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Joseph was keenly interested in her bring without money swept over the tephilin? Where would I hide my grandfather, and my grsndfaffn
mother him," said Joseph, sadly.
reminiscences, but Madeline was rest- princess—immediate need forced her head? Who asks you to believe? This and my father have built up, It
"Look, Madeline."
is the life, and there is no other way something of our own, nor c o pt
less. That the great of many lands— to yield. She bowed her head.
"Yes, I see, Joseph, but you gave
"You may have the pearls for 1,- of life. The shool, the chumesh, the from the goyim. It is ,rs•thi
statesmen, authors, artists—had been
thousands of kronen for the soldiers'
entertained in that stately salon by 500,000 kronen," she whispered so talmud, they are warm and friendly, warm and friendly. It i , tn, de
By MARY VALENTINE STANLEY
fund this morning. Let us forget
old way of living, the neig
the princess was nothing to the young low that Madeline was forced to bend and so it is."
them for a little while, and talk of American. She had only a vision of her head to catch the words.
My brother Solomon grew older, the friendliness, the 'freak, al
"Joseph, the Princess A. has a up a jewel or two. Let us go now." something cheerful. I'earl necklaces,
"Joseph, Joseph!"
herself wearing the pearls.
and forgot his tephilin and beautiful What shall I tell you? T. - a.
pearl necklace to sell."
Joseph rose obediently and put on for instance. All my life I have
"Please draw a check for 1,500,000 silk Talith which my grandfather h aye not tasted that life.
"Princess," she said abruptly, "may .
'Joseph Wise was playing Schu- his coat, Madeline pulled a turquoise longed for pearls. Many times I have
kronen."
bought him. Ile became a goy, and t hey understnad it? Those v.ho ha
I see the necklace?"
mann and did not hear. Ile was an velvet hat over her brown curls and gone window shopping along Fifth
"Yes, Madeline."
did not see the inside of a synagogue n of been to cheder and to th. Yes
The princess came back to the pres-
American Jew of 60. Ile had a be- I wrapped herself in a seal coat with a avenue. One Saturday afteroon (I ent with a start, but did not answer.
Slowly adjusting his glasses, Jo- from one year's end to the other. My .a ah, those that have not ' , pow?' c
was working for $15 a week then) I
nevolent face, a bald head and sable collar.
"It is quite cold here," she said seph drew his bank book from his grandfather was too gentle to carry ittle villages, and the yore :i tovi
dreamy eyes. His young wife, Made- I
"I learned from Levi yesterday went from shop to shop, trying on hastily. She touched the bell and the pocket and wrote the check.
on the struggle. But he grieved in 2 nd the sweetness and sam.oess
line, was also an American, but not that this coat belonged to the Duchess necklaces just for fun. You say your- butler entered with a tray of tea.
"Good-bye, princess." Madeline his heart, and withdrew still deeper all that life, the customs nod the t
of his faith. They had been married I.. As she was quite a dosed, it looks self my neck was made for pearls."
He put a shovel of coal in the big was all smiles and graciousness as into the recesses of his own mind, ditions. That was Jewish. a w ay
g year and were spending a month' or better on me."
ife, a world in itself, solpe:1.. og p
"Well, my child, buy your little white-und-gold stove, and stole noise- she took the cold hand of the princess into his memories.
of their prolonged honeymoon in
no other people bad. Ito: .1e s It
lessly out. The princess followed him in hers. "Let me know if you do not
Josenh looked into the fresh young baubles, if you care for them."
Then, w:ien he was about 18 years
Vienna.
of
yours, this Palestine, it .r oot
They walked in silence for a time. with her eyes.
sell your diamonds in Parrs. Ah, t
face and smiled.
of age, my brother became a Zionist,
"Joseph;' repeated Madeline, "the
Madeline in joyous anticipation of
"Dietrica was 5 years old when I jewel case- -I will take that t,o, a passionate nat,onal.st, and preached Palestine I wanted, and tr. Ileb:
"You are beautiful, my dear. I
l'rincess A. has a pearl necklace to
seeing the jewels on her white throat, was burn," she sa.d. "We were born please, but I will wear the necklace the return to all his friends. More of yours is not the Hebrew 1 oant
sell. She has asked me to call this like to see you in this coat, but I and Joseph quietly content in her in this palace, both of us, and all home."
This Hebrew of yours is hard, it
than that, he became a Ilebraist, he
hope the duchess is not cold."
afternoon to see it."
She smiled on the butler, and put began to learn Hebrew, to read in goyish. All the softness ao.1 tend
happiness.
these years he has served me faith-
soft
lot,
The aristocrats were a
"Where does she live?"
When they crossed the courtyard fully. My younger servants I have 20 kronen in his hand as she swept the sacred togue, to take delight in ness is gone out of it. M y re
never spoke like that, neitlo•r did
• "In the L— palace, in the S-- Joseph. It will not hurt them to know of the Hofburg, Joseph's eyes kin- had to dismiss, but my old servants through the door into the hall.
the latest Hebrew periodicals and
poverty. 1 suffered hardships, and
father. What do I want
Game."
Joseph bowed low as he slipped the books.
I hope to keep with me to the end."
dled.
"I should like to see that palace. I worked early and late until I met
Ile reclaled to Madeline the mem-
check into the hand of the princess.
And now I know that 11 , t
tier
voice
faltered,
but
in
an
in-
you, dear old boy! Now it is my turn
Ile
learned
to
speak
Ilebrew
with
hear it is 800 years old."
ory of the time when, as a boy of 15, stant she smiled, saying gayly, as she
"Don't discuss Job, please, Joseph.
not doctrine was his Jewi..1,d-s .
a Sephardic pronunciation—Baruch
"Good." You shall see the palace, to enjoy the flesh-pots of Egypt."
he had come to Vienna with his fath- poured the tea:
I know that is what you would like
a life which is slowly pas
Atah instead of the Boruch Atoh of
Arm in arm they walked through er, who had presented a petition from
Joseph, and incidentally I may pick
face of the earth, never 1 , , rest
"You must drink my famous tea. to do, but it is getting late," said the
my grandfather. And he began to And we could never give him
the gardens of the Belvedere. For a the Jews to Francis Joseph.
tl
This was given me by the emperor of gay voice from the doorway.
teach me Hebrew, and my younger
moment they paused in front of the
"It was in this palace, Madeline, Japan, and I have enough for a life-
"Coming, Madeline."
for it was not in us. Ilene, in
sister, Dora. And he would come to chilly modern atmospher
palace where the ill-fated Sophie and that we were most graciously re-
The
princess
glanced
at
the
check
e
of
An
time."
any grandfather and boast, "Now you
Ferdinand had lived and gone out to ceived by his majesty; and the peti-
"Delicious," said Madeline; "I wish through her tears. Then she lifted cannot say I am not a good Jew." ica, in the hard light of ratio
die. Through the glass doors they tion did much good to my people."
Successor to
her eyes to the man without a word,
thought, his would could never Il i
I knew the emperor."
But my grandfather was still unhap- ish. There is love in this new is
caught a glimpse of the great marble
His wife smiled and nodded. Ile
The old Vienna china with its rose- but. he read in them her unspoken
R. E. Bodimer
hall and stairways with their statues did not know that his words had buds, the squat tea service and long joy and gratitude. Joseph Wise, the py and unsatisfied.
of ours, there is devotion, and
"That is not Judaism," he used to
and priceless tapestries.
fallen on deaf ears.
spoons worn thin by age, the princess Jew, had drawn his check for 2,000,- answer gently. "I know a priest over joy of creation, but not ti ttve
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Hundreds of children, under-sized,
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he could understand, not an Mice
When they reached their destina- with her high-bred face and sensitive
Cor. Taylor
with faces prematurely old, many tion, Joseph lingered to look at the hands, made a never-to-be-forgotten
When they reached the street there, on the other side, in Russia, to which he could warm.
who
used
to
speak
Hebrew
.
.
.
Just
scantily clad, were passing through lions that guarded the door of the picture in the eyes of Joseph Wise.
Madeline fairly bubbled over with
Peace be to his memory. He
SERVICE AND QUALITY
like you used to, Baruch Atah. Why
the iron gates and climbing the hill palace.
Madeline cleared her throat for an- joy.
been lying these many years i
AT RIGHT PRICES
"Joseph," she said, confidentially, not? If an American can learn grave—in Brooklyn. IIis old dr
to the palace.
"You could tell some interesting other effort. "Princess, it was very
French, why should not a Gentile
"These youngsters are fed here tales, you old fellows," he said. "You kind of you to give us a chance to "I shall tell all my friends that the learn Hebrew? Is it not as good a of dying, in Jerusalem. after he
necklace is valued at 2,000,000 kro-
every day by the Americans, Made- saw—"
see your pearls."
language as any other? But that is wept his eyes out at the Wai
nen,
and—"
"I'm
glad
they
can't
talk,"
inter-
The
princess
bowed
her
head
and
line. See the Stars and Stripes wav-
Wall, was denied him. And
"Tell your friends," said Joseph not Judaism."
drew a jewel case from her handbag.
ing over the doors of the royal kitch- rupted Madeline, good-naturedly.
"But, grandfather," my brother knows if it was not for the best,
The porter, a withered, pallid old
Madeline's eyes glistened, she with a look the woman never forgot,
knows whether it was nut better
en."
argued,
"I
do
more
than
speak
He-
that your husband gladly paid the full
"It is the American money that is man, opened the door with a faint leaned forward eagerly.
brew. Do I not work for Palestine? one last illusion should be left
"These pearls were given me by value of the famous pearl necklace."
him? What would he have done ti
I eeping Austria alive," she replied, "Kiss thy hand." He led them through
Do
I
not
work
for
the
restoration
of
—The Outlook.
"and today there are 720 kronen to the great stone corridor, and up the my great - great - grandmother, the
our people to their own homeland? in Palestine, finding in tens of t
the good old American dollar. I have steps to the apartment of the prin- princess of A." She pointed to five
Is not Jerusalem sacred to me, too? sands the children of that new ge
already cashed $500," added Made- cess. A butler, equally old and pal- miniatures that stood in a row on the
Shall I not also go to Palestine sonic ation which he could not underst
line, gleefully. "Let's run along, Jo- lid, in a gorgeous livery with silver old Viennese table. "See, for five
day, and live there? What is wrong could not love? What would he
buttons,
ushered
them
into
the
salon.
generations
we
have
been
painted
in
done, poor old fellow, among t
seph. It's 4 o'clock; we dine at B
with my Judaism?"
The princess was short and fragile, these pearls."
By ROSE HELMAN
and we play bridge with the Levis at
"That is not Judaism," said my heroic, determined young fle
but carried herself with dignity.
Joseph rose and studied the minia-
grandfather. "It is something new goyim?
half-past dine."
Her white hair was piled high on tures.
Instead of Palestine earth,
They walked rapidly through the
something borrowed from the goyim •
My
grandfather
was
a
good
Jew,
Wholesale
Price
her
small
head,
Her
face,
worn
by
"I
have
made
quite
a
collection
of
Will sell you at
gardens and came out on the Renne
You think that when you will have earth of Brooklyn wraps his I
sorrow, was still lovely in its delicate miniatures," he said, "but these are and all the world knew him as such.
Diamonds, Mountings, Wedding
tired
old body. Here, in the
weg.
And I myself took him for a good a land of your own, and a language
Rings, Bracelets, and ladies
exceptional."
soil of the mighty republic,' he
A young girl with a sack of coal on beauty.
Jew, with all the beliefs of a good of your own, and an army of your
Like
all
educated
Viennese,
she
"Though
the
pearls
are
very
old,"
wrist watches in fancy de-
guards
the last of his dreams,
her back trudged wearily by. Women
own, and a government of your own
continued the princess, "they have Jew. As long as he lived I never
signs made of pure plat-
broods forever on the dear old
harnessed to carts patiently dragged spoke English fluently.
doubted it; I was rebuked by his then you will be real Jews? No, you
She
had
never
been
to
America,
she
nut
been
allowed
to
die
hidden
in
inum and white gold, set
!ages of Russia and on a Pale
their heavy loads. A one-legged sol-
faith, and by his simple trusting will not. You will only have anothe
with diamonds if
which shall be but a brighter vi
dier crouched on the pavement. About said, but she had many American jewel-boxes. They have been kept views. Only now, years after his goyish nation added to the list."
desired.
his neck hung a card on which was friends. She had frequently enter- alive and beautiful by almost con- death, I look back, and remembering
"But, grandfather, haven't we a on the banks of the Weichsel.-
written: "Bitte, la bin ein blinder tained Mark Twain and his sweet stant wearing. Ever since they came his ways and his sayings, I begin to right to these things, too?" asked m y Day.
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"Ile fought for his country, poor She had known Bret Haste, William they have been dipped in sea water."
"Yes, we have a whole lot of rights.
I begin to wonder what he really
She opened the box and, taking out
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I didn't say no. I only said it is not
the precious treasures, wound them believed in. I begin to look deeper Judaism, it is not Yiddishkeit. You
four times around her slender neck. and I see behind his utterances, his have a right to be a goy, a Ilebrew
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"But what is it to be a Jew, grand- M., will hold a regular communic
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:kft
"When Napoleon Bonaparte was in ponder them the more unsettled be-
father?"
Wednesday, Dec. IS, at 7 p. m.
Vienna, Madam, my grandmother was come my views.
"To be a Jew? How can I tell tins of officers.
Did my grandfather believe in Can
presented to him. She wore these
you, my child? Is is not a thing that
pearls. Napoleon wished them for Eden, in a Gehenom, in a life after is said in 10 words, al regal achas.
C. K. SANDORF, Seereta
Josephine. At the coronation of death? Did he really believe in fu-
LOUIS IL WOLFE, W. s!
It is a whole world, which my great-
ture
punishment
and
future
reward?
Queen Victoria my—"
But she was not allowed to finish Did he look on religion as a faith, a
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her proud story. Madeline could no thing accepted and true? Of course Vls7CSICISISIMISINWCWilsW4W•laS741
he did! Ask my mother, ask my
longer control her impatience.
relatives
and
friends.
Did
he
not
go
Joseph had picked up an illumi-
nated copy of the Book of Job, and to synagogue every Sabbath, and, in
seemed to have forgotten everything his latter years, every day? Did he
but the exquisite beauty of the old not most piously prepare his own
graveclothes, sewing them carefully,
pages.
"Princess, how much are you ask- almost with love? Did he not have a
specially large Talith, and Tephhilin
ing for the necklace?"
"Herman, the expert, priced them boxes that outshone all others? Was
he not something of a scholar, too?
at 2,000,000 kronen."
"Thank you. May I look at them Did he not regularly put money in
the Bal Ness boxes? Was he not full
closely?"
Reluctantly the princess placed of wise old sayings, and religious
them in her hand. Madeline walked proverbs?
Yes, all of this is true. He was, to
to the pier-glass and wound them
around her lovely neck. Her eyes all the world, a simple, kindly, trust-
ing
old soul, in appearance and in
sparkled. For some moments she
stood silent, smiling at her reflection heart the traditional Jewish grand-
father.
And yet-
in the mirror.
i remember how, on Friday nights,
The princess sat quite still, her
he
used
to sit up late over his Tal-
hands crossed in her lap.
Presently Madeline turned from mud, how he used to look with
the smiling face in the glass, and said, mournful eyes on the two Sabbath
candles, as they sputtered and flick -
coldly:
"The price net for the pearls is ab- ered in their silver sockets. I re-
member how he used to forget him-
surd."
"Absurd!" cried the princess. "The self, how he used to murmur aloud
Home comfort, convenience and beauty have been
necklace is famous, not only for the to himself, thinking that nobody
combined in this modern residence at 1944 Edison
perfection of the pearls, but because heard him — strange, melancholy
words,
phrases,
half-phrases,
that
Ave.,
situated on a finely wooded lot 50x133, in the
of its historic interest."
heart of one of the best residential districts. BUilt
"Its history does not interest me, used to make my blood run cold, that
used
to
fill
me
half
with
terror,
half
princess. If they had been worn by
by owner for home.
all the queens in all the courts of Eu- with secret happiness.
Main floor comprises living room, sun room, rest
"Even as these candles flicker, so
rope, it would not enhance their value
the life of man flickers. See, see,
room, breakfast room with quarry tile floor; kitchen
in my eyes."
how
they
struggle
and
jump
and
will
with
Linotile floor and incinerator; lavatory and toilet.
The princess shivered, her eyes
not go out. Look! It is almost dead,
filled with tears.
The second floor contains four bedrooms and bath
it
is
almost
extinguished,
and
then
"You have other jewels?" asked
and the third floor three bedrooms and bath.
it leaps up again. It will not die.
Madeline.
"I had others, but nearly all of Even so is the life of man. Even so
Large ballroom in basement 20'x36' with red
them were sacrificed during the sec- a man struggles with the Malach
quarry-tiled floor, bricked up wainscoting, balance of
ond year of the war. I gave the Hamoves. He is almost in the grave,
walls
and ceiling plastered. Finished in golden oak with
money to my sister, the Duchess of his last breath flutters in his bosom,
beamed ceiling, also fireplace. Kitchenette in base-
L. My diamonds are in Paris, but and yet he will not die. He will not
ment,
also lavatory and toilet. Home must be seen
the market is glutted. The windows die. And then, auddently, a flash—
to be appreciated.
are ablaze with jewels that once be- and it is done. Darkness. Nothing.
longed to the aristocrats of Russia, The cold earth. What after? Who
who have literally poured their treas- knows, who can tell us? The wise
men say this and they say that. But
ures into the lap of Paris."
"True," Madeline smiled slightly, I only know that the cold earth cov-
"the markets everywhere are glutted. ers you, and the grave is dark and
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You can't expect to receive normal chilly. That is all I know."
So he would murmur to himself,
prices. I will give you 1,500,000
thinking that no one heard him,
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kronen for the pearls."
"I have gladly sold my jewels to dreamy, forgetful of the world
THE
help others; but the pearls are so around him.
"Only yesterday, it seems, I was
precious, if I must part with them,
do not ask me to do no at a sacrifice." a boy in Russia, and only yesterday I
used
to bathe in the Weichsel, and
There was no response. The prin-
cess glanced at Joseph. His face was used to stand on the bridge to watch
the
boats
pass. Woe is me, it was a
bent low over the book.
dream, and all I haves done is dream,
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Who
needed
it?
Did
I
ask
for
it?
To
kronen? I assure you, princess, you
have struggled so, to have suffered
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can do no better."
"One million five hundred thousand so and . .
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It was strange enough, but in those ,
kronen is only about $2,000 in your
American money," cried the princess days, in those moments, I never used
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An uncrowded dance floor. The beat $1. 1
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to think of asking him: But, Grand-
bittrely, "and my need is great."
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wearing the pearls, looked down on wicked go to Gehenom?" I never
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