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The Southern Israelite Page 49 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.” ISeiv Year Greetings Save With Safety At Bennetts Drug Store Uorner Patterson Street ami Hill Avenue The Rexall Store—Plume No, 3 VALDOSTA, GA. /V* ISeiv Year Greeting* The Valdes Hotel T. ('. VANN, Manager “Rebuilt ami Modernized Throughout" 96 ROOMS WITH BATHS VALDOSTA GEORGIA ROSCOE ROUSE PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTOR 124 W. CENTRAL AVE. PHONE 120 VALDOSTA, GEORGIA KHTIMATKS H KMSIIK.ll ON APPLICATION 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.” TIIE VALDOSTA TIMES New Year Greetings DAILY AND SEMI-WEEKLY VALDOSTA, GEORGIA ISeiv Year Greeting* Stump Brothers Wholesale and Retail Brick, Lime, Cement and Paints Mantels, Grates, Tiles and Oils VALDOSTA GEORGIA