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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
HIGHLIGHTS AND SIDELIGHTS
Gossip and News of Jewish Personalities
All kinds of sentimental stories are
being rehashed, attempting to de
scribe the relations between Edison
and the Jews. It’s a safe pastime,
for the electrical wizard is far be
yond the realm of denials. It might
be a good idea though not to get a
confused picture of a man merely be
cause he’s dead. This story is vouched
for by one of the outstanding social
economists in this country, who visit
ed Edison several years ago to inter
est him in a certain educational pro
ject. The economist, by the way, is
not a Jew.
The economist, let’s call him Dr.
X., asked Edison what he thought of
education. “Don’t believe in it,” he
muttered. “I have a lot of Princeton,
Yale and Harvard men come into my
laboratory. They don’t know any
thing. And can’t teach them. Educa
tion is no good. Everything a person
knows he has to get before he’s thir
teen. After that no education helps.”
“What do you think of the public
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school system,” Dr. X asked. “Not
worth a thing,” Edison said, with a
wave of his hand. “Well, what of the
private schools,” his visitor inquired.
“Terrible,” Edsion insisted. “What
do you think, Mr. Edison, of home
economics.” “Awful,” the inventor
declared vehemently. By that time,
Dr. X was pretty much discouraged,
and he turned to a different subject.
“Are you much interested in the
movies ?”
“Movies?” Edison returned. “What
good are they? I invented those
things. What did they bring me?
Nothing. Did I make any money out
of them ? Not a cent. Who got the
money?—Why, the Jews. They took
every nickel.” After that, this eco
nomist felt that he had better return
to New York from Menlo Park with
out going any further into the project
he had in mind.
Adolf Hitler is still the big shot
among the German brown-shirts. He’s
the great hound whom the masters
keep in check, letting him bark once
in a while to frighten the strangers.
But some day this dog may get so
ferocious that he’ll tear away from
the leash. Who can tell? He might
even be a member of the German
Cabinet. When that day comes, he’ll
have to be pretty careful. For his
record is a trifle spotted. It really is
a shame the way this marvelous Jew-
hater has to suffer for the sins of
others. Especially for a sister.
A Communist sheet in Vienna re
cently discovered that Hitler’s sister,
Frau Raubal, used to be nothing less
than the chef in a Jewish boarding
house for students. Not only did she
cook, but she w r as supposed to super
vise the kitchen to see that it was
managed in strict conformity with the
dietary laws. In fact, this left wing
paper reports, there were occasions
when Frau Raubal dismissed servants
when she discovered that they were
not as careful as they should have
been about keeping dairy and meat
products separate. Frau Raubal never
told her employers the relationship
she bore to Hitler. But when anti-
Semitism began to pay on a big scale,
Hitler brought his sister to Munich
where he has supported her in a fine
style. But how can blue-eyed Adolf
look another Fascist in the eye when
he knows that the sister of his own
flesh and blood cooked for those ter
rible Jew's?
SOCIAL NEWS
(Continued from page 12)
bride, acted as honor bridesmaid and
groomsman. The groomsmen were
Louis Lobevitz, Harold Rosenberg and
Morris Witt.
Mrs. Ralph R. Abelman, matron of
honor, wore a figured taffeta and
carried a bouquet of pink roses, Miss
Sarah Abelman, sister of the bride,
was maid-of-honor and wore a blue
lace dress and carried a bouquet of
pink roses.
The bride w’as given in marriage
by her father, Mr. Abelman, and they
w'ere met by the bridegroom and his
mother, Mrs. Brody, w’ho gave him
in marriage. Louis I. Brody, brother
of the bridegroom, was best man. The
bride wore a white satin gown fash
ioned with lace bolero and long tight
sleeves. Her veil of lace and tulle was
w’orn cap shape and caught with
orange blossoms. She carried a bou
quet of bride’s roses and valley lilies.
Mr. and Mrs. Abelman entertained
with a dinner and reception on the
club roof. Mr. Brody and his bride
left for Washington, D. C., and points
of interest in the east. Mrs. Brody
traveled in an imported three-piece
suit of tan broadcloth trimmed in
browm galyac. Her hat was of brown
felt. They will make their home in
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Out-of-town guests attending the
wedding w’ere Mrs. A. Brody, Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Block, Miss Marjorie
Block, Mr. and Mrs. Louis L. Brody,
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Brody, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph P. Abelman, Mrs. H.
Winer, Myer Winer, Rabbi Benjamin
M. Parker, Mrs. M. Deitch, Mr. and
Mrs. Sonny Deitch, Mrs. I. Lebovitz.
Miss Edith Lebovitz, Louis Lebovitz,
of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Miss Delia
Brody, Isadore Brody, of Knoxville,
Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Deitch,
of Dalton, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. W.
Witt, Miss Sarah Cohen, Miss Eva
Witt, Louis Witt, Morris Witt, of Co
lumbus, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. M. Men
del, Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Mendel, Mr.
and Mrs. Perry Mendel, Miss Sarah
Mendel, Henry Mendel, of Monroe,
Ga.
Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity an
nounces the pledging of the follow’-
ing men at Emory University:
Arnold Schulman, Atlanta; Boris
Whiteman, Savannah; Sigo Mendel,
Savannah, at Georgia Tech; Sam
Silver, Augusta; Joe Dolinsky, Au
gusta; David Solomen, Chicago; Rob
ert Fefferman, Chicago; Charles Hy
man, Shreveport, La.; Jacob Barney,
Portsmouth, Va., and Max Feldman,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity enter
tained recently at an “open house” at
the chapter house, 781 Spring Street,
in honor of the pledges of the chap
ters at Emory University and Georgia
Tech.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Haas have re
turned from Atlantic City.
The Atlanta Chapter No. 134 of the
Aleph Zadik Aleph of the B’nai B’rith
entertained its members and friends
with its first anniversary dance at the
former Hebrew Orphans’ home re
cently.
Chaperons for the dance included
the members of the newly appointed
advisory board of Atlanta A. Z. A.
This board consists of Henry A. Alex
ander, chairman; Edward M. Kahn.
Joe Brown, Harold Marcus, L. J. Le-
vitas, A. L. Feldman, A1 Loeb, Joseph
Loewus, and Victor Kriegshaber.
Nathan Gershon was chairman in
charge of the dance. Paul Goldman
decorated the dance hall.
Mayor Harry Mackey of Ph
phia is a good natured person, a „llv
anxious to please, quick to sho.\ an
predation. It happened that h was
on the dias at the banquet gr. to
the delegates who attended the n ent
American Jewish Congress sess m in
Philly. William Tygel, a potentate of
the Federation of Polish Jew.-,, was
called upon to speak. He delivered a
lengthy and fiery address. He sat
down. Mayor Mackey, who was seated
next to him, extended his hand and
said: “Mr. Tygel, I can sense that
you made a very thrilling speech.
From the intensity of your expression
and the fervor of your voice, I feel
that what you had to say was very
impotant. I’m genuinly disappointed
that I don’t understand the Polish
language.”
Well, whose face should get red—
Mackey’s or Tygel’s? For—you see—
Mr. Tygel was speaking in what he
thought was the English language.
Those who know Sinclair Lewis in
timately believe that he is beset with
an inferiority complex. And that is
w’hy he has an undercurrent of sym
pathy with Jews, On that basis one
might explain, his unhappiness with
his first wife and his happiness with
the second. Grace Hegger Lewis, his
first soulmate, didn’t seem to be par
ticularly fond of the Hebrews. That
is evident in her book, “Half a Loaf".
She makes it plain time and again
that she thought of the Jews as slop
py, cunning and dirty. She couldn’t
understand why Sinclair could find
beauty or intelligence in a Jewish
girl—as he often did.
Now, Dorothy Thompson seems to
be the opposite. In the last few' years
she has done a lot of translations, and
many of these books have had Jewish
backgrounds. For example, she has
been enthusiastic about Lion Feucht-
wanger. Her latest translation is of
Joseph Roth’s book “Job”. That is
entirely Jewish. One wonders if that
is any augury for the future of Lewis
domestic bliss.
George Gershwin’s father thinks his
son is a great man. Look at all the
music he writes. Look at the bill
boards. Listen to all the people wh<>
whistle his tunes. So George’s lather
thinks that the whole world belong*
to his son. Isaac Goldberg tells this
story of a father’s implicit faith.
Several times the elder Gershwin
has been driving through the N e "
York traffic at a little more than t <
regulation speed. The traffic cop a<
held him up and demanded threaten
ingly: “Say, where do you Thm ‘
you are?” . M| ,
To which the proud reply is:
the father of Judge Gershwin.
The flatfoot scratches his head ami
tries to think of the various
he knows. He doesn’t remem r *
Judge Gershwin, but after as . - \' v
York is a big city and a mere • V"
cop can’t afford to take chances ^ ■
a big-time politician. So he te. 1 ,
shwin pere to drive on. How
the poor Irishman know that '
win’s father can’t talk Eng G
cept with a New York aeceir
Copyright 1931 by S. A. T- S.