New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1921, Page 6

ald. | PANY ) At 418 Chureh street at New Rritaln B Matter LLS: #ng medtum in books and press advertisers ted Pross. olustvely entitied tlon of all news otherwise credit foonl news pub- of Clrenintion. organization adver- statistics aud In newspaper both national and POUNC inject upon ot say rmitted to o comment A pre reedings one might of repartee be- Alderman Peon old story. ing had neil to he establishment veterans’ on the provide asso- monessa remark been able to on Walnut Hill he soldiers, while oplied that they ot “squandered’ the he remarks Alderman’s of a one who have rning 4 to been oney ‘squandered the significant ing care df the ded to undoubt- fs passible to do | . | those [} the formalities fon for $11,000 referred back Progress X of the the firemen that the-Council Wwants the fire- that are human feourse has been ed sufficiently for the A8 Are able to ing where by the Ve the two- firemen enjoyed be pre- the voters sam be no complaint ) he equl to @ movement is an express them- ght on the mat- mt one morning by of d a street one car. d my sever-year ool and got him pther died a year | dnutes I've had WAaSs No expres- i@ent; the fire- or of course. It put knowledge on jan— he ' Perhaps this open the i, possibly, make the city meeting to get that ‘emen more his father's the ndditional the mil o doing, ture of the & up of the ques of the Common Misles of safety sslon was believed guncil a was not eyes of small than time. tax will ses- some that the pe trivial n pived att ce In every case. ined it Now the size The spot to wonder Britain New polive ot co Lon the & great help pedeostrians jch places should ns to be no good permination, wdl, should not the detalls o to [ are |a new the | | cause underlying The | The | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBR “JEST RUMINATIN. (Robert Russell.) There's days when sunshine seems a mockery— you cry “What has the sun or rain to do with mortals such as 1?7 No rays o' gold could cheer me nor, could leaden hail-stones add one whit to that great sorrow that bids fair to drive me mad. For life's not worth the livin'; death would bring a soothin' rest—what care I if my suicide would keep me from the blest?" Poor sufferer renew your faith; the act you' con- template would plunge you in hopelessness—despair would he your fate. Look calmly at your sorrow; know whatever caused your grief it cannot be there is no w to week an’' find relief. So weaker than your brother will you sink beneath your load and wander to destruction in the uitters’ " poor abode? All o'er the world men live an' dle, in silent pain an' woe; are you to be that weaker one an’ hands thrown up, let go? That ruminatin’ pipe o' mine is not so awful wise, but this it knows ‘“There's always Hope until the body dies.” winter deep —_— — ble Cross, exception the American the that of Red standing above others all above as This worthy; organization and why emphasize one others? Those who had the good fortune Kelley yesterday learned of the extensiveness of work of the McAll heard from this wom- that the nearly half a cen- with the sort of cannot be gainsaid, to France Christ to hear Mrs hing Mission in France. They an of distinction organiza- tion has lMved for tury, appealing, sincerity that of story many those the in to whom of Jesus tale of From smallest of beginnings this has grown to something comes as love and hope. the organization ‘hing the heights of sublimity all is done among most humble of origin, among most grateful in their realiza- | tion of the plature of | life which before them. One may not fail to express to Mrs. Kelley the local the the very approa and its work those flluminated is being held and organization revelation speaker's words may fail that the this city there might brought One to the not ex- press wish in heart of woman in the at every longing to others the base of the spring that activities. help in Mission's WHY OPTIMISM? “Depression about in business” is all we hear It consider would be well for us to stop and the comes this pessimistic from which talk the in the face and ask him sources Look man squarely why ? will hecause Ask him a few questions, the one country's the be business suffer of largest crops this in its history will harvested year? Is this country going to suffer be rallre matters are in a better the railroad condition and b for first aurse, the is on a sound flhncial and operating basie will our banking system has withstood the greatest credit time in a decade, system the country suffer because train in its history and is on a sound and warkab!e basis” Will the country suffer accumulated because the of many surplus of prosperity is stored ways for our continued use? Will the ma five years splendid in country suffer because the the and a kets of world demand creat prepared our products mercantile marine s to transport them? will has our country been suffer because of faces it not extended in any its activities and no of such as pre lir conditions? Ask the the am readjustment along the usually precipitate panic mistaken or ignorant pes- questions? Then ask him feel that he doing to his country, his city, by probable simist he injury mmunity it not is his talking about hard > Then watch him slink away without a reply has the to of times | and disaster —{f sens the see the significance asked questions you THE Sug SUGGESTER” The whom all Public peal when § haveeson - Good they. . . The Sug- 3 rything and ter ix the man citizens to spirited | them | Theater,” headline. FACTS AND FANCIES By would be all right infant dry to in- Perhaps it call bootlegging an dustry. Little human interest story: Man on u park bench wearing a soiled silk shirt will also the army demob- unem- include of the Normaley ilization of ployed. The Powers show a humane and commendable eagerness to talk about disarmament. One good way to kgep off the rock pile is to keep vour nose on the grind stone Whet the Zunman Lakes o, come and scatters it to the ninds, he has the grace not to call it an appro- priation. is almost in a high- A woman in a tantrum as dangerous as a woman powered car. That balloon trip to Canada taught one lesson. It demonstrated the need of a boomerang attachment for the gas bags. A nation says it is threatened with utter collapse if something doesn't happen, and then nothing happens, not even the collapse. The Russian proletarian is doubt- less happy when he giances up and observes that the foot on his neck is Lenine's and not the Czar's. Reauty of the estate, The Suggester takes a prominent in every Church movement. It delights the Suggester to Confer with the Pastor and humbly to convey to what on certain texts having nothing to do with the Matter in Hand. The always place the Pastar just should Suggester has knowl- Influential Citizen's ; be said | edge of inventions which would help ! his priate Town. the every He adoption mentions of occasion, the how appro- them wofild be and embadies on in all resolutions someone for the home Town. else is going to present of the In filling out his income tax blank the Suggester He knows all im- provement is especially valuable. the is help a Friend discover them. Exemptions and glad to As for himself the Suggester has given away so much hours which he his money, and so many reduces to money in list of exemptions, pay The Sug: that he never has to any income tax. ester may be found always at his office where much speculation arises as to the nature of his business « and his of reveals. means income. This the He public Matters Affairs. Suggester never is too busy to always on discuss The when Personal Suggester there ceiving a call smokes “'stogies’ danger of his re- He smiles always, ex- he furnace is any cept at home—where usually busy the the The Suggester's wife watches “Suggests.” quite with or lawn and “lawyer and members of Lo!h Coal Man in for Al ngs personally, there's a combination you can't beat We are informed reindeer may re- inforce beef supplics Please leayve two alive for Mr, Santa Claus. Fraud,” headline. Much as we respect soon. ‘Don’t Ever Marry' at Palace And yet the Pai- other theaters, often affairs. ace, like our stagey amusing While fluctuate the the of sin earnings workert wages of remain stationary. Headline says “King George Makes Significant in Address to Parliament.”” 8o, you see, even kings Statement can do it I! Mary had a little lamb Whose fleece was black, not white, could Miss find her i1amnb night? How It Mary he stayed out at see how this ‘In Strength’ helps me," he got stuck on the “1 can't There the fly paper. Union id fly- Is A man nust i {or women, who must die. | were I ROBERT QUILLEN History of a Government scandal: Public prints, committee, pigeon hole. Italian ships coal up in America, with a very strong and profane accent on the “up.” A tariff may help the corn raiser, but it won't make him a dollar-an-ear man. The “Another tacks, subsided. income tire hissed and of those darned it complained. is no call to won't take all Well, well: there worry. Mr. Harding the advice he got. An economist complains that our currency is no longer fluid. It is still fluent, however. THAT SOME OF T™E PTIPOLONES' RO L BE DR SUTANT n & COUmE OF CaslerlTion & These piiiiul pictur of thin and naked people ‘in Europe somehow remind one of a portrait of a de- butante. Why this newly awakened interest in Austria? Did the Powers overlook someting worth taking? The world is so nearly bankrupt, it's a wonder statesmen don't insure it and set the darned thing afire. The rcason the child can’t under- stand t! ¢ logic of adult principles is becausc the child mind is honest. They say the Hoover family once had a coat of arms. No doubt the central figure was a dinner bell rampant SOVIETS EXECUTE THOSE THEY HATE Do Not Even Bother About Holding Trials Berlin, Feb. 17.—Prisoners jails of Soviet Russia, when, con- demned to death, are called out to be shot by soldiers who stalk into the cells er midnight, declares M. *hwartz, of San Francisco, the so- cialist who went to Moscow to at- tend a congress of the Third Inter- nationale and was imprisoned there for four months. (In a previous statement, Mr. Schwartz told of the death of his wife as a result of a hunger strike she began to end her imprisonment in Moscow, denounced communism in Russian and said he was going back to America to tell the workers there the actual facts about the Russian situation). Tall and gaunt, his black hair and beard heavily streaked with grey, the American, who had been a bolshevik before a visit to Russia ‘“saddened and enlightened” him. described in a supplemental statericnt, the cold fear and trembling i which soviet prisoners wait for the visits in the dead of night. “They always come between the hours of one and two o'clock, he said. “A bolshevist soldier walks into the crowded cell and in the instant si- lence calls out the names of the men, In the jail where I was, they marched the pris- oners down a stairway and into a courtyard. We could hear the vol- leys of the firing squads. Many men called out for execution from my cell during those four months. Few of them knew why they had been condemned, but generally it was un- derstood they were ‘counter-revolu- tionaries.” They were shot without trial.” After a time the prisoners became inured to these visits and, in the filth and monotony of prison life, ceased to care whether their names were called or not, Mr. Schwartz said. Cheery greetings were often passed as the condemned men were marched out. The men about to die would say their good-byes, wave their cell com- rades a so-long, and those remaining would cry out: ““Good-bye. Sce you later.” Throughout the first few nights, however, Mr. Schwartz said he trembled as with ague, and his clothes, sven to his overcoat, were wet wita perspiration. Other prison- ers, some of whom had been in the jail for more than a year, took the matter cynically and told. him with apparent relish the horrors through which they had gone. When at last the summons came to Schwartz to leave the cell he said he was certain he was going to the place of execution. But they led him upstairs instead of down. He was taken before an official named Feld- (man. in whose hands was the power of life and death over all the pris- oners in his charge. This man said who thinks he knows wom- he had reviewed Schwartz's case and think again—if he has an- . the American was free to go. Then { take out one company in each, 1 and | month the other two companies in 1 in the said the reply appeared to satisfy the ! soviet official, who affected a pleas- antry and dismissed him. “If every bolshevist in America could spend a few weeks in a soviet prison,” he concluded, “there would be no more followers of the red flag at home.” COMMUNICATED, A New Idea on the Platoon System. Editor New Britain Herald: Dear Sir: Allow me the space of a few inches in the columns of the Herald -on the question of the firemen's two-platoon system. I firmly believe that $50,000 a year can be saved, and for the next 10 years to come approximately $500,000, before the city firemen should be on a two- platoon system. Why not have a partial two-platoon system under this plan? Having six | companies and the Hook and Ladder company, class them off in 1, 3 and 5 and 2, 4 and 6. Put No. 1 and No. 2 stations on two-platoon tem, 3, 4, 5 and 6 the old way. After a month 2 and transfer with 3 and 4. The next and 2 transfer with 5 and 6, and then alternate every month thereafter. This system would put the men on six months of two-platoon and six | months the present way. At the same time this transferring of the men would give them better training in performing their duty and I believe it would not be quite so monotonous on their nerves as it is now, being stationed at the same place all the time. The Hook and Ladder company can be taken care of by adding one or two men and alternate accordingly. Respectfully Yours, One Who Wishes to Help the City and Firemen. Salary of Berlin Judges. Berlin, Conn., Feb. 16, 1921. ! To Editor New Britain Herald: Relying on your undoubted court- esy and good nature I am asking you to publish tha following: I notice in your esteemed publica- tion of even date an article concern- ing the town court of Berlin wherein our representative, Mr. Deming, has introduced in the general assembly a bill increasing the salary of the judge and prosecutor from $250.00 to $500.00 per year and_ quoting rigures showing about how much each official receives for each prosecution. Tha writer tells us that there have been 79 cases to date, but fails to state the fact that the fiscal year will close on July 1st thus leading the readers to believe that our poor hard workinz court officials will be obliged to keep up #dheir strenuous work until Janu- ary 1st to complete the year. Now Mr. Editor and readers of The Herald, I believed when we elected Mr. Dem- ing as our representative that he was supposed to represent the interests of the voters and taxpayers of the town of Berlin and not the selfish and sordid interests of two out o! our twelve hundred voters. I have been a resident and taxpayer of Berlin for many years and I fail to see where justice has been dispensed any better or any worse during the term of the present incumbents than before their reign. I do not know of any law tlat will prevent our present court officials from resigning at any time they be- come dissatisfied, and T honestly be- lieve their places could be filled in such a contingency. I believe that 250.00 as prosecutor with about $1,200.00 as tax collector and a good vearly salary from a iarge prosper- ous concern should keep the wolf from Mr. Lewis' door and amply compensate him for services rendered and, furthermore, I have not heard of our worthy judge applying to the town for assistance. I believe the taxpayers of the town have burdcus | enough to bear without handing out any bouquets at this time. Pity us, O Lord, when the school board gets through with us, is a fervent prayer of mine and I shall expect to hear a great many taxpayers say “Amen.”’ There has been for a few years a reckless expenditure of public inoney, many foolish expenditures, and why continiae the evil by adding even one more? 1 hope that our court officials will say that under tho circumstances they will be satisfied with the vres- ent salaries, and even they must know that the H has been knociked out of the high cost of living, and the cent has been taken out of gasoline. Sincerely yours, A TAXPAYER. Explaining the Hebrew Ladies’ Aid Society. Ta the Editor of The Herald. Will you please be kind enough to allow the use of your columns for the following: Through some apparent misunder- standing there appeared in today's issue under the heading regarding a drive for a hospital fund, by the lo- cal branch of the Hebrew Ladies’ Old People’s Home association of Hart- ford, the direct intimation that the above organization is an “inter-or- ganization’” of the Hebrew Ladies’ Aid society of this city. For obvious reasons it is necessary that the pub- lic at large should be made aware that while many individuals are members of both organizations, nevertheless there is no affiliated con- nection whatever between the former and the latter organizations. ctfully vours, et " ABE. H. LEVINE, Hurlburt St. Financial Secretary. February 15, 1921. 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