New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1921, Page 8

ain Herald. INFING COMPANT, ¥ excepted) at 4:18 Bullding, €7 Church str v Months. th. Post OMoe at New Britaln d Class Mall Matter. EPHONE CALLS e . ofitable advertising medium In Circulation hooks and press ays open to advertisess. of The Associated Prens. fod Press is exclusively entitled #e for republication of all news to it or not otherwise credited paper and also Jocal news pub- hereia, of Clreulation organization newspapers and honest * lation Auvdlt furnishes with a strictly tion Our el upon this it. This tion agalnst fraud In & bution Agures to both national and advertisers WOoM PoLITI he pf severnl IN eve of the nomination for persons, onc is women of ed in their to remind by that again has been plac they wished it whether hey should have as much a h the in s, as the coming nominations, some cascs are wetical men position women should take not to be a thec tical one. stand should be positive. As game” and all h are new to “the with the will start t as familiar of yet more with from es politics, It easy for them to n and never to swerve should bend every effort to electing the which hoy pminating and public ts who will people h the serve office to they are le the in obtained war was progress There is an today think and to have the another big of state results. Ing inspiration to lely and sanely work for administration affairs viewpoint to Bet 'lmn.nl from the eco- substrata of Men ef - her At evi- e exists already a litics. that s Influence In p inning to realize her i1l be ce dictates lines that right was along are lines. is sentiment less in than it is e where today, especially in for woman the the desire was hot strong to say the Wom- that public af- came the election for t of the United States. n to realize at that time just take a part in The must better element realized counterbalance an ele- nt was not so good. nominations for local women comes the oflices, They ar in jaracter. Again must their part is not to sit at work best and may effect. d theorize. They mus they be the of the community they that believe to do have AL POVERTY HERE., in this this moment are suffering people them—at pmployment has hit hard. yvesterday” col- Herald notic d in news he ken the administra- of this poverty. that may be. help made thesc Miss as been clothing t, Telephone rity Organization will be b hear proffers of help. The een working hard. ped more and more as pes o time when we at we have the upon themsclves the supported ting tal various institu- awful duty of looking into d have suffering, that poverty and g the help you a time when glad ave our we are here, firmly established assistance such the New the City organi- ns Britain Charity tion, , the and OfMcer E. C Walter William rable Visiting Nurse as- Milk Pro- Mission, the such persons as Connelley, Inves- Kosswig and Superin- Cowlishaw bhesides other charitably in- and some other organ people s that of nce, will be drawn into helping those who, through perhaps, that or through a ealization the recent good could last gh always, that or some misfortune they ! petition” | \ im- | { be found, for the jitneys to have | doing it Every- H mean, through to life possible de- unfortunate make and freedom from spair for the who, in helped our city. better times, their have possibly with hands to build THE JITNEY BILL. “Jitney Bill"” the for his seems that he and thus it will become a law. Jitneys will compelled to keep off used by the trolley lines, but will be The so-called will go to Governor probable will sign it be routes do business in not by electric Members of the legislature said that of the bill will do away great measure with the ‘‘ruinous able to territory served cars. the passage ina competition” against the trolleyvs. If that, namely the doing away with ruinous legislation against the trolleys will be the only result, the only benefit of the bill the public it great failu-e. Many might passed to do away with “ruinous com- to will be laws be ut the public be no better There must would off be a consideration of the public the observed, to say jitneymen. Consistently it has been said here that the trolleys are necessary for this portion of the state at the present time The lack of them has shown, in other cities, great business The lack of them would soon be felt in New Britain. We must have them. But people have used the jitneys, appreciated the service they gave and loss to houses. the reasonableness of the fares charg- The example of the in- of under which the system is working today is ten-cent fare charged for a very short ride, with cars at twenty minute And there is at least one where the “one-man” service that the delights in inconveniencing pas- would-be passengers. ed. glaring Justice the plan troliey the ntervals instance is such is would seem “‘one man” sengers and But it is believed that the passage this bill may not do with “ruinous legislation™ the Questions will be fought out in court as to what a jitney may law- fully do. May is cross which the trolley is operated and if so may it pick up passengers near that treet? May it run alongside trolley tracks if it does not take dis- passengers along way there are tracks? ofr the trolleys. away against a- street on nor charge the where Will a way pri- vate stations, along trolley tracks, where passengers may be taken on or left? There are many questions \\hlch will arise and which must decided ff the jitn men press the questions. Certainly be the state owes the trolley ympany a great deal. It was granted franchise and the company would laid their tracks had it supposed there would be any compe- tition long i lines. We have profited through many years, by its rvice, good, bad and indifferent. The has helped develop this part of the country. er have much, company to More recently we owe much to the jitneys. They have ploughed through snow and storm. They have given us prompt courteous service. Their fares have been reasonable always. We have a personal interest in their welfare. The expression “Busines is business covereth a multitude of unhappiness. It looks as though this bill, if signed by the Governor—and it is almost im- pussible to see how he —will take from us many of the jitneys upon And may which yet it is find we have pended that possible they some means, by genious device and serious study, to change their routes in accordance ith the provisions of the bll, so that they of their Until will not suffer. Certainly many sengers will suffer. provisions of the law former pas the full —if it becomes such by the Governor's signature—are known, and decisions have been handed down de- ciding just what these provisions it is imposible what of the in New Britain. The trolley will stay, We trust the will way to say just will become Jitneys service be improved will be seen, under the abo)] and competition, to charge lowg Meanwhile th Jitney men for their good an ous service and for the man we may but they have sabed us, and we ma they may find “other” profitable routes, of us not jitneymen extremely inconvenienced b make matters no better thrown out of business,% B that Many / LIKE He arrivey out his Ro ot he woulf Ha sty ab! dent some of these organizations, | up | signature, 1t | in other branches of business ! nothing of | { avoid de- | until legal | ST RUMINATIN (Robert Rus=cli.) ruminate that you words You out put that stood— cannot a-wishin’ down in all would be that all the thoughts yourself stand would be so clear that all could solve 'em usin’ jest one hand. There's many com- plex problems rings from Jest a single act; there's many doubtful epigrams writ from a single fact. The offshoots o the brain are so mixed up you cannot tell when you are think- in’ this or thait you're doing ill or well. That ruminatin’ pipe o' mine is troubled many when from its smoke » rises simple, homely, fool- rhymes, to know if what means is always plain in what it writes—if jt makes truly clear the dreams that come to it o' night An’ so it sort o' wants to say that it has got one creed o' hopeful- ness an’ helpfulness a-depre- catin’ greed. It hates the things that's low an’ mean—though mean itself may be—it longs for the ideal which it would make others see. An' so when someone thinks they find a hit at them in it let them be sure this good ol' pipe don’t mean it—not a bit. For if the thing called hope an’ trust ain’'t worth the fightin’ for, then splendid an’ upliftin’ is the awfulness o’ war. with- could so plain well under- mixed-up can’t under- e————————————————————— —— e gentlemen present who had a word They were of the Hungarian government. They possessed a sem- blance of brains and a good recollec- tion of (;olnparati\'ol)- recent events. They indicated ‘“Nay, nay, my son— not just now—at least. You have missed your cue. Get thee hence.” And Charles, chagrined, got him- sell hence. of urse it did not happen just this way; but it happened. What a splendid plot for a “best seller” thereby lost! 5 And there will come a day when all monarchs will be told to “get thee hence.”” They will “get’” in various and sundry ways. But the “getting” will be sure. It is predicted and hoped that an elderly man, with a long, white goatee and hair, wearing a great smile will be there to see the last of the mon- “hike.” / to say. i was archs “They say” the peach crop is ruined in Delaware. What in the world will the young men do? cannot fight against is not headed your way, at If you rent that a cur- least utilize age. you use wyour brains to it to your own good advant- may be certainly Although necessity the elec- may mother o! invention, tricity ia kin to convention. Education may be wasted. There is little use being prepared with an umbrella when it rains unlesa you pui it up. et True you can catch more flies with sugar than vinegar, but it is a bad habit to keep offering them the for- mer. Lights and Shadows By John J. Daly . AR MoNT] B(-I‘ur.-\-‘fl"s Had 20w 1 learned t A child A saintly She wi Who's gg | have { anything lla" | lord or —" FACTS AND FANCIES | — BY ROBERT QUILLEN — About nations , thing the now is a deficit. the only common O Liberty! What powers the Post- master General has been given in thy name! best arguments against in 'ism is North One of the ending Dakota. Lloyd George is learning that it is easer to stand pat than to withstand weeks from now, one won't | to hate more, the land- umpire. A few know which the { Very frequently success is the re- | sult of living up to fattery or living down a knock. Even the man who is unable to meet his bills manages to keep a respecta- ble sum on hand for the hold-up man. ‘With the cost of propaganda mount- ing daily, how can you expect a nation to pay indemnities? English lecturers in America doubt- less wonder who started the fool theory that silence is golden. John Barleycorn is dead, all right. The odor of the charnel house clings te this bootleg stuff. Very likely there would be no Reds among school tcachers if their salar- ies didn’t make them blue. Beyond doubt God is always on the right side, but He doesn’t keep it from making foolish blunders. Germany says the Allies have up- rooted the Versailles treaty. “Well, the darned thing wasn't bearing any fruit. The patent preparations that dis- courage perspiration tend to limit re- parations from an almost defunct na- tion. American women will look to Mrs. Harding for guidance, and we look for an era of connubial bliss if they* adopt her theory that chicken pie is a breakfast dish. Our friends are those who brag about us, 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date.) fhe police made a total number of 58 arrests during the month of Mais:h. Of these there were 28 for drunken- ness. A report of the committee on esti- mates at a mceting last night showed that the sum of $97,700 had been used fo rthe city expenses. In order to meet these a tax of 10 and three-quarter mills will be recommended. Officers will be nominated this even- ing at a meeting of the Savings and Loan association. Mortimer H. Camp is home from Wesleyan for a short vacation. The High school class of '96 re- ceived their diplomas today at the graduation exercises. There were 38 graduates in all. Professor E. F. Laubin will resume teaching on Monda April S.[ _ COMMUNICATED AN ATTACK | government job, but { or attack by a fair-minded .individual. | the It is a little difficult to land think of long rest you get afterwards, People seldom need money until they persuade themselves that they need something else they don’t need. Now that' the income tax is out of the way, one can begin saving for a ' new casing for that rear wheel. A motor tourist complains that it requires great skill to dodge the bill boards; evén mor¢ however, to dodge | the board bills. Germany boasted that the world would soon forget atrocities if she won. And apparently, it has, anyway. Reparation: Noun; money paid by a loser who has wreécked the premises. Synonyms: Conversation; whines. Our idea of cynic is a man who looks at Congress and remarks that in a melting pot the scum rises to the top. We have an uneasy feeling that when . Ford has polished off the Hebrew he will concentrate his attack on the home brew. If that is what he is waiting for, we are glad to inform John Bull that there really is no dignified way to drop a hot brick. — Just to keep the record straight, let us record the fact that the Cabinet contains one fuil beard, three mus- tache sets, and three bald heads. Very likely there are men who know something about the European situa- tion, but they are not the ones who write books about it. One reason why a man doesn’t hold his wife's hand in the movies s because she would suspect him of loading up on furniture polish again. Having reached the conclusior that they' can’t do anything about it any- way, statesmen have about decided to let Russia work out her own destiny. A femipine publicist says girls are} beginning to think they can’t attract| attention without being naughty. Our publicsts are getting that way, too. communication in which I am severely criticised as a candidate in my ward for not resigning my office | of councilman, which I have the honor to hold. . I feel that I am strictly within my rights and -~ that my, position is not open to censure If that is the most serious charge that can be made against me, I feel confident that no one-will agree with | “First Ward Republican,” who does not disclose his identity, but rather | that my past record.in the common council, alone, should determine my fitness for the very important office to which I aspire. I have only to add that I have been a member of the common coupncil for three years and have been absent from only two meetings of that body and my sole purpose now is to serve the city of New Britain in general and the first ward in perticular in the best manner I know how. GEORGE H. WELLS. A statement is made in the local column of a morning newspaper quot- ! ing a member of the school board— name carefully omitted—to the effect that the plans of the school board should not be interfered with be- cause of the personal ampition of one - ;. 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I may add that I have followe up some of Mr. Goodwin's 'person work and its effectiveness has Wee a blessing to our school system, he has done more to bring about the