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THE JEWISH HERALD
PubliDhod Weekly by
HERALD PRINTING COMPANY
Goldberg Ruppin Proprietors
Phono 5333 Preston
016 Fannin St
Bubacriptlon U50 por year
Jtorolgn 200 par year
All communications for publication
must reach this offlco not lator than
900 a m Wednesday
Entered as second class matter No-
vember 20 1908 at the postofflco at
Houston Texas under tho Act at
March 3 1879
The Jewish Herald Invites corre-
spondence on subjects of interest to
tho Jewish people but dlsilalms re-
sponsibility for or Indorsement of tho
views expressed by the writers
JEWISH CALENDAR
5670 A M 1910
Shabuoth Feast of Weeks
Monday June 13
Rosh Chodesh Tamrauz
Friday July 8
Rosh Chodesh AbSunday August C
FaBt of Ab Sunday August 11
Rosh Chodesh EIlul Monday Sept 5
New Years Eve 5G71
Monday Oct 3
By Mrs 13 Lurie
DEATH TO THE WHITESLAVER
For the first time in our history
have we as Jews become identified
with a public evil of any importance
much less so with a horror of the mag-
nitude of the White Slave traffic
This is deplored by each and every
Jew to whose notice the matter has
been brought and no effort spared to
amend conditions In this connec-
tion also the State of Texas has re-
cently been given unsavory promi-
nence through an article in the July
issue of McClures Magazine It re-
fers to San Antonio as littli in prom-
inence as a distributing center Previ-
ous to the appearance of the article
Mr C M Chambers assistant district
attorney had written to Governor
Campbell importuning him to submit
tho matter to the special session of
tho legislature He holds positive
proof of the existence of the nefari-
ous traffic in San Antonio but de-
nies that it ranks filth which is a
grave reflection not alone on the city
but on the entire state Since his ac-
tion the ministers have become arous-
ed and are taking an active interest
In its suppression At their meeting
July 11 1910 they issued a general
call for a monster mass meeting the
purpose of which shall be to ask the
governor to submit a law to tho spe-
cial session fixing the penalty lor
whiteslaving at nothing less than
death This recommendation if fav-
orably acted on would put a speedy
stop to tho trade in girls of ages
ranging even below eleven years one
is horrified to admit i
Tho ministers are very much in
earnest and the Jews as a whole
will not bo backward In lending what-
ever assistance they may bo called
upon to render We have ever been
heart and soul In tho promotion of tho
general welfare and will not bo found
wanting In zeal when It affects the
lives and virtues of women Tho
measure should be enacted Into law
as early as possible and will reflect
glory on those who aro instrumental
Inllts passage In this crusade Jews
can be depended on to stand In tvo
very forefront r <
To those thoroughly acquainted with
the horrible phases of tho trtifflc
death as a penalty is not considered
too harsh In the least The humane
instincts of every rightminded per-
son revolt when forced to face tho
manner in which the victims mere
slips of girls of eleven and twelve
years are exploited by the merciless
procurer and his confederate So
great is the danger that menaces tho
public that every department that
makes for tho preservation of the pub-
lic morals and the promotion of health
should become engaged in the work of
extermination The Boards of Health
of every city should feel it incumbent
to take it up In the most active man-
ner
A prominent physician asserts that
the blood of the whole human race
will in lime become contaminated
with venereal poison Sounds pessi-
mistic but those most qualified to
speak do not for they cannot contra-
dict the statement The appalling fact
remains that not thousands but actu-
ally millions ot harlots deal out physi-
cal decay and a rotting death to a
still greater number of inconsiderate
men The horror of this does not
stop with the men but spreads like
wildfire to innocent sweethearts wives
and offspring
Therefore those guilty of augment-
ing the number ot abandoned women
are far more culpable than the man
who slays another even in cold
blood The procurer recruiting the
already too large army of the disso-
lute ftom the ranks of the weak the
innocent and the helpless commits a
double crime that of destroying the
victims possibility of useful citizen-
ship at the same time increasing
the peril to the public health
No measure is too drastic for the
suppression of the evil machinations
ot one who cuts off by polutlon the
lives of little children and through
them opens up a vast stream of phy-
sical corruption and death in whose
waters many lave and come out lay-
ers transmitting a heritage of loath-
some disease to generations yet un-
born
Every phase of the subject is in-
delicate in the extreme but of such
farreaching importance that wives
and the mothers of innocent babes
will find it to their ultimate benefit to
put natural reserve aside for the nonco
and see that this matter be acted on
properly It affects them and their
homes as few matters have in many a
day
May God strengthen those in whose
power has been placed the suppres-
sion of this and kindred evils
Let the slogan be Death to the
White Slaver
Vacation or not the poor are al-
ways with us How many aro plan-
ning to make a few orphans happy at
this season A day in the country a
street car ride an impromptu picnic
does not cost so very much but will
bo quite an event In the lives ot tho
little ones who have neither father
nor mother to plan for them
Those who are aro anxious to seo
tho Immigrant given every chance pos-
sible are incensed at the action of tho
Educational Alliance of New York In
closifig tho doors of the Baron do
THE JEWISH HERALD
Hirsch School claiming that tho pub-
lic schools are duplicating tho work
done by the school Tho present en-
rollment shows six hundred pupils
who will be forced to attend tho pub-
lic school To what use will tho in-
terest on the 12000000 bequest bo
put Is a burning question
SUPREME DEMOCRACY AND RE-
LIGION
The Court of Illinois has set a wise
precedent Its late decision following
closely on tho heels of similar opin-
ions from the lower courts of many
states has helped to strengthen tho
hope that everywhere proper action
will be taken to eradicate the evil con-
sequence of teaching all sorts of re-
ligious doctrine in the public schools
The courts are at last bringing promi-
nently to the notice of those who have
heretofore seen fit to ignore It the
fundamental principle of tho govern-
ment of the United States That De-
mocracy has nothing to do with Relig-
ion but that ultimately this nothing
means everything With the especial
form which religious feeling or teach-
ing shall take for expression Democ-
racy has nothing to do but with pro-
viding undisturbed liberty for the ex-
ercise of this feeling or teaching it
has every concern Those who have
pondered deeply on the subject see in
this course the only hope of a suc-
cessful republic through the com-
plete divorce of Church and State
The distinction is too great too ob-
vious to be passed over lightly
By compelling pupils to participate
in religious exercises during schools
hours the public school teachers have
too long overleaped the bounds of all
constitutional right The religious
training of the individual teacher de-
termined largely the character of the
services held in the class room Al-
though the Jews objected to this time
and again it was left for the Catho-
lics of Illinois to put the matter to
its proper test through the courts
Democracy precludes the possibili-
ty of the governments concern or rela-
tion with tho church as a church its
chief business is with the morality
and rlghteouness of the individual and
nation regardless of religious affilia-
tion As a cultivated intelligence is
no guarantee of a citizens rectltute or
integrity neither can his religious
bias bo depended on to give the na-
tion the required standard of morali-
ty Thefore democracy found it best
to keep the religious and educational
training of its citizenship to the prov-
ince of the church and assuming tho
educational itself Education is the
only factor In tho government where-
by enlightenment of mind and soul
can be attained by the masses
Through this agency it hopes to
raise safeguards against all that is de-
moralizing and debasing
Whatever may bo ascribed to tho
credit of Christianity It is undeniable
that its exponents are ever eager to
spread their doctrines They have
shown hostility to tho application of
democratic principles Under these
each citizen Is guaranteed equality
and nowhere aro distinctions rellgl
oub or social so easily and thorough-
ly leveled as in tho classroom of tho
public schools It has long been an
Imposition to take undenominational
contributions to the support of tho
schools to engender and foster denom-
inational differences Tho child of to-
day Is the man of tomorrow and only
in the church Is he taught that thero
is a grave distinction between chil-
dren of One Father
THE RIGT MAN FOR THE RIGHT
PLACE
All of the lawyers of Houston mem-
bers of tho Harris County Bar have
endorsed Judge E II Vasemer as Jus-
tice of the Peace and recommend that
he be reelected Among the names
appearing on this indorsement aro
Uiose of II J Dannenbaum B F
Louis Clark Kapner Meyer C
Wagner L A Kottwitz Joe M Sam
C E A E Heidingsfelder Otto
Taub
This should indicate to our people
whom it would be best to support for
this office
SDMMER CONGREGATION AT
CHARLEVOIX
A summer congregation has been or-
ganized at Charlevoix i Michigan by
Rabbi George Zepin under the joint
auspices of the Department of Syna-
gogue and School Extension and the
Central Conference of American Rab-
bis
The Congregational Church has been
generously placed at the disposal of
the resorters and services are conduct-
ed every Friday evening
Early in the week an invitation to
come to services over the names of
Messrs Louis J Goldman Cincinnati
president U A II C Jonas Hiller i
New Orleans Alfred Kohn Chicago
and Sigmund Rhoinstrom Cincinnati
was mailed to all the cottagers Neat
announcement cards were displayed at
the several hotels As a result of these
efforts a congregation of 125 persons
gathered last Friday evening An ex-
cellent volunteer choir organized un-
der the able direction of Mrs Si
Kuhn of Cincinnati made the ser-
vices very impressive Rev Dr
Kaufmann Kohler who is making a
short stay at this summering place
was present and although prevented
by indisposition from lecturing gave
his assistance and encouragement to
tho movement
Services will continue to whole sum-
mer with Rabbi Zepin in charge
All rabbis conducting summer con-
gregations are requested to communi-
cate with tho Dopt of Synagog and
School Extension We wish to publish
reports concerning the progress of
these congregations and whenever
possible to announce In advance tho
names of lecturers and lectures
Address 90 Carew Bldg Cincinnati
Ohio
RICHARD G MAURY
Who makes his final appeal to our
readers In a speclr card In this Issue
for their support and vote wishes
them to remember when casting their
ballot what ho stated In his circular
letter published sometime ago and also
that he Is making this canvas on the
merit of his standing and character
and reiterates that If elected ho will
make tho offlco of Criminal District
Attorney one of promptness and effici-
ency
zionist picnic
The annual picnic of Hcrzl Zlon
Society and the Sons and Daughters
of Zion took place on Sunday last Tho
Ideal weather conditions were produc-
tive of an unusually largo attendance
Thero was music and dancing and
numerous other amusements for young
and old A very largo percentage of
pretty faces were noticeable among
the ladles and all were beaming with
intelligence and vlelng with ench other
in trying to entertain and making the
affair one to bo pleasantly romembor
ed
Quito a number of candidates for
office In the coming election were pres-
ent and by their generosity helped to
make fiie occasion a financial success
KARL L DRUESEDOW
As a candidate for Tax Collector
Mr Druesedow wishes to impress tho
readers of this paper with the facts of
his well and favorably known stand-
ing in this communty of his German
descent his endorsement by many of
the prominent German and Jewish
citizens that he has carried on a
clean and creditable campaign not
trying to buy any votes and the fur-
ther fact that he IfSs experienced no
difficulty whatev in arranging for
the required bond for office immedi-
ately after fiis election and that he
will carry out his promises to the pub-
lic for E2 faTlhful performance of
the duties incumbent upon him He
most earnestly solicits your support
and vole
A delightful and enjoyable affair
was that given last week to La
Porte in compliment to Miss Lillian
Pearlstone of Beaumont who is the
guest of her cousin Miss Sadie
Block Among the evenings pleasures
were dancing bathing and sailing
The party consisted of Misses Lillian
Pearlstone Sadie Block Mamie and
Bettie Levine Jeanette and Bertha
Feigelson Libbie Soloman Messrs
M Sigel L Richka J Leder H Le-
vine of Wharton S Davis Chas Green-
berg L Gordon and Will Hardt
AUGUST HAXTHAUSEN
To the readers of tho Jewish Herald
I desire to express my thanks for
their intended support and their many
expressions of good will towards me in
the nomination of July 23
AUGUST HAXTHAUSEN
FOR RENT Two nicely furnished
rooms In private Jewish family for
gentlemen apply 1G07 Polk avenue
GEO L GLASS
Everybody knows Geo L Glass tho
same old George tho genial faithful
and attentive tax collector whom wo
can recommend most cheerfully and
he has our best wishes for his suc-
cess In tomorrows election
W P HAMBLEN
We hope there will not bo any
among our readers who when It comes
to vottng in tomorrows election will
forget to vote for that grand old man
that great and tried jurist and cham-
pion of tho Jewish people Judge W
P Hamblen who Is a candidate for
reelection and is deserving of sup-
port In this contest
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