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Show PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY. Itiilltullou far. tho Trntuliu- ol JewUti Ybutli tit llaaoirr , , A novelty In practical philanthropy is described by V C. Fox, formerly consul to llrunswlck, Germany, who has just returned to Washington. "During my visit Jo Ilunovcr," bald Mr. Pox lit the courso of n rceun t conversation conver-sation willi u St. Louis tlhibe-Dctnocral correspondent, "I examined nn iuatl tutlon for tho training of Jewish youth. Tho institution 13 bomcthing entirely new. it has been established by Alexander Morltz Simon. Mr. Himon ia the American vico connul nt Hanover, where lie li also a promiiicht hanker. Thoto who have knowledge of tho situation In IlussiaundUermany to-day fully understand that one of the chief cnuses of the antl-Scmltic movements move-ments in those countries is that the Jews nro solely dcnlcrn nnd traders. Thut is becauso children naturally acquire ac-quire a taste for and follow the occupation occu-pation of their parents and other relatives. rela-tives. "Mr. Simon told mo." continued Mr. Pox, "that iu his vihila to the United States in ISM and 1MM, ho remarked the distressing coiiilltlonsof thu Jow-ih Jow-ih Immigrants, arising mainly from thu fact that they were unable to perform per-form such work as they could obtain from labor. Knowing no mechanical trndo, thoy were of necessity driven to peddling. Mr. Million, scmie tlmo ago, Ihocnmo convinced that if many of the Jewish youth In Itusshi nnd Lnstern Persia were properly taught trades, It would bo the best answer to tho chief argument of the antl-Kcmltio agitators. Actuated by this bollof, ho founded this institution. Ho has purchased some seventy acres of Innd near the ll.v of Hanover Tlio necessary build ,u; 1 hao been erected so that slxt b'oya can be ncoommodnU'd. y'ho prlnu object Is to tench agriculture, garden lug nnd fruit culture In nil theii Vouches. I'nriienleilug. locksmitlilug slinemuking, baking nud other trade, will be tniighl. Tho movement urn! tlio Institution havo already received the hearty Indorsement and assistance of prominent Israelites In Europe. Tliore la every evidence Hint tho experiment ex-periment will prove, successful nud pioneer pio-neer the way for similar liutltutlona in other parts of Kuropo.") 1 . T ill, oi i "J |