In the story, Leo Finkle (a soon-to-be graduate of a rabbinical school) is looking for a wife. He enlists the help of Pinye Salzman, a marriage broker. For his part, Salzman shows Finkle the photographs of three women.
1) Sophie P. is twenty-four years old and childless. She has been a widow for a year; her husband died after about four months of marriage. Salzman insists that Sophie would be a good wife. She comes from a stable family, and her father has a thriving wholesale business. Sophie's father promises that she will have eight thousand dollars for a dowry. Leo passes on Sophie, insisting that he has never envisioned marrying a widow.
2) Lily H. is a high school teacher, with her own savings and a new Dodge car. She once lived in Paris for a year. Her father has been a practicing dentist for 35 years. Salzman states that Lily is pretty, intelligent, and multi-lingual. However, Leo passes Lily up because she is thirty-two years old, five years his senior.
3) Ruth K. is nineteen years old and an honor student. Her father is a stomach specialist and promises a thirteen thousand dollar dowry to the right bridegroom. Leo also passes up Ruth after Salzman reveals that she is lame on her right foot.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Who are the first three women Salzman describes?
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