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Make Russia Productive Again and Save the Jews.
In the Midst of Suffering No Human
Language Can Describe. Jews ot
i'kraine Still have Hope. Says lktviti
A. Brown.
(An Interview by A. 11. Frouiensmn
I nsk«*<l David A. Brown. who lias
Just returned from Russia. t" give tin
jews of America some pie. tire of what
lie had .seen in the seven weei. tha
he had spent in that country, lie bar
gone there, first, as chairman of tin
National Appeal ftp - Jewish wnr-sut
ferers. and. second. as a member »>;
the European delegation sent, by tin
American Jewish Belief Committee
llis was a tiwo-fold task. He was t«
see what had heeu done with tie ’earl.
SIK).UUn.O<M> tluit itatl heen raised slll<*r
the outbreak of the war. ami In* wa
to seel what was tin* task ahead i'
there was any.
-There are no "..nls describe it.'
he answered.* l don’t believe that then
are words in till of tin* language?
s|token hv human beings powerful
enough to give even the slightos. ink
bug of nil the horrors, all the misery
all the suffering through which tin
people In litisdu. und in the Vwralnc
have suffered during tin* ptist sever
years. Particularly the Jews.
“You must see it with your own eye
before you cun begin to understand
what has happened, what Is s ill hap
cuing even mow when conditions an
at their liest. All you need to do is t.
look out of tin* tralu window.” In* went
on. "Yon don't have to. get off any
when*. You don't have to go looking
for if. It comes to you as yon look
out. of the car window. It is every
where, all around you. You will sc<
sights that will move you to hysterica’
tears. You wjll se«} sights that will
rob you of your sleep, that will haunt
you tin* livelong day. that will drtvi
you with an uncontrollable desire t<
help, to save.
"You will se sickness. You will set
typhus. You will st* t ulhtculosls
You will see hunger. You will «*«
starvation. You will see beggary, loti
will see nakednes*. You will see de
s|ruction. You will set* death, deali
on all sides of you.”
“But I saw something else while I
was in Ufctssin." lie said, with a run
smile. L womlered.
"I saw the Jew." lie concluded, and
that smile became radiant with pride
the greatest of all human marvels
with joy.
"The Jew whom I saw over there b
the greatest of all human marvels
He Is a magnificent physical entity, btn
ns ire than that, lie Is a great spiritual
being. Four years of war. he lived
tbrough, and then two years of civic
strife, pogroms, famine, epidemics
killing cold. He has gone through al'
of the seven furnaces of liell. and ye
—and yet. lie is not broken. He ha*
not lost his moral courage, his won
derful spirituality and in* lias not lost
Ids great optimism, lie has not lo«e
that hope without, which lie would
have sticeumlied. would have disap
neared. It’s marvelous.” he declared
;tnd there was something akin to nwf
as he said it.
Heroes of the Joint Distribution
Committee.
“I have said that things are at theii
Ik*st now. and they are terrible enough.
How men like Janie- !! Becker, like
I)r. Bogls Bo;;en, like i * Joseph 1
liosen. like Dr. Itrank R enhlatt
could have gone into that ~
when they did. and come out; of
without being complete wreck- is :•
mystery to me. They are hens*
gef some idea of wliut they saw. and
vhat they themselves had to suffer In
order to perform the mission of mercy
on which they were sent. To travel in
that country one must enry Ills own
blankets, sheets, pillows and even in
sect powder, though the insect powder
is never effective. Besides you must
carry a complete cooking outfit, and
all the food and water you may need
on the trip. Then, if you are going
by rail, you ride in coaches that nnrr
not hen repaired in seven or eight
years, not even good enough for junk
.'nd every minute of tin* day you come
face to face with human suffering In
the worst form** imaginable.
-You see sickness. starvation. dis
ease, nakedness, terrible congestion,
children living like animal.*: you hear
women crying tor bread for tin* cliil
dreu in their arms. You see old
women starving, freezing, naked, in
homes for the aged, sleeping or old
boa nls. with only a burlap bag tiled
with straw instead of mattresses, and
rags to cgver them. No sheets m*
pillows, no boat. n«» food literally
starving to death. And no shoes, no
stockings, no soup, in* water and liter
ally covered with vermin. And then
you go ro a children's home I>o you
remember 'Jimmy' Becker'* description
«,f a children’s home in the I'kruineV
He understated tin* situation. E'en
now the children huddle together four
and five in a) fieri to go! tin* warmth
from each other's bodies, because there
is no other way in which they can |
get warm.
When Winter Comes.
•Mt was cold when I left
Russia. The Winter sets iu early—in
October. 1 shudder when «>
wl.at is going to happc:i ihere this
winter. Of the thousands who wi.
I'reejte to death liecatjsc there is no
fue!. Vou run go for miles around
Odessa and see the des motion ot
large* and small elites, literally pick
ed t«» pieces for the wood they » oii
talned. Brick buildings have been
torn down for the sake of the wood in
their rafters, in the joists, in the
window.-frames. the doors arid their
doors. It has meant ti tend tie anioun
ot labor, but so desperate tire the i
people with dread of the freezin ; eold
that they have torn these buihliir:
down with their hare hands !u order
hat out of the wreckage they may
go. a little warmth.
“Aud then there are the thousands
of homeless children. They are every
where. and they constitute a .* rrili
proldem. -lust what the future holds
u store for these children <Jed only
knows.
Net :» Problem of .Mere Alms-Liting.
“But I don’t want to give the Jill
•cession that llie problem i* one of
nlms-giviug." I)rowii interrupted him
self. -That sort of thing is Important
•nough. just now. But we can’t go
hi doing this sort of work over ami
our again. "We must give thei Jew
•f Russia tin* ehnnee to escape from
his terrible situation. We must help
;• im up and up. until he ran return
e his old self-respecting, sell support
ing position. We must give to this
nau who looks into the future with
tope, in spite of all the misery of the
crrlble years through which iu* lias
wagged.* \ylio believes tiiat in spite of
ill the black yesterdays and todays,
here will be u bright tomorrow for
him sometime, the means with which
o regain his grip on life, the imple
ments with which to produce.
"From the standpoint of relief, the
feeding program which the American
Belief Adininistmtion is carrying out
’ll the Ukraine with tin* funds furnish
'd by the Joint Distribution conuuit
ttee is a wonderful tiling. And tin*
• •(Tort undertaken by Dr. Joseph Koteni
with the $1,240,000 furnished by the
Tolnt Distrilmiion commit to to settle
V.. 000 Jewisli families on the soil. is
i great pi«*ee of reconstructive effort.
Ploughs. Ploughs. Pleughs!
“But that's only a beginning. The
solution of the prohh > m ties not mere,
ly in helping the Jews of the T’krninc
done, hut hi helping all of tin* Bus
-inn jieople who are starving by'milk
ing that heautifu'. fertile country
once ugaiu productive. Ploughs.
Ploughs. I'lougiis. are needeil to solve
Bussia’s problem- -and soinething to
pull the ploughs. Her horses and rat
io are. gone. They cannot lie restored
in a day or a year. Today Baissia is
firing kept a love by American charity.
She is a lieggar and bankrupt nation
villi untold assets within a foot of
the surface, waiting for tin* plough to
turn them into gold.
"In H)ll» It US* hi |M»sscs>cd "AHI.(KK)
doughs. In 1012 she had only 2.700,-
kmi. Is it any wonder there is famine
in the land, (with worse to come? Help
the Russians to make tin* country pro
luce. to set all of the wheel* of in
dustry and commerce into.motion, ami
roll save the Russians you save the
Jews.
"S*till. when all is said and done,
the Jews of this country have done
wonders by their people in Russia, in
the rkrainc. in all of Kit rope?” I sug
gested.
What They Think of America’* Jews.
“Indeed they have.” said Mr. Brown.
•*Th«* Jews of Kttrone think of the
lews of America iu terms of love, in
•erms of gratitude. And they marvel j
:? all that we have done. They know
•It j. :it the financial depression I
1 1 rough which we passed last year, j
\nd they marvel even the more that J
we should have clone as much as we
did during that economic crisis.
“And it is so everywhere. I heard |
tin* same expressions of love and won-'
der iu Poland, where our j«*»b is al
most done*, except for the task of pro-j
tiding for orphans: I heard tin* same
expressions in Lithuania, in Latvia, in
Austria. In Hungary, in (V.eiioslavn-,
l.ia. I heard it also in F’ng'and. from j
men like Lord Swat tiding. Claude
Mnntetiorv. (h®.o M. Seliiff and the*
orhers who are about to launch a great,
relief campaign throughout the British:
Empire.
ACQUIT EDITOR ACCUSED OF
JEW-BAITING.
Ht-rllii Pastor Mnitrenhreeher for
merly ji ®Sochi l Democrat. now an
iivinvcd anti-Semite. who is editing the
• Deutsche Zeitnng." lias been m-quitted
of tin* charset* that hy his Inressant at
tacks upon Jews In* Ineited one das* -
if the [lopulution to violence upon all
ot her.
Although punishment of three
months prison was asked h.v the Slate,
the court did not sustain the request
The Liberal press expresses astonish
ment over this ••remarkable acquittal."
“The Far Katjt.” a Yiddish news-
Paper, published at Harbin. Chinn, is
agitating for a Jewish commission to
explore tho.se Chinese province wh»M\*
there are* or formerly were. Jewish
communities, in order to uncover any
Jewish historical material Unit may
be there.
Have Thrilling Experiene on Grece--
Turkish Front
i S-ome tUi'ill ex peri cutes ft*ll to tp,o j
, lot of Inna May Cantor and llorteusc i
; Brooklet*. of (’ineinmi ti. on a ic. -nt 1
•>ur of Constantinople Bulgaria and
'iioiimania in connection with tin* child
welfare work of tin* Joint Distributing '
I < 'oiuinlticc.
They. got ro Constantinople after a (
xlorniy passage across tin* Black Sea
I ti(m Cons an/.a while tin* town win J
»ti 1 in a panic over a tbrea ened in
nisiou by tin* X -mnlist army. Kelli-;
;ct*s wrrt j curing. into tin* town from j
j Smyrna, widt h laid just been burned. j
"From Conran' iuople we wenr to j
| Soila. tile eapi.nl of Bulgaria. That i
was sane experience." \vrlt«*s Inua (
May Cantor in a letp*r r*H*oiv»*d yester
day. by Hcpry 11. Hfiseafelh National
Director of tbe American* .1 ewlsb Re
lief Committee. "The railway was
lined with eiieampinents of Creek and
■ French Colonial trope. The soldiers
tried t.» force their way into our ear.
and tin* train bad to be darkened he
, cause the lighted windows made such I
a tempting target. But tlic car was;
not dark, thanks to tlie tight from!
burning buildings along the line. >
, "Constantinople luih been a refugee I
<-enter since tbe beginning of the war. 1
and tbe Joint Distribution Coin ink |
; lias a refugee and a reconstruction de- j
purtment. the latter t<» make loans t.»
, tbe refugees who try to settle lo re.
, Child-care work has just liegiiu and
■ there is urgent need*to get the girls off
tbe streets of this vicious eltv if 1 1 1 -*y
am not to be destroyed morally. Trade
schools are needed. too. In tbe or
phanage. supporter locally. are
teaeliing the girls embroidering and
the brighter one. aeouutiug: the ln»ys
are taught trades. Hut tbe number of
children taken eare of Is pitifully small
In proportion to those linen red for.
"We visited a day nursery —a horri- 1
, Me place. The entrance is through a i
narrow passage leading to a court -
, yard. The bouse is dilapidated and
looks ns if it would collapse any min*
ufc. Inside, in a small room, in !
charge of a helpless old woman were'
twenty babies, crying pitifully. . . .*. j
The local community is doing nil it.
can Iml the new burdens are too great.
"There are about l.iiOO war orphans
in Bulgaria. Nothing lias horn done
for them. But it is the law in that
country that every one linisi do u cer
tain amount of work for tin* state'
without compensation. The period of j
, *liis compulsory labor runs from two
weeks to three months. Unmarried
girls must give tim*e months sewing I
dresses for hospitals aad other insti
tutions. Consequently*, the orphanage!
receives a certain amount of help in
the way of dresses and the lik *.
"From Bulgaria 1 returned to Uou
inania. By American standardsj tliis
, is a six-hour trip. It lusted twenty-;
eight. The ‘express’ covers about S !
miles an hour.
"We had a wonderful trip from *
Bucharest to Cy.ernow itz —in a slcviH
iug car with shower-hatli. Ain’t that ;
grand. The ‘showers’ were tin* leak- i
ing roof, through, which tli« rain
[mured in streams, it was. cold, anti *
we came near freziug to death, though
wrapped in water-profs. In the eve
ning. tin* ear took on a romantic party.
Really, there must have imen a tank
oil our ear-roof, because next morning,
though the sun shone, the water still
poured in.
"The Joint Distribution Committee'
has* done a remarkable piece of work j
j here. Two bund red houses have been
rebuilt in Wizuitz alone. The grati- j
| tilde of the imputation cannot la* told
|in words. Tile municipality of Wi/-
jnilz named one of the new strets in its*
.honor—‘Strad Joint Disco.’
"1 visited the homos of a large nuin-1
her of widows and their child rim. It!
is all very pitiful. If was hitter cold
land wet - and though I wore a heavy
jeont and a shawl tin* penetrating wind
> made me shiver. I found children in (
cellars, ia attics, clad in rags, under-1
tiouri Tin* water-pii*cs were
frozen, tint wall covered with ice and j
|snow. I can’t say that there was no
| final in the pots and kettles 1.-, •can--. i
. there were no pots or kettles. Keen
"‘lie eafs were moaning with hunger. .
Oh. I am not writing tliis to move von. |
iThese little martyrs wlioni we are sav. |
l:ig make our work holy. For when 1.
Jsaw in the insti iition at C/.erimwitz 1
the children whoiy we had already res
(licit my heart was till< <1 with ia new
joy. a new liappines to fee! that I am
being permitted, oven in a small way.,
ito help this life-saving work.”
COLONNADE CLUB.
1 At :i meeting held nt tin* homo of j
!.Mjer Mo.vcm-soii. ICCO Cilpin. tin* fol
i lowing offh-or.s won* elect'd for flic
( year: I‘resident. I»ave \V:m-!
idol : vi< (‘-picsi(!nfi. S. .1 Frazi.i: treas
iim-r. IMiillip lic^-in-in: si*cretary. Mor-
Iris enter ainmcnt committee. |
I. IMol!:ln. IMiil Rosiniiu. The eom
-1 will arnnge many brilliant af
fairs for tin* coming son son. so kindly
keep w:iloil of this club. After a few!
talks by tin* newly elected and retiring!
officers, tins meeting closed with >c
fresliniPiils served bv the Misses Myer-1
sou. I
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TREE DECORATIONS STB)!
A complete line of tree Balls, Tinsel, **
Silver Rain and, in fact, everything for RfUMHHu
beautification of the symbol of \|" MDlUMH
/[ifVBii M NOTHING OVER TWEl
.NVAj.I.Uifot ,'.V IllKi: I ll.M—S>j inchi-s in /\ nw
4 ' - rlrcumfi lenoe in various ' If HP , ,,. •, «• m • •
A Im, Quality merchandise ye an
</ .fi-- * uc Dup actually lower than inferior grades*
„„., v bo\i:s->.\ .... ,or IS mo « s purchasing power we can c<
////" V'\V -"-n>".“' ij'iT f|, We are content with a small per cl
JaC ™ 1&c M Other institutions insist on large pi|
TiiKEDu.i.»—cnoo »i>" Tr«i w want you to continue to give us the H
Jnv&aK«?'oi Balls, beautifully colored in a _^r_—, « « * H
IffilK&'M": 5c j( age, hence we are always ready tod
_ J—Wpi\ IB the doubt for future business’ sake!
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUffl
ffl ToiletArticies H)
jMfJ Noth inn: will please quite »<> iiiueh nx n beau- I^KI
,|>d mill Toilet Set. We have them in nidr variety IkI
JJH for your diMerimlnnt iim ncIi-HIob. lj|U
Richard Iludnut’s Three Flower. White Homo MiU
WfMl and Hose of Umar Toilet Seta of undeniable H\|H
<BEJ caarm. Priced (?1 CA AA |EJf|
from only to IDftj
JlfUbigiuit'N Toilet Seta of ruru distinction are HWT
EBM specially priced for tomorrow at a decidedly BBM
JR s'pe<faf ur “: $10.98 $11.98 HR
SHIp Range and varied assortment of Ivory and fancy Imfl'
RHM Toilet Table Sets. Manicure and Radies’ Travel- IM
[HR] lng Sets In genuine QQ (IQ Qr Rv {
leather cases. From. . . . TO «lX57«IFt>
,|AJ Radies’ and Cents’ Smoking Sets of newest nnv- ■^RS'
city humidor combination designs. Colors are
blue, gold, green and (P/i (TA CIO QC U^U
■IHM red. Priced from ... «r**uv TO nHwiJ/w HN
I WUlir FIRST FROOR —STEEL’S 1
T t UKNISHINGS I;
H The Ideal Gills for Mm 1C ,
V I.K.VTIIKII HERTS—With silver nickel buckles. ZM
I In beautiful gift boxes are rQ_ MM
■ specially priced at uov MM)
|J .MEN’S M Sl'KMIKH*—in Christmas boxes; verv IHf .
strong and elastic; tn_ BB 1
G special sale price • I
MEWS MilAKEll KMT SWEATERS. Ruff N’eck. i
Slip-Ons and regular sweater shnpes. In pure i
O $5.48 $8.49 Kj
V MEN’S JEIIMEV MWEATKH COATS. cotton and *TT1B
worsteds; pocketed and sonic with belted lltB,
E ;!^“\.. lA ' u ' Ems . $1.49 $7.50 Iff
HO VS* MTHIPEO ri:it( ARE AMI MORII) COI.OII fl|[
D IIEAVV I’ll A Mill! A V H 1.01 MEM. regular iA. B
fl values, while they last at 1MJ
HEAVY ENCRIMII IIIHHEII HOME, all wool. {MW]
heather mixtures; regular fl value, Hugl
I
Jjj SHI RTS |
At prices that induce you to buy and qualities Wr '
suitable for gift or personal use. PH 1
MEN’S COIII1EH SI.VIIK %S SHIRTS, soft cuffs.
IfilVl neckband, all sizes and < !.n s. % I o0 QQ A Unfit
U\\\\ values; specially priced 570C
M4-COI NT PKBCARK SHIT I’M, In all sizes of Ull
neat black and white Ftripngs; $2 (1 ED
'IB-! 1 MEN’S MIRK STRIPED CIIEPE Mil IIITM. all Bl l
j[B%r sizes, b.-autifully finished shirts, of (JO ■) Q 0L I
. regular $3.00 value, at JTVyT
•MB MEN’S Ti n MIRK MH1IITM. in plain white and AS*
| IPni fancy stripes; regularly f*J; specially
T GIFT JEWELRY AND PLATE W
, 8-DA Y MANTliR CROCKS, mahogany finish. Ifll
I cath.dral chimes, $15 value; (Cl 1 QQ UB* '
■ special at wllitIO MHk
N MIIEFFIERD PRATE Kill IT HOUR, an appro-
prlato gift, specially priced at Ball
HA N 1)1.El) HR EAII TRAY, of heavy plate, a
O $4.49 H
VHOCaERS I MSI A-l PRATE #[ ,
Knives, each ->Or Af |
F Teaspoons, each ."!!.! ..’IX«* - wWV
,\fter Dinner Coffee Spoons, each :!«*• 4^L
Serving Salad Forks, each D5e
Ice Cream 1‘uddlnjr Rallies, each 91.00 JJHT
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IJfflL J Aj Genuine 2-button Kid Gloves in all sizes of black, white, tan, etc. A mar- .79 M *
! ttSv fe* Jv velous value at their regular pncc of $2.49. Specially sale priced while they I iNflW ,
| H I f\Ay last, at, pair I ,JI
JuTOJ Two-Clasp Chamoisette Gloves with piqued backs; brown, fawn, beige and 7QP |ff]|
Wl &iay f^ le predominating colors; values 98c to this low price § 9** jmjn T
| tfc |U. 1 1 l&i TmQt Chamoisette Strap Gauntlets in piqued or plain backs; colors are tan, beige, $4.49 fi) p
fawn and white; regularly 83.25; special sale price £ |M» r J
1 nUi 12 and lG-button French Kid Gloves make an especially appropriate gift for $c-5o m Hi
milady; all colors, all sizes; priced exceptionally low; upwards from +9
ppKnS
I j Carloads of Toys /
T ft] Too late for our Grand Opening, thege Toy*
i t|1k In us just four days to dispose of them. We could*
||uu u prices on toys will be 25 to 50 per cent higher tl
. Jftfl V we haven’t the room. You may come to Steel'd,
flK (\ pick of thousands of new and interesting Toys
jJt Below are a few: 1
Ujf Puzzles Child's/Aui
Fascinating and instructive Nicely finished, red paint,f bumpers,
jqffl are the wonderfuj line of ber tires; very substantially built; 1
Qff I I’u/./Jos carried hero. They stock ef these; get yours early, at.. 5
, will tease and tantalize, but
perseverance will solve them. «
|jB * United States Man Pussies (Xpl
ffl « ssr'ssaw
S fSS?pri£d 25c 98c ff,TfSur“iiyV7, *r CtoM '. '°
D(J Locomotive Picture Pussle .
(VI —Children like to construct ■ A-amaais
Wj locomotive,. Here 8 tbeir HSOKSP COBStf
UU o mnee, *peo 'g one, Qg £ Of remtrkably moot build. H«avy,
H Fir.'Engine Rictur. pLzmU * n une,CelUd
flffj —Here’s an interesting puzale mt our •P #c< * 1 P* -
IjW for bovs or girls; very AO *
■Bfl specially pneed at 90C TpIpUpIaC All 1
nil Rumtnie and Ten Other I i lw/
U Good Games All at a n E Built for service, heavy ateel wheels
|B| special sale pneo of .... f uC spring seat; three sizes, special at $(
Jp££l Educatiqnal Boards for in- f4.lv and.
strutting small children; a '
1DI large line of them priced . m m m
£B $1.29 Coaster Wag
W Animal Pussla Gamas — In wide variety of styles and sIsm for
H Puzzle pictures of different boy- Be * ure to 8ee the8e;
UP I animals. Exceptional OC down to v
rjy values at from IQc to AtgfC
little tots build their bridges Doll Cabs. Sim
t"A a'licTiue' I>ntL a 98c wire body, woven and finished like
Edy P.inu for the Kiddie— ?.°^ d
Pnl They like to paint. Seta espe- ished in ivory, at, o y *
UHf ci&lly designed for the tiny
m .. 49c Wheelbarrow
|k{ Crayons and Drawing Sets A very popular gift as well as a lasting
STB For home or school use Some very special bargains, pricei
■JR tlu-w will be greatly appre- only
dated; special 25c I'" 1
LaB Boy Scouts—A great* game DllfilOPtOV
■MT for future boy scouts. This w Jr
Mi I will afford much amusement Something new in Doll Convefa
URV|| and is v«ry specially J A Daintily painted and finely finished
HUM priced from 1®C to. ... *§*Jc cial * f..
Ml Peter Coddle’s Trip to New
York —Who h&sa’t onjoved _ ||
P«ger Coddle’s many tnps. *
bnJ This is an extra special OP* , . .
■JIM it ZI>C Very appropriate for the young n/iite
1|/|| _. D . T n , wants something different. Wl/re^
:«| 8 ki”r"nd "cel«“y; a »«»«“ ,ike reedi " ry 8,ron8i 8p * Cl, “
I2Q game for everyone; spe- «>|“ »
M . Horsie^Todfllfsr
IrN interesting and attractive For those toddlers of tender y<j ark
1m game; vory social in price; want to ride horseback; very] sti
jvj they won’t last 10c I made, nicely painted; special at. j ...