Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

and keeps . secret what is not so nice IN his
family. But when the boy got to be 10, 10
years old and was stin doing nothing except
writing poetry, had to look at him because he
was coming every night to my house 10 read
to my Margaret his poems. So says to him
one day:
"'Izzy, what's going 10 be the end of ftp
When are you going into business? Poetry is
no business for a Kantrowitz. You got to con-
slider the familyp
"SO Izzy looks 1t me as II had called his
father names, and he shrugged his
shoulders as If what said was talking maybe
Chinese, and when he goes away, my daughter
asks me what business have got to talk to
Ley like that, and she tells me Izxy is a great
poet. So says to her that knew that already,
that I saw the poem that got printed In the
school magazine years ago. but what had that
got to do with business? And q boy that comes
round to my house, want should know what
he is doing Loafers should come into my
house yeti
so q week passes, and another week and
Kantrowit8 comes up TO my Ofnce one day,
and can see he Is very worried So says
TO him:
HoW's business KAntroWitz?'
"Kantrowitz says business is all right. So I
ask him how was the health? And he says that
was all right too. wondered what could be
worrying him. Finally. he tells me it's about
Ley. That boy like this could happen In his
family-with the best Of examples always before
him! HIS father and brother In business, al
his family In business and everybody In busi-
ness. and he should just loaf, and does nothing
talk to him and talk to him. he says, and
It's like talking TO the wall. And what would
the end be, he asks me, with tears In his eyes,
so consoled him and said don't worry; Il
would all come out all right, with father like
you and brother. know Iszy is not o
bad boy.
"An the time I wanted to tell him that the
fault is really with Kantrowitz, for he had
turned the boys mind by showing the poem and
hanging 1t up In his ONCE, 50 that he got q
swelled head and thinks that he is better than
everybody. But even II I didn't tell him. KantrO-
Witz understood that that was what meant
% he said:
proud How should I know what is going To
happen? How should 1 know that he win not
want to do what I win tell him and write
poetry foreverr
Don't worry told him. things win come
out all right. Izzy Is Of good family and blood
Is thicker than water There amt been any
poet in your family yet?' ask.
No. says KantrowitZ. Have you ever
heard Of such a thing in my family? No
bankrupts and no poets
That evening when came home and found
Izzy sitting near my daughter a couch and
reading to her poetry from . paper, I got very
angry and said to him that he had no busi-
ness worrying his father and mother and shame
his family and loaf and write poetry and that
was the best friend Of the family and wouldn't
have said word but he had no business to
sit near my Margaret ON couch and read
poetry to her. And I gave 1t to him good and
hard. First he should 60 and make a man Of
himself, and then you should talk to my
daughter. So Izzy got angry, and my Mar
garet talks to me as she has never talked
befOre-says she is IN America, and not In
Russia. SO said to my Margaret that for
women 1t was all right; II she wanted to read
poetry or do anything honest she wanted, 1t
was all right but for q boy whose family was
IN business 1t was ruinatiOn. So he shouldn't
come any more TO oar house.
II thought I knew my Margaret, that she
wouldn't see him because she wouldn't do what
her father didn't want her 10 do. And every
thing was all right. But we are In America.
Women got independent even from their
families that supports them. OF course for
women that work independence Is ok. But IL
turned out ok ms you will hear later; even II
almost died, and It rs even the reason took
astYip 10 the old country. s,