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poses than balls, hops, sappers and can
dy treats, etc. They are waiting and
watching.
—All endeavors to unite some of our
small congregations leading a hard and
unsafe existence, struggling on in pover
ty with but a limited number of mem
bers, without a genuine rabbi in the pul
pit and without a competent teacher for
their children, will prove useless as long
as they suffer themselves to be led by
ignorant persons, who try to gain their
confidence by raising discreditable sen
sations, as long as their presidents and
other executive officers will hand over
the reins to a man who, with a smooth
tongue, impresses them with his self
praise and braggadocio. Many a time have
some of the better and more reasonable
members undertaken to convince these
congregations that their only salvation is
in a united action, and always has some
satanic person succeeded to disturb the
created spirit of peace and harmony.
Two such congregations exist in the
vicinity of Milwaukee avenue. Both are
poor and count but few members. One
was established after the great fire, and
the other but a few years ago. Both
prided themselves in being strict ortho
dox congregations, and there was nothing
in the way of their amalgamating and
becoming one congregation ; in fact,
many of the members of both congrega
gations spoke often of it. and the day
seemed near when this good work would
be accomplished until last Chanukah,
when, by an uncalled-for, ridiculous ac
tion of the older congregation, all hopes
of a union were destroyed. About a
month ago this congregation engaged a
chasan on trial for the month, and this
functionary has determined to force up
on the congregation his sensational ideas
of reform. This congregation consists
mostly of old people, and they were made
very miserable on last Chanukah by
their chasan, who calls himself professor,
doctor and poet. On entering the syna
gogue they discovered a Christmas-tree
ornamenting the Bemiah, and they felt
indignant. Now, a tree is in itself a
very innocent thing, but everything has
its time. We Israelites have green trees
and flowers in our synagogues on Showu
oth. To introduce a tree on Chanukah is
simply a meaningless imitation of the
Christmas of the gentiles, which act is
certainly wrong from any Jewish insti
tution, especially is it out of place in a so
called strict orthodox synagogue. What
shall we say of the president of a
congregation who tolerates any one to
make his congregation a laughing-stock?
Some people would call him a wolf in
sheep’s clothing, but we don’t want to
call any names.
—Jochannah Lodge, No. 9, U. 0. T.
Schwestern, ranks among the foremost
of our benevolent institutions in the way
of practically dispensing charity, in en
ergy, diligence and unostentatious kind
ness to the poor and the destitute. The
forty lady members of this lodge are in
defatigable in their good work. The
whole year round they are busily en
gaged extending practical help wherever
and whenever their aid is demanded.
But especially have they concentrated
their operations to afford assistance to
the children of our poor brethren, mak
ing it their special aim to enable them
to visit school. In the few years of the
existence of the Lodge, since February,
1874, they have provided nearly 500
children, boys and girls, with clothing
and shoes, besides liberally supporting
the U. H. R. Association, and generally
contributing to outside charities. They
have succeeded in making the chanukah
festival an event of happiness to many
of our poor children, for they have wisely
chosen the chanukah week as the proper
time to distribute garments to a number
of poor children, selected by the ladies,
with the aid of Mr. F. Kiss, superintend
ent of the U. II. R. A. Some time
ago they arranged a grand concert in
the temple of the Sinai congregation for
the benefitof poor Jewish children; they
cleared about $600 and resolved to dress
100 children—34 girls and 66 boys. On
last Friday, Dec. 27th, the garments
were brought to the vestry rooms of the
Sinai temple, the children appeared and
received their clothes neatly packed in
parcels and labeled. The boys outfit
consisted of the following articles: a
coat, vest, a pair of pants, suspenders,
two pairs of socks, a pair of mittens, two
woolen shirts, a scarf, a hat, a necktie
and a pair of boots. Each girl was sup
plied with a water-proof cloak with blue
flannel lining, two pairs of stockings, a
woolen hood, a pair of shoes and a pair
of woolen mittens. The garments were
of very good quality.
The children thus remembered were of
respectable parents, many of whom ac
companied the little folks and took posi
tion in the hall and rear rooms, unable
to restrain their tears of emotion at the
kindness of their benefactors. Through
the kindness of Mrs. B. Steele and other
ladies each child received also a bag
with candies, cakes and nuts. The ladies
of Jochannah Lodge were busy the whole
day arranging the packages, receiving
visitors who came to get a look at the
clothes, to see the children, and to
enjoy the pleasure of getting acquainted
with the kind ladies who made so many
innocent little hearts happy in one day.
Reporters of the local press came and
with their usual inquisitiveness wanted
information, which was cheerfully and
friendly imparted, with the modest re
quest only not to mention names and not
to lavish too many praises. It was
a grand, inspiring sight to witness
how the good ladies handed the packa
ges to the delighted children, who never
looked happier in all their lives, with
faces radiant with joy, having a kind
word for each child; it was indeed hard
to say who were the most happy, the
givers or the receivers.
The officers of the Lodge are: Mrs. A.
Loeb, president; Mrs. M. Loeb, vice
president; Mrs. F. Livingstone, secretary;
Mrs. Nelson Morris, financial secretary;
Mrs. S. Cole, treasurer; committee to
buy the goods and to have the garments
made, Mrs. S. Cole, Mrs. Nelson Morris,
Mrs. Isaac Greenebaum, Mrs. Ad. Loeb
and Mrs. Wolf. The members of Joch
annah Lodge are very thankful to the
committee for the practical and efficient
manner in which they discharged their
duties. Mrs. Cole cut all the girls cloaks
and others put in a helping hand now and
then. The Chicago Israelites have a right
to be proud of such a benevolent insti
tution, and there is no doubt that our
ladies will consider it an honor to join
the Jochannah Lodge. We hope to see
its members counting hundreds, so that
they may increase their usefulness.
pT The office of the Big Giant Silver Mining
Company removed to the Staatszeitung Build
ing, 93 Fifth Avenue. Mr. Julius Cohen, the
secretary of the company, will be pleased to
exhibit samples of ore to all desirous of inves
tigating.
Des Moines, Iowa.—Lazarus Samish
Lodge, No. 159, K. S. B., elected the
following officers: J. Mandelbaum, pres
ident; S. Joseph, vice-president; Her
man Younker, secretary; II. Reigelman,
treasurer.
I LaCrosse, Wis.—LaCrosse Lodge,
No. 166, K. S. B., elected the following
officers: John M. Levy, president^ A.
Herschheimer, vice president: S. New
man, secretary; M. Stern, treasurer; L.
Herschheimer and L. Wachenheimer,
representatives.
Milwaukee, Wis. — Mount Sinai
Lodge, No. 123, elected the following
officers: Jacob Loeb, president; S. Her
man, vice-president; I. J. Litt, recording
secretary; B. A. Abrahams, financial
secretary; A. Breslauer, treasurer; M.
Biedeman. 0. 0.; M. Boguslawsky, Leo
pold Wirth and Sol. Liht. trustees; S.
Weil, F. Becker, S. H. Blascow, I. J.
Litt, representatives.
Omaha, Neb.—Star of the West, No.
146, Ph. Grottheimer, president; Adolph
Brown, vice-president; Jacob W.Vetz
ner, secretary; Chas. Schlaub, treas.;
Julius Reinhard, 0. G-.; L. Trostler, B.
Kellner, J. Rosenfeld, trustees.
PHILADELPHIA.
—A few days ago the semi-annual
election of the Hillel Literary Associa
tion took place. A large library has been
lately collected, to which members have
access. The fifth annual entertainment
will be given in March next, at Horticul
tural Hall.
—From the President’s report of the
Rappaport Benevolent Association we
learn that during the past year the asso
ciation held twenty-two meetings, and
during that time received $545.52, pro
ceeds of different entertainments, which
entire amount was devoted to charities
and expenses ;—$95.90 was appropriated
for the relief of the yellow fever suf
ferers.
SAN FRANCISCO.
—The Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum
and Home Society has received the sum
of one |thosand dollars, a gift from Mr.
J. C. Flood, a non-Israelite.
NEW YORK.
—At a meeting of the Shaareh Tephi
lah (Forty-fourth street) congregation
on Sunday, 29th ult., $11,000 have been
subscribed to eliminate the debt which
is weighing upon them. This is earnest
work. Dr. Mendes seems to be the mov
ing spirit of the congregation, and is
very zealous in his work.
—At the Chanukth entertainment of
the H. Y. M. A., which was a great suc
cess, many notabilities were present,
among others Rev. Messrs. Einhorn,
Wise (of Cincinnati), Gottheil, Rubiu,
Jacobs and Mielziner, — the rabbis thus
encouraging the association, the associa
tion on the other hand acting in a man
ner to deserve this encouragement;—
herein lies the secret of their success.
—Mr. Isaac Meinhardt, a director of
the Hebrew Free Schools, has presented,
in the name of his firm, Meinhardt Bro
thers, of Savannah, 100 pairs of shoes to
the most needy pupils of the Free
Schools. This generous gift comes at a
most seasonable time, to alleviate the
sufferings of many barefooted little one,
and will be keenly appreciated by them.
It is worthy for others, who are chari
tably inclined, to assist this most deserv
ing institution.
—The annual meeting of the officers
of the Mount Sinai Hospital was held on
the 29th ult., in the board room of the
institution, Lexington avenue and Sixty
sixth street. The reports of the various
officers showed that during the year the
receipts from all sources in round figures
had been $42,000 and the disbursements
$44,000. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year :—President,
Harris Aronson ; Vice-President, Hiram
Bloom ; Treasurer, Samuel M. Schafer ;
and H. H. Nathan, Secretary. The di
rectors elected were Adolph Hallgarten,
V. D. Rothschild, L. Lewisohn and J. H.
Schaeff, for four years, and Henry Rosen
wald for two years.
—The following letter which explains
itself, has been forwarded to the patrons
of Mount Sinai Hospital by the late
president of the institution :
New York, Dec. 28,1878.
Dear Sir:
The latest addition to the usefulness of the
Mount Sinai Hospital is a new ward for child
ren exel -sively, which, now being- almost
ready, will very soon be occupi d by many sick
unfortunates, who will there receive care and
attention, unobtainable by t ’em in their own
homes. The expense of this ward, which will
undoubtedly be a very great boon and c nnfort
to sick chil ren, has been considerable, and its
proper maintenance will materially increase
the already large expenditures of the hospital.
Noticing your name among i he patrons of this
institution, and having had very battering
success with friends that I had the opportunity
of seeing personally, I take the liberty to soli
cit from you a donation, to be devoted to a
permanent fund, for the support of the child
ren’s ward only, thus linking your name with
one of the best charities ,\et ottered to the
growing generation.
1 remain, dear sir,
Yours, very respectfully,
A. Hallgarten.
Yoreign Yecord.
England.
London.—The Wardmotes—On the
21st ult., St. Thomas’ Day, the usual
meetings of the various civic wards took
place for the purpose of electing Com
mon Councilmen. The Jewish gentlemen
returned were Mr. H. A. Isaac for the
ward of Aldgate, Mr. Solomon Spyer for
Broad street, and Messrs. Henry Solo
mon, L. H. Phillips, and H. A. Israel
for Portsoken. Sir Benjamin S. Phillips
presided over the election at Farringdon
Within, and Mr. Elias Davis retiring
from the representation of Cheap, his
services were acknowledged in a vote of
thanks.
Austria—Hungary.
The Hungarian papers state that the
Jewish and Moslem cemeteries at Nisch
have been desecrated, the tombs broken
open and the corpses scattered on the
ground. The Servian government has
been informed of the crime, but no steps
have yet been taken in the matter. It is
believed that these atrocities were com
mitted in order to terrify the Jewish and
Moslem population and thus induce
them to leave the country.
—M. Leopold Kerzl, a banker of Vi
enna, who recently died at Baden, be
queathed over half a million florins for
charitable purposes.
—Hamechaker is the name of a new
monthly periodical in the Hebrew
tongue, for theology and history, pub
lished by Rabbi A. Stern, of Neupest,
Hungary.
France.
Pauis.—The death is announced, at
Paris, of Baron Louis Kbnigswater, at
the age of 64. The deceased was well
known in Parisian literary circles, and
was the author of several scientific and
judicial works.
Russia.
—The Jewish community of Penuves,
Russian Poland, is reported to be in a
great state of excitement. The president
of the synagogue has, on his own author
ity, without previously consulting his
congregation, removed the Piyutim from
the ritual, a step to-which the congrega
tion is extremely averse. The question
is now about to be brought before the
judicial bench.
Denmark.
—The death is announced, at Copen
hagen, of M. D. B. Adler, member of the
Great Landesthing(Upper House). The
deceased was a very prominent member
of the Jewish congregation, and was
much esteemed by the general commu
nity of the city. He was a member of
the" naval and commercial council and
patron of numerous charities, both Jew
ish and general. After the peace of
1864, M. Adler contracted the Danish
Government Loan. He was a member
of the Scandinavian Committee and one
of the jurors of the Paris Exhibition of
1878. ' A
Australia.
“Charity Sunday,’' when annual col
lections are made in aid of the local
charities, was held in Ballarat, Austra
lia, on the 27th October. A special ser
vice was held in the synagogue, during
which the Rev. I. M. Goldreich delivered
a sermon, resulting in a collection of
£11.
Roumania.
—A coreligionist, Monuti Roman, has
been appointed official translator to the
Roumanian Ministry of the Interior. He
took the oaths of office in the Jewish
temple.
—On the lecent entry of the Rouma
nian army into Tultscha (Dobrudscha),
the chief of the Jewish community of
fered bread and salt to the commanding
general and presented him with an ad
dress of welcome in the French lan
guage.
Turkey.
—Advices received from Nisch an
nounce that the report of the special
committee appointed by the Skuptsehina
is favorable to the measure for doing
away with all religious disabilities. The
drawing up of the special law required
for carrying out the details will probably
be postponed till the spring session, but
the principle of the measure is con
firmed.
—The Chief Rabbi of Adrianople, as
well as the members of the synagogue
council, have obtained decorations from
the Russian government.
—A correspondent of the Jewish
Chronicle, writing from Beyrout on No
vember 28, says: “On Sunday, the 24th
inst., Midhat Pasha, the new Yali or
Governor-General of Syria, arrived at
Beyrout. His Excellency was received
with the usual military honors by the
Turkish civil and military authorities.
His Excellency Rustem Pasha, Gover
nor-General of the Lebanon, the British
and other consuls, and nearly the whole
city, turned out to the reception. His
Excellency has taken up his temporary
abode at the official residence of the
Governor-General in Beyrout. He. will
probably make some stay before he pro
ceeds to Damascus. Great results are
looked for from his appointment.