s ld.lt.h Dr ss mas
Putting aside all questions as to its
lDtrinsIc value, the Yiddish drama ls
one of the remarkable developments
of Jewish life In Its ghetto environ
ment. The first performance of Gold
faden's "Shulamith" occurred in Uou
mania only twenty-five years ago. To
day Goldfuden's operettas, simple in
structure and rudely Imitative In form,
have turned out to be the crude begin?
ning of a dramatic repertory which in?
cludes nowadays the classic dramas of
German, English and Ituaslau Utera
ture and one dramatic writer of su?
perior talent, Jacob Gordln. It will
soon be able to claim as Its own the
talent of two of the foremost Yiddish
authors of the day, Perotz nnd Sholom
Alckem. To cover the dramatic period
which consumed four centuries In the
life of the English drama In such a
surprisingly brief space of time Indi
cates anew the phenomenal asslmlla
tlve and recuperative power of the
Jewish people The rapid stride the
Yiddish dramu has made nt un art
fully expresfclve of the life of the peo
pie ls oue of the most striking phe
comena In modern literature.?Amerl
can Hebrew
Cotton In India.
Cotton fabrics form practically the
sole raiment of all the millions of In?
dia. The cotton ls now almost entirely
spun there by machinery Fifty per
cent of the spinning and the wenvlng
is done in the city of Rombay. Last
year's profits of the Bombay mills
were estimated at over $n,r>oo,ooo.
I>abor ls extremely cheap. An average
weaver working thirteen hours per day
for twenty-six days tn the month
would earti only $&.41V
A Rich Man.
