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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1910)
ow the Israelites Are Today Retaking the Holy City -4 ' "... i ? I I I, I'tfi"! , .-. -J-v- -JS- 4 i ,) If i i . I- .4 ' I ' ' i . J i ' " .' 1 Srr V, li J II If f if) mm 1 2 I 1 , A Jerusalem Rabbi f.r ii.iu,.'i,r,,n i.-ui :ai nrrr- Mliniidfiici' il' Tin' !! Ji-wx arc rapiilly u;iilii-; into thch own. Tfils Imly 1 1 nnw I'diiliilus more tliiui W.iX'j of thPin. ami tlu'.v fin in mk two-thlrlM of Us t hole til:i t i on . 1'v i rifiv coiiHtitnllon uf Turkey tiny liuve n iiulieil the lislit to own land in Titlo-stiii.-, ml tiny can come anil so u they ihise. This lius nut luiii the case until now. Jewish Immigration has been )irohlblte.l, and Kui'h Jewn us boiiK'it leal estate lm e had to lurrhase and, hold it under other names. This wan fi not only here, hut all over the country. Hut. 'notwlthstand lnff tliev aecptired la:id. and I am told that rome of the bent farmlnx properties of the plains rf Sharon, ure In their lands, and that thy own the mom valuable business ulten of Jerusalem. The new constitution liives them other i.i'iVHntiij.'e., and It J probable that they will rapidly tnereiise In number and wealth. u u t5 ERU5AL II T"I CHII,UKI',N DOO ! Jr uf Hie Holy l.uod The Jews of I'ule.tlne are not like those of America. They have a, costume of their own. und come from so ninny different localities thut it in not alwais possible to tell who they are. Amoim I hem are 1'ernlans. Spaniards, Kusstans, lloheiuians. l'ole and Hermans. There are many Al gerians and Moors, and 1 have seen some from Abyssinia and Knypt. They Hpeak forty ' differenl l.iiu:ii!im-s. und thero aro many wlumi Hie others can not understand. In the main there are Just threw dil'l'ermt classes. First Is the Ashkenazium, made up of Jews from llus sia, I'oland, Austria and (xcrmuny. These IH'ople aro much like the lower class Jews of America, nnd their common luiiKuatie Is Yiddish. Tho Becond class is of the Sephardim. Tliy ure Spatdsh Jews, de cendent of those who came here cen turies ago. These Jews speak a mixture of Suanlsh and Jewish. The third class is the eastern Jews, made up of Israelites from Syria, l'crsla. Arabia auct central Am, 'they speak Arabic und look" ml li like Moslems. Auirrk'Nu lltiKeuhi 1 luiik fur l-'rauil As to the Aiuerii-ait Jews, they are ctn JiHiatlvetV few, and it is seldom that you meat one that lias been born in America. Those who claim to be sui li are chieflv nil liven, who have koiio to the I'nited CSlatea to j;et their naiuraliziition papers, and then return hero to live. Many of the latter are frauds, and our consul believes that aoniu uf them have doukM their natu IttiiKaUon pupils; and have ne. r been out of the couiitr, American citizenship Is a valuable La.lKf of protection In tio lands of tue suliun; and for this reason naiurali latlou pa-pers have lMen sold by returned Jewn who have aaln left this countiy. bald our consul to mc: "Our cltliscnship has been used to cariy inN!rauds. When 1' first came here 1 found It serving as a cloak lor crime. One man, who claimed to be an Auiernan, vaa acting as receiver of stolen entile, and selling them opTTly. lie carried on a big business, and although the ot;iials were aware of his criminal pruclh es they could Dot ari-eet lilm. This w as so becau-e tf a difference between our k"V eminent and that of Turkey. "The treallTO provide thai the offenses of Americans against Turks may be punlslxd only by the American consul, ami we con tend that this gave us the rU'.it of trial in sin It eases. The Turkish Kovcrumcut ion tended that all such oifeudors mum l' tiled in the Turkish courts, and as neither government would Kive In it was iiniHii-Mble to convict a nd punish without lirlnging xbout International compllcuUutis. As soon us 1 came I decided to stop It. and told the mail I would arrest and convict hi m by means of American witnesses. The result was that lie dl.l net wuit for trial, and kkipprd out of the countiy." A I'liina Kacv. As far as I van ham the Aineaican Israelite does not Maud I l!i among Ins fellows of Jerusalem. The most of the Jpn here pride themselves on their piety. They think themselves aixive the Jew who lias suffered Img contamination by mixing with forelgnei and they esivlaiiy de.-ptse the Ameiicin. Meeting one on the street thry may rlsp Mm on the Momach und uoeilUKlv ask how much pork I ale when lie was ti tl'e Fnlted States. In this I refer to the fanatics, who am composed more tpecially of the Spaniards and the members of the Asakeiiaiiie. These people hav e Inner circles of yi:t- ions aristocrats, tome of whom are suppo.-.d to have luMio powers of LeaUutf. Ainng them ;ut iu..y men of education and culture, men who l:t ow the 1 ihle fn in heulnnliif? to rfl, nnd who speak : rveuil launuaaes. One ran tell nothing of the .If i usalein Jew by his dress, for a dirtj. rutted old man is often a scholar. I miiii llulr and Itellaliin. And still the dress here Is about the same among all chissi-s of the Israelites. The boys and men wear coats without belts, which reach from the neck to the feet. Thev are full, and are slightly open lit the fifint. showing gowns under them. Many of the Spanish Jews wear black tur bans or velvet caps, with a wide fringe of fur outside. Some weHr broad-brimmed felt hats, which come far down over the forehead, halt hiding the ears. They do not shave, and a long beard is a sign of wisdom, dignity and piety. They wear the lutir long, and each has a long; curly lock on each nidi" of Ids face, J- front of the ears. These locks often reach down to the breast, and are allowed to grow, according to a saying in the scHpttires. which states; "Thou must not mar the coiners of thy beard." Many of the Jews never cut the hair In front of the ears for fear of touching the hard. and I see boys Willi the rest of their head shaved and these two ear locks left. These Jerusalem Jews have fine faces. Many of them have high foreheads, strong noses and mouths and beautiful eyes. Some are fair and others have olive complexions. Their hair Is of all colors from jet black to blonde and fiery red. and there are ninny old nun with beards of silver. A .iimI I'lnee to Dir. Indeed, the most of the Jews of the Holy City are old men and old women, many of whom have como here to die. Jerusalem is to the Jews what Henares is to the Hindoo. They hold a superstition that this city Is on the direct road to licavari and that they must come here in order to attain the latter place. 1 am told that many of the Jews of this city believe that if they should die :n oilier lands they wiil be dragged under the arth through the 'globe to the Mount of olives, where the resurrection Is to take place. There Is a Jewish cemetery on the side of that mountMin which contains thousands of tombs, and it is there that thu Jews are laid away. It Is said that soil from that spot is sent all over the world In order thai It may be put In Jew ish coffins. Not a few of the old men who live lane have left their businesses to come. Some have given their foreiun es tates to their sons and relatives, and re ceive allowances from them. Xot long ago one Mich came to the American consul nnd ealil he would like lo linve some money to found a synagogue In Jerusalem. He looked dirty nnd ragged, and the consul ' asked what he bad to leave. Me replied that he owned under other names six good lioiises In Jerusalem nnd that the money from these had been saved out of an al low :mi' of a thousand dollars u year wlneh his sons in New York had been si ndlng him. Hm (he .lews ktri tlie albatb The Jews of Jerusalem ale far more par ticular a- to the observance of tlnir relig ion than ure the Jews of America. There :ir more than synagogues in this cltv, and In all of these wor.-lilp Is held. I ha-Tif intended many of the sor hv and find i he churches usually full. The lio n read Hebrew i'.lotid. They come In tlnir best i lotliin, and some of the old men are gor geous in rich gowns of velvet and silk. Tl,e SabbHh I ere I entns Friday night, and it iloi s not . nd till i; o'clock Saturday. The beginning I- just as roon as the stars can be. seen Friday, afte - vv htcli i;o work of any kind mnt be ilnie. Neither fire nor la n 1 1 may be lighted, and the most of pe. pi,, light their lumps bit'oie the dai k ionics and hire tieiitiles to come in at bed time to blow tliem out The meals for the Sahhalli aie all cooked beforehand, aiitr If tlore aie any hot dishes tne must lie cuuke 1 by the gentiles. The orlli. dox Jew will not carry a bin'ket. an umbrella ir evtn a baby on the Sabbath day. ,T have jut lieaid of a hoy who was given a new .-all of clothes Sataiday. his ..iUi.il l . ! . Tin' ill w.'s made by one of the Ai.iei i an i olonv outside the walls, and tint people there watched to see how the lo- could ki-ep li ik religion and still carry them home. He pondered soiim time, and finally put the cloth. on and wore them, ihu cscuHng the sin of carry ing tl em on CkI ledy duy. l-ruultMM Heats. SjSLuklli, vf cooking, the Jews lieia SIS J If 1 jLL? WiW mite 1 0 I , 7' ,';J;fr ... 'j.i if- - Ik .'J.-..: .r I Si. (F hBMMKKXXX CXXXJOQI Arabian 3ew ' so particular that all their meat should bs killed and dressed nrpnrdln? to their re ligion that they have a slaughter house of their own. Indeed, they kill all the cattle of Jerusalem, serving the Gentiles free of (barge, in order that there may be no danger of sinning by eating animals Im properly killed. The city abattoirs are on the road to Jericho across the valley of Jehosophat, on the southern slope of the Mount of Olives. The cuttle and sheep are brought there and passed upon by the Jewish rabbis. They are then killed and skinned according to ty-e r.-frnlatlons. and the meat Is stamped by the rabbis before it can be e-.pi sc.l for : ale In the city. A special stamp is placed on all that supplied to I he Jews, und such meat, strange to say, brings nboiit twice as much per pound as that sold to the llentiles. If the meat Is good lo eat it is known as kosher. If not killed according to ihe regulations, it is called taiif. and no Jew will touch it. The killing is done by the rabbinical butrher, who cuts tha animal's throat with one stroke of the knife, going just deep enough not to touch the bones. The regulation provides not only that the meal must be healthy, bin that no hone must be scratched, cut or broken, and If the butcher's knife slips and cuts off a bit of bone, even though It be no thicker than a sheet of this paper, the whole carcass is regarded as had and as fit only for the Gentiles. The Jews eat cattle and sheep, but they will not touch tho meat of pigs or game. Said one of thf rertrr"n nt Palestine to me: "If the Jews ate game they wouol clean out our paitirdges and other birds in a kcason. Hut as It is there Is always good shooting." -Most of the Jews here will not eat the hindipiarters of any animal, and the hind legs and loins are sold to the Gentiles. Tiie Spanish Jews say those who eat pork will be dammed, but they get around eating iump stPak by pulling out the wlilte sinews or scraping off the red particles of the meat and making what we know as Salisbury steaks from them. In die Jenlnh Uuarter. The Jewish quarter of Jerusalem Is con fined to the southeastern section of the city. It is near the great platform on which Solomon's temple stood and inside the Dung gate. It is a dirty, squalid, poverty-stricken section, and is Inhabited chiefly by beggars. A large part of the Jews here are mendicants, who live on the alms, sent in by Jews from outside. At fixed hours of the day bread is given away at certain places ami the ieople come for it in crowds. There me funds which are supplied at regular Intervals to those who need them, and much of the population 's supported this way. They might be called educated paupers, for It is their chief business to live without working. Many of these people are des perately poor. I visited a number of the Selections From the Story Tellers' Pack lie llore It (.rlnnliia. ATTAIN KKXIUbU the cai- ""S 1 tuiv of Orippin, was talking I. I in il;e smoking room of the I i i .'ji'.-r fii'uoi ine im nun 01 KCit.' kne.-s. "J.me men bear It well. though.' he said. "I look a Liverpudlian to Canada last month and the poor fellow did have a time! Hick from the first day to the la. t! "Hut he bore It well, and when we reached Father Point Jie said to me: " 't'aptaln. 1 think I'll go straight back uiih you.' " 'W hy,' said I, 1 thought you were go ing lo make an extensive tour':" 'No, I think I'll go back now.' he said, gulping as a nastv swell lifted our bow, 1 see by your rate card that you early "returned empties ' at half tare." "New York Times. KflilJ tikf li Dope, William Knox, architect, of nil i lty.I'a , revels in a Scotch story he picked up lliis summer about a temperance lecturer who used for Illustrations u gtu:i of water, a glass of whisky und a box of live worms. He would drop a worm into the Water and show how il WTigcled. Then, dropping it Into tlie yiiisky. he would exclaim: "There! Hue convulsive shudder and II is all over." "Hand on. there, malsier. Are ye sure 'lis the lhiuor killed the puir worm." a vo:ee in the audience asked. "Quite sure: my friend." repl.eii the lec turer. "No doubt whatever." ' "A-weel. then, just pass over Ihe whisky. I'm bothered .vvi' worms." Oil t'ity Ha zard. - ! Infallible Tcnplc. John I'orbin. author and - la) w rigl l, said letetitly that he had resigned the pom of literary director of tlie New theater be- a r that such of Virginia we had a delightful old pro fessor thereabout whose ahsent-minded-ncss many stories were u flout. "A Charlottesville bur;-rlar once broc.e into the professor's hou.je and hid under the bed. Tl.e old ;v...n. a lit 1 1 aft.r'.vn.d. entered the room and berau bis pivpaia tiotis for retiring. "A.-, ilt his ili'tamy, moonstruck way bit pottered about the room, hi he;:rd a noise, startiil und ::.:" with a puzzled frown: "'lieai inc. is .anyone there?" V 'No. i.i'ofessor, lepued tlie burglar, ill a very loiv voice, for ne knew the pro fessor's p' culiaritii s. 'Well!' saitl the professor. '1 was posi tive I luurd someone under tin bed.' "And bis fate chared, he turned in and was soon last asleep."-New York Tribune. 'leant Well. wer was presiili; .luilue llrevcr The laic luxiiee lln v eal's ago. over a civil case in. w ulcll oil" of th' important Witness, s was n horse doctor named W'illiums. The doctor v.ys a small man with a weak little vu.ee. nun Ihe counsel on both sides, as Wi II as ihe court and jury, had great difficulty in hearing his testimony. I 'uring rross-oxa mirta: 'on the conns -1 for the plaintiff became exasperated and, began to pio.l and harry th. litilc man. "Ir. Williams." ho shouted, " f we tire evir going to get anywhere with this e:v vou must speak up so the cohrt vv II heal . on. Spi.ik up loud and strong, sir!" The small sized veterinary tried, hut il was evidently no use. Whether 'inn "in bari aasnii in or Inability the sound would not coaie. "Will, your honor.-'' henun the eoun-el itnli-'nani I.e. when Judge Hrewer stopped li m witn a gesture. l.eiming over Ihe bench he said in his kindly tone- "Mr. Aili. rn"V. you mint be patient Willi the doctor. lle'eanilOl help It. V"M'! spenl .il the sick room have appaientlv made s;eaking low a second nature with him." .-'I. I'aul M: patch. (lie rch Mhio' llepurlee. Aii nbisliop Kvau of Philadelphia has a kindly wit which some persons have mis construed as caustic. At a dinner party a ludy whom he had hepn ehnfflng thought she tax: her opportunity and his dessert. "A fig for von. your grace," she re onirf.ed. pointedly, passing him a plate of iVi'in iher leaves, ller waist was cut very low in the neck. Ti e archbishop only smiled very politely am! taking a leaf from the plate said: "A fig leaf for you, Mrs. X." Ladies' Home Journal. t'orreeteil. "At one of the liowland-Gordon debates the other night," said John II. Vx, "Gor don aiked his opponent why he favored a tariff m wool. The congressman replied that it was because wool was a yearly pro duct. "'Aren't hides a yearly product, too?' a.-ked .Mr. Gordon. " No. sir." replied Mr. Ilowlniid. without offering to go into details. "'W'hv. Gordon.' shouted a man in the crow it, 'you e.-'ii't raise a cow In u year.' " Cleveland Leader. Who Can, Account for It? N A l.ll'Tl.i: flat near the Last rlvei, New Vurk. a few e.nings ago occur: ci an acciil- ai w ei u ilnistra .t d once in. n o vviiat seems to iiiuny people a curious he said. You ple- ainU I he pose of v our Mipuhtr nn lo be like cause he disliked ihe superior a offices curr.- Willi tlT'in. "You decline play alter pla.v "You make enemy after enemy tend to be infallil infallibility is an ugly and un "Noboii'. . you know, wains lMyiui s wife. " That wife of yuurs." sa d a triend of I'l vim's sv mpathetlcally. 'never admits having made a mistake doe she?' ' 'Oh.' said Hlvnii, with a bitter smile, 'she occasionally allows thai she made one inisuike when she marri.il me. Inn she Won't admit even iliat outside itie family circl.' '" llosioii Traveler. 'Ike Peculiar Professor. mhIiuw Wilson, the Lead of Trirceton, owes, perhaps, part of his popularity to his story telling skill. Or. Wilson, at one of bis receptions, said of abseni-mindedness: "While 1 Was a Mudeiit at the I'ulVclMiy side of a woi'tun's iiatuie. In the flat livid a carpenter, ooii-ri i Itllcd and capable at his trade; bis little nervous, flurried wife, who was in a p'u -petual suite of being just hall a day be hindhand in lier wot K perhaps Localise a least one of her five exuberant children would alvvavs be iuif ie; at i el , ,!l l.eeil el chfistisi ment- - and the live, i vi.. .i tin cl.i ilieii before loeiiiii.i.eii, I he .'in acnm in, mage of whose f:ruwi!i was foio f.iu tv.o. Tile carpenter's put desire was t - -i t once a whole iicw.m.uH of ctotlos Miiiol talleouslv . The ca r;.eiilei s vvile'.-. p- I d.--Mre was to have all five ch.ld ,'cil l.ad si multaneously so PUntSutliil. she Itlli short stretch of '.h it, a;ter lit reason;. i Lib.--opitc pi il vv lio!e.-u .e 1.. l. j.a- ;.: a tee infinitely refreshing even lo think of ufu-r yars in w hich their iiaui;litine.-.- iuo! iiiil-tu. il out in a thin, slow but p a pet oil .- tuaii.. Her aliunde, toward ner chihiicii iv as. .v on by no means Idealistic or fooliM.ly lunil This particular evening slit: nei.ied some biead. She told the tidem girl to run out for it, but as tlie Carpenter wanted lo go to the drug store lo telephone he ?aid thai be might as well get iho bread himself, bo bis daughter needn't botiier. "You spoil Ihusy chiliii'i-u, Thoina-i," Uu- claicil his wife. "When I was voun? cfiil ilnn v.cre male for parents, not parents 1'i.r children.'; The larpenier laughed, went out. shut tlie door ainl u inoaii nt later a confused liol-'c came fioin tlie hall. Hli will- iaii out. on the next landing of lln- stairs sin- saw her husband lvi:ig on his face, uiicohsoinie , and w ith a bieeilin I and .V li 1 1 If to the iu;ln, at the top of tiie Mail's, .-tood her votingeM child, v'.ito had bet n over playing at u nci ,hboi hi flat, sci i amiug vlgoi oii.-..i . For ju-t ou. st cond liic wile hesltaleil. 'i'lien hie- iv. nt ucios... to ihe child and f. it his body eaie fullv . making sure thai he was unhari b. foi e she ib .m end' il to where her bus land lay. At tl.e (tip of tlie .-lairs tl.e man I. ad bumped into Lis inuc sun, who vvus run ning noun-. The lioid had been spun iiri.iti.il t.'om the shock, but in a diiectio.i aivay from the staiis. and he was uiihui'i, though friK btt-ned. The i arpeutcr, had losi hi-- I alallce and lalicll dov. n Ihe slaos. After the aciid. nl Ihtr little buy flit li, at- arid went to sleep. His father v as taken to the hospital, Vviicle be died a Week later. Now, why did the wife hold the safety of ilua mere baby who hud four brothers anil sl-ters mt much dealer than that of the husband, whose loss tluevv her helpless on Ihe world wiih five ildldreii to support. Nev York VVuiiU. I.ootl I'Vlltllts, hut Claude ( Iraiiaine-Wiiite, the l.'nglish nvl iilor prai.-eil ut a ilinner In New Yolk the gnod-feilow ship of America n. "The Anierlem man is t.-gariied abroad as an nugcl." he r ml. "lie Is admittedly .. g aid lc-llow , but an angel he is far from being. "'You've heard of ihe Ficiichniai!, peiiiaps, whose sweetheart spent the summer In America'.' Alter i. r return ihe piror l-'ientinuan stenu d ipile blue. " What's the matter with you." a friend iisked. "'I am v. oi ri'd.' the oliiee' muttered, 'about inv fiancee. You see. siiire' her re turn fiom America she kisses so much bel ter lhan she used to." " St. Louis Globe 1 leiiu .c: a t. 'I be i;aa' n . I't-ny 1 . itaiiKhlon, the liaivard feot bah oaoh, was praising, at cea nv ille, Mi., a neve hulfbaek. "He's a luivice." y;ild the noted coiich, "but he ilavs like a veteran. To the iUvi'. you see. everything comes easy. Like ibc-etory of Tom und bill, you know. "Tom and Kill grew up In the same town. Tom was ( lever and lazyT LIU an Indus trious plodder. " "l orn is mid blot liens. 1 buppote?" said an old residtii', on letiiridug to tun town after twenty 'yea is' ah e ice. 'And p ,or oiil Hill is dead milll. u," " 'Yes that's But the la't-st lie's going to ajwIsioii Join-' i-Ii, and he's left over a right," u native replied, lie ah about Tom is that marry Hill s wlddei." " houses, finding whole families living; In a cave-like room, no larger than a hall bed room, and lighted only by a door at the front, in such dwellings the floors and walls are of slone, and about the only furniture Is the beds, which are for the grownups of the family. The children sleep on the floor. The kitchen Is often on a porch outside the house, and the water conn s from a court In which Is a well or cistern. This well may be used by a half dozen different families, and its surround ings are unsanitary to an extreme. On the door posts of each of these dwell ings, whether it be of one room or more. Is tacked up a roll of white parchment sir inches long. This contains the name of Jehovah and the Ten Commandments, livery Jew here wears the coinmanilmanta lied upon his arm under his coat, and some have phylacteries about their fore heads. , AVmIIIuh the Loss of the Temple. It Is on the edge of this Jewish quarter, just below the Mosque of Omax, where Solomon's Temple once stood, that the Jews imnie weekly to sorrow over tlie loss of Jerusalem and pray God to give the land back to them. The custom has been observed since the middle ages, and It Is still celebrated every Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. It takes place In a narrow alley surrounded by miserable houses. One side of this alley Is walled with great blocks of limestone, which form a part of the temple area. Against this wall about fifty men and women were leaning when I visited the place last week. They had their heads bowed, and many of them shook with emotion as they prayed, sobbed and walled. The most of them were old. and the long curly locks which fell down In front of their ears were of silver. Others were Just In their prime. There were also young men and young girls. Not a few of the male mourners wore Kuropeau clothes, and 1 saw one woman walling in a hat and gown of Parisian construction. Most of the women, however, were dressed In Jewish costume w.th shawls wrapped around their beads. i'.ach of the mourners bad a book in his hand ami read the Lamentations of Jere miah, swaying back and forth as lie did so. Now and then the whole party broke out Into a chant, a gray-haired rabbi act ing as leader and the. rest coming In on the refrain. The substance of one of the chants was as follows. O Iord, we pray Thee have mercy on Zion, Gather the children of Jerusalem together! May the kingdom soon return to Zlon! Comfort those who mourn over Jerusalem, Ami let the branch of Jesse spring up In 'Mm'. Schools and lloaultals. The Jews of other lands are liberal in their gifts to the Jews of Palestine. They have established schools and hospitals In and about Jerusalem, and have agricul tural colonies scattered over the country. These colonies already comprise 6,000 mem bers, and they own something like lOtl.OOO acres of laud. Some are in Galilee, some In Jii'l'a and a very large one Is not far from the fceaport of Jaffa. The latter is known as the Llthon 1 Zion. It supports a village of LOO people, who cultivate 2.5H0 acres of rich vineyards and orchards. This colony annually makes millions of gallons of wine and It has a large export of Jaffa oranges. It was founded by tho Kolhchllds and after aid managed by the Hlrsch colonization fund. Il Is now said to be run at a profit. The other colonies are similar to It, and some of them nearly as large. F.ach has a school, a drug store, a ho.'i'ital and a synagogue. The Sir Moses Moiitefioi l jlonles and schools hero t Jerusalem ate doing good work, aud the French-Joe.- sh society, which has l.onGi.oun members, is now main taining Ho aciiouis, li.ciu.Iiii.j manual train ing schools for tilt Is hp. bovs. If the stu dents do Well loty uie given a capital lo start out with and are established In little shops of their own. lu some of these schools the children are so poor that they are furnished one meal a day, and one suit of clothes every year. In addition to the above there are many other sources from which money comes here. There Is one fund collected from Ihe svnugogucs of the I'nited States, which is regularly sent from New York to the hoiy land. Il Is contributed to by Jews all over our country. I understand that there is home pieitlotl as to whether this fund is as Well managed as it should be and It Is said that our consul has been u&ked to Investigate its distribution. There are so many Jews here that the greatest care should be taken that the money seat should reach the right parties. FKAMC O. CAKTLNTJiK.