The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
SOLD A KISS FoR A DOLLAR:
The Buyer Was "a Friend of Her
Woodworking Husband.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Max Rappaport married his sweetheart
in Poland in 1886, and, after they had
struggled along for six months, their unit
ed earnings hardly paying for the food
they ate, he made up his mind to come
to this country. His wife kissed him fare
well as he set out for the seaboard, and a.
year ago he landed here, strong and will
ing to work hard to get the money to pay
his wife's passage. lie was bred in the
trade of a harness maker and he found
work a-plenty here. An excellent work
man. he labored early and late, so that an
July he was able to buy ticket and send
1t to his wife, who promptly came over TO
join him.
They took rooms at 191 Orchard street,
and during the summer Max worked hard
er than before to pay for the furnishing or
their home and for the new clothing that
his wife desired, because she wanted to
look like an American. To earn the
money the husband spent most of his time
at his employers shop, at 206 Division
street, where he sewed diligently away on
bicycle saddles from dawn until WITHIN an
hour of midnight interruptng his work
only to go to his home to eat. For his
wifes sake he was willing to go without
recreation and all the other tenants or
the tenement in which they lived enved
her.
Maxs wife. having become an American
found that the men who lived in the house
cast admiring glances at her. AT first she
paid no attention to them, for her time
was occupied in arranging her home. But
after she had got things in order, she had
more time to think of herself. and to be
lonely With her husband al work day
and evening, she found that time hung
heavy and before long she viewed with
more favor the men who stopped to look
Of har 81 a know them.
one or two called on her while her husband
was not al home.
Her circle of acquaintance widened rap
idly, and the other tenants talked about
her and her callers. None of their talk
reached Max's ears, and on each pay day
he emptied his pockets into his wife
apron and set out to earn some more mon
ey for her.
The talk in the tenement grew, and so
a week ago some one told Max that an-
other man had kissed his wife. Max woulu
not believe it. Within a few minutes an
other man stopped him as he was hurry
ing to his work and said that on the day
before his wife and another man had been
seen walking arm in arm on the street.
Max hurried back to his rooms and asker
his wife if it was true. She laughed az
him and told him he was simple. 80 no
went away. He thought of what he lad
heard. and as he thought became unshaKy
David Gottesfeld, his shopmate, and sai1
he would do as David advised. DaVi9
would not advise, and Max finally toil
him that, as his friend, he must test nus
wife and try to buy a kiss from her.
Dacid had no objection to kissing ME-,
Rappaport and no man would have anu
Max gave marked 81 bill to pay to Ms
wife. for the kiss. ~.
Accordingly David started early from ~
shop on Wednesday and walked 10 LI I
tenement where Max lived
did not know Mrs. Rappa
port but he saw a young W"
man who fitted Max's description OF heI,
and to her he bowed. She smiled pach az
him and they began to talk together. "a "a
vid pleaded for a kiss and said he wou,-
buy it, and Mrs. Rappaport closed the va
gain. .,.--.,r,
Then David went away and told the s'1Ls s
to Max. Max went home. lie tolu ~
wife he bad four silver quarters ana wau
ed to get 81 bill for them. He askea n,d
il she had a bill. She said she haa aIs
gave the marked note to him in eHcha.tGiv
for his silver. Then there was ia""''
meeting. ,,ot
Yesterday Max was at the Essex MAJ M .bs
police court when it opened. lie ld'S AZ.
bill on Magistrate Cranes desk anu .od
manded a divorce. The magistrate bis
him that another court must care l To-
case. Max went away. He tod uyt'sr
field that he was going to run 70 lls and
Gottesfeld dissuaded him from tuiS ont
Rappaport went home. Then he wen Ssosrt
again with, as Gottesfeld said ms N'
/ within broken"