The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-09
WOE WEIGHS ON MANDELRAUM
,yD WIEN HE THINKS, GOOD
EASY NAN, FULL SURE,
M, Greatness Ia a-Ripenlug. Mrs. Man
deIbaum Hugs Goose, Also a.Ripen-
ing. which Falls 10 survive the
theological Discussion II Engenders.


a., s,r,st has new sadness. Unlike some
.tbis prcyious. sadnesses this can be meas
..I {, cost him 50 20 and great loss Of
prestige.
His sorrows are a part OF the history OF
PITT street. that monumental work now
helng composed by Louis aeltner. the at
,orney at No O. They urn ~ ARK spot
n a narrative OF uninterrupted peace and
prosperity
Mandelbaum leased the tenement at No.
=; last sumner and started saloon on the
ground floor The four upper floors were
ooo1pled by eight oontented families
Nandelhaum "a ne said himself, coveted
those rooms for clubs und associationses
n men nit each odder.- To make the
tenants move ne got the Board OF Health
10 condemn the tenement
We'll. the troubles he had after that are
TOO long and sad 30 tell in full. They we're
outlined in TUE sun last summer "a they
srdyed. one by one The tenants, Who
sava chance for avoiding rent day tried 70
roob Judge. burned Mr.. Bosses second
hand lounge in the hope that it would set
era to the tenement caused Mr.. Mandel
h.uu TO rush out at o'clock in the morn
inr in red undergarments and direct the
on4nIions of a second alarm fire call,
caused permanent impairment TO the health
and feelings Of Mrs. Rosie Winkowsh, who
leared out Of second story window onto a
feather bed in the consequent panic, and
brought on a dill pickle famine in Pitt
street owing to the bursting Of kegs rolled
down the fire escapes in haste.
The Joan Of Arc OF the tenants was Mrs
IAidner and this is why she wouldn't
move. On the Fourth of July an exuberant
barber. overcome with the spirit of liberty,
shot Mr. Leidner in such manner that he
convalesced on his stomach. Leidner
wanted the barber to pay his doctor bills,
his drug bills, 81 IS day for time lost from
the push cart business and SIS extra. The
barber stood for everything but the i25.
Now, Mrs. Leidner maintained that II they
moved it was confession that Leidner
didn't need the SIS. and besides the longer
she stayed the longer she didn't pay rent
She held the fort with an iron water pitcher
until the Law came and moved the Leidners
bodily.
The Leidners got their SIS and Mr.. Man
dslbaum got his house cleared and started
70 take out partitions and make it over
h lodge rooms. Mr. Leidner invested
pest Of his $25 in an almost new plug hat,
v ioh he wore every Sabbath right where
NSndelbaum could see him.
Last Monday the Mandelbaum place was
all renovated. Associationses of men NIT
each odder had rented every room Care
seemed dead and sorrow sleeping.
i -.
Ia ell righdt. Everydings is fixted. No
more trupples. gifts maybe two hundert
ten dollars every meeting. Imakes a cele-
trationsi You buys me goose!'
Mrs Mandelbaum didn't wait for him
to pull the offer back. She sped to Joe
Monheimer. the kosher butcher, and
bought a l2-pound goose, recommended
strictly kosher, for 20 cents pound just
marked down from 49,
1t would have been all right il Mrs. Man
debaum hadn't become pulled up with
worldly pride. But on the way home she
showed that goose TO the envious neigh
hons. Among them was Leidner, with
his new silk hat on.
Leidner looked the goose over and his
face assumed an expression Of disgust.
VA! Die gans iss nit kosher!' he cried
and pointed TO its leg.
Mrs Mandelbaum looked; every one
looked 1t seemed only too tine. just
under the knee of that goose was kind of
bunch
1t growed nit doubled choints, said
Mrs Mandelbaum, hoping against hope.
GAM nits. said Leidner. 1T was broked
sretty' Every one on Pitt street knows
what that means. II goose or any other
edible biped or quadruped isn't perfect
when il is killed with the ceremonial knife,
il isn't kosh or, and to eat he reof is sin.
Mrs Mandelbaum wept as she bore her
purchase home. She didn't try to get
Nonhemer to take il back. She knew
AOnheimer
And Mr. Mandelbaum realized that when
sorrow forsakes the human breast for a
time, she is only saving it up for harder
lab
Don't cry, Rebeoca, he said manfully,
'Maypeit iss all righdt. secs de ra bbi
So they cut the injured leg on that goose,
and with il Mandelbaum sought Rabbi
Ziatapueky in Pitt street. Tho RABBI
collected 20 cents in advance, consulted
many Hebrew texts and ruled
Nicht Kosher Mande lhaum dragged
his sorrows homeward. On the way he
decided 10 sent 30 cents in good money
after $500 in bad. and leave it to Rabbi
bronoisky. The latter wouldn't make
uhng
The city ought to hire a kosher meat
inspector he said. Keep your 30 cents.
he added with admirable self-denial.
Nandelhaum slept on his troubles that
night In the morning. nc decided TO play
the rubber and spend the 30 cents anyhow.
Tor he was growing desperate He sped
10 Rosenstein in Sheriff street, beat him
Gown by fve-ceut stages from 50 cent? TO
80 and put the question:
Kosher. OF course id is kosher for
you said the rabbi. who is great scholar.
II he aindt kosher. de rabbi vot killed him
has snned DeY aindt but one sin 10 one
goose.
Joyfuly erultant, Mr. Mandelbaum fed
home
:. As he pufTed up the stairs. he saw Mrs.
NnndeIhaum Fastening toward the window,
carrying something wrapped in a news
pap% at the extreme other end Of n coal
shovel. The cat was climbing the balus-
trade. and the dog was trying to bury his
head under mattress.
MheT, Vat ISIS id?- asked Mandelbaum.
i, todlrzs said his wife. az she dumped
~ bundle out OF the window thus clearing
Ins atmosphere about rs per cent. @De
goose mas spoilted. Das ISIS all
NAY REPRIEVE MRS. ROGERS.