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Show Esther Klein 1st Int. Side 1, p 13 be the last one." Well, it was really kind of a shock. We knew that he wasn't going with anyone particular. In those early days the minute a young man went out with a Jewish girl, right now, all the older women, their tongues would wag and then right now, they're going to get married and, of course, that used to irk my brother and he didn't like that the least. Oh, he didn't like that at all. And I think my mother talked to him into going out with this one gal. She was a nice young lady and her family background was nice. But if the girl had just kept their mouths shut and not do so much gossiping, maybe he would have, really have gotten acquainted with her. LOR So she was Jewish, this girl that your mother •.• EK One date and right now they're going to get married. And you know that's stupid. But this girl that he did really marry was a girl that worked in the same office that he did. He had a pretty good job by then up at the Capitol - now I can't remember what department, but it was where people had health problems, had accidents and he was the one who worked out the state compensation or some-thing. LOR What was your brother's name? EK Max. And he died real young. They moved to California, Los Angele~and Barbara was nine months old. Let's see. Oh, I can't remember what year that was but Barbara was only nine months and see, she's twenty, so that was about, in the twenties and my sisterin- law's brother-in-law. Oh, he said he'd really see that my brother got a good job. _Well, that was just ahead of the depression. And my goodness he did no such a thing as to help him out. And, of course, my sister-in-law's mother was living with them and |
