South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 326, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 21 November 1920 — Page 17

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SECOND SECTION OXJTH FEATURE, SOCIETY, WOMAN'S, THEATRICAL, AUTOMOBILE and EDITORIAL SECTION VOL. XXXVII, NO. 326 a NnwspAiT.it ron tie: bomb WITH ALL Till; L'M.AL NLWS SOUTH BEND. INDIANA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1920. PAY AND NIGHT V ILL I.IlAM.l' wiiuv; Tr,i.r.'it.vr:nr v PRICE TEN CENTS The Kindly Act Of One South Bend Woman Comes Like a Bit i Of Saving Grace Amidst The Hurry And Flurry Of Today

Th? war has left its own litter aftermath. There are amor.5 us those who look upon the much vaunted new order with doubtful eye 3. Is the spirit of "auto helium" day9 still with us? Have wo ma relied out of Armageddon unchanged for the. Letter In our ideals and modes of living, with naught but this halo of an empty triumph about our heads? Have we made possible, the long heralded dawn bringing Into hallowed reality the brotherhood of man or does the ancient shibboleth of selfishness yet ring over the arth and with greater significance: "I am not my brother's keeper!" Bei that as it may, all of us, whether we praise or disavow, Etlll have eyes to see the true glory of a good notion. We do not judge It in Its relative importance, hut take it as it k and for what it is. Kor this is a story of the kindly act of one individual. Its meaning comes upon u? like a bit of saving grace in the midst of the hurry and flurry of our modern life; and It remains in our memory as a tiling of beauty that we may not forget. The truth of our llve3 is that everything that Is best and all that is noblest in us comes from our knowledge and appreciation of events of beauty. What a barren road would ba ours to traverse if in our wanderings over the highway of life we had no remembrances of brave nets and kindly deeds. It Is as a famous living artist has said that "the more we see of beautiful things the better fitted wo become to perform good actions." Is Rom of (ratltudc. Po It Is that ono act of kindness makes possible -the telling of this story. It is an act born of the gratitude of a woman's heart a deep and abiding gratitude, that has no limitations of pacriüec in Its benifitence and healing goodness. The story has its background in our own city of South Bend; it Is a little drama of sweetness that Is worthy of the pen of a master. A little over a year ago in the city of Ehrang, Clert.tany, a dramatic scene was enacted within the walls of the town. In a certain house near the outskirts pat a number of officers and men of the United States army of occupation. They were sitting In court martial and before them stood one of a number of five He was Sergt. Peter S. Kaminski of 1143 W. Thomas st., and was on trial for his life before the stern justice of an army tribunal. A littl while previous while the war was splendidly drawing to a close Kamlnskl had had the misfortune to become Implicated in a row which resulted in the orath of a member of the military police. There were . five loldlers who had drunk well but not wisely of "the concoctions in a certain French tavern. Upon the arrival of the M. P. a brawl came about, a shot was tired and Kamtnskl with four others had placed themselves in the position of murderers. Doomed for Life. "When the sentence of the court fell upon them tho five men found themselves doomed to imprisonment for life. Kaminkl was sent to Ft. Leavenworth prison, ther to eke out his days in a convict's garb until the end of his life. But the unlucky boy had a sister, Anna Kamlnskl of 1149 W. Thomas sr., to whom the news of

Feasting and Festivity To Mark Observance By South Bend Citizens Thursday Of Nation's Annual Thanksgiving Day

With the dawning of that first Thanksgiving day, one of the cannons that crowned tho hilltop near Plymouth thundered forth a caluto to tho solemn procession wending its way to the meeting house. Tho men marched three abreast, Flder Brewster, In his long prei' hers' camlet coat, walking beside thern, bearing v. 1th a gravity befitting tho occasion the great Bible, while th" Sergeant in Counsel and Gov. Bradford brought up the rear. After Him service followed tho dinner, whose savory odors seem to have penetrated the forest's fastnesses, for in the midst ed the festivities an Indian shout was heard and fo friendly red men. under King Massasoit, appeared as if by magic, bearing as an addition to the feast huge haunches of venison. The day of Thanksgiving lengthened into three, the mere bodily feastings being varied with the singing of psalms and songs, with war tlances by the savages, with exhibitions ef military drill by Capt. Standish's well trained sobli-Ty, and with such sports and pastimes as characterized the re-creations of the middle) class of KnglLsh people in these tiir.es at home. A a Kemlnder. Childen's hour will be conducted for the next fewparagraphs while the early life of the Pilgrims is retold for the benefit of those who have been out of school long enough to hive forgotten what they learneü in the fifth grade. A party of Pilgrims who found r-iigious intolerance In Ungland impossible during the 17th century, fled to Holland, where thy landed at Amsterdam, later going to Lfyden. They ha. I ben accustomed to a plain country life and simple- trade of husbandry, but were Compelled to seek mechanical employment in Holland. Their son.- and daughters intermarried with the Dutch. , Hr.d ill til is way were fist losing their language and their Kr'.giish manners. Their parents were helpless to alleviate their conditio!;, for they could not educate their ehi'.dren even as imperfectly as they themselves hal been educated. Although their rwligious Ideals differed from I'ngland's. the natural bon4 of affection !' r their mother country made the ni anxious j again become I'ngllsh subject.-, even though it would r.rrcuse:tate braving m my hardships. Seek lleliglems lYot-doni. On Sept. f. 10C0, a party of PVJ Pilgrims sailed from

Unusual Consequences Expected At Zionist Convention Which Will Have Palestine's Problems As Its Principal Topic

NEW YORK. Nov. ! To populate PalcstUa s?eeI:y with a preponderating body of manly. seU'-.-upport-l.-.g Jew., who will develop into a homogeneous people, ultimately b. ocm.irg a e-'-f-supportlrg commonwealth, i-. the problem to J p dealt v ith by the tw enty-third ani :al convention of the Zionist Organisation of .X'.teri i. beginning in Buffalo on Nov. '.'. Practically the v hole of this t '. mi. st be carried ut by the Jews of t ii.s oi.ir.tr. 1 ho war and It aftermath has almost . ...plet. Iy imp-v erishe d European Jew ry. and the dj re; i.iio:i i f the n;, ;..y i jU'-li kov;nt:ies as Hussii. P. 'and. i nr. I Kumar.:. i ha reduced the remain - 1 va!th to .',.n almost irreducible minimum. All that European Jewry tan contribute to the deVviopi i nt of Pabstii.e as the rational homeland is the human material in the form of pegrorn-ref uget s now ron u'Silnf every port from Danzig to Constantinople and

her faith broke down. prison walls and her love for her viffering brother penetrated into a dungeon cei! and his imprisonment came as a terrible blow. However, she was a sister 10 the ill-fated lad and faithful in everything the word implies. Thus it happened that MISS A NX A KAMINSKI.

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The woman with the kindly licart whose joy In life mnsiMs of doing good to otliers. and In the miiid of (ieorge llanickl, a -Madonna of soIace and cheer. made clear the way for his return to human fellowship and home. Mi Kamlnskl secured the aid of Former State Sen. Charles A. Hagerty, and after a lapse of time filled with unceasing labor the sentence of Kaminski was commuted to 15 years. Put this was not enough for the sister. If po much could be done, if the fentenco could be mitigated to this extent, why could not lib-ertj-be p.'-eomplished and all her desires fulfilled? Sen. Hagerty also saw the great possibility. He went to Washington and in person represented Miss Kaminski on behalf of her brother. Plymouth in the "Mayflower," to seek in America the religious liberty denied them in England. Banding on Plymouth Pock, they, on Dec. 25, 1620, founded a colony, which became the germ of the New England states. On Nov. 11 of the same year a party of Pilgrims landed at Provincetown. During the first two years the Pilgrims suffered unintermitted hunger, notwithstanding the fact that tho s;is edf the coast teemed with cod and ether food fishes, while the forests at their back sheltered wild beasts and game of various sorts. The shores of their harbor contained shell lish and the beds of the rivers and brooks were alive with eels; yet in the midst of this plenty tho Pilgrims looked to agriculture for their supply of food, and when that failed, they experienced keen distress. At that period in England the middle class knew little eif sport, had never gone in pursuit of wild animals and few,, if any, ever caught a fish. But a few months' association with the Indians taught them to seek their food from the air, forest and sea. Most every or.o is familiar with the New England coast, and can appreciate the efforts of the Puritans in getting corn and other grains to grow from the rocky soil. Kind and Hepitable. It is common belief that the Indians were sly, treacherous creatures. But, on the contrary, they were verykind and hospitable to the early sellier, and had it not been for their teaching the Puritans how to plant and hunt, no doubt they would have all died from cold and hunger the first winter, and the process of settling America would not have been effected until a later date. Thanksgiving, commonly regarded as being from Its earliest beginning a distinctive New England festival, and an equally characteristic Puritan holiday, was originally neither. The first New Kngland Thanksgiving was not observed by either Plymouth Pilgrims or Boston Puritan. "Giving God thanks" for safe arrival and many other liberal blessings was first heard on New England shores from the lips of the Popham colenists at Monhegan, in the Thanksgiving service of the Church of England. Every country has at some time given thanks to God for deliverance from some plague, victory over their enemies or a bountiful harvest. In various places in the Bible, mention Is made of giving thanks; even even .along t!ie P.u ill?, awaiting opportunity to reach Palestine. While there is a small percentage of these refugees who have managed to escape with considerable capital, the bulk of them are destined to be hewers cf wood and drawers of water, farmhands and day laborers. All should Help. The Zionists declare that mos: of the money and constructive advice, as will as the technical skill required for Palestine's jevelopmcnt must come from the Jews of thi country and that the time has come for the Zionists to make it possible for all Jewish organizations and individuals to participate in the work. Two viewpoints have developeel in connection with the practical means that will be necessary in order to secure the maximum participation of all Jews, whether or not they believe in the political implication of Zion

BY THOMAS F. HEALY He disclosed lettera and papers bearing on the case which proved tho innocence of the prisoner. The happy result followed and last June Kamlnskl returned" to South Bend and home, a free man. He is now on parole, due to the unabating efforts of a sister and the work of Sen. Hagerty. He owns and operates a store on Thomas st., and evinces a deep and commendable ppirit in the work he has assumed. Is Meeting Place. When you enter the store at any time of the day you may see Peter behind his counter with a businesslike way about him and looking upon his wares-with eyes of pride. You may buy cigars and tobacco of variable kinds and candies and soft drinks, etc; 'The men of tho locality here often congregate to have a friendly talk on things and while away a little leisure time on topics of interest and current events. But there is one among them who has no part in their discussions, for though he is with them and loves the kindly company of their presence! yet does not talk as they do nor laugh in their wholesome manner. And this Is the second part and the end of thLs tale. It deserves well a story of its own but is of necessity and by tho kindly order of things, connected with the tale of Peter Kaminskl and his sister Anna. We entered and sat in a back room. Opposite us was a young lad of 22 years. HLs- hands were trembling as do the hands of an old and decrepit man who has the ague. His lips were constantly moving and his face twitching. He shuffled his feet upon the wooden floor and bent his body forward and backward and from "side to side as if some devilish mechanism within him was controlling hia muscles. Withal he was fair and handsome beneath it all, and one could not but think of him as once having a sturdy body and red cheeks of good health. When he spoke in answer to a question a drawn-out gibberingand driveling greeted your ears, in the midst of which you heard a few English words. His voice was cracked and sounded like a hoarse gurgle. The boy was George Banicki, late of tho Polish armies in France. When we entered the war he Joined the colors and was sent overseas with the U. S. army. From our army in France he was transferred to the sector where the troops of the army of Poland were beating back the Germans. One day in a hotly contested battle he' received a slight shrapnel wound and fell on the battle zone. Soon after the Germans opened up their heavy artillery and a shell came George's way. He was picked up a raving victim, of shell shock and sent back to the United States. ' Kefiiscd Aid. When the boy reached South Bend he appealed to a local organization for aid. He had been a lifelong member of that society and expected a little help from his fellows. There was no help forthcoming from that source and when it was found that he could not pay his dues the philanthropic officers of the organiz.ition decided that it was against the general good to permit such negligenceMn a society and the young lad was thrown out and .told to look for himself.

BY LORETTO LORDEN the Israelites were grateful for their deliverance from the house of bondage. Bradforel Originates Day. But the real origin of Thanksgiving in America as a elay specially set apart for prayer and rejoicing must be attributed to Gov. Bradford, the first governor of Massachusetts colony. In gratitude for the plenteous harvest of 1021, following upon a period of great depression, he proclaimeel a day of thanksgiving to be observed on Dec. 13 (old style) of that year. In practical furtherance of his proclamation, he at once sent out four men in search of game. Thus early in the history of the elay does our good friend, the turkey, make his appearance; for, successful in their quest, the four sportsmen returned, struggling under a burden of wild fowl, principally turkeys, sufficient to meet the wants of the little colony for a week. Then the thrifty housewives took the matter in hand and .made all the goodies possible from their somewhat limited supply of material. The festival proved the prelude to frequent days of thanksgiving in the following years throughout the New England colonies. Sometimes it was appointed once a year, sometimes twice, sometimes a year or two was skipped, according as reasons for giving thanks presented themselves or not. Now the reason was a victory over the Indians, then the arrival of a ship with supplies or "persons of special use and quality," and yet again a bountiful harvest. The frequent appointments for the last cause finally made August the customary month. Beginning with 1684, the festlv.il became a formal and annual one in Massachusetts. Her example was soon followed by all the New England colonies. ITrst PrcsIelentlaJ IVoclanvatlon. One of the potent influences which aided Its general acceptance In thwe colonies was the Puritanic dislike ef any holidays celebrated by the English, Christmas included, so the baron of beef, boar's head, plum pudding and mine pie, all redolent of memories of the ancient feast, were eschewed in favor of the indigenous turkey, Indian pudding and pumpkin pie. Although the first presidential proclamation appointing a day of thanksgiving was issued by Washington on Oct. 3, 17S9. it did not establish thanksgiving as a national civic festival to be celebrated annually. It iJ ism, and even of large numbers of non-Jews. One view favors the creating of a "Palestine foundation" fund, which shall include investments, quasl-investments and outright gifts, and all that desire to participate shall do so by acquiring stock in this foundation, the majority control of which is to be held by the worldZion organization. They fear that otherwise the actual development of the land may be reduced to a- merely philanthropic undertaking. The other viewpoint is based on the assumption that the action of the peace conference last May In ofricially recognizing the Zionist claim to Palestine ended the political phase of the movement. It contends that the machinery of the organization should now be remodeled to permit the participation of those elements in American Jewry who have ignored itr political phase, though sympathetic with the idea of making

The boy prewnted a pitiable object. Ho was unfit for work of any kind and totally unable to keep alive. He was made the special study of several reputable physicians of South Bend and pronounced to be a puzzle to alienists. One day while Miss Kaminskl was in htr GUORGU BANICKI.

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thrown and old military overcoat You lo k at him and think of hi broken vouth ar. 1 the olighted wasted e irs before him. We asked h:::i if he were getting better. And he answered, lookir.kr at us strango'y: -Yes! better. bet?-r. every day." And wo could net hut see a certain trag:.' hcht cre.-pir. into his eyes as if he was remembering the cruelty of battle and that also of those who are friends of Ira better days passed him upon his hur!her.-d and weary way and u;Id not extend a brother's h!p:r.g h.'ind even so much as to offer a mite er a fma'.I wherewithal for hw br-ad and shelter. "Who is your best friend?" we asked him. Immediately his eves shone and his face beamed love and. gratitude as be mentioned Ihe name r f the "g.-od lady' who helps him. And if you saw him thus jou would eease forever trying to measure the Werth and th glory of a little kindness bestowt .1 cut of the gratitude and depth of a woman's heart upon a mature who 1 bereft of the aid and fellowship of hL fellowman. And even for such as he there Is "balm in Gi'ead' and hope of brighter things since one soul looked upon him in his helplessness. That is why li loves to sit around In the store at W. Thomas st., for it belongs to MLss Kamlnskl and her brother, Peter, who out of gratitude of their hearts took it on themselves to aid this suffering boy and see that he gets a decent subsistence. Ho walks around in his uncertain way, shaking nd trembling, but always smiling and looking upwards. When you .-peak tc him ho smiles directly into your eyes for you are his true friend until it is proven otherwise; anyway you must be good and true if ycu go up and speak to Petef. To Her Glory. And if he i getting better as he bravely says he is. and if he does ever recover from the pitiable state in which ho now is. it is to the glory and nobility cf spirit f Anna Kaminski, who has a truu woman's heart and who brings a little l.dt of heaven into his e-oul every day. One wonders what the world would bo like if each of us had just a tithe of the feeling and sympathy for a fellow being that :s in tho heart of Anna Kaminski. We walked out of the store slowly and thinking upon many things and the traffic sounded unreal and very far away. The boy and his laughing eyes were following us and in our ears rang his utterly sad "Good-bye." God, to think of the worth of gladness in a human hart and how priceless it caji be and yet to have some fellowman live in darkness and not know the' touch of a kindly and warm hand. And so it is that the sight of the boy with the trembling body and laughing eyes will ever remain in my memory, standing in the midst of a shining light diffused from the heart of Anna, sister of Peter Ka-mins-ki. This is the story of the lad with the blighted youth and the brave laughing e ves. Indeed, th-re are things on this e-arth that cannot be expressed; but they can, at least, always be unforgotten, unforgettable. ing every seasonable fruit and vegeta'iKs nee. s.iry tc fill the plate of Uncle Josh, who hibernates every winter and finds this day an excellent opportunity to get ready for the winter. There are the timely cranberries, all ready to bo mad- Into a fa . mold. th chestnuts for dressing, little sweet uashs and pumpkins for pies, crispy celery, assorted nuts for cakes and other goodies, sweet potatoes and Irish m.", roycheeked appb-s to bake, lettin . and cabbages for salad, corn to scallop, mince meat for pis and plums for the pudding. Priors Have Declined The butcher lines up the barnyard f '.. !, with King Turkey in the lead, follow d by du-'h, gooe ard chicken to roa.t. Our city sealer. Bj ron B. Mill r. y.t s that prices have declined P) or 1" pr cent s;ne- tr autumn. Eggs, which are celling at "." a do7n. ar" perhaps the only item whi h has r-m.ain-d the amo. potato . which brought $4.0 a bushel in the spring, are m w selling for ?l.r0. what they retailed f-.r la' fall. Liv-turkeys-will bring 4' s or 4"c a U. Ire. d chik rm are selling around 4'-o a pound, with live o:. s at 25r and 2 about "e ch ap r than la.- je,, r. Cranberries are going f;jst at 10c a pound. Northern f-py and greening app;e. are obtainable at ?1 ..'o n bu-h 1. whi hand-picked Johnathar.s and Grit;i-s goM---r.- ;ire se. ing at $1.7. I-ard is heap-r (and therefore pi's are cheaper to make). Large buneb.es f eU ry, e obtaining eight or 10 ttalks are on the market at O a bur., b Oysters at 7öo a o.uart can be f r 1 to more people If they aro scalloped, and it v.ouH be a shame r.ot to have baked squash v.hn i. is only two or thrt" -. r.t a pound. A f-w pigeons at the city market sold at "Oe a pair. In th Pilgrims' days- the.-.- were made xvt the most tempting pi-s, fit for a queer's taste. du Pilgrim, less stern than the others, .-aiJ that hi- dra:n ef heaven was to have p;g.-or. pi-- vry day. A family of eicht should b- abb- to s.'-rve a pr tty fair turkey dinner, with all the f.xin's, for ab rut t a dollars. To its r a'' r- who rejoicIn the simple, jo;, s of :ng. The New--Tirn'-i w;sh-y th' m th A cheery, glad Thanksgu ir.g. vestment into cr.e fund. Eur.ds for sv.-' h or. ie r'.al;.'.; -in Palestine as cannot produce financial return-. '.i f.s the American Zionist Medical unit, the Hebrew ur.i-ver.-ity. afforestation, scientific research, ar.d the !;-. they contend, should be raised by outright gifts. Whichever viewpoint prevails, the Z:.-.:- arc agre l that the convt-r.ticn will have to rifi'-: the machinery cf ihe organization so thnt it can concentrate cn Ü major task .the develop me nt of Palestine'. The 350 delegates t the convention will have to dide how- much of the sentimental, educational and cultural apparatuses of the organization which were utilized during the propaganda era e.f th movement may now be used, in view of the new situation that arisen since the British took Palestine undr their sheltering v.ing and opened up the country to JwUh development.

green sweater. Over his should r is t ar I s-