Helen Korngold Diary: February 24-March 2

Helen Korngold, Dec. 1919, New York City

This year I am sharing the 1919 diary of Helen Korngold of St. Louis, MO.

February

Monday 24

School. Basket Ball. Home Tired. Paul Cary home.

Tuesday 25

School. Paul & I fooled around. Home. Going to lecture this evening. Piette & her mother came to lecture. So did Summer. Karol went to a wedding, so S. took me home. We had lots of fun. He came into the kitchen & together we made some cocoa and toast. Tasted good.

Wednesday 26

School in Wellston. Substituted all day. Hard work. Went back to Washington to attend Stunt rehearsals. Good. Home & to bed. Letter from J. Koloditsky.

Thursday 27

School, classes interesting. McCourt & Usher & even Wells! Study—Home—Saw Pauline Carp. It's 9:10 and all I’ve done is practice a while. Must get busy. Heard an Indian girl speak at Y.W. today.

Friday 28

Class—Dancing—Out with Dan in the evening. Had a good time at Corrine Wolf’s house. Home at 12 P.M.

March

Saturday 1

Studied for Well’s exam. Not so bad. Had a delightful discussion on religion in Dr. McCourt’s class. After Usher’s class we went to Junior Council Kid Party. I put on my 1 act comedy. Came off fine. Whole party was successful. Paul managed games.

Sunday 2

Practiced with Corrine in morning—fooled around in afternoon & went to Temple Social society with Ed Siff. Karol was elected president. We had a lovely time.

Notes:

February 24

Paul Max Cary’s WWI draft registration shows he was working as a private secretary at the National Bank of Commerce in St Louis. He was of medium height and weight with brown eyes and light brown hair. He was born in Oklahoma on October 3, 1895. The document was signed June 25, 1917. He died on December 24, 1960. His widow applied for a military headstone. He was a Field Clerk AGD in WWI. Another military document shows he won a Purple Heart, and was an adjutant Generals Dept AEF. He served from November 27, 1917 to June 20, 1919. He appears on the 1930 Oklahoma State census as married to Gladys, with two children, and working as a bank clerk. It is possible he is on the 1910 Oklahoma census with father Mort, who was a farmer, and mother Delilah.


February 25

Mr. Albert Kelsey spoke on “Four Adventures in the Realm of Art.” The 1878 St. Louis City Directory shows he was a writer.

February 27

Young Women’s Hebrew Society

Pauline Carp was the daughter of Max and Yetta Carp. Max was a merchant who owned a general store in 1920 and Pauline was a saleslady. By the 1920 census Max had passed and neither Yetta nor Pauline was employed. The 1940 census finds Pauline and her sister Queen in Los Angeles, CA where Queen was a weightmaster. It appears Pauline married a Mr. Levy for in 1961 an obituary for a Pauline S. Carp Levy was recorded in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Y.W. Either the Y.W.C.A. or The Young Woman’s Hebrew Organization was organized in 1902 in New York City.

February 28

Corrine Wolf appears on the 1920 St. Louis Census working as a stenographer, age 19 and living with her parents Jacob and Nellie (Lillie Cohn) and siblings Paul and Sidney. Jacob was of Jewish Bohemian heritage and worked in “Lace and Embroidery”. Sidney worked in “White Goods”. A June 1925 marriage certificate shows Corrine Wolf, age 25, marring Leon Loeb, age 45. The 1910 St. Louis Census shows Jacob was a salesman for an importing company.

March 1
Article from the Jewish Voice

March 2

Ed Stiff was born Feb 1, 1895 in St Louis, MO. His WWI draft registration shows he was a medical student at St. Louis University. He was of medium height and slender with light hair and brown eyes. His parents were Aaron and Frieda, Yiddish/Russian immigrants. In 1910 their eldest son Charles supported the family as a druggist and Ed was a newspaper carrier. In 1900 the eldest son Harry supported the family as a shoemaker.