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office of the factory came up to me as the manager of 

 the affair, and asked if they might contribute their 

 bit to the entertainment. They were comedians, they 

 said. Their "bit" was the great hit of the evening, 

 and no wonder, for a few years later they appeared as 

 headliners on Broadway with "Weber and Fields." 



Early one morning the next Spring, on the first 

 day of Pesach, my husband happened to go up to the 

 railroad station, and while there he was handed a tele- 

 gram. I saw him stagger and turn ashen white as he 

 read it. 



"What's die trouble? What 'has happened?" I 

 asked. 



He handed me the telegram. It said: 



"Your integrity at stake. Come to New York as 

 soon as you can. 



"JULIUS GOLDMAN/' 



"I am going by the next train," he said, recovering 

 himself a little. And two hours later he left for 

 New York in an intensely agitated state of mind. On 

 the following day, when he returned, he told me the 

 story. 



A certain person, connected with the New York 

 office of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, jealous of my 

 husband's good work in Woodbine, and of his excel- 

 lent standing with the Committee and the people, be- 

 gan by insinuation, dropping a word now and then, to 

 try to arouse suspicion in the minds of the Committee, 



