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Show What II Means to Love a Jew Tho following Is an extract from a letter written by an American woman wom-an who fell In lovo with a Jew: "Tho best Jew In the world Is ten times moro a despised Jew it ho presumes pre-sumes to pay attention to a Gentile and woo to tho woman who accepts tho attention ot a Jow. "I had filled a prominent placo In social and club circles In my homo city for Boven years. My visitor friends and acquaintances among nil classes numbered hundreds. Suddenly Sudden-ly my husband died. I was lonely and alono. In tho courso of two years I ran across a Jewls gentleman whom I had known for several years, a man whoso roputatlon for Intellectuality Intellec-tuality was Btato wldo, a graduate of an eastern college, a lawyer of splen-did splen-did ability and a gentleman beyond question, but withal a Jow, tho son ot a Jewish rabbi. He asked to read with mo. Wo becamo friends; ho nil-od nil-od bo many lonely hours with Intelligent Intel-ligent reading and conversation. My friends woro horrified. Thoy told mo how tho Jow wanted a Gontllo scalp at his bolt; I Ignored tholr opinionthen opin-ionthen they forced upon mo tho attention ot other very eligible men. Theso, nlno times out of ten provod bores, woro fresh or uninteresting. I continued to go out with my friend, tho gentleman Jow. "Financial reverses camo with tho war. My Jow friend wasqulck to como to tho rcscuo and savo my interest in-terest In a sinking concern. Ho saw tho attltudo ot my frlonds; ho suffered suffer-ed it nnd gavo mo every opportunity to go back to tho friends who woro deserting mo becauso of him. I ro-fused, ro-fused, declaring I was old enough to select my own friends; that It thoy loft mo becauso of him thoy wcro not worth kooplng. "Ono at a time, tho Invitations I had evory reason to expect wcro with hold. Tho moro oxcluslvo or, should I soy greator social cllmbors? among my friends began to pass mo on tho street without seeing mo, "Thoro was nothing left us but each othor, and our idea was that to marry beforo ho was rich, which ho certainly hoped to bo In a fow years, would mean greater censure. I at first agreed to wait for him; then when things wero so unplcauant I sq lonely, wo slipped uwny into Arkansas Arkan-sas and woro secretly married. Now bOBldcg tho original unfortunato condition, con-dition, wo havo tho weight of that secret on our minds. Within tho yoar, wo found oursolves Isolated, friends withdrawn, and my sweetheart sweet-heart husband Irritable, and unlntor- estlng, with both of Us realizing tho i utter dependence upon each, for his frlonds had cut him too. "Solution: Today I packed my luggage lug-gage for Duenos Ayres, South America, Amer-ica, where I go to tako n position on a large nowspaper. "Timo alono will malto tho mlstnko right. I am a Catholic, nnd will never nev-er marry whllo ho lives. If ho wants n dlvorco, desertion will glvo It to him. Thero will long remain a tender ten-der spot In my henrt for this man who camo when I wns lonely and comforted mo; but that tender spot will bleed when I think of tho prlco I paid for that kindness and tho pain that camo onco my scalp was securely secure-ly at his belt. American Magazine. |