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Try and Stop Me

—By BENNETT CERE

THE late D. W. Griffith was fond of telling people that in
1 the. big CiVil war battle scenes of his "The Birth of' -a
Nation" he employed 50,000 extras. When people pointed
out that this must have
cost him a half million dol-
lars a day for over a hun-
dred days, and marveled
"How did -you stay sol-
vent?" Griffith would
chuckle and say, "I worked
out an infallible system.
Our soldiers used real bul-
lets."

• • *
Tallulah Bankhead, touring
in Noel Coward's museum piece,
"Priv'ate Lives," was kept
awake one night by a persistent
rattle against her window pane..
She discovered it to be a
of metal on the end of a wire. and angrily drew it inside and tucked •
it under her pillow. A few moments later she was sleeping the sleep
of the innocent. The next morning she was horrified to discover that •
the metal piece under her pillow was the LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR.

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IIAUMIER, the great French painter, once fell a full year
behind in his rent, and the landlord became understand-
ingly obstreperous. Daumier boomed, "Be off, you foul cap-
italist! The day will come
when wide - eyed tourists
will gape at this garret and
whisper, 'The great artist
Daumier painted here'."'

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The landlord nodded agree-
ment. "If I haven't got my back

rent by six o'clock tonight." he
declared. "they'll be able to say
it tomorrow."

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An eccentric New Englander
died in his 40:-room man-
sion, after leaving instructions
that he was to be buried at two
in the morning, and that his
will was to be read immediately thereafter. A blizzard was raging on
the night of the funeral ; and only four mourners exerted themselves
sufficiently to attend the bizarre ceremony. They were amply re-
warded. however. The deceased's will directed that his entire estate
—almost half a million dollars—be divided equally among those who
had turned out for his funeral.

to a Hollywood journal, a luscious star was
A CCORDING
in the process of getting married for the fifth or sixth

time. The officiating clergyman, flustered by all the publicity
and glamour, lost Mg place
in the ritual book. The star
yawned and whispered,
"Page 84, stupid."

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Victor Mature suggested a
new fashion switch in a Phila-
delphia interview. "Let men use

the lipstick next season instead
of women," he proposed. "In the
end it will wind up in the right
place anyhow."
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20—THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, December 24, 1948

Upholstery Trade
School Opened by
Three Detroiters

Trade School of Upholstery,
offering expert instruction in the
art of fine furniture making and

repairing, has been opened at
1025 Brush St., one block north
of the County Bldg., by Milton

Fonberg, World War II veteran,
Harry Margolis and A. H. Che-
row.
Mr. Fonberg is blending his
personal knowledge of the sub-
ject taught with the technical ex-
perience .of Mr. Cherow (LL.B.),
who is serving as school director
and as lecturer.'
Custom upholstering will be
taught in the school shop where
the student will abtually build
new furniture using new frames
and fabrics. He will learn every
operation involved in the making
of fine furniture. All materials
and tools will be , supplied by the
school. Tools will become the
property of the student upon
graduation.
It is announced that business
administration also will be
taught. There will be lectures on
interior designing and decorating
and the study of fabrics. Con-
ducted tours through upholster-
ing shops and factories will en-
able students to or _ ientate them
selves in the field. Trainees will
receive certificates qualifying
them for apprenticeships upon
graduation.
Day classes are conducted
Mondays through Fridays, 8 a. m.
to 4:30 p. m., and night classes on
the same days 6:30 to 10:30 p. m.
The day course lists seven months
and the night course 56 weeks.
For information call WO. 1-5673.
Mr. Fonberg served for 30
months overseas with the 36th
Division under General Clark.
The Trade School of Upholstery
is GI approved and also has , the
approval of the Department of
Public Instruction for enrollment
of civilian students.

3,000 Arrive In Israel

HAIFA (JTA) — Three' thou-
sand immigrants arrived in Israel
Dec. 17 aboard three vessels. The
new arrivals include 2,564 Bul-
garian Jews, among whom are
several prominent journalists. .

INSURED

SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS

George Duplaix's Italian gar-
dener announced that his uncle
had been killed by a weasle.
"A weasle ?" echoed Duplaix
in astonishment. "How come?"
"He driva hotmobil," explained the gardener. "Coma to crossing.
No heara da weasle."

Copyright, 1948, by Bennett CerL Distributed by King Features Sy n di cata, IM

'First Jew in Michigan'
Topic of Katz's Essay

In his article "Ezekiel Solomon:
The First Jew in Michigan,"
which appeared in Michigan His-
tory Magazine and which has
been reprinted as a pamphlet,
Irving I. Katz, executive secre-
tary of Temple Beth El, reviews
the history of the Solomon fam-
ily and touches upon early Mich-
igan history which, towards the
end of the 18th century, at-
tracted pioneer settlers to the un-
developed northern territories.
Mr. Katz relates that although
Solomon was married to a French-
Canadian girl, Louise DUbois, at
Christ Church in Montreal, he
retained his Jewish interests and
"hiS name appears several times
in records of the Sephardic Con-
gregation Shearith Israel, Can-
ada's first Jewish congregation
founded in Montreal in 1768, as
one of its active members in the
early period of its histOry."
Solomon's experiences with the
Indians, his founding of a gen-
eral store at Mackinac, his rescue
during the Indian massacre, are
among the incidents recorded by
Mr. Katz who states:
"The history of the develop-
ment of the American West has
always had to take cognizance of
the activities of the fur traders
as a group of pioneers who

played a large part in the open-
ind up of vast new lands to
settlement. The Jewish fur trad-
ers and merchants of the Colonial
period of our history, such as
Ezekiel Solomon of MiChigan,
deserve an important place among
these pioneers of trade and civil-
ization."

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Prescription Center Offers

To Prepare Baby Formulas

New Record Rental
Service Announced

A new record rental service,
Babies' formulas, prepared to
physicians' prescriptions, are now conducted as the F and G Sound
System, has been opened by two
being offered at the Prescription Jewish veterans., Records for
Center, 18971 Livernois.
dancing, as well as JeWish selec-
The formulas, prepared by a tions, are available.
Operators are supplied with
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Further • information may be
obtained by calling UN. 2-4666.

Central Floor Coverings
Has Popular Patterns

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Max Nusbaum, widely known
-to purchasers of carpets and
linoleum, announces that his
Central Floor Covering, 7758 W.
Vernor Highway, has a complete
stock of the most wanted carpet-
ing. Among the patterns available
are Conternpora, Serenade, Cotil
lion, Raleigh and Firth Primitive.

TELEPHONE 4465

NOW IS THE TIME

TY. 8-7445
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