Shuster, the shoemaker of Łutsk. He traveled a distance similar to a trip from New York to Phila- delphia; however, there were no trains within 100 miles of Tuchin, so ostensibly he made this trek by a horse-drawn cart. Her father wrote a 2nd letter. ‘Your father-in-law is a poor shoe- maker. He had many children, but only three are left. Two moved to America, and one remained. The one who stayed is Benzy. He is married with children, living near his parents. The others died at early ages. You should be proud of your father-in-law. He is very pious and has a good seat in the synagogue. Notable in that letter was the following: ‘Just because your father-in-law is a shoemaker, it doesn’t mean a thing because he is a very intelligent man and they give him a lot of respect in the schul.’ THE SHOEMAKER’S SON Dora Shooster - In the old
“The Shoemaker” Painting of Baruch Shuster Concept by Stephen Shooster 2017
country, Frank’s father made a deal with a tailor he knew from the schul to teach his son a trade. He told the tailor, ‘Maybe my son can learn a trade. He will wash your floors, clean up for you, run your errands, and do all those things for you. In the meantime, maybe you could show him how to use the machine to
THE SHOEMAKER
Herman Shooster - In a letter to her father, mother announced she was engaged to Frank Shooster, a tailor, the son of a shoemaker from Łutsk. I found it odd that she wrote to her father since she said he was very harsh to her and one of the main reasons she left Russia. Upon asking her about this, she said, “I still wanted to think I had a family.” Dora’s father wrote, he was ashamed his daughter was marrying a tailor, and he decided to make a trip to meet the boy’s father. To satis- fy his honor, Mikel Chumot, the small grocer of Tuchyn, made the journey to meet Baruch
sew something. You’ll have to feed him. The main thing, we don’t have enough to feed him.’ At the time there was no such thing as ready-made clothing. Every- one had to visit a tailor.
Jewish Shoemaker in Lithuania by Hermann Struck - Das Ostjudische Antliz
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