Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1909 — Jewish Philanthropy As Told In Story Now Going Round. [ARTICLE]

Jewish Philanthropy As Told In Story Now Going Round.

A good Jewish story is now going the rounds. New York Jews and their wives were holding a banquet. The feast was of unusual elegance, and after the feasting had gone on for some time one of the guests who had partaken liberally of the champaign arose to make a speech. He said: “Dear frens; Vile ve feast in dis balace of blenty and gaze mit admirashuns on de beautiful vimmens clothed in diamonds und jewleries und smiles, we should not, my dear frens, forget de boor beepies on de east side. Ve have blenty to eat und to drink vile des boor beepies are almost starving und have not enough clothing to keep dem from the cold; and my heart goes oud to des boor beepies from de east side and I dink we ■'Should do somedings for dem. Vy, my dear frens, dess boor beepies on de east side have no blaces to sleep and de vinter times is hard on dem and I bropose dat ve do somedings for dem. Ve should all be unanymous in giving dem somedings and I bropose that ve give dhree cheers for de boor beepies on de east side.”