Jal1uary 25th, 1929.
THF. S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE. 53
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fi'EDERATIQ~T.
. A. step in the direction of federa- 1ion of
charitie~
was taken in the early part of last vear when fiye of th(' l . . ] • 'T muc1pn in. titutions of Cape own joined together , o far as their annual hnlL wr.re concerned. It
\\·as fr.It nt the time that bY cutting
do\ h •
t ni t e number of such affairs
0 thre .• the financial result to each of the institutions concerned would be no le.:. than \vhen each individual orgu.ni ·ation ran their own whilst
at th e ._ame time a benefit would he ' c?nforred upon the subscribing pub- lic hy reducing the number of call Upon them~ and would al o be the ineans of obviating a great deal of ih(' \rork which fell nvon the shoul-
<l<>r,' of the f'ame people yeaT after Year. Tho._e who have visualised th amalgamation of charitable
~0 ·ietie, saw in thiH innorntion a.
· o1:t .of t ~t. and were rightly of the opuuon that, if the result wus sati - faGtory, much wouhl have been accompli -hed in their cndeavourn to nnite Yariou, charitable instih1tiom.
'I'hi: mun 1°·ama ti on of the Rociet
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sofar a. the danc .: arc c:oncernrcl wa' watched \\'ith arcat intcrect and no
·lirne anxi ty
h~·
the protaganistR offe<lrrntiou.
t ~ 'Tl'l'l·,D EFFORT A FAIL RE.
One i~ uow in a position to judge a:-: 1o 111<' succe. · or oOwrwise of the ,. nturP, and I am ~ure that much
r0grl!t will h, felt in federation
irclc o know th comparath·el ·
·mall amount which each of the fiv~'
01 irani:a ·ion. have receiYed a~ a re- . , ult of the united effort. Financinllv
it ha~ h~ en a dismal failure and i.i j~ vPry . it-rnificant that th~ re .. ult of 1 he !:!CCond hall wa · a drop a.
r 'ganl · ihr oprninrr d;rncc. whil ·t ihe third and last ochowed a \'er~·
gr ai differ 11cf' between that. and iht~. ec•oncl. It i seldom if evc>r that
<my in titution fails to realise a great deal more from individual efforts than the amount received Cl"
a r · ult of uniten effort
LACK OF .l EW WOHKI~R~.
1'hcn a regard the workers, her artaiJ there wa ·no improvr.ment. for oni: aw the same few stalwarts com- ing forward for each of the thre
lllll ti< ns. o llP\\' blood a pp<>:i r~ in hav h n introduced wherea. i1 WH~
?nticipnled that in the amalgama1- 111g of t lw oci et.ic, t hcrr. would hl' a "l'Pnl nrrnj· of worker:' who coulrl ha.w• a. ured a greatPr financial me-
<<' ~ th:rn i8 nchie'"<>d "·heu c>arh
~ocicty wmh< on its own initiativr.
On • ha!'< very r ason f o h lie\'e
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~n <'Oil f'(jlH!TICC lhat tlw <'XJl!>l'ltn<>nt
\\'ill not lil' rep aiecl this y<>nr. and :1ln•ad~· th>n• is talk of com·pnjng a nw tinrr of all t.h societi , a:
wn..:: prf•Yiou~1y the cas ·, for th pur- l> s(' of fL·in~ upon <late. in orcler
hni 1 he e,·eni f'hall not la:h. On Rll i<l " mw h0ar expreH. ions of di:satisfaction ~1-- regar1l~ ihe r sult of the 192 innovntion. It is a gre .. 1t 1 ity thnt ~nch »hould h11 tlw
case, for: if this is an indication
· of how the spirit of co-operation and the usefulness of federation is re- ceived, then we mnst view :with cau- tion the greater idea of uniting all societies under one central body. It is hard to find reasons for the poor response to the united e:ff ort. On the one hand prior to its introduc- tion people clamoured for a reduc- tion in the number of affairs, and all prognosticated that nothing wou]cl be lost by having three balls in tead of the usual five individual functions. Whether the re ult can be taken as an indication of how the Rcheme for federating charities will be received is, of course, a de- bateable point. At the same time, those who are working towards that end may be well advised to explore the position thoroughly before em- barking on a scheme which the community may yet not be ready to recE>ive.
LIKE FATHER LIKE ON.
l\Ir. HPnrv :\fond, f10n of Lord .U elchett, i._ following in hfr father' footsteps, so far as politic. are con- cerned. Ur. .Mond is the pro._ pec- tfre Conservative candidate for the EaRt Toxteth Divi~ion of LiH'rpool.
where he i ~ making a good impres- Rion a~ a speaker and for hi. alert outlook on politics. He has madf' a study of the unemployment <]Ue~
tion, and is therefore able to speak auth<?ritatively on this topic. It L a difficult matter to handle at the prc~cnt time, but it i. one that "·ill loom Ycry prominently dmin<r the forthcoming British election::i. In a l'f><'ent statement .. comparing EDg- lancl with America~ Mr. ~fond said thai. people had the idea that the hittc>r country was a mo;-;t pro~pC'ron~
one, whPre evervboch 1Ya:-: well off.
Admitting that~ Ai;1erica wa~ in afflu<>nt circum tance .' au imprcF- Rfon formed b,· his last vil'it tlwrc.
.:\Ir. Mond say: that the ITnited 8tates doC'; 11~t nchrrti~e the 'iact that that country ha$ between three and four millio~1 unemployeyd, 110
•lo1e an cl no National Health Int-:ur- nnc . Rtartling facfa these. and fact~ which should illu trate that.
however had things mny appenr t~
b in the Old Country, they compare vcrr favourably with America, with all its vaunted pro .. perity.
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COLONIK\TTONFU~D.
A public meeting,, under th au::;- pices of the .fowd1 Coloni::sation Fund (Association for the settling of .frw · of Ru~:-;ia on. the land). '"·a~ held in the Old ~ ynagogue on • ;un- day .. and wus well attended. The merting wn. inienc1ec1 a~ a puhlit' challenge to those who are uns~·m
pathetic or openly hostilr to the "·ork of the fund. Th,.. following n~~olu
tion was adopted : ·•That this ma::
meeting, held in the Old 1'-1.magogur, Cape Town, places on record its ful- lr..'t nppr ·iation of, and Pntirr s, mpathy "·ith~ the hi toric rehuild- iTig work which i, taking plac ~ iii Hrnvia, to Rtahli h the Jewi~h ma" in industry and agriculture.
thu · laying the foundation of a 11ealihy and ultural regeneration of the .T<>wi h p<'opl . Further, this
meetin er condemns the aloofne:; · and inactivity of a portion of the Jewish community of Cape 11own to\nuds the fnndJ ~nd particularly~ the atti- tude of that section which_. from osten~ibl'' · Nationali~tic rnohrcs.' oppo:;es. 'and boycotts the \\'Ol'k of Jewi:;;h ColonLation in Bus~ia.'
:\1UIZENBERG DANCE.
De. pitc the intense heat .. the an- nual dance, organi::'ed hy ~Ir::: . Bobbie Barnett_, under the aul'piec:
of the :Muizenbcrg Je"·j, h Ladi .~
Sociefr. and held at the :Jiarinc Hotel: was Yery well upported. with the re ult that local charitie~ will benefit consiclcrahly. At thi.- timr of the year l\Iuize~berg is crowd0d with up-country Yi?itor~, an<l the e_, combined '"ith dancers from :Jiuiz- enberg and Cape Tmm~ helped along the gaiety of the occa:-;io11. Danc- jng was none too comfortahle. hut a full floor wa. more the rule than the exception. l\riss Raye Levinr's Orche:<tra was in attendance, and one was impressed with the <·xcel- lence of the mnsic by this all-lndie~'
fon~rntion. The financial sick wa;·
enhanced hy a sale of Janey caps_. and a '·number prize ··-n box of chocolate -was "'on by ~frs. L.
Feitelberg.
The ladies' committee, ton::::isting of 1\Irs. Bobby Barnett (lady prrt;i- dent), Mrs. Claude almon (hon.
secretary and trea urer), )frs.
Clarke.· l\frs. Clain, :\fr:::. Rlmnrn- tha1, ~fr". Canard. )fr::;. Ch<'Pn- baum, ~Ir.;. 1 '· Barnett, )frt< . .T ocurn.
l\Irc. ~ churJ :Mrs. G11ttwoeh, arnl )fr ... Koenig--fe. t, are to be cuwn:atu- lated on the success of their efforts.
..ARE~IBOCK HONOURED.
l\lr. and 'Jlr.-:. Joe S:uembock of ''Klein Preu s,:' Cercf-1, have hern honourrd with. a vi. it from the Uornmor-G neral and Prince "
Alice, Ln<lv l\fav ambridge, and member,· of the Govrmment House taff. 'I'h<' Hoyal Party were in CPres_, and expreR~cd a d.c ire to in.., spect th~ famou. ~ ah•mbock .fruit e tates. 'rhey f'hO\ ·eel a hem inter- est in the up-to-dah' method:- used hv .Mr. Snremhock in the production o{· the varion"' Yariciie.~ of fruit.
whit:h have nrndc hi· narnc a:; a pro- ducer of merit. fter nn c ·bnn:t- ive survev, lunch wa~ provided h,v :Mr. and· :Jirt' .... aremhock in thei1:
f'harmiug horneskad. The arcm- bocks lrnve been Yi. itcd by :md ha\c Pntrrtainerl many celebrities on ynriou occa. ions, but neYer befor~
lw l'ueh distinguishecl guest' a'.· the I~arl of Athlone and his family.
A l\J AG ~IFICEWr RE PO E.
I "·as glad to see that a movemcn~
i:-; on foot in .T ohanneshurg to pur-:
cha. r rndiurn for the .Johannesburg General Hospital. I haYe read rna11y report in London ncw._pa~ers.
about the interet-:t people ore takmg in cancer research work. Quite rc- ccntl.Y I pointed ont in Lhes<' col- 1mrns how J ewi ·h medical officer,' in London ar tackling thi · mo:t .-eriou~ uf ;t1l hunrnn problem~: and
~ moYrnwnt should be started in Cnpe 'rown fo org-anLc> a •: cai.1ccr fund." )foa11whil<' I hav<' not.iced in a .Johm1110--hnrg ;journal th t two promilrnnt. member of J{~nd Jewry haw opeuv<l the fund with a .,ub-
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tContinued from page 53.) stantial donation. They are :Me~.·~rs.
chneir and London. At fir t their donation appeared anonymous- ly in the Pres'- Incidentally I learn that Me sr...,. chneier and London have now decided to hand to the
" Star " a cheque for £500 for the radium fund without any condition whatever, and in order to make the radium campaign a greater and peedier success offer to increase the amount to £1,000, providincr nine- teen other individual donors each contribute £1,000.
THE LET'IER.
I think my reader~ will be int r- ested in the letter which :Me" rs.
chneier and London sent to the
"Star," and I therefore reproduce it:-
" We originally made an anony- mous offer through your valuable paper to donate £500 or £1 000 for the purchase of radium provided nineteen others would contribute similar amounts. We realised that the neecl for radium wa~ great, and that relief hould be forthcoming in the speedie.:-t pos,ible manner. De- . pi te every effort made by you through your columns, progres up to now has been very slow.
" In view of a certain feeling ap- parently prevailing in the minds of the public as reflected by remark in the Pre ., and particularly by Mr. amuel Thom on, that the amount stipulated was Tather high, and that an opportunity to sub ·cribe to the Radium Fund to the best of it finanical ability should be given to it, we have decided to hand you o1u cheque for £500, without any conditions whatsoeYer.
" In order, hmrever, to make thi.:
radium campaign a greater and peed.ier success, we herewith offer to increa e the above amount to £1~000 should nineteen other individual donor each contribute £1,000."
I hope that such a pirit of genero itv to worthy objects will in- duce the. wealtthy members of our comm.unity to commence a imilar radium f~nd foT Cape Town hos- pital . It i a blessing to L pon .. or such a noble charity.
lfA iTER OF SYNCOPA.TIO ... T . Although Mr. Peter Bernard .. wh?
has been appearing at the T1vo~1 .. wa born in America, he spent many years in London, and he L a great . fayourite in the East End, ,,·here h.e is alway ready and willing to lend his service~ in the name of Jew- i ·h charity. ·wherever he is ghow- ing, his
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an open invitation to ,Jewdi organi ation to call upon him to help them to rai,e money for the a undeT-clOg." 'rhis iL his fir t vi~it to Routh Africa, and .. o far he has made a di tinct hit- particulaTly among his co-religion- ists. He is describccl a .. n ' ~faster of Syncopation," and, aided by a.comp~tent piand, he ii:1mediately capture" the fancy . of lu · hearern. He has an inimitable way of ren- dering songs which are pre:-;ent-<1a~·
"favourites." In London nnd . y rw York he is well known a· a song writer, and he ha.., many popular numbers to his credit. Ur. Ber- nard is one of the few artil'ts who appear on the stage mi1ms the cus- tomary make-up, and it i • intere t- ing to know the reason for thL.
Some time ago, appearing in one of Mr. Albert de Courville' pro-
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ductions~ he was asked by the latter to appear at a hospital charity per- formance. On the way to their rendezvou . the taxi carrying them was involved in a ma h. and Ber- nard wa cut about the face. He in.i ted upon appearing, however, but owing
to
the condition of his :face, was unable to ''make-up."From that time onward he di card- ed make-up of any de cription and come, out "just as he is."
A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
There wa:- a happy gathering at the residence of :Mr. and )Irs. Phil Uarcus, Frere Road. ea Point: on undaY, ,,·hen the birthdav of )fr,.
Jack Brodie (nee Ro. ie St~del) was celebrated. The idea, ~frs. :Mar- cu '~. ·wa a complete surprise to her t-iRter, as was al ·o the novel ., surprise cake " pre ented to her.
It wa • indeed a , urpri e cake, a·
was found when the cake was cut.
It wa. a very happy evening, thor- oughly enjoyed by the fifty odd peo- ple who had the pri,•ilege to be pre.·ent. ~Irs. Brodie, :Jlr. and 1\lr .. H. J. , todel's youngest daughter .. has been holidaying in the Penin- sula, and the party was a climax to a very enjoyable sojourn. Mem- bers of her family were present, headed by heT parent and all were delighted to see l\Irs. Stodel, who ha, been ill for ome time. Du ring the evening there were game. and dancing on the stoep, which had been ta tefulh· decorated, and an excellent supp~r was erved during an interval. .Mrs . .Marcus is a very capable organiser-there have been
man~· proofs of this, and it is, there- fore, no wonder hat the affair wa .:uch a great sue ..;, .
A HOUSE WAR~IER
~fr. and Urs. J. Miller enter- tained nearly three hundred gue t at a "house warmer" at their resi- lience, " Sunnyside Villa," Virginia Avenue .. on unday night, whil t an opportunity was taken to bid fare- well to Mr. 1\1iller, who shortl)' leaves for a trip ovei·~eas. ~Ir. H.
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einber(Y was the chairman of the evening, and he referred in appro- priate terms to the occasion. In the name of those pre 'ent he wi hed Mr. and Mrs. Miller the best of luck in their new residence, at the same time wi hing .Mr. ).filler bon voyage and a safe return from Eur- ope. Among those pre ent were Advocate Morris Alexander Coun- cillor J. Frank, Mr. A. Z. Berman, :'.\Ir. D. Prisman, Rev. Mr. Spektor (Roeland treet ynagogue) and Rabbi Kramer, of the Poneziz He- brew Congregation. There were several speeches, and during the evening 1\Ir. ~ pektor rendered .·everal .-ong which were much en- joyed. The more orthodox section of the community \ms well repre- sented, and thi" can be understood whf'n it i mentioned that :Mr.:llillc:•r '. father has a prominent place in that ·ection, and is an old mem- ber of the Poneziz Congregation.
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Reuben Brainin to visit South Africa.
We have received telegraphic ad- ,·ice that Ur. Heuben Brninin leave:
Europe on the 16th proximo for South Africa, under the auspice of the J ewi h Coloni a ti on :Move- ment of thi country.
l\Ir. Reuben Brainin is the do:-en of Hebrew liternture_. and is a leader in American Hebrew literature. He is al o one of the foremo. t J ewi h publici~ts in the \rnrl<l. He wa ~ the founder of Russian Zioni._m, ancl was attracted. to the "cheme for the . ettlemcnt of Jews on the land in RusRia, and has since devoted his energies to that project. Not so very long ago he visited Rus::;ia on a special mis- sion at the instance of American Jewry, to see for him elf the man- ner in which the Jewish Colonie"
in \Yhite Rus .... ia and the rimea were faring. He then saw the'e Colonies in actfre \York and was very
impre:-:~ed with what he witne. sed.
On hi. return to America he largely influenced Mr. .Julius Rosenwald}
the great American philanthropL t.
to contribute the sum of five mil- lion dollars to the fund. :for .J ewi:-;h Land ettlement in Rus ia. In- vited here by the Jewish Colonisa- tion Fund of South Africa, Jewry will have the opportunity of seeing and hearing a clistingui heel , on of I rael. No mo,·ement that ha , for it. object the welfare of the masses fails to enli ~t his active u pport and advocacy. With perhap~ one excep- tion, Brainin can be regarded as the greatest J mv that will have ever visited these shores. In hjg day he ha. clone a lot for Zioni,m, particu- hnly in Ru ·sia, and through hi:
activitie has <.•amed the title of
"Fnther of Ru. ~inn 7iioni, m:'')
THE JEW IN SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE.
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and pre~ tige of tho..:e eminent J e\vs or Gentiles who helped to settle and
"elcome Jew in thi8 land of the ,·eld-iree outh Africa.
It i, the nineteenth century that gives u., a more appreciative place of the Jew in the literature of South Africa. The last hundred years of outh African hif'tory are the yearl' of pioneering effort~ in nll clin·vtion' 0£ our national life. 'l'he C<'ntury,, which we have no"· co1rnigned to the museum of studied criticif"m and reminiscences, i~ an 0pical one, anrl de:"enes due r(0cognition of its niche in the gnllery of 'outh African pro- gre siverte~s. And the )'ear 1820 marked n new cm in the literar:'
<lPYelopnwnt of :-4outh Africa, for the
Briti:h ~ettler:-; hrm1ght ont \\ith their contingent n g-enius of tlw type of Thomas Pringle. And in 1 ·~.!
the .first :-... outh African indepernlent new·paper "·as founded-the ,_'. · · On1nmercial .1J oertiser--t'<lite<l by .T ohn Fairbairn anrl Thorn;.1:-; Pringl · firi't e1litor of tlw fmrn.>n:::, Black- wood',, magazine, and who:-;e poetical
\rnrk:-; r w•al n dt>ep Biblical .;onnd- ing. In Yol. 1. X o. D, of thi:-:: ue,r-- papC'r is to lie fonncl a Yer~~ eloquent
<monvn10u~ poPm .. To n Heanti nl
Je\\·i~h Girl." hased on the Li.pucrt phal knowlPtl~e of the heroiut Judith-a suhjrct eYer intere-.tin¥
and of which 'a 100 different plilY wrsionR exist. fn a 11 p robt1 hili ty- n lt hough ~omr <111 t hori tie: declare if to he tlw \rnrk nf (\unpbell. the l) st- known poet or that <lg'l'-it i- tht' work oi' rn10n111:; PringlP and \\'U"
fir:-:t published on :)rd .Jlan·h. 1 :?4.
Oh J uclith ! hnd our lot been c;.1:-.t In that n1mote nncl simple time.
·when, k·lwpheni :-;\min-., thy father· pass'd
From dre::tTy wilds and dPs<'rts vn~t
To Juclah\, lrnpp,,· clitnl':
~Iy Song, upon the mountain ro 'k··
Had echoed oft thy rnral chanu:·
And I hacl fed thy father\ llor·k-.
Oh I .Judith of the nw '11 lock..
To win ther to my arm:-;!
Our tent. h ~idl' tlw 11uumur l'nh Of .T ordun-'I') a1'<1s-v-wsted ~lwr · Had souµ;ht the
·:h,.Hl~w:-:
of th · p:1ln1And bl st with Uilen(i's h( ly ballll Om· ho:-:pitahl~ dooT.
... \t falling- night. or rnh:' <la\\ll,
Or : 1l10\\' m011nlid1b' w Ieon1,' cool.
With htahh nnd o·ladnr:-:s ,, h:1 llrawu.
From ~ih ·r fountain:> on tlw law i.
Our pitelwr brimming- foll.
How :-;wect to us nt :;;oh r hour.- Thr hird ol' ~nlrm won]rl lw.\t'
su11g.
1 n on111µ;1' or in almond bower:-~
Fresh ~rith ilw hloo111 of m1111'
f ()\\'('l':-;
Like ihet', lor l'Yl'r youn'" ! But .. ah, my loYe ! Thy father'
land,
It shed no more a spicy bloom. . Nor fills with fruit the re;1p r ·
hand;
But wide its silent wild'~ expand, A de8ert anrl. a tomb !
Thomas Prind(' aLo include l tW above poPrn in the first Yohune. ~
the t.'outh .lfrict111 J ournrd. of wlu he wa:"i one of tlw editor~. a111l adclt the concluding rer:-e of this a lOO'
mous poem.
Yet by the good an1l golclen hoU~i
That rlmnw<l th<":-:e ros ' 1e11 nmong-,
Dy Lion': p1;lm- ncirdcd to'' pr~·
By Ralem': far for:'nken bower:-.
4\.ncl long forg-otteu on rr
(To lw contim11'<.l.)
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