Show BRISBANE THIS WEEK the souls of oysters oyster in the coffin ile he pays polly ilas has a tombstone suicide Is folly mr kokichi Mi kimoto a ble jap of gentleman once a peddler anese noodles is now Z gigantically rich thanks to his oyster pearl idea he makes real pearls by forcing the oyster to work at P pearl e arl production instead of diving for oysters hoping to find one on e with a pearl in it he puts little irritating ri grains of sand inside the shells of millions arthur brisbane of oysters and each oyster proceeds to tode deposit the pearly substance on the sand to escape its irritating scratching these pearls are real although experts can tell the difference they annoy jewelers and have hurt the value of the other accidental pearls but they make it unnecessary for the unfortunate pearl diver to go all naked to the hungry shark as the poet has it mr Mi kimoto has been obliged to kill hundreds of millions of oysters which is serious his buddhist religion teaches that each has its little separate soul in fact the soul of his great gr grandmother and mother might have resided in one of the oysters an american who recently died left a fortune of between and thirty million dollars chiefly in tax exempt securities on which the owner while he lived paid no income tax now that he is dead inheritance taxes will take about two thirds of the many millions the lack of a dead or alive tax exempt securities offers opportunity to some able lawyer if the government has no constitutional right to take any income from tax exempt bonds how can it legally take halt half merely because the tha owner is in his coffin A green parrot with red tipped wings buried in a respectable grave will have a granite he headstone a d with here lies polly coddington ding ton sixty eight years old engraved on it exactly how old polly was no one knows born in brazil she he was presented to the grandmother of mrs joseph E hunt sixty eight years ago parrots like eagles elephants and other intelligent creatures that eat wisely often pass one hundred A higher race thinks up foolish things for itself gruesome details which no one seems to have put into a movie or a horror story are published in connection with a recent suicide the unfortunate victim convinced that life was not worth while hanged himself and then still conscious f found he was mistaken and made desperate unsuccessful efforts to cut the rope those that think of suicide should remember that they must leave the world soon in any case and might as well remain to see what will happen while there is life there is hope chiang kai shek dictator of the government warns china no nation can ruin us unless we first ruin ourselves emphasizing the fact that the short road to national ruin is neglect of 0 preparation for cor war some patriotic american radio sponsor might arrange to broadcast that talk in washington D C we need it here almost as much as china needs eeds n it england tears fears that quarrels among union men may ca cause use strikes in airplane factories and delay britaina Brit ains effort to get ready for her next war such strikes would probably bring welcome orders for planes to american factories nevertheless th eless it is only fair to remind british workers quarreling among themselves that when foreign bombs begin dro dropping P ping on their families any an Y strike against national safety will seem to have been foolish ia in retrospect and those words chiefly women and child children leil should be remembered borrowed money is cheaper and it ought to be since the douar dollar is only worth 59 cents A cheap house or cheap dollar should bring a cheap rent even so it surprises you to learn that mayor laguardia borrowed from J P morgan co thirty million dollars tor for the city spread over a five year period f for or one and one ine tenth per cent i interest here myron C taylor head of big steel greatest steel in m the world vald announces increases company in wages also resumption of full dividend payments on the preferred united states steel stock also earnings in three months of more than thirteen million dollars biggest in six in inar three years 6 thirteen thirteen million t dollars dola months may not be bis big S money V but it is better th than be ing hit t on the head sane with stone a P a knon kanir no service |