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Show ! WHISPERED STORY OF RUTH I And Each Little Jewish Girl Was Re I warded With Feast Cake for Her Effort. In the East side of New York as In the East end of London, the Jewish quarter of Paris or Judengasse of Ber-" Ber-" lin, thousands of Jewish mothers and grandmothers gathered the little I daughters of the family to them one night recently. Into tiny ears was I whispered the story of Ruth, the faith- f ul. In each kitchen stood a new broom, and tallow candles burned brightly on tables spread with meats, wines and cakes. "Little daughter," each mother whls-' whls-' pered, "do you know what Ruin said to Naomi?" "Yes," each little girl replied eagerly. eager-ly. She had rehearsed the great epic -. for weeks. "Ruth said 'Entreat me ' not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee. For whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodg-est, lodg-est, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy god my God.' " And, beaming her pride, each mother moth-er then said : "Good! Here is a cake for you!" Thus the feast of Shabuoth was ushered in. The broom was just as much a part of the ceremony as the - reward of a cake. With it one could . sweep out the spirits and riomnna - echeidim nnH nM-m-" L v'1 . 1 I ; England has cardinals oLher Uiau 1 -K those created by the pope. At one '' . 1 tlme there were officials of that title I Inttaqhed to a number of her cathe- l llrals, whose duty it was to visit the lick and relieve the needy, but St. 1 I'aul's Is now alone in the possession 1 If a senior and a Junior cardinal, 1 lected by the deans from among the I I: nor canons. One of the holders of 1 te title In recent times was the au-thor au-thor of the "Jackdaw of Ehelms." |