Houdini's Death 40 Years Ago Is Remembered Here THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, November 11, 1966-13 DAN NY Aid for Belgian Causes By BENNETT CERF but it might as we'l be." — Kin The Conference on Jewish Ma- RASKIN The kids at a school in West Hubbard. terial Claims Against Germany last * * Palm Beach have a sense of humor. UN. 4-6868 year allocated a total of $570,000 The 40th anniversary of Harry 10235 W. 6 MILE Old "he-she" jokes used to dom- for educational, medical, relief and Houdini's death was marked Sun- A new teacher, determined to im- press the boys with the fact that day, and a host of memories recur- he meant business, wound up his inate the humor magazines and other projects in Belgium. red here of "The Man No Jail first session by reminding them, undergraduate publications, but Could Hold." Houdini died in Grace "It's going to take more than just they're rarely considered sophis- ticated enough for present-day Hospital here. the proverbial apple a day to get readers. The fifth son of a Hungarian by in THIS class." So the next Here are a few hardy relics: rabbi, Erich Weiss had many a morning they brought him a water- 1. He: Do you enjoy Kipling? Largest Supplier of Books to the melon. She: I don't know. I've never * * * Jewish Book Fair Kippled. A very wealthy, very clever 2. He: Have you a hobby? Is pleased to offer you the new book by the theatrical impresario — so mean She: No. Ay bane single. world renowned, foremost living Hebrew Novelist and untrustworthy, however, that 3. He: I'll stick to you like glue. he didn't have a true friend in the She: The feeling's mucilage. 4. He: I'm glad I'm not a French- world — was rewriting his will for man. the fifth time in a year. This time he inserted a clause leaving $10,000 Winner of the Nobel Prize She: Why? outright to every servant who had He: I can't speak French. * * been in his employ for five years at the day of his demise. 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In the Dexter Davison Shopping Plaza ©1966, by Bennett Cefr, Distributed break in Detroit on his way up to man paid him for his labors, he by King Features Syndicate becoming the renowned escape figured out that it came to three thousand dollars in all: "Two hun- artist, Houdini. dred bucks in cash — and the re- Mark Beltaire, in his column Houdini's famous escape trick off mainder in legal advice" (None of which he took.) in the Free Press, mentions * * the Belle Isle Bridge Nov. 27, RIDDLE-DE-DEE 1906. Q. What do the following places He was handcuffed, tied with ropes, then locked in a trunk and have in common: Amsterdam, An- lowered into the water. Houdini twerp, Athens, Belfast, Bombay, Cairo, Hamburg, Lisbon, Liverpool, managed to work out of his bonds Madrid, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam —as he always did. and Warsaw? An early break was a booking at A. They're all in New York Moore and Wiggins' Wonderland, a dime emporium on Woodward, State ! Q. To which Indian tribes would Beltaire writes. In one of Houdini's books, "Miracle-Mongers and Their the following be likely to pledge Methods," Houdini spoke of the allegiance: 1. Lawyer. 2. Carpet Wonderland as a "gold mine" of Weaver. 3. Wild gambler. 4. Lock- experience for young performers. smith? He published many of his methods A. 1. Sioux. 2. Mohawk. 3. Pawnee. in books and magazines and left 4. Cherokees. his equipment to his brother, Har- Q. Where does a 100-pound deen, also a performer. gorilla sleep? A collector of historical papers, A. Any place it darn pleases. Houdini spent a fortune on his collection. He could afford it, earn- Another psychiatrist gag? This ing $1,200 a week in the major one has the usual frustrated wife vaudeville houses of the world. Houdini died from a ruptured with the poor husband, for a appendix, the result - of a playful change, convinced that he's a lawn punch by a medical student testing mower. 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