The Jews in America Trilogy

Authors: Birmingham, Stephen;

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“22 MR. SCHIFF VS. MR. LOEB If Jacob Schiff liked loose and informal business relationships which could be severed quickly and picked up again as he saw fit, he was correspondingly rigid and unyielding in his home. As Cyrus Adler, in his biography of Schiff, wrote, “He was accessible to all people on all subjects, though not easily persuaded when his mind was fixed.”* As a husband and father, he often seemed heartless. Those nearest to him, including his wife, had trouble feeling close to him. T...herese Loeb Schiff was accustomed to discipline (from Betty) and to daintiness (her father’s toy child, she could not even arrange a bowl of flowers without a servant’s help). But she had also been brought up to believe that her father was the final authority on any question that dealt with money. It was a little while before she fully understood the battle that was taking place in the office downtown. When her husband came home at night, he sometimes told her of developments, involving long lists of railroads whose names she never could keep straight, and plans.MoreLess Read More Read Less