In spite of all earnest remonstrances and reminders we learn that plenty of private Minjanim (religious quorums) were arranged in the different sections of the city during the last holidays. The fact has been repeatedly pointed out to our correligionists that these private side-shows are an injury to our regular congregations, nay, that some of these minjanim are even a disgrace to Judaism and a libel on religion, but all these undeniable assertions, notwithstanding the disgraceful private speculations multiply with every year. Some of the patrons of these superfluous institutions try to explain the strange phenomenon in the following manner:

Owing to the fact that the Israelites of Chicago live so scattered all over the city, there were many private minjanim this year during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In this regard it is getting worse every year. the area of the city is rapidly extending and the distances are naturally increasing. Many an Israelite would like to join a congregation, not only for the sake of attending divine worship at a regular respected 2house of prayer, but mostly for the sake of sending his children to the Sabbath school, yet it is almost impossible for them to do so, for they live a great distance away from any Sabbath school, and how can they send little children a distance of several miles, especially in the winter season?