, PAGE EIGHT THE JEWISH TRANSCRIPT, SEATTLE AUGUST 5,
Mrs. Bhmenthal Papa Menuhin Repudiates Article Lauding Intermarriage As Way To Create L
..Passes... Slaps Intolerant,;xl Jews Who Criticize Yehudl's Marriage
m ,,,;,,; is almther rec(mt typical (leg(; of occul)ying an(I living ou our "c×-friends" who have tal(en :tdvan-
A host of Seattle friends nlourned
the death l'tst week of Mrs. Jeanctte
Blumenthal, 70-year-old Northwest
pioneer, after an illness of six months.
She died 10 days before the first an-
niversary of the death of her son,
Ed Blumenthal, widely-known hldies'
apparel man.
Funeral services were hehl last
We'dnesday at Bonney-Wa',son (;hal>
el. Rabbi Bernitrd R()senberg offici-
ated. Cremation folhnved.
Born in Connecticut, Mrs. Bhl-
men(hal lived in Portland for many
years, coining to Seattle 13 years ago.
Site leaves a daughter, Mrs. t'aloma
Stonei a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ed
Blumenthal; two gran(hlaughiers,
Marjorie Jean Bhunen(hal and Janice
Stone--all of Seattle; a sister, Mrs.
Phil thirris, Los Angeh)s; and three
brothers, Michael and Nathan Soh)-
men of l)ortland and Ilenry Sohml(,I b
Spokane.
She was a meniber of the l)aughters
of the American Revohiti()n.
Joseph Seligman, 76,
Is Taken By Death
Last rites were hehl Tuesday ai
Hills of Eternity Cenmtcry for ,h)s(q)h
Seligman, 76 years ohl, Rabbi Ber-
nard Rosenberg oil(elating. Mr.
Seligman, a Seattle resident for
seven years, leaves his wife, Isabelle
Seligman; two sisters, Mrs. (liars
Summerfiehl of Seattle and Mrs.
L. L. Cohn, Sp,)kai,e; and tw,, In'oth-
ers, Eliek and Abe Seligman, New
Orleans.
"Hitler Minions Are
Bluffers"--Jack Benny
(Continued from Page 1) ,
"I dunno. I think he makes
friends for Jews. Some people
like him. I know others who
don't. It's not because he's a
Jewish character. Some people
don't see anything funny in that
type of humor."
A Benny radio show, the com-
edian revealed, starts with a get-
together of the cast and Benny's
two writers on Tuesday or Wed-
nesday. "We work a couple of
hours," Benny said. "Saturday
is our big day. We spend six or
eight hours rewriting the script.
Sometimes we throw out a whole
routine because it's not funny
when the cast reads it.
"The best work comes after the
first rehearsal."
America's highest-paid radio
comedian admires Eddie Cantor,
his close friend, for the work he's
doing with the Youth Aliyah;
plays bridge with George Burns
and Gracio Allen; revealed that
an Irishman, Columnist Ed Sul-
livan, first put him on the air;
has cut down on cigars on order
of his doctor, because he ner-
vously chewed 'them instead of
smoking them; and predicts Al
Hostak, whom he saw win the
world's middleweight crown, will
be "champ for a long time."
Mr. Benny motored here from
California. His driver was Hilliard
Marks, his young brother-in-law.
His wife, Mary Livingstone, later
joined the comedian. She is the
niece of Lou Wagner, oil promoter
here; and Mrs. Jules Glant, wife
of the Seattle Talmud Torah
president. She was born in Se-
attle.
EXCURSIONS
LeaveLenorn Street Ternninsnl
every mornnlwng at 9 o'clock..
popular Prine,ss cruises Io
Canada's Er@rgr@en $
Playground. Arrive
3
hack inn Seanttle at D
p m. One-dag roand
#rip hire ....
E. L Sheehan, General Agent, 1320 Fourth
Avenue. fllenry Bldg.,) Seattle, MAIn 5587.
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hive, with It Gentile. girl, and th.t our
dlulghter ]Iephzilmh llermitted her-
self tl, fall in hive with the brother of
Yehudi's wife.
S()me cxcile(l and mislhevilius
w,'iters ]lave his( their balance e(nn-
ph!tely and made insinuating and its-
saulting rem.u'ks about "the [nul
Jews Yehudi's y(lunger sister Yaltah
married int(,, the Stixes of St. Louis,"
who incidenially are most ln'(nninent
in the .Jewish e(nnntunity in Jewish
we]far(; alld oharity, being l)ron(1 and
aotive nmmbers of the Jewish i:om-
mu]lity except llerhal)s for their not
l)'dJ'(nfizing some (n'thodox syna-
goglles (her(!, It sin eonlmnn 1() the
eli(ire yollllger general(in( that is
awakeilillg lllld r(,llSOlli Jig Itli(I el)-
serving life about theni.., every-
wh()re,
Now,.what are the facts about
all this sudden mud slinging and
gall spitting against the Menuhin
parents in the Yiddish and He-
brew press?
Mrs. Menuhin never in her life
wrote any article for any maga-
zine in America or Europe, al-
lhoilgh of eoilrs(! she has I)eeil i'e-
]llelililliy ilitervi(!wl!d ]lllildreds of
limes its (he niol,her ()f Yehildi lllid
] h'llilzilmh !
b]:l(di lhne (he lililllllOl'S of Y()hlidi
lilld ||el)hzilia]l Itl)lJroa( h 1V[i's. Men(l-
}Jill begging her t() receive anyl)ody
fr()ln the press, she fighl.s back, resell(S,
lliid considers it itii invasion (if her
In'(vale life whicii she refuses to
siiilre with the world, or with the
(urions alid seilsatioliltl i)illl]i(,!
Next ()nly t() the mJ-(','dled "lligh
Society," (lees iny wife alihor the
solicitations (if the roving rel)(n.ter ,
lhe "free huicer," "uM the sensational
magazine writers.
()ne nf these sueiessful writers or
l'epor ters, In|(st ]lave rec()i v(,(I a
doul)le fee for. scandahmsly imd dis-
hon(n'alJly selling an artii, le he or she
wrote alid liiisrel)resente([ ill the
lilime of Mlirntiia Meiillhili lily wife!
The gnllible l)ul)lic swallowed it
for it serlrion (.,onlilig fronl the mother
of Yehudi aild l]el)hzibah Menuhin,
while the Jewish innocent l)ublie was
eml)arrassed and l)rol)abiy did not
llelieve its eyes when it read an ar-
ticle signed by tile lnother of Yehudi
who n'lmed him YEIIUDI so that
nol)o(ly inakes a mistake lllmnt his
origin and race!
My wife never wrote the article
for (.lie Ladies Home Companion!
My wife never Sl)oke (,o anyone
about her father or mother although
Mle might have been cleverly coaxed
to make S(iine iiinoeeiit or inadvert-
eiit referen0e to bloille of her early
iln(estors irl liiIswor to seine liersis -
tent bickering and ln'econeeived
questi(ins which alight feed the per-
sonal theory of the magazine writer
who not having it world phttform of
her own hill herself 1)ehin(l the moth-
er of the world famous Menuhins tn
tell exliectant mot.hers what tlley
shouhl ,1o to bring almut made to
order ohild In'ndigies.
May I add, although it is sickening
at heart to have to mention it at any
(into, and it is al)solutely recalling-
less to its Melluhins, it is quite true
that s(inm of the early ancest()rs on
my wife's side have e.ml)r'tced Juda-
isnt gener'ttinns ago. (The Chapter
,if the Karaites of the (Jrimea is
known t() m/uiy s(.holiu's and this is
lie Iilace to go ilito slleh details alld
liei'sonal nlatters!).
Bill, lny wife liever to her reeollec-
(,ion iliad(! ally caliital out of, all(i
II()VIH' cook(;d lip tile Hi)lip of the(n'ies
the writer (if that Ladies lhnne
C(nnl)anion concocted in her name!
Furthernmre, no article, state-
ment, or interview, has ever been
submitted to my wife or me, and
as far as I know not to our New
York managers, to read, correct,
pass on, approve or disapprove,
before anything was printed in
that magazine I
As far as we MenllhiliS are c()ii-
eerlied, we stOlll)ed taldng n(iti('e of
the really alleged Menuhin articles
which men(lily Itppear its signed ar-
tMes in iiinlnlteral)le llewspltl)ers and
nlagazines its if writt.m lly Moshe
Menuhin, Marutha Mennhin, or Ye-
hudi Menuhin.
We hopelessly gave up the at-
telnl)ts of ever se(..itrilig aiiy el)eli
al)oh)gy or denial on the part of ally
editor. This inunoral practice seems
(,o be tile rule of the giune of inlblish-
ing newslnq)ers or the secret (if creat-
ing eircuhttion and ('(,I)y.
CALL ....
HARRY EISBERT
Liberty Dry Cleaners
--The Sunlight Plant-
1600 Jackson St., PR. 5050
aniph;, one ()f many! At l.he time the
alleged article l)y Marui.ha Mellll]lili
appeared in America, an(I whih; we
toured S(:ol.huid "tim Ireland, (,hero
al)p(ared Jii Paris, in the Candide,
oiie of l.he most 1)Ol)lllar aild influen-
tiM lnagilzilles of l?rancej it signed
ai'tieh '<exln.essly written I)y Yehndi
Mellii]liii" for that lnatitZilie.
In it loiig alid autol)iogral)hie art-
icle, Yehildi is Slllil)osed to o()nll)laili
ail(I ]ainent over his "lost" (.hihl-
hood, that he hall a .ntiseral)le iuid
unhapl)y ehihlh(md,, ilia( he was
terril)ly exlih)ilod by ]lis ])arelits, thltt
lhe h,t (if t]ie tyl)ical ehihl ln'odigy
ns his wlts (sic) is t(!rril)le.
When Yehu([i ail(l we his parents
reild |.hat arti(..le in the (-andide, we
all had It heltrty laugh.
eli his OWl( a(m(n'd however, 7e-
hudi wrl)[e ii. short and sweet little
no|e to (lie edit(n' of the great Freii(di
lnilgilZilie exl)resshig Ills silrprise It|,
Ihe (:(nnl)lele invenl.ion, for that ugly
Melilihiii :u'l,hde did not eveil have
Ihe 1)relext or exeiise or grolind for
inisrel)resentation llS fllr eveli ItS aii
hlterview may i)lTer to it seheniilit4
writer) alid 1 hi aliswer he received the
IlSlinlly |.yllh!al cowardly Init lilt-
powerful reply: "Personally I ex-
cee(lingly regr(!l, this episode, d(!lu'
illid worshil)l)ed Mitestro! etc."
Tllere (lever liowover lippeared Olle
single denim of l.he affair in (lie (,itii-
dhle, not all opel( word of allo]()gy!
They I)(night it froni a syndicate,
who Imught it from seine iiews-
neii(v, who bought it in tlirli froili
SOliie writer, who professed having
I)ollg]lt it for lnoney from Yehll(li
Menuhin, t]iat is Its liiil(',h Its I found
Oil( wit]l litter (lisgusl.
"Meniihin Articles" aiid int0r-
views, nlost distasteful to us, ]lave
recently al)peared in London's "T()-
(l'iy," in the Jewish Seattle Tran-
script, and ()ne American chain of
newsl)apers ((early ln'onght rliin n])on
IlS alld Sllre[y l'()b])c(| it8 of the priv-
But
]illnil)le ranch in t]le Siinta (Jruz
lnollntailis in the little |iome we
liui]L there for otlrse|ves, whell in
(,heir sensational exuberaiiee and
mOligering aii(I gree(| for eir(il]atioli,
have 1)ernlitted t]lemselves to (lllote
th() Menuhhls its having slti(l upon
tiieh" rotiirn fr()ni their world tollr
I.hat they have eolne to oeetlpy "a
million (h,]hu' clistle wiiich lies in the
nlidst of teii (lie((sand ciloice acres
of niountain land protected by
secret wires aii(l invisible rays aii(|
dete(;tivos (werywher(L"
The headline across that terribh)
story which had a sketch (if a l)a]a('e
in the center with Ye]nldi ()verb)ok-
iilg :ill uliderwor]d crowd I)ehlw read:
Yehudi M'enuhhi c]udlenges the kid-
Ila|)pers ()f the worhl t() ()Ollle and
get him.
Frhmds and folks who lenow the
'Iollllliilis liatlll':d]y kiiow ]letter IJlali
siispect theni of Ill)con(lilt4 "Alrightni-
kess," (Jr suddenly ])e(:()lnilig "So-
ciety" clinllmrs and "and)ii,ious"
l)nrolits.
The lno(losl.y aild ]lunlility of Ye-
hudi alld l]el)hzil)n.]l iii their l)ul)lic
and l)rivate life tells qiiite another
t:tle!
We were Mmu|, to igllore the arti-
(.,les which al)])eltred in yoilr New
7ol'k 'lnd (Jhielito nlid other news-
I)nl)ei's, were it not for the fact thltL
we I)elie, ve that t]ie editors ItS well as
the ilillOCelit Inlblh nlap actlially I)e-
lieve IJie ln'htted word.
It is also oilr duty and personal
pride (is Jews It(ill ilieil to attenit)t to
deny false tales.
it is so ridicnh)us, illitrile, aiid lilt-
warranted, to slty of the ]Meiiiihiiis
thai; they "delilierately and syste-
matically alnuldoned their Jewish
friends in their at(emil(1,() associate
with and e]intl, iiito tim higher s()-
ciety ()f t]ie (l(;ntile world."
1L is 1)elow criLicisni and below our
dignity to mltke exl)laiiatioiis in this
(..iise i it is |)llre inven|i()n I)y lnalieiollS
age (if the nlixed feelings (if the Jewish
lnll)lio in relation to the nmrriagos (if
(nu" children, to get even with these
"ungr'tefnl and crazy" Menuhins.
What alnlizes live is: lh)w (h, these
Yiddishe "l)atroliessos," well kltown
to us, exph)it the inno('ent or ntis-
(;heviolis reporter an(I get by l.iie
editor's desk?
We klloW of Olle or two '€])atl,OlleS-
ses" in New York and (Jhieago wan
are very disapl)ointod for not having
been able t() exl)h)it socially the
Menuhins any more, (,han the Gentile
(,r Refornte(| s(iciel,y ladies, I)llt iS
the. newsl)al)er an organ t() I)o utilized
by alnl)ii,ious an(l disgrilntled l)atroil -
esses in New York an(1 (3hicltgo?
"The. Menu]lins ]utve Itl)andone(|
their Jewish friends and mix with
Goyyhn Rac.|uunoneh ]itzhul!" flow
all(nit tile ohl friends of the Orthodox
se]lool of the days of MeAllistor
Stre(!t in San Francisco, who are
staying wit]l us lhis and every ()ther
wee k-e nd 9.
And how "d)(nlt our ntcqnlmrship in
all the Jewish welfare an(l (.harity
and consunlplivo s()eieties in Sitn
Fran(ds(o, Siui .|ose, New York,
l,oli(l(ui lilid Parisg.
Some folks thhik th(; Inil)lic is ((I-
ways gullil)le, the odit()rs h'responsi-
ble wiien it, c, lnnes l.o gossip, and t]utt
l.he silent Menuhins will alwn.ys re-
inaiii sihml.!
The truth is that we <\
