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JEWISH IMMIGRANT
AMAZES SCIENTISTS

Benjamin Zion Linfield' Comes
to Forefront as Mathe-
matical Genius.

PITTS . UFO

Lewis Browne, former rabbi, of Waterbury, Conn., and now engaged in
literary work in New York on the Nation and Freeman, writes me that he
is engaged on a history of the Jews written for children, somewhat after
the style of Van Loon's "Story of Mankind." An interesting feature of
Browne's book will be the illustrations • la Van Loon, done by Browne
himself. I shall look forward with keen interest to the anoearance of this
work which, to use the phrase of the country editor, "will fill a long felt
need." We surely need • readable story of the Jews that will hold the in-
e t of the young folk. Mr. Browne has also written • novel which is
now in the hands of the publisher and will be issued very soon.
•
Let us be thankful that only 100 per cent Americans are making the
tempest in the Tea Pot Dome oil scandal, now being smeared all over the

front pages of the papers.

I am in receipt of an indignant denial from a Ford owner that he uses
his copy of the Dearborn Independent to cover the radiator in cold weather
—he uses it to wipe his feet on after he climbs in. Nasty underfoot, these

days!

L. Emmett Holt died recently at the age of 70. If "Jack" Holt's death
had been announced, the papers would probably have carried front page
stories and all movie land would have mourned. Such is civilisation. What
did this other Halt do? Not much. He was the outstanding specialist in
the di e of childhood and tens of thousands of mothers have been grate.
fat for their "Holt" in the hour when their children have been taken stud.
alertly ill. His text book on di f infancy and childhood his remained
for the past quarter of a century the standard text book in English on the
subject. He was indeed the nation's best friend of the child, and unlimited
is the number of children who owe their lives to this great physician.

No wonder Christianity is getting to be so unpopular among Christians!
The Nation carries the story of "Bill" Simpson, who used to be a preacher
until the church condoned war, when he thought he might begin to engage
in a Ch ri stian occupation. So he began to build houses for poor people in
• town in New Jersey, and he lives among the poor on the same level with

the people he serves. He says:

"What's the use of our talking about Jesus, when Ile said very
plainly that so long as we left one human being hungry or thirsty
or cold or unfriended or in prison, even so we left JeAus: Where is
the goodness of giving out what we do not need, which still leaves
us hundreds of dollars for ourselves, and our tables and wardrobes
full? Only that giving has beauty that makes us equal with the man
to whom we give."

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NEW YOB K.—(J. T. A.)—A
mathematical genius has come to the
newspapers.
forefront in the person of Benjamin
Zion ',infield. So conspicuous have
The vaudeville fans I find all know "Bob" Hall, who looks at you and been his achievements, in spite of his
then reels off I yards of rhyme about you that is positively uncanny.
e xtreme youth, that his professors of
I am not referring to the rhyme but to his amusing facility. He debates mathematics in the universities where •
impromptu, always in rhyme. I know well-meaning youths and maidens he studied soon found that their
who can rhyme without reason, but Hall rhymes with reason. But what young prodigy has exhausted their
will interest the readers of this column most is that Hall is an Orthodox fount of learning and they could of-
Jew, who practices what he preaches. An up-to-date young man, 40 years fer him no more. It was then that
minus, he find little trouble in avoiding treifa; he limits his eating to the attention of a few prominent
strictly kosher diet; he will accept your invitation to lunch or dinner, but Jews was called, who, appreciating his
he will occupy the time not with eating (unless it is kosher), but with rhyme. brilliant mind, enabled him to proceed
Reminds of Herbert Friedenw•Id of Baltimore, who when going abroad ar- to Europe to study under the great
ranges for kosher kitchen facilities on board the steamer.
masters, Einstein, Goursat, Drach and
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others. William II. Echols, professor
But the most interesting and praiseworthy quality of "Bob" Hall is that of mathematics in the University of
in •II the ye.. he has been on the stage he has never uttered • slang Jewish
Virginia, prophesies that Linfield
phrase meant to get • laugh from the audience, nor has ever exploited any
will soon take his place among the
of the shortcomings of his people for the purpose of gain. In other words,
foremost men of science of America
he does not capitalise the fact that he is a Jew, nor does he endeavor to and prove a credit to his adopted
increase his income by making fun of or indulging in crude, vulgar Yiddish
country.
jokes at the expense of his fellow Jews. So rare is this that I lift my hat
Benjamin ',infield entered this
in respect to the fineness of such • character. Jews like "Bob" Hall will country as a poor Jewish immigrant
never add to the prejudice against the Jews. I want to advertise this fact
boy. Ile is but one of ninny that
In every Jewish community of the country in the hope that those so-called have contributed so much in the'
"Jewish comedians" who are in practice worse than the worst Gentile anti. realms of science and literature of
Semites, may learn the lesson from "Bob" Hall, who reveres his faith and
our country. Yet a Linfield would
who is such • self-respecting Jew that he could not lower himself to utter
he barred by the new immigration
one word in public derogatory to his people or his faith.
legislation proposed by the restric-
Now I can understand the reason for that miniature Torah which lies fionists, as inferior and undesirable.

on my desk.

TO THE PUBLIC

We, the Executive Committee of the Frank & Seder
Store, have taken over full responsibility for the Buyers'
and Managers' Sale, which is now in progress and will
continue until Saturday, Feb. 16. We have made every
effort to provide merchandise offerings that live up to the
Frank & Seder policy of giving the public sensational

Biographical Sketch.

Professor Ee,_hols has given the fol-
lowing biograAcal sketch of the life
of t he young mathematical genius:
Benjamin Zion ',infield, 25 years
of age, was born near Riga. lie was
the tenth and youngest child of a
pour Jewish rabbi in Russia. Not
being permitted to attend the public
schools in that country, as a child he
had to study privately and for his
years became proficient in Hebrew I
and mathematics. Feeling the spirit
of intellectual and personal freedom
impel his soul, at the age of 16, alone,
he made his way to America, landing
in Norfolk, Va., with no money and
knowing only two words of English,
in fact he only knew one, for he
hyphenated it, "High-School." Ile
entered the lowest grade of the pub- •
lie school in Norfolk, and knowing I
no English he was classified as defi-
cient. But a lady, one of the teach-'.
era, became interested in him and I
gave him priVate instruction in Eng- I
lish. So bright was hi s m i n d , so
hungry was his ambition, and so fine
his courage and insatiable his appe-
tite for knowledge that at the end of 1
the year it was said of him by the
principal that his examination papers
were expressed in better English than
those of any of the pupils in the
school and that he knew more mathe-
matics than anyone in the entire
large school. At the end of that year
he went to Richmond and entered the
John Marshall High School in the
state of Virginia. Ile supported him-,
self by teaching Hebrew to private
pupils in the city, by which he earned
$4 each week. His board with a poor
family cost him $2 a week. There
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February 7, 1924.

E XECUTIVE OFFICES

To The General Shopping Public:

Consistent with our policy of progress, and our decision to
change February (ordinarily a dull month) into a busy month, se are
again turning over the reins of this business to our Buyers and Managers
with instructions to go after business in their osn say and give to the
Detroit public bargains worthy of this store.

In our receiving rooms over $300,000 worth of nes Spring
merchandise (advantageously bight) has been unpacked and checked ready
for a great February business. Our buyers have been given full privilege
and authority to sell this merchandise -

at cost - belom coat - or slightly above cost

in order to bring this store a big volume of business during this sale.
They also have been instructed to close out -

All Winter garments and other Winter merchandise
Regardless of Cost

Our buyers are on tiptoes to put this sate over in a big say.
Extraordinary inducements sill be offered to bring you to the store each
day. Watch our daily announcements. The sale opens tomorros.

General Manager for Frank & Seder Co
of Detroit

ARABS STIRRED BY
ARRIVAL OF STRAUS

MENORAH LEADER WINS
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP

ed b ythe late Cecil Rhodes to content
the friendship between England and
America, are the most coveted honors
open to American university students
and are awarded on the basis of per-
sonality and athletic prowess as well
as brilliant scholarship. Treiman was
born at Odessa, Russia, and took his
A. B. and A. M. degrees at Washing-
ton University, specializing in the
classics, and afterward taking up the
study of law. It is expected that he
will dertte part of his study at Ox-
ford to Jewish law.

NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—Israel
Treimun, last year's president of the
in the kitchen stove and in this room
Memory
Society at Washington Uni-
at night five small children studied
"Bill" was arrested for trying to make • street speech while in his bare their lessons out loud. In spite of
versity at St. Louis, has won an ap-
feet. Ha was arrested on the charge of "indecent exposure." Even • Chris. these handicaps, he graduated with Express Their Gratitude to Ha- pointment as Rhodes scholar-at-large
tian civilization demands that we wear shoes in winter, although Jesus paid high distinction from the high school.
He will go into residence at Oxford
daasah Medical Organ-
next October for the three-year term
but little attention to them.
Learning that the University of Vir-
=anon.
of the scholarship, and will do re-
ginia at Charlottsville had a fund ,
All text books that initimate an origin of the human race other than from which it loaned money to de-
search work in jurisprudence.
that which is contained in the Bible will be barred from the schools of North
The Rhodes Scholarships, establish-
Further gratitude of the Arabs to-
serving poor students, he entered that
Carolina. Governor Morrison said:
university and immediately his bril- wards the Iladassah Medical Organiz-
Bunt mind attracted attention. He ation is evinced in an article pub-
"Evolution means progress, but it does not mean that man, God's
took the regular bachelor of science lished in Lisan, a Jerusalem Arab
highest creation, is descended from the monkey or any other animal.
course, specializing in mathematics, newspaper, in praise of Nathan
I do not believe he is, and I will not consent to the teaching of any
the sciences and modern languages, Straus, noted American philanthro-
such doctrine or intimation of such a doctrine shall be taught in
and in due course of time was gradu- pist, who recently arrived in Pales-
our schools."
ated with the degree of Bachelor of tine for a tour of the country. The
This effectually disposes of the entire question.
Science with distinction. His mathe- name of this great benefactor is
matical ability was so great that he known in Palestine to every Jew,
A writer in the Christian Science Monitor, who is secretary of the Pung particularly attracted the professor Moslem and Arab through the Ha-
Chow Association of Philadelphia, takes issue with a worthy Christian gen. of mathematics and he was appointed dassah Medical Organization's work
tleman who fears that we shall indirectly corrupt the Chinese (!) through instructor of mathematics at a salary there, and his arrival, according to
this form of gambling. He replies by saying that Pung Chow, which is the which enabled him to pay expenses Lisan, has created as much stir among
game played by the upper cl in China, has been played for over 3,000 and to repay the borrowed money the Arabs as the Jews.
years. That Mah Jong is • form of the game played in China, only by the from the university. Mr. ',infield
"The future of the Holy Land lies
coast coolies. He ssiys that while the element of chance is inevitably then took graduate mathematics and
in the cradle," said Mr. Straus in his
present, Pung Chow is largely a matching of wits and very much a matter physics and was graduated as Mas-
cable announcing his latest gift to
of mathematical judgment. The skilled player will win in the long run. ter of Science, and upon his gradua-
Hadassah of $10,000, made at the
He makes the interesting statement that he has never seen it played in club tion he was elected to the member-
Thirteenth Zionist Congress held at
rooms or in private homes for stakes; bridge whist and other card games ship of the honor society of Phi Beta
Karlsbad last August. This slogan
may seem to some of their followers to require the added spice of financial Kappa, the most distinguished acade-
has been adopted by Iladassah in the
risk, but Pung Chow, "the scholarly game of a hundred intelligences," re.
role honor conferred on graduates. milk bottle campaign for additional
quires no extra seasoning of any kind. He says that he has frequently It is of interest to the alumni of the funds for the maintenance of the
Played with an octogenarian Chinese doctor of literature, who admitted University of Virginia to know that
milk stations in connection with the
that in 70 years of study he had not achieved the mathematical surety that Mr. Linfield is the last person upon
infant welfare work. The plan for
would denote perfect play. He said of Pung Chow:
whom was conferred the degree of the use. of this gift, which has re-
graduate in the School of Mathemat- ceived the approval of Mr. and Mrs.
is
more
than
an
idle
pastime.
It
is
a
solace
for
gentle
and
"It
ics, a degree established by Thomas Straus and of the governing board
contemplative minds. One learns from it many admirable rules of
Jefferson, the founder of the uni- of the Hadassah hospitals in Pales-
conduct, and above all does it reveal the wisdom of patience which is
versity, and since abolished.
tine, is to develop a complete system
a golden virtue. It teaches one to judge correctly, and he who is
Gets Harvard Fellowship.
of infant welfare stations in Jerusa-
able to do this is well fortified."
Through the influence of his pro- lem and Tiberias.
Spoken like • true Confucian!
fessor and on account of his excellent
Mr. Straus' gift is to be reserved,
records and attainments, Linfield se- if possible, for the permanent equip-
Here is an old truth stated in understandable language. Even such ■ cured a fellowship at Harvard Uni-
ment involved in a three yearn' de-
Jew as he who stooped in the gutter to write •uch • miserable book as versity, where he pursued his mathe-
velopment. Through Mr. Straus'
"Haunch, Paunch and Jowl" could possibly understand from reading this matical studies for three years, and
generosity, the establsihment of an
statement that Jea have some other mission in America than to be as he in June, 1923, was graduated from
infant welfare station for the exclu-
misrepresents them in his book. Bernard Semel is the author of the article Harvard with the degree of Doctor
sive use of Arab mothers has been
in question, which appears in that Jewish literary monthly, the Jewish of Philosophy in Mathematics. Dr.
made possible. A stipulation of Mr.
FIN DOe Whiell and AVM Self-Alounhnicarrirr,
Forum, which circulates among the intellectually-elect. This is the para. Linfield's original thesis presented for
Straus' gifts is that they be used
graph in question:
this degree was of most creditable "for Arabs, Jews and Christians
character, exhibiting originality in alike." This request is best carried
"Among 110,000,0000 Americans we, as merely 3,000,000 Ameri-
conception and imagination in re- out in the work of Iladassah, which
cans of Jewish extraction, would not constitute an important factor
search. Meanwhile he has published has shown absolutely no discrimina-
either in respect of numbers or social importance. As individual
two excellent papers in the Transac- tion in dispensing medical aid and
Americans without our Judaism, we would be a colorless, unimpor-
tions of the American Mathematical carrying on its infant welfare work.
tant quantity, not possessed of any particular social physiognomy.
Society which demonstrate his ability
Although the itinerary of Mr.
But as 3,000,000 American Jews, as a group with a distinct culture,
to treat with abstruce subject.
Straus' sojourn in Palestine has not
with specific mental abilities and with traits of character discernible
Certain gentlemen in New York been announced, it is known that he
as Jewish "par excellence"—as such a gropp we can aid to a con-
City, recognizing the possibilities of will carefully inspect the Iladassah
siderable extent in the development of loftier American principles
a brilliant intellect and of the impor• centers there.
and ideals. Our cultural traditions, our ability to appraise cultural
tance to our country of scientific
values, our clear concept of justice—all these are important factors
enius, have most generously con-
in the elevation of Americanism and in the development of Ameri-
tributed the necessary funds to en- N. Y. TIMES CRITICIZES
can ideals.
able Dr. ',infield to pursue his studies JOHNSON BILL OPPONENTS
abroad and to further enable him to I
Well, that seems • good mission for the Jew. Much better than to try equip himself for scientific research.'
to change our noses and our names and to spend our time complaining be- He is now working in the University
NEW YORK.— (J. T. A.) — The
cause we cannot get into certain summer hotels. Mr. Semel (or is it Doc- of Paris doing work under the guid- New York Times, in an editorial
tor?? suggests that what we need to properly understand and carry out our ance of the leading French mathema- "When Europeans Migrate," criticizes
mission is Jewish education.
ticians, Goursat, Drach, Carton, Mon- 1 those opponents of the Johnson Bill
tel, and under Lebesgue, Hadamard who maintain that should America
It keeps us busy thine days. Along comes a letter with this enclosure in College de France. Ile will later close its doors to immigrants, they
from • Mother Goose Book published by a Chicago firm by the name of study in Italy to get the Italian point have no other haven. The Times cites
FOURS and SIXES
Donohue:
of view, and subsequently in Cam- Canada, Australia, New Zealand and
"Jack sold his golden egg
bridge, London and Edinborough. Ile South America as offering excellent
To a rogue of a Jew,
will return, we hope, to take his place opportunities to emigrants.
Who cheated him out of
among the mars of science of America
a
"There has been much loose ,alk"
The half his due."
and we predict will become one of says the editorial, "about the poor and
When my correspondent reed this, he wrote to the Donohue company, those who reflect credit upon himself
wh o certainly must have blinders on their proof readers to let such a miser- and his country in that far-reaching, downtrodden immigrant and the cal-
lousness of those who would keep him
able thing be sent out. They answered that they thought they had changed far-seeing field of research and dis-
out. The sentiment of the country,
the particular verse in question. But it seems that someone was careless,
covery.
however, is clearly in favor of restric-
but • change will now be made in all the editions. Further, we are informed
tion and asks only that this be on
that "this is the exact wording in the original edition of Mother Goose."
equitable basis. To distriminatc
SURVIVED BY 150 GREAT, an
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against certain races as the plan
Maybe it is. I never saw it, but that doesn't prove it ionl, there. But
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN based on the 1890 census undoubt-
no publisher should be such • dumb bell as to permit such cruet and libelous
edly
does,
is
to
violate
the
rules
of
• thing to appear in • publication for children. It's had enough, of course,
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WARSAW.— (J. T. A.) — Masha fair play. It is to be hoped that
if such stuff •ppe•rs in publications for adults. But it is unspeakably con•
the immigration committee of the
temptible in a children's book. I am glad that the Donohue Company recog• Gartenstein, died here at the age of
Ii.
nixes the error they have made, and the first chance I get I am going to 105. She is survived by 150 great- House will decide upon some more
suitable basis of rejection."
great grandchildren.
hunt that original edition of Mother Goose.

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DEATH FOR ATTACK
ON SAMUEL'S ESCORT

JERUSALEM.—(J. T. A.)—A sen-
tence of death was imposed by the
court on a member of the Druse tribe
who participated in an attack on the
escort of Sir Herbert Samuel, British
High Commissioner in Palestine last
June. Another Druse( of minor age,
was sentenced to life imprisonment
for the same offence.

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