POVERTY TO RICHES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22350, 22 February 1936, Page 28 (Supplement)

POVERTY TO RICHES

BOY'S REMARKABLE RISE When Abraham Feldman arrived in London at the age of 15 from Vil«a, Lithuania—then part of Russia—he was penniless and alone. A kindly policeman gave him a few coppers for a bed and something to eat. Mr. Feldman died in Torquay, recently, and his will reveals that he left £15,000. He was a director of two large jewellery firms, had won an international reputation as a craftsman in jewels, and had hundreds of friends in the East End and the City of London. His son, Mr. Emanuel Feldman, said to an interviewer: "After two friendless days in London my father got a job as a jeweller's apprentice. From that moment ho never looked back. Every penny he could save at first went toward the cost of taking out naturalisation papers to become a British citissen. "When he married he had saved enough to start a small business. He and my mother worked 18 to 20 hours a day."