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Frances Carey: On Thursday. Elaine Weissman: And so see you and this
girlfriend went to the morgue and anything else. Carey: I turned around and
I looked at her and she's whiter than the corpse. And. And I said, Marie.
What? You wouldn't? She said, I'm going to faint. That was it. I said, No,
come on. I grabbed her arm. I said, Come on. I know she loved ice cream.
Let's go and get some ice. How can you talk about ice cream when you come
that you would? I said, I just want to make you feel good.
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Carey: No, but I could eat some ice. Good. What's that got to do with it?
I just wanted to, you know, help her up a little. Weissman: And you think
you were about ten years old at this time? And what do you remember about
the founding of Montefiore Hospital? Carey: Well, as I told you, you know
about the. We affairs and the women going and begging and getting this and
getting that. And. And. Weissman: That's about it. Carey: Outside of that,
I wouldn't know.
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Weissman: When you were growing up, what type of jobs did most of the
Jewish people have that you knew? What did they work at?
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Carey: Well, they worked in department stores. There was Taylor Brothers.
My brother was the manager of the clothing for my father took sick. And
then they went into the fish business and. Different things. You know, they
worked as sales ladies and men, as managers and the different department
stores. There was Lewin and Neiman down there on. The car turns on way down
there. And. Crime and I guess market.
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Carey: No market runs this way. And they were this way and it was there in
the corner of Market Street and there was Rosenbaum's, Kaufman's. I want
our learners. None of those places Coffman's, Rosenbaum's, Luna, Neiman's.
Gus's. Yeah. Weissman: Were any of them in the grocery business? Carey: No.
These are all dry goods stores. That's where people worked.
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Weissman: And were there Jews in the grocery business and the vegetable
business? Carey: Yes. Uh huh. Weissman: Did the people. Any of them
professional people? Carey: No. No. Strictly business.
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Weissman: What do you think of intermarriage? Carey: Well, I can only
quote for myself. I was married to my husband all those years. I'll be 83.
He was 69 when he died. I raised three marvelous children. Everybody in
Pittsburgh. When I say Pittsburgh, I mean it. Everybody crazy about them
thought they were the most wonderful children, highly educated, musical and
always here and there, going to different places.
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Carey: And. Weissman: Well, do you feel. Carey: I never had. Nobody could
want for such a husband in the world where he was. I was where I was. He
was.
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Carey: They'd show pictures at night. What's going to come, you know, at
the at the. That big building downtown was immaterial. Anyway, George would
call up and say, Take a cab. Taxi, cab and come down. We're going to have a
showing tonight for what's going to be next week. And I take a cab and come
down after we'd go to Stofer still there on Penn Avenue. That's where he
was. Loews Penn, where the Heinz Hall is now. He opened the house. And he
was picked from 200 men in the union.
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Carey: He was at the lows aldin before. Weissman: What union did he belong
to? Do you remember your husband? You said he was picked from the union.
Carey: The union is where men belong. That are. Weissman: Yeah. Do you
remember the name of that union? Carey: The. The theatrical men's
theatrical. There's still the theatrical. The. The theatrical. They're
different stagehands. They're theatrical Men's association. There. See
there the back of the theater. See, my husband did all the lighting that
the shows would come in and there.
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Carey: Just an outlet showing you and after the first rehearsal, you're on
your own. You work all everything you sit and look at when the lights
change and this girl's blue, you berry pink, yellow. He worked. The
switchboard was from here to over to there.
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Weissman: Did any of your children intermarry? Carey: They all did well.
But they all lived my way. Weissman: But the husbands or daughter converted
to became Jewish. Very interesting. Uh huh. Carey: And everything. Don't
know. Didn't know any different. They married wonderful girls. This. This
oldest one that I showed you, those drapes. She's made every stitch of
clothes since then. Like this. Oh, I have clothes. I won't have time to
show you when I go to school or something going on. And Ruth didn't make
that.
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Carey: They called them all and they don't know them but her. Every. She
made me five. I'll just open the plastic bag and you can take mine. Yeah,
she's. She's a genius. She. Her crooked legacy. Ordinarily, I'm there. I
never miss a birthday, but James's granddaughter, that one. I got that card
from there.
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Carey: She had heart surgery. Only 11 years old. Jadugoda, God forbid. And
he was there. And she. And she stayed. Yeah. You know, till she got on her
feet. And I thought, well they've had it this year, you know. But James
carrying on, he called last night, I said let's skip a game anyhow I have
got appointments with the high doc, I have to have the dentist. And I said
I'm going to get fixed up.
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Weissman: Have your views on Zionism changed? Carey: Uh, no, nothing has
changed with me. I just go along the same way as I was born. I don't know
any different. Weissman: Well, are you a stronger Zionist now than you
were? Carey: No, I'm not stronger on anything. I'm just. Just the same.
What time is it? Weissman: Quarter after three. Carey: After three.
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Weissman: Did you ever belong to an organization specifically for Russian
or Polish Jews? Carey: Nothing. Weissman: In the 19 tens, the Jewish
Philanthropies became a federation. Carey: Yeah. Weissman: Do you know of
any changes that occurred in this organization? Carey: I'll tell you the
truth. I didn't keep up with them. Weissman: And it had. Did it have any
effect on you? Carey: Well, yes and no. But I.
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Carey: As I say, I. I never pass my opinions. Weissman: Have you belonged
to any other groups for Jewish people? Carey: No. Weissman: Never belonged
to Hadassah. Carey: They're marvelous and wonderful, But I just. I just. It
was just one of those things I didn't, you know. Weissman: Where are your
parents buried? Do you know the name of the cemetery? Carey: I can't hear
you. Weissman: Where are your parents buried? Carey: Well, my father's
buried in McKees Rocks.
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Carey: And my mother is out with my brothers in Beth Shalom. And there's a
funny little story, but I wouldn't put it on here. I'd like you to hear it,
though. Don't put it on. Weissman: Well, then you'll tell it to me later.
Do you own a cemetery plot for yourself? Carey: Oh, yes. My. My husband's
buried in real life. And I'll be there too.
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Weissman: Does the cemetery have any other activities or functions? Carey:
How do you mean? Weissman: Well. Carey: The Tree of Life Cemetery. I don't
think so. Well, on the high holidays, they have, you know, we go and have
services there. Weissman: Is there such a thing as a family club? You have
a family club? Carey: No. Weissman: Or cousin's club. Carey: Never
believed. I know a lot of people that do, but I don't believe.
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Weissman: Uh huh. Is there anything else about Pittsburgh that you could
tell me? Anything interesting? Over the years, things that have happened in
the city or-- Carey: So much I couldn't even start it. Well, I'll say I'll
make it up in one town. I saw it grow.
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Weissman: Yes. You remember when we had pollution? More so than now?
Carey: Oh, yes. Weissman: Well, thank you. Carey: I would just say that.
Weissman: Nothing else you can think of. Oh, Are there any other people
that I could interview? Do you know of anyone else who's lived in
Pittsburgh a long time? Carey: Well, I'd send you to my sister, but she
tells you the same thing I did, my sister. And do you want to go to her on
Beacon Street? Weissman: What's her name? I'll put it down. Carey: Mrs.
Lena Cohen.
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Weissman: On Beacon. Anyone else?
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Carey: 5545 Beacon Street. But I guess she is about to. That's
everything.
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Weissman: Well, thanks very much.
