The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 29, 1909 Page: 4 of 10
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All practical men know and have a
motto but ask them what has become
of their motto What becomes of
your plan when the world rubs up
against it The Jewish Literary So-
ciety has a motto and will have a mot-
to until it has captured every Jewish
stronghold to right living and right
thinking Here in the South with a
climate almost identical to that of
Palestine the sacred fire shall be
lighted and become a beacon all over
the United States The sacred fire
kindled in this broad Southland shall
start into an all conquering statewide
conflagration setting aglow every
Jewish heart with the vision that
Moses saw in the buring bush and
make that vision a live issue in our
daily lives
The Jewish Literary Society may-
be presumptuous but those who are
near and dear to it are no braggers
There is something in their blood that
tells a stranger this is a conquering
host Now hands off Beware This
is Israels host that are marching with
fire and brimstone its pillar of fire by
night and dark cloud by day
It is true we are like the tailor and
the architect in carrying out our mot-
to we give away to one thing and
add another but like the tailor and
the architect the main feature of our
plan of our motto is there and who
will daresay we have not lived up to
our motto
Those that have lived in Houston
before the Jewish Literary Society
still residing
was founded and are
ing here and are acquainted with
the status of the Jewish young men
before and now need no great demon-
stration that this society has a motto
and that it has had one ever since it
has been founded now going on its
fourth year The instance of our last
mock trial is in itself a world of tes-
timony to that effect
It is true we can do and we shall
do more God give us strength The
impractical person the man of words
does not know that we have to buck
up against life each a different iden-
tity in himself pulling in thousand dif-
ferent directions and the task of the
practical man is to harmonize all this
THE JEWISH HERALD
divergence and dole out the same time
a prevention of the motto Herbert
Spencer has taught us the doctrine of
evolution instead of Revolution We
cannot stuff down into the throats of
our young men and women at one time
whole solid tracts of Jewish learning
It must be done gradually and by de-
grees They have not been accustom-
ed to it We have to Fletcherize with
them as it is now the fashion so that
they can digest at all
Gradually a literary taste will be de-
veloped a passionate love for things
Jewish and a strong Jewish proprie-
ty and that through our motto Con-
duct Culture and Judaism
We have a motto and we shall ever
have one and those who have seen the
Society grow from its infancy know
the man behind the child The Jewish
Literary Society has been called Lit-
tle Johnny Literary we shall now call
it Judas Maccabeus
J L ARONSON
TEXAS NEWS
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
The sad tidings of the death of Mr
Gerson B Frank of this city reached
here the other day Mr Frank died
very suddenly in Atlantic City N J
His remains were brought here and
were interred in the Jewish cemetery
Mr Frank was a prominent man both
in the business and the social life in
this city He was a member of the
firm of Frank Brothers Mr Frank
leaves three brothers and one sister
all residents of this city Messrs Sol
Frank Aaron Frank lEmil Frank and
Mrs Sam C Harris
Rabbi Grad of Austin was called to
this city to officiate at the funeral of
Mr Frank as Rabbi Marks was n
California
Mr and Mrs Meyer of Round Rock
and Mr Abe Frank of Austin were in
this city to attend the tfuneral of Mr
Frank
Mrs Eli Hertzberg and Mr Harry
Hertzberg left during the week for a
two months trip to the Pacific Coast
and the Yellowstone Park They will
visit the exposition in Seattle before
returning home
From letters received from San An
tonians visiting in Los Angeles Cal >
we learn of our old friend Grandpa
Veith They write that he is looking
exceedingly well and is in the best of
health
Mrs Isidore Strauss Miss Minnie
and Mr Calma Strauss are having
quite an enjoyable visit in Mobile
Alabama They will not return before
October
Mr and Mrs Abe Cohen left recent-
ly for a visit in the East and especial-
ly in New York city
Mr and Mrs L E Goldsmith and
family are now enjoying the pleasures
of camp life They are at their sum-
mer camp near the town of Waring
Texas
Mr Sidney Weis manager of the
Grand Opera House has just returned
from the East where he made ar-
rangements for the finest shows in the
country to be seen in San Antonio this
winter
The San Antonio Section of the
Council of Jewish Women has just is-
sued their new year book The coun-
cil meets once a month and for each
occasion a splendid program has been
prepared which includes music and an
address of some well known person
rpon some live topic The Study cir-
cle which is part of the council meets
twice a month and excellent programs
have been prepared for these occa-
sions The Music Circle has also ar-
ranged programs for their monthly
meetings
The officers of the council are as
follows President Mrs Eli Hertz
berg vice president Mrs Louis Good-
man second vice president Mrs Sol
rialff recording secretary Mrs J J
Stearne corresponding secretary Miss
Rachael Baer treasurer Mrs A A
Wolff auditor Mrs L P Peck his-
torian Miss Essie Longini delegate
to the city federation Mrs L A
Freed alternate Mrs J Simon del-
egate to the Free Kindergarten asso-
ciation Mrs A A Brown alternate
Miss Nita Wolff
Miss Tillie Vogel will leave Tues-
day and will sail Wednesday from Gal-
veston for New York where she will
spend several months
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 29, 1909, newspaper, July 29, 1909; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84779/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .