The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-20
CANTOR CRUEL, SAYS
YOUNG WIFE He SUES
Mrs. Bernard Steinbcrg Ac.
cuscs Tempel BETHEL Sing .
. er Of Kicking Her.
BLACKMAIL. HE REPLIES

lie calls me a blackmailer. yet he
knows down In the bottom OF his black
heart Of the suffcrings I endured while
living with him. A beast OF the wilder
ness would have received better treat
e thar 7 received from such n brute
rs ne is"
This Ii one of the statements made
by Mrs. Hazel S~teinberg. 10 years old.
concerning her husband, the Rev. Ber-
nard Steinberg. chief cantor OF the Tenn
pie BETHEL. who Is thirteen years older
than his wife and IL suing her to annul
his marriage, on the ground that Mrs.
Steinberg has been cold to him ever
since their marriage because she does
not love him.
Mrs. Steinbers has filed a counterclaim
for separation. on the ground OF cruelty.
She has asked supreme Court Justice
Finch for $3.50 n week aliinony and
$1,000 counsel fee pending the suit. AZ
ter reading vOluminous anidavits In the
case Justice Finch awarded $40 a week
alimony and $50 counse! fee.
The ~Steinbergs were married March
90. 1916. Mrs. S,einberg says in her
affidavit that In March last she sued
for a separation in Brooklyn but the
action was dropped.
The aIYidavi, stated that the Rev.
Mr.. Stcinberg il chief cantor Of "the
wealth.cst and most exclusive congre-
CATION in the United States and hat
Ills salary. combined with the perQui-
sites Of his Office, such as engagements.
weddings n L.. amounts to &c.,
900 "A year. lie has 4 music studio
which she believes nets him $4,000 a
year additional. She says that she Ia
entirely dependent on him because she
has never earned her W living and
makes her home with her widowed
mother. who IL unable TO provide for
her.
"My husbands conduct has been uni-
formly brutal ann unkind." says Mrs.
Steinbcrg. lie Is erratir and tempera-
mental. and has caused me nothing but
unhapplress | am IN constant fear OF
further abuse and cruelty. He com
PEELED ire To him to ,res,au-
rants AT such hours as his business en-
gagemen,s permitted him to th.nk OF
such an uuaes,hetir thing as food.
Prom IN" beginning 81 our welded
life he has been insarely Jealous OF me
and when talking with him in public he
has compelled me to refrain from CLAN
cling at any one hut him. or otherwise
ne would falsely accuse me OF flirting
with some imaginary person. He has
' NV 'NN " ~
and common. ordinary f'rt.'
Ills conduct has been such that ! have
been unable TO call my soul my own but
hay. been compelled to get his permits
sion for anything | wanted TO do no
matter how trivial.
when he failed 10 keep his prjnis.
TO buy me a dinner rinr ] bought one
for sl23, As soon az he found Oh, about
i, he displayed an unEcv.rnable rage and
said I was a good for nothing low doc
10 buy s'ich trash lie kicked me and
shook me
Answering; his wif"'s charges. the Rev
Mr.. St.iOb.rg says that she never had
! any intention % living with him she
hopes to wiring and squeeze money out OF
me" he SANS. Her statements were q
mass Of f~alsehoods." he says. because
his salary Is only se.70o a year and his
perauisi,es average only $50. His
studio. he says. has provided no income,
but has been II los and put him
hopelessly IN debt.
MY wife thinks that because OF my
position az a Clergyman and because thy
existence will I've ruined by the publica-
ton of her charges she can compel me
a. beg, borrow or steal "A sum of money
60 give her says Mr.. Steinberg. "She
q no interest in household affairs and
when not going To- restaurants and
places OF amusement She was spendins
her time looking out OF the window OF
reading trashy novels suggested that
she ought not 90 spend her time reading
cheap love stories. but recommended the
classics and suggested Omar khayyam'
This constituted one ~ her allegations OF
cruelty in her separation suit.
MY wife'~ foul accusations and con.
temptible charges" says Mr.. S,e;nberc
are part of a scheme to blackmail me
aud eNtoyt moNey from me-