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Page 12 The Southern Israelite RICH’S ▼ J^eads in 4 J^owest La Prices BUY YOUR ICE FROM FULTON ice co. T. A. KNIGHT, President THE SERV ICE CO. Plants Located East Fair Street MAin 2400 Berkele Street MAin 3941 Lee Street WEst 1742 ALL MODERN PLANTS 300 TON CAPACITY SAM R. GKFKNHFHG, President V. J. BLOOMFIELD, Secretary Sam Greenberg & Company Funeral Directors AMBULANCE CHAPEL 95 Forrest Ave., N. E. Phone WAInut 7909 ATLANTA, GA. WHEN SARNOFF SANG It is not generally known, but it is a fact nevertheless, that David SarnofT, radio corporation head, owes his rise to the fact that he once was a singer in a synagogue choir. In an indirect way, of course. The facts are these. It was back in 1906. SarnofT at that time was earn ing the princely sum of $5.00 a week working for the Commercial Com mercial Company, a telegraph organi zation. On the side, he was being paid $100 for singing in the syna gogue choir on the Jewish holidays. Trying to do both things, he slipped up on one occasion with his work for the Commercial Company. SarnofT explained that it would never happen again—as the Jewish high holy days were past. But his explanation failed to satis fy. He was told to see the cashier for his pay and forget to come the next day. HE HIRES HIS “FIBER” SarnofT then got a job with the Marconi Company. And it was there, as wireless operator, when the Titanic sunk, that his great opportunity, which was to make a national figure of him, came. Incidentally, the man who had dismissed him from his first job, one day came to him and asked for a job: SarnofT gave it to him. Why? “Because,” he told the man, “if you hadn’t dismissed me, I probably never would have gotten my oppor tunity with the Radio Corporation.” That’s one way of treating a man who has fired you. Jed Harris, the famed theatrical producer, has a similar way. On the opening of all of his new shows, he makes it a prac tice to send free tickets to the man who once dismissed him. “He is my greatest benefactor, says Harris. “If he hadn’t let me go, I never would have set up on my own hook.” CAPITALIZING ADVERSITY And that reminds me, too, of a young Jewish newspaperman with whom I was talking recently. He is a very sober faced young man—al most too solemn. He was telling me of a little unhappy incident, which accurred to him in some restaurant. And I should say also here, that he does a great deal of writing for trade papers. Well, he was telling me of this trouble in the restaurant. “Of course,” he added, very seriously, “I always capitalize on these experiences. I expect I’ll make $10.00 out of this trouble. You see, I’ll just take this experience and use it as a basis for an article—“hints to Restaurant Owners,” and send it to some Cafe teria Journal.” Now, that’s what I call a wise boy. If you’re thrown out on the sidewalk, just write an article on how* it feels to strike the sidewalk and sell it as a Sunday feature. Then change it a bit, emphasizing how it affects the ego and sell it to a Psychological Re view. The Jewish aspects — Famous Jews who have hit the Sidewalk— could doubtless be sold to a Jewish newspaper. It’s great, if you have a little ingenuity. By DAVID SCHWARTZ THE CASE OF PULITZER SarnofT gave the man who dismiss ed him a job—Jed Harris sends the man who turned him out free tick ets—Joseph Pulitzer, who founded the New York World, did something else. Joseph Pulitzer, you remember, as a young immigrant, was once thrown out of a building on Park Row. Pulitzer bided his time and when wealth came to him, he bought the building and tore it down. Today, the Pulitzer Building stands on the same site. DIFFERENT WITH OCHS I sometimes am sorry for these people of eminence, who have never been thrown out of buildings and never have been given the blue slip. What are they going to do, when they commence writing their auto-biogra phies? There is Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, for instance. As far as I know he has no one to get back at. I do not mean that he has always had smooth sailing. That is not so. He has had plenty of dif ficulties. He was, for example, very much afraid of entering the New York field. At the time, he was publisher of a little paper in Chattanooga. When the New York Times, then in a run down state, was on the market, Ochs was notified. “I am afraid I am not big enough to enter the New York field,” he told Kohlsaat, then publisher of a Chicago daily. “If you don’t tell anybody, people won’t know it,” was the very sagaci ous reply of the Chicagoan. He came to New York and taught the Gothamites a few lessons. WARFIELD’S FAVORITE STORY David Warfield tells the one about the colored man who was up before court. “Now, you know,” said the judge, “what is meant to swear to tell the truth.” “Yes, Judge, I shore does,” said Rastus. “What does it mean, Rastus?” “Ah expect. Judge, it means that we’ll lose the case.” HE KNEW WHAT IT WASN’T Jacob Kirschenbaum, of the Jewish Morning Journal, tells the story of Chayim Itzik, a simple minded Jew back in Russia, who was warned, prior to get his passport, to give some name that was not Jewish. “Remember, Chayim Itzik, to say that you are Ivan IvanofT.” When he came to the passport of fice, Chayim was, of course, asked his name. He stumbled, mumbled, but wasn’t able to recall his fictitious name. “Anyway, he bellowed, with a sharp gesture of his hand, “it’s not Chayim Itzik, I assure you.” IN A LINE OR TWO Herbert Bayard Sw r ope, former Executive Editor of the World, ha? been lately conferring a great deal with Hearst, according to report, and speculation is whether that means Swope will join the Hearst forces. (Continued on Page 16) Your Savings (iron Rapidly when they are deposited at Per Annum Empire [RUST COMPANY 54 Broad St., N. W. Organized 1912 HENRY B. KENNEDY, President Resources More 'Phan $900,000.00 Convenient Location— Personal Service Firestone ONESTOP SERVICE All These Services at One Stop! 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