Word: rugman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sculptor Fingesten gets a small monthly check from a patroness, Mrs. Joseph Wasserman, millionaire rugman's widow. For studio he uses a leaky shed in Oak Lane, lent him by Temple University. On rainy days he moves to a cellar. He has taught his Irish landlady how to make bouillabaisse, goulash, spaghetti sauces. "Already I am seven days behind in my rent," says breezy Peter Fingesten, "but she treat me like a mother; when I am sick she cure me - everything. Now she even wants to study painting from...
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