TIE PrflrOIT fhWISR (Agor4KLE PAGE TWO LEWISOHN WILL HEAD HEBREW SCHOOL STUDENTS WHOSE MASTERY DRIVE OF ORT FUND OF JEWISH LORE CREATED WIDE IMPRESSION Banker Named Honorary Chairman of Campaign. NEW YORK. — Adolph Lewisohn, banker and philanthropist, will be honorary chairman of the Jewish lie- construction Fund, which is being raised under the auspices of the ORT, during the American campaign, ac- cording to an announcement made at the headquarters of the fund in this city. At a meeting of the executive com- mittee of the fund held July 15 the plan for the campaign was presented. It includes a series of trips to be made by representatives of the organization throughout the United States, in an effort to interest local Jewish leaders and to stimulate activity. Dr. !Ivory Moskowitz, Senator Nathan Straus, Jr., Berman Bernstein, Dr. Leon Branson, Pavid Mosessehts Judge Jacob Panken, F. Rosenblatt, A. E. Rothstein, Dr. S. Ellsberg, the newly appointed executive director of the 011T, Abraham Shohan and others are taking part in the preliminary ac- Ten girls and five boys received their diplomas from the United Hebrew tivities. Schools after completing a five-year course. Graduation exercises, presided over by Naomi Buchhalter, one of the graduates, who spoke in Hebrew throughout, were held at the Kirby Center, Wednesday evening, July 16. Frances White, in Children' Addresses were delivered by E. Rabinowitz, president of the United Hebrew Roles, Features Bill at Schools; Bernard Isaacs, principal, and Aaron D. Markson, instructor of Keith's Temple. the graduating class. At the public examinations, held prior to the com- mencement, the graduates displayed a knowledge of Hebrew, Bible, Jewish Frances White, musical comedy history and Talmud that profoundly impressed the rabbis and well-informed star, will head the vaudeville at laymen who were present. Keith's Temple Theater, beginning Monday afternoon. Miss White brings with her a cycle of her own original songs and dances. in which she im- personates little folks in rompers, sandals and a nert pink hair ribbon. She will sing "Mississippi,' 'the child song that made her famous. Others listed for the week include Ted Claire in "Snappy Bits," with Anton Lada's Supreme Syncopators; Low Brice, brother of Fanny Brice, who offers a medley of songs and steps which he calls "Stick to Your Dancing;" Ar- thur Angel and Violet Fuller in "Mu- sic and Chatter;" Ann Gray, harpist and vocalist, who taught harp in Sacred Ileart Convent in New York By SULAMITH ISH-KISI1OR and is a niece of Mary Anderson, the famous actress; Al and Emma Fra. bell and the Pickfords. While he was studying at the uni- Well, Abrahamovitch, it is your versity, however, his old craving to turn to read!" Max Reinhart, producer of "The AhrahamPwitch started, and looked act came back on hint. Ile would not Miracle," and recognized the world at his friend Borissoff, who sat a few act anywhere or anyhow, as before, over as the boldest innovator in the but accepted only roles which' pleased seats away. him, and in the company of actors realm of dramatic art, has returned "I've forgotten the place!" he whis- whom he respected for their art. to the stage after 15 years spent in pered. There was a large theater in Kharkov, producing some of the most distin- Borissoff shook his head helplessly. and another in Odessa, and he went guished stage spectacles of the pres- He had forgotten it, too. back and forth, (rem one to the other. ent century. "Well?" thundered the directsir the school, who was examining the At last he was invited to go to Mos- VisICIAValfX9MS:WiliSWANIa.Val1N, cow to act there. That was like being boys.' • invited to act in New York! Ile wait- "You've lost the place again! 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Incidentally, all Dean. estimates are based upon "Open Shop" principles, which mean absolute fairness to all concerned. , If you have . the decorating of a big apartment house to. arrange for,' by all means let Dean's figure with you. BORIS BORISSOFF `The Shamrock Pharmacy The boys sat still and silent for a " w ' He became better and better known moment, then a roar of indignation all the time, and soon people began to went-up from Borissoff. "Oonfounded yourself! Don't you call him ' The Laugh King," for al- inSult my people!" though his tragic parts were so won- silow dare you answer me? Our dello!, there was no one who could you go!" The director strode to young make people laugh as much as Boris- Borissoff's desk, seized his books, and soft lie was happy, and composed scattered' them all over the floor. music and wrote poems, some of which became very popular; perhaps you "Out!" By the end of the same day, Boris- yourself have played hiS "Romance." We se had been.dismissed from the high Then the revolution broke out and ourtrous Service. Snappy and C ourteous school, and-his dismissal had been ex. lierisoff came to New York where he 0 way that he would has been singing and making everyone pressed in such A Two Store.. net be permitted to join any other laugh. But he is greatest •wilen he 9101 LINWOOD :r in Russia. His education sings serious pieces. • 9118 LINWOOD •„: hiai? over. was f, Phone Garfield 2339 He came sadly home to his father, Descend a step in choosing a wife; who was a lawyer, well-known and mount atstep in choosing a friend. WgValCVCWIMIC.S.VOSSNAWS • • much-respected in the town. When he explained, his father said: "Well, Boris,. you may have been ribt to defend your people, but both you boys were wrong in not knowing• your lessons, I 'always told yea that you spent too much time with your Would Deny Offices to Jews acting and reciting; it is very nice to be able to sing and act well as you And Expel Those Coming do, but it should not have been allow- Since Decade Ago. ed to interfere with your. school-work. Well, that's done now. s I will try to NEW 'YORK.— Reports in Ameri- teach yOu at home whatever I can." can newspapers that have come from So for several years Boris Borissoff Berlin concerning the plan of the an- studied at home and went on spending ti-Semitic Volkisshe extremists of Ba- most of his time at his beloved acting. varia to revert to medieval practices, He read over the works of his mother's as far as their treatment of the Jews father, the well-known Jewish writer is concerned, indicate that the Jews of Eichenbaum, and acted out the parts Bavaria face a perilous situation. The of the heroes; Ile was a short boy, program of the extremists exceeds and his plump taco was always ready anything as yet proposed. in other to smile, so that the friends and ac- countries dominated by hate for the quaintances of the family loved to Jews. The Bavarian Legislature has hear him tell jokes and sing funny before it a hill which would bar all songs, but he also could bring tears to Jews from holding government offices, their eyes with his tragic acting. forbid thins to change their names When he was 16, his father decided and prevent them from acquiring land. that Boris should learn a profession, The bill further calls for the expul- and for three years the boy studied sion of all Jews who settled in the dentistry. At 19 he received his di- country since 1914 and the confisca- ploma, and was ready to begin prac- tion of all the property they acquired tice, when his father died. Borisoff since coming to this country. It also grieved deeply for his father, and the demands that the number of college whole town grieved with him. But, students he curtailed and that Jews after the first pain was over, he re- be ineligible to become high school alized that he had only studied dent- Goods on Display Tuesday Evening, teachers. istry to please his father; he had no The Bavariad Nationalist party, wish at all to be a dentist: he wanted 6 to 9 P. M. while not in entire accord with .the to be an actor. ills mother died when program of the Volkische party, is in be was sin; so there was on one to substantial agreement with it as to try and .hold him hack. Ile felt that 1 the need for reducing the Jews of Ba- he had a career before hint, and he varia to a •c-ndition of helplessness. went into acting with all his heart. The change in the status of the Ba- He traveled to Poland, and went varian Jews cannot, however, be ef- about from town to town, acting first fected without alterations in the Ba- with one company, then with another. varian constitution and approval by Did they need a tragic actor? Borisoff the German Reichstag, which is' con- took the part, and made everyone sidered unlikely. weep. Did they need a clown? Boris- 1 snff was the clown and everybody Nero's Long Rule of Tyranny roared with laughter. Or else he danced, or sang, or told funny stor- Will Be Portrayed in ies. Stadium Pageant. Within a couple of years he was well-known, and very popular wher- Ancient Rome, at "the height of its ever he went. But, although his am- glory" under Nero, will be the scene bition was being satisfied, there was of a dramatic spectacle to be show a restlessness and pain in his heart. at the Grotto Stadium Aug. 2 to 1 Everywhere he went, he saw that the by the,World Amusement Service A people of the stage were mean, cruel, sociation. The life led by the nobles immoral, selfish. Not the great ar- and courtiers under the reign of this tists, of course! He had not yet met tyrant will he nresented in detail, any great artists. He had only seen concluding with the burning of Rome, the failures and the actors who acted one of the many acts of the hated s simply as an easy and lazy • way o f king. A chariot race, in which 20 horses will take part, is another inci- earning a living, who had no ideals of art or of behavior. Borissoff, son dent in the life of Rome which will of such good parents. never smoked be executed. Nero became King of Rome at the or drank or did anything that would age of Ifs after being tutored for his have made his father ashamed of him. position by the greatest teachers of He grew disgusted with the life he the day. Ile had the "artistic tem- saw about him, and decided to give it THE EfAIRRYJi. REAR Cril 1227 Griswold St., between Grand River and State Telephone Main 0224 O'Callaghan Bros. ; 4° tee against unreasonable taxation. must be corslucted just as big liminess Declares Excessive Taxation The men who have declared them• interests are conducted, efficiently, Is Menace and Urges selves in favor of immediate reduc- with real economy and 'with a deter.: Retrenchment. tion of taxes are not prompted merely mination to keep down expenses to a "High taxes, taxes that are not jus- tified, taxes that tend to make it ditli- cult, if not impossible, fur those taxed to pay, constitute a warning that something is wrong with the entire system of government." Thus recently declared Hal H. Smith, candidate for nomination on the Republican ticket for United States senator. Ile echoed the words of President Coolidge. Mr. Smith, with other lenders of his party, has pledged himself to the reduction of taxes. The man whose property is taxed unjustly," lidded Mr. Smith, "feels that he is not secure in his property rights whether that property is but a little cottage in a tiny village or the largest plant in a metropolis. It is failure of the constitutional guaran- by a desire to secure votes but their minimum for such services as are re- stand is taken because they know the quire,d for the proper functioning of dangers that lie ahead for any nation govermental activities." whose citizenship is unjustly taxed. Unjust taxation lost America to Great Detriot Artists Will Appear in Britain, was the down-fall of untold Series of Light Operas. kingilems and governthents, and con- tinued unjust taxation would indicate "The Mikado," the famous Gilbert that America, as a government, is, a and Sullivan light opera, will open a failure. "Taxes can and shall be reduced. week's run at Orchestra Hall next It is the greatest problem facing the Monday evenitig. It will be present- nation and once it is solved many ed by the Ideal Opera Company, an other problems will right themselves. organization composed of Detroit President Coolidge has said he is for racists under the management and. economy, and after that he is for directorshpi of M. Victor Reynolds, more economy. Ile believes that is a showman of many years' experi- his greatest service td the people. ence. It is promised that ''The Mi- Economy in goVernment expenditures kado" will be the first of a series of mean lower taxes. I, therefore, am similar presentations at Orchestra also firmly in favor of governmental Hall, including several more by the retrenchment. Governments today two gifted Englishmen. ■ BAVARIA PROPOSES DRASTIC MEASURES owAs ocsooisa-NiAwm000mmawaisswowocsv Furniture That Furnishes 51 NEW — DESIRABLE — LOW PRICED Come and see why : w have customers all over Detroit. Re nHt i No to Pay. 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He sent his mother and wife. in exile because they refused to obey him. The stories that centered about Nero will be portrayed in the pageant which will reproduce the days of 2,000 years ago for the people of Detroit. up A craving for learning came over him now. Ile could not go to high school, but he could go to the univer- sity if he could pass the examination. He bought all the necessary books, mathematics, history, science, lan- guages, and practically shut himself up in his room for many months, to study. He would not act nor go out visiting; he was busy. And in eleven months he had learned all the work The fourth annual convention of which he had missed in high school— the Federation of Young Judaea of five years' work. He took the exami- Canada was held in Montreal June 28 nations, passed brilliantly and was ad- to 30. mitted to the University of Kharkov. DAVIDSON AVE.Yi DEXTER BLV D. •■ 16 NITF_S ONLY FIREWORKS 5 PE CTACLE AUG 2-17.