THEPento

PAGE TWO

SAFETY FIRST!

A Sunday School teacher asked
a pupil: "Where is the quotation
in the Bible, 'See that thou fall

not out by the way'?" The pupil
replied, "Elisha said it to Elijah
when the latter went up to heaven
in a chariot."

May sunshine, love, sweet sound ,
and flowers

Enrich our hearts and glorify our
hours!
Why heed we not the sovereign

law they give,
Be beautiful; and beautifully live.
W. II. I'llELPS.

/OW RDNIGLE

R EB YISROEL

n oires that filled me with awe and , him apologize as he greeted my be persuaded to go. I hated the which made them exceedingly un-
foreign crowds that lived in the comfortable, and as I would watch
dread. I drew away from them ap- father.
prehensively. The constant shrill , "Ai, Mr.. Millstone, I had forgot- West End; I disliked the ragged ur- him I'd such a thousand times that
cluster who gazed so en- I were an artist so that I could
cry of . pedlars and newsboys, the . t en to tell you to holler up to me chins at
scurrying, pushing and rushing of when you conic. so that I should viously at my fine clothes. Reb Yis- draw and depict that rapturous
By BORUCII CHAIM ADLER
lamentations
of Columbus, light and happiness which fairly
reel's
the people, dazed, frightened and hold the door open"
America, and Anricaner
children radiated from his face as he, in a
w
bewildered me.
"That's all right," nip father
rated on droning, chanting voice , expounded
. grated
as he
I 'x11 , 1 the
Presently we reached a crumb- answered g.00d-naturedly. „when
01 all my childhood memories had the eheder I have yet to have
you want me to come back for my nerves.
s . I was sick and tired of the anci .ent, obsolete laws that gov-
there are none that have made a a student. Only worthless Infers ling, ominous-looking two story
erned the preparation of sacrifices
other it all.
brick building that seemed as if it th e 1,3, 7 ,,
more indelible, lasting impression have I gut!"
As
As the weeks, however, length- to God .. in the temple at Jerusalem
upon my mind than the memories
"You'll see, my boy is different." had been at one time ravaged by a
he re lied,
m
tnousand years ago.
e ned into months, I began to exper- min)*
yk
P
Dark forbidding wiTlows ' mys, t le lamps,
fire.
of tiny former Ilebrew teacher, Reb
a esson ta es 0
"All Americaner children are
Pedhaps for the first time in
Yisroel, as he was called. Itch Yis- alike. Give them games, tops, mar- met the eye. I shuddered. I ut as d 15 minutes and sometimes Tess.fence a change of sentiment in my
attitude towards the rebid and his America had he found a pupil will.
,,
rod was a diminutive, thin, sickly bles! For that they have plenty of fate would have it, here the cheder ,;
h out any pup.,
can stay au ing RS
or 20 ing and interested to listen la him
eheder. A lesson took
man in the late fifties, though he time! lout in America children Wart 101.11tVd. Pushing open a door
r
wants
earn, come
and wheneve
Y k I to
home.
and take minutes formerly, but now I'd find Ile evidently treasured me as one
'
that
hung
on
a
squeaking
hinge,
actually looked older. Ile had a lime no time for learning the Tor-
3•ou think it is time
and myself staying two or three hours. would a rare creature. It pleased
short, grey, Van Dyke beard. Ile ah," he said bitterly. Then, point- we found ourselves in a dark hall. y,.,..aur h
ee ome. Goodbye,
down the met., Reis Yisroel's few pupils would him exceedingly to think that I, a
h., ,.
1 got a sudden shock as I touched
commanded considerable respect in ing to me, "What is his name?"
youg.
rush is., gabble off a, few pare- lad that lived in a Christian neigh-
the wall, for it was cold, damp. Fi- 01°}• the devil take them!"
the synagogue because of his vast
t i L ulig
ah
re i
feel,
fizhi,i ,assl : f wo(riuiltd s T
"Jack,"
my
father
replied.
tinily, my father managed to light '
learning, and even the Rabbi had
A the
After
fter niy father lift, I was led graph
ice ilithi intt ttth
ne(-: I
breath, rauttidouptr.actl kit taoltly
into
a
match,
and
by
its
flickering
light'
"Jack?
Woe
to
Columbus!
Nu,
admiration for him.
choler,
the
classroom.
It
'Imre
I
stayed
the
more
it
pleased
the
thought
how
I
deceived
him,
by me he'll be called by his Jewish we saw a long flight of stairs di-
But Reit Yisroel was hardly ever
was a small room with a low, dirty him, and he s.enwd
to grow broad- yet the fact that it gave him joy
t
redly in front of us.
name, Yanked."
come into the
Cecil to talk.
readily repaid me for the deception.
The impenetrable d it r k n e s s ceiling. In one corner was a nar- er than long with delight.
I instantly took a dislike to the
corner,
synagogue, sit quietly in a
r ow bed and a rusty stove. In the
I accidentally overheard a eon-
name Yankel, for I felt outraged weighed down upon me like some-
But alas, I must confess is in-
and gaze meditatively at the end
center
of
the
room
was
a
long,
kire
thing oppressive, and my heart
and degraded by it.
Was nut in the rat
teach- versation between him and my fath•
of his cane which he carried around
table, on both sides of which were terest
"Bring him at three o'clock," he seemed to be within the region of .
ings• it was in him alone. We'd sit et. in the synagogue one day
with him. He and the cane were
"Well, Reb Yisroel," my father
my threat as I mounted the stairs two memos. wooden benches. At together, he swaying hackwards
continued, "to my eheder."
inseparable. I was always afraid
I recall very vividly my first trip with my father. The creaking stairs 0:7 end of the table was an over- and forwards piously
piously cm the uphol- said, "what kind of a Talmud pu-
of him us a child, and sa were the
turned box used as a chair, and at
to the school, the cheder as it was sounded weirdly loud. A cold, wet the other end, a cheap, thickly slut- stared chair, and I on the %maim' PO iii my son?"
other children. He was continual-
"Your Yankele? Il—m, may he
called in Yiddish. It was located fly brushed against my cheek and
box near him, for I never used the
ly glomy, downcast, and never a
fed upholstered chair. Directly at h
in the foreign district of Boston, startled me so that I almost cried .
(Turn to Page Five)
smile came across his face.
the back was a book-rack filled with benches because of the splinters
out
in
fear.
For
a
moment
I
ex-
known as the West End. I clung
"Reb Yisroel," my father once , fearfully to my father's hand as perienced an almost irrestible de- I large, heavy volumes yellow with
age. Abov the book-rack were a
said to him, holding me by the hand, he elbowed through the jabbering sire to flee.
"have you room in your cheder for crowd of fat, cursing women hold-
Finally, be my great relief, a door 1 few faded( multi-colored pictures'
another student?"
,
.
ing crying, dirty babies in their opened at the head of the stairs of Mostar on Mount Sinai, and of
Reb Yisroel gazed critically at arms, and dark, villainous-looking and a bright light flooded the stair- I' Palest i te.
Loud
T h greeted
gerree.e
uaptoe nd t
me over the rims of his spectacles. men like those I had seen in the way. Reis Yisroel, wearing a skull ,
ant r ante.
n
were se
"I'm, another student? Since I movies, talking in strange guttural cap, stood at the door and I heard mY
a b out fi five ragge
, rty-
dl • 1-
d resse
d di
faced lads of my age seated around
' the table, and all were isolently
gaping at me and nudging each
other.
"Shah!" the teacher admonsihed
them. "Let there be quiet!"
"Rebid," a freckled-faced boy
piped up, "I gotta go home now."
"Gevalt! Before you even start
you must go home! Remember Sam-
my, I'll tell your mother."
"Aw, gee whiz, relibi, don't ya
understand, I gotta deliver my pa-
Cadillac 4185
35.37 W. Jefferson Ave.
pers?"
"Gott in !limited! Such is Amer-
ica!" and while the rebid lamented
and bewailed the innocent Colum-
bus, Sammy had slipped out.
"Sit down 011 the box, Yankele,"
Reb Yisroel said to me, "but be
careful you don't tear your trous-
ers on the nails."
The rehbi sat down heavily on
the upholstered chair, and opened
a large RA-covered book.
"Nu loafers," he said turning to
the squirming, whispering boys,
"listen well as I read. 'And it came
to pass at the end of two full years
Cadillac 8960
that Pharaoh dreamed. And what
did Pharaoh dream?" he asked in
MEMBER
a sing-song voice, and without wait-
ing for an answer, continued,
American Institute of Accountants
"Pharaoh dreamed that—'he stood
by the river. And, behold, there
Detroit, Mich.
3437 Book Bldg.
came up out of the river seven cows
of good appearance and fat in flesh,
and they fed in the meadow.' Ai, .•
yai, yai;" and he swayed fervently
•
I
back and forth, his face all aglow.

15

■

lied

James E Burgess

CORONER OF WAYNE COUNTY

Season's Greetings

Extends to the Jewish People of Wayne County
a Happy and Prosperous New Year

far Economical Transportation

T. Woodhouse & Co.
Candy

John

Rosh Hashonah Greetings

1St Choice of the
Nationfor1928!

J. LEE BOOTHE

Certified Public Accountant

"Any questions?" he asked. "Nu,
then I'll continue. 'And, behold,
seven other cows came up after
them out of the river, ill-favored
and lean in flesh; and they stood
by the other cows upon the brink
of the river.' Barn, ban, ham! Tell
me Ikey, you little tramp, tell me
why you are laughing?"
"That's a fairy tale."
"What, Ikey are you meshuggeh,
crazy? Don't you know every word
is true?"
"But, rebbi, how can cows come
out of a river?"
"Oy, Ikele, in those days such
things were possible. But nowa- •
days—woe is us!—there is so much
sinning and hatred in the world
s .
that I sometimes fear the same fate
will befall us as with Sodom and
Gomorrah."
"'And the ill-favored and lean-
fleshed cows did eat up the seven „„.
we ll-favored and fat cows.' Tell =
me Yankele, Yunkele, which of the a
seven cows were eaten: the fat or
—
the lean?"
=
I awoke with a start, for I was =
fascinated watching him. I gazed
blankly at Rai Yisroel, and when
a snigger went around the table I =

Over 750,000 Bigger and Better
Chevrolets delivered since Jan. 1st!

Coupe

rhe a-Door
Sedan

'495

'595

'675

$5

The COACH

5

T,'„.1.7:1`"''

flushed a deep red.

tsi, Yankele! Already a =
loafer; Only this very moment I
had said, 'And the ill-favored and =
lean-fleshed cows did eat up the sev-
en well-favored and fat cows.' ,=
children mine," he be- =
gan in a chanting voice, "Pharaoh =
dreamed a dream and it was a won-
derful dream. A dream from God
was it, from God a dream was it. =
Seven fat cows front out of the =
river came, from the river did they a
come out; and after them came
seven thin, bony cows, from the =
river did they come out; and the
skinny cows ate the fat cows, the =
fat cows they ate up. Ai, yai, yai, =
such a dream did Pharaoh drea. =
And Kinderlach remember — say =
Abie, where are you going? What!
Home? Alt, that's Americaner chil-
dren!"
e s
t p rootther.
p ihtiee'slidoe, pvitsur r o eei, she
la, e1sf, t ersA

Kinderlach,

a

3 715

All pa/11,4F; Mot,

Cheek Chevrelet Delivered Prices

Tian Include the lowest handlin, and anent:toe , haraer eattilablat

Connell Chevrolet Co.
11426 Jos. Campau

Munroe-French, Inc.
3010 Fenkell Ave.

Streng Chevrolet Co.
8510 Twelfth St.

Central Chevrolet Co.
Jefferson at Chene St.

Ginn & Homer, Inc.
9258 Grand River Ave.

Kessler Sales & Service
Dix Ave. and W. Grand Blvd.

Belle Isle Auto Sales
11300 East Jefferson Ave.

Louis G. Harris Co.
7040 W. Fort St.

City Chevrolet Co., Inc.
14259 Mack Ave.

Highland Chevrolet Co.
12893 Woodward Ave.

AL

Mack-Gratiot Co.
3161 Gratiot Ave.

Gratiot Chevrolet Co.
12668 Gratiot Ave.

Chevrolet Motor Co.
Retail Store
General Motors Bldg.

Weisman
Motor Ave.
Sales
Chambers Motor Sales Co. 3639
Woodward
5733 Grand River Ave.
Tracy & Cotton, Inc.
Michigan Chevrolet Sales Co.
Birmingham, Mich.
6644 Michigan Ave.
Chevrolet
Co.
Otten-Nicolai, Inc. River Collins
Rouge,
Mich.
13401 Van Dyke Ave.

Bielman Motor Sales
8100 Gratiot Ave.

QU

Oakwood Motor Sales
Fort St. and Oakwood Blvd.

I

T Y

A T

L 0 W

D. H. Stringer Co.

FUNERAL HOME

22250 Grand River at Cooley

REDFORD

Redford 0046
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

_

D. II. STRINGER, Manager

JIIIIIIIIIIiIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Ic

Acclaimed by hundreds of thousands everywhere as
the world's most luxurious low-priced car, the Bigger
and Better Chevrolet has enjoyed such tremendous
preference on the part of buyers that today it stands
first choice of the nation for 1928! •
Over 750,000 new Chevrolets delivered to owners
since January 1st! The largest number of automo.
biles sold this year by any single manufacturer!
Never has any Chevrolet enjoyed such overwhelm•
ing public endorsement—for never has any low.
priced automobile combined such impressive per.
formance, such delightful comfort, and such distinc.
tive style.
The power and smoothness of a famous valve-in-head
motor equipped with "invar strut" constant clear.
ance pistons ... the riding ease assured by 107-inch
wheelbase and semi-elliptic shock absorber springs
... the safety and ease of handling afforded by big
non-locking four-wheel brakes and a ball bearing
worm-and-gear steering mechanism ... the smart-
ness and luxury of marvelously beautiful bodies by
Fisher finished in modish colors—these arc among
the outstanding reasons why people everywhere
have conferred leadership on today's Chevrolet!
Come in and inspect the car that has won such spec.
tacular nationwide approval.

Th. Tourtng
or Roadster
Th r

Season's Greetings

Royal Oak Sales
Royal Oak, Mich.

tations, left the room in a twink-
ling of an eye and in a moment
their joyous shouts and cries in the
streets could be heard.
Shaking his head and muttering
imprecations on Columbus, as if the
latter were responsible for this
state of affairs, he beckoned me to
him, and opened again the red-cov-
ered book.
Just as he was about to start,
angry quarelling voices could be
heard through the open window.
"May the cholera take you! An-
other two cents on a pound you
wouldn't give, maybe?"
"Not I but the devil should have
to do business with you! What do
you want from my life, you cut-
throat, murderer? Thirteen cents
is all I can afford to pay, so do me
something!"
"Mr. Finkelstein, upon my word
you ack like a jibbering horse! 23
years have I sold you my rags and
rn iin say what
r teuvseirnyet dy
par,er, c alnedveto

Wallace-Hartman, Inc.
a
Ferndale, Mich.
Iy
you are.
a man' fr om a thousand, and tut
Down-River Motor Sales
u,
with
ure
to
deal
ple
as
it 's a
Wyandotte, Mich.
and—"
"Enough, Gedalyah! I don't care
E. J. Allison Motor Sales
for your praises. The skin from a
person you could strip. But for
Plymouth, Mich.
friendship's sake, I'll give you a
more on the pound."
Miller-Slater Chevrolet Co., Inc. cent
Reb Yisroel with a loud, angry
Dearborn , Mich.
bang closed the window which
looked out open a junk yard.
Wotring Chevrolet Co.
"Well," he said partly to him-
self and partly to me," such is life!
Fordson, Mich.
Jews, like donkeys, quarrel; chil-
dren, like little fools, despise learn-
Leech Auto Sales
ing! Nobody cares for the Torah;
Redford, Mich.
nobody studies God's words! So!
Business, amusements, money and
Walter Wright
pleasure! For that every one has
time. What a curse Columbus
Flat Rock, Mich.
brought upon the world!" and shak-

COS T

ing his head despairingly, he eat
down again.
For the first few weeks I loathed
the cheder, and only under physical
compulsion from my father could I

Season's Greetings to All My Jewish
Friends and Patrons

-S -
F!
O. K.
i
Weather Strips
=

—

ZINC , BRONZE AND BRASS CAULKING

EXPERT WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED

g-

E-
=

, improved Weatherstrips at Lower Prices

=
=

MANUFACTURERS—RETAIL, WHOLESALE

=

0. K. Metal
Weatherstrip Co.

=
—

=
=
Fa.
—

=
=

Euclid 7157

5605 Hillsboro Avenue

N 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111irF

N

Greetings of the Season

Detroit Underpinning
and Shoring Co.

INCORPORATED

ENGINEERS

CARL HENRICHSEN, General Manager

SPECIALIZING IN

Building Raising, Moving

Shoring for Fronts, Walls and Floors

Deep Trenches and Caissons

Shoring for Underpinning and Remodeling.

Moving of Large Brick and Brick

Veneer Buildings.

Members Builders' Traders' Exchange

Euclid 1300

NIGHT CALLS FOR

A. JOHNSON
Euclid 1363-M

C.

OFFICE AND YARD

9121 ALPINE
Cor. Westfield

Near Chicago Blvd. and D. T. R. R.

