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men and leading merchants in all branch
es of trade and manufactures. I cannot
in this connection speak too well of the
Illinois Stoats Zeitung, especially since
it is under the editorial management of
Herman Raster, Esq. This gentleman
often displays a good understanding of
Jewish life (which is very seldom the
case with the English editors and re
porters, the New York Herald not ex
cepted). This splendid paper pays much
attention to Jewish affairs ; not alone in
this country, but also in the old world
and its columns, “ from near and far,”
often bringing very interesting items of
Jewish life which are important to the
many Jewish readers of this excellent
daily paper. Mr. Raster can read a little
Hebrew and understands a Jewish joke.
The clergy treat us fair. I do speak
of the small fry of the Christian pulpit,
in the many little churches of this great
city ; they once in a while try to talk
about Jewish life and religion, but al
ways, whenever they attempt to pass an
opinion on our past or present history,
they display a total ignorance of the
true state of affairs, that all we can do
is to pity them and hope that they will
get wiser some time. I am only alluding
to the great thinkers, scholars and ora
tors of our city; to men like Prof. Swing,
Dr. Thomas, Rev- Mr. Robert Collyer,
etc., and who are great scholars and have
strong influence, and they, wise and lib
eral men of good judgment as they are,
do not entertain prejudices against the
Jewish race; they have many admirers
among the Israelites of Chicago, who
listen with great pleasure to their elo
quent discourses.
Once in a while a bombastic lawyer,
loaded to the muzzle with indigestible
phrases, forgets that he is living in the
full blaze of the nineteenth century, and
being, as it happened but a few weeks
ago, a military man who has left the
army (or the army has left him, I do not
precisely know), with the high rank of
Colonel, imagines to serve in the army
of Titus, or Nebuchadnezzer, or perhaps
to lead a regiment of the crusaders
against the city of Jerusalem, and throws
his empty shells at the Jews of Chicago.
The vast battle field is the floor of a
Justice court, and the bombshells are
empty words and insinuations ; but we
can afford to laugh at such outbursts of
Hiltonism.
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yvIi^ages;
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TAKING THINGS EASY.
There is no small art in taking things
easy, so long as we must suffer annoy
ances in this breathing world, saying as
little as possible about them, and making
no parade of our martyrdom. If making
a fuss and rendering every one else
about us uncomfortable in any way
abated the ills that flesh and spirit are
heir to, there would be some excuse for
the folly and selfishness ; but since we
cannot escape tribulations of one kind or
another, fretting only aggravates them.
Either let us be silent and endure, or
take arms against our woes, and by con
tending end them. In general, he who
makes no ado is supposed to have no
troubles of his own, or an organization
so inferior that it is not jarred out of
tune by the rough usage of fortune ; to
make the very worst of every trouble,
big or little, from the fracture of a tea
cup to that of a skull, is considered by
many a proof of great sensibility and
depth of character, while he who pur
sues the other course, who endures re
verses, slights, injuries, pin-pricks of an
noyance, agues of anxiety, physical and
mental neuralgias, without reporting
them to every passer, and howling his
grievances into the ears of every listener,
is often spoken of as of fibre too coarse
to feel .acutely and suffer keenly. “It is
his temperament,” we are told. “ He
takes nothing to heart.” Some one, how
ever, wittily advises us, “Never tell your
misfortunes; nobody likes to have unfor
tunate friends;” but in spite of this
warning many seem to think that disas
ter itself is a recommendation to favor ;
that they deserve a bonus for serving as
a target for fortune’s arrows : and they
are not seldom acutely jealous lest some
other should be deemed their superior in
suffering. In the meantime, every oneg
has a welcome for the person who has*
the good sense to take things easy. It is
comfortable to be able to agonize over
one’s own trials, to “ a mind a leisure
from itself.” The person who can go
without her dinner and spring suit and
not advertise the fact; who can lose her
purse and keep her temper ; who makes
light of a heavy weight, and can wear a
shoe that pinches without any one being
the wiser ; who does not magnify the
splinter in her finger into a stick of tim
ber, nor the mote in her neighbor’s eye
into a beam ; who swallows her bitters
without leaving the taste in other peo
ple’s mouths; who can give up her own
way without giving up the ghost; who
can have a thorn in her flesh and yet not
prick all her friends with it—such a one
surely carries a passport into the good
graces of all mandind.—Harper s Bazar.
, Docal and "Domestic.
[For the Domestl News of New York, Philadelphia, Cinei
nati, San Francisco, and other cities, we are indebted
the loc li journals of the respective places.J
CHICAGO.
—George Braham, Esq., the Grand
Master of District No. 2, I. 0. F. S. of
1., left the city last Saturday on a visit
to the Lodges of St. Louis, Springfield,
111., and other cities belonging to the
District.
—The first “ Grand Masquerade Ball”
to be given by Chicago Lodge No. 41,
Imp. 0. F. S. of I., will take place next
Sunday evening, at Klare’s Iialle. The
entertainment will be given “for the ben
efit of widows and orphans.” Admission
tickets, at 50 cents, can be had at this
office,
. —Last Saturday evening, Albert Kadi
son, M. D., lectured on “Anatomy and
Physiology,” at the West Side. Turner
Hall, before a large and appreciative
audience. There were several physicians
in the audience, and they spoke very
highly of the ability and popular tenor
of the effort.
—The two congregations of the South
Side Sinai and Anslie Maariv will
hold service jointly on next Thursday
(Thanksgiving Day) in the Sinai Tem
ple, at 10.30 A. >i. Revs. Drs. will offi
ciate. Notices have been sent out to all
the members of both congregations, in
forming them of the fact, and inviting
their presence at the ceremonies of the
day.
—The Standard Hall, that resort of
fashion and refinement, was enlivened
by a double wedding on last Tuesday
evening. Mr. and Mrs. giegmund Flors
heim gave two sisters in marriage : Miss
Carrie Florsheim to Mr. Norbert Stieg
litz, aud Miss Rosa Florsheim to Mr.
Joseph Kaufman. The officiating min
ister was Rev. Dr. K. Kohler, and the
affair was recherclic in all its details.
Two poems, written for the occasion by
Mr. I. Kaufmann, were highly appreci
ated. The merriment continued until
a late hour in the night.
—A course of lectures will be given
at the Unitarian Church, corner Michi
gan avenue and Twenty-third street, by
five of the most learned and liberal
thinking ministers of this city, in the
following order:
December 13th, Prof. Swing.
December 19th, Rev. Robert Collyer.
January 9th, Rev. Brooks Herford, on
“ Dr. Schlieman’s Discoveries at Troy
and Mycenae.”
January 16th, Rev. U. W. Thomas, on
“ Social Forces.”
January 23, Rev. Dr. K. Kohler, on
“ The Moors and the Jews in Spain.”
—A meeting of ministers was held on
last Monday morning in the Bible work
room, Farwell hall, for the purpose of
organizing a Society for the Promotion
of the Study of the Old Testament in
the Original Language. Rev. Dr. B. Fel
senthal was present at the assembly. He
was offered the nomination of vice-presi
dent, but declined it.
The Society will meet on alternate
Mondays at the First Methodist Church,
at one o’clock. The subject for discus
sion at the next meeting will be the first
seven verses of the twenty-third chapter
of II. Samuel, which will be read in He
brew.
—When about a year ago the congrega
tion Bnai Abraham, on the South-west
Side, held a fair for the benefit of the
new temple, young Israel was not repre
sented in very great numbers, but when
a fortnight ago a Protestant church ar
ranged a fair in the same quarter, oui
young men thronged the hall and were
very liberal with their money. Is this
not a re-assuring sign of the times? But
who is to be blamed for such ridiculous
acts if not the parents who neglect
their most sacred duties, co have their
children instructed in the principle and
teachings of Judaism, and to have sym
pathy and respect for its institutions?
—The number of Jewish children who
are frequent visitors of Christian Sun
day schools is larger than our brethren
are aware of. The leaders of these in
stitutions are only too glad to gain influ
ence over these “little Jews,” as they
call them, and employ all possible means
to save their souls, by putting into their
hands all kinds of pamphlets and pic
tures.' So do our little innocent lambs
stray away from the fold and grow up a
living opposition to the religion of their
fathers. They learn to look upon their
own parents as lost sinners, who will not
go to Heaven, and how can we expect
that they should honor and respect
them?
—At the regular annual meeting of'
the members of the “ Chicago Law In
stitute,” on 4th inst., Julius Rosenthal,
Esq., was elected President for the
ensuing term. He has been a member
of the Institute for a number of years,
was elected as honorary member for his
efficient services to the Institution, and
held the position of Librarian during the
terms of 1867-77. From the Librarian’s
report of the aforesaid annual meeting,,
it appears that Mr. Rosenthal has taken
great interest in the Library also during
the last term, his successor in office
thanking him “ for valuable advice and
assistance during the year.”
With regret, ancl with sympathy for
the mourners, we have to chronicle the
demise of Mrs. Dora Ludwig, the wife
of Mr. L. Ludwig and sister-in-law of
Alderman Jonas. She died on the eve
of the 16th inst. at the age of 39 years
and left two children, her husband and a
host of friends to mourn for her. She
was one of the benevolent few who
started the North Side Sewing Society,
and we refer the reader to another col
umn, wherein the “ Resolutions ” which
the members of that Society have adopt
ed on the occasion of her demise, it is
clearly set forth how she stood in the
esteem and affections of her friends.
—The Ladies’ Union of the German
Relief Society held a meeting (Mrs. Voss
in the Chair) for the purpose of making
arrangements • for a Christmas gift
( Weihnachtsbescheerunr/) for poor child
ren. At that meeting Mrs. Clara Dresh
fielcl, a Jewish lady who works for every
object of charity, has been elected mem
ber of the Board of that Society. This
instance is worthy of notice inasmuch as
it shows that true charity
-jus
tice) knows no distinction of creed or
race, and the German ladies of our city
are fully aware of the fact. Mrs. Dresh
field holds numerous honorable positions
of this kind. She is on the Board of the
North Side Sewing Society. She works
in this city in behalf of the Indigent
Students’ Fund of the Hebrew Union
College of Cincinnati, is a Directrix of
the Cleveland Orphan Asylum and of
the Women’s Hospital of the State of
Illinois.
NEW YORK.
—The United Hebrew Charities have
asked all the ministers to appeal on
their behalf from the pulpit on Satur
day.
—The Forty-fourth Street Congrega
tion are discussing the propriety of in
troducing pews to stem financial pres
sure.
—A Hebrew Club is being established
in New York whose object will be the
study and promotion of Hebrew learn
ing. Rev. Hr. Gottheil is the originator
of this institution. May it prosper. We
are sorely in need of such organiza
tions.
—It is stated that the Ritual Commit
tee of the Temple Emanu-El are endeav
oring to devise some means of causing a
larger attendance of worshippers on
Sabbaths. It is about time that some
thing was done in this matter, as ‘ Sab
bath after Sabbath there is a discourag
ing array of empty benches ini nearly
every synagogue and temple in the city.