BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19271, 7 January 1931, Page 8

BY THE WAY.

SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys.) Great minds may invent intricate ways to save the farmer, but in the end he often has another mortgage as his net gain. A great man is one who has been dead long enough for people to forget how they knocked him. “ Television will enable the radio fan to see what he’s getting.” Getting engaged at the seashore works that way, too. A Scotsman has been heard to remark that he would give £IO,OOO to be a millionaire. A meeting of the Unemployment Committee has been called for next week. It is understood, however, that one member is already on strike. A Jew who was meeting his creditors made a long tale of his difficulties and the losses he had had, and finally made an ofi'er of two shillings in the pound. The creditors were not satisfied, and insisted on a better offer, so the Jew finally agreed that he might make it half-a-crown. This incensed one creditor, who thumped the table and declared with strong emphasis that if something better was not forthcoming they would send the debtor “ over the hill.” “ Veil,” said the Jew at last, “ I vill make it three shillings; but, mind you, I’ll be losing money at the price.” From Washington we learn that the shoe polish record is held by Britain. The U.S. counters with the gum-chew-ing record. Lord Reading, on Indian affairs, says distrust can only be cured by trust. A lot depends on who are members of the trust. “If a man is ten bob to the good on the year’s turnover at a bridge table, is he an amateur or a professional?” asks a London writer. Neither—he is a gambler. A paragraph informs us of the history of the butcher’s blue coats; but what we would reaHy like to know is how he got his striped pinny. Dr Eaves, of New York, so they cabled yesterday, says that if kissing was stopped for ten years there would be little T.B. about. He is mistaken. Look at the number of married people who contract the disease. That boy in Sydney who can see with a sixth sense is doing nothing new. Our wives h&ve been doing it for centuries. Mr Lcadley represents the Returned Soldiers’ Association. If anyone wants to know how the war was won he’ll show* them.