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Evening star., 1941-02-11
New York Cotton
Bv II. Associated Press

bN - Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Cotton fu-
lures travelled an irregular course
today. Old crop months lost ground
under hedge pressure through spot
houses and Memphis interests while
distant deliveries moved up on Wall
Street and local support
A record breaking cotton con-
sumption estimate for January and
renewed Washington reports that
the administration was planning
wide changes in the farm program
tended to offset war curbs.
Midafternoon prices ranged 2
points lower to points higher;
March, 1898; May, 1895; October,
9.82, and December, $50.
Southern selling in nearby de-
liveries and local realizing in new
crop months caused prices to sell
off sharply in the final minutes of
trade. Closing values were un-
rhanppd 1nUer
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Former Curb Chief
Elected to Board
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. Feb. l1.-Fred c.
Moffatt, a former president, was
elected chairman Of the Board of
Governors of the New York Curb
Exchange for a one-year term at its
annual election yesterday. He sue
ceeds Clarence A. Bettman.
Also elected were five class "a"
governors and four class "B" gov
ernors on the regular ticket to
serve three years. There was no
opposition to the Nominating Com
mittee's ticket.
The newly elected officials will
serve without fixed compensation.
George P. Rea, president of the
exchange, is on a salaried full.
time basis.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
John Hancock Insurance
And Assets Increase
By the Associated Press.


BOSTON, Feb. 11.-An increase
of S72 .649 ,667 in assets and of S263,-
139,806 in insurance in force was
reported by President Guy w Cox
of the John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Co. today in his annual
report to stockholders.
The company set aside 500 l96, ,889
for disbursement of dividends in
194l, an increase of 81 ,553 ,499 over
1910. Cox reported the IA per cent
gain in assets brought the total to
81 ,054 1863 ,63l. while insurance in
force rose to s46l3,818.062. Assigned
liabilities amounted to $685.. .78l BIS.
Mortality experience during the
year was reported favorable for all
classes of business and lower than
it ever has been"
Evening star., 1941-02-11
| British CurtoH
Civilian Use
Of Textiles
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE govern
ment announced today war require
ments had forced sharp reductions
in the supplies of cotton and ravon
which would be allowed domestic
consumers.
Use of cotton for the six months
beginning April l was fixed al 90
per cent of the normal peacetime
supply. The rayon quota was set at
40 per cent of usual requirements.
The Lancashire member of Par
lament said in the House Of Com
mons lobby. after the announcement.
the restrictions would force many
cloth mills to close.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
New York Produce

NEW YORK Feb II P.-Butter.
! .3S2, ,Os5 easier. Creamery, higher than
Q2 score and premium marks, 81 A; 81
score score cash msrketl. soHs; 80 ss-s1 score
Cheese, 409,644: slow. Prices un-
Eggs 24,271; weak. Mixed colors. fancy
to extra fancy. 1914 -20A: extras, 1ghs;
graded irsts, 1871; current receipts, II:
seconds. -16A-17; mediums. 1917; dirties'
frigerator, best, l5-16Ia; poorer. 15-15A.
Whites Gesales Of premium marks.
23A-e6E nearby and Midwestern ester
Standards 19A (resales of exchange to
fancy heavier mediums, 19E-22): me
diums 10.
TO extra .fancy. 20h-21: specials, 20;
standards 10: mediums. 1sia.
Duck eggs, 1890.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Philip Morris & Co.

Philip Morris & Co. Ltd. Inc,
New York, advised the Securities
Commission today that it intended
to issue 148991 shares of cumula tive
preferred stock. 500 par value. Most
of the proceeds will be used to repay
bank loans
The registration statement also
covered the issuance of subscription
warrants, which would permit hold
ers Of the company's common stock
to purchase one share Of the new
preferred for each six shares Of
common owned. ANY Of the new
stock not taken by stockholders will
be offered publicly through UNDER
writer's headed by Lehman Bros,
New York.
The company said that it intended
to use S1l.750000 to repay bank
loans. 81 lbs 900 for the construction
of a new building at Richmond Va,
and s312.5O0 to loan to Ecusta Paper
Corp.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON. Feb. II !P Omitted sts,.,
Department of AgrIcuIture) A few "
ouiries we're received in the Boston unaI
market today for graded hne con,SiSn SSUot
Delaine fleeces. but users were snnsr
emily not interested in the range, 45.44
cents. in the grease. There was a iittrs
demand for fine territory woods, in nris
inal bags, at steady prices. number ~
contracting for the la4l wool clip IN s.,, oe
eral of the western States at prices vs-
riously estimated e5 cents to 81, seoprss
basis. 'NOuIeo
Evening star., 1941-02-11

IN Oankruptcy or receIVeTBhlp OF oelnE
reorganIZed under the Bankruptcy Act or
securities aSsumeo by such companies
Rates of dividends the foregoins table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly oI semi-annua decls ration
Unless otherwise noted special or eItrs
DIVIDENDS are not included
A Also aTtra or extras Cash OF stocE
able in took PAID last year hPayaoe
IN Canadian funds Accumulated div
idends paid OF declared this year NV With
warrants Nv Without warrants var war
rants Omit OF trading less than loo
hares.: sales are giVen IN full
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Daily Oil Production
Shows Increase Of
19,S05 Barrels
California, Oklahoma
Totals Rise Most;
Kansas Flow Cut
By the Associated Press.

BY Iht hsSOCIhIeu PTcSb.
TULSA, Feb ll-Daily crude oil
production in the United States in
creased 19805 barrels to 3614565
for the week ended February 8, the
Oil and Gas Journal said today.
California production increased
1885 to 6l7,250; Eastern fields, 900
to 1ll,200; Louisiana, 3,715 to 2S4,-
100; Oklahoma, 1900 to 418.600;
all Texas, $500 to 1,341 900; East
Texas, 375 to 376,100, and the Rocky
Mountain States, $50 to 96,230.
Kansas declined 20,500 to l77,500;
Illinois. $40 to 322, $50, and Michi-
gan, 440 to 39,5l0.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Major Exchanges
| Will Be Closed
| For Holiday
81 TIE Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-An ma jor
commodities and securities ex-
changes throughout the United
States will remain closed Wednes-
day, February u. in observance
Of Lincoln's birthday. Notable
among the holiday celebrants is
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
which. heretofore, carried on busi-
ness.
Livestock and the Savannah naval
stores markets will remain open
European and Canadian securities
commodities exchanges will func-
ton as usual.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Curb Exchange DiscIoses
larqer Loss in 1910
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE New
York Curb Exchange and its afil-
iates, New York Curb Exchange Sc
curities Corp. and New York Curb
Exchange Realty Associates, Inc, re-
ported today net operating loss for
1910 of $l26,3l0, compared with net
operating loss of SCOTIA in 1899.
Member firms paid the exchange
$685. ,582 during 1910 and other in
come brought total receipts to ST.
007 .499. but it cost sl,l33 800 to oper-
ate the exchange.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Niagara Share Assets
Log Behind Yeur Aqo
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 1l.-Niagara
Share Corp. an investing concern,
reported today its assets as of De-
cenfber 81 were equal to 1888 a class
B" common share, compared with
sl1.74 share on that date a year
earlier.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Wheeling Steel Corp
Expected TO Register
S36, 100000 Issues
New Bonds and Serial
Notes TO Refinunce
Az Per Cent Loon
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Financial
circles heard today Wheeling Steel
Corp. soon would file with the Sc
curities & Exchange Commission
a statement covering a proposed
issue of $36,O00,OO0 bonds and serial
notes.
Proceeds would be used to retire
the companys outstanding Az per
cent bonds, due in 1866.
Two other large steel companies
-Crucible and Jones & Laughlin-
recently completed substantial re-
funding operations and Republic
Steel Corp. plans soon to register
sl06,O000O0 of obligations for the
same purpose.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Metal Market

NEW YORK, Feb. II Op-ron.
steady; .electrolytic spot, Connecticnt W.T.
ley; Il o.; export fa.s., New York, iO'5n-
50s5; forward SOILS. Lead Steady snoy'
New York; $500 East st. Louis SSr' 20
zinc stesdy' Esst 81. Louis. spot and for.
ware, -. Pts iron. aluminium ~
mon. uu;cSsilver PLATINUM, Chinese Tnif-
ramite and domestic scheelite, unchar.ax
Evening star., 1941-02-11
New York SUGAR

NEW YORK. Feb II lP,.--World sugar
futures advanced today coincident with
signs OF a speeding up of Cuban loan nego-
tiations. Late prices were up - to q 2
points, with March at 80 and May. 10 a.
firm and active raw market Steadied
domestic futures Prices were unchanged
to l point higher; March, 2.0l and May.
2.0R
Refiners purchased Philippine and Puerto
Rico raws in various positions from 2.94
to 300 cents
Refined locally remained at 445 c-ntS
Futures No. 3 closed TO 2 higher. Sales.
Evening star., 1941-02-11

Cott0nseed OIL
Beachable cottonseed oil futures closed
to lower. Sales, 122 contracts. March,
6.3!b; May, 647: July, 657-5s; Sep
tenber, 663.
New Orleans Prices
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. IL tP,.-Early ad-
vances in cotton futures here today di-
m,nished under long liquidation. hedge
selling and easinesS in other markets. The
market closed steady net l TO points
Evening star., 1941-02-11
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

Stock and Sales
Dividend Rate Add 90. High. Low Close
Pw Co Can h.30e sos 2lg 217 pa
Prudential Inv 29 9 9 9
Pb Svc Ind s6 pf 400s 54A 53i7 53}4
Pb S Ind 81 pr pf 1928 l08 l08 l0S
Pub Ok pr pf 7 2os l10la I1O12 1lOia
Pug S IS pf 25k- 150s 1913 l0l lOI
Puget Sd p ss pf 225s SIS 53as 53's
Quaker Oats pf s 4Os 1884, 1881 1881
Evening star., 1941-02-11

Cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleach
able prime summer yellow. $40 nominal:
prime crude, 525. March. 5S7b; May.
5 a6b; July, 6.0sb September, 6.13b.
Bid.
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Chicoqo Stock Market

CHICAGO, Feb. IL tP,-Follovins is the
complete list OF transactions on the Chi
caso Stock Exchange today:
Sales. Stocks. High. Low. Close
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Federal Land Banks

NEW YORK Feb II lP,.-Federal Land
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BONDS ON N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
Approximate Transactions Todoy.
T z { A S U RY.

HOME OWNERS LOAN
IS 1944-52 l0629 1O6 % l0629
NEW YORK CITY BONDS
Evening star., 1941-02-11
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK, Feb. IL UP,.-Natl Associa-
ton Securities Dealers. Inc.
CLOSING quotations
Evening star., 1941-02-11
Bond Prices Register
General Decline
In Light Selling
Selected Rails and
SpeciuIties Resist
Market Retreat
Bond Averages
10 LOw-Yield Bonds.

Close '113.3 Prev. day 1884
M'ntn ago 1l4.1 Year ago 1925
1941 high 1l46 194l low 1888
1910 high has 1910 low 1884
New l94l low.
Compiled py the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1941-02-11
CottOnSeed Oil

Middlins spot, 1O.91n.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
The Wookey,' at National,
Finds Little Man a Hero
Brennan Play, Spectacularly Produced
And Brilliantly Acted, Leaves
Author Still a Few Chores
BY JAY CARMODY.

Sometimes seems undu harsh that play which blessed with
lovabe characters with humor
able qualities should be required ending
curtain understand but something that logical conclusion
conflict resolved, issue decided a ended
One of the times last night the National
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Lubitsch Signs

Alexander Korda has signed Ernst
Lubitsch to produce and direct ITO
Be or Not to Be-" Lubitsch is sched-
uled to start immediate preparations
for the production at the Korda
Studios. r.
Casting announcements for ITO
Be or Not to Be-" which is based on
an original story by Lubitsch and
Melchior Lengyel, are to be made
shortly. =
Korda has assigned Edwin Justis
Mayer to write the screen play. 1t
Is scheduled to face the cameras
Immediately upon the completion Of
Korda's production Of Rudyard Kip
nng's The Jungle Book"
ITO Be or Not to Be" was orig
inally announced by Walter Wanger.
However, with "Sundown," "The
Eagle Squadron" and third pro-
duction planned by Wanger for the
current season, the Lubitsch film
could not have reached the cameras
before next season. It's production
was. therefore, taken over by Alex
ander Korda.
Evening star., 1941-08-26

week-not bad for q man y years
of age. His pay in the army started
at 20 cents day. He is now making
$225 per day.
Never again." he assured me,
will I take those Hollywood COM
forts for granted. 1t is good thing
though, that the war took me away
from Hollywood. I shudder to think
of what would have happened to me
with all that adulation. Looking
back over the past year in the Army
it has done me tremendous lot OF
good"
There is one dark cloud on Second
1t. Greene's horizon, however. Five
weeks ago he received a letter from
Virginia Field informing him of her
intention to marry another man
Prior to leaving Hollywood, Richard
asked Virginia to marry him.
Perhaps" he told me sadly, 'if
this war is over before she marries
the other fellow, can convince her
I was serious. Still, 1 can't blame
her. I think many letters to her
were lost and she has no idea of
what goes on over here. She is a
swell girl and while the news of her
engagement depresses me, I'm not
angry. She is grand girl and !
wish her everything she wants.
I don't think Richard wanted me
to print the above. But it might do
some good and it's sad to think that
he lost his girl by coming back here
to fight for his country. We dis
cussed the Englishmen in Hollywood
who have decided to remain there
and contribute cash in lieu Of them
selves for England.
Il don't think Cary Grant should
come over here" Richard said. He
has been in America so long that
he is practically American Aow. Be-
sides, he has given a lot of money
But Richard dislikes some of "the
older patriots in Hollywood, who
tried to rush me of to England
when I had planned to return here
anyway"
II ~
When the war is over, Greene
plans to return to Hollywood to
work of the remaining four and
one-half years of his contract with
Twentieth Century-F
81 don't want that to be too soon, u
said Richard. 81 want to do some
real soldering first. But it will be
nice when we have won the war to
return to the sunshine, sailing and
tennis at Catalina and the desert OF
Southern California"
Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Dark Deeds
Infest Hills
OF Nevada
But Roadsiders
See to 1t
All Ends Well
BY J. w. STEPP.

So it's dirty work and foul play in
= straight-shooting mining town in
Nevada that goes on as OF last night
and for the next two weeks at the
Roadside Theater. The occasion Is
Scott Marbles epic melodrama,
"TenneseeS Pardner." And it's a
worthy sight for law-abiding-and
what's more-sentimental citizens
to behold.
Contrary to the lay fasteners
conception Of what the Far West
was in its infancy, Mr.. Marbles
intimate view of the lives and times
Of the rawboned denizens of that
rocky sector comes as q mild
surprise. No unbridled, hell-for.
leather community at all is Sandy
Hill, New, until one, Tom Romaine,
sets foot in 1t. Righteousness, in
fact, seems to have reigned serene
up to the point of Mr.. Romaine's
slithering entry. Why, until he
arrived on the scene to loot the
savings of honest miners and badger
his own sister to boot, q man could
actually store his coin without bene-
f1t of lock and key! Mr.. Marble,
we fear, was hereto in his belief.
Be that as it may, his story
points out the Good Lesson: The
victory Of devotion unfaltering and
Of justice inexorable where justice
inexorable is needed, Romaine, you
rat. The Roadside cast conveys it
with its usual fair for conveying
such messages.
In that week at Sandy Hill
though, there were harsh trials to
test that devotion, and painful de-
lays before justice was done. Tc
begin with, Asa Bice CMacubbin
Waters) had to 60 and get hisseli
. wife, to the dismay Of his partner
Orchard Lightning on the Draw
Walsh who knew the lady had q
record for double dealing back ir
Carson City. 1t was the unfortu-
nate Mrs. Bice's lot to prove (aftel
few minor financial misdemeanors
on behalf of Brother TOM that
she has become Strengthened
woman despite the Mountainous
hustle directly aft. She did, dio
Nathalie Sherman. Then the little
blond gel from Tennessee miss
Lansing Hall, Roadsiders note) had
to add to the complications by put
ting old pard Walsh into a stam-
mering lovesick trance. Mutual un.
derstanding and pure love resolved
these difficulties, you may be sure
AS for the rest, cohorts Barlow
and Spike Keith Adamson ano
Austin Brannen, respectively found
ultimate happiness placing the
moose about Romaine's Edwart
Stevlingson'O neck, and at last
reports Lois Alexander's Mrs. Hay
was still f1inging the rolling pin
at Gewilliker Hays prevaricating
heat, which is to say George Far
rington's.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National - 1.-THE Wookey," new
play with Edmund Gwenn: $50 pm
Screen.
Earle-"Here Comes Mr.. Jordan" /"
comedy on the supernatural side,
with Robert Montgomery: II an,
1:45, 4::30, ITO and $50 pm. Stage
shows: l, 3:45, 6:25 and 9:05 pm.
Palace-"Shepherd of the Hills"
the classic story, with Betty Field !:
10:45 am, 1855, sos, $40, 7:30
and Gas pm.
Capitol-"Dr. Kildare's Wedding
Day." but he never gets to the altar:
IL am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs and 9:S5
pm. Stage shows: 1855, 3:45, Gas
and $40 pm.
Keith's-"Hold That Ghost" Alb
bott and Costello haunt a house:
11:35 am, 1:35, $40, $40, 7:45 and
$50 pm.
Metrnpolitan-"J Jungle Cavalcade," I"
through the wilds with Frank Buck
11:40 am, lao, $40, $40, TAO and
9:40 pm.
Columbia - "Whsitling in the
Dark" house haunts Red Skelton:
11:55 am, 1:50, $50, 5:45, 7:45 and
Gas pm.
Little-"Intermezzo," subtitled "a
love story" with Ingrid Bergman
and Leslie Howard: II am, 12:45,
2:35, 4:20, $40, 8 and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
In the Country.
Roadside-"1Tennessee's Pardner,"
classic tear-jerker of the '90s: $50
pm
Evening star., 1941-08-26

HOLLYWOOD seems
like a faraway dream to you,' sug-
gested this correspondent.
"Oh no." they chorus.
I'VE won't 60 back though until
the war is over" Niven assures me,
He has the letter ''P" on his
shoulder and when I ask him what
it stands for he replies that it's
frightfully hush, hush.
Il Il -
Richard Greene took me to his
set, which was a replica OF the
London docks at the time of last
years severe bombing. and told me
what has been happening since he
arrived in London on September 7,
1910.
Il joined up Friday, September 13
as a trooper Gookie) in the tank
corps" he said For three months
I lived in barracks with 80 other
men, getting up at in the morning,
sweeping, scrubbing and peeling
potatoes. Then I went to Sand
hurst as cadet for four months.
Now I am a second lieutenant in
the Lancers. which is a mechanical
regiment of the Royal Armour
Corps
When Richard left Hollywood q
year ago he was earning $500 a
Evening star., 1941-08-26

THE WOOKEY." q new play by Fred
erick HaZlitt Brennan, presented by Edgar
Selwyn, with cast headed by Edmund
Gwenn, Heather Angel and Carol Goodner.
Directed by Robert B. Sinclair, with set
tings by 10 Mielziner. At the National.
The Cast.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
No Glamour, Just
.WhOleSOmeneSS
Is Martha's Wish
By the Associated Press.

BY the AbSCClAle0 HIeSS.
HOLLYWOOD.
Now that she's q bride again.
Martha Raye squawks about posing
for leg art and insists she just wants
to be a family-type actress.
You know" Martha said. "the
kind even the men can 60 to see
and their sweethearts won't get
jealous. Just clean and wholesome,
that's me-"
Martha declares she rues the day
she allowed a studio to turn her, a
fortnight comedienne, into a CLAM
our girl.
TT nearly finished me in pic
lures" she complained. ANY girl
can go through the Hollywood mill
and come out looking glamorous.
However, she readily admitted that
she fills stockings quite adequately.
Il won a contest once for having
the most beautiful legs in Holly
wood" she said, with almost no urg-
ing Plenty of competition. too.
Dietrich, Cradle, Colbert. But If
they want snappy poses. let 'em get
it from the glamour queens"
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Some Debut!

After a three-week search, Wes-
ley Ruggles gave up trying to find
in Hollywood the man he wanted to
play the second male lead, with
Barbara Stanwyck and Henry
Fonda, in Columbia's comedy, You
Belong to Me-" and found his man
on the stage. He is 28-year-old
Roger Clark, who was vacationing
in California when he received the
lucky phone call. In his first scenes
he was called upon to kiss Miss
Stanwyck and be tripped by Fonda
and crash to cafe floor. Before
the scene was Completed he had
kissed Miss Stanwyck 26 times and
had been tripped 18 times by Fonda,
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Veda Ann Returns

Vede Ann Borg, former Boston
model who began a screen career
with Paramount several years ago
and has made a comeback following
facial injuries in an auto crash, is
returning to the companys studio
for a role in mo Hands on the
Clock" Dick Purcell, who figured
in the auto accident, will be in the
same picture.
Evening star., 1941-08-26

study OF British
character, a fine
revelation of un-
pretentious, in
nocent human
nature in the
crucible of mod
ern war, a thing
finely acted and
stunningly pro-
duced, one can
wish it a long
and prosperous
C ar e er. B u t
Frederick Hazlitt
B r e n n a n, the
author; Director
Evening star., 1941-08-26

dganQa him ne
now is making
D avi Id looks
somewhat like
Robin Hood with
his green army
hat set jauntily
over one eye and
his green uni
form. Richard
is wearing civil
ian clothes for
the part i'll his
film in which he
plays a neWspa-
per reporter.
SuDp OS e
Evening star., 1941-08-26

mad us premiere With Iaudable y
disdain for the fact that it Is only q.
August Because it is an affecting erici
Evening star., 1941-08-26

dIIHy SCaIuS OF NIVtn,, WHOSE res
cent majorship in rife brigade
conceded with the important prop
Evening star., 1941-08-26

HOberC OlnCIalr, Jay CArmody.
and the cast headed by Edmund
Gwenn will have to do something
about that third act. Something
drastic, too. Otherwise, despite a
long summation scene, the impress
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Stars, Now Down to Earth,
Make Movies in England
Ma. David Niven and 1t. Richard Greene
Combine Their Old Jobs With New
And Both Are Happy Doing 1t
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.
tBy Wireless to The Starr

David Nven making pictures
Denham Studios but Nvns film
hush production GreeneSub Greene starring Unpublished
Story which Columbia will
found the former Hollywood chatting corridor
the bhtzed Denham Studio.
Il referring superior
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-12
Did YoItaire SEN PIace2

The French philosopher, poet, and
historian, Francois Marie Arouet
Voltaire, once accepted an invita-
ton of Frederick II Of Prussia and
remained three years at Berlin.
Voltaire had ever sought to ingra-
tate himself with the great. AS a
character, he was despicable, cow
ardly, unpatriotic, and a shameless
liar. Irreligious to the core, he
lost no opportunity to scott at Divine
Revelation and Christianity and,
during his stay in Berlin, offended
many by hooking all things sacred.
One day, while at public dinner,
he sneeringly remarked that he
would sell his place in heaven for a
Prussian dollar.
A courtly magistrate, disguised at
the Frenchman's skepticism and
buffoonery, turned to him.
Herr Voltaire, we Prussians are
practical and level-headed in bust
ness. We never buy unless we know
a claimant really possesses or has
a right to ownership. II you can
prove, after our public examination
of your moral character, that you
have right to a place in Heaven,
I will buy your claim for ten thou
sand Prussian dollars"
Voltaire was disconnected. Later,
he incurred the displeasure Of
Frederick II and had to leave
Prussia.