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The Southern Israelite
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IN OUR MAIL BAG
to Editor:
' Tht . following letter in a letter not
, to f he National Jeivish Hospital
"f Denver, it is written to every Jew
4merica and is an expression of
'ratitude to all of those who have
hf lp,d make the work of the National
j ( vi'h Hospital possible. The re
flation of the writer of thus let
's an appeal from all other suf-
r!,rr.- from tuberculosis that through
• hr support of this Hospital, they may
given the same opportunity.
S. PISKO, Secretary,
Rational Jewish Hospital at Denver.
September, 1929.
{t,. a r Mrs. Pisko:
It is not possible for me to thank
all Jews for the great service I have
received so 1 have chosen you to
write to.
I suppose that in many ways my
stor y is a common one. But its com
monness does not in any way detract
from the wonder of it, for I have
found the National Jewish Hospital
to be doing wonderful things com
monly.
Eighteen months ago I lived in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Facilities for the
treatment of tuberculosis were la
mentably lacking and I had no money
to travel to more suitable conditions.
1 had no home. I had been ill a long
time and had come to realize that I
was growing worse each month. I
had no one to turn to for help. I lost
faith in mankind. To me then it
seemed I had been abandoned to perish
and I taunted myself with the cold
philosophy of the survival of the fit
test. The race seemed certainly to
’he swift and the world, as I had
known it, had small concern for its
Mck. Then like a breath of sweet
hope my father told me some Jewish
friends of his might get me in a san
atorium in Denver that was maintain
ed by Jewish charity. A non-sectarian
hospital where Jew and non-Jew alike
were aided in the fight for life. I had
never heard of such a place and could
>t believe that it was true. As he
"Id be briefly of their work I thought
t here, if I were admitted, I
• sght win back to health and life.
And so it was, for in time I was ac-
• pted and life began anew.
My first two months there will al
ways be memories to be eherished. I
was given a private room on entering
and the medical staff set about try
ing to help me the morning after I
arrived. I was given more attention
and shown more concern in three days
here than in the past year and a half
of my illness. They were seeking to
save a life with all their resources
and realizing this I began to regain
a measure of my self-respect. It was
not hard here. 1 was no longer an
indigent consumptive, a public charge,
a burden to tax-payers, an economic
problem. I had become a human be
ing and kindness and consideration
were given me as well as everything
that a modern hospital could provide
for my body.
When I had begun to feel whole in
mind my body improved. With hope
restored had come health. I made
friends at the Hospital and they
brought me happiness. I could hold my
head up again and look out upon a
new world. I had found that there
were beings in the world who cared
for the weak and at this knowledge
new strength came to me.
I was soon able to walk about and
after a few months, I was given light
work to do. I, who had not expected
to walk for many long months, had
the thrill of working and earning a
wage again. I bought myself some
much needed clothing and was able
to afford many little luxuries I had
not known for so long. But it was
a luxury to be alive and to feel my
self a man again. I had been recre
ated, given health and life, but most
of all faith and hope and love were
given me.
It has seemed to me that if you as
an outstanding member of the Jewish
race might realize the greatness of
these gifts, I might have accomplish
ed something for I would in a measure
have made you realize how great is
the work you are doing for humanity.
May I hope that at least I have
made you feel my own individual grat
itude for your services to humanity,
and I pray that the happiness your
efforts have helped to give me may
make you happy in the days to come.
Very gratefully,
(Signed) H. Darrell Smith.
Af • WWW
Memories and Hopes
(Continued from Page 48)
cause and effect, it is no less true
that life is ever full of new starts,
new beginnings, ever refreshing its
forces and beginning once again. Life
in its true sense is change in the
midst of duration, recurrence in con
tinuity.
Like unto the mountain turrent is
the life of man, to use the figure of a
great writer. The same life from
beginning to end, yet forever refresh
ing its vitality with new spurts, new
beginnings. Sometimes it is held up
by obstacles, sometimes it is met by
rebuffs, but not for long. Man falls
only to rise. He gathers new enthusi
asm and with renewed vigor plunges
into a new beginning. Very true in
deed is the expression “A man may be
down but he is never out/’ No, not
as long as life pulsates within him.
And who knows but that even when
to all appearances life seems to have
departed, man does not continue on
some new venture, man does not em
bark on some new beginning the na
ture of which has not been disclosed to
us? Is it not plausible to suppose that
man is forever and always engaged in
one venture or another, that he is
forever making new beginnings?
Come, then, O Friend, and welcome
the New Year with confidence and
hope. Let not the disappointments of
the past, if such there be, mar the
occasion. Ring in the New Year with
joy and gladness, with faith and hope.
“For, behold, I create new heavens
and a new earth;
“And the former things shall not
be remembered,
“Nor come into mind.
“But be ye glad and rejoice for
ever.”
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Council Women Greet The New Year
Artistic Letter, with Reproduction oi
1 amous Oppenheim Painting, Issuec
hy Board of Managers
v ^ °k City.—The Board of Man
°f the National Council ol
ewish Women has conveyed iti
greetings, with the advent of the New
ear ( 4 5690, to 52,000 co-workeri
o ugh out the United States anc
1 ana-in, through an artistic lettei
t includes a reproduction of Mo-
••'2 Daniel Oppenheim’s famous paint
• ^ a bbath”. The theme oi
tter and its art cover is “Tht
jAnagogue’s Influence Enters Tht
The painting effectively anc
d mis‘ nng ^ depicts the direct and im-
_ * a e cont act between the syna-
I of th k° me * with the returr
gv e ^ at her and his son from tht
I Sflhx* P e serv * ce i to partake of tht
I f ul a / n ‘ mea h with all of its beauti-
eremonials and symbolism.
The following message was convey
ed to the members of the National
Council of Jewish Women by Mrs.
Joseph E. Friend, President and Mrs.
Estelle M. Sternberger, Executive
Secretary, in behalf of the Board of
Managers:
“May the blessed influence of
THE SYNAGOGUE drawing its
inspiration from the most nour
ishing wells of Judaism and Jew
ish life, touch EVERY HOME
and EVERY HEART in this land
and in all lands where the sons
and daughters of Israel have es
tablished themselves.
“May that influence so ennoble
our lives during this New Year
that our achievements shall ever
be to the honor of our people and
of mankind and such as shall far
outweigh our shortcomings which
we seek to rectify during these
sacred days.”
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