Eddie Cantor presided yesterday at a “minute breakfast” of the Women’s Division of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies. Seven hundred women attending each paid eleven dollars, the cost of operating the Federation for one minute.
Mrs. Sidney C. Borg and Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, chairmen of the Women’s Division campaign, with Mrs. Allie S. Freed, chairman of the breakfast committee; Mrs. Samuel Lamport, Mrs. Albert Warner, Mrs. Charles Cohen, Mme. Hilda Lashanska, Mrs. Samuel Ungerleider and Mrs. Benjamin H. Jacob took part in the ceremony of lighting the Menorah.
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