The Jewish outlook., January 27, 1905, Page 12, Image 12

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Our New York Letter
New York, Jan., 1903.
The newly elected board of directors
of the Sydenham hospital announced
the receipt of a generous gift by the in
stitution from Mr. Isaac Guggenheim,
treasurer of the American Smelting
Company. Mr. Guggenheim presented
the hospital with -+I.OOO and promised'
to give monthly an amount equal to any
voluntary contributions or donations
raised by the board of directors, the
total sum not to exceed SIO,OOO yearly.
The annual meeting of the Hebrew
Technical School for Girls was held on
January 14tli at the Hotel Savoy. Pres
ident Nathaniel Myers presented his an
nual report and addresses were made by
Attorney General Mayer and St. Clair
McKelway.
Mrs. Emma 11. Kauffman presented
the school with $5,000 as a memorial of
her daughter, Jessie, to be used for the
education of two girls each year.
The following trustees were elected:
Mesdames Henry Zuckerman, Simon
Hirshback. George Blumenthal, Leopold
Cohn. Louis Loeb, Nathaniel Myers,
Henrietta Solomon and Messrs. Alfred
Lauterbach, Adolph Lewisohn, Henry
Sonn and Jacob Wertheim.
Jacob P. Adler, the Yiddish actor, vis
ited the Metropolitan opera house re-,
cently and was asked whether he came
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for ideas. “Ideas,” he replied, “and
plays. I have just arranged for the pro
duction of ‘Rhodian, the Student’ with
Charles Henry Meltzer, the author.”
Mr. Adler said he intends producing
this play before or after the production
of Israel Zangwell’s “King of Sclinor
rers.” “But these are plays for the
highly cultured,” Air. A die nay ns told.
“That’S why I Wniit calmly
replied. “Yon kpow the East Side. All
the cultured of tlife city has taken refuge
there. ’ ’
Rev. Dr. Samuel Sale of St. Louis,
Missouri, a celebrated pulpit orator and
chaplain of the Republican national
convention at St. Louis, which nomi
nated President McKinley in 189 G, and
the first Jewish chaplain ever chosen by
a political convention, occupied the pul
pit at Temple Emanuel last Saturday
morning and lectured before the Y. M.
II A. last Friday evening.
The Hebrew Free Loan Association of
this city held its thirteenth annual meet
ing in the auditorium of the Educa
tional Alliance on* January 23rd.
Bishop Potter smiled last night, Jan
uary 20th, when he was introduced to
the Young Men’s Hebrew Association
with a witticism as being famed as the
leading churchman and the proprietor
of the Subway tavern.
“Nothing has given me greater grati
fication than the-privilege of speaking
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proprietor of the Subway tavern.”
“Views and Recollections of Public
Speakers and the Lecture Bureau,” was
Bishop Potter’s subject. After praising
the object and aim of those working for
the betterment of the American-Jewish
people, he said:
“We of another race realize the great
possibilities of good in this work, al
though there was a time when people of
different religious faiths treated each
other with very bad manners.”
Jacob 11. Schiff spoke in an interest
ing and instructive manner of the up
lifting of the Jewish-American people.
A. I. S.
A Jewish Agricultural Aid Society was
organized in Chicago for the purpose of
giving aid to and finding homes on fer
tile land of the western states for the
hundreds of Jews who have tied from
Russia to escape service in the army of
the czar and are now flocking to Chicago
in ever-increasing numbers. The society
has undertaken a large scheme of
colonization of these refugees and it will
advance money from S6OO to $1,500 to
purchase farms. .The money is to be
returned when the farms become profita
ble. Mr. Adolph Lpeb is president and
Dr. A. R. Levy is 1 secretary and man
ager. * '