Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-17
THE REFEREE
tBy Albert Apple)

Temptation
You've heard OF strange wills, but
here's a world beaten. Ashur Rykus,
a~uetioneer. died in Brooklyn, N. Y.
, He hated gambling. The family
gathers to hear his will read. He
remembered his son Ben handsome
ly, but specifies that Ban loses his
share of the estate II he plays cards
ten times within a year. Why . n
Ben can play nine games and still be
within bounds.
Every man should make a will
Immediately. Also, make 1t eau
tiously. Most OF us would change
our wills IL we could come back a
few months after death. Usually
we become impersonal when the
lawyer clears his throat and starts
dividing the property.
Deaf
For the first time since bsbyhood,
Isabel Shaibel hears. Radio works
the miracle In Indianapolis. Through
head phones she can hear music, but
not voices. Away from the radio
phones, she continues in absolute
silence.
Nearly every town in the country
Is reporting similar cases. Silence
may be on the verge OF discovering
a radio device that will end the great
misfortune, deafness, possibly all
cases. One step farther would
bring artificial eyes that really see:
for the blind. Living in an 81 OF
scientific magic? We're just enter
ing 1t.
The allied armies of occupation
since the armistice have cost Ger
1oao,, ohA.,t 10nn ~xaiIlinn Haiia f-a
Eventually she'll have to pay all OF
it. In full.
That huge sum would have made
a noticeable hole In Germapy's
reparations BILL. II her resistance Is
broken, the land costs will add a
lot to her fine. She knows it. That's
why she'll hold out against the
French in the Rhineland as long as
possible The struggle there prob
ably Is just beginning.
Spectators
Moths who are fitting around the
bright flame OF our stock market
must envy the Germans. The bull
market in Berlin makes stocks soar
along the line, some gaining from
5000 to 5000 points in n day.
It will wind up with the customary
shaking down" of the suckers, same
as here. The jackpot will be pocket
\ ed by q few. No one. can beat the
stock market in the long run. And
not one In a thousand has the
and course to quit when he Is ahead
of the game. At Monte Carlo, the
bank Can individual table) is broken
occasionally, but the house
never.
Champ
s-.zIeAx4 Aef.,ad a nrtva for
the state championship in bread
baking. Francis e. Days. 1e. high
school senior, wins the prize. How
did he beat out the girls? BY ex-
perimentally baking 4S6 caves OF
bread, until he produced the prize
winner.
The most interesting angle of this
story is the picture of Days. He's a
husky chap, looks more like a foot
ball fullback than q chef. Read this
to son II he fears he'd be a sissy to
help mother with the dishes, win
dow washing or other house chores.
There isn't much manhood in a chap
who lets ma do the heavy work and
lodges helping her on lighter tasks.
.Pocketbook
Times are going to be good, for
the rest of the year at least, pre-
diets the conservative n able a
ward Economic Service. It's eco
nomic background" is the last
word in scientific statistics.
Another wise authority is Benja-
min M. Anderson, economist of the
Chase National Bank of New York.
He says the sound and prudent bust
ness man will be very conservative
in paying out dividends or in taking
- - - 49, INt4,aaGd I1n will
to conserve profits and to en-
large surplus as a buffer against flu
ture shocks"
A good lead to be followed by the
average man.