Diary of Helen Korngold, April 14-20, 1919

This year I am sharing the diary of Helen Korngold of St. Louis, MO. Helen was a student at Washington University and a student teacher.

April

Monday 14
Tired – arose 6 a.m. Helped Momma with Passover dishes. To school – Soldiers Peace Conference.  Home after basketball. Herbert came for Seder. We are crazy about him. Letter from Summer.

Tuesday 15
School. Home – Herbert was over for dinner. He’s such a peach. Too bad he had to leave for Springfield. We wanted him to stay over, but he couldn’t.

Wednesday 16
School. Baseball. Home – Aunt Beryl’s for dinner.

Thursday 17
School – Letter from Koloditsky – mushy. I don’t know what I’m going to do about it.

Friday 18
School – dancing – To Bonnie Young’s at night. Went with Morris Gates. Her cousin, Spiro, plays violin very well. Had a good time.

Saturday 19
School. J.C. Board meeting. Saw Susan Hauskay/Hawakays [illegible] with folks

NOTES:

April 14

An article in the April 14 Soldiers Peace Conference in the St Louis Post-Dispatch.




April 18 (Good Friday and a school holiday)

Morris Milton Gates was born on July 8, 1895, and died on December 1969. His World War I Draft Registration shows he worked at R. Gates Furniture Company at 804 N 7th St. Morris was in the National Guard. He was of medium height and weight with brown eyes and black hair. Morris appears on the 1920 St. Louis Census as 24 years old and a salesman, living with his family. In 1931 Morris married Ruth Gutfreund.

His father Rudolph was a German born in Poland in 1868 and died in St. Louis in 1946. He married Fannie Weiss, sister of Rose Weiss who married Charles Wolf and was mother to Helen’s friend Dan Wolf. Rudolph was a merchant of furniture on the 1910 St. Louis Census. Morris’ brother Sidney also worked for the family business. Morris also had sisters Jeanette and Ernestine.

Bernice Young’s cousin Bernard Spiro was born in 1898 in New York, NY and died in 1992 in California.

April 19 (school holiday)

Susanne Hawakays I have not been able to verify the reading of Helen’s handwriting to pin down this woman.

April 14
All year long, Helen mentions going to the Satellites, often with a boy. Once she wrote 'Temple Satellites.' Newspaper announcements show it was an acting group that performed an annual Vaudeville and Dance. It was under the direction of Mrs. Diamant of the Thyrsus Dramatic Society at Washington University.

June 1, 1919, St Louis Dispatch article

The April 20 St. Louis Post-Dispatch first page featured an article supporting women's right to work. Perhaps this kind of thinking influenced Helen into embracing a career and marrying for love later in life!

Helen Korngold Diary April 14-20 1919

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

Helen Korngold, December 1919, New York City

Monday 14
Tired – arose 6 a.m. Helped Momma with Passover dishes. To school – Soldiers Peace Conference.  Home after basketball. Herbert came for Seder. We are crazy about him. Letter from Summer.

Tuesday 15
School. Home – Herbert was over for dinner. He’s such a peach. Too bad he had to leave for Springfield. We wanted him to stay over, but he couldn’t.

Wednesday 16
School. Baseball. Home – Aunt Beryl’s for dinner.

Thursday 17
School – Letter from Koloditsky – mushy. I don’t know what I’m going to do about it.

Friday 18
School – dancing – To Bonnie Young’s at night. Went with Morris Gates. Her cousin, Spiro, plays violin very well. Had a good time.

Saturday 19
School. J.C. Board meeting. Saw Susan Hauskay/Hawakays [illegible] with folks

Notes:

April 14


Soldiers Peace Conference article in April 14, 1919 St Louis Star

April 18 (Good Friday and a school holiday)

Morris Milton Gates was born on July 8, 1895, and died in December 1969. His World War I Draft Registration shows he worked at R. Gates Furniture Company at 804 N 7th St. Morris was in the National Guard. He was of medium height and weight with brown eyes and black hair. Morris appears on the 1920 St. Louis Census as 24 years old and a salesman, living with his family. In 1931 Morris married Ruth Gutfreund.

His father Rudolph was a German born in Poland in 1868 and died in St. Louis in 1946. He married Fannie Weiss, sister of Rose Weiss who married Charles Wolf and was mother to Helen’s friend Dan Wolf. Rudolph was a merchant of furniture on the 1910 St. Louis Census. Morris’ brother Sidney also worked for the family business. Morris also had sisters Jeanette and Ernestine.

Bernice Young’s cousin Bernard Spiro was born in 1898 in New York, NY and died in 1992 in California.

April 19 (school holiday)

Susanne Hawakays: I have not been able to verify the reading of Helen’s handwriting to pin down this woman.

April 14, 1919 ad in St Louis Post Dispatch

Helen Korngold Diary, April 7-13, 1919

Each week this year I am sharing from the 1919 diary of Helen Korngold. Helen was a student at Washington University in St. Louis. She became a teacher with a long career before marrying Fritz Herzog, a renowned mathematician. I include notes from my research into the people, places, and events Helen mentions.

Helen Korngold, Dec. 1919, New York City

April

Tuesday 8
School – good classes. Lil Tiger – Ev. Cohn & Ed Siff were up in the evening – rehearse for law case. Anna & husband Lustig also came up.

Wednesday 9
School – played basketball – went to Pauline Carp’s – practiced – studied. K received letter from Summer.

Thursday 10
School – home- sleep- solo & orchestra playing Thurs. Eve at Naphtali lodge – Masonic order – home- write letters to Ida & Ruth.

Friday 11
School – almost fell asleep in Well’s class – driest thing on earth. Dancing. To Temple with Harry Vogel.

Saturday 12
School – good classes. Study till 4 – walked a bit with Pauline – went to see grandma & came home. Study & work on Ed. topic in evening.

Sunday 13
Herbert Pawlinger came to St L. He’s the sweetest, handsomest, finest chap in 2 hemispheres, Karol excepted. He & pop had an accident but they came out whole. Herb had dinner with us. We went to trial at Temple in evening – it was wonderful – danced till 12 bells.

NOTES:

April 8

Lillian Rosalind Tiger was in the 1922 Senior class of Washington University. She appears on the 1920 St. Louis Census, age 19, living with her father Isodore, born in Russia, Jewish, and working as a ‘jobber’ in the clothing industry. Her mother was Bessie Cohn Tiger. Her sister Ethel and brother Louis were clothing salesmen. According to the 1913 Gould Directory, Isodore resided on Russell Rd in St. Louis.



Evelyn Cohn appears on the 1920 census as Jewish Russian born September 26, 1898. She worked as a stenographer in a shoe company. Her sister was a 'steno' with a paper company. They lived with their mother widowed Ida along with two more sisters. The 1929 St. Louis city directory shows she was a saleswoman at the Grand Leader Department Store. Evelyn died in October 1975 in West Palm Beach, FL.

Anna and Edward Lustig appear on the 1920 St Louis Census where he worked as a jobber in ladies ready to wear.

April 10

Naphtali Lodge #25 was chartered on October 14, 1839, and is the only remaining Blue Lodge that still meets at the New Masonic Temple in St. Louis, MO. http://www.blogger.com/profile/13485702033465159118
A history of Free Masonry and Judaism can be found here: http://www.masonicworld.com/education/files/mar05/freemasonry_and_judaism.htm

April 11
Article from the Jewish Voice


Several Harry Vogels can be discovered. Harry Fred Vogel was a grocer in 1900. Harry Vogel in later city directories is a restaurateur. On the 1910 Census, a Harry Fred Vogel and son Harry Fred Vogel worked at a car company. Harry Vogel born 1895 is a clerk on the 1916 city directory. WWI draft registration shows a Harry F. Vogel, Jr. born in 1890 in the U.S. Another WWI draft registration shows a Harry Vogel born in 1888 in Germany. A WWII draft registration shows Harry Fred Vogel born in St Louis and living in Indianapolis, Indiana and working for Los Angeles machinery supply.

April 13

Herbert Lincoln Pawliger (2/121894 to 11/1967) lived with his family at 1915 Broadway in New York City.

His WWI Draft Registration shows he was of medium height and build with brown hair and eyes. He was a clothing salesman for Jay Tee Frocks.

On the 1910 New York Census was 16 and living with his family Max, 48 born in 1882, and a manufacturer of furs; Nettie, 40, born in 1883; Arthur, 19 and a salesman; and Ruth E. age 14 and born in 1895.

On the 1920 New York Census, he was in commercial sales, living with his parents and Arthur, a photographer, and Ruth who was a clerk at Standard Oil.

On the 1925 New York City Census he was living with his family: father Max Pawliger, who was a fur merchant in the company of Pawliger and Staubsinger; mother Nettie; and siblings Arthur and Ruth E.

 The 1930 New York Census shows Herbert and his family the same as the 1930 information.

Hebert’s WWII Draft registration shows he worked at Jay-Tee Frocks and was married to Minna. They had a child Winifred.

In December Helen and her parents and at least one sister visited the Pawlings in New York City in December at the invitation of Ruth Pawling.

April 13, 1919 ads from St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stix, Bauer & Fuller ad

Helen Korngold Diary April 1-6, 1919

A hundred years ago Helen Korngold kept a diary that recorded her senior year at Washington Univerity, experience as a student teacher, and her social life in St. Louis. Every Saturday I am sharing a week's entries along with notes on my research into the people, places, and events Helen mentions.

Helen Korngold, Dec. 1919, New York City

April
Tuesday 1
April fool. Scandal Sheet came out. It wasn’t especially good. Karol drilled Boy Scouts.

Wednesday 2

Taught Wellston school all day II grade – kids were o.k. They were crazy about me. Oh, how I love myself! I’ve been thinking about Summer. Karol reminded me of him. I’m just naturally crazy! Well, must get busy & study.

Thursday 3
School. History is getting dreadfully hard. Nothing exciting. Home. Letter from Summer! I was so happy to get it – told me lots about his trip & first impressions of Little Rock.

Friday 4
School.  Danced 2 hours in gymie  – Mixer at night – pretty nice.

Saturday 5
School – Wells told me to cultivate my scientific imagination! Junior Council – elected me treasurer. Home with Roslyn Eberson, Corrine Wolf & Audrey Young. All of them raved about Summer’s photo – so did I!

Monday 7
School – Orchestra- Wrote notes for J. Council


NOTES:

April 1
The Washington University Scandal Sheet was shared by the university "forgotten history" at http://www.studlife.com/scene/2018/11/08/how-well-do-you-know-your-niche-wu-history/

Tuesday, April 1, 1919
Scandal Sheet: Profs Evade Dry Law Attempt to Avoid 18th Amendment
The 18th amendment was ratified in 1919 and prohibited the sale of intoxicating liquors. Miss Macaulay, “dean of the women,” walked down into the basement of the women’s dormitory, MacMillan Hall, in late March of 1919 and tripped over a “large cork.” She ended up finding three bottle tops and a corkscrew at the foot of the stairs. She then called in two other people to help her with her search. The article claims she said, “Friends, I smell a rat.” When the “friends” came back with bottles, they apparently said, “Miss Macaulay, you were wrong about smelling a rat; it was a bird. We have located 15 bottles of Old Crow.” My god. Apparently there was a whole horde of “wet goods” in the basement, and three professors were implicated in the findings of the booze because of three books that were found alongside the paraphernalia. One book was connected to a professor simply based on the initials written on the “flypiece.” A truly thrilling scandal.

April 4

St Louis Post Dispatch notice Friday, April 4 1919

Gymmie- a campus nickname for the gymnasium. The 1915 Hatchet mentions the McMillian Vaudeville being held at the “gymmie” instead of the Thyrsus “cubbie.”

April 5

Rosyln Eberson (born Jan 1900) on the 1910 census was living with parents Alex and Henrietta and her mother’s father Philip Augatstein. Alex was a clothing salesman. Rosyln graduated from Frank Louis Soldan HS in St. Louis in 1916. In 1929 she lived at Rosebury St. in St Louis. In 1920 Rosyln and her parents lived with her paternal grandparents Elias and Yetta Eberson. Elias worked for “Paint Co” and was born in Krakow. Rosalind was a stenographer at an insurance company on the 1920 and 1930 census. In May, 1939 she married Joseph Lederer.

Spring Dress ads from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday, April 6, 1919: