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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 8

“Nobody cares for an ex-cham-pion. You’ve got to save vour money while you're making it. When I was making big money I would have laughed if anybody had ever told me I would end up in court trying to explain why I couldn’t nav mv bills.” This was what Jack Johnson said when he entered an insolvent debtor’s petition in America to save himself. from a debtor’s cell. Johnson made the petition becnv- ' -’-I he was unable to pay a 2500 dollar balanre an 11,000 doilais ->ul lor jewellery purchased in 1922 for his former white wife. Lucille Cameron Johnson. in the futile attempt to dissuade her from divorcing him. Sweethearts are having a bad time with this daylight-saving. It is truly pitiable to see them wandering about the parade, waiting for the shades of night that refuse to fall. So they stroll disconsolately on, looking mightily uncomfortable, the boy not knowing whether to take her arm or her waist, and the girl inclined not to let him do either. “But it’s so light, Bill,” one can almost hear her say. The real tragedy will come in midsummer, when couples will have to meet about 10 o'clock at night to avoid the public’s eye. In the meantime, what about a plea for bravery in love? Just put you arm round her, and vet the rest of the world go hang!