Recollections of Edith Spindel

• When Hascal went to Asia Minor (that's what it was called then), he took Max. Max was a "holy terror" and they thought it was agood idea to take him. Once at a seder, he leaned a  bench against the door. When the door was opened to let Elijah in, the bench came crashing in to the room.
• You notice how Rae and Sarah are wearing the same dress in the photos. That's because two dresses could be cut with the pattern from the material. 
• When the girls learned English, they read Ivanhoe. It was their favorite book. That's why Helen's middle name is Rowena. 
• Zeyde lived with us because mom kept a kosher house. He used to enjoy helping dad with the takings from the wholesale candy business. Dad would put all the change on the table and Zeyde would count and put the coins in rolls. And then the best part, was walking hand in hand with zeyde to the bank. 
• Zeyde died in shul. He was a very learned man, and had been called to the lead the prayer. He hadn't felt well that day, but he went anyway. Zeyde died as the Torah was brought out. 
• We loved to sleep on Sarah and Nathan's porch on 17th street. We'd listen to the player piano. Sarah and Nathan's song was "Oh, you beautiful doll..". 
• The sisters were very close, to the point that they didn't need anyone else. The cousins were very close, too. On the 4th of July (this is during the depression), we'd all go to Glen Echo Park. It was only about 5 miles away, but we used to get so excited, and thought it was the greatest thing. 
• My parents and all the aunts and uncles loved to play cards. They used to joke that it was a good thing they were all going to be in the cemetary together, because they would still be able to play cards.