Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1924-05-02

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Volmiio VI — No, 50
COLUMBUS, OHIO, MAY 2. 1924
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Zalowitz Gives His Opinion of Bachelor Versus Married Man
Nathaniel Zalowitz in Sparkling Article Explains the "Where¬ fore" of Bachelors
RABBI JACOB TARSHISH TO REVIEW PERCY MARKS' "PLASTIC AGE"
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"MEN WHO EARN LEAST MARRY FIRST," HE SAYS
A short time ago, I propounded a question, "Why Arc There So Many Old Maids?" Many attempted to sup¬ ply an answer, but none, in my opin¬ ion, hit upon thc obvious answer: The reason why there are so many old maids i.s because there arc so many bachelors, writes Nathaniel Zalowitz. Hence, the important thing is to try to understand something' of the nature of thc bachelor. ,
Th& true bachelor, tht 100 per cent specimen, iir not single because of any untoward circumstance; he is not a bachelor because he'd rather l)e un¬ happy and free rather than happy and enslaved. It cannot be made too clear . that bachelorhood is thc product of a particular point of view. -A.ny single man who regrets his btate is not an honcst-to-goodness bachelor. .'\ny man over thirty who is unmarried because of financial reasons, or because, he is too timid to know girls, or through fear of a mother-in-law, or because he's afraid to pop the question — I do solemnly swear that such an one is not a dyed in the wool bachelor. Lest any one forget, I reiterate that bache¬ lor and misogynist arc not synony¬ mous terms. The man who disparages women is not, I assure you, a bache¬ lor; he is — Strindberg, Nietzsche, Tol¬ stoy, Weiiiiger and Schopenhauer not¬ withstanding — an  ass.
It is a calumny that bachelors dis- ,, like children. The most popular uncle is usually the bachelor. It is he who • never forgets to send holiday presents to the kiddies. Every time the bache¬ lor uncle visits his nephew and niecd his coat pockets are stuffed with candy, and his arms are filled  with toys.,  I
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quaintances of the bachelors to say if I am not telling the truth. Ask any newsboy' if the man who. invariably refuses to take the change from a nickel after' buying an evening paper is not the much maligned bachelor. It is a mistake to think that the father of numerous progeny is a lover of children. As a rule he is so "fed up" that he loathes the very sight of other people's urchins. Just as it is a. well-known fact that the childless couple love small children, so it should be recognized that the bachelor, far from hating chil¬ dren, is extremely fond of them. Any¬ body who has a wide acquaintance among bachelors will testify that there is no more tender hearted and senti¬ mental creature than the average bache¬ lor. Indeed, it's about time people gave the bachelor his' due!
Four thousand years ago some idiot first spread the rumor that the man who remains a bachelor does it be¬ cause "he hates the idea of support¬ ing a strange woman." Unfortunately, there have been intelligent persons in every age that subscribed to that in¬ sane belief. As a full-fledged mem¬ ber of the Ancient ahd Exclusive Or¬ der of Confirmed Bachelors I repudiate that notion. It is a lie made out of whole cloth. - It is as far from the truth a» Dr. Cook was from the North Pole. Why, most bachelors spend more money for theatre tickets, flow¬ ers, taxis, cabarets and sundry pleas¬ ures of which women are the chief beneficiaries than it costs to support a wife. Everybody whose opinion is worth listening to will aver that the expenses of the average bachelor ex¬ ceed those of a married man. This is probably one of- the reasons why bache¬ lors are so popular with the ladies. They know, the dear creatures, that they can always expect orchestra seats . and orchids from a bachelor. It's the married men who take their vyives oin the second balcony. ,1 think Mr. Zieg- feld arid Irving Berlin will bear me oiit that the expensive seats at their show (Concluded on page 4>
The last liook review i)f thc year to bc'i^ivcn by Kabbi Jacob Tarshish under the auspices nf the Junior Council Au.xiliary promises to be another de¬ lightful event. Thc rabbi has chosen for this review Percy Marks' "Thc 'Plastic Ai?e," which is being commented upon  throughout the country.
The review will take place on Tuesday evening, M.iy 13th, at eight o'clock in the vestry rooms of the Bryden Road Ticmple. Fojlowing thc mbbi's talk will be an open discussion by those who care to take part.
The Auxiliary extends a cordial in¬ vitation to everyone to attend this last review.
One Time Merchani|PriTicc
Now OfpY'dUis a Small Shop
Henry Siegel, the Former H«i^ of Siegel-Cooper & Co., Is
Making Effort to "Come »|«ck" _ Present Store Ha»
$10,0€0.00 Stock, Wherp Former Stores Had
Many Millions hi Merchandise
To Abolish Remnants^j of Jewish Communal Life in Lithuania
Will Kill Present  Law  Permit¬ ting and Giving Official Sanc¬ tion to the Existence of Kehillahs
Kov.NO. — A resolution was introduced in the Sejm yesterday, having the sup¬ port of the majority of the ChriiStian members, to abolish the present law permitting and giving official sanction to the existence of the Kehillahs. "A sub¬ stitute law was proposed to the end that the Jewish Kehillahs should cease to exist as official institutions rqcognied by the ^Government, and empowered to col¬ lect taxes from the Jewish population for the purpose of maintaining Jewish religious and social institutions. The new law" would allow only thc existence of voluntary Jewish communities under the authority of the district govern¬ ment, and under the general supervision of the Ministry of the Interior.    ,
This law would bring about thc ex¬ istence of several Jewish congregations in each town, instead of one central community organization embracing the entire population, as at present.
,The  birth  and  death  records, it  is
offices bf the local Rabbis, who should be paid, not by the State, but by the respective congregations.
This action is the result of a vigorous propaganda carried on recently by the press of the Lithuanian Christian Churches, which is determined to do away with the remnants of organized Jewish gommunal life in Lithuania, which up till recenty was given the sanction of the Government by the ex¬ istence of a special 'Ministry for Jewish Affairs. Since the abolishment of this Ministry, Jewish leaders have been en¬ deavoring to secure the official legal¬ ization' of the "Jewish National Coun¬ cil" which has as its basis the organ¬ ized Jewish communities; and the Lithuanian press' frankly admits that the purpose of the new measure is to destroy the possibility of a central body in charge of the cultural and religious activities of Lithuanian Jewry.
UACKIlNSACK, Nf. J.—-Henry Sic: Kcl is making his second efTort to como back. ,       ,,
The one-time millionaire arid de-: partmcnt store owner, is now sedking^ happilicss behind the counter of a men's halicrdashery here.
Once before Henry Siegel tried to come back. He could'nt quite make it. Now he is making another attempt' to ^jct back some of bis glory that oncitf hovered over America's greatest mer¬ chant. ,
Hut Henry Siegel is old' nQvy—r;fi5, years old — and the days' of the old' inerchant princes, he will tell sadly,, arc gone  forever. ,
Ilcnry Siegel, who, in the days of Siegel & Cooper's glory, dealt in mil¬ lions of dollars' worth of women's' ready-to-wear, 'now hovers 'painstaK- ingly over the selection of a man's col-, lar   and   tie.   "Henry   Siegel,   who .ten.j
i; riic bank failed. It dragged with it |he Henry'Siegel stores and Henry Sie- '^tl's i;'.-.,WO,(IOO fortune. And Henry iSiegul found himself penniless with a iciitoiicc of ten months in the Mon- rotf I'ounty penitentiary. ' I'ift)-llve years old and with even less 'tnoiicy iliaii on that day he crawled out (if the steerage, ?Ienry Siegel l^larlcd staging his first comeback. He ipccame an exporter. Ho prospered iHc occupied pleasant offices again. ,^tcnoj^raplicrs flew about to do his bid ^liiij;. It was .war time. After the war ¦jfcherc came a slump, and the slump Iwipcd out everything Henry Siegel had 'jtnadc.
His Pockets Empty .1^' .^Kaiii be t^l^u•¦-t his hands into empty Tockets. Afiain he looked about him ^to see what be might turn bis hands, '{to, and again the old urge of trade ;Jtirf!e(l  over him.    But the  \cars were
A NOVEL PROGRAM
IS PLANNED FOR SR. COUNCIL MEETING
The conunittecs in charge have ar¬ ranged a novel program for the last meeting of the year of the Columbus Section Council of Jewish Women to be held next Tuesday afternoon, May Cth, at two o'clock at thc Bryden Koad Temple.
All members are urged to attend sf> that tliey may .benefit by thc year's re¬ ports of the committee chairmen and officers. Election of officers will take place. The business meeting will be followed by a social hour during which time refreshments will be served.
B'nai B'rith Minstrel A Rare Combination of Comedy and Music
Next   Tuesday    Evening's   Per¬ formance at K. of C. Hall to Present , Real    Galaxy    of Artists and Entertainers
FULL HOUSE PREDICTED
FOR THE OCCASION
years ago had a fortune of .fS.OOOjQOO,; jfidging  closer.     He   was   03   years   old
and who sat within a glass bound of-J fice issuing orders that were, cabled'to all parts of the world, that same HenrjJ Siegel now gratefully accepts a dime from o\er the counter and puts it away carefully in the cash drawer.
Truly, in his. own words; . the old order has changed. .   '
It was just a little more than' a half century ago that Henry Siegel, then a 14-year-old immigrant boy, half sick with steerage food, climbed shajkily on to the American shore and;,surv^cd the scene before him. Theiir he vfcnt down to 'Washington and got;a jptTin
Convention of United Synagog to Open On Sunday, May 11, in N. Y.
Religious and Educational Needs
of American Je-wry to
Be Discussed
Six Full Changes of Scenery Will
Be Made, Including Scenes of
Southern Life Among the
"Darkies"
GREAT INTEREST IS
AWAKENED BY MTG.
OW.     TIenry    Siegel,   who, had   once
;j|'isioncd the world as a sort of  Henry
Siegel   &   Co.   trading  post,   now   con-
liided  tlial  a   nice   little  store  tucked
vvay in a little  town  some  place,  not
'ioo dead, you know, would just about
fill  the   bill   for   an   old   fellow   who
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ffcould show the young ones quite a few
'tricks yet.
A stock company was organized with
ttlcnry Siegel, his sister and his brother
On Chicago as the principal shareholders.
ikni the Henri shop, dealing in men's jwcar, made its appearance on Main , .'street,
a store for $3.50 a \yeel5, ..-ffi? dl|^s; ,  pj^^^y   3;^^^,   ^^^   p„t   ;„   ^^^g^. were to sweep the store,  run errai^!|The  stock,  he  says,  is  worth  $10,000
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
OF SHACHRIS CLUB
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PAGES
— FOR —
Real Estate Values
The annual election of officers of the Shachris Club was held Sunday at the Columbus Talmud Torah. The following officers were chosen: Esther Shecter, pres; Arthur Seff, vice presi¬ dent: Kate Mellman, treasurer, and Bessie Venkin secretary.
The club is planning an open meeting, to which the parents of the club mem¬ bers and all those interested in the work of Young Judea will be invited.
The date of the meeting wil be an¬ nounced in a later issue' of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
Mr. Harry Zwelling was invited to lead the club, since Miss Rachel Savage, wbo has been rleader of the club since its organization, is leaving for Pitts¬ burgh.       ,   .    ¦•
IVREEYOH SPONSORIS
DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL
and wait on customers.    His pleasutfe^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ jy^j^g j^^ fifteen months' were to take a girl walkiing one nigWigf-jJrtce,..has   done.:jia^l=,Jbusiness   of
a week and.buy. her,an apple,,    .^.i/.^i'-;?'''**"""-^''--''"^-'^'--*''*'''^"'"*'''''' ''''-¦°
Heh'ry ¦SiegeTr^'swepf' the 'stbre' 'anil waited on customers with such dili¬ gence that when he was 1!) he found himself making the unheard-of salary of $15 a week. He decided that he was meant for better things, and be¬ came a traveling salesman. Two or three years of this and he decided that he would set traveling salesmen of his own to work, and he went into busi¬ ness manufacturing women's wear with his brother. Ten years later • he with¬ drew his holdings, which by this time amounted to $75,000, and with Cooper organized the firm of Siegel & Cooper. It thrived. Henry Siegel, at 38 years of age,  found himself worth $100,000.
Felt Himself Wealthy
"And that." he says, "was the only time I actually felt I was a rich man. I was newly married. We were pay¬ ing $50 a month for our house — quite a good sum in those days',— and wc had two servants girls and a carriage."
Mrs. Siegel, who was Miss Bern¬ heim, died within a year, but outwaidty Henry Siegel continued to prosper until he found himself the guiding spirit in four large stores. They were the SicRt'l & Cooper Store in Chicago, the Bii? Store and thc Fourteenth Street Store in New York and the Henry Siegi'l & Co. store in Boston.
And now his dreams became even wider. He would be conqueror in other fields, too.    He would be a banker.
ONLY TWO TICKETS
FOR EACH MEMBER
Next Tuesday evening. May 0, at the K. of C. Hall thc B'nai B'rith Minstrel Show will make its initial bow to what prodiises to be a capacity bouse. Final preparations have been made, scenery and costumes have been pro¬ vided at a great expense. Neither time nor money has been spared' to make this production a success. A ten-piece orchestra will occupy the pit. Lighting effects and stage lights of latest design have been provided. At the time the CuRONici.E was going to press more than half of the s.cating capacity had already been   reserved.
Those expecting to attend are ad¬ vised to exchange their invitations for reserved seats at Goldsmith's Music Store on East 'State Street immediately. ' Under the supervision of Mr. S. W. Reilly, the well known minstrel coach, the show has acquired an almost pro¬ fessional polish, .\mong thd' many stars active in this huge production are; (1) Dr. Louis J. Roth, who directed a successful minstrel show for the Schon¬ thal House five years ago. Dr. Roth will , render "Waiting for the Evenin' Mail," "'He Loves It," and a novel col-
Evcry   clement  of   American   Jewry,
loyal   to   Traditional   Judai.sm,   will   be
interested in thc coming Convention of
the' United Synago.gue which is to open
on Sunday, May llth, at the Hotel As¬ tor, New York. The program  as  it is being worked
out   will   be   sufficiently  comprehensive
to fill adequately all the religious and
Jewish educational needs of our people
throughout   the   country.     From    the
dweller in the thickly populated centers who needs efficient schools for his chil¬ dren, inethods and curricula for dealing with his growing 'boys and girls, and activities for his grown-up sons' and daugliters, to the lonely farmer dwell¬ ing  in  the  wide  stretches  of  field or
forest; — from thc mother and grand-j lection of "wise cracks". C2) Dr. Mor- mother who are interested in retaining I ris 'Goldberg, an accomplished pianist the-loyalty of the younger - generation and  saxaphon^st,  who  will  sing "Far,
for himself and his wife in their little five-room apartment in Rutherford, N. J.
She is the third woman to share thc varying fortunes of ^Henry Siegel." Ten years after the death of the first Mrs. Siegel, and at the height of his career, he married his second wife, a Catholic, a Mrs. Wilde. They occupied the town house at Madison avenue and Thirty- second street and the summer home at Mamaroneck, the two together having a value of .$-400,000. There were ten servants up at the Madison avenue place and sable lined rugs for the car¬ riages. But Henry Siegel still clung to a good many of his old fashioned no¬ tions.    With -adversity,  they separated.
Six or seven years ago he married his third wife. She had been a tele¬ graph operator before her marriage, and now she does her own housework in the little five-room flat in Ruther¬ ford.
Recall* Boyhood Daya
'*But the happiest days," says Henry Siegel, "were the days when I was making $3.50 a week, and took my girl walking and bought her an apple."
Today Henry Siegel, ex-merchant prince, ex-banker, leads the life of the small town Main street merchant. A lone clerk helps him. He goes for di¬ versions to the Main street movie, eats his meals at Joe's place around the corner and keeps his personal expenses down to $10 a week.
The April tea and social given by the Ivreeyoh Society Tuesday evening, April 29th, at the Colunibus Hebrew School, was a most delightful and suc¬ cessful affair. '
Through the efforts of Mrs. I. L. Goldberg, chairman of the entertainment committee, a most unusual program was presented. Mr. Laurence Sobel, violinist, rendered a group of beautiful selections, and Miss Lulu Gavette, ac¬ companied by Mrs. Manilla Abram-. son; delighted those present with sev¬ eral lovely vocal numbers. Both Miss Gavette ahd Mrs., Abramson are mem¬ bers of the faculty of the Franklin Conservatory of Music.'
ANTI.MALARIA WORK IN PALESTINE AS CARRIED
ON BY THE HADASSAH IS DESCRIBED
IN REPORT
There was a by-wtord in Palestine lo the effect that malaria was as much part of one's daily life as bread.
Now, however, because of the anti¬ malarial campaign initiatedi and still carried on by Hadassah and the Anti¬ malarial Unit of the Health Department of Palestine, great success has been achieved in stamping out what was con- siijered a necessary evil.
A recent report issued by Dr. llcr- ron, head of the Health DepartmLiit of the Holy Land, has outlined the niDst important factors in the anti-malarial campaign. Colonics realizing the virn- lence and damaging consequences, eco¬ nomically as well as physically, of this disease have learned to follow the ad¬ vice of experts and to carry out the work prescribed for their protection. The  tactful  approach of the Medical
Unit to.the Arabs and the older col¬ onists made' possible cooperation in drainage and clearance by owners of the land. The customary measures against malaria were quinine prophy¬ laxis. It was a difficult and uphill fight to institute preventive n^easurcs against causative factors of malaria.
As a general procedure for carrying on the workj the Unit, obtains informa¬ tion regarding; the prevalence of ma¬ laria in each colony and its vicinity by examining individuals and records—by examining the species of mosquito, their breeding places and seasonal activity— by dealing with the. causative agent, de¬ stroying his breeding place or means of transmission of the disease,
Dr.' KUegler of the Unit, who haa done such effective work, was fpnnerly on the staff of the Hadassah Alcdical Organization.  '
the college student who feels vague yearnings and cravings for something Jewish but does not know how to sat¬ isfy them — all elements that make up the complex American Jewish life will find something in the Convention that will point the way to hope, the way to fulfillment.
The reports of the various standing committees — Committees on Education, on Religious Observance, Cooperation with Institutions of Higher Jewish Learning, Interpretation of Jewish Law, Organization and Extension Work— will .be presented. These committees wihich comprise some of the greatest men in- this country who are loyal to Traditional Judaism, have also been working on recommendations for future activities for the- United Synagogue that will help solve the various prob¬ lems with which we are coping today.
Every day brings a batch of mail to the office of the United Synagogue from people from every part of the country asking that arrangements be made for their visit to the Convention. It was stated at the office that at no other 'Convention has there been so much in¬ terest as at this one.
Excelsior Club News
On April 16th, 1024, at the Chittenden Hotel, there was held one of the most interesting elections of officers witnessed among Jewish organizations for some time. The Excelsior Club has been growing since the date of its organi¬ zation and has increased within sixty days from seven to sixty fully paid in meinbers. The officers elected for the coming year are the same as those tem¬ porarily elected, by the organizers of the club, ahd are as follows:
Mr. Max Weinberger, President; Mr. William : Cohen, Vice-President; Mr. Mitchell G. Koen, Secretary; Mr. Jo¬ seph Shapiro, Treasurer. , - ' Out of a field of ten candidates a board of four governors were elected consisting of:
Dr. B. W. -Abramson, Arthui' Gold¬ berg, Jacob  Mattlin,  Dr.  Max Horkin.
The newly elected officers and board will be responsible for the success of the Club for the coming year.
There will be a banquet at the Chit¬ tenden Hotel on Sunday, May 4th, at six thirty o'clock for the membcirs and their wives, at which tiine the future of the Excelsior Club will be discussed. All members are requested to be in the hotel parlor floor by 6:15 Sunday.
Eaii"-Awaiy-'OH vthaaSh6res. of'• .'Far- l%ock> - away," "Tell Me Where That Some¬ one Can Be," and "Pasadena." (3) Ben Degroote, popular O. S. U. and Z. B. T. mjii,strel who has become well known in Columbus through his meritorious work at the Bryden Road Temple' Supper En¬ tertainments. Mr. Degroote will play the part of preacher in the sketch "Back to Dixie" together with Robert Anthony, Gus Bauman and Dave Sheinbart. (4) .Abe Weinfeld, past president of 'Ziori Lodge, and .an old time favorite in rhinstrel shows, will be an end man and will render several "snappy" selections and put across some unusually wise "wise cracks." (5) Abe Berliner, also an old-time favorite in minstrel shows, will take a leading part in one of the Olio numbers "The Druncan Sisters," togc-iher with Dr. Jo¬ seph H. Cowan.' This pair (Berliner & Cowan) will present some novel duet hits. (6) David Sheinbart, another popular 0. S. U. and Z. B. T. man, who has made an enviable record for him- 'self as the Al Jolson of the Buckeye State, will surprise the audience with some original stuff and will sing Jolson's latest hit "iCalifornia Here I Come." (7) Henry If. Hersch, a newly discov¬ ered high-class End Man, who has taken lots of pep and originality "right oflf the back" of Bert Williams, Al Jolson, and Eddie Cantor. His songs will undoubt¬ edly prove to be absolutely '"v'irgia wool" in quality. (8) Julius Zeck¬ hauser who will impress his audience with the fact that he is not only a'power {Concluded on page 4)
Menorah Meeting Sunday Afternoon at The Qhio Union
A splendid program has been arranged for the meet¬ ing Sunday (tomorrow) of the Ohio Sitate University Menorah Society at the Ohio Union Building.
All Menorah members and friends are urged by the President, Roy J. Stone, to be present. Very important matters will be discussed and officers for the coming year will be nominated.
Don't fail to be there.
THE B'NAI B'RITH MINSTREL- A Refined Entertainment That
Exceed Your Expectations
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