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PIEVrneydrwistiOittomo.r.
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•
would think they were farmers and tine? And I answer that ii•i, , tro'n by
the sons of farmers these last (0 gen- saying that they bectine• freemen.
Give them a chance and they will
erations.
set
"But better still you would love to an example riot only to to, i•tit to the
talk with them laomuse they do not rest of the world.
..
"I could speak of these • I
speak like farmers at all. They start-
cnies, nt
By MAURICE SAMUEL
le you with their modernity. They the life of the colonists, al icave
all
else
out, because it is
and then there is nothing more to say. have organized their field work ns
• life of
(Continued from last week.)
When men will have cleated a lam- work is organized in moakrn factories. the soil that I ace the true. • • „ tra it.
cant
transformation
of
...,h fi fe
Upon his return from a trip to Pal- gunge without words, n language that They measure a fie] d in hours of
which must precede al el-••
estine, where he observed the unfold- passes by instinct from heart to heart, work. They have graphed out, math- that you see in its most •i, • • is here
1
should
he
able
to
tell
you
what
I
felt
ematicallly,
the
amount
of
energy
this
- e form
ment of the drama of Jewish rebuild-
the recoil from the barren, • a n d in
then, and you would know perha p s enterprise needs, or that enterprise.
ing, Maurice Samuel, poet, novelist why Palestine is unfiognttable. Is it any wonder that they can replace permanence of the exile t ii•• t acit
worker.
erre? of Not productiveness and natio: • ,•,, a
unsystematic then
and orator, delivered the following
"And so I cannot talk of Palestine th
true life. Spiritually and .- .•iiy and
t a ke over
By SULAMITH ISH•KISHOR
addiess at a reception given in his itself, I can only talk of iitings which only
orchards. They so organize their work economically and politically. ':,• work-
hon.' by New York Zionists. He seem incidentals and do not lie too that they have time to cultivate their ers on the land are the fun'. I :tarns
Solomon
was
delighted
at
the
mania
or
When King Solomon, the wisest
near the heart of my experience. And
said:
man in all the world, was about to goodness; he saw that the poor nt it,
that which springs first to the lips is own gardens, plant their own tobacco. our homeland. Without •iorn the
cities
are
mirages
and
newly
100
dunams
of
tobacco
saw
, ut them
build the great Temple, he could not being a bachelor, had de•idt-el that he
mention of the colonies, those half- I
"Like all of you here, I have dream. the
decide which place in all his kingdom did not need much food or money, and
mythical creations that we have writ- Planted here, in Petach Tikwah, by there will nut even be a tco• Jewish
et! of 'intestine for years, I used to tot--
the workers .who had contracted to culture in Palestine.
was most worthy to he chosen ns a s1/ Wanted to give part of his shah- t
ten
and
spoken
about
for
nearly
half
plain the fascination of the place by
"Passing out from the • loni eo
you look after some of the orchards.
site for the holy edifice. There were his brother who had so many children
its miraculous career in the history a century. Are they there, would
would only say one word id-•cit their
Perfect Self•Relianc•.
many broad fields and lovely meadows to feed; but he knew that his brother
of
humanity—by
its
miraculous
role
recognizt•
them?
schools.
I think that Po! ,
may
.would
not
take
it
from
hint,
so
he
had
famous
memory
or
which had sonic
"For this is what they mean by in- be called the kindergart• r t • the
Magic of the Colonies.
men in my own life. The best and
en.
pretty story connected with them, lint to bring it in secret.
known were either native to that coun- "Conte back with tne, to that moan- dependence- out there—that they shall gels, for surely there is no
otitry in
none which he felt was specially
They went on watching, and now
try or were inspired by it. The whole fain top in Samaria, and look down learn to be independent of any outside the world where childhood
m.re Sa•
worthy of this great honor.
the choir of the rich house opened; the
world had left empty in my heart again into the valley. You can see source. Here, in the diaspora, the creel, or more sacredly • i--•.1 for
One night, during the harvest time : Thar brother came out with a servant,
what the children of this tiny prov- all of it. The points that are 30 miles Jew always talks of independence in These little schoolhouses
11 [.. [[ [[ un .
of the year, Solomon lay tossing on and went and opened one of the barns
ince had filled, and till this day tit , away are as clear to the view as the a political sense. There independence try, with their green tel.! , ,• play.
his silken pillows, unable to sleep. and went inside. They both came out
only ultimate comfort that life af- ,pebbles underfoot. hive years ago means complete self-reliance. That R
with their
From the broad, arched windows he loaded with sheaves of wheat which
fords is the record of what certain that valley was almost enfray. You distinction alone teaches us that they drawn not from charts to , l,l0(rarnr
could see out into the fragrant shad- they carried over to the poor man's
men had done and felt there hundreds could see the old Arab villages, grey have achieved the spirit of liberty but from the acres which 0.• • iiart.nts
owy gardens, where tall paints were home; then they ran home. •
and hundreds of years ago. in the sunlight, or the black tents of while we are still trying to define it
till, are the symbol of the
which
quivering and roses waving in the
All was silent for a while; then THE DAUGHTER OF ZION
"This, I said, was the fascination of Bedouins spread out like a flock of gi- "Does all this sound too rosy, Too pervades the colonies. Th. •,• noth-
warm, breeze. Far-off nightingales once more the poor man's door opened
gentle bats that have come out of the ideal to he true and natural? I can- ing too good for the children, there is
Palestine. And I was wrong.
were trilling their songs to the daz- and he came out. Ile had decided that
So young, so sad, so fair;
"I have been to Palestine and I day. But now, when you stand up not help that. I did not go out to see no sacrifice too severe. Tin, 111[1 not
A lute with broken strings,
zlingly bright harvest-moon. And as he could spare even more than he
know why we cannoEforget. I know there, you ash: 'Wha tis that cluster Palestine to measure and report like have their children grow • . duo,,
Solomon listened, it seemed that the thought and was going to make a sec-
Type of the world's despair;
why it lingers in the blien1 of our pen. of bright buildings over there and the an economist, I went out to see what incoherent toilers. They it
1•t bring
nightingales changed their song, and ond trip with some more sheaves.
And yet—she sings!
tile, never to be washed away. know green, planhol fields surrounding it?' is happening to the Jewish spirit out up a generation of Europe:,-.
instead of singing the strange and When he opened his barn and saw that
now that it is the country itself which And yonder cluster, so strangely new there, I went to ask, first and fore-
unknown bird-syllables, they sang: it was fairly overflowing with sheaves,
(('dntinued on next
has taken as captive forever. The and fresh? And that other Orly, still moat, What du Jews become in Pales-
THE SILENT VOICE
"Arise, 0 Solomon, arise, and go to he lifted his hands in amazement;
land. the mountains and valleys, the further?' Those are Ifs lfouria and
•
the field which is before Mount Zion." then quickly loaded himself with as
The Roman Emperor sent his mes- sunlight and the star,. If I have ever Ain Hanoi and Tel Joseph, Kfar Eze-
And Solomon arose silently, and much as he could possibly carry, and senger for Rabbi Jehudah to come to d•ubted the immortality of the Jew- kid and Nahalatil. Then you descend •
—and NOW
flung a dark robe of satin around walked, bent and staggering and vto• his palace where there were gathered ish people, I could not doubt it now. the winding path of the hills and you'
him, and took his favorite servant slowly, to his brother's+ barn where he a number of foreign potentates. "1 The Jews cannot die out because Pal- enter the plain. You go by the Arab
Benaiah with hint, and they went left the sheaves.
want you," said the emperor to the estine will not let them. And if you settlement and you draw your breath
forth. They walked with magical ra-
But this brother had also been re- rabbi, "to entertain my guests." "How should ask mt. again: 'What is the and wonder why people should live in'
in
onetion with oar
pidity; the ground flew by them on considering his gift. "Poor Hahn!" am I (0 110 it"" asked the latter. "Ily peculiar property of the place, what such poverty and uncleanliness. The
either side as if they were riding on he was thinking. "Ile is poor and I proving to as the existence of God, in subtle characteristic is it that can cap- same fields are olden to them, the sane'
sky
shines
above
them,
but
an
oppres-
swift steeds. In a few minutes they an rich; and besides, I have a dear whom we do not believe," demanded time unborn generations and ensure
stood on Mount Zion i overlooking a wife anti loving children to r imfort the emperor. "Well," said Rabbi .1e- ft place foe' itself in hearts that will wive hand seems to stamp the spirit
large, new-mown field.
me, while he is all alone.- I mutt have hudah, "how do you prove to the far beat a thousand years hencer—if out of them. You feel nothing but
Now, this field belonged to two spared twice as many sheaves for distant nations of Asia and Africa you should ask me this, I would an- pity for these slaves of the soil, and
brothers, one of whom was poor and him." Ile had no peace till he got up that the Roman empire is great and aver again: I do not know. Only you ask if no one will ever «one to
BEAUTY Slit
unmarried, the other of whom was again, roused his servant and went to mighty and that its ruling monarch fools want to see the mechanism of show them the way to a finer freeg,
which has been add ,
rich and had a loving wife and pretty the barn.
is powerful and must be obeyed?" a miracle—but this much a man may life. Their homes are pitiful, sun-
the Children's (lair-cuts .:•
_huddled one on top of
sons and daughters. The poor one
They were every much surprised "I'Vhy," said the Emperor, "I send my know, that when God performs a mir- baked clay -hutem
Parlor offers the very new
only owned a small part of the field; when they saw that the barn was as ambassador to them, and seeing my acle, Ile makes it complete. The the other, as if in a mud stampede
's and most scientific methii i•
toward
the
central
point
of
the
village.'
his house was narrow and unpainted, full as before; they quickly took up servant, they surely must believe in work is not•botched and unbalanced.
that add to milady's comfort
I brilliant in one place, stupid in an- You pass on, across an uncultivated
and his barn was no bigger than his all they could possibly carry, and the master, ti,o."
Ladies' Shingle
in her quest for beauty .
"Likewise;' said Rabbi Jehudah, 'It , then For the peculiar people end waste , and come again to an island of
house. The rich brother had a large crossed the field, bowed down with the
or First Bob;cOC
Experts in the Bob, Shingle,
and pleasant dwelling and two great weight, and left the sheaves in the is with the Lord Gild. He too sends the peculiar Book there was n pecul- rich green growth, grain and grapes
,..,/
Expert Work
His Ambassador which is within us iar land and the people anti the Book land young fruit plantations. And you
barns that were now packed nearly ;Mon brother's barn.
Shampoo, Massage, Mani.
. full with his share of the sheaves of
Solomon was so pleased, and so and from its presence we must con- shall be as enduring as the land. As I make your way along the path in the
cure, Etc., Etc.
long,
as
Mount
Carmel
will
look
out
midst
of
them
and
you
reach
the
little
clude
that
the
master
exists
too."
wheat.
amused that he could nut help laugh-
across the Great Sea to the eve.dern city. There is a spirit in the place,
"But
who
is
God's
Ambassador
with-
"The
Store
iTha
Made
Farmer
Street"
ing,
and
Benaiah,
too.
Imagine
then,
As
Solomon
and
Benaiah
looked
•
world and as long as the Jordan wall the spirit of freedom. These homes
down upon the field, they saw the door how they felt when, half an hour la- in us?" exclaimed all the potentates, flow between the hills of Judah and are simple but they are sturdy and
who
were
pagans.
"It
is
our
con-
ter,
the
poor
brother's
door
again
of the narrow house open, and the
of Moab, out lung will millions of Jew- well spaced. Go into one of them and
poor brother come quickly out. Ile opened, again Hahn came out and science, the silent voice within, which ish hearts thrill to ancient memories yqu will finItNyourself in the home of
looked about as if to see if anyone went to the barn, ngnin appeared chastises us when we fail, and cheers and to new aspirations.
awe and •othen who live worthily,
were looking, then he went and opened overcome with astonishment, and us when we 110 well, answered the
"Yet these are only words. I could with an understanding of human dig-
1127 - 1129 FARMER STREET
his barn, and taking out a bundle of again set forth with a heavier load ,pf rabbi. Talmud
nity. Their life is a life of labor, yet
close
my
eyes
now
and
believe
I
stood
sheaves, loaded them on his back and sheaves than ever!
Between Gratiot and Monroe,
they have not become brutalized.
again
on
a
mountain
pi•ak
in
Samaria,
Samuel
Gluckstein
was
re-elected
It was very near dawn now, and the
began staggering off to his brother's
above the valley of Jeered or 141 a 1..tpt-ak with them. They will tell you
barn. When he arrived, he opened sky was pale in the east; soon the red Alderman of the Westminster, Eng- slope of the Mount of Olives with the
, ovoctoo-o
hardship
and
of
patient
hope.
lint
octorxnavochi:h000000ixo-noo-ixhoo-o-oimixtoo*o-o-ogoot
the door with his own key, went in- flush of morning appeared through land, City Council. Ile Is a former Dead Sea at my feet ond the shadows neither hardship long borne nor hope
side, and deposittol his gift, then came the grayness of the sky. From one mayor of the city and has been in closing over the city of Jerusalem— long deferred has subdued them. They
corner of the field came walking the the council 18 years.
out and ran swiftly home to bed.
believe in themselves and in the land.
They talk of the seasons and the
crops, they talk of their flocks and of
the markets; yet they are not the via--
tints of the earth. They are still its
masters.
"Go into Upper Galilee where the .
(1) Want to build, buy or sell a HOME, DUPLEX, q
wastes of uncultivated earth are wider
and more forbidding than in the south. i
FOUR-FLAT, STORE, APARTMENT;
Here the Arab settlements resemble'
more than ever the fugitive homes of
(2) or if you desire LOANS, MORTGAGES, or o
nomads. Their huts seem to have been
CONTRACTS DISCOUNTED
built for a clay, for the season at long-
est. Even these settlements are. few
and far between. No trees oviershad-
Cadillac
Cadillac
ow them, no plantations give thenao
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9158
sense of permanence. You travel along
the sunbaked road, the dust flies up,
0
the sun beats down, there is no shade
0
or respite. And then suddenly you find
RIGHT NOW—knocking at YOUR door—is an opportunity
0
yourself under a green canopy. The
0
for buying that long-wanted Piano or Player-Piano, such as may
road becomes an arbor and the hot
sky is shut out by interlacing leaves,
never be presented you again—to see our sale stock is to realize
-
0
a rhst to the spirit as well as to the
0
this beyond all question. A visit here doesn't place you under the
eye. Who built this canopy, who took
1702 First National Bank Building
the trouble, years and years ago to
least obligation, but will surely be of greatest interest and value
GENERAL BUILDERS
plant trees for a later generation?'
to you—see for yourself these wonderful bargains that have
This is the colony of Rush Pinah,
REAL ESTATE — INVESTMENTS
founthol
by
the
pioneers
of
-10
years
made this the most successful clearance in all the nearly 50 years
MR. BERNARD A. LIPSON
ago. There are- peoples that have been
MR. ABNER C. ROSENZWEIG
we have been in the music business. Our big surplus stock of
in Palestine nearly -10 times 40 years.
They cannot show you such an avenue CO:1001:taC:1-01**V0-01:Xt0041ClOattC:1001:141***********4 1-0-0000-000
instruments returned from summer 'rental; of exchanged, shop-
of trees till this day.
worn, discontinued style and new sample Pianos and Players, is
"Go further still, to the' northern-
most point of Palestine, which was till
being fast reduced—you've no time to lose. Don't put off coming
lately outside th,houendary. Metullah, -
another day.
with its broad qtkiet street,its modern
schoolhouse, its solid homes--and even'
a hotel. I say that a single settlement
The Grand priced today at only
of ours carries the conviction of our
$368 is a well-known make, in good
natural connection with the soil.
LOWEST
condition and has sweet, full tone. If
Woke Earth's Fruitfulness. i
"Or go back south again, down into ,
PRICES
you seek an extraordinary bargain in
Judaea, which you can reach from the'
a -Grand Piano it will certainly pay
north between sunrise and sunset. Go I
you to come IMMEDIATELY!
info one of the oldest of the colonies,
Petach Tikwah and see how the old- 1
est and the newest are being welded
Extra
$900
together. Petach Tikwah' was found-
Special
Style
ed by the generation which is now dy- !
ing out, a generation of heroic men
For nearly a half-
and women, who did not have a power-
Another exchanged Grand
century the musical
ful Zionist movement to urge them on.
This exchanged stock includes
Around Petach Tikwah there are the
public has been
BROS.,
WEBER,
HAR-
sands of the desert. You would swear
,
GRINNELI
- finding unequalled
that nothing could grow here but wild
RINGTON,
PREMIER
and
other
noted
values and satisfac-
cactus and thistles. In the midst of
makes of Grands, all going at sensa-
tion at the House
such a desert these pioneers settled
tional out-and-out reduction. See them
III years ago and their love and their
of Grinnell.
labor woke the fruitfulness of earth.
TODAY!
There is not a richer sight in `the
world compact in so small a place:,1
The nrange groves of Petach Tikwah i
At the above prices, a handsome,
have this year wiped out half the
sweet-toned Player-Piano in excellent
debts of the colonists; another such
year and they will he free from en-
`condition—an instrument that will bring
cumbrances. But to me the supreme i
you and your family a world of musical
beauty of I'etach Tikwah was the set- i
enjoyment — an amazing bargain for
t At 10 A. M.
tlement of nearly 1,000 newt chalut• I
Beautiful walnut, 3 pedals; good
tint, arrh els of the last few rn i
nths •
quick buyer.
and the last year or two, who a • he- 1
condition. Sweet, full tone.
We price other exchanged Players. for
ing welded together into this the arg-
ORIGINAL PRICE $600
est of our colonies. You pass up the ,
immediate sale at
main
strait, with its houses that have
Think of buying a STEINWAY—$375
already brought forth a new genera-
original price $800—for only
Just received: New dining room suites, bedroom
tion_ and I II one side of the (intone vim
Or of selifcting from other exchanged Pianos, among
,
come across a flock of tents and of
suites, living room suites (two or three pieces), fl ell'
shacks. The se are the temporary
them such makes as GRINNELL BROS., VOSE, LUDWIG,
homes
of
the
new
workers
on
the
soil
rugs, lamps, phonographs, mirrors, mohair and ve-
WOODWARD, BALLET & DAVIS, WERNER, etc., all
--1,000 young men and women that
priced tic go before the week ends, at
lour living room suites, spinet desks, gateleg table,
a year ago were derelict somewhere-
in Europe, helpless, unrelated to any
A $630 style- LINDENBERG. now $435.
davenport, end tables, pedestals, telephone stamIc
social
organhon,
with
nothing
but
it
A WOODWARD, original price $685,
hem- to urge them on. The memory of
and stools, beautiful assortment rocket's and chairs .
now $480. A $620 AEOLIAN, $185. A
their own bitter.exPericnce'vcas ming-
$488 SOLO CONCERTO. $:;;15, etc. etc.
led with the inherited memory of the
tier tripe Hence of their people. Life
All backed by the House of Grinnell!
You will be amazed when you see the surprisw4
it d become intolerable for them Unless i
OPEN
they could become a true and integral
values that we offer. Follow the crowd.
art of a complete organism. They
FREE EX-
EVENINGS
were futile where they were, tuft-
CHANGE TRIAL
namschen, unpractical, useless to
Take a Fourteenth or Charlevoix Car to Our Door.
themselves and to the world. And
PIANOS
here? Within a year they have learn- i
On payments low as
.,•d'EM• to care for an orchard, bring
Complete List of Bargains Mailed You Upon Request.
On payments low as
forth its fruits; they have learned how
to plant, to sou and to reap. Their
labor is more valuable than the labor
of peoples that have been in Palestine,
at
Each
of
Our
Detroit
Branches.
Similar Bargains •
on the soil of Palestine, for hundreds
E Jefferson oppovite Continental Motor.
a
of years. There, in Poland and Rou-
Broady., near Monroe
Jo•. C•rnpau. near Taman-.
Gratiot, near Ii serer
mania and Germany, they were
W Jeff err.. near River Rouge roytolfire.
Week
•1
Thirly•verond.
Notic s.
Grand River. ball block above. Joe Road.
dreamers. Here they are practical,
l'undena.
Woodward.
4101.3 FOURTEENTH ST.
Week
shrewd, able tillers of the soil. They,
are in touch with reality here. You 1
OF-
Cri,Iiilbrrtt's Corner
THE FIELD OF BROTHERLY LOVE
poor brother, bent and slow, with a
pile of sheaves on his back; front the
other corner came walking the rich
brother and his servant, both stagger-
ing under the greet loads of wheat on
their backs. All had their eyes on the
ground, for their backs were bent. As
they came to the middle of the field,
both brothers, tired With the night's
iourneyings, set down their loads to
rest; they looked up, and nearly drop-
p«1 with surprise! They ran to each
other and embraced most heartily,
laughing very much to hear the tale
of what had occurred. Then each tine
begged the other to accept the extra
sheaves, but neither one would be per-
suaded, and they walked away, still
arguing and pleading.
But now Solomon arose and he and
lierainh went swiftly tic the palace
it•litition sent messengers to the
two brothers, to say that God had
made him a witness to their acts that
night, and that he had chosen the field
where such devotedly brotherly love
had been shown as a fitting place for
the site of the Temple of God. And he
offered them a great gift of gold and
silver in return for the field, which
they gladly accepted. And the
Temple was erected on tlo• field be
fore Mount Zion.
Beholds Palestine a Land of Love
and Magic Which Produces Free Men
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