Dr. Herzl—Intime
[The writer has confined himself closely to his subject. Without intruding too much on the privacy of the Herzl family he offers the readers some interesting glimpses of family life. Studies of Dr. Herzl as Zionist, as leader, as statesman, will be published as opportunity offers.]
THE son of a merchant eager to learn, as there are thousands in any great city, utilizing their capabilities as the propelling force with which to obtain the degree of doctor, a rich wife, and a twenty line obituary, in due course—such is the common fate of the majority. Theodor Herzl, born in Budapest, in the
The background shows the famous Rhine Bridge, Basle
strenuous sixties, however, found an idea which made him and it great, which has set him above his normal surroundings.
Herzl has realized the dream of every man to make for himself a name famous in every clime, and of which the future historian of the Jews will have to take account.
A bottle of Palestinian wine, to produce which Jews have planted the cutting, tended the vine and pressed the grapes, first turned Dr. Herzl's mind towards the hitherto unknown Zionism. A relative, a brother-in-law, who had sent that bottle from the Holy Land, was questioned as to its origin. In reply, he related how, after two thousand years of sterility, Judah's ground was again rewarding the Jewish toiler. The greatness of this idea was victorious,