New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
MSS LOEW'.S DUTIES.
AS GENERAL, ATTORNEY OF THE LEGAL
AID SOCIETY SHE MEETS WITH
CURIOUS CASES.

Miss Rosalie I-oew, who recently succeeded carr
L. Schurz general attorney of the Legal ala
Society gave interesting facts regarding the
work Of the Womans Branch of that society IN
the United Charities Building to Tribune reporter
yesterday.
During the last year she said, the s1naliesl
amount collected 40 cents and the largest s'6Z-
The latter widow had been trying for SIX months
TO collect from a life Insurance company. Inc ~
cents was the stipulated price for ten hours WORK
in scrubbing the floors of hotel. Foreigners I'M
familiar with the ways and laws OF the country
are among the most frequent clients. A promo
source is the Jewish quarter where 1t Is the COM
mon practice for immigrants just arrived to pay
all their money Inscriptions tracesmen, VINO
agree TO teach them their trades, and at the end
Of a month discharge them for new apprentices
with money to pay. These people are reached
through enticing Yfddish advertisements, which
promise permanent positions with steady pay at
the end of four weeks The only benefit which
such workers receive is permission to work in the
cigar cigarette shops or at machine operating
and they almost invariably leave little better fitted
for earning d living than when they began Ihis
matter has reached serious proportions. and re
spectacle heads OF trades are interested at the
present time in devIsing means for its prevention.
The craving of many of the clients of the most
ignorant classes for vengeance or satisfaction
as they call it, is not encouraged. and in all cases
1t is shown them that arbitration where 1t Is
possible, is better than litigatio
The work Of the Legal Aid Society has for its
aim the Fighting of the wrongs Of the poor ana
the adjustment of their disputes The proximity
of the Woman's Branch to the other charltaDie
organiza lions the building is particularly happy
as 1t enables it to cooperate with them easily
For example, when poor woman with number
of children applies for bread of these charl
ties ii necessary after her immediate needs have
been met. TO ascertain the cause of her INDECENT
condition, and If wrong has been done her 10 as
certain its precise character and find means Tor
righting ii. Not infrequenty a man VINO Is no
Twin with wife
ing her, and knowing that he will find no way
of escape through the court, he takes desperate
and begins action for absolute divorce, rely
ing the hope that the woman VIII be TOO lgno-
rant to put in defence, and that the case Will go
by default. In of that kind, also. the Legal
Society interferes. ends the action, ana com
els the TO continue the care OF his FANNY.
in vogue among Jewish rabbis of the Russian i'm
migrants on tF1 East Side which causes consdera-
bic trouble. 1t appears that among these people
the rabbi has the right 10 separate a wife from
the husband at the latter's request. and that his
fictuu has all the effect of divorce Many of the
foreigners being ignorant of the fact that this
ton is not legal in this country, much distress IS
gains permission from the rabbi to marry some
Young girl, and when wife and children from the
old country put in appearance there IS trouble IN
the camp.
Among the difficulties that have been adjusted
is the case Of a who discovered after the
death of her husband that his employer owed him
s4nG The brakeman was deeply involved, had a
number Of judgments against him, and at first
fused pay her anything. but lengthy negotiations