Show A Good Loser In the year when stocks went up up up and even the bubbles held their shapes and hues there < < were daily stories sto-ries of tips that brought fortunes and waiters and chambermaids who got suddenly rich by lucky speculation There have not been ro many tales of sud eli fortunes lost since stocks fell down and bubbles were dissipated although al-though doubtlewi there have been an ample production xfacts to base them Ion I-on Maybe It Js because sad stories are not as much in dcmruul au gay ones or perhaps it Is that the average man inclines in-clines to hide his griefs however he may noise his joys abroad But not all the atones of loes arc dismal There are many good losers who take bad fortune an philosophically us good anti who once the shock of disaster has worn off take a humorous view of their own reverses Better still there are some lojvirs whose thought Is so little for thcmpelvcs that they arc able to gather verltnbl figs of the thistles that are served up to them One such person per-son It would seem la Dr Filbert of Philadelphia who was a very heavy loser by Ihe collapse of the Asphalt trust He la l a man advanced In years who has been both rich and generous Ile made his money in the asphalt business bus-iness and had learned to believe In that business as a gainful Industry When the Asphalt trust was formed he believed in that and thinking its securities I se-curities were more than commonly good to have he not only put a great deal of his own money Into them but he heartily recommended them to many of his friends whose means were small Accordingly they put their savings Into in-to asphalt while the pitch was still hot and when the collapse came their investments 1 in-vestments wore swallowed up That did not suit Dr Filbert He had lost J a million and a half himself but he had something left But the thought that with intentions however benevolent benevo-lent he had led his confiding friends to lose what they could ill spare was painful to him Consulting with his I children and getting their t moral support sup-port he drew half a million dollars and went around and made good in cash the losses which the poor people of hlt acquaintance had Incurred by taking his advice That is the story about DI Filbert of Philadelphia and I It is such a consoling story and such good Christmas reading that we Jiope avery word of It is true Colliers I Weekly = |