3 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Local Young Man Honored Talks on Life Insurance by Louis Danto Hilliard W. Goldstick is Elected to Comedy Club of U. of M. Those who attended last Sunday evening's performance . of "All Aboard,'' the play presented at the Detroit Opera House by the Young People's Society of Temple Ileth El, will distinctly remember the superb pantomimic work and fine comic acting of Milliard W. Gold- - stick, who took the part of the Em- peror of Celestia Isle. As a gratifying indorsement of r. Goldstick's ability conies the announcement of his election to the Comedy Club of the Vniversity of ichigau. T h e Comedy Club is one of the foremost college dra- matic organizations in the country. and election to it is considered a high honor and tribute. This year, but five of the several dozen aspir- ants to membership were elected. .N1r. Hilliard W. Goldstick is the son of Mr. and . 1rs. S. Goldstick of this city, and is well known in local amateur circles. Tie is a stu- dent in the Dentistry School of the university, and a junior in college. Life Insurance and the Marriage License A man who cannot give his bride a policy of insurance upon his life is too poor to but a marriage license or to pay a wedding fee. There is no reason why wives cannot be trained to have the same business sense that widows are forced to have—or go to the wall. "Collier's Weekly'' says that a wife should not merely ac- HILLIARD W. GOLDSTICK I he comes of a talented family, his brother, Nathaniel H. Goldstick, an attorney of this city, having had the distinction during his student days of being one of the foremost ora- tors in the university. cept, but should demand that protection which is so often her only safeguard against privation, if not actual poverty. "She should insist that it be regarded not as an extravagance, nor as an investment, but as a necessity. It must come before luxuries such as super-millinered bonnets for the wife, and cigars or beer for the husband. It should come before a savings bank account. In fact, it should arrive with the wedding presents." ZELIG (Continurd from page 2) asked for money to go for the medicine, Zelig snatched the pre- scription and hurried away, still murmuring: "I'll have to borrow, I'll have to beg." Late that • night, the neighbors heard a wail issuing from old Zelig's apartment ; and they under- stood that the son was no more. Zelig's • purse was considerably thinned. He drew from it with palsied fingers for all burial ex- penses, looking about him in a dazed way. Mechanically he per- formed the Hebrew rites for the (lead, which his neighbors taught him. He took a knife and made a deep gash in his shabby coat ; then he removed his shoes, seated him- self on the floor, and bowed his D oo r old head, tearless, benumbed. The shop stared when the old man appeared after the prescribed Ihree clays' absence. Even the Pole dared 'not conic near him. A film seemed to coat his glaring eve ; deep wrinkles contracted his fea- tures, and his muscular frame ap- peared to shrink even as one looked. From that day on, he be- gan to starve himself more than ever. The passion for sailing back to Russia, "to die at home at last," lost but little of its original intens- ity. Yet there was something now which by a feeble thread bound him to the New World. In a little mound on the Base Achaim, the "I louse of Life" under a tombstone engraved with old He- brew script, a part of himself lay buried. But he kept his thoughts away from that mound. How long and untiringly he kept on saving! Age gained on him with rapid stride. Ile had little strength left for work, but his dream of home seemed nearing its realization. Only a few weeks, a few more months! And the thought sent a glow of warmth to his frozen frame. He would even condescend now to speak to his wife concern- ing- the plans he had formed for their future welfare, more espe- cially when she revived her pe- cuniary complaints. "See what you have made of us, of the poor child," she often argued, pointing to the almost grown grandson. "Since he left school, he works for you, and what will be the end?" At this, Zelig's heart would sud- denly clutch, as if conscious of some indistinct, remote fear. His answers touching the grandson were abrupt, incoherent, as of one who replies to a question unintel- ligible to him, and is in constant dread lest his interlocutor should detect it. Bitter misgivings concerning the boy began to mingle with the rever- ies of the old man. - At first, he hardly gave a thought to him. The (Continurd on pare 5) Widows never object to life insurance. But their acquiescence is to o late. The damage is done and the chance is gone beyond recall. NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. of Boston, Mass. Organized 1835. Assets over $70,000,000.00. LOUIS DANTO Manager Office, Main 2749 Telephones I House, Cadillac 3024 UTTER a THOMSON, State Agents 623 Penobscot Bldg.