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TOUCH THE PEN

By Gertrude Harriet Neuwirth.

(Continued from last week.)

"Then I go to the bank," continued
the old lady. "Such a grand build-
ing! With white and golden where
you 'hold on, and stiff men like po-
litzmen, and from cages men look s
out like by a prison, and always they
look so .mad .s. . even at me with
such a' bunch of money . . . so mad!
Then I tell the man I want five hun-
dred dollars . . . my books he asks
for .. ha asks my name . . . I tell
him 'Fill 'out this blank,' he says.
and gives mesa piece of paper I look
at him add then he says, you can't
write?' and my face is red from
shame.... the ladies in the bank with
no hunch money like me looks at me
and I think I go crasy. 'No, I can't
write,' I say and my heart jumps, and
I want to tell him my Davie was
learning to write. From books—big
books—he learned—already he could
write something beautiful. Now never
never he'll write! From my eyes I
squeeze away the tears, the bank man
shouldn't see how I feel. 'How much
you want?' he says, so I tell him I
got by him five hundred dollars; never
in my whole life I took from some-
body nothing, but he looks at me like
maybe 'I did take something. My
name he puts down; where I live;
my father's name; my mother's name;

how old am I—and I have to guess
quick 'cause I should remember when
I was born! But he hollers loud and
I tell him."
Again a pause as the gnarled hands
moved.
"Then he says, 'to make less? yen
most touch the pen'--so I lift my
hand and touch his pen—so heavy the
hand—and he writes my name . . .
and I want to die from the shame
w hat it comes over me. 'Touch the
pen,' again he tells me, and he writes
gain. And then the gold bars what
I hold on to runs away with the walls
and I see he puts in my hand five
hundred dollars . . . so much money
. . . all in my hand . . . all for my
boy, Davie, and he ain't here. My
heart from inside breaks ... I fall on
the hard stone floor and it hurts .. .
and I don't remember no more—only
'til now when I see you so starchy
and beautiful."
The nurse again patted one wrin-
kled hand. Under the pillow the old
lady searched for a bank book, in
which. encircled with a rubber band,
were greenbacks.
"Don't forget ... it's for learning
and writing .. the shame without
writing is terrible . . . five hundred
dollars for writing . . . you write it
down like I'm telling you—write it
with a pen."
After hesitating a moment, the
nurse humored her patient; deftly un-
capped her fountain pen, while the
old lady looked reverently on.

RONICtri

"Oh, your hands is so beautiful— searched that office over until he
and so good you write." Marvel at found the ball and brought it to his
the rapidity of the pen shone from master.
Then Toby wan asked if he wanted
the shining eyes.
"You write like I'm telling you- a lump of sugar. Ile jumped into
Davie's five hundred dollars shall go the chair again, sat up, begged for it
for school to learn boys—poor boys—I politely and received it. His master
then placed a lump on the chair be-
you write that down?"
"Yes," said the nurse, "I've writ- tween Toby's paws and said: "Now,
ten it. See?" showing her the pad. Toby, this sugar belongs to the or-
phans—do you want it?" Toby just
"Now won't you go to sleep?"
"No, no," replied the patient anx- shut his eyes and turned his head
iously, "you must sign to make legal; away—meaning no. His master said:
you must say to me 'touch the pen.' " "Toby, if I pay for that sugar and
"Very well, dear," said the nurse, give the money to the Near East or-
phans will you eat it then?" Toby
"touch the pen."
Slowly the thick, corrugated fingers waited until his master took a piece
lifted from the counterpane and, as of money and placed it upon his desk
though in the act of worship, ap- —then Toby ate the sugar.
"Toby, come say your prayers!"
proached the pen ever so gently,
trembling the while. The fingers said his master. Toby came over and
rested against the black rubber for put his fore-paws upon the chair with
a moment, while her eyes seemed to his head between his paws and closed
his eyes. He kept perfectly still un-
look far away.
Then, with a great sigh and a mur- til his master said "Amen." Then
mur of thanks, she turned her head Toby opened his eyes and romped
away and closed her eyes.—Young around the room.
Israel.

THE STORY OF TOBY

By Orion W. Fifer.

Toby is a dog—just pure dog—liv.
ing in Jerusalem. He belongs to E.
W. Blatchford, Near East director for
Palestine. Toby was first a British
army dog. When the British soldiers
left Egypt and Palestine, l'oby was
given to Mr. Blatchford and now he
is a Near East dog. Ile is colored
like a hound but has the form of an
Airedale. lie does some funny and
some very Serious things.
First he jumped upon a chair, sat
up and waved his front paws, which
meant that he was glad to see. When
he barked it meant "How do you do?"
Then his master blindfloded Toby and
hid a rubber ball. When he took
the handkerchief frmo his eyes, Toby

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arrested were Jewish merchants of
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on Saturday. The arrests were or-
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Copelan and Mayor Carrel.,

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In order to enlarge the facilitites
for the effective treatment of the
mentally deranged in Palestine, as
well as in Syria and in Turkey, who
are cared for under the auspices of
the Ezras Nashim, a society of Jew-
ish women in Palestine who are pro-
meting better health conditions in
that country, the sum of $2,000 is
being sought in Detroit. The com-
mittee which is directing the appeal
for the quota is composed of Mrs. A.
M. Hershman, whose mother, Mrs. E.
W. Lewin-Epstein, for many years a
resident of Palestine, served on the ▪
governing board of the society and
Fifth Symphony Will Be Prin- was chairman of the district in which
she made her home; Mrs. Robert Mar.
cipal Work at Orchestra
wil, who during a tour of Palestine
last year inspected the work of the
Concert on Oct. 29.
institution; Mrs. D. W. Simons, Mrs.
Conductor Gabrilowitsch will con- A. Louis Gordon, Mrs. Ben Schwartz,
duct the symphony pair on Thursday Mrs. Harry Frank, Mrs. Samuel
and Friday evenings, Oct. 29, 30, of- Frank, Mrs. David R. Stucker, Mrs.
fering as the principal work of the Louis Halbstein, Mrs. M. II. Zack-
evening the immortal Fifth Sym- heim, Mrs. Abe Srere, Mrs. Harry
phony. Mr. Gabrilowitsch will give Srere, Mrs. Moe Leiter, Mrs. Louis
us in this program his first novelty Still, Mrs. Harry Z. Brown, Mrs. Mor-
of the season, Henry Hadley's tone- ris Blumberg, Mrs. Noah E. Aron-
poem, "Ocean," being new to Detroit. stam, Mrs. Ilimon Kaplan, Mrs. Is-
Inn of the late Dr. E. N. Hass, rael Davidson, Mrs. Philip Gordon
long identified with the Symphony So. and Mrs. J. S. Moyer.
The Ezras Nashini, generally known
ciety as an active supporter, and of
Mr. and Mrs. Gabrilowitsch'a faithful as the Jewish Women's Society
rusalem,
is confronted with the need
friend and secretary, Claire A. Shover,
b bu ui ild-
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the conductor will present Tschaikov- for erecting at once two new o of
sky's Andante Cantabile for String ings. One of these will house incur.
able
patients
and
the
other
will
be
Orchestra. Hulda Lashanska, so-
prano, will be the soloist. The pro- used for treating mild psychiatric
gram will conclude with Liszt's Sym- cases. The plans for one of the build.
ings include an 'auditorium for the
phonic Poem, "Tasso."
department of psychiatry of the He-
brew University.
MUSIC STUDY CLUB
European specialists, it is said have
pronounced the institution main-
The Music Study Club of Detroit tained by the society equal to similar
presented its first monthly musical institutions in Western Europe.
program on Friday, Oct. 16, at Web-
The Ezras Nashim Society was
ster Hall. Those participating were: founded nearly 30 years ago by the
Mrs. D. Huber, current events; Mrs. mother of Mrs. David Yellin, one of
A. C. Lappin, vocal selections, "Your the leading Jewish women in Pales-
Dear Hands," by La Forge, and tine. Mrs. Yellin, who is president
"Thou Art the Night Wind," by Gall; of the society, is the wife of Pro-
Miss Gertrude Sarnoff, piano, with lessor David Yellin, who recently con-
improvisations of her own called "Im- cluded a year's service as visiting pro-
pressions of June Nights;" Miss M. fessor at Columbia University and at
Leishin, reading, "The Two Glasses;" the Jewish Institute of Religion. Dr.
a Yellin is president of the Palestine
Mrs.
H. at Salzenstein,
"I Heard
Thrush
Eve," by Cadman,
"Love's
Dilemma," by Richardson, and "Vil- Jewish Council and at one time was
lanelle," by Eva Dell Acqua; Mrs. E. the
vice-mayor
of Jerusalem.
Among
early sponsors
of the work
of the
Monash and Mrs. S. Popkin accom- society were Baroness Edmond de
panied.
Rothschild and Jesse Neustadt, a Rus-
The next meeting, to be held on sian Jewess interested in the improve-
Nov. 6 in the main auditorium of ment of health conditions among the
Temple Beth El, will be a talk on Jews of Palestifit.
"The Development of the Organ" by
The American committee under
Wayne Frary, organist of the North whose auspices the building fund is
Woodward Congregational Church being solicited is composed of Mrs.
and head of music of Western High Alexander Kohut, honorary chair-
School. After the lecture Mr. Frary man; Mrs. Oscar Berman of Cincin-
will conduct the members through the nati, chairman; Dr. Anna Wilner of
organ, explaining its workings. This New York, vice-chairman; Mrs. Solo-
is an opportunity of which all mem- mon Lampert of New York, treasurer.
bers should avail themselves.

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Soviet Russia was a matter of dis-
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received a delegation of German
Jewry.
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Baeck, president of the Union of Rab-
bis in Germany; Herr Brofnitz, rep-
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Deutschen Buerger des Judeschen
Glaubens; Dr. Paul Nathan, president
of the Ililfsverein der Deutschen Ju-
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that the Union of Socialist Soviet Re-
publics gives to its Jewish population
the opportunity of economic and na-
tional development, together with the
other nationalities. Kurt Blumen-
feld, on behalf of the Zionist Organiz-
ation of Germany, assured the Soviet
Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the
sympathies of Zionists for the Jewish
back to the land movement in Russia,
but declared that a full appreciation
of this undertaking is made difficult
by the anti-Zionist persecutions of
the Soviet government and by its pro-
hibition of the Jewish religion and
the Hebrew language. Mr. Blumen-
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orandum on this subject.
Mr. Tchitcherin in reply declared
that the "Soviet government tolerates
Zionism. It only combats those Zion-
ists who are participating in an anti-
Soviet movement. The government
issued explicit orders that the Zionist
movement in Russia is not to be hin-
dered. In fact, many Zionists occupy
important positions in Russia. The
government is endeavoring to attract
the Zionists for the colonization work.
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population. It nevertheless tolerates
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