New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1921, Page 6

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Mayor Curtls expressed himself as ot the opinion at the recent meeting of the Common Council, called-to con- s.der the jitney matter, that trolleys were due for the discard, that the gasoline bus was the coming method of transportation. He, we believe, was right and the belief will be ech- oed in many eircles. The trolley company, itself, in our opinion, foresees that the cumber- some electric vehicle, confined to & track and compelled to run less offen than the smaller machines, is due for |_ the discard and is preparing for the Jjitneys. The trolleys will accommo- date a larger number of people, they must carry a certain number before they begin to pay, and therefore they run with more time between cars. They must let the passengers accumulate before picking them up. This Is not sc with the Jjitneys, which can give better service because they can carry fewer people and make money. Evi- dences are plenty that the Connecti- cut company plans to go into the Jit- ney business within a short time, they ma$, eventually, displace all of their t-olley lines with the busees. Of course this means the scrapping of a large amount of valuable property, but valuable property is valuable no longer when it ceases to be a money making proposition. Naturally the Connecticut company will relin- quish its roadbed and cars only after a desperate struggle. In London, about as large as New York in population and probably sev- eral times its area (in size, there are remarkably few trolleys. There Is one tube system and innumerable busses. The taxis of London have long been & subject of wonder for the rest of the world. The people of that place are spread out in smaller houses than there are in New York, yet they find the bus system an adequate means of transportation. There is one subway system, or ‘“tube,” and while the actual number of surface trolley lines is unknown to us there is a noticeable lack of the trolleys in the downtown areas. The busses car- A\ ry passengers for long distances for two pennies, about four cents Amer- zcan at normal exchange, and do a thriving business. When we figure the price of fares we must remember that there is a driver and a ‘“con- ductor” on each bus and that gaso- line, during the war, was a dollar and a quarter per .gallon. It is al- ways apprecigbly more in price than it is in the United States. The taxis carry passengers within a good sized area for a shilling, about a quarter, and they are always readily procurable. ) i If the city of London finds its busses a convenient method of trans- portation, even when gasoline and oil is costly, there is every reason why American cities, particularly those which do not have subway systems, should do the same. After a town reaches a certain size it will support the busses much easier than it will the trolleys and there is no need of keeping up an expensive road bed and a !Arge equipment. Mayor Curtis was probably right, the time is coming when the trolleys will be scrapped. Nieanwhile we are laden with the problem of supporting a company in order to get any transportation at all. It might be a good plan for the city, providing there are enough voters in- terested, to try and operate a jitney cystem of its own. If it should be found feasible the action of the Pub- lic Utilities commission in support- ing or refusing a permit for its oper- ation would be looked forward with interest. to LOCAL CHILDREN’S TEETH. New Britain needs a dental clinic. In that one statement is expressed a congifion of affairs in this commun- ity little 1ealized by the average citi- zen. School children are growing up with teeth neglected so badly that many of them are anemic and tuber- cular or on the verge of tuberculosis, principally from the need of dental treatment and instruction. Of the 33 children examined yes- terday by Dr. James 8. Irvin, prosi- dent of the New Britain Tuberculosis Rellef soclety, only one was found to ‘be free from the need of dental treat- ment. The 33 children who were ex- amined are slated to go to the New Britain fresh air camp at Burlington tomorrow., Some of the teeth were in a very deplorable condition, yet according to statements made by Misses Logan and Duelle, who are in charge of the dispensary at the local Board of Health ¢linic, they were better on the average than the last lot of children examined. One young lady of 11 years ap- peared for examination with practi- cally all of her second molars reduc to merée skells by neglect ané decay Not a moiar was left which could be fixed. This girl will be forced to use falsc teeth, 'literally before she knows the value of natural teeth. In most cases, what Dr. Irvin called the “6-year molars” were found to be gone or going. Front teeth also showed to be in very bad condition. Not so miuch of this condition is caused by poverty as is caused by neglect, ‘igncrance and indifference on the part of the parents, according to the nurses. Environment and liv- ing conditions considerable to do with this state of affairs. Jmprop- er dict also helps bring on premature have “A very sad thing about this con- dition,” said Dr. Irvin, is the fact that these poor teeth interfere with the development of the jaw and up- set its shape in later years." When asked what effect the condi- tion of the teeth as he finds them antong the children he examines, has upon the tubercular question, Dr. Ir- vin answercd “It has a great deal to do with it~ It lowers the resistance and gives the disease a better chance to take hold.” ; Dr. Irvingfurther stated that the condition of the teeth ag he finds them among’ the children is responsi- ble to a large extent for the anemic condition among children who are sent to'the Aresh air camp. Onez girl, who was examined yes- terday, was reported as having heart trouble -and rheumatism. She also recently recovered from a severe at- tack ot;St. Vitus dance and now is in an extremely nervous conditjon. Efforts are being made to keep her in camp all summer. She’is said to be sick ncarly-all the time. *“She will never get better until she” gets her teeth fixed and has her tonsils Te- moved,” said Dr. Irvin. “Poor teeth and bad tonsils are the chief causes of tubercular trouble amlong chil- dren,” added the physician. Several cases of pyorrhea were seen among those examined. ' One girl had a back molar so loose it almost fell out. Dr. hivin on Tudsday lifted sev- eral loose teeth out of & boy’s jaw. A four-year-old hoy examined yesterday had a4 baby molar already undergoing decay. 3 The suggestion is made that local dentists get together and figure out a way to save these teeth and inbi- dentally do what they can towards helping stamp out the dreaded white plague, LEGISLATION. Developments in Washington tend to the belief that all is not “well in political circles, despite the over- whelming majority. of the Republicans in Congress and the seemingly weil oiled machine that put the party in power. Numerous evidences of fric- ton have appeared lately in which the Democrats have been quick to press their advantages. Insurgents in the House and Senate are becoming numerous, which is liable to' happen when a body is composed, at the out- set, of one kind of men. Indications are that the soldier honus bill will be carried, in the house, even though the President has voiced his disapproval, it is predicted, although a determined effort will be made to force a recess before action i¢ taken. The tariff and revenue biils will be passed on and a recess takea if present plans of the majority pre- vail. But there is so much agitatton in favor of the proposal that the House may, tortured by the Democrats, find it a political necessity to act upon the bill. If so the same political ex- pediency will force passage. In the Senate we may look for obstruction. The G. O. P. has kept its party fight well covered, but troubles are starting to crop out before observers in Washington. In regards to.the tariff and revenue bills there are -aany insurgents who are inclined to criticise the President for paying too much attention to “big business,” the bankers and Industrial groups. This group combined with the southern Democrats and blocked a plan for a summer recess once before. The re cess was planned for the same pur- ‘Dose as is the present one, to defeat, by indirect methods, action on legis- lation disliked by the administration. It is an old trick, this, and it will be attempted again within a short time in order that i be shelved. The midwest senators plan another test of their power when the Norris bill for establishing a government cor- poration to market farm products abroad comes up for action. How much are you prepared to do for the producer? will be the virtual ques- tion in presentation of the bill. Nat- urally the farmers are in fayor, the Senate is, in part, and it is said that the administration may not be. At any rate, the test will be made, the bill will be kept constantly to the the soldier bonus may fore and attempts will be made to sidetrack other legislation until it acted upon. There is a strong divergenos of is Try This On Your Wise Friend Two trains start at the same time, one from A to B, the other from B to A. If they arrive at their destination one hour and four hours respectively after p: ing each other, how much faster is one than the other? Answer to yesterday’ Sundnyvg O o o e o o sentiment among a party of men rep- résenting the same political stand- ards ih regard to the tariff bills. The Democrats will not be slow to grab the advantage that this offers. The ight will be watched with much in- terest about the country, particular- Iv after ‘it becomes clear just what is going on, EINSTEIN HOME AGAIN. Professor Einstein, who was so good as to visit us lately with a brand new theory to explain to us, is home. He also seems to be in a peevish state in- duced, no doubt, by the hot weather and is inclined to complain because the American public did not understand his relativity proposition. * There is no intellectual life in this country, he told the world, nothing to compare with the intellectual life of Europe. We are in- terested in baseball and the movies, etc. only, he states. Professor, we apologize most heartily to you in our failure to grasp the sig- nificance of your theory. It was ex- plained to us once by a youdg lady, searcely out of her teens, who said she knew all about it. We have no doubt she did, we are not in a position to doubt her. We are also sorry that the young lady didn’t meet you, professor. Maybe she could have told you a little more about baseball and prize fights than you know now. Maybe she could, she ‘couldn’t tell us about the baseball same we took her to, but pessibly you would understand her. There isn’t anything that she dooesn’t know, to hear her tell it. It is simply our vast ignorance that makes her remarks in- | comprehensible to us.” ‘She told us so. Babe Ruth has the 'Einstein theory down pat, we suppose, that's why he so makes many home, runs. * Jock Hutchinson understands the relative position of his golf ball when he reaches the’ bottom of his swing. It's a great thing, relativity, we know it. And again we apologize for insulting you through not following your line of argument It was undoubtedly great stuff, there were a lot of words in some of them we had to look up, and I guess we would have to again. Ye Editor supposes that he is placing himself In the unifitellectual category when he doesn’t lay a claim to knowing the theory of relativity. He could say he understood and ,get away with it pretty safely. Probably we are at the heights of foolishness in destroying the public confidence in us at one fell blow. But boys, oh boys, if we make a mis- take in quoting the sporting record of one of our favorites, life isn’t worth living fof twenty-four hours. We are compelled to follow what goes on about us, not to delve into the realms ot theory understood by few. Maybe it is better so, maybe we are all happier for our interest ang knowledge of sporting events and the movies. A good book will entertain us and we do ndt object to @ thrill in our reading once in a while, such as is furnished by the magazines of the day. We enjoy good music at times and we will go out and dance with the rest of the gang to the jarring jazz of modern orchestration. It is pleasant to be a part of the world that is about us, it is nice to be interested in the things that the others are. If our minds so turn that delving into abstruse subjects is a pleasure, then we should do so. But they don’t, professor, we're sorry, they don’t: PERSONAL LIBERTY, (Manchester Herald.) The mayor of New Britain in com- menting on the jitney situation thera is quoted as saying: “The pecple of New Britain do not like the idea ot having somo other party tell them where they shall ride, when they shall ride, upon what they shall ride, and what they shall pay for that ride.” Unforturiately the people of New Britain and of every other placa in the United States are necessarily re- sricted as to the conditions under which they shall ride. The restric- tions are made by laws enacted for the common. good. No man owning an automobile may lawfully ride in it until he has taken out a state license and pald a generous fee for it. He may not drive the car him-~ self until he has passed an examina- tion and secured another license from the state. He then may ride on the publica, nighways but not if he is in- toxicated. If he attempts to ride on private ways against the wish of the owner he will get into trouble. Even on public roads he cannot 50 where he pl es. Try driving East on Asy- lum street in Hartford for example, and see how s00a a pojiceman wilt stop you. Where the authorities in cities compel taxiéabs in cities to reduce the:r fares to a reasonable level pas- sengers do not complain of the inter- ference; on the contrary they wel- come it because it saves them money. But when perchance the legal auth- orities permit a raise in rates then the liberty-loving citizen declaims for his “rights.” Most of ug are born with a streak of selfishness which prompts us to look out for number one. But we all soon find that we cannot havé.our own way in everything and that there are others whose rights we are bound to respect. Laws are framed by rep- This .is No. 10 whore he will meet Eamonn de Valera in the Irish-English peace ° Downing Street, London, the home of Lloyd = George, sides is expected to aid peace negotiations. (St LIGHTS AND SHADOWS | By John J. Daly A fantastic color .scheme over That ever could wiggle its The tears of her motherhood. There were lilacs and lilies and laces all round, And roses and ribbons a-spreading And the house, at an old fashioned wedding. 3 -8 Ta the church, in procession, the bride and the groom Went in different waya, but each heading For the altar before which. the; To be true — at an old :* oned wedding. Then the bridesmaids, ltke eangels a-flutter with joy, While the sun-beams, through stain’d-glass with leading, Kissed tHe veil of the byide, stole a glance at the boy \ And day-dreamed at that old fashioned wedding. At the house, when the toast to the bride had been sipped, And the groom had been cheerfully led in The room where the men and the punch had been dipped, There was fun at an old fashioned wedding. 5 Then the guests were assembled, with slippers and shoes, And rice that would make proper sledding; Thus they pelted the principals off on their cruise, Which was part of the old fashioned wedding. There was only one touch of a sorrow, I know, And temper the humor, or stem in its flow The wit, at an old fashioned wedding. And that was'the aftermath, after the bride Had gone, and her mother was shedding THE OLD FASHIONED WEDDING. In the present day whirl, in the rush and the roar, In, the fast moving way we are treading, If we pause for a while we are bound to deplore The decline of the old fashioned wedding. the ground pledged, until Doom, head in Oh, and she cried For her girl — at an old fashioned wedding. resentatives, whom we ourselves choose, to bring about the greatest good to the largest number. That is the principle which legislators have aimed to follow in this jitney con- troversy. Those who insist upon making the new law a personal griev- ance and complain that it is an in- fringement of their personal liberty have a weak foundation for their arguments. 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date.) The Haymakers' Association of Mattabesset Tribe of Red Men, held a watermelon social last night. Ernest Humphrey was elected collector of straws, George Dyson, Keeper of Bundles and John P. Rehm, Guard of Hayloft. There were five burial permits is- = = New Haven today attending a meeting of the state Foresters. The Swedish Baptist church will hold a concert at the church tonight. BONUS BILL TALK Fordney Insists He Will Have It Re- ported, Despite President. Washington, D. C., July 14.—The soldier bonus bill, despite the wishes of President Harding, will be re- ported from the house ways and means committee following the bill revising the taxes, Representative Fordney, chairman said today. Mr. Fordney frankly stated he was not convinced by the president’s ad- dress that the bill should not be passed in the near future. “I have been of that opinion ever since the bonus bill was first con- sidered by the committee,” he said, “and I see no reason to change it. The ways and means committee will sued by the town clerk today. Rev. S. G. Ohman is contemplating a trip to Florida in the near future. Attorney Willlam E. Delaney was in hold brief hearings after the tax bill is sent to the senate, which probably will be late in August, and then re- port the measure to the house.” The first three American dead in the World war are back home. are Lance Corporal Diviston. monies at Hoboken, Gresham and Privates Enright and Hayes, of the Picture shows Gersal Pershing speaking at the puneral They Pirst parleys. Inset General Smuts, premier of South Africa, whose influence with both less hyphen. The close-up may be 41l right in the movies, but it is rather distressing when applied to factories. ] \ Princess Fatima, sultana of Kabal, Afghanistan, received the key New York City when she called on her left is one of her sons. in school. She joked with Hylan. She is on her way to England to put her boys to Mayor Hylan. to That young man- —— FACTS AND FANCIES | — BY ROBERT QUILLEN — J The postponement of weddings and bridal tours might resuit in a lower berth rate. If your boy dosn’t seem very bright, don’t despair. Congressmen get pretty good pay. A period of unrest gets the greater part of its inspiration.frem the rest- Now that hootch is gone, where do these gay 6ld dogs of sgventy get the (nspin‘t'lon,for their mash notes? If t* s-re is a commerce raider oper- ating on the Atlantic coast, we may yet find-a way to dispose of our wood- en ships. Some girls wash their faces at in- tervals, and some merely put on a fresh coat. “See America First” is the only American slogan that has ever been adopted as a national policy by foreign ¢ountries. It would be easier to u@derstand the fall of Adam if he had squeezed the juice ou tof that apple and given it a week to fortify itself. That comet missed an excellent op- portunity. There will probably never be another time when the end of the world will cause so little regret. When you see a girl with a face like that in the movies, you are safe in as- suming that the producer {8 trying to put over one of his relatives. Inland bathing pools will never bo as popular as seashore resorts until they provide suave hotel clerks to frisk patrons. The soda fountain has its limita- tions, but early morning patrons never have any difficulty about making the first one stick. o Sims declares that he said the same thing in a book. That is different. ‘When it got into the newspapers, people read it. It that crowa or sarveyors finds oil in the Islands, the Filipino won't be capable of self-government for another hundred years. | ‘Advices from Mexico declare that Villa’s reform is complete. It usually is when the bandit collects the property he cares for. The an that just as you settle for a nap, some darned fish jerks at your line. ®ying thing about fishing is Is it the impression of Congress that the continued hardship and suffering of disabled war veterans serves some glorious principle? Fame: The quality that gets yon little more deference in a hotel that would kick you out in any case if you ouldn’t pay your bill. The minimum wage is just and rea- sonable; no ‘one can compiain if & carries with it an obligation not to deliter a minimum of service. Statisticians inform us tkat living costs are only 60 per cent hizher than in 1814. The information would be even more interesting if they would tell us what store they patronize. AGUINALDO AIDS W0OOD Ex-General Emilio Aguinaldo (center), one-time thorn in the side of cere-|Uncle Sam, is helping 24aj. Gen. Leonard Wood (right) W. Cameron Forbes i% Weo President Harding. and Gov. Gen. s survey of conditions in the Philippines for v