THE JEWISH NEWS-1c Young Zionists to Bear
Miriam's
Friday, April 10, 1953
Stories for
French Premier Mayer
Confers with Eban in Capitol
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An American Jewish Press Feature
Hello Boys and Girls:
Many school children have
• great fun telling riddles. Are
they a fad at your school, too?
Some of the most famouS riddles
of all time were asked of King
Solomon by the Queen of Sheba.
Here's the story ...
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All over the world, men had
heard of the great wisdom of
King Solomon. From every
country they flocked to his pal-
ace in Jerusalem to hear his
proverbs, to benefit by his wise
decisions.
One day the city learned that
one of the most beautiful worn-
er. of the world vas coming to
see King Solomon. Legend tells
us that her land, Kittor, was
seven years' journey away from
Jerusalem. Yet she traveled that
distance because she was inter-
ested in testing the wisdom of
King Solbmon. • • •
When the Queen of Sheba
finally arrived, King Solomon
greeted her as a welcome and
honored guest. She was, indeed,
a fabulously beautiful woman.
And wealthy, too. The two mon-
archs rapidly became good
friends.
When the king had seated his
visitor at his__ side on the royal
throne, she said to him "I would
like to ask you some riddles. If
you answer them correctly, . I
will know that it is true when
people call you wise."
Her first riddle was: "What
water does not fall from heaven,
nor does it gush from stones and
the clefts of rocks. Sometimes it
is sweeter than honey and at
other –times more bitter than
gall, even though it has the
same source."
The king didn't have to think
long. He answered "The tear, of
course. It comes neither from
heaven nor from the clefts of
the rock. It tastes sweet when
man weeps for joy and bitter
when he weeps in sorrow." •
Then the Queen of Slieba
posed another riddle. "My loving
mother gave me two gifts. One
has a beautifully rounded hole
in it; the other can cut glass.
The first is found in the sea;
the second in the depths of the
earth."
This too was simple for King
Solomon. "The first gift," he
said, "is the pearl ring on your
finger. The second is your dia-
mond necklace."
A third time, the Queen asked
"What is it which when it de-
scends from heaven is pure and
white but afterwards becomes
soiled. In time it returns to
heaven in the form of clouds
and again becomes as pure as it
first was.'
"That must be snow,' said wise
King Solomon. "What can be
whiter than snow when it de-
scends from heaven. And what
is dirtier than snow when it is
turned to mud on the highway.
The clouds gave birth to it, and
when it thaws in the sun, it
goes back again where it came
from."
The Queen of Sheba was al-
most satisfied. But she had one
more gigantic test • for King
Solomon. She ordered six. hun-
dred boys and girls to be
brought before them. They were
all the same size, their hair was
cut the same, and they wore
identical clothes. "Now tell me,
0 King," she said, "which are
the boys and which are the
girls?"
King Solomon thought a
ment. Then he gave another
order. His servants brought to
each child a basin of water, and
asked the children to wash their
hands and faces.
The six hundred boys and
girls began to wash. And when
they found that there were no
towels, those who were girls
dried their hands and faces
with the hem of their skirts,
and those who were boys, not
knowing what to do remained
standing with wet hands and
faces.
Then the king ordered that
baskets of nuts and fruit be
brought, and he distributed
them among the youngsters.
Those that put up their little
skirts in which to hold the fruit,
he placed on his right, and
those who held the fruit in their
hands, on his left. Then he
said to the queen, "Those on my
right are girls; those on my left,
boys."
The Queen of Sheba was filled
with wonder. With her seers
and magicians she saw what the
king had done and together
they cried "King Solomon is as
wise as an angel of God."
*
French Premier Rene Mayer met
in Washington with Israel. Am-
bassador Abba Eban for an in-
formal talk on world affairs.
Eban had previously met Mayer
in Paris. The two statesmen ex-
changed opinions on a number
of questions of interest to both
Israel and France.
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at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, at the
Zionist House, 11345 Linwood. A
former Arthur Murray dance in-
structor will discuss "Know-
How and Etiquette of Modern
Dancing." A cocktail party, free
for members, will be featured.
For information on the group
call Rita Bakst, TO. 6-5933 or
Zionist House, TO. 8-9413.
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