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PIG LTIOINT,LEWISIIrA100lIIGLC
THE ELOPEMENT
By PEARL SAVRANSKY
ment anticipating any serious objec-
tion on their part. But there did come
a clash more vebentent than Dora
could ever have imagined, and the
whole family went up in arms against
GRADUATING CLASS OF UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS
For the tenth time that evening her.
Dora rose and looked at the calendar.The
gentle
forbearing
mother,
who
all these
years
stood back
and with
Tomorrow—tomorrow was the loan- anguished heart watched her children
ty-first—the day 'the had been eager- drifting from her into more modern
ly, impatiently waiting for all these ways, could not longer contain her si-
years. Strange, she thought whinisi- lence, and all her pent-up grief and
catty, how many thousands of times , indignation burst forth in protesta-
she
visioned
herself on
that of
day—
her had
wedding
day—yet
none
those lion of Dora's friendship for Bob.
R.
Even Dora's sisters took sides with
gay wedding scenes, grown familiar their mother and the young girl in
to her as her imagination called them
love Wag brought to a sudden realize-
into play and over again, would be lion that the way for her and Bob
tomorrow.
' would be difficult, eerhaps impossible.
Her marriage, which Was to take
Then followed a sincree effort to
place tomorrow, the twenty-first, must
be a secret. No one must know; no "fall out of love" with Bob, which
.
until
after
it
lasted
fur three tun g, never-ending
t
one must even suspect,
was over and the storm of opposition, weeks, eery minute of which time
which was sure to cone, would then be I Dora 'a active Mind was constantly
of no avail, depicting one or another of Bob's
Cautiously Dora tiptoed across the I niceties, and stubbornly refusing to
room and carefully examined the bring to the surface the seemingly
packed valise. Everything was now grave importance of diverse religinos.
ready an dthere was nothing more to "Which is the greater sacrifice?
be done but wait for the appointed What is the best way out?" she kept
time. She looked at her watch. A few questioning herself continually. And
more hours, and she, Dora Levine, , out of this inward struggle was born
would become Mrs. Robert Holmes. the little rebel within her, which forni-
But the excitement of preparing for uluted a philosophy, partly her own,
hte elopement being over, and the long partly based nn what she had read or
awaited time almost at hand, Dora heard.
now began to feel a peculiar uneasi-
"My life is my own, and if I choose
uses.
to spoil it, why should anyone inter-
"Was it fear?" she asked herself. fere? I can never be happy without
Fear of what she was about to do; the Bob; why should anything, even relig-
knowledge that a thousand tender ties ion, stand in the way of my happi-
must be severed the moment she as- netts?" So her philosophy began.
sumed the name of Mrs. Holmes?
,, No one matter but Bob; nothing
With the first approach of dawn she
counts but his love, and no one shall
would take her valise, open the door
Interfere," she finally concluded, with
softly and steal out of the house, nev-
clenched fists.
er to return.
This resolution, as if by magic, lift-
"Never to return!" she repeated to
ed the great weight from her heart,
herself, as she at gazing into the fire.
and feeling like a martyr freed from
"Never to return."
all further torture, she abandoned
And yet that was precisely what she
herself to Bob in delicious unconcern
had planned to do all these weeks. She
During their clandestine meetings,
knew from the first time it would be a vows were oft repeated; promises
choice, fully and finally, between Bob
spoken and bespoken of their lasting
and everything else that had gone to love; of happiness to come. Many
make up her life heretofore; but in all .
ans were made; many castles in the
plans
the months that she had be
draper- were built, which afforded them
ately searching for a solution as to both countless hours of joy.
Yet
which was the greater sacrifice, her
through it all ran a vague uneasiness
home and her friends never seemed so
and a fear trembled in each one's
dear, no utterly impossible to part
heart at an unspoken question, which
from, as in that moment, atthe during all the hours of planning and
thought that there would be no return. scheming for their future was not
And for the first time since she had
once brought up.
acknowledged her love for Bob and re-
"Which religion shall it beyours
solved to stake everything for him, a •
1,,
or
doubt crept into Dora's heart and
Again and again this question re-
mingled with the grim forebodings curred to their minds as they talked
which seemed to be rushing upon her.
of the future, but lacking the courage
Somewhere in the house a clock was
to face its issues, neither Bob nor
striking out the hour, and Dora, curl- Dora dared give it utterance. Even
ed up in a chair before the fire, count- when they set the day for their mar-
ed the strokes with a sinking heart.
and finally made all arrange-
With what panting haste the hours f riage,
meets fur the elopement, this one
were going now and carrying her withl
them in their swift course, nearer and question still remained unanswered.
Dora, nthrill with the joyous antici-
nearer to the goal.
pation of her secret marriage, gave
She made an effort to rouse herself; ittle thought to the fact that one mat-
t+) dispel the dread which was quick-
iy taking possession of her, and her ter of vital importance was as yet not
settled between her and Bois To her
thouhts
reverted to Bois
g
the twenty-first (lay, the day • set for
A little over a year ago, when Bob
the elopement, was her wedding (lay;
entered the employ of the company
the day she and Bob would be united
where Dora' worked, he impressed her
at last, and she determined to let
at first meeting as being good looking nothing cloud its happy significance.
and likeable; and as time passed and
Why, then, as she sat in her team
friendship grew, she began to
on that last night, awaiting the dawn
discover in him an over increasing re-
semblance to her ideal. She took care- of the great day, slid all the exultancy
leave her and give place to a nameless
ful note of his hair, his clothes, his
?
manners and personality, but the fact fear.
In that dimly lit room, curled up in
that he was a Gentile had little bear-
her chair before the fire, all the rose-
ing on the matter. In fact, Dora had
never discriminated much between ate hues of her romance were fading
saw with painful clarity
and Gentile, for circumstances and Dora
Jew
had always thrown her among those'only the barren, stripped actualities
- who wore not of her faith, and the enormous price she would he
called upon to pay in consequence of
It was a great fad with Dora's old-
her anticipated marriage. Her mother,
er sisters to stay out of Jewish locali-
her family and friends, alt those who
ties, and Dora remembered one of her
sisters describing the neighborhood in had been the sworn champions of
which they lived as being "a very nice Dora Levine, would turn in contempt
from Dora Holmes. And Bob's friends
neighborhood—we are the only Jews
HADASSAH UNIT TO HAVE
JOINT GOVERNING BOARD
fury and she hurled at him the an-
swer, as time-worn as his accusation:
"Its jealousy. Because most of you
have neither brains nor grit to make
money, you are envious and jealous
of Jews, who work hard and succeed,
Most of the financiers of this country
may be Jews, but you know that most
of the thieves who till our prisons are
Gentiles, and to my way of thinking,
it is more decent to earn than to
steal."
Two white faces confronted each
other. Two pairs of blazing eyes,
which for a whole year had only spok-
en of tenderness and love, now look-
ed into each other in astonishment and
hatred. Trembling lips moved uncon-
sciously a ad inaudibly murmured:
"Anti-Semite."
"Jew."
Though neither of them ever spoke
those words before, nor clearly under-
stood their meaning.
With a queer, painful tugging at
her heart; an emptiness within and
around her, but firm and resolute,
Dora retraced her steps to the home
she had left but a short time before.--
(The Sentinel.)
An arrangement among the agar,.
cies who support the Hadassah Medi.
cal Organization in Palestine has been
made whereby for the next year the
hospitals, Nurses' Training School
and polyclinics are assured of a regu•
lar income, regularly received. The
budget carefully planned calls for
£62,000, Hadassah is to be the larg.
est contributor, pledging to supply
$100,000 for the year, to be paid in
monthly installments of $8,333,33,
The other agencies responsible ter
supplying funds are the Keren Bays-
sad through the Zionist Organizatiee
Of America, and the Joint Distribe.
tion Committee. The Z. 0. A. and ir e .
J. I). C. are pledged to pay $,;r...0
monthly respectively. Work in tie
schools among the Chaluzim,
welfare stations a ad other Ilailfs.sd f
activities will be cared for by sok, • •,
mentary funds.
A governing board comprisc.: • I .
representatives of the three
lions will determine the policies .•
practices of the Hailussah Nli.
Organization and will serve I,
clearing house of transmissioe
moneys and communications.
'
Henrietta Szold has been ch.,. ,
represent Hadassah on the Gm.,
Board and is to be its secretary. I
nard Flexner is the chairman
contract among the parties calk
emittances before the fith day of .
,
month, Upon the default of ary
y, the contract may be thereu pon
sidered void.
Denishawn Dancers to Appear
Here Under Detroit Con-
cert Direction.
A thrilling flight by aeroplane
across "The Garden of Allah," the
Sahara desert from Biskra, is the
news received from Naples from Ted
Shawn by his wife, Ruth St. Denis.
Mr. Shawn has just completed a tour
of Northern Africa and writes enthu-
siastically of the vast new material
gathered for the performances to be
given by him, Miss St. Denis and the
Denishawn dancers. While in Spain
a native instructor was engaged who
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Mer ely to 'tate that our efpaiime,
of Spanish dances. This will be wel-
completely satIned
fl
with our geryiee m(
come news to those who enjoyed these
our lower prices doesn't m near a..
much an when we tell you that • con.t•nt
lovely dancers last season, for the
Increa*e In the number of our rortmer.
Spanish section of the Denishawn pro-
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grams have in past seasons been per-
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est
proof of absolute gatisfaction.
haps the most popular of all.
our price. are ALWAYS LOWER ,
Mr. Shawn has not limited his en-
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which will add much to the atmos-
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formances to come. Much of this ma-
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terial he has gathered in Tunis and \
Algiers, as "A Night in an Algerian
Coffee House" with its attendant
series of Oriental dances will be one
of next season's novelties.
The Denishawn Dancers are an-
nounced on the course given this
f I
coming season by the Detroit Concert
Direction.
•
Fourteen boys and girls comprise the first graduating class of the United Hebrew Schools of Detroit. The
graduates, as shown in the above photograph, are: Reading from left to right, top row—Max Hecker, Sadie
Tiltahin, Morrie &Illus.', Eva She•its and David Lubetaky; second row—Theodore Baruch, Max Weine, A.
D. Markson, the class instructor; Here! Shur and Yalta Lipa; bottom row—Israel Udkowsky, Seymour Tiltchin,
Herman Chesluk, William Dorchen and Meyer Harrison.
"There is nothing I wouldn't do for Gentile, and don't they hate each other
the next room; to scream and awaken
and consider it just as much a sin to
everybody, but she dared not move. V ou, Dora, and I guess you know that.
inter-marry as do the Jews? Have not
How could she account for it? How I t never makes any difference to me
the Gentiles split into numerous
could. she explain? So she cowered in w hat religion people believe in. I treat
groups,
each one standing up only for
her chair and buried her head in her e verylsody alike, and I guess you know
hands, while every sound, every stir t hat, too, but," he added after a pause their own? Why, then, can they lie cit-
izens
in
the mini sense you refer to,
increased her panicky fear, and from ' 'there is one thing certain," he paus-
out of every earner dark shadows ed again, then continued, our chil- and the Jews connotr
seemed to emerge and hover over her. dren could not he Jewish."
No longer Was the subject a matter
Mutely she prayed fur dawn. If
"Because, dear," he tried to speak in which Only they two were concern-
only the day would come; she would gently and with • act, "because the ed, and which they tried to discuss
run to Bob and tell him that she must Jews are a hated people. They have amicably, in order to' arrive at the
give him tip. She was afraid and dar- no home, no country of their own and best solution. An heriditary preju-
ed not oppose her God.
are continually driven from one place dice of which they were both entirely
unconscious flamed up and turned the
"Hurry, hurry morning," she silent- t o another, and surely you understand
discussion into a battle, each fighting
iy implored, "so I con rectify my sins t hat no right-minded man could will-
ter "their own." Aisd as Dora angrily
ngly
impose
such
a
heritage
upon
his
and put an end to this worst of tor- i
Tung her last qusfstion at Bob, his
hildren "
tures—this agony of fear."
"Are all Jews hated?" she asked temper rose and he came back at her
And at last gray streaks gradually
with the time-worn accusation, the
mea
ni
net
y.
began to find their way into the room.
age-long practice of linking the Jew
"No. 1 mean that as a race they
The electric light became extinct and
with money.
the room was rapidly being flooded are disliked, but not individually.
"Gentiles object to inter-marriage
with the approaching morning light. You, for instance, are not realy a Jew.
because they believe in their own re-
Dora lifted her head and her eyes You are different and in time you will
ligion, but the Jews object to for mer-
greeted the Tieing sun. She rose, threw change so that no one will even sus-
cenary reasons, and I know," he added
open the windows and vigorously in- pect that you are Jewish; but there
vehemently, "that your mother objects
haled the crisp morning air, Her are other Jews who keep to themselves
Me because I have
spirits rose with a renewing of her and won't mingle. They don't believe to your marrying
hopes and the superstitious fears •of in inter-marriages, and as lung as no money." •
The blood receded from Dora's face
the night melted. The religious awak- they won't inter-marry, they can't be-
ing which those wears had stirred come part of us e and can't be citizens and she looked at him in amazement.
Her mother, who would gladly spend
within her lacked the sustaining faith, of thiss•ountry in a moral sense."
could not hold out against this glor-
"Can Catholics be citizens?" Dora's the rest of her days in the poorhouse,
who would willingly starve to death to
ious morning, which filled her heart resentment was increasing.
save her daughter from marrying a
with soothing dreams and desires.
"Yes," came quietly.
"Do they believe in , inter-marriage Gentile; how dare he say that alteut
With but the faintest trace of the
night's experience still lingering with any more than do the Jews? Are nut her.
Her resentment gave way to blind
her, Dora almost regained her care- the Cathelics and the Protestants both
free state of mind while she noiseless-
ly added the last touches to her toilet,
and now she stood before the mirror
fully ready for the departure. A last
critical survey at the mirror's reflec-
tion, and with the valise in hand she
started for the door, but suddenly
paused. Her mother was sleeping in
the next room. She must see her now
—for the last time.
She opened the door softly and for a
moment stood gazing upon the tired,
there." Only one member of the Levine —would they receive her as one of worn face on which every line of care
them? She recalled meeting one of
family was displeased with the neigh-
seemed to stand out in mute evidence
borhood, and that was Dora's mother, Bob's sisters, who had treated her of the sacrifice and struggle the wom-
who constantly complained that she with almost insolent condecension, and
wanted to be among her own kind. since then she had understood why an had put tip fur her children. •
"And now," thought Dora, "now I
B never introduced her to the other
She felt lost among her neighbors and Bob
am about to visit upon this beloved
of his family.
yearned for a kindred spirit; but her members
head
the heaviest blow; the 'deepest
" From now on 1 shall be neither
children did not understand and se-
here our there," she almost spoke disgrace that can come to a Jewish
cretly considered their mother hope-
mother."
aloud.
lessly old fashioned.
Her heart contracted in pain and
And as she gazed into the fire with
So as far hack as Dora could re-
terrified eyes, there seemed to appear tears of remorse filled her eyes; then
member she had mingled with Gen-
beyond the flumes a small, narrow a familiar question clinic to her mind:
tiles; had grown up be
to entirely im-
"Which religion shall it be—mine or
partial as to people religious beliefs, path, secluded, deserted save for her-
self. That will be the path of her life Bob's?"
and when Bob came she had only the
And as she stood looking down up-
from now on; hers and Bob's. And
faintest regret that she was not a
perhaps in time, Bob will tire of that on the sleeping face through tear-dim-
Jew.
narrow environment and drift from med eyes, she murmured softly but
As she became aware of a growing
her also. To him many doors will still with decision:
interest in Bob, and her day dreams
"This much I promise you, mother,
be open, but to her there will be no ad-
persistently lingered, she decided that
anywhere. She shuddered that the religion shall be mine, and
mitten
it was time to make the family ac-
f or a mu- visibly, but her thoughts, as though perhaps in time you will forgive."
qusinted with him, never
With an effort she controlled her
some supernature revelations of the
subs; then a last mute farewell and
a feeble flames, persisted.
She was rushing now, rushing to she was gone.
But the tears came again as she
that narrow path and to lasting isola-
tion, her thoughts seemed to cry out to made her way through the darkened
house. Every trifling object presen-
her.
But again she was aroused from her ted an individual significance, brought
somber reverie, as the clock once more fond memories, and through the still-
struck the hour; a solemn reminder ness a thousand voices seemed to ham-
mer into her brain:
that the time was drawing near.
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"You are never coming back; never
"I must not think she cried in des-
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peration. "It is too late. I must not —never—never."
"Bob," she thought as she gained
think."
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She leaned back in her chair and the street, "you will never know. what
a
sacrifice
I have made for you to-
closed her eyes, as if to shut out from
her mind the strange, torturing vis- day."
Only
one
thought
abs ,rbed her now
ions; but her feverish brain would not
be calm and again thoughts came as she walked towards the meeting
place.
As
soon
as
she
nicety Bob, be-
crowding upon each other.
Religion had had no part In Dora's fore they start off, they most face the
long
evaded
question.
She will tell
life. By accident of birth she was
Jewish, but neither her environment him that the chosen religion most be
hers.
Nothing
must
influence
her.
nor her education had in any way
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From a distance she could see Bob's
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to her now a feeling that she was and her heart leaped with joy as she
about to give up something infinitely greeted him and he helped her into the
precious; not the spiritual claim to car.
"Now we will be starting," Bob said
piety, but the moral right of possess-
ing, of belonging. Her mind sought as he settled himself beside her.
Dora's heart sank a little, but she
its meaning and of a sudden she un-
derstood. Oh, yes, it was her birth- was determined.
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a single thought of appreciation. It vously. She found it hard to ap-
never had been, probably never would proach the subject, but Bob's ques-
■ b•, of any consequence in her life as tioning, affectionate gaze gave her
- long as she retained it, yet to give it courage.
"You know, Bob," she began timid-
up—this something that had never
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Bob understood and his face fell.
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after all there perhaps a deeper, lie remained silent for a nit then
saner purpose in the establishment of gently took her hand.
"Why speak of it now, dear?" he
these age-long customs than she could
fathom? Perhaps some higher power spoke lightly. "We will have time
enough
to decide on that later. Today
had decreed that such shall be the
standards of her people. Was there we must think of only each other, and
siea
the
great
love which is uniting us."
was
perhaps a God, a Jewish God, who
For a moment she reacted to his
exacting and vindictive? The doubts
tender
appeal,
then she remembered
with which she was accustomed to
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in its terrific immensity. Her God;
her religion, which ate was about to ence to you?" Ile looked at her intent-
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was late at night. Everyone was sleep- Bob."
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