The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Hired, Says Yak GrOssfeld, to
Break Up Happy Home.
HUSBAND DID NOT MAKE GOOD
Now Dealer ia Eggs Declares in Az
adayit Made for Feminine Object
of Conspiracy that lie Did His Best
to Rupture Marital Felicity Until
Too Much Was Asked of Him.

the first gentleman, or husband, will have
grounds for divorce-in a case like that.
It is the opinion of young AIr. Yak Gross
field. dealer IN strictly unadulterated eggs
down in Washington Market, that the
first gentleman ought to slip across the
fifty bones 10 the second gentleman.
The fact that the first gentleman. in
stead of getting the divorce, is now pay
ing $40 week alimony and claims that
he got all beaten up besides. does not. IN
Yak's opinion. enter into the transac-
ticn. Yak, as gentleman of the second
part, did his honest little best anyway.
he claims. TO earn the $50 and only de-
sisted when he was convinced that the
first gentleman sometimes seemed 10 ex-
pect him TO do things quite unworthy of
a young man Of Yak's standing In the
egg world
Qualifications OF Yak GrOssfeId..
II you only knew Yak. you could quite
understand his sworn assertion that when
the first gentleman. Mr.. Jake Herman.
the prominent musical merchant and
watch repairer. Of 50 Clinton street. looked
about for some one with a bit OF an air
that would captivate the heart Of Mrs.
Herman. wife Of the prominent music
seller there wasn't a fedgeling in all
the younger set of the East Side who
quite framed up TO Mr.. Yak Grossfeld
for manliness Of face and carriage sang
froid, and nOnchalance. repartee. and all
that all-around devtIishness so necessary
to the successful breaker of hearts and
homes.
For he has the soulful brown eyes
that marked him, a. he says. an affinity
God help him-from the hour of his birth.
And his voice IS soft and pleading. And
he carries his clothes with a perfect ease
as II they We're made for him. IN the
business. he has the unique power TO
lay strictly fresh eggs at the feet OF an
fmpressionable housewife every day, II he
so desired. and never miss them
Eggs Potency in COurtship.
Bringing violets to a blushing debutante
each morning may win the frivolous
When one comes TO the more mature
housewife. with two children. and the
hens holding out for 46 cents and more a
dozen. she's for him who has the power
10 lay eggs instead on the doorstep.
II was a soft spring afternoon Of the
long ago. young AIr. GrOssfeid says. that
marked the beginning OF his indiscreet
romance. Sunday had come. ard he was
standing IN front of his home at 23l
Stanton street thinking only OF eggs
Also, according 10 his affidavit. now on
/ file in the Offices Of House. Crossman
and Voorhees,, attorneys for Mrs. Her
man. Mr.. Grossfeld says he was watch
ing the people passing by and passing
/ by"
People passed and passed. some coming
and others going when out OF the throng
OF fashionable folk stepped figure. It
was a man and total stranger 10 Mr..
Grossfeld.
GO-between Comes to Front.
Now, Mr.. Grossfeld knows that this
person was none other than Mr.. Kopel
Shifte-. the prominent stool-pigeon. Up
to that moment Mr.. Grossfeld and Mr.
Shifter were to each other as If they
never had met
Mr.. Grossfeld IS not the sort OF person
that viii talk about himself unneces-
sarily Just 10 complete details he VIII
admit that Mr. Shifter. after one glance
at Mr.. Grossfeld. saw he was good. And
at that time Mr.. Shifter had no notion
I Of Mr.. GTOssfelds egg ability
They talked Of the beauty OF the
day and Of their plans and young am
bitions. and Of socialism. Mr. Gross
field asked why the many should slave
for the few, quite forgetting, in the
enthusiasm Of the moment. the thank
| less drudgery Of the hen.
And Mr.. Shifter said: NO wonder
there are anarchists. and asked AR
Grossfeld. according 20 the affidavit.
by the bye. whether he could find time
during bis leisure moments TO run
over 10 so Clinton street now and then
and bust a fat over q music shop. The
remuneration was ample. Mr.. Gross
field says Mr.. Shifter said. One dol
lar a day expense money would be al
lowed Mr.. GrossfeId by Mr.. Herman
while Mr. GrOssfeld was making love TO
Mrs Herman. and, besides, a bonus Of
S25-in lump bunch.
Hired "Afinityv on His job,
So Mr.. Grossfeld hurried over to the
Hermans 10 be introduced to Mrs. Her
man.
An, the way those dollar bills flew
after that. Mr.. Grossfeld says. The
days when he took her to the Aqua
I
Central to watch the trains come and
so, and to clap their hands delighted
ly. rapturously. in front Of the pho
nograph train announcers; the day he
/ took her TO see the feet in the North
River and the wonders Of Grants
Tomb, and the glad, mad spins around
the city in the Belt Line horse cars.
/ They're but memories now, simmer
! ing dreams Of other days. And if Mr.
/ Grossfeld were not attractive enough
/ in his own right, which were ridicu-
Ious. Mr.. Herman. the broken hearted
/ husband, would paint the lily by pre-
| senting his hired heart breaker with a
new hat.
What boots it that Fannie Herman.
who soon vas 10 be parted almost at the
altar. doth swear and affirm that
/ throughout il all she was for Plato. and
/ that nobody can say that" about her?
Let her husband admit only paragraphs
one two. and three of her sworn state
ment-that he WAS married TO Fannie:
4 that he is a resident Of the city Of New
York; nd,-three. that they had issue.
\ two children.
Let him deny. as he does, each and
every allegation in paragfaph four and
! subdivisions thereto designated as A, b.
c. d. E. +, G. H, ana I.
Deninls TINT Boot Nothing.
Let him deny paragraphs five. six.
seven. and eight, and, If there had been
any more paragraphs. those too.
I Go through the afidavits Of Fannie's
/ friend. Sophie Katz. which Sophie. for
reasons quite obvious, choose 10 swear
to on March II last. And hear the affi-
davits of Ida Jacobs. and Jacob GrossfeId
himself, Willie Goldstein-all Fannie's
friends-and who win tell you that Mr..