Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1903 — De Hirsch's Witty Rejoinder. [ARTICLE]

De Hirsch's Witty Rejoinder.

The late Baron De Hirsch was once a guest at a well-known German nobleman’s mansion, who was noted for being a fierce anti-Semite. The prince treated the baron with marked disrespect. At dinner he remarked how he had been in Turkey and was favorably impressed by two of their customs. “All Jews and dogs that are caught are immediately killed.” The guests became pale with consternation, but Baron De Hirsch, maintaining his composure, turned to the prince with the retort, “How fortunate you and I don’t live there.” Emma Siboni, an American miniature painter, has received an order from Queen Alexandra to paint the portraits of the children of the duke of Fife, her grandchildren. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality, of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. Funny, isn’t it? The Acre revolution in Bolivia extends over several hundred miles of territory.