Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-21
THE REFEREE
Puzzle
tBy Albert Applel

Puzzle
Half the farmers made less than
$1,000 last year, claims Nathan
Straus, Jr., agricultural expert of the
New York State senate. Such figures
are confusing. Do they represent
clear profit? If so (and probably
not), the farmers In addition got
their living. Few city workers have
$1,000 clear after paying for food,
etc.
On the other hand: In New Jersey
.S99 school pupils in one year clear
nearly $4,000 above all expenses,
from their home gardens. That's
$175 apiece, and In spare time. They
had. OF course. no investment in
land, no notes at bank, no taxes.
Intensive farming and diversified
crops may be the solution for many
farmers, especially ones who stake
everything on one crop. The cotton
grower finally is learning this.
Odd
An old married couple in Kochi,
japan, recently attended their own
funeral, which they decided to hold
before their deaths. This Is real
news-something that probably
never happened before.
After the ceremony the old couple
banqueted the "mourners" and said
that the funeral had given them a
new lease on life.
In the last analysis, life is a prep
aration for death. It's a journey be-
tween two mysterious stations.
Bug
The boil weeviI can be practically
wiped out by airplanes scattering
calcium arsenate in dust form. So
claim some OF the bug experts at
Uncle Sans agricultural experiment
station. Tallulah, La. They have
successfully attacked boil weevils
this way in limited acreages. The
poison costs a dollar an acre.
Valuable scientific progress. of
course. But 1t starts us pondering,
what may be accomplished by pol
son-scattering airplanes in future
wars. We are progressing mechani-
cally faster than we are normally.
Like giving a savage a high-power
rife before he can be counted on not
to use 1t recklessly.
Fish
It's not true that fish Is a brain
food, claims a writer in Journal of
American Medical Association.
Fish, however, is easily digested
and a great builder of strength. We
should eat more of it-and would, If
fish on the average were fresher
when they reached our kitchens.
AS for real brain food, nothing in
particular has been discovered ex-
cept that the brain functions best
when we ire physically in good
shape. In this sense, any healthful
food is brain food" Endocrine
glandologists are beginning to be-
lleve that thought has a close con-
necdon with a form of iodine, the
poison which is manufactured "in
combination" by the thyroid gland in
the neck.
Pigeon-toed
The right foot of Americans, on
account of It's use in handling autos,
is becoming pigeon-toed. So claim
specialists who treat diseases of the
feet. There was a similar discussion
a year ago.
A good thing. Pigeon-toed is the
natural way to walk. Watch the
Indian. And, by the way, If nature
had intended US to wear heels on our
shoes she'd have grown them on our
feet. The heel was first put on
shoes to prevent the soldier-horse-
mans foot from slipping in the stir
| rup.
Rag chewing
A Chicago laundryman, advertis-
ing for deaf and dumb women, says
he figures he'll get more and better
work out of employees who can't
waste time talking. He has noted
that most of US cannot continue
working. even with our hands when