A direct backthed Alliance’s a puritanical idea would not me the approval of the great nor citizens. While the fight will ed against the Lord’s Day All! paganda as if see there will be an effort to disab governor's mind of the seats which has been reported popu! certain Republican circles ae liberal attitude towards a present Democratic AA should be reversed in reprisable popularity Governor Smith is have gained in sporade circles by ing the Boxing bill — Robert L. Morin, county clerk of Bronx, announced, December he would organize at once; the for the Preservation . Sunday Re cae is to function’ in ’ boroughs and is to wage a warfare on those who want for their own ideas of how to play on others with more . Mr. Moran said a citizens’ Commi would lead the ‘organization and it would co-operate with such or as have the same object in view, was explained that Mr Moran particularly resentful of the ; of the Rev. Dr. Harry L. Bowlby, retary of the pier Day” Pe resident of New Jersey. The clerk believes the clergyman confine his efforts to his own state, least, until he has brought that to the point of Sunday “perfection” he desires for New York, Mr. decision was based largely, it was upon his belief that a return so a old Puritan Sabbath would mean renesence in this city of all sorts of secret haunts of vice and crime. Mr. Moran and some of those who are sup porting him are convinced that if all sorts of wholesome sports and se ments were made unlawful, 188 of persons would be driven, not the churches, but into less and lawful means of passing weekly day of rest. yman Samuel Dickstein announced that would reintroduce when the convenes next month the bill which narrowly, escaped passage fast. ‘ work so as to permit those who ob serve the seventh day instead of the first of the day of rest to engage in secular business. Herman Weiss, an inmate of the Sons and Daughters of Israel Home, recently underwent a serious and recovered so rapidly that ate very short time he was able to the hospital. In view of the fact Mr. Weiss is 101 years old, rather noteworthy. Assistant United States District At torney Samuel I. Kessler, of Newark, N. J., and Miss Hortensen. Fuld, of Paterson, N. J., were married Novem ber 29, in Barnet Memorial Hall, Pater son, by Rabbi yeager d. cee bride, who is then Mr. Mrs. Moses I. Fuld, was attended by Miss Theora Katz as maid of honor and the other attendants were Miss Dora Bloom and Mrs. Charlotte Ep stein and young Misa Joneen who acted as flower,girls. Dr. H. B. Kessler, of Newark, served as his brother's best man and ,the ushers were Bernard Epstein, Arthur, Friend, Nathaniel Kessler, and Morris Cohn. The marriage of Miss Rebecca Kauf man, daughter of Mrn and Mrs. K. Kaufman, of Newark, N. J., and Alvin S. Levien of Brooklyn, took place De cember 1 at the Hotel Astor, the Rev. Dr. S. Foster officiating, Ralph Jonas, a brother-in-law of the bridegroom, act ed as best man. After an extended honeymoon trip in the South, Mr. and Mrs. Levien will reside at 128 Osborne Terrace, Newark. Louis Metzger, 76 years old, former ly head of the firm of Louise Son, dealers in confectioners’ su plies, died, on November 27, at the home of his son-in-law, 4 Prospect Park Southwest. Mr. Metzger was a trustee of the Temple Israel. Ignatius L. Rosenthal, of 135 Cen tral Park West died November 20 of pneumonia following an operation. He was 55 years old. Mr. Rosenthal was at the head of the banking house of Rosenthal Sons of Guatemala and of the coffee importing and exporting firm of Rosenthal Son. Julius Strauss,twice president of the Unity Club, Brooklyn, died suddenly December 2 of a paralytic stroke at his apartment in the Hotel Peter Stuy vesant, 2 West Highly-sixth street. He was 58 years old and had lived most of his life on President street, Brook lyn. He had built more than four hun dred apartment houses in that borough and one hundred at Neponsit, L. I. He was a trustee of the Jewish Hospital, a director of the Hebrew Orphan Asy lum and a former vice president of the Citizens Trust Company. Louis Spiegel, a retired wholesale liquor dealer of Brooklyn, died of pneumonia December 2 at his home, 280 Argyle road, Flatbush. Mr. Spie gel was a former president of the United Distillers of New York and president of the Spiegel Kramer In vestment Company. He was a mem ber of Arcana Lodge, 246, F. and A. M., the Scottish rites bodies and OF Kismet Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Miss Woith Mildred Engel, dat of Mr. and Mrs. Max Engel of 106, tral Park West, and Harry