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Show ! CheiOJNGEtT I DABB1 IN THE I WOBLD . 1 A child prodigy, famed through- .'''tMiUt England for hi religious len.ru-f len.ru-f Jar, come upon the horizon as t5llWUlc possible liberator of the Jews !jow persecuted in several foreign countries The lad. although but 13 jfcjnars old, 1 now a celebrated can-Ur can-Ur and has been a rabbi sine be '2Mr6 7 '.ear.-' nid i u. i5 ihe youngest n.wBatb! In the world. OjiH In his home, London Kngland, he is hailed by .Tews as the prob-Kble prob-Kble future leader of his race, and bis popularity has spread SO that he I? now famed throughout KriR-I KriR-I Und even Christians pronouncing Hbjm a wonder. The boy 16 Nathan Mellnok. son ftf Rabbi Samuel Mellnok of Prlnce-Ht Prlnce-Ht Strcot Synagogue. London. Ite-Btently Ite-Btently the youth arrived in the Hpilted States and will hold serv-Hb serv-Hb in the synagogues of the large -' " '.Hetties Ills first visit was made to St. Louis and during the holidays I lit v. ill I . r in i 'hlcago. I The position of the cantor Is an tnM'ible one among the ' lergy of I- the J'-v. ifh ritr- a rantor must not I oaly have a melodious voice, but I must have the power of endurance. for bis chant generally lasts three On Tom Kippur ihe services last jU from 7 .'i. ni. until 6 p. iu dhd . l u i -Jffl lr.g this nine the L.inlor keeps up Ml his i hunt pr.i' n. ally without rrs-. Nathan Melinek a slonder youth. If liable to f.ii'.;n-if t:.ro-iKh the e i Ions services without showing ex-hustion ex-hustion the unusual endurance be-M be-M log . rii.oJ i.y in- friends to his ro-! ro-! lifious de niinn. From the tlmr- h ca ! .I Jflthan showed a dejdre to Titer the I rtllflo'iM life and follow in the foot-I. foot-I. itpt of his tjther. a rabbi muh Uf famed In London. Th lad at Hi i K frly ago. aro-u to hi- fi-et In lu.-' I high h u i r an,j attempted lu imi- Utt the action of his father who te sa : n c the r I HI8 FATHKK DIRECTS I HIS EDI C VTIOV Hc is consecrated. said the I lather. 1 shall make of Inm a W frint rabbi lie will l.e famous I among his people and one day ho I will lead them all to freedom. lie will be a man among men. even Hi plOUllels won, .i,ir h Will ntrong even in the face of per- ucution. and the God of Moses will E blw him." I The aged rabbi then commenced I the educaftion of the youth. At 5 I years of ay- the bo.- was sent to I the public s' hool. but in a few years H1 had completed the course. "Ah, tne schools the teach noth- I inf. I win educate him myself, lie iaall learn the doctrines of his j fathers, he shall be great among I Mi people." said the aged rabbi to :i himself Then he commenced the person- al education of his son. He read tho I Old Testament to him. lie told of the greatness of his forefathers The youth learned rapidly When I he was but 7 years old ho knew the I Old Testament by heart. I It was a great day for tho elderly I Jtabbf when the lad wes able to re-Iclte re-Iclte the doxology of the Orthodox I Jewish religion. The father proud-It proud-It ly pur.;hasvj th,. .sucred cap and vestment of the novice of the order Pr cantors. He proudly pla ed the y0 ro'og about hi? son s 6houlders and ftfcl lhen Ia,Jllt him to chant the ritual. ace:, Quickly the youth learned to sin? sl 4he service. Jn everything wa,i his lather, Samuel, his to,, her. and l"1 i"i;r" '' irn 'i '.he entire g Jev Ish servl r Then came tho treat d.i It had oeen heralded through the Jewish quarter of London that an 8-yeor-l boy, an Inspired youth, waj to jn, ehtnt the services at Rabbi Mell-" Mell-" g ,ek's SvnogoRue. nn the Sabbath J th poop flo' ked to ;he church In 2JBrt'Kt numbers Aftpr the prier by tho robbl. a ' gjlUtnder, sallow youth, of sober mien 1 nlmnyt nneellc counterar.ee. jjjB lkei to !he cantor's Mund, look--gjf I"r nel'hor to tho rleht or loft :,nd 1 jjll unoons' lous of the Kaze of tho l K WBrej;n 1 1 . .n opono the ervlce ,1 took nti'l roininni' ed 'l,e r hant. At Lag l bl" ton was weak, filtering. i-jp(B,'imost niatid! nlc. Thn stimulated 'cettl Inspiration, tho youth's voice fccme stronK-T, until the sweet tones of the . hnnt Mim through the Umple Oc-.-clonal'' singing In a :ttf Jt h pitch that seemed to noat up. d ird from tho dome of the p na-''W0'. na-''W0'. and t h ri reaching a deep (Jfh bass almost Innudlblo. tlc iv ,rti5, carried his audienre with him ha. k IJjJmto the da.vH of old. the days of :l "ii ar,f! ,llv prophets Holds hts kihst UjJ PDIECE RAPT. When tho hant was ended the dience was silent in wonder Then rtiff T,at applause rang through the '''ii trnplr. Men and v. ..-non i u-ii-1 W forward tn rrr the .-antor W.jtn-0f W.jtn-0f bopcr-f to kl-s ),m while aged Jjl ;en asked the pH"Uege of clasping ifTi l hand. ' ef(ft "HeV '"-'onsoeratofl," rror the UBpictators. But never smiling, nev-r. nev-r. - I ? sPfaklng", the youthful cantor J H:c-j from 'ho p':l.t ;0 a .o-illun his fathor'K rldf with the HtmHy 1 " 'r of a king. From that day he was f Mmons In London Sevenlj -fp. f. sjMcogu's In Iho rat city demanded his services, ril :ath;m Melinei?- was the talk Tut f e Jewh oommu'nltv of l.r.n-?n l.r.n-?n Peoplo , aioj at -his father's t me to see him, to test tfils knowl-Jiff knowl-Jiff ' e Hnd to tho,n h.-. Interpreted the 4 .KfDt Hf'l'r "f hin roiij, 'Ion and lL .' !r!'"llire,.,-,, f.,,- v.vnd their r tn5rstnnd1n iH kiJIe Was a masler of the BWI he r,vlM to them meanings . acred writings that they never be- ' t fore understood. '' Chief Justice of England Sir Ru- k.; fu8 Isaacs heard of tho boy wonder j V and asked that he be allowed to hear him sing. At his rcquost the boy appeared at the Isaacs home and there sang the chant Both Sir Rufus and Iady Isaacs complimented compliment-ed th youth on his wonderful at-talnments. at-talnments. Later other persons of note heard of the boy and asked to mt hear him chant the ritual. In many synagogues fashionable women attempted to kisa the youthful youth-ful cantor, but he firmly resisted &j their efforts and passed quietly from their reach. For Nathan Melinek Is a pomner youth. He seldom speaks and answers an-swers questions In monosyllables. X9 lie Is slender and small of stature, of dark complexion, but of intellectual intel-lectual appearance. Although he is but II, he dlspaya wisdom far bevond his J cars. Yw? His sllem e and dignity throw a eil around him that It Is hard I ev n fi.r u trained reporter to pone- 1 Irate, j BOY SHOWS HIS INDIFFERENCE TO HUNGER A By way of introduction a report- y, er who culled on him asked; "What do you think of the United States?" "It Is much cleaner than London," Lon-don," was his rcs-poiiie. s Nathan Melinek, 13 Years ;J Old, Chants Long Jewish , tftSk Ritual Perfectly and Wins pi Adoration of His Women Listeners As Well As International i Reputation, . " ' ' ' , ''' '' ' ' 1 " isH Bs ijj To other questions he mad brief replies and In no way attempted to commence a conversation. Although Al-though the reporter spent several hours in leading him through the. city and in having him photographed photo-graphed the boy did not complain that he was hungry. He Ptolcajlj refused to mention his physical needs and It was not until many hours after the noon meal time that the reporter learned from the jouth's Flster that h had been without food since early In tho morning, A steaming hot dinner, especially prepared by a .family of frlonds with wham th young rabbi has made h!a renldncu In St, Louis v.au walling for Xathw. when the rporter called. He nagltcted his meal and gladly accompanied th newspaperman on a tour of the city. AH of which Illustrates th wonderful endurance of th young cantor. :ti' Nathan but rarely plays with boys of his age. In fact, he never Indulges In boyish recreation, u -taslonally he looks at th boys "Tomplnc in tho utrets and It seem he longs to Join tiem, but on thought of his eacred mission brings him back to the sober contemplation con-templation of hie religious life. In his homo In London he wstches from the window of his room other bo n playing in tho streets. He notices they nr drewd In r,"Ks. their hair Is dln-he dln-he oiled, rht'ir fOcfs covered wlih grime. Ve (.!? ; Stun very happy. Nathan sighs as h turns to th looking glass to view his own faultless fault-less appearance. Ills face U scrupulously scrup-ulously clean. his hair neatly brushed, his clothes of the best. , showing not n smikIo wrinkle, und his shoes aro brightly polished. SEEMS TO LONG TO PLAY. Many times he longs to discard his good clothes and don m n, 154 his hair and enter '.n play WUJi the carefree urchins of tho street. Then It Is that tho recollection of his duties as a rnbbl and cantor recall him from contemplation of onii,-ly onii,-ly happiness to the consideration of Ids religious duties. Nathan lias never played marbles or lag liko oilier boys. Ho has grown montally old from association with his elders. His in 1 10I .li.os not think the thoughts of childhood, but entertains tho more mature, thoughts of the man. He Is philosophical In discourse and toloal in action. The welfare 'of his race, tho contemplation of his futuro career, dreams of a life of greater activity have weaned th prodigy from consideration of less luipnrt.int things. So Nathan Melinek never smiles. He never laughs. Occasionally ho seems about to laugh, hi" lips part and tho muscles of his faco rolax. but Just then ho halts himself and his countenance resumes a sober nppearanco, lu tho bynatjoguc wlure ho was p- to? to sing, the youth approached a lad of th Ghetto, who was gazing at the StTMt and watching a street car paf. With boyish curiosity the ung rabbi epproaohed a window to see Just where a box that had Cpn lined flash powder thrown to the street by a reporter would land Then ho looked it the youth at his :iflo, uii'llbly sished and went bu-k to the sterner work of arranging arrang-ing the antor'a pulpit for the evening even-ing service. YVhilo th youth has resigned all tho pleaaurej of his childhood, his sorvloe ns a cantor Is generally well rewarded. In most churches he receives re-ceives 5U for a act service, or $16.60 an hour for singing. II s NO I" BfRK 'in l M MONEY This money Is used In paying his train fare, board bill, etc., while on his tour of America. Money, however, Is not the dcslro j l FOUR POSiiS OF NATHAN MELINEK. of the boy. "I want to wear tho great robe of thi cantor," he told a reporter. "I cannot wear them now because I tun loo young. Hut when I grow older I aholl lecolvo tho vestmont and I will hold the services In tho gre.it synagogues. Alsu I am too y.iiin' lo preach as my father, Habbl Melinek. does, llut soon I will be old enough to speak to my i" ople ID tho temple. pea 'nl. to obScrV the laws and to be patient, even when they are perse per-se -uted. "Some day the persecution will end and there will be peace. My people arc la v -a biding. They are peaceful. They aiu-ml. the syna-gQSJU syna-gQSJU roRtilail'. and they shall be blessed," he continued. 1 I |