F't·hruary ht, 1929. THF SA . ·
J
EWISH C!!RON1CU.and Around the Town.
58 Burg Street.
'I1lmrsday.
'!.1TH .\ •• Xl\"ER~AR . C' ELEBHA 'rED.
'l'o t:elebrate the T"·entv-filth
-\1 niY<:r ·nry of the inception
~f
tlwH hrP\\" HeJping Hand As, ociation
1 lw J>rPsicl 'llt and 10111111ittcP of thm
1
!'~dy
im·ite<l the ::mpportrr:-; and l i·1vnd.-tu a rPt:vption whic:h \n1s hel<l:ll1 •
'nnday. It wa,' a wry int n~st-111 .. ; .. rntlwring- and, a: , omeone re-
JlJ:.rked. a n·ry uni<1ue one. Yarion · 'P akcrs traced the histor. · of tlw
· "· oeiation Lack to the early dav:-., lint ther' were many <l.etaill" tl;at lni!.rht hav hr n hrouaht to light.
li'or in.·tanc •,the :fir:t meeting called for th(l purpo:e of considering thr :tchisahilit~- of establishing a Help- 1ng- Hand A . .,ociation wa:-:; held on tl1P 18th .T unr, 190:3, and wa:-; callccl on th initiative of Mr. L. I'irni.
'l'lw mrptiug wat; held at the reFi-
d"lH.'t• of "\Ir. Broombcrg, in Roelaud
• hP(>t. and here gathered thC' Re,·.
.\. P. Ilencler 1\Iessrs. H. Liberman,
• 'itner. Ilroombcrg, I. Friedlander, ,o~ay_, J acoh:, ~1u~lak_. Berman,
< 'ohe11 aud Pinn. Of tho::;e gentle-
111 •n who aH<'nded that meeting three are .. till with u~. Mr. Broom- herg at pre. ent is in Johannesburg, Whil t on t\unday night we had the Vl a:m of :::. cing both Mr. Bendf>r a <l ..Mr. Pinn at the reception.
.
·o~rn 101DIUNAL· ''rAL,, .... ARTR.
'l'h' Jir;·t Hon. • 'ecretary at th titnf' wa: th late Mr. Loui · Alex- a11cl"1\ a broth r of Advocat )Iorri~
• \It- ·:mder~ K. '., ~LL.A. 'l'hos, pr •;,;cnt at that fir.'t me ting foTmed i h<·m--<·hcs in to a committe , and hctw en th m coll ct d th(• :-:um of .C100, "·hiC"h wa1' then <lcpol-<ited in l lll' hank. Bye-laws w 're framed.
<incl it wa. d •eid0d to fix tlw maxi-
111 um 1-olllll to be Joan d Ht £5. ...-\
Y<'H r lai.t•r tlw .:um of £1~)3 3::5. !M.
~
lood io fop ·r dit of the newly- formPd A:':-.ociation. Th' C'Hpital ha: ..t
'adily f!'l'O\\"n until. a: WH~ an-1\0lllH'('cl on Surnla:. it i" now
Cu,000. Jn UlOG l\Ir. Pinn wa:
• lH.:c<':-:: fu l i 11 in frrc.'ii ng l""Wra 1 1·ommmrnl work'r:-., and thu' th , od ty WH.' ,'h nrrthrn cl b r th in- elm•ion of snch .talwarh; a. Mr. A.
I o..: nthal, l\f r. 1:-<aac Ochh rg, ~Ir.
•'. Slrn-koLh, and at a lat r dai<' ..\Ir. Rostofs.k}·. Th fi%t Prr~i<lent ol' thr Hc1 ping Hand Al'Rociation wa, i Ir. H. Lib rman, and lw wa:-:
l'ollow1 <l hy th• late )Ir. H crman (of ll<'rm;;n & Canard) and th n i lw lat' .Mr. I. Friedland r father of M 1· • • \lfrecl Fri <lla1icler,' and in who:-:p oHit: in Lo11g 8trect . ubs ... _
•[U<•nt 111 •etin~~ '\ r • hchl. :Jlr. I.
Ji,rit•cllnmkr \\'a~ nl:o Hon. Tr<'a:- 11n1r fol' a munh 'l' of wnr.-. Onl'
o[ th• Hon. ~P •rei.aric1s' in tlw r>arlv dn: \\a-.: .fr. -7\lax Millnc•r. ·
L\. 'TI·JL .. T HEf,J EF
l'.lROPE.\.- 'H>RK.
Tlw F<'d~r:ition of .JcwL h Hc>Jil'f Org-;mi. .1tiom:, with lwadquart r. in L01Hlon i..; a wr!· importani organ- i ·at ion, ancl wa: fomwd with tlw obj11d
or
n .. i"ting th :ufl' ring-.Trw ill t lw rkrai iw. Pola n<l anrl 01\wr<·otrnhie:-<. 'I he Pre~ident i::i the
\T e1T He\ erend Chief Habbi, Dr .. J ·
a. H
crtz, and the vice- P1:e· identFZ, )Ir. Herbert Benhrich, LL.B_..Haham Dr. ~Ioi-;e: Gastor, Hahhi :--u Herbert Gollancz, and 1\1r. James A. dr Rothschild, with Dr. D ·
• r
oc1wlsou a::; Chairman. I haYc just hc>ard from the Secretary of the Ff'cleratjon in forming me that they arc no" launching a \\·inter cam- paign in aid of the ,Jews in the fan~inr area~ of the 1Jkraine and B<';-;:-arahi<LAccording to reports receiYed. ~ht'
"'ilnatiou in tho"e countries has rn- t<>nsified in graYit:v. Gloomy as
\\ere thr anticipation. as to the hardships of thr \\·inter sea::;on, these haw b en far surpaBsed by th<> grim reali h·. De. titution, dii:zeal'r and ''Yen ° death are ·talking in the:::e arras. arnl before the winter ends thc>rP i:'i no h.-nm,·ing ho-.,,· many .. l ew- i h Yidims will fall before tlw ter- rible on ·!aught::; of hnngcr and epidemic. As the Tesnlt of ib last appeal. mack at Rosh H(fshonah.
the Federation ha· been able to foitinh> a seniec for the upply of food and fnel against the hard wi11- ier. Yet, with all its actiYitie~ .• the Fcclcrntion is still inundated. with appcaJ.' for help, and it fa thi.~ fact
"·hich haH compelled th~ Colllmitter
fo inaugurat this l"l)(>Cial Winter ampaign.
A ~lE. ':SAGE FHOM
LLOYD Gimm~E.
.\.. nnmher of prominent public men arnl women haY . ent . pecial m ssage · to the Fedrration in con- n elion wiih thi · "\Yinter App0al.
)fr. Lloyd Georg hai:; written thP.
followinrr l tter : -
.. I haw always taken a deep in- tPre:-:t in, an<l. felt a profound ac1miration for, the .Tewi.'11 commun- ity. The "·ork of the Federation of
.r
•wish Relief Organisation.~ in Tclim·ing afrlid cl Jew., nrn:t ha Ye lhc f:llpport and sympathy of all lrnmnnc mt>n of whate\ er creed. I wi:-:h the Fedel'ation all i:;uccc>~s in hr grc-'at and nrrrent task which it ha:-; in hand, nnd tru.~t that its ap- peal will meet \\·ith the generous s11p1 ort it rle. net'."'f'HE D 'liE 'S O.F ATH LL.
~\ Yer· moYing plea on b half of 1 he worn n and ehilclren ha: be n r<'c:ciYed from Her race the Iht<:he:::.- of Atholl,. liLP. Und r-
~C'c rctary for Edu ation. t"hc
"rite" a. follo" s : -
" The llitiable . tory of th di 'tres:
and f-;Uffcri11g among t the J ew1, h 1wople in EaKtern Europe i:; one which mn~t :mcly appeal to all .•
what ver their 1·1tionality or creed.
Tlw picture of broken men, de8titute women and staning childr n, eking out a mil" 'rahle e::-.i ten e in under-
~ronnd hoYcls, cannot fail to r•.ake a 11 cp impre .. ion. ~Iay the effort · which the Fed ration of Jewi 'h Re-
liC'f Organi.ation ar makinrr to all Yiaie thi distre ... have the warm i-iUpport of all those who h<we th
\\" lfar of humanity at heart."
OTHER JIE~.-'AG1'~
t t the Campaign i:- al:o
''nppor o , . bl T.
. bi.- t]la Ri· <rht Honoma
O'}\"ell J " h ., 1
r- O'Connor, ·•Father of t H'
p. - h mc>-.:sa rrc
H OU1'C of Conm1011:-:, w o.:c . . r-..
runs:-,, I Je\\' who
haYe ncYer kno,,·n a
.. , . . t willinrr to help gern'roll:-;ly
"c1:-; no t°' l c·rn-
the uffering of e' cry race. ,'., not think, therefore, ~hat the Je\\_~~~1
1'C · th 1.Th.-rnme and Be...,:-.a t -
Hwerer::: in . ,
abit will not receiYe from theu mu1 1.) :md from other race:-;. the peop (., . . . ~ freely criven sympath.\· they h,nc ...,o . . r- •
a·l"·nys to the poor and uff~rrng oi eYerv race and m·ery er d.
A. hand1'ome contribution to thr fonds of the Frderation wa.' madr bv :\Ir . .T ohn Gal;.;,rnrthy, the famou.
Jl.oYelist who wrote in an accom- panvi1io- letter:-
·"I l~nH' read ,,·ith horror of the 11istress among the J e\\·:-: in th<' L"kraine and Be. Farabia. 1 am glacl
to
sencl my gift, and an ea~·~est hop' that you will succeed in ra1 ·mg. n.ffi- cient. fonds among th J ewi. h communitie. in England to ~~em snch a terrible tide of ~nfl'enng.Ucnero. ity i . proYerbial in your race.) - a race among whom I have many frirnd1', ancl for which J haYe wry great respect. :l\Iy be.t wishe.- for
YOlH f!fEortB."
· AnothN notable figure in the lit rary world, in the p rson of :Ur.
Eilg1u. Wallace, the great play- wright, ha: had hi. ._·ympathy aro~tsed bv the frightful suff ring;-;
of tlw .T~\rs in the Ukraine and Bes::;arabia. Mr. Wallace haH al:::n forwarded a donation to the Federa- tion, and :-;ayi:; : -
.. The terrible condition of the
.r c"···
in the Ukraine and Bes arabiaj, C'Ntainly not a matter which con-
C'C'Tn: onh: the Jewish p ople--it i~
a trcmernlou~ trarrecly which appeal in. tanth' to humanity, and. if their
<'reed h;R any . igni:ficance at all, io
C'YPrv Christian.'
E~1 rgetic Rtep. are being taken hv the Federation to promote tlw
~~1rce:-:F of the 'ampai~ril.
THE OPIL"'l.J...,.G OF · '<1HOOL;'.
.JlornlaY, the 2 th of .Tc-mlrnr:'.
:-a\\· 1he (
0
lpe11ing of our ~('hool. and i lw rd nrn of hi lrlren from their holi<liws. It is wonderful how much ndditi~1rnl Jengih (·h11dn•u :::0em to
<l<'qnire in t.hel-'c :ix 1'-nrnm r wef'k:-., whilf! the amount >f fan arnl l'IUn-
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hllrn ilwy put o11 gi\l'"' 1 Iwm a h.1 Pl~."
1 1. l 10 u ay l cil· !'or o \. ·it ' l '<t"'i ;1110 ! '. :--1...
\l"C<'l\:.'.
T!w fi r:-.1 d;1y i~ of gn•at port-
<llll'<' to ;J)) :-.<"hool-goi11g < ilrln•n.
For :-:0111<· it j,.. 1111· lir-.i I,,. 't :t 11<'\\' :-1'11001. r()r :0:(>111(' tlw ji1 't <l<I,\'
in <l 111•\\" <'las;-;, ancl for ... onw l i:--11w n•n- fir;-.t dav ()f ,i]J. .\t );1 t tlw :Priou., d n;HdC'd. ~<>t Ion t'd-f'or llH>Jll<•nt ha~ ;irri\P<l. wlw11 . ..!r<l-.ping motlw1· iirnily li.Y il11• h<111d. IF' little 1-hild i;-; hrou~ht into tlw <111~ H p1·p-
:'l'lH«' of ilw pri11i·ipa I. ·
1 l'l'lll<'rnlH'r a d1·lighit' 1 li1tl··
-.iol'\' told nw h~· ct rnolht·r \l"iI<>
rt('t'<;l11 pani< <l }wr on)~· lit It_' ,.,n , ,~' d :ix to s1·hool for 1 lw Jir;-;t tim ·.. .I h··
l'hilcl hml lwl'll i·111\•r1•d t lw pn•\ loll.
lla\· an<1 h<td 110\\. only to 1,' dc·po'-·
ik'cl a1 tlw 1'<·11001 ,!.!<l ('. Thf· tlt'; rer th<•\· got to ilw :-<'hnnl 1 lw _ .... Ji1\\"l'r hve;mw t lwi r progr<'":-;, h11 It " ; i
1 lw n10tl11'r \1·ho. <' t't•C"t w1•n• -d n1g- µ:i ng-. _ \ 1 lwy n•,1 clwd 1.lH· i!'H t t. t lw :-:<"hool hrll rang. Tlw !'htlrl ... atC'lW'rl tlw haµ: from hb rnotlu·r·:' ha i~l an~:
\\·ith a :-hnn1 of .. <:ood-h>(', · J lilt
rnn.
F1'arl1':--;-.h·. jo:voll ·]>". lw had cut 1 H11ll"'l · ·•If' ·1cl.1·1·ft frn1n c l lw w.itl'nwl ._
hornl. nncl. \rith rn·Yc•r ;1 thnt !!hi. ol Jwr. hf' 11.<1 ... :tow·. Tlw 1notlie1· 1·rH•d all tlw. \nty honw. • '1H' \I <I:- h ·ar1- l> rokt'11 at t lw <'Cl 11011. 'll\'1' nt t lw ('hild. . 'lw 1<•1t li(· lli!d 1, -.1 h1•r ti r:-:t-born !
HFHHE\\' FOB .\LL.
I had ,1 elrnt with ~Ii \'aJI U1•ldt>re11, tlw Princip<il 0 ·ti ' ,irJ:'' C'c>n1 rn] ~vhool, t lw ot lwr d~y. · 'lw i:-: \'<'I'\' 1·nthul'iH:-ti<' ahou1 a 1ww
•. wlwm~· "·hi ch th<> B<·,-. .\Ir.
n
·nd1·r.tlw ('hai1rnHn of th,. .".·houl. ha.
rnndc> po:-::-;iblr, "hcrPhy e\ t'IT ,J ·wi:--h girl i1~ l1t·r :- ·hool will tak<' It hr<'w les;.;on:-;. Tlw f c<' \\'ill lw :-() low <l"
to h<' \\'i1 hin l'f'<H'h ot' 1dl. Tlu.•
~ ·lwnw i:- to h1• work•·d <'lit i l('ly ill eo11j11i1dio11 with tlw 'J'c:tlmu< ] orah .
who ;11·1• :upplying tlw i1•<Jt'lll'r.;.
LPs1'on:-: ,,·il I b1• c ornlucfrtl in I hP a(krnoon. and ,,·ill follm· right on at i lw do~1 · o ( t lie a f kr noun ·'''":--i < 111 • Thi~ will 11w;111 th;it 1•\'t>r_,. c:hdd 1\ ill ha Ye• 1·0111 plPkd 1ill lwr [p.,, rn~ IJy :J p.m ... and \\ill haYt· ilw I'<'' .. ot ilw
dil\" rn•t• for pla~·-
. .)li~s \"<111 Oc,ldvrt•n inf< 1·111-, l!J"
that )p·:-;011~ \\·ill !w !.!i\··n hr1'<' tinH•;-.. \\'<'<'k, l('il\·ing "" ". •'. «on,
(Continued on Page 76 ·
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IN AND AROUND THE TOWN.
t C~ntinued
from page 69).and the week-end free for sports.
There will be no written home>work, arnl the method employed i.' to be the Direct "Jiethod. 'I'he teaching of HPbrew ,'ong: will be a feature of these dasse·, which, :she hopes, ·\",-ill be a source of plemrnre and lasting benefit to the girl .
It i.· her aim that ultim.1tely the girls Rhoulcl read Hebrew for pleas- ure and not mereh· becau e they are (·ompelle<l to do~ 'O. Those few dtildren who are taking lesson:-; with private teachers or at classes other than those of the Talmud Torah arf', of course, not a. keel to join the ,'chool cla. ·ses.
)IL\ MIRJA~I ~ YMAX.
Mis. Mirjam • ynrnn, \\'ho ha"
~prung into prnminrncc a: the result of the purcha"e by ])urban of her brn:;t of asfri, i' at prrsent on holiday at ::\Iuizenberg. • he has only been in this country for eighteen months, and i, deeply inter-
p, ted in our natiYe anrl Indian type ..
~Iis. Hvrnan contradictrcl tlw statement ~iade in a local cfaily that 8nstri had giYen her one lengthy sitting. He ""aR at his busiest theee last few month., and, though he was willing
to .
acri.ficc hi.' lunch houri;;to
sit for her. she felt that thL wa.' a ·king too much. Za~tri thereupon had numerous photo- oTaph taken from which ~he wasb .
able to work. She further ac<1uamt- ed her elf with the philo;-;opher- statesman's pe1"onality and features by watching him clo ely from a front 8eat at eYery lecture and public function at which he appeared.
After each crutiny ~1i8 ._ n1rnn hurried home and ":orked few;.i, hly from memory.
It is a tribute to this young J cw- fah artist that the cit~· of Durban has purchased her "·ork oI a man who has made such a deep impres-
~ion on the whole country.
'l'HE .JAZZ INGER.
It is ea v to ee why "Th Jazz :-;in<Ter" ~ake. uch a powerful appeal. Not only is the story ·imple an<l the acting of first rnte <1uality, hut there i behind it something ebe - a vrnbolic lement which makes it th~ • tory not only of Jakit->
Rnbinowitz and of hi· brilliant in- terpreter, Al Jolson, hut al~o the f'torv of almost e\·ery modern J e\L
It shows the great, the almo::;t uni- wrsal truggle between a man and his people, between the tradition~
of the past and the exciting noYelty of the prc ... ent and future.
A . inger has to choo. ·e between Kol N id re in ynagogue on Y om Kippur and a triumphant appear- ance on the mu ic-ha1J.. So drama- tically is thi. psychological situation handled so et1ual ar the force:-;
working at fir ·t that the prohlem holds e,·ery onlooker in it" grip.
How it i,, gradually worked np to a pmrerful denouement i.' 0~1e of t~w mo~t ma. terly piece.' of film-craft!-<
1 have ever tSeen.
The mu ical accompaniment: to this picture are unique in this couu- trv. A record of Al J olf'on\; voicl' is. broadcast and the illu..,ion created hv the picture of the interjor of the
·~·naO'OO'ue and the hazan :-;ing-in~
ICol
0
Nidre ::,ynchronitied with th<' actual voice
i;
peTfect and mw nc>Yer to b forgotten.'I1he incidental mu.·ir, whi ,h in- clude ,, Eli, Eli" and .. A Yidddw
THE S.A.. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
:.\!other,'' i~ arti.:tically and ym- pathetically rendered by ~Ir. l\Iiller's orche.:tra, and would in it elf eon- stitut a plea.,ing programmP.
" 'rhe .T azz ~ino·er -" is a first-clas~
picture, the mu,'ic i:-: excell nt, and the wholr .:ho\\' eminently worth while.
TALKI.SG FIL~L' IX PALER'I'INE.
Talking films are becoming a fe~l
tun~ the'-'e dHy.:, and it is interesting to note the progress that i. being · made in Yariou counhies. I hear that talking film are meeting \\·ith popular farnnr in .J errn:;alem. The first in Pale. tine was made in Bethlehem and il1 Jerusalem h~- a trayelJing company belonging to the Fox Film Corporation of America (one of the leading Jewish concern:
in U .. '.A.). which was accompanied hy Hu<lolf Friml. the compo:('r of the '' Yagabond King" and "Ho:.:!' )larie. '' The J em. al em film \ras made in the citadrl of Da\·icl, and inclucks a "OUlld film of the playing- of the police band. In Bethlehem ilw company took a .-ound picture of thr Christmas D11)· celebrations, with :-1treet ·cenes and the ceremon)·
in the Chmch of the N ahdty. This l'Ompany, I h<"ar, is proceeding
to
Eg)·pt, India) China and Atdral-
<J--:=ia, to take sonnd films in tho;.:c counfriei;;.
A LI~COLN HELir.
'J'hP fate of J ew·1<' Con rt a portion of a ghetto in which the .Jews of Lincoln li Yed in the 12th crntur~
an<l which the Corporation a fe\\·
month,· ago decided to demolish for
~lnm clearance purpoRc , wa, dis- cu~~ed at a recent Lincoln City Council meeting. The Finance Committee reported that they hacl recrfred a clepu ta ti on from the Lin- f'oln~hire Architectural ;'ociety, who hacl urge\l that the Comt should be pre.'en<'d, and sug:gef'tecl that it
"hould be Rolcl at a small price to n, responsible body, or that the Cor- porntion should restore it. The>
stimated cost of re. toration would he £600.
The Committee suggest<'<l that
;-;ubject to the apprornl of tlw _jfinistPr of Health, th property be ('Omeyecl to the tiociety as a gift, on condition that they would re:-:tore and maintain it to the sati:-ifaction of the Couucil, and undertake that it \rould not be usecl as a d,\-elling hou:e.
AXCIENT GHET'l10.
DEMOLI RED.
The la~t honses remaining on the , outh icle of the ,Judenhof, near the Berlin To\\'n Ha 11, ha Ye beeu pur- ehasecl by the City 0£ Berlin, the (, BC"rliner Tageblatt '' :;:tah"'s, for th purpose of erecting modern lm:-:iness hou es on the site. The J udenhof wa · the ghetto of medieYal Berlin.
Like all ghettoC'!-<, it 'ms nclosed by a wall on which the hacb o{ the hon. <>s abutted. and at night it was ::.hut off hy heaYy iron gates. The ghetto lost its real purpose \\'hen the .Jew: \\'Pre expelled from Berlin in 15 1 :3. ~Ylwn they wNe re- admitte ], the.v '"ere allowed to live in any part of the city they wi:-:hed.
A PHE 'EXTA'l'IO:N.
An intere:ting fnnction took place at the· l ~nion Bru.~h and Broom Factor~ on :\Ionday afternoon, \\'hen Mr. J. D. Fr.Yde, the g-eneral manager, waH presenter! with a hancl- ::-ome bra:s bowl hy the staff and fadory hand .. to· celebrate hi.s mar-
riage to Mi·:-; Lily He 'elson~ whic:h PYent took place on Tnc:-;day, and which i · reported in another part of this isf-ine. 'l'h<" presrntation \Yas mafle hv :Jlr. .Jack Heselson, \\'ho spokE' of the lrnpp)· relations which exi ted between l\lr. Fryde and e\·ery one who wen' employ d hy th" fac- ton. 'l'he \\·orb manager, :\Ir.
Gr~ham, added a le\\" appropriate remarks. ~Ir. Fndc returned his thanks with a hrie.f speech, and l'X-
prcssed hi, appreciation of tlw thourrhtfulne1': of the b .~t<df in giYing him their beautiful gift.
ZIONIRT PIWPAG.ASDT8T.
)fr. P. Comfeld, \rho anfred by )fonday's mail-boat, the •· Arma(lalt1 Ca. tle," is the ne\\· propagandist for the Zioni:-;t FC'neration. Mr. Corn- feld, who i::: well kno\rn in Pal<."stine journalistic ciTcl s, \ms met at thP dock by rrprrsC'ntahrn-< of the local Zioni, t ~ o ieties, and formally w<>l- comed in the nnme of ~outh African Zioni::;;m.
01.ber arri\ als Ly the mail-hoat were Mr. :\Iark ''/ar~ha\',, Mr. B.
:Siherman and Mr. }iL Feinhol' ·rn<l hi: daughter Dorothy. It \\'ill he Tecalled that ~1rs. Feinhol::; receutl>- died in London, after havincr uncler- O'One a serious operation. Mrs. Fein- o hofa wa::;; a clnughter of Mrs. .
L
ew .. an old social worker of Cape Town, who wa · connected actively some years ago with the Philanthropic :'jocietv and the Aged Home. Ur.and 1'.Iiss Feinhols are i:;taying at the Ray Yiew Hotel, Muiz nherg
THE JEW IN SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE.
(Continued from page 73 , . Having a heart drunk with vision...;
of glory,
When fifty per cent. on my table remain ;
I'd have no poet to sway his lute o'er ine,
A fig for the head that :uch nonsen e contain. ;
I'd be a Rothschild! immortal in st on.
A th~ fellow· who live by theil' stanzas and brain.,.
2.
Tell me of ~outhey and Scotts- thev are ninnies
To fo.oli hly trifle with time a: they do;
Give me thr music of oul-witching guineas
While they nddre s lays to the 'umme~· skies blue."
\\nat, if they scribble like Virgils or Plinies.
At . ixpence
per
line in each London review?I'd be a Rothschild! and laugh at the ninnies,
Whose brains such absurd under- takings pursue.
3.
Commerce shall wave her proud flag o'er th ocean,
When the wreath and the min trel have vanish'd from here·
Rh)'mes may give to the muse their devobon,
But mine is concentrated in consols and renets.
Of Tempe and Castaly I have no notion,
Oh. they give song the importance of sen e:
I'd be a Roth 'child! with every emotion,
A wake at the tune of pounds, shilliugs and pence.
(To hr continued.)
February ls.t. · l 91).
1HE HELHNb HAND ASSOCIAHON.
(Continued from page 75).
'J'wenty-:fifth Anniver.·<uy o1 the ociety, he would be glad if theY would.come fonrnTd with a donatioll no matter how small. He 1n1 · ~]ad to sav that 8ir Harry Graumann Md donated £25 (appiau«e). and he hoped that thit' lead 1rnuld he fol- lowrd by many more. ( Apph111::e.) A further a;>peal was made by the Chairman, to which .ceYernl
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those present re.sponded.
DurinO' the ewninrr o 0 )Ii:-:. Golcl- li1at and )1i~. Kate ~ eumann con·
trihnt<'d mu~ical items, which proYNl YCT,V ent rtaining. >Ii··
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The proceedin O'S then termind cl
The Kidney's Vital
Werk.
JOHANNE BURG READER"' SHOULD LEARN TO KEEP THE KIDNEYS ACTIVE Al ~D
WELL.
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matter. !L is a heanr enourrh ta-~
when the kidney are \\-:ell, but a coJd.
chill, fever, or some thoughtles.s
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posure is likcl y to irritate, inflan1 2nd congest the kidney , and interrup• 1
the purifyinO' work.
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merit of Doan'~ Backache Kidne.
Pills, a remedy for the kidneys onl~·
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for fifty years. You will make rt
mi£take in follo\\ ing this Genni~t0~ South resident"s advice.
On 16th January, 1923. Mrs. D.
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Venter, Crown Road, off Boksbllf ...
Road, Germi Lon South~
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awful, and gave me no heart for n11 d thing. Headaches troubled me. a.Jl I was subject to dizzy spells. 1
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