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7i1E'firmor1; /riusritilia)N
Elmer II. Christie, President
W. T, Greenwood, Secretary
Beryl Saves His Face
A. R. Campbell, Vice-President
He could not imagine his absence be-
By HARRY HILLEL BERNSTEIN
David Oppenheim, Treasurer
The most interesting institution of was not designated toastmaster of the
the East Side was tottering. banquet to be held in honor of Koppel
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FraIlli Mu I! ')Ily
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Sincere Wishes
— FOR —
el
Hapyy and Prosperous
New Year
5684-1923
be his excuse? There was no doubt
that he would be asked later for the
reason for his absence.
The most interesting institution
sighed. Not only was his downfall
imminent, but he w ould have tee ex-
plain why ht. was n o t 011 hand to en-
joy his own funeral.
About 7 P, M., as he was trudging
sadly past the house Of the rabbi of
the town, sumo one called to him. Ile
turned quickly and SAW the rabbi de-
scend the steps, pass out at the front
gate and approach him.
" will you be' good enough to act as
The most interesting institution was Mendrick's election to Congress from
unique in more ways than one. It (if an East Side district.
That is what was meant by the
the institution may be called "it") so-
Belted charitable contributions, but statement that the most interesting
never for its own budget, It praised institution was tottering.
other institutions, which is always a For it was a blow delivered with
remarkable thing to do. It maintain- much cruelty. Beryl was the man re-
ed no staff of experts in scientific ally responsible for the nomination—
charity, and when a man was hungry Beryl, who had brought the unknown
and penniless it never tried to deter- Mendrick into the limelight with a
mine microscopically just how much banquet six months before and show- asked.
a witness
at couple
a marriage?"
the
rabbi
my
"The
is inside
and
hungrier the man could become and creel enough praise on him to have wife is a witness, but under the law
yet hang on to his soul by a finger tip. elected Bryan. And now that Men- another person is necessary."
o n, rtai„ly," answered Beryl. "But
Also it never sent out letters stating drick had been elected he mimed his
that "your case will be investigated as brother-in-law as toastmaster of the won't you wait about ten minutes, un-
banquet
of
triumph,
merely
because
noun as our investigator reaches your
til I finish a little business down at
name on the list. Meanwhile, please the brother-in-law had made a large the station?"
write to the assemhlyman from your contribution to the campaign fund.
The rabbi assented. Beryl sprinted
distrkt and urge him to agitate for a Several prominent politicians and toward the station as fast as dignity
larger appropriation for our institu- Fifth avenue millionaires were to be would permit. Arrived there, he grab-
lion, so that we may engage a few present to praise the East Side and its lied a telegraph pad and scribbled out
more experts and ultimately reach superior voting intelligence. And a message.
Beryl—the man who had actually cre-
your case."
"Rush this to New York," he
The office of the most interesting in- ated a demand for Mendrick as a can- breathed to the station agent.
didate—was
not
going
to
officiate.
After
he satisfied himself that the
stitution had no fixed street location
The banquet was to take place on a agent was despatching the message
whatever. It stood, rather, in glitter-
Wednesday
night.
Ify
Monday
Beryl
without
delay
he walked leisurely back
ing patent leathers; was housed en a
Prince Albert, pearl;gray vest and was so sick at heart that he could not to the rabbi's house.
That night the toastmaster at Kop-
baggy trousers; woe roofedby a silk face his friends. Ile was at home to
tile. It was known as Beryl Minken- 110 one. Ile refused to read the Yid- pel Mendrick's banquet received! a
thal, ate heartily four times a day, de- dish newspapers, for fear there might queer telegram. It read:
"Cannot accept your invitation to be
livered eloquent addresses, liked gos- be something about the coming ban-
sip, and in many other respects acted quet, with conspicuous mention of the toastmaster at Koppel Mendnck ban-
fact that this was the first important quet owing to fact I must officiate at
amazingly like a human being.
And he (for we must now discard East Side banquet in years at which big wedding here, with regrets,
"Beryl Minkelthah
the "it") had many of the weaknesses Beryl Minkenthal Was not to preside.
Tuesday the sun shone, but not for
The toastmaster did not read this
inherent in beings intensely human.
13eryl,
In
his
heart
was
only
black-
message
to
the
diners.
Note, for one thing, the love for pom-
pous apparel. II is tile and Prince Al- ness, and in his mouth a bitter taste.
bert were reminiscent of that heydey Ile paced excitedly up and down his
when the Tammany Braves and a cer- room, beating his hands together.
tain audacious opera impressario rul- Everything seemed oppressive—his
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ed front page, with the assistance room, familiar sights, familiar mem-
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ories. Finally, able to abide it 110
of a famed Big Sick.
longer, he seized his hat and coat and
Beryl had no desire to attain card
rushed out, determined to walk in
index efficiency in matters of dress.
sonic unfamiliar part of the city,
Furthermore, he was not ashamed to
where he would not he haunted ever
own up to the possession of a little
by that thought of tomorrow night
personal vanity. The opportunity to
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and the debacle that it would spell for
exercise it was his one recompense for
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him.
his various efforts in the public be-
hok-
Depression remained with if
half—and goodness knows he paid for
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it well, what with neglecting a tea ever, though he walked more than ten
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and coffee business that had brought miles. Ilis soul was in storm. How
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his late uncle an annual income of two good, he reflected, as he passed a rail-
road
station,
to
be
able
to
get
away
thousand dollars.
from the city and hide his face from
Ile liked the glory of acting as mas-
the sight of every one who knew him'
ter of ceremonies, whatever the occa-
Well, why not? he suddenly asked
sion. It was well for the East Side
that he did, for while it brought glory himself. It would be easy! All he
to Beryl it often brought considerably would have to do would be to take a
more than that to a good many others. train out somewhere and remain away
until his grief had passed over and the
Let Minkenthal but hear that a cer-
Mendriek banquet had been forgotten.
tain writer was in monetary difficul-
The more he thought of it the more he
ties, was perhaps ill besides—surely
approved.
not an infrequent occurence—and the
That evening he could he seen at the
machinery of the most interesting in-
stitution was at once set in motion. A station with a handbag, boarding a
benefit would be arranged; a theater train for the Catskills. He spent a
secured without charge; the gratuit- sleepless night in a mountain town,
ous services of actors procured; and and, turbulent in soul, walked about
the writer finally divorced from his the next day, the bleak, hare trees
difficulties by the receipt of a large contributing still further to his
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purse enough to wipe out his debts gloom.
His thoughts were ever reverting
and send him to the country to gath-
Entrance on Washington Blvd.
to the scene to be enacted that night.
er strength and renewed courage.
Ile was expected—had been invited—
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Consider also the matter of death— to appear at the banquet in the anony-
that matter being one which brooks mous roles of diner and applauder.
no ignoring, which makes its presence
felt irrespective of whether one has
made provision for one's family or
not. It is by no means a new thing
for writers, actors, musicians, paint-
ers and sculptors to be taken off sud-
denly, without leaving their families
enough to pay the funeral expenses.
In that case there was always Beryl.
Ile never failed ai arrange a public
funeral, with himself as chairman of
the arrangements committee. On the
committee with himself he would place
men of usually little learning but
much money. Ile conferred upon
them the honor of serving on the pub-
lic funeral commitee of an artist—
made them, by that action, patrons of
the arts, an honor no merely rich East
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get on in the world."
Oh yes, it was quite an honor. And
they paid for their honor, too. They
showed their gratefulness by each
contributing several hundred dollars
to a fund for the family of the deceas-
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more money than their late heads had
ever been able to provied for them.
Beryl arranged these affairs like
an artist. For that matter he wan as
much an artist as any man, whose
he sought to honor. As speak-
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er he had few superiors. Talmud he
could quote by the hour, for he had
studied it in his youth, and he made
a special point of using it for the ben-
efit of the religious faction in East
Side life, just as he made a point of
trying to please every East Side fac-
tion with one or another of his various
accomplishments. Ile was a Zionist O
of the Zionists, a prince among labor
leaders, a devoutly religious Jew and
vitally interested the proletariat, from
babies to centenarians. And always,
of course, in the capacity of chairman,
toastmaster, presiding officer or what-
ever else the chief noise be termed in
official parlance.
In time, however, the relief work of
the most interesting institution grew
to be accepted as a matter of course,
as basic and elemental, even, as the
universally recognized necessity for
food and shelter. With the formation
of this attitude came the lessening of
— AND —
awe that familiarity brings. If an ar-
tist died it was assumed as only nat-
ural that Beryl should do the right it
thing f,his family. If a man was
anxious to advance politically, why of
course Beryl would arrange a banquet
invite political big guns from Four-
teenth street and elsewhere and cre-
ate popular sentiment for the ambi-
tious one.
This assumption attained such
vogue that in the cafes certain pseudo
writers would wave insurance agents
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away with the statement: "What do
I
we need insurance for? When we die
Beryl will look after our families.
Why should we pay premiums on pol-
icies month after month, year after
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Yiddish papers printed in full the
next day what each of them said in
tender eulogy of the talented deceas-
ed—and they would each buy 200 cop-
ies of each newspaper and mail them
to friends and relatives in the United
States, Canada and Europe. And at
the place of receipt there would be
such a wagging of heads and "My, my
such a great man Yankel Goldstein
has become in New York! He is on
the funeral committee of Pincus Rud-
nick, the poet—no less! I knew him
when he used to carry a pack in his
back. New York—that's a place to
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No question about! It was as much
expected of him as rising and setting
is expected of the sun. And just as
the sun gets but small appreciation
from certain people, no there came a
when in a certain quarter,
Beryl's efforts were overlooked, and be
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