Like most handsome men, he bestowed a
great deal of time on his personal appearance. He never uttered a
foul word nor a harsh one. If he heard a cloak-maker tell an
indecent story he would look down, smiling and blushing like a
girl
Formerly he had been employed in his brother's shop, while now
he earned his living by soliciting and collecting for a
life-insurance company
CHAPTER lV JAKE MINDELS was a devotee of Madame
Klesmer, the leading Jewish actress of that period, which, by the
way, was practically the opening chapter in the interesting history
of the Yiddish stage in America. Madame Klesmer was a
tragedienne and a prima donna at once-a usual combination in
those days
One Friday evening we were in the gallery of her theater. The play
was an "historical opera," and she was playing the part of a
Biblical princess. It was the closing scene of an act. The whole
company was on the stage, swaying sidewise and singing with the
princess, her head in a halo of electric light in the center. Jake was
feasting his large blue eyes on her.
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