.,-)81°""ss filEDLTROITIEWISR &WNW March 5, 1937 and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE rituDgritordEinsti (If RONICI and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE Published Weeny by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co, Ms. !Entered . Beton-class matter Marsh I. 1914, .t the Poet- office at Detroit, Mich.. none the sot of Earn II, ISM General Offices and Publication Building 525 Woodward Avenue Telephoa•: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address: Chronicle London °film 14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England Subscription, in Advance $3.00 Per Year To insure publication, all eormspondenee and news matter must reach this cam by Tuesday evening of melt week. When mediae notice., kindly use one elle of the patter ann. Tb. Detroit Jewish Chronicle 1.1W torreepondena ea sob. Mete of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims empanel- 911Ity for ms Indorsement of the •Iesrs •sproseed by the writers Sabbath Readings of the Law Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35:1.40:38. Num 19. Prophetical portion--Ezek 36:16-38, March 5,1937 Adar 22, 5697 The Hillel Parents' Day Dr. Bernard Heller, director of the lin- tel Foundation of the University of Michi- gan, is not satisfied merely with enlisting the interest of the students on the campus. He is equally as anxious that the parents and all friends of Hillel should take an active interest in the work of the student organization. It is out of this anxiety that he has arranged for a parents' day at the foundation ,to be held on March 13. This student-parent event deserves to be made an event of community importance for more than the ordinary reasons that our students should be provided with a Jewish education, that a social organiza- tion is needed for Jews on the campus, that parents must display an interest in the work of their sons and daughters, etc., etc. The truth is that student groups serve as the nuclei for future movements, and the care that is taken in guiding these stu- dents serves in the future'either as a de- terrent to or as an encouragement of re- action. In European countries students have been among the most important ele- ments in the advancement of extreme causes—including Nazism, Fascism, Cuz- ism, Endekism and Bolshevism. It is from the students that Jews have suffered the most, and there is some hope that from the more liberal student body will eventually come salvation for our people. Jewish students react to world events in the same spirit as the non-Jews. Condi- tions of our times may drive them to ex- tremes, and the care that is taken to guide them in their youth will determine their life's activities. But there is a far more important rea- son why the Hillel Foundation, which is today one of Bnai Brith's most important functions, should enlist the interest and 'co-operation of every Jew. If students should continue to display tendencies to become reactionary, then the university may turn out to be a nest for bigotry. A well-informed Jewish student body is the only weapon that will help offset such pre- judice and Hillel is the only organization that can be expected to carry on the im- portant educational work. Of course, there is also a positive rests son for supporting Hillel work. We have a culture to perpetuate, and Jewish stu- dents must learn sto „share our treasures with us. Hillel strives_to encourage and to promote a irewish %intellectualism. The parents should•erate in this work. nity of display. They will have e parents' 'and ing their inter an March 13. is : friends day Importance d- National Funds At no time in the history of the Zionist movement has the superiority of national funds ovet the desirability of private in- itiatiVe asserted itself as strongly as it did as a result of the most recent Arab out- rages in Palestine. If there were any Jews who have left the country because of the riots, they will undoubtedly be men and women who entered the country under the category of capitalists and who went there to make investments. Jews who have gone to Palestine to settle on publicly owned land will probably never be as seriously affected as those who went there to carry on private enterprises. It is a well-known fact by this time that whenever anything of a nationally owned nature is affected, the people rise above mere financial loss with a determination not only to rebuild what has been destroy- ed but to create even more efficiently and more effectively. The best proof is to be found in the up- rooting of trees by Arabs. The call im- mediately went forth that for every tree uprooted, ten should be replanted by the Jews of the world; and as was to be ex- pected, there was a prompt and liberal response to this plea. In the instance of privately initiated ef- forts in Palestine, the response is inevit- ably different. The individuals affected are discouraged and their discouragement lends to the minimizing of opportunities and possibilities not only within their own ranks but also among their friends. The gathering of national funds is un- questionably the basis for the reconstruc- tion of Palestine and the larger the funds available for the redemption of the soil of Palestine and for the settling upon such redeemed land by as large numbers of Jews as possible, the more effective is the work for Palestine's reconstruction. The Jewish National Fund and the Keren Hayesod, as the principal fund- raising agencies included in the Palestine campaign, thus remain the backbone of all efforts for Palestine's rehabilitation. At the same time, the funds that are gath- ered by the labor Zionists through the Gewerkschaften campaign similarly con- tributed in good measure towards the progress that is achieved by Jews in Eretz Israel. The riots teach us a great deal in rela- tion to the type of work that ought to be carried on in Palestine. They primarily teach us that only through an organized national effort can the work be efficiently carried on. Strengthen Anti-Nazi Boycott! March 15, the fourth anniversary of the Hitler dictatorship, will be made an occa- sion for a monster demonstration at Madi- son Square Garden, New York, and for the renewal of efforts to strengthen the boy- cott of German-made goods. Arranged by the Joint Boycott Council of the American Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labor Comnifttee,/which includes the entire Jew- ish trade union movement in the country, this demonstration ought to be a signal to liberals—Jews and non-Jews alike— throughout the country, to carry on the anti-Nazi boycott with renewed vigor. Unless the boycott is stimulated and en- couraged, there is danger of its weaken- ing and 'its becoming ineffective because people will be inclined to take things for granted and to assume that anti-Nazism goes on anyway by the momentum of its own movement. The falsity of such an as- sumption must be impressed upon all ene- mies of Nazism, and every occasion, espe- cially the anniversary of the Hitler dicta- torship, must be utilized for the purpose of strengthening the boycott and reviving interest in it. The boycott can and must be made a potent weapon against Nazism. In the most recent boycott bulletin issued by the Joint Boycott Council, B. C. Vladeck, chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee, presented the case for the boycott as fol- lows: TALMUDIC TALES By DAVID MORANTZ " OFF MY CHEST Mussolini and the Jews Employment Discrimination A recent issue of This Week carried the following significant editorial comment: Charlie Chaplin cannot talk to any man sitting behind a desk. Chaplin is a bank di- rector, heed of his own corporation, big man in the business world; but when he has to carry on a conversation with any official, he pulls his chair around to the side." My whole youth," he says, "was bruised by rebuffs from men sitting at desks when I was looking for a Job. It did something to me that I can never throw off." Desk-men, be gentle with the boys and girls on the other side. Don't run the risk of scarring one of the fine souls of this world. It is no longer a new story that Jews are among the worst offenders in discrimi- nating against Jewish applicants for jobs. The Employment Service of the Jewish Community Center of Detroit reports that conditions in the employment field have grown worse, and that Jewish offenders are not showing any signs of repentance, or of a desire to be fair in the selection of employes. No one has ever asked Jewish or non- Jewish employers to give preference to Jewish applicants for jobs. All that has been and is being asked is that employers should be fair with the Jews and should let merit be the guide in the selection of employes. It is a tragic comedy in our fight against bigotry that Jews should have to be numbered among the worst offen- ders. If a strong enough weapon can be created out of the mold of public opinion against such Jewish bigots, the fight against them must take precedence over any other battle for justice. An Old Question Analyzed and Answered BE NOT BOASTFUL King Solomon was one day sit- ting at his window watching two By DAVID LLOYD GEORGE small birds on the branch of a nearby tree. The male bird was bragging of EDITOR'S NOTE, By special arrangement with Liberty Magazine, The Detroit Jewish Chron- his strength to his mate. icle herewith p is a brilliant article from the pen of David Lloyd George, war-time "If I desired," he boasted, "I premier of Great Britain in whose regime the Balfour Declaration was issued and could not only crush Solomon but who has always been known as a true friend of the Jewish people. destroy his palace with one stroke of my wing." The wife gazed upon her mate Surely the Jews are the most remarkable as an Oriental nation. Englishmen are a mixture with admiration and encouraged him to do so to prove his strength. race that ever dwelt on this earth. When they of many races; still they are one people. Out of Solomon, who, in his great wis- an infinitude of races the United States is pro- were a poor people of peasants and shepherds dom, understood all tongues, was ducing a type which is 100 per cent American. dwelling on a rugged plateau covering ground much displeased upon hearing But a Jew remains a Jew throughout the ages. this. • no more extensive than Wales, they produced He is just as much a Hebrew today in his senti- Summoning the braggart bird the most sublime literature that ever issued from before him, he asked the meaning ment, in his pride, and in his racial loyalties as the pen of men. Whin they were a despised of his boastful statements. he was when he was driven from Palestine. province in a great empire, they found a reli- With fear and trembling the Dispersal has not disintegrated this national gion which finally cenquered their conquerors bird begged for mercy and said he had only been trying to raise solidarity. It has consolidated it. The Jews re- and is today the accepted faith of the most pow- himself in his mate's estimation. fuse to be good mixers. When they were bonds- erful nations on earth. The very fact of their The king, having a sense of men in Egypt,. they were not as other slaves. survival as a separate race, under the adversities humor, smiled and with a warning It was in the days of their Assyrian exile, over and tribulations through which they have passed, not to be ao vain and boastful in 2,000 years ago, that Haman said unto King the future, sent him back to his demonstrates their inherent vitality and indomit- spouse. Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered able spirit. To quote the words of Walter Scott, "What did the king want?" she abroad and dispersed among the people in all describing the maltreatment of the Jews in Eng- eagerly asked upon his return. the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws land during the Middle Ages: "There was no Throwing out his chest, he re- are diverse from all people; neither keep they the plied in his grandest manner: race existing on the earth, in the air or the "King Solomon earnestly begged king's laws; therefore it is not for the king's pro- waters, who were the object of such an uninter- me not to destroy his palace. " fit to suffer them. If it please the Icing, let it mitting, general and relentless persecution as Upon hearing this, and seeing be written that they may be destroyed."' the Jews of this period . . . Norman, Saxon, that his advice had been entirely disregarded Solomon became very This isolation has been at the bottom of Dane and Briton, however adverse these races angry and ordered both birds many a program. The Jews are not exclusively were to each other, contended which should look killed as a warning to others to responsible for it. The medieval ghetto was not with greatest detestation upon a people -whom it abstain from conceited boasting a Jewish device. It was resorted to by the na- and as a lesson to women not to . was accounted a point of religion to hate, to re- encourage others to attempt fool- tions among whom the Jews dwelt, They were vile, to despise, to plunder and to persecute." hardy acts to raise themselves in nowhere allowed to hold or cultivate the land or But the Jews have endured all these exper- their esteem, even live in the countryside. The medieval iences for 30 centuries, and still they are five (Copyright by David Morena). guilds forbade them to learn or practice any times as numerous and many times more power- Due to the esteneve Interest In 'Tal- of the more honorable crafts. They were not mudic Tales," 121 legends and over 600 ful than they were in the greatest days of their pomie of wisdom have been collected even permitted to fight for the country which national glory. Their escape from complete an- In an attractive book of In MOM handsomely bound In grained blus gave them a grudging, squalid and not always nihilation is probably due to the fact that per- lum cloth, with gold-stamped till,. Autographed by author. Suitable for secure shelter. secution was never simultaneous in all countries. There are two sides to the boycott against German goods and services. One Is practical: Can the boycott reduce Nazi foreign trade? The second Is ideals Can the boycott In- duce people not to buy from the regime that has for four years now outraged all tenets of law, all standards of decency? The answer to both questions is: YESI And our experience confirms this "Yes" unequivdcally. Thus within 4 years German imports into the U. S. decreased markedly, as is evinced by the following figures: Raw and Floss Silk 38,000 From It. M. 1,288,000 to Rayon and Yarn 65,000 From R. M. 234,000 to gift. and prices. Price 11.60 post-paid. Addl. .. orders to David Morants, Gross- Cotton Textiles man Building, Kamm City, Kansas. From R. M. 25,254,000 to 6,315,000 Woolen Textiles From R. M. 1,897,000 to 187,000 Textile Machinery From R. M. 3,677,000 to 937,000 By PIERRE VAN PAASSEN Leather Goods From R. M. 13,226,000 to 1,886,000 (Copyright, 1937, 13. A. F. II) Toys From R. M. 12,876,000 to 4,708,000 If in chemicals and metals, German im- ports are still considerable, it is either be. More than on observer of the cause our boycott work has not as yet pene- world's scene has in the mast com- trated into certain fields or because some of mented on the fact that whereas the large importers are in sympathy with the IIitler has raised hatred for the aims of Nazism and delight in giving it eco- Jew to a doctrine of State, the nomic support. Fuehrer's prototype, Signor Mus- MORAL SIDE solini, never seems even to have However, the value of the boycott is not taken a definite stand on the Jew- to be considered entirely in the light of prac• ish question, Some hastily deduced tical achievement. There is a moral side to from this that there were really it which is just as important. not enough Jews to go around in The Hitler regime tells the Jewst "You Italy to make anti-Semitism worth Sr. scoundrels, paresites, despoilers. I am while. Others proclaimed that the going to root you out. I shall destroy you Jews of Italy had so completely socially, economically and physically." How woven themselves into the national can any Jew with the least self-respect, use texture that, except for a creedal anything that comes from such a senseless difference, they were not distin- tyad satlie‘ie enemy? guishable from the. rest of the e Al all food, all clotking and all shelter Lod Italians, and so had managed to etilltie;Otap from the Third. Reich, 'Jews would save themselves as a group from rather die than deal with • regime that dese.. drawing the attention of the 'crates their holiest , feedings, outrages their stiletto-bearing, castor-oil-adminis- "'self-respect and threatens them with world tering shocktroops of blackshirt- • .• extinction. (stn. Why, it waspointed out, even The same regime tells organized labor and some of the Duce's best friends every liberal movement both within and with- were Jews; the first secretary of out Germanys You are fools and traitors. You the Fascist party, Augusto Turati, have ruined Germany and you will ruin the and Guido Jung, financial adviser world! You either desist and recant or we to the regime were Jews; Donna shall annihilate you. Labor can be organized Margaretta Sarfatti, Mussolini's only to my ambition. Free thought closest collaborator in his Socialist days, later his enthusiastic science, religion, creative Ideas can be al- biographer, is a Jewess. lowed only as long as they meekly submit and The conclusion was that Fas- serve." cism is not necessarily anti-Semi- How can labor and liberalism deal with tic and that Jews might do worse such barbarism? Any labor man or liberal than give their support and friend. who can find justification for using German ship to embryonic Fascist move- goods or services is not worthy of being ments in different countries. It either. was—and still is—argued that As Jews, as liberals and as men of labor Jews by becoming Fascists can cut we says "Every effort should he -made to make the , the ground from under the feet of still dormant anti-Semitic tenden- boycott effective, but irrespective of the prac- cies in Fascist parties and thus tical results, we shall continue to boycott save themselves and their fellow everything that comes from the land of Hitler Jews from a deal of unpleasant. and Streicher, Goering and Goebbels, because ness on the day when those parties only in that way can we best retain our self- become dominant powers in the reaped. The political and moral issues are clear. And the weapon to fight Nazism is avail- able. What is necessary is the education to inspire all liberals not to rest from ef- forts in the interests of the anti-Nazi boy- cott, for even a single moment. If at all possible, all forces striving to boycott Nazi Germany must be united and a strong front presented against the reaction which threatens the peace and security of man- kind. Why the Jews Are Persecuted Dosed upon the ancient legends and pliiimophy found In the Talmud and folklore of the 'knish people. State. The vehement anti-Semitic ar- ticles which have appeared of late in Italian government-controlled newspapers have upset all the fine calculations of those compromisers who would have the Jews forget themselves so far as to support for expediency's sake, a doctrine of State which is the very an. (PLEASE. TURN TO NEXT PAGE) When greed and bigotry combined to maltreat the Jew in one land, he always found refuge in another. We have had an illustration quite re- cently of fleeing from the face of danger to more tranquil regions. When Hitler drove the Jews from all the high places which their genius had won for them in Germany—France, Britain, American and Holland opened their gates wide to the exiles of Nazism. The Red Sea always opened its waters at the critical hour for this persecuted People. They claim to be the chosen people of the Deity. There is certainly warrant for the claim insofar as it refers to one period in their amaz- ing career. They were selected by Providence as the medium for the delivery of the greatest spiritual message ever sent from on high. No one can read the story of the Jewish race with- out understanding why it was specially deputed to convey to mankind this most exalted but at the same time most challenging truth. Jews' Determination to Live But the most unaccountable mystery in the history of the Jews is the persistence. the source, and the intensity of their persecution threnghout the ages. What makes it all the more ises- plicable is the contrast between the treatment accorded to the Jews in Christian countries and that whichthey have received under Moslem rule. The warlike followers of Mohammed ex- tended the fullest religious freedom to the Jews, who regarded both Christ and Mohammed as false interpreters of the God of Israel. Neither Saracen nor Moor interfered with the religious worship of the Jewish communities in their midst. They profited enormously by this statesmanlike attitude. In science and in art the superiority of the early Moslems is attributable to the' Jews. Christian countries were impoverished by the way in which, under the influence of the clergy, they suppressed and limited Jewish activities. What can be the explanation of the special and secular hatred conceived for the Jew among European peoples? The malarial insect whose poison infects healthy creatures with the fever of Jew hatred is buzzing In our ears today with the same vicious hum and deadly poison as it ever did in the days of Torquemada. Religious bigotry is responsible for some of the most brutal attacks made on the Jew in European countries. But the antagonism to Is- rael was not exclusively or mainly religious. The root of the trouble is to be found in the deter- mination of the Jews throughout the centuries not to lose their identity as a separate and dis- tinct people in any land where they dwell. They seem to insist on preserving their individuality Broader Horizons For Women They Meet the Challenge of the Times By MRS. HERBERT H. LEHMAN EDITOR'S NOTE: Mrs. Lohman, wife of the Governor of New York, here de- errilwe the progrem made by women Ia the comparatively short time that they have participated to the world's activities outside the home. (Copyright, 1537, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate) The world has undergone many great pride to the contributions changes during the last 25 years. they have made in the political A sense of security and eternal world since they have been ac- stability, so characteristic of the cepted there as a real factor. They temper of the times 25 years ago have shown that they are capable has been supplanted, in many of working shoulder to shoulder, cases, by • feeling of insecurity, in perfect harmony with the men apprehension and fear for the in improving conditions and in future. making the home a better place In spite of this change of tem- in which to live. per, and perhaps because it has Strides in Economic Field aroused in them a sense of respon- They have recognized in the sibilty and obligation, women have right of franchise an ever-present gained in self-confidence in the challenge, and they are meeting ability to map out their course that challenge fairly and squarely. and to follow it relentlessly and The time has passed when woman with courage. They have found for is satisfied to sit supinely by, ac- themselves new paths leading cepting situations as they come,' toward higher goals, and toward rejoicing if they are pleasant and these goals they strive with ever- looking on them as inevitable if i ncreasing enthusiasm and loyalty. they are not She now asks herself, The very fact that they are ex- "What can I do about it?" And pected now to play a part in every she proceeds to act, In this way field of activity spurs on to fur- she keeps herself informed rerard- ther effort and achievement. ing all matters pertaining to the Only 25 years ago, in the politi- welfare of her home and becomes c al field, women were fighting for an important cog on the machin- the right of franchise against an- try of government tagonism and distrust, not alone In the economic field women of men but of women themselves, have made great strides. The who feared that the right to vote World War had robbed the Indus- would rob them of their womanli- trial and economic world of man nos and their love for the home. power. Woman suddenly found Fortunately this did not prove herself in a new positio n, when to be the case. On the contrary, I many industries and professions believe women may point with unsure ream TO NEXT PAGE) Jews Are Loyal Citizens Under these circumstances, the calumny which imputes cowardice to them is the basest of all slanders.' When their aid was sought they have invariably wrought and fought bravely for the lands which accorded them just treatment. The French Revolution conferred equal rights upon the Jews, and Napoleon confirmed the revo- lutionary decree in this respect. The result was that no Frenchman fought more gallantly for the tricolor than the emancipated Jews of France. For generations they have enjoyed the full rights of citizenship in the British Empire, and they have requited this treatment by a loyalty and patriotism which never shone out more conspic- uously than during the World War. The most brilliant and successful general do the British army during the Great War was an Australian Jew—General Monash. They are accused in Germany of conspiring to establish a Communist state. It is true that the fundamental principles of Russian Bolshe- vism are derived from the writings of a great Jewish economist—Karl Marx—and that prob- ably the Bolshevik Revolution would have been crushed but for the genius of a Jew—Trotsky- who is the greatest improviser of revolutionary armies since Denton and Cana. But these critics of Judah forget that the Jew has in the past endured inure in countries like Russia, Ger. many and even Britain (before anti-sweating leg- islation was introduced) from social inequalities and industrial bondage than any other race. No country is entitled - to claim loyalty unto death from a people to whom it denies the elementary rights of humanity. A Jew fairly treated is a loyal citizen in all lands. Many devout Jews maintain that Israel is a separate religion and not a separate nation. The greatest statesman raised by Judah in modern times, Dr. Weizmann, has realized the difficulty and endeavored to handle it with a courage, skill and wisdom the results of which will be enduring and will enable the Jews once more to make a contribution to the work of civilization as a separate community dwelling in their own national home. His solution finds a precedent and a justification in the case of another oppressed race—the Irish. Ireland is now free to fashion its own destiny. Its sons and daughters have full liberty and opportunity to build up an Irish state. Here their special qualities, characteristics and genius will make the special contribution of the Irish race to the civilization of the world. This is how I understand the idea of • na- tional home for the Jews in the country which they made holy ground. It's a Funny World Strictly Confidential Tidbits from Everywhere By PH1NEAS J. BIRON (copyright. 1937, S. A. F. ) THE NAZI FRONT The Federal Securities and Ex- change Commission is battling the law firm of J. P. Morgan and Co. over a little matter of interest due American holders of $30,000,- 000 in German bonds . . . The SEC is fighting for the investors and the law firm is championing the Nazis. One of the by-products of Mau- rice Levin's purchase of the Adams-Flanigan department store in the Bronx was the disappear- ance' of German goods from the shelves of that emporium. A couple of Nazi agents who tried to sell Aryanism to the In- dians on the Navajo reservation barely escaped with their scalps intact Order number 6 issued by Fritz Kuhn, fuehrer of the Nazis in American, to members of the "Ordnungsdienst," the uni- formed ushers who guard Nazi meetings, informs that "badges and epaulettes will be made so that they can be removed easily in order that men who walk alone to and from meetings may look like civilians." Lawrence Simpson, the Ameri- can seaman who was held in a Nazi concentration camp for 18 months after being taken from an American ship on a charge of dis- tributing anti-Nazi literature, re- veals that it was the United States vice-counsul at Hamburg who gave the Gestapo agents the warrants to search for him on the U. S. liner Manhattan • . Simp- son also claims that the captain of the Manhattan cried out to the Nazis who were arresting the seaman: "Take him along and give him 50 years." ETHEREAL FLASHES Helen Granitsch, president of the Austrian Women's League, is suing Dr. Kurt Sonnenfeld, au- thor of her authorized biography, because he refuses to delete cer- tain passages indicating that her mother was a Jewess, In Czechoslovakia, where the circulation of Julius Streicher's "Stuermer" is forbidden, a carpen- ter by the name of Gustav Gschwendt was tried and acquitted ( PLEASE TURN TO NEXT PAGE ) Lights front Shadowland By LOUIS PEKARSKY Reproduction In part or whole forbld• den without permission of the Seven Arts Feelers Syndicate, copyrightere of this feature. (Copyright, 1917, IX A. F. a) THE WEEK IN HOLLYWOOD Edward L. Alperson, president of Grand National Films, Inc., has signed a 10-year lease for the Educational Studio in IIollywood and permanent headquarters will be established there for this new company, Grand National will take occupancy April 1. Following this announcement comes word that Selznick International Pic- tures, headed by David 0. Selz- nick, haspurchased the historic RKO-Pathe Studio inCulver City. This is the biggest major step in the studio's prosperity expansion program, according to II e n r y Ginsberg, general manager for Selznick. Mervyn LeRoy, ace film direc- tor, has secured the services of two notable figures in the theatri- cal world for his own producing company. Max Gordon, famous theatrical producer, with many hits to his credit, is to help LeRoy in the production of an elaborate musical show to be started soon. Gordon and LeRoy are old friends and the former will give the lat- ter the benefit of his broad ex- perience as a play producer and the latter will teach Gordon how to make movies, and at a fancy salary while learning. George Jes- se!, noted star of musical comedy who is being kept very busy with radio engagements in New York these days, has also signed an agreement with producer LeRoy to join his staff as an associate producer. Jessel will bring his vast experience in the entertain- ment field to aid LeRoy in ideas, stories and treatment of future pictures. He begins his new work April 15, moving over from Uni- versal studios, where he has been until now. History That Reads Like a Fairy Tale You Have to Learn to Laugh at It, Says Noted Emil Ludwig's Story of the Nile River Is His Best and Humorist Most Artistic Work By HARRY HERSHFIELD EDITOR'S NOTE: To this article Harry Hershfield, nationally famed cartoon- istend nod Mannerism's favor- ite toastmaster, dewribee hi. Odymy from the plates ef form through a eynaeollue choir to the comics page, 'there he now amuses millions every day. (Copyright, 1917.8 A. F. 8) People often wonder that I, a cartoonist and humorist, should do my work in an office full of medieval relics, where I had special window frames built in tai accommodate old eccles- iastic stained glass windows, where nothing save the indis- pensable electric fixtures and telephones recall the unimpeach- able modernity of the skyscrap- er on a lofty floor of which this office is located. Yet the explanation is sim- ple: The religious atmosphere— in the broad sense of the term —that surrounds me in my of- fice merely expresses • harking back to the spiritual atmosphere of my childhood. Only a few weeks ago I pass- ed once more through my native date, Iowa, on my way back to New York from Hollywood, where I had just Completed • photoplay of newspaper life, "Get It First," for Warner (PLEA= MEW TO NEXT PAGE) NIIM: THE STORY OF A RIVER. Ily P57111 Ltulehr• Translated by Eery IL Lindsay. The hiking Prem, 16 Z. 44th 8t., New York ($ 6 )• Emil Ludwig has given up writ- ing biographies. More than 40 stories of great men are on record to his credit. But the most recent events which reveal some of his "great" characters as beasts in the images of men have brought about their own reactions to the feelings of this eminent writer— one of the world's most eminent men of letters. The result is that he has turn- ed to a river, and in writing its life-story has produced his best and most artistic work. "A roar heralds the river" is the sentence with which the book opens and closes, and from the roar of its waters, as it is described in "The Nile," we have not only a descrip- tion of its course but also the story of the irrigation and Pro- duce, flora and fauna, the wars and the festivala, the peoples, their worship, their sex lie. It is the story of the world's most famous river as traced geologic- ally, geographically, historically. Mr. Ludwig has visited and re- explored the River Nile. He has followed the literature and the travelogues of history and the result of his work is a superb document For the English read- er the great book was made pos- sible by the excellent efforts of the translator, Mary H. Lindsay. For the Jewish reader this book is as significant as it can possibly be for the Egyptian or for any one else. A great portion of Jew- ish history flowed with the stream of this river. Much significance in Jewish existence is still con- nected with the Nile. Of the five great discoverers and explorers of the river, one- Emin—was a Jew. Among the peoples inhabiting its shores, or the shores of Its tributaries, the Falashas (the Black Jews) are among the most colorful. Mr. Ludwig reconstructs the story of the Queen of Sheba, her journey to King Solomon's court and her relations with the wisp king of Judea. He tells of the manner in which one of the de- scendants from this union capi- talized on his ancestry and as- sumed a Jewish role in history. Ile also-describes the adoption of Christianity by the descendants and how they reacted in their new role: Ia the ninth century history took an ironic tura, for which documentary evidence again ex- ists. A Jewish princess in Abys- sinia drove out the dynast] elescended from Solomon, which had later become Christian, and, under the name of Queen Jo. dith, made herself mistress of the Korth. Not for 400 years, till about 1260, did s Chris- tian prise. •f the south, who traced his descent from Ink and Solomon. succeed is (PLEASE TTRN TO NEXT PA01)