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THEPLTROIVEWIS/191KOISICLE

That Purim Night

By Z. LEVIN

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ORDER
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for a
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was poor; was muddy, and my feet wet, frezen
There was a time when I
am rich. My window display and heavy. The phonograph seemed
n .NV 1
shines and glitters on Sixth Avenue, to pull use down to the earth. Each
and the branches of my business are little while I changed the box with the
well knovn in Harlem and the Bronx. hula from One armpit to the other....
dragged about all day in van:.
Things go well with me. My family I had besides, there was the littleness
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and I live nn Riverside Drive.
s s of self-respect that I felt
My children know nothing of the and the I
Ffo: t Side and soy past life there. in myself; I was good for nothing.]
A B E MAX
have almost forgotten g ad for nothing. Of course people
I myself
, E
Hamtramck Chevrolet Sales
o did sell phonographs. I was not the
11426 Jos. CamPau Hemlock 9010 frcm where I come. I do not want t d only agont who visited the houses. ...
' remind myself of those places an . Of course, I was good for nothing; I
r
thine days. There is no Is aging or d
not know how to
i•for them is me. And there is no had no brains; I did
''s"
I :sender in that: was Ike so good to sell. Men like me were fated to van-
,
ng ow , tsh. Tomorrow morning- I would ear-
any
thi
me there? Did I have
ry the phonograph bock to the man III)
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hesides troulle and need?
Cut once a year, at a certain time, the Bowery, and that would he the
48 e there settles on me It 1111 let sot row, a end of it.
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45 secret longing, and I live over again
I began walking in the direction of .
:o a certain period of that time, some
School of the Dance.
0 thirty years and more back, when I my home. I walked several blocks
did not without stopping. I was broken in
We Correctly Teach Your Child ... was still poor and onion, and
;•. h. pc, nay, even did not dream, to be- spirit 8114 ashamed of myself. And
— in —
a.: come what I am today. I cannot get walking in this manner, it ocrured to
rid of that longing. Wherever I may me to try just a little more, to go'
Toe, Ballet, Character 0 he, or wherever I may go, it follows through one more house at least. I
-vas SUCO that there was nothing for 1
i me....
and the Art of Dancing
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me there that I would not sell a sin-
that my work would
:
SPECIAL TEACHERS TRAIN.
Sonie thirty-odd years ago I lived gk phonwraph,
I
through
a
dark
winter,
a
winter
of
be
wasted; and yet I felt that I must
ING CLASS
troubles and slack-time, of poverty visit another house to save my self.,
. Sl
Write for Descriptive Folder ..:i ,,,
and ..,
- -d
M y tw
o
children su f - respect, if nothing else,—otherwise I
tw little
■
fared from hunger and cold. My would find no rest ... I would not go,
— or —
apartment consisted of two narrow, I said to myself; I must go, I answer-
Phone Glendale 9019
forlorn rooms, without air or light. e d myself.—only one more house ...
4152 WOODWARD at WILLIS / O. ' And besides, there was the continual I decided to go. All the houses look-.
Suite 106
: fear of losing the apartment also, of ed alike to me, there was nothing to
ICIXILNIM.W162~CleaWors being thrown out into the streets ,— ch.. ,se from, so I mounted a stoop,
the eight dollars rent seemed a royal climbed up one flight of stairs, and
treasure, and I could not see where I knocked at the first door I came to.
could get it before the first of the I saw there was holiday in the
month arrives!. There was a crisis house. There was a covered table
that y' ar, there Sons no work in the with bottles of wine and cake and
shops; the most that I worked that fruit. And the people, quite a few of
winter was a day and a half or two them, Jews from the homeland with
each week, and four people had to live beards and skullcaps, and women in
on the proceeds of that. In addition, wigs were dressed in their Sabbath
one of my children was sick because best, with holiday written on their
of bad and insufficient fool because N ee ,
All of them grew quiet suddenly and
of the lamp walls of our apartment.
Each day I would sieve through the looked at me. I told them why I came
papers for something from which I and wanted to get down to business,
could make a few cents. No work to show them what the new invention
I k like,
loo but one of the Jews said
would have been too bald f or e ni
Health and Strength in
would not have been ashamed to do to me, without anger, in a tone of
every spoonful
anything in order to earn a little mon- friendly admonition:
"How is it that a Jew tries to sell
Cl, and live a little more freely, a lit-
tie more easily,—to have enough to goods on a holiday, on Purim night?" I
I did not know that it was Purim
pay for bread and coal. Doing this,
I noticed in a paper One day something that night. I was not religious, and a
which I thought fitted me, and I went holiday like Purim certainly did not
to the given address, which was 1.n the interest me. But I did not want to
Bowery. The place was a small phon- confess to them that I had left Jew-
°graph store. At that time the photo- ishness so far behind me, and I want-
For drinking and for baking
graph 'vas still a new invention, and ed to give some sort of excuse, but an
short and wale gray
very few people on the East Side had old Jew with A
In sanitary packages,
ever heard of it. The storekeeper beard and copper-framed spectacles,
doubly sealed, to hold the
wanted agents to go around selling who was the host, came to my rescue.
wonderful aroma and de-
"You must not ask," he said, as if
phonographs on the installment plan,
licious taste.
—a half-dollar down and a quarter a in anger. "Ile must make a living, of
week until the phonograph was paid course. Men don't walk about as such
Other Rokeuch Food Product.
fen The phonograph was quite small a time just for the fun of it."
A quiet melancholy descended upon
Rokeach Kosher Salad Oil
and could easily he carried under the
Rokeach l'ure Honey
rm; the price was also smll,—$1
a
2 those in the room. They grew still
Rokrach Bar Chocolate
n all. The plan was to go fro m hous e I begun to feel smaller and smaller.
. My face was burning....
to house, front door to door, to play

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STUDIOS

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; HESE illustrations are drawn from the actual furni-
ture on our sales floors. Every suite is exactly as pic-
tur ed here and you can easily recognize the furniture
from the pictures.

Saturday Special
Pictured at R i g h t

T HE

large size davenport,

chair and rocker are finished
in mahogany. with cane backs

and velour upholstered, loose

spring cushions. The davenport

opens full bed size. The special

price on this mate makes it a

wonderful value. Convenient

credit with price same as for

cash.

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A Year To Pay!

3-Piece Velour Queen
Anne Suite at the Left!

THE

full beauty of this suite can
be better appreciated when you see
the furniture itself. The upholstery
Is of very fine velour and the o des
and backs are of the same material.
Loose spring cushions. Another Sat-
urday special Prices same as for cash!

ROKEACH
PURE
COCOA

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world.
he purchase of the
;ailable by a group
'at, headed by Ben
Jonah Wise, both

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A Year To Pay

2-Piece "Karpen” Mohair
Suite Pictured at Right!
A

VERY high quality of mohair is used for up.
holstering this beautiful suite. It has loose
spring cushions and all Marshall spring construction.
record in each home, and to persuade I set the instrument, and played a
WOO
the people to buy. Each morning I record, telling them that the price
In addition to the low price you can take a
I. ROKEACH & SONS, Inc.
was to come to the store with the or- only twelve dollars, a half-dollar down
full year to pay on ROBINSON-COHEN'S
BROOKLYN, N.Y.
dent. The storekeeper himself was to and a quarter a week in stallinents.
credit plan, without any additional charge.
deliver the phonographs to the buyers All of them became interested in
A Year to Pay
and to take the first payment. If the the phonograph. I talked, I went into
rest of the payments were made, I details, I told them of the wonders of
was to receive two dollars in c. minis- the new invention, but the old man
who was the host eat me short.
sion on each phonograph sold.
"First have a little wine and eat
I had never been a business man,
not
he
something.
After all, this is a holi-
and I imagined that it W01114
any
too
sweet
a
job
to
knock
at
strata
day."
WITH
SAFETY —
Everybody' in the room agreed with
were' doors, But I agreed to go:and
ECNOMY
try to each a few cents,—I hail plenty him. The old man filled a wine glass;
f inne, and I had nothing to lose any- I drank and ate a little bit and then
statue
Ctral
who
carry
en
o
Motorists
played another record.
,
,o not only are sale from loss
Protetin
wIf Y•
Two young men among those pres-
th rough file, theft, collision or other
On the morrow in the morning I be-
4
causes but they have that protection
gan
to
climb
stairs
and
knock
at
d•ors.
ant, both with short trimmed beards,
at a loner cost. It will pay you to
seemed to be glued to the phonograph.
investigate Hue company •nd the pro.
Many doors opened to me, and ii' .set
them
had
sung
in
his
youth
of
tection it offers.
quickly when the people heard what I One
with a cantor,—he told me this very
to say. In many homes I was ad-
CENTRAL MUTUAL had
soon,—and the other was a machinist.
mitted and allowed to speak and play
Both seemed to want to get into the
Automobile Insurance Co.
records, but nothing was bought. In
Woodward Ave many places the neighbors would run insides of the phonograph through
Seventh Floor
the
horn and see whence and how the
at
Sibley
DETROIT
Holman Bldg.
in, wondering and enjoying the sing-
singing came. The ex-singer found
Main 31 57.3195
ing that rime from the woedea box,
!flinty of faults in the tone, but he
with the h. in, but no ore bought any-
was enthusiastic to the highest de.
thing. I sp oe. I explained, and when
ree, and he would not stop exclaim-
my heart grrov very bitter, I legged, -,
ing: "My, but where and how does
—hut they did rust buy.
that singing come out of it? How
So, during the whole day I dragged
around through the mud with the can it he possible?" The machinist
ached to take the instrument apart
phonograph under my arm, from
house to h use, from st op to storm,. and see how it . worked.
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ni door to door, playing and try-
WANTED-- Furnished room, by
Attend Our Monday Night
:Meanwhile they had begun putting
ing to persuade peeple to buy, but I
her husband's words, and I knew hid become like a cripple who gees to c me t'S my senses. I felt somewhat
I saw
young man. Between Clairmont
Meetings at 8 P. M.
accomplished nothing,----1 did not earn the real supper on the tilde.
lay pov. I the synag -gue on the Eve of Atone. in re at lase.
how
the
old
man
passed
a
few
quiet
they
were
speaking
of
me,
of
and Twelfth streets district pre-
We are opening our Seventh and
I invented a story to tell my wife.
is single cent. I walked in torn shoes, words to his wife, and I felt my heart arty and of my hunger, and of the In nt with his platter. I was like a
ferred. Write Jewish Chronicle,
Eighth Dearborn Subdivision, close
a
phonograph
in
a
restau-
Is
his
tin
I
had
5,1111
and I was hungry, and my chest and
o f me and glory they were earning. They mustj WI and beggar I'll a c .rnor with
Box 263.
in, highly restricted, beautiful.
mouth were dry with talking, with beat: they
never any of the have seen and known by my looks that I cup t a d by It string to his to els. I was rant I would say, and I had to remain
See Mr. Richardson any morning
Wh
e
were
.
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and
eat
and
then
I
also
bought
some-
poverty..
Persuading people to buy, with telling no
theniselves I it was not every day that I ate din- a wild looking organ grinder, limping
FOR SALF: •Burlingame Ave. Beau-
and be convinced of your
atherMg spoke among
ners like the one the were. giving Me. 1 cn his wooden leg; gathering up pen- t ding to bring hi me. It was holiday
them 5 f the gr, atness and the impor-
tiful new duplex. Maid's quarters
opportunity.
time—Purim. I opened the package
' tame of what I was selling, of the was certain that they spoke of me an
I lowered my eyes even more and I I nit's.
and bat's on third fluor. Tile bath
wonderful new invention . .. And I my unhappy condition. But this time. wanted to ti ar myself I'' piees, till
I put on a now ree , rd, end the ex- for her. There was odorous whin
and sei orate sh neer. Electric fire-
I
had
really
guessed
right.
Svvon
the
wanted to weep, to complain of the
pinch myself till I bled. Oh, if I couldi singer Was touched. It was a Jewish aread, fish, roast, a fr-.5 cakes ,and
Main 5111
1044 Majestic Bldg.
place and French doors. Breakfast
old man approached me and asked me
t
vo
apples.
I
told
her
that
I
lad
s
1•I
dark bitterness of my life....
I
nook. Side drive. On large lot.
thing. The name of the song fitt:•d three phonographs that day—six dolt
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to sit down and eat with them. I beat only run
Again I was not mistaken. Hcfure
Open from '2 to r, and from 7 to 9
about the bush and gave excuses,-1
ars of dean profit. I did not have
my cry:titan. It was a cantor's aria
Twilight came. I • was weakened. had to go homy, I had to visit some the final prayer, the hostess rose, took
p. m. all this week. L. II. Carpen-
the six dollars yet, but it was just as
what with walking and hunger. All other places yet. The ex-singer and some plates from the table, and walk- from the At -netent serf-ice, "The
PHILADELPHIA
ter Co., Northway 0674-R.
they
were
in
my
pocket—and
I
gave
Beggar King." The ex-singer had
had
in
my
poo-ket
was
ten
cents,
so
joined
the
old
man
in
ed
into
the
kitchen.
In
several
min-
'
Meat and Vegetable Market
walked into a saloon, bought a glass the machinist
utes she returned with a large pack- once sung it with Yosst•I bloninwr, her the dollar and five cents—This I
persuading me to remain,-1 could go I
had received as a deposit, I told her. arCOUNTANT, correspondent, etc.,
Fleur 1 who Lad comp.s...1 it, and ti fw he sang
If beer for a nickel, took a bite or two
des r•s position as office manager,
h. me a little later and visit the Places age which she put on the table
She was dissatisfied that I had spent
1 the free lunch, and sat down for a
It was night anyway. me, saying: "You will take this home it in tune with the record. I hod to
or would eUllS der secretarialship to
We offer you service, courtesy and
tomorrow.
I play "The Beggar King" again and mency on such expensive food--what
vhile.
an institution. Write Jewish Chron-
What could I accomplish that night, with-you."
Vegetables, Staples,
quality in
did
she
need
it
for?
The
money
would
was
Should I go farther? Why? I
l did not raise my eyes nor protest. again while the ex-singer sang with
icle, Box 115.
Fish, KOSHER Meat and Poultry.
And in order to make me stay, the ma-
came in handy f .r necessary things.
firing myself in Vain. Ilad I not walk- chinist offered to buy a phonograph Let them do whatever they would with Lars in his eyes. I had only four ree-
8522 TWELFTH STREET
Jill Jo a ish ones. "The But I ea•ouraged her with go. d hopes
'
aUD:T,
NEAT YOUNG MAN desires
1 d enough? Nobody wanted, nobody from me. So did the singer. They me. They had given me eat, and now :lids
wit h me: t
sa for the future. Phonographs seemed
ht;,,, Ftaaitohlic:n
,.:i(
needed phonographs. And besides I wanted to pay me the first half-dal. they were tilling my beggar's sackll-ur 1iitgs"mutiiit
roam and board. Reasonable terms.
-
,and
to lot a gaod business, and I was fit
ad thrown away those five bloody tars at once, but I told them that I that I might take it away with ms. S' ne,,g by
Three-mile
circle. Phone North-
hep, aulli'a. rann.ild''Tdiv . v :,,, for it, and even if I should sell n
i iitsKIe songs ' ii fiti olfur,t., 13p
, , its on beer. I was going home smon
way 5475-W.
could not take the money from them, (1h, if I could only have hidden myself gl
niore than lire phonograph a day—
uld
have
found
something
to
eat
o
I w
If I c .old'
that I could only write down their . for a link-while, and wept. away
from ef that time. And after each record and I certainly would sell more—that
have only ,viped the Hoed
licre. And five cents'
TIIREE REFINED YOUNG MEN de-
names and addresses, and that my em- ,
h e wins rang in the plate, and each would be twelve dollars clean each
When I walked out of the saloon it
:ire room and board with private
ployer would bring the phonographs I my heart and my eyes. Oh, if these' t
os already dark outside. I was a to them on the next day. good people could have d ,ne are that •cparate coin fell like a stone on my week.
family. Vicinity library-, "Kreis-
My poor wife had a happy Purim
Log distance from home. The street
"You can put me down, too," said favor. If I could hide myself from hoart and my hrsin, and shook and
berg," 210 East Palmer.
that night, after a long winter of mis-
the old man, "but you must remain . theta for a few minutes, and remain t am and shattered the soul within.
I was torn with a desire to go home ery and need.
I
FOR RE T—Metibury Ave. Fur-
:alone and tear rovself to piecos.
with us for the Purim supper."
but the two young 111011 detained ille
n'shtal front room. Steam heated.
I was astounded and frightened at
After the final . prayer I rose, wish-
Aft
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,
not 1 all the time. At last the go 51 old man
Near t.va car lines. Phone N7.1th-
my sudden success. I did not believe
aI
f
was
(ni
to n h. he. 13u
I
I
cam
to
my
hells
again,
and
said
that
e
way 4706-J.
that what had happened was true. .. ves g t t (Ult. ) d
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Illy family must surely be waiting for
Three phonographs at once. .. . Six
"Our supper is not yet ttver," the me. But the two could not tear them-
FOR RENT—Furnished room in pri-
dollars earned.
At Prices That Save You 11•11,
Detroit Electric Cars
I washed my hands with. the others, old man said. "We still have sonic selves away from the phon -graph, and
vate family for two young ladies or
asked me again and again that I
and sat down to the table. I took a time to spend together."
gentlemen. Home comforts. 278
Service That Is Unexcelled.
New and Exchange
little more wine. I began to feel • Both the singer and the machinist should leave it. I explained that I EDUCAT IONA LIST — Canadian
Brady. l'aone Glendale. 1641-W.
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covered would not even hear of my departure. could tu t leave it, my employer would
Young Judaea requ'res sere
Deliveries to All Parts of the City,
warm, The supper courses
A Real Investment
ices of an educational director. FOR RENT — Hotel Astor Apart-
the entire table,—there was stuffed The table was now set with plater n: t allow me to do Oa. The old man
and
seltzer
ments,
2800
W
Grand
Blvd., op-
reassured me and guaranteed that I
Must be acquainted with Zionist
fish, stalled sweetbreads, plum pod- of boiled peas, siphons of
They offer practically a life-
posite Ford Hospital. Beautiful
v
work, an executive, an organizer
ding. And everybody was so friendly tea. The two young men loo erbun- could do it, ' • that I sly 01 ',Old
m- cm-
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two
and
fear--room
apartments,
time of service and the UT-
• things
would Ire
thi
and a public speaker. Write stat-
to me, they told me to eat and not to grily at the phonograph,. and asked: , ployer to him, that
Hie to play it.
completely furnished. Hotel serv-
lall right. I was forced to take a half
MOST in automobile satisfac-
231 Gr•tiot Avenue
ing experience, qualificat'ons and
to timid. The wine warmed me, :
be so
playing the machine. The I d Bar from him.
ices. Finest beat an in the city.
I
began
salary expected. to P. J.. 1128
heated
my
heart,
while
I
spoke
to
my-
rebuilt
with
thor-
Cherry
9171
when
tion
Rental, 180 to $150 to desirable
t wo glued their earn and eyes to the
l
1114
man
Laurier Ave. West, No. 15, Mon-
Before I left the house, the
self and tried to figure out what was
oughness and repainted with
tenants only.
giving on. They were giving me char- horn of the phonograph.
treal, Canada.
„ me. 1 tor k the change frem the platter, and
care and skill unequaled any-
Again
I
saw
the
old
man
say
sty . .. A poor man had come into a
I quietly gave it to me. without looking
WANTED—Experienced and com- FRENCH dressmaking and tailoring
man's home, and they pitied him thing in secret to his wife, and I knew
where. Specially low priced
weal
Reasonable rates. Mrs. C.
'-' s- Hi' wife hand ed me
clone
petent Jewisa woman director for
inn'.'
my ' ) • which
- Restaurant
and gave him food and drink. I had t hey were talking of me once more. t"
package
I had forgotten on
and sold with same guarantee
Oberman' , 7::; %
Phone
S. Kesh, 1751 Lee place.
children's; camn situated on Lake
I saw the old man take a clean platter'
seen
the
some
thing
happen
so
often
Empire 5132-R.
as new cars.
If you have tried us, you are our
St. Clair, near Mt. Clemens. Refer-
inmy own mother's house . . . And from the dish closet and put it am .ng . the O table.
n coming out into the open and
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TERMS can be arranged.
ences required. Box 325, Jewish FOR SALE—New two-family flat
customer —if not, please do it now.
now it was I, myself. I wanted to cry,' the boiled peas and the seltzer and the
and as son as the record was end- seeing the world again I felt as though
Chronicle. •
Your present car taken as part
the tears stopped the fine 1 01 011 in my i , tea
1425 P.iladelphia , Steam bast
strange and
8526 TWELFTH STREET
a rain into the platter. I had awakened from a
-
'
ed
he
threw
payment.
throat ,I could not swallow.
and fireplaces. Book eases sad
All of them began to dig into their here. y dream, as it I had evened fr m FOR RENT—Nicely furnished room
men
were
already
singing
Par-
showers.
818.250. Owner, Heitz-
The
for one or two Jewish gentlemen,
•
im songs. They asked me to sing with pockets and their pocketbooks. The hell. From hell and paradise, too. The
man. Phone Cherry 7836.
with private family. Near Hamil-
ROYCE & PASSMORE, Inc. them, and I could not even talk. fist to do so were the two young meal minty
frcni the platter still burned in
the palm of my hand. and I wanted to
ton and Trumbull car lines. 1459 C1.EAN CUT young business or pro-
Dealer. i•
I noticed again that the old man Then carne the rest.
Pingree.
of it,—
fessional man to share furnished
Canaries, Parrots and Geld-Fish; al.
was speaking quietly to his wife who , , I did not look into the platter. I . know how much (Mal: was
and dimes—
Res.
rd,
Fish,
Deg
and
Poultry
Supplies.
arartment wall two others.
sat at his side. She threw a quick I only heard the coins falling. And each `nickels, nit kels, nickels
B ∎
il all toget'er YOUNG I. ADY desires position as
a (Te•
snoable. Write Jewish Chronicle,
HIRAM JACKSON
glance at me and meeting my eyes,1 sena.. te ring tore at the strings of a little more than
cook. Well exnerieneed. Phone
l. I poured it
5860 Cut Avenue
art,
clashed
against
my
brain,
I
—a
dollar
and
a
nicke
Box 259.
ROBERT M. DRYSDALE
• t my ■
Mrs. A. Weinstein, Empire 1495 - J.
looked away.
Northway 5470
and my sinews. l ' into my pocket and ran home. I had
Ave. nese Mai& WO
119 E. Jell
She nodded affirmatively in answer I crusl‘d my nerves

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