27 JULY 1934, Page 6

With all apologies to the medical profession, I pass on

an anecdote—whose truth I can confidently vouch for —going to emphasize the extent of the depression in America. An undertaker in a substantial way of business appealed to a financier for a loan of a thousand dollars on the ground that trade had gone to pieces because 60 per cent. of his potential clients were now too poor to pay for operations. Ja.brus. too poor to pay for operations. Ja.brus.