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On Tuesday afternoon  tjte  weekly sewing meeting of the Hadassah took place at   the  home  of 'Mrs,   David Mirtky.   The   occasion   was   a   par-ticularly happy one as the members presented their beloved president, Mrs. A, J. Freiman, with a black leather suit ca*e complettly fitted with tortoise-shell articles as an appreciation of her devotion to and untiring work for the cause.   This   gift   was   to   mark   the departure  of  Mrs.   Freiman  and   her_ daughter Dorothy for England,    Mrs. L. Leiken, the firetjyice-presidenl, made the presentation, and an address was read  by   Mrs.  j.   N.   Nathanson, expressing best wishes and bon voyage from the members.    A large gathering was present as the members wished to show how much they appreciated the good  work  Mrs.   Freiman   was  elo.ing ampngjybem and they hoped her health would be completely  restored  by the voyage shfe was about  to' undertake. .During    the    afternoon    Mrs.    Pinco entertained with several delightful vocal solos and Miss Mosion rendered some .excellent selections on the pianp.   Those who assisted during the tea hour were Mrs. E. Bernett, Mrs:  D. Ross, Mrs. J.-Davis, Mrs. B. Goldfield and Mrs. S. Diamond.
Miss Sar*ah Abelson and the Misses Beatrice and Annie Slonemsky were among those who entertained for Miss * Dorothy Ereiman prior to her departure. Mtes Anna Black entertained at a New Year's party at her hpine, her guests including the Misses Nellie and Anna Shore, Marion Blushinsky, Miriam ( Capjan, Rae Dover, Beatrice Black, > Lena Levitan, Sarah Millar and Bessie Rubin, and Messrs. Moe Bregman, David Slover, Jack Jacobs, Archie Levitan, Paul Shore, Leo Goldsinith, Harry Abramsky, Ben Morris, I lymnn Gould, Charles Spevak and-A." Li IT-..
Mrs.  A.   Belrrian   was  hostess at  a
most delightfully arranged supper party,
.which she held at her home on Fourth
.Avenue  in honour of her aunt,  Mrs.
S. Barnet, of New York.    Amoiig the
guests;.were Mr. and  Mrs.  L.  l)avis,
Mr. and Mrs; H. Freed man, Air. aiul
Mrs. W:' Shenkman, Mr. and .Mrs. M.
Max, Mr. and Mrs. C. Caplan, Mr. and
Mrs. L Posrieranel Miss Rose Posner.
*'..     Mrs. Harry Freedman entertained at
dinner1 in honour of Miss Alicia Fair,
of Mount Sinai Hospital,  New York.
Amongst  the  guests  were  the  Misses
Anne Holzman and Beck Sugarman.
. Mr.   and"  Mrs.   Harry   Gordon,   of
Montreal,    are   the   guests   of    Mrs.
Gordon's   mister    and    brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kert.
Miss Millie Coffinkle has left for. New York.
Mr. Lepofsky has returned from a visit to.-his home in Toronto.
Mrs. Cecelia Rose, of Vancouver, is. the   guest   of   Mr.   and   Mrs.   I.. _B. .   Diamond.                    .
Messrs. Bill Richtcr.and Sam' Mihsky have returned to McGill after spending the. Christmas vacation with their families in Ottawa.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Mehdels have gone to New York for a short visit.
Miss Jean Pullan, of Toronto, is the -giiest of Mrs. A, L. Florence.
Mrs. A. Betcherman entertained at a delightfully arranged week-end brirlge and tea. at her home in honour of Miss Jean Pullan, of. Toronto. The tea table was presided over by Mrs. ('. Shore and Mrs. BT Goldfiekf, while tin-ices were cut by Mrs. H. A. Strofi" and Mrs. I. Zivian. Assisting in the tea room were the Misses Rose Florence, Olive Pullan. Pearl Goldfield; Helen Abelson and Sfolly Sachs.
Mils Zelda Wener entertained at  a
'tea on Sunday afternoon at her home,
549 Besserer Street.    Presiding at the
tea taWe were Mrs. Geo. Cohen a*4 the
. Misses Molly Freedman. Bertha Siglcr
and Mary Ross.
Mrs. M. Max entertained at a weekend   tea   io   honour  of   Mrs.   Barnet t of New York, who is the guest of Mrs. A.   Betiiuin.   Mrs, ~Wcncr   and ~ Mrs.~ Stonenoky presided at  the tea table.
assisted by the Misses Bea Slonerasky, Rose Max an<i Sylvia Gould.
Miss Dorothy Diamond has returned from Montreal where she spent the last few weeks with her ^rahdpacents, Mr. and Mr* M. Diamond.
Miss Malca Freedman entertained in honour of her cousin, Master Sigmtmd Rabinovich, of Montreal, who was in town for the Christmas holidays.
Miss MoJlie Miller, of Cornwall, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. Abelson.
�Mr. and Mrs. .Brodie and Miss Ginsberg went to Montreal last week for a short holiday.
Miss Sadie Shenkman and Mr. Sam Shenkman, who have been spending the holiday season with their grandmother, Mrs. Osman, in Montreal, have returned home;
The Y.M.H.A. Juvenile Basketball team advanced another match towards the championship by defeating Collegiate Greys 40 to 18. Davis was the outstanding star of the game and Molbt also played exceptionally well.
DEATH OF MR. MOSES BILSKY
A  shadow  has  been  cast  over  the Je\vish    community    by    the    passing away on  Thursday,  the  4th  inst.,  of.. Mr. Moses Bilsky in his ninety-fourth year.    The first Jewish settler in Ottawa when this city was still called By town ,. he saw the growth and development of a thriving    Jewish    community,    among whom he was held in patriarchal reverence.     He  inaugurated /the   first  congregational    services,    which    at    first were held in his own house, and at his own expense.    A Jew of the old school, he led a .truly Jewish lifet loyal to his religion, loyal to his family and friends as well as t<a his city and country.    In his   young   days   he   overcame   many physical". 'hardships in the course of his romantic  career.    In   1861   he  took  a trip to the Cariboo gold-mining country in   British   Columbia.    There  was  no railway   across   the   country   and   the journey had to be made -; by rail and water,   via   New  York,    the    Panama Isthmus,  San  Francisco  and   Victoria. The  journey  took  six  weeks.    Afterwards \yith some companions he made . li is way PJJ horseback to San Francisco via Walla, Walla, Wash., and Portland, Ore. - The   Civil   War .was"   raging   in the   United    States   and    Mr.    Bjlsky joined  Uncle  Sam's army  as  trooper. Tie was slightly wounded in the right leg helping .to  subdue  rioting in  San Francisco the day .that Abraham Lincoln was .assassinated  in AVashingtcn.    He returned . East in 1877 and established the jewelry business in Ottawa which is now being carried on by three of his sons,
His -.funeral on Sunday was attended by practically the entire Jewish popu-Jation of Ottawa as well as a large representation of gentiles in all walks of life, who turned out in spite of the zero weather to pay their last respects to their honoured fellow-citizen. From the house on Daly Avenue, the funeral cortege proceeded to the King Edward Avenue Synagog, passing en route the Rideau Street and Murray Street Synagogs, where the doors were opened to pay respect to the deceased. As a special mark of honour the remains were taken into the synagog, this being the first occasion on which this has ever happened in Ottawa. Dr. Abramo-witz, of Shaar Hashomayrm . Synagog, Montreal, who, with Rabbi Mirsky, officiated, paid a beautiful tribute to .the late Mr. Bilsky, describing him "as a type of the older generation to which the present clay owed so much of true virtue. "In him death .has taken away the oldest member of the Jewish community," he said; "in , fact death has removed a landmark in Canadian Jewry. He grew up with the commonity and gave of his strength to its upbuilding. not the least of his contributions to his count ry being the family which . fac brought up and taught .to be toyal. to their faith and to their countr>T- "e was the head of one of the most respected families in the community, and his death has now caused the first break in this [airily circle, which was bound
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week of his life he made a s;)ecial visit to all three synagogs to bid each a -last farewell, for God had put into the heart of this pious man the premonition that his end was near. Truly a pious man has-'been, removed .from-earth, a truly upright man is no 'more.1',                 .
Besides his \\ido\v, the chief mourners are five sons, Alex. M. of Montreal, Samuel of Otta\\;a, Nathan of Chatham, Jack and David of Ottawa, and .six daughters Mrs. AAV. Jacobs, of Montreal, Mrs< A. J. Freiman, of Ottawa, Mrs. A. J. Schragge and Mrs. A. Bronfman, of Winnipeg, and the Misses Eva and Tilly Bilsky at home. . There are in all efeven-. grandchildren"--.
Mr; and Mrs. A. J. Freiman with Miss Dorothy Freirnan were in'-New'York whence' Mrs. Kreiman was about to sail, for England to place./Miss Dorothy in school, when the news of "Mr. Bilsky's death.reached them and they immediat--eiy returned to Ottawa.          .',-'."
A striking tribute to the late Mr. Moses Bilsky 'vas paid by the board of directors of the Talmud Torah, who, with the staff of teachers and about 25 pupils, visited his late residence on Sunday morning,: when the children recited, tlv prayers for the dead. The late Mr. Bilsky -had always taken a keen interest in the teaching 6f.He.brew to the Jewish children of Ottawa. The members of the board of directors present were Messrs A. L. Florence, M. Lachovitz, X.Metrick, M. Loeb and H. Berlin.                                     :
President. Rose Shukyn; Secretary, Sylvia Segal; Treasurer, Cclia Schiff; Social Committee, Dorothy '.I.e vine' and Lillian Segal.
JUNIOR WELFARE
It is pathetic to relate how in the last
The Junior Welfare Girls spent a very enjoyable evening at the honie. of Miss Dorothy Levine, at a Chamikah ''party-Covers were jaid. for thirty girls, all being present. - There were many interesting features, one -being a sketch entitled "The Maccabaean." Those \vho took part were as follows: Mother, Dorothy Levine: Father, Telia Schiff; Children, Sarah Smith. Hilda Grdlibart. Reta Cass. Mollie Segal and Faye Born-stein. Several games were played, prize winners being Mis?rs fkrrrwie Slerker. Anna Mendelsohn. Dorothy Kandel and Sarah Smith. Mi^s Rose Shukyn dtlightcd th-j girl< with 'several vocal selections.                        .
The Junior Welfare Girls, of wlion^ the leaders are Miss Rose- Lrvt'\ and Miss Anna Irvine, wero organizetl on September 18. 1<>2L The ayes of the girls range from \3 to !5 year*.
They are doing very good work and at present they are rraking clothing for the Maternity Hrspitai in Pakstine. Their motto is "To give is a noble thing." and they are trying to live iip to it.
The cfikexs of the club at the present time are: President. Moilie Segal: Yiee-
400 ATTEND EZRAS NOSHEM BANQUET
.Last    Sunday    was   'celebrated-..the ninth anniversary of.-'the Ezras Xoshem at a banquet held in Sons of England .'-Hall. . Over 400 'members and''-friends. Were    in    attendance.    Mr.    (Jebirtag acted as Chairman;        .              ,    .
Rabbi (iordon and Rabbi Siegel were gi\-en an ovation as they took their j)laccs at the head table. Both speakers emphasized the <good work of .the � wbiiien in Toronto, and llic splendid movement of Jewish efforts in organizing the Tbrcinto Jewish Hospital in this city..: - �� ����_.'.- �:. - . '� '.'� -.';.�-,'. . _ .- . .
.Nlr. Levinter addressed the audience and wished them every success "in. their, undertaking.
The- Board, the cfiicers and executive of the Society presented Mrs. Cirecn-berg with a (iiamond la valllere.
Mrs. Grecnbcrg thanked the officers and members for their beautiful gift, but preferred that the money spent go back to the hospital fund.
The donation's'-."during the evening amounted to $550.                  . :
The Ezras Xcshem wishes to thank the patrons of the /.banquet." ami the donors for their support.
The banquet ended- with P. (lane.1, which proved a social suc<\ ss.
NORDAU GIRLS
The  Xordati  Girls'  Club  held  their semi-annual^ election    of   r.l'fia rs,    on Sunday, January 7, and tlu- results were .as    fellow?:     "President.     Miss    Celia "Katzman";   vioprcsident. .-Miss    Rcsc Roscnl>erg: stcrctary. Miss Lillian Site-inert;    treasurer.    Aliss    Bissie*    Kilien: social     and      amusement     commiuec. Tvlisscs  Bessie Cohen.   Bella   Ervnl>^!g. Annie    Brown    and    Minni'o   S >nproft\
DE SOLA CLUB
The De- -Sola Chib. he:M a fl.ntir-.�ni and �ciichro op New- Year'> l-.\*. i'nzes were <ir>tributul t�xi tht: nr-st- sr *'� >sfui Txirticlpants. The k-;ut;rx- .jtLr.u-tton *){" the tvtninsi was a skv t< !v fk pining "Soldiers* LiiV in thr Tanchis." in which Mt>:�!>. Al and. Loir Kern�r:.run. the principal-. di>nl�iyt-ti n-r.arkablc talent undvr ihe ablf f!iF<ct;on ��* Mr.
Mr.    < :nt
s vrra! r-.t^r.itir.ns. A v�i:rt ot k> va- t.T..->t Tti! ih.- tn! rt^'ncrs hv Mr. S. Rc5rr.I>l�*orr\ the ^ �� tary. The >f>cMke rs n'c TLT Mt r>r^ I. Kr. �k< >wt r. pftsuknt. I. Hun*itz.-\ir--pr.sKlrnt. and ^Ir. Sid Otis. iTio sorlat chairniari.