New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
THE WIDOWS LAWSUIT.
TALE or TWO DELCATEssEN SHOPS

SHOWING HOW NEW RESPECT FOR THE COURTS
HAS FOUND ITS WAY INTO EAST HOUSTON ST.
Mrs. Schuinger widow and proprietor Of the
delcatessen store a. No. il6 East Hous,on-st-. Is
in the enjoyment OF victory. and T. Granitz and
r. Granitz. his wife Joint propretors Of the deli
catessen store at No So In the next block. Al
though preserving outwardly their usual front,
are suffering the pangs of defeat Whenever
Mrs. Rosa Granite or her husband catches sight
Of Mrs Schunger or the dapper young man
who assists MIS-. SchulinEer In the conduct OF
the business at No. ll6 there Immediately en-
sues sunening Of muscles and nettlesorn en esq
Of bearing. and the Granite eyes take on that
stony unseeing look that IL the way with eyes
on occasion. AS for Mrs Schulinger. that frAil
and careworn widow mother Of 1--WE az likely
young East Sid-rs a. there are on the block sbe
goes On her way in the full serenity OF conscious
rectitude. With only slight sufTusion OF pink In
her worn checks. and perhaps nervous tight
ening On The strings Of the knitting or shopping
bag that she carries II all the hard feeling and
bitterness now blockaded in the GranitI breast
should be let loose against the widow ne result
might make history in the neighborhood but. as
it is the mother Of the five little Schullngers has
right and the law on her side. and public sentk
ment is with her.
II vas in the last month OF 1897 that the
widow. having accumulated by unfasging in
dustry at Jobwork. Homework and sewing the
sum u 500 a sum representing years Of labor
and selfdena because Of the Ave small Schu-
fingers 20 be cared for). realized the height Of
her desires and became the proprietor Of deli
catcssen store. The deceased Schuingcr had
been manager OF such a little shop once, and she
had gained insight into the business Just as
her savings had reached the round practicable
sum Of 500. and she was casting about for de-
srable stand TO purchase, Il. Grantz, who kept
the "Old Homestead' decatessen store, which
she had long patronized ION occasion when she
had not time to cook the meals), wanted To sell
out The "Old Homestead" would be a beaut-
full stand The store vas small. but. in the
Widows eyes Il full large. even spacious.
The two dark back rooms would make excellent
living quarters for her brood, and she would get
her husbands nephew to help in the shop. A
business so long established could not fail 10 be
lucrative. All the neighborhood dealt there. had
dealt there for years and would go on dealing
there II she kept the store Just as nice. and she
and Lambert together would work hard to
please the people and keep up the business. Afer
mature consideration and much consultation with
friendly advisers-her well TODD aunt. the
plumbers widow who lived UP in Harlem Mr..
SchnIeker the tobacco and snuff dealer. who had
been her husbands great friend. and Mrs. Rem
derman. who kept the thread and needle and
pattern store where she had frequently found
work-the widow decided TO invest her little all
and buy out the dellca lessen business at the Old
Homestead Everything was settled satLsftac-
tor,Iv T.. Grlntz agreed not to start 4 similar
business in the neighborhood or anywhere
where 1t would be likely to interfere with the
widows custom
The deal being closed Mrs schuiinger found.
somewhat to her regret that the sign OF tho Old
Homestead was not included In the property.
That sign Nj Grants priced. and would keep az
a souyenIr Anyhow. It was better for new
e,gn bearing Mrh schulingeTs name to be put
no over the door Everybody In the neishbor-
hood knew the stock Of goods hsbituany kept at
No 11o. The Sign was very small matter.
Settled In her new business Mrs. 6chulinseT
worked early and lats. not only to make The shop
attractive, but to secure such nSl' additions TO