Susan Rogers - history

The Matchmaker
and a Rival

Esther Simon and Morris Rubenstein met through a matchmaker.  Morris had arrived in this country in 1902, and by 1906, he found himself engaged to Esther, a real prize because she had been to business school.  Her family came to America in 1887. 

But handsome as Morris was, he didn't have a clear field.  When he learned about his rival, he took action.  Knowing that Esther wanted to have "tall sons," he realized his advantage in being much taller than the competition. The story goes that he won her hand by persuading her that, if she were to wed her shorter suitor, the children they would have would certainly be "shrimps."  Esther and Morris went on to have four sons, and all of them were tall.                       

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