W_1E *mon /hymn Rom 1CLE PACE TWO Wien; lagamoom:v47Kjra;:guisdikiciovummiziatvsazavOattioasLit BRINGS TO COLLEGE VOLUMES ON JEWISH CULTURE IN CHINA j211-„nDitaol Four Specials Shown at The Shops for This Week "THE STORE THAT MADE Hebrew Union Librarian Re- turns From Europe With Rare Manuscripts. ; d4 CINCINNATL—Records of a Ilr braic community culture in China during the Ming dynasty hundreds of I years ago, of which all trace had been completely lost to civilization, have I been brought to light by Adolph S. Oko, librarian of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, who arrived re- cently on the Berengaria from a book scouting expedition in Europe. Mr. Oko brought back 59 Chinese Hebrew manuscripts bound in the original Chinese silk, which, with the exception of four which were stolen ' several years ago from an exhibition I in London, constitute all the mono- I scripts known to have been written 1 by Jews living in China. 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In England, he bought the Israel 1127-1129 FARMER Solomon collection of rare tracts, Open Saturday Eseuings prints, engravings, seals and medals, Between Gratiot and elfonroe and a book which belonged to Queen Victoria and written in Hebrew and in English, bound in red Morocco and exceedingly rare. There are also tracts by the famous Chacham David collections in the world. the famous Elkan Nathan Adler col- Notto, Chief Rabbi of Portugal; cari- engraved by Levi, and autographed The money for the purcl lection. The Hebrew Union College catures of Jews in England of the letters of English Jews, including books was niade available I acquisition, will eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; library, with the nes , of Jews in the West, head Isaac Disraeli and others. house 70,000 printed books. Among a collection of Jewish book-plates and Mr. Oko's total purchase on this Selling and Rabbi Jonah book-plates owned by Jews. 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I wonder it the editor of the Children's Corner would welcome lit- tle stories, poems or anecdotes which would interest young Jewish readers. A Reader of the Children's Corner. Dear Reader of the Children's Corner: You are quite right in saying that Jewish boys and girls like to write as well as rend. Your suggestion that young readers, who have something of interest to say, should send it in to the Children's Corner, deserves praise. I hope that the girls and boys, who would like to write stories of interest to young Jewish readers or otherwise express themselves, will do so in the near future. It will be gratifying to see Detroit Jewish boys and girls make the Children's Corner a column which they can truly call their own. Now, boys and girls, let us see what you can do in the way of writing stor- ies and poems of Jewish interest. Girls and boys in other cities have written some really good things in their weekly papers, and Detroit lads and lassies ran do as well. Editor, Children's Corner. think that no one wi I allow me to take shelter for the night; but, after all, God is just and whatever He dues must be best." Seating himself tinder a tree, he lit his lamp and began to read out of the the book of law. Be hod only read a few lines when a gust of wind blew out the light. "What!" exclaimed the rabbi, "Am I not permitted even to read? But Gal is just and whatever Ile does must be best." • Ile stretched himself out on the cold, bare earth, trying to get a few hours' sleep. But just as he was dosing off there was a noise. and he woke to find a fierce wolf hurrying past with a bird in its mouth. It was his favorite bird, the cock that woke him every. morn- ing. "Alas!" cried he, "what new mis- fortune is this that has overtaken me? The cock who has been my vigilant companion for so long is gone. Who now will awaken me to the study of the law? But, after all God is just and whatever He does must be best. him into the next world. He thought the matter over care- fully, and finally decided that he would prepare for the life to come by giving generous alms for the rest of , his lifetime. He swore, however, that! he would only give to those who had lost all hope in this world. One day he met a miserable man by the roadside. The latter was poor, and clad in rags, so the rich man de- cided that here was one who, of course had lost all hope. Ile therefore pre- sented the Man with a hundred gold pieces. Amazed the man asked: "Why do you give this princely sum to toe, instead of dividing it among the needy of the city?" "Because," said the man of wealth, "I have sworn of give only to those who are sunk in the depths of despair and who have lost faith in this world." Built by Hudson Under Hudson Patents ..... . .. Advantages of both Hudson and the former Essex are combined in the new Essex Coach. And with finer body and a 6-cylinder motor, built on Hudson patents, its cost is $170 less than Essex closed car comforts ever sold for. It continues the famous Essex quali- ties of performance, economy and reliability. It adds a smoothness of flowing power heretofore exclusive to Hudson. Both cars are alike in all details that count for long satisfac- tory service at low operating cost. The poor man thrust his gold back at him in scorn. "Do you not know," he cried, "that the Eternal can deliver me from need and bestow riches upon me if Ile so desires? It is you who have lost faith. As for me, I trust in the goodness of the Eternal and in His mercy." "I try to help you," said the rich man, "and in return you rebuke me." Steering is like guiding a bicycle. Gears shift easily. Care of the car calls for little more than keeping it lubricated. A PURIM SONG Sing a song of Purim, Jewish girls and boys, Sing a song of Purim With its lasting joys. Scarcely had he lain down again Haman, wicked fellow, when a lion sprang upon his ass and Wished to kill the Jews, carried it off into the darkness. But his plan was ruined "What am I to do now?" cried the By a clever ruse. distressed rabbi. "My light, my bird, and my poor ass are all gone, and I Mordecai went quickly, must wander alone. But praise be to To the Queen he told God, Ile is just and what He does All the dreadful story, must be best." Begged her to be bold. After a sleepless night, the rabbi Esther was a Jewess, went to the village to see if he could Loved her people much, obtain a horse to carry him on his Planned how she could save them way. But what was his surprise and From Ilaman's fearful clutch. horror to find that all the houses had been plundered and their inhabitants King Ahasuerus killed during the night by a hand of Heard the clever plan— robbers. A famous Jewish rabbi named Only one did suffer, "Forgive me, Lord, for complain- Akiva was driven by persecution from And Haman was that man! ing," said he, as he turned his face his native land and compelled to wan- upward. "Had not the people driven der over the dreary desert. Sing a song of Purim, me from their village I should certain- His whole possessions consisted of Thanks to Esther give, ly have shared their fate; had not the a lamp, which he used to light at night Though a queen in Persia wind blown out my light the robbers in order to study a book containing She helped poor Jews to live. would have been attracted to the spot the sacred law; a cock which used to —SIIEILA RAND. and have killed me also; and hadst wake him in good time by his crow- Thou not deprived me of my two com- ing, and an ass on which he rode. panions their noise would also have One evening the rabbi felt almost brought the robbers. Praise be to too exhaused to go farther, and won- Thee forever; Thou art just and what The hundredth anniversary of the dered where he could and shelter for birth of Josef Israel, one of the great- the night. He saw ahead of him • vil- Thou does is best. est Dutch painters of the nineteenth lage and determined to press on and century, is being observed in art ask for a lodging. circles throughout the world. He was Astonishing to relate, however, not born in Groningen in Northern Hol- one of the churlish inhabitants of that His paintings village would give the weary traveller One day a man of great wealth was land, Jan. 27, 1824. shelter, and disappointed and fatigued thinking over the actions of his life- reveal the life of the poor and hum- ble folk in Holland, and shows them he was compelled to make his way in- time. lie could not see what good was to come of the gold he had so carefully in their every day work. He died at to a wood. ' "It Is hard," said the rabbi, "to amassed, as he could not take it with the age of 87. THE RABBI IN THE DESERT JOSEF ISRAELS HOPE ;1 1 Schmitz & Shroder's Newly Enlarged Store Opens Saturday, March 15 Jews. ' 4 85 Vrt- =r @ANNOUNCEMENT ! Mr. Oko also purchased a unique! set of the Talmud of the sixteenth century. It is a first edition and is known as the Goyish Talmud, because although it is a Jewish book, it was never in the hands of Jews. This book was obtained from the Earl of Crawford library. This Talmud is in its original bindings and it contains inscriptions of its various owners. This volume evidently was never used and is bound in vellum and parch- ment. It was printed by Daniel Rom- berg, a non-Jew, one of the most dis- tinguished Italian printers of the fif- teenth century. The librarian also secured a large collection of tracts written by con- 1 verted Jews, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, preaching to their former co-religionists. 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