, when the shrill whis- pudent, scrappy blackbirds fly near
tle of the letter carrier made Ilannah by. But they are not songbirds.
"Eli! Eli!" chants the damn again,
sit up with a jerk.
"Good morning, Hannah; • pres- while Hannah sits in her chair, never
ent for you." Hannah lifted her • whimper, never a sound, her eyes
head. If ever a human being was glaring—
"Hannah! Hannah!" the victrola
welcome. She uttered a short, hys-
terical I augh, caught hold of the bussed as it ran down. The record
package and wept. Bertha gently cracked.
"Hannah!" But there was no need
patted her head until she regained
to call her any more.
her composure.

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