Terror in Poland; a matron and vampires
Pogroms in Stanislau District, Poland
Petlura gangs entered Woinilow, near Stanislau, and organised a three day pogrom. Ten Jews were killed and 45 were wounded. Fifteen Jewesses were dishonoured, and nearly all Jewish women were undressed, and driven about naked in the streets. All Jewish houses and shops were plundered. The material losses amount to two million marks. At Stanislau, 12 Jews were killed, many Jewesses were dishonoured and a number of Jewish streets were plundered. At Nadworna, six Jews were killed and many were wounded. Thousands of Jews were also impoverished there. At Kalush, Delatin and Lysiec, all Jewish streets were plundered. Many old men and children were cruelly beaten, and a number of Jewesses were violated. Near Stanislau, 20 Jewish corpses were found. Many Jews were thrown out of trains.
Rabbi denources modern fashions.
Dr. Krauskopf, of Philadelphia, has joined in the chorus of denunciation that is assailing the manners and dress of the modern society woman. “A vampire destroyed Samson,” he said, “and the modern ‘Samson, the United States is in the dangerous death-compelling clutch of the modern, dimple-kneed, half undressed vampire.” Young society women, he declared, motor far out into the country at night, and regale themselves and their male companions with liquor. “Decadence has set in, and the day of ruin is not far distant.”
In the time of old age
(Extract from an interview with Mrs E Levy, for 40 years matron of the Home for Aged Jews) “Perhaps the funniest night I can recall was that of an old man whose habit it was to remake his bed every night before retiring never being satisfied with the condition of his couch. On one occasion the beating and thumping of his mattress annoyed the other inmates and caused high words which required my intervention. The old bed maker was clad in his shirt, his only other article of attire being a white top hat of which he was very proud. It is not always easy to harmonise the conflicting views of querulous old folk, and I often think that my experience as a peacemaker might have been invoked in recent international conferences. But on the whole, “said Mrs Levy in conclusion, “our family at Nightingale Lane is a very happy one and the affection I have for our old folk is, I am sure, reciprocated.”