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Show Rose (1/17/BJ) page 18 Mr. K Mr . R Mr. K Mr. R Mr. K Mr. R Mr. K Mr. R Mr. K Mr. R Mr. K Mr. R I mean, that was big. Big money. Well , in the concept of a family, but I'm not telling you that I know ~ anybody that got \,.,300 dowry or an $800, I don't know, but I'm te l ling you my contemplation of the time. For example, now what would be a big dowry •. it would have to be up there in the 1000's. Today •• ! have no concept of what it was then. Today it would have to be $5,000, $10,000, probably. I would say today you spend $20,000 on a wedding, and spend $5,000 or $6,000 on a barmitzvah, do you think you could get away with a $5,000 dowry? That's true. You ~ight if you were making $100 a week. Well, we're speculating in an area that's a little ridiculous. Right. So, you were enrolled in NYU? I was enrolled in NYU. Their standards were a little lower than Columbia. But you always aimed to go to school, right? Well, I think that's over simplifying. Let's just say that I go. I mean, I grew up and was expected to go to college, and someplace along the line I was expected to be a lawyer. So, I went to colle and I became a lawyer. That's all I can tell you. I mean, whether it was my ambition or my aim, I can't tell you that. When you came out here then, you stayed here how long? Not here, . ~ ' I • you were in Denver, right? ( ... .. ,_ : :. · -·+ • ',, * '-.......::.0/'Y ' • • '1- ,; I I r· - . I got out of the hospital in Denver in about August.l and some place a l ong the line,! guess I was maybe 4 or 5 years old,and my father |
