New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1922, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATU*DAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1922, A T - THE OBSERVER - Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People e . in life, There are few people who do not feel enthuslasm over the sight of some person whose powers seem to have gone regaining position and | prestige, There are few people who will not help a "down and outer"” (0‘ regpin his own and others' This quality I8 one of the most to hr\ Ing Intoxicants is not good; who have | voluntarily pledged themselves not to! drink and who convinced tiat | such an attitude 1s good for them, at least, The Tabs never stand behind “Prohibition” movement ofcially. They believe in example; they believe ‘New Britain Herald are MNRALD PUMLISHING OOMPANY (Iscuod Dally, Sunday Excepted). At Merwd Bidg, 67 Church Btreet. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: any respect, o = = = #4840 & Yeor, 8200 Thres Montha T80 & Month, Batersd at the Post Offer at m' orital | a8 BSecond cluc Mall Matter, ‘ nuwnonn CALLS: Business Offive . Wditorial Rovms . llc only profitable advertising rasdiom In | g Circulation booke .nd press | m. slways open te advartisers. Momher of The Avsactnted Pross The Amociated ’u- s cxelusively entitled e the use for ra-publicetion of all yewe creditod to it or not otherwiss crodited n this paper and aiso local nerws pubd- Mskod herein. Membor Aadit Bureau of Circulation | fre A. B. O. ls & natlons| ormsnization which furnishes mewspape:s and .am- Hecrs with A strictly houest avalvels of clreulation Our cireulat/on eta wpon thie yodit, Thiv in: tectlon against fraud mow r dls- bution figures tn both naticual and lo eal sdvertisere, = e == ANOTHER TRAFFIC PLAN It New Britain grows as optimists | beliese the city will grow there will | come the day when there will have to he some ‘“‘one way street' arrange- ment about central park. This should be kept In mind in any discussion of traffic plans, Central park should not | be destroyed so that, when such a | day comes, there will be no park about which trafic will run, Such a plan as that suggested by the chalrman of the board of public works dnd the city engineer, to cut off a portion of the park, to make West Main street continue straight down to ‘Church street, must be carefully con- sidered before a sound opinion may be given on the wisdom of it. Plans for | cutting down central park come up almost annually—and the traffic keeps : on.increasing together with the re- sultant congestion. Nothing is done, and “nothing doing” blocks traffic ac- tually and metaphorically.” This plan of cutting off the corner —for that is what the suggestion amounts to—is merely temporarily dodging a real issue:that must be faced. Decision wfll depénd somewhdt: upon whether one looks'at the idea | from the utilitarian or the artistic | standpoint, but with either viewpoint its advantages may be seen, If it were to be assumed that cutting off the park and making the street wider there would completely destroy the | beauty of the center, it {s right to take a deqaea stand against it. We want some artistry about the center of the | city. ‘But theré is a decided question | w}aelhfir a less congested street-inter- section thzr!. even without that cor- ner W;ne park. would not be more sightly than would be the park, left - Intact, but bounded by intersecting streets where congestion is almost con- stant in the busy hours—and it must be remembered that the busy hours| are the hours when the city has more spectatprs than any other time of the day. (It is quite certain, for instance, that spots in a city where wide streets, without traffic congestion, bound a park, are more sightly than spots ‘ where narrow street, always congested | limit it, no matter how beautiful the park may be. This is a matter that should “freely discussed, not only by whose business interests would be In- Jured or helped by the plan—and they will be heard from—but by those whose business would not be affected but who have as much right in the | city as the others. The clty plunning‘ commission should take active part in | the discussion of it, of course. The park cannot stand much “shaving of"" but something has to be done about the traffic until such a time as even those who feel that ruin would stare | them In the face if the “one way" idea prevailed have come to the conclu- slon that the system is inevitable. And, | a8 before indicated, when that day comes there should still be some of the park left to serve at least as a fitting spot for the memorial statue, be ! those | THE “TABS" The local Young Men's Abstinence Benevolent Society | will ohserve the 41st anniversary of the birth of the I branch of that| National organization next week. This | Jocal branch, containing some 600 members or more, is the largest branch in the country, and occupies Total ' and 1o | tles and the prohibition lssue to in- unwilling throats. | that | llquor, | more of a ' | makes for greater efficlency and power |'to celebrate and uses, with all sin- | as he approached the shores of -this | heart as young as the youngest despite { dwelling on and bemoaning the past in ' his country will come a renewed af- | silently shakes its fire-scarred hand. | who have suffered the same agony; ! phrase of condolence could come to a | | ing those interested in it. They will an unique position in the affairs of New Britain. It is unique for what it does not do, quite as much as it is remarkable for its accomplishments. At this time when prohibition is get- | | | | will realize as never before who are ting to be such an issue in politics, the | “Tabs,” as they are called famillarly arc especially interesting because “prohibition” is not thelr issue. As nearly as one not member of the organization may their a express it, theory is that every man is entitied to | his freedom of thought providing |t‘ njures no one else. It a man belleves drinking anything intoxicating is or is not injurious to physically, he is entitled to either be- lef. If he believes example in drinking would be injurious to others, and that it is “up to him" to make his example in accordance with that | belief, he is entitled to take a stand which, he thinks, will help and not harm others. So he believes it proper | to take that stand publicly. The! “Tabs” are men of the Roman Cath- olic faith who voluntarily stand before his | all circumstances, him spiritually or | the people as men who believe drink- In voluntary action, They do not set themselves up as paragons of recti- | tude or virtue, They fight against no man because his opinion, his habits, differ from theirs, They refuse abso- lutely and unqualifiedly to allow poli- fluence their stand, It is & purely vol- untary matter with them, They be. leve in total abstinence for them- | selves, - Let others, judging life from thelr standpoints, take what attitude’ they please In the matter, The Tabs | are cager to welcome those who he-\ lleve as they do in this regard; |hey refused to force their opinions down Again be it sald that at this time when the enforcement act is the sub- Ject of smuch criticism the attitude of the Tabs is significant. Many honest ' men believing in prohibition think | an Infringement of personal liberty does greater gemeral harm throughout the country than aoes' Many believe sincerely that, ! with growing wisdom, temperance if not prohibition will come eventually. But they 'believe that it will come through the recognition by men of the | horror of intemperance, They be- lieve that voluntary temperance is character builder and than does involuntary obedience, un- der protest, to a law which many de- | nounce, / The Herald congratulates the Tabs on the anniversary the society is about cerity, the old expression: py returns of the day.” “Many hap- CLEMENCEAU * i i The great man of France has been followed with interest across the ocean country to which he would come to| help in having France and Atnerica understand each other better. Eight- one yeurs old he refuses to emphasize | the past and keeps his eye on the! present and the future. He works for that country of his, loving it with a its refusal to honor him with the Presi- dency. That, he says, is of the past. No the make-up of this man who refuses | to outline what he will say, but who wants to tell the people of this coun- { try about his country, relying upon his own judgment of what those ‘things| shall be and’ disavowing any official responsibility, : i Clemenceau, in addition to the char- acteristics that have made him the, great man of his own country, is a splendid example of a perfect com- bination of strength, determination, and gentleness, love. None would ac- cuse him of a lack:of any of those qualities; none will say that he em- phasizes the value of one above the other. In this city a few days ago and American, knowing his France, noted the fact that it was belleved there that “The Heart of America, once won, | I8 never lost.” Clemenceau is coming to make that heart understand for he | betieves that with understanding of fection for it among the people of this, MANCHESTER HERALD FIRE Bound today to “The Manchester Herald” by a bond of sympathy thor-' oughly appreciated, thist newspaper is in a peculiarly good position to tell the interesting publication of = Man- chester just how understandingly it/ No words are necessary between those | both understand. No perfunctory contemporary suffering as the Man-; chester Herald is suffering today from a newspaper which a year ago faced | a situation similar to that the Man- Lh(‘fl(‘l’ newspaper {8 facing. But The New Britain Herald is ln a position to utter a word of hope, unnecessary, perhaps, but, like many unnecessapy things, perhaps appropri- ate. The grim smile of determination to “carry on” which undoubtedly ap- pears on the face of the Manchester | Herald today will be productive of re- sults. There is a new experience await- realize as never before the splendid satisfaction that comed from fighting when the cause is "orth while. They their friends and how faithful are! those who work for them. They will come out of the trying situation better able to fill their place in their com- munity than they before, for they will be fortified by a knowledge of what their newspaper means to those whom they try to please and how determined are their helpers to| put their shoulders to the wheel under were THE “COME BACK" Jess Willard, former heavyweight champion pugilist, appeared in the ring the other night in Los Angeles and boxed fairly well. enthusiastic reception, There been some talk of his trying to “comc‘ back.” Such talk is discounted by box- ' ing experts, but that is quite beside the point. Everyone enjoys seeing a success- ful “comeback,” in sport, in business, | prosperity. ! vibrato ‘admired in men and women. What enthuslasm would there not be arous | ed If the football players of twenty years ago who, today, are sedate bus- iness or professional men, were to get together and beat the ‘“youngsters?" In the summer time I8 not the sym- pathy always with the “Old timers" When, at some day of celébration, they line up against the _younger athletes? And what man 6r woman, rtmrmw bering past triumphs,’does not long to stand forth prominently again? ‘True, this longing is to gain praise; true, the desire 1s tinged with selfish- | ness. But in it is seen the love of life, the pathetic refusal to give up hope, the “never-say-die” spirit that makes men and women fine and And it is this splendid quality in men and women that calls forth prllln and | enthuslasm from all others: ' As long as this spirit “lasts the*world will be a poor place for pessimists, Facts and Fancies (BY IOBEFT QUILLEN), Peace: A state of tranquillity and Antonym: Patriotism. Civilization is just a slow process of buidling more emergency wards. A rolling stone gathers no moss, but a rolling pin collects the long green. Modesty, in our day, merely doubling your you are lying about it, consists in salary when The miners are dissatisfied still, and every day they work but adds fuel to the flames, Philohophy is the art of pegging away at your job and not worrying about Ford's income. A scsmm says all things have a rate. At least they seem to have when you are rfding in a flivver, A popular man is one who has a cellar that will give him about 200 | smiles to the gallon. . Jn? It's a case of genuine ‘love if he thinks his mother-in-law is going to be a dear old thing. Natlons seem much more dignified when fighting for the right than when fighting for what 1s left. Correct this-sentence: ‘“The man was teaching his wife to drive, and didn’t once become sarcastic.” Nothing so drritates a bald man as back his raven locks. A hick town is one in which every- | body is shogked when a married man buys another man’s wife a sundae, dam had one advantage, When | Evi threaten to go back home, A man never gets too wicked ta purr with delight when some woman tells him he is “such a good man.” One fears the collapse of civiliza- tlon; and then one meets a man with plucked eyebrows and wishes it would. Of course we are for this brother- hood Isadora Duncan falks about, but can't we have it and a few clothes| too? We shudder to ‘think what the American press would say about Stan- dard Oil earnings, if it wasn't “sub- sidized by Big business.” Still, the farmer is about as enthu- sjastic about a merchant marine as| shipping interests are about doing something for the farmer. Caution may be carried to timid- ity. \ o ) 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) The local Turn Verein society will take part in the dedication exercises of the new will take place on Thanksgiving Day. John A. Andrews is a member ot the committee arranging for the an- nual Veea society fair which will open up at Turner hall tonight. The New Britain polo team made a | | rushing start.in opening the season | last evening-when they trimmed the Waterbury players 16 to 2, Berlin, was Francis Deming of He received an | elected to the executive committee of | === e————— h"Hhe New Britain” Christian Endeavor |J | Unlon. The beautiful snow made its first appearance about 1 o'clock this af- ternoon. Later in the day it was several inches deep and promised to get deeper. Chance favors the prudent. ' lon Mr. Dewey's staff, and no doubt had a case of nerves, she couldn't | hall at Rockville which Although there will be no vacancles ‘mr many months, it 1s sald that there is already a scramble for appoint- | ments aa deputy sheriffs in New Brit- aln which County Sheriff-elect Dewey | i will select next June, Asglrants for| the positions are already véry active, \ | laying their plans well ahead of time ‘sn that they will be in on the ground | floor whnn\‘Wr‘ Dewey {8 prepared 1o | name his assistants. \ | At present there are only two dep-| uty, sherifts in New Britain, M. D, Stockwell, a veteran In the wservice, |and Daniel J, Driscoll. M. H. Fox | was appolnted by Hheriff Gabb but| ‘renxm-d ghortly afterwards, The bulk of the work has been done by Dep-| lll!y Bheriff Btockwell, as Mr, Driscoll has not given a great deal of atten- tion to the office, 1t will be reealled that when Sher-| splendid. | i Gabb was about to make his ap-| does not recall that Mr, Healy made’] | pointments there was considerable | | discussion over the fate of Mr. Stock- | 'well, a republican. It was feared that | he would be dispossessed and even lu‘ democratic circles the opinion pre-| | valled that he should be reappointed | | because of the cfficient manner lnl | which he cared for cases brought to! | his attention, 8o strong was publch sentiment in his behalf sthat Sheriff| Gabb decfded to continue him in of-| lflco much to the satisfaction of law-| Iyrra and others whose business brings | |them in contact woth the office.| ! Sherift Gabb also appointed Mg, Dris- | {coll and Mr. Fox. There will be no dearth of candi- | dates when the time arrives for the new republican sheriff to announce appointments. It is practically cer- tain that Mr. Driscoll, a democrat, will not expect or receive reappoint- ment. That will leave one berth open, According to rumor, A, P. Marsh, a former deputy sheriff, and | George W. Stark, a constable, are now | being prominently mentioned as re- cipients of a“badge. It is even sald that an effort will be made to retire Mr. Stockwell, but it 1s thought that | the public gould object strongly, asj | he is recognized as one of the most| competent men in his line in 'ho} state. He understands the duties of the office well and there has neyer been any complaint made to the au- thorities concerning his lack of judg-;’ ment. There are others eligible for places; Mr. Dewey will hear from them. . . The Observer, not hypercritically but merely in an innocently wonder- |ing way, used to notice the people who delighted in taking up most of the sidewalk when discussing matters on the street corners, or in walking| home from meetin’. As times| changed he began. to experience the; same sensation when people parked | their cars seemingly without consid-| eration for others who might lmmyenk along and want to park their-cars, too. In such a place as the circle in front of the station, for instance, why is it that some motorists parK a car {about three or four feet from the | néxt one, leaving a space so small that another.car could not be parked' there, and yet taking a position so far from the next car that fewer vehicles could be placed on the free side? Or,| | where cars are parked along the curb, | why does a driver place his so far ahead of the one behind him that he takes more room than is necessary for the one back of him to have room to drive out? Or why does he stop his . in front of him that more space than is necessary is ‘occupied, even allow- ing himself plenty of room to drive out from the curb without bumping the vehicle in front of him?. Of course these are but {dle won- derings on the Observer's part as he | has kept his car in storage for many |'vears—storage in his vivid imagina- \Ilon. so it makes little difference to | him, as a practical matter, where | people park their cars as long as it | is not upon his own toes. | or e | It is noted with interest that the former Kaiser's book is heing sold in | (rrrmmu for seven cents. They re- ort that the volume is nicely bound {in cloth. Of course the former Kai- ser's book was written before his re-| |cent marriage. Even before that! 'marrlm:e the worthy person with the | | upturned mustache did not name the | hook "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,"” though “autocrat” anywhere might have been fitting. It is to be hoped sificerely that, since his mar- riage, he has léarned that the break- fast table is no place for an autocrat to emphasize that characteristic of his nature. And it is to be hoped, also, that many poor Germans were not stung cven for seven cents. . s It is authorifatively reported that Henry Cabot Lodge is no relation to Sir Henry Lodge, although the former is said to contthue, the habits of thought of those long dead and the| latter insists he is able to tell what the present thought and wishes of the | dead are. But it is not as authorita- | tively intimated that Henry Cabot has no influence upon the people in New Britain who believe that insti- ! tutions and traditions, long deceased, are still the institutions and traditions that should * prevail—especlally in | matters of cutting ice. . . If confession is good. for the soul, Attorney General Healy's conscience should be as light as, an angel's smile. He has unburdened himself of a truth { which many who are interested in At a “victory dinnér” given by the| | réepublicans of the twenty-third sena- torial district in Bridgeport Wednes- day night, the attorney general said: “The state convention might as well have adopted the ten commandments as to pass the resolutions that. made he party platform. There was not a ving thing in those resolutions which meant anything.” Coming from a practical politician like the astute Mr, Healy such can- I THE HERALD_ The A-B-C Paper with the ! last week celebrated observing a male ribbon clerk tossingy own car so far in the rear of the one|man’s | «chqol room | politics have suspected for some time, | dor Is positively invigorating, such fn~ formation is flluminating. When thé platform wadopted by the repiblican party was printed in the press its meaning was so vague that comment was not wanting, It was composed of | finely turned phrases, assembled in striking sequence with not a ¢omma o1 a colon missing, As a masterplece m English prose it was beyond eriti- clsm, Going a step further, it can be sald that it could ppoperly be clnss- | ified with the finest fiction of the year, The man who wrote {t understood plot-construction and all otheér essen- tlals of a good story. Now that Mr, | Healy, a member of the ticket which | sought election on the platform, tells us that “there was not a living thing in it which meant anything"” suspicion previously gast in that direction is confirmed. However, the Observe P! his confession before the votes were cast, Governor-elect Templeton spoke nt the same dinner. His most important statement was to the effect that the republican pary is not on the tobag- gap, the recent clection results being | caused by the dissatisfaction among the people with government in gen- | eral, which spirit of criticlsm is an | aftermath of the democratic admin- Istration which passed out of this. life two years ago. He prédicted that the constructive program of the G. O, P, during the next two years would rec- ommend it to the people and they would cling to republicanism in 1924, John'T. King: struck a progressive note when he sald that party leaders should pay more attention to the| “human side"” of people. He sald that “there’s & human soul and body to be | considered as “well as a dollar bill,” | and expressed the bellef that the| ‘collapse” of the party this year was a repudiation of cowards and hypo- | crités in congress. Strong words, John. | J. Henry will be after you. It was said that,a good time was| had by all at the dinner, although press reports indicate that there was no little hostility shown between the factions. - ox o The death of Walter Haslam, last Wednesday -afternoon, revealed the interesting information ‘that the de- ceased and two brothers had been| members of Harmony lodge, A, ¥. and A. M, for over half a century. But one other man, E. F. Neumann, who his 84th birth- day anniversary, has been a member over the half century period. ‘Walter Haslam was raised to the degree of a Master Mason, March 5, 1886; his brother, Eli, May 27, 1867, and his brother, Henry, December 20, 1867. Mr. Neumann was. raised Ieb- ruary 24, 1868. * One of the amusing incidents which | line"the borders and bypaths of the| highroad of life oceurred to City Clerk Alfred C. Thompson, at a meet- | ing he attended recently. Colonel Thompson heard the nanie “Good- | rich” spoken when visitors from neighboring towns were being intro- duced. “Did you say you were Goodrich from Glastonbury?” he asked after the ceremony. “Yes,” was the reply. “Not the paper i okd * manufacturer? “That's just who I am.” ‘“Wag your mother Helen Wells before she was married?” “She certainly was." ‘“‘Shake, old man you're the son of my old school teacher in Portland.” The mother presided over the where the genial city| clerk received his first instruction in the “three R 8" more than 6( years ago. | POULTRY SHOW | Annual Affair Will Be Staged At | Turner Hall On December 6, 7, 8, | and 9, President Announces, | The annual poultry show of the New Britain Poulfry association will be held at Turner Hall on Arch street on December 6, 7, 8 and 8, The| local club has secured the state meet of the Rhode Island Red club, the White Wyandotte club and the Bar- red Rock club and it is expected that| over 500 birds will be placed on ex- hibition by these clubs, Thomas W. Crowe of Grove hill is president of the club and L. P. Fork- | wording of the | what is belleved to he its purport, MARION ADEL Syracuse University this year lays claim to having the real twentieth century girl envolled in the freshman class—Marion Adelaide Naylor. She has the distinetion of the first girl born in century, having arrived just as the ¢lock finished striking 12 and ushered in the new century, being the twentieth | AIDE NAYLOR She is a real twentieth century spes cimen of girlhood. She plays baskets ball and tenauis, rides horseback, is ah | excellent swimmer and is learning marksmanship. She plays the piang; 15 made a decided success in amae teur dramatics, and earned the money | berself, as a stenographer, o, gay her | expenses through college. .~ er of Shuttle Meadow avenue is sec- retary. The premium list will be teady within the next week and all persons desiring to exhibit stock at the show are asked to notify Mr, Forker on or before November 30. HOSPITAL AMBULANCE WILL BE DISCUSSED Representatives of Institution and Po- lice Commissioners Will Con- sider Purchase of Ambulance. A meeting of the police commission will be held Tuesday night for the purpose of discussing with represen- tatives of the New Britain hospital, the need of the hospital maintaining an ambulance instead of, depending on | the sick $eople to the institulion. Tt expected that the hospital will be rep- resented by Dr. T. Eben Recks, C., F. Bennett and Ilisha H. Cooper. Chairman D. L. Dunn, of the police commissioners has called to the may- or's attention the need of a change in the mmkon relating to cofmpensa- tion and pensions of policemen. The article, rather than is at fault, it is explained in the chair- man’s communication, The present provision is that a man who receives payment -under the workmen's compensation act or any amendment thereto cannot receive any payment from the pension fund. Under one interpretation, a man in- jured in the perfornance of his duty might accept pay while off duty, then return to work and if obliged to retire Lecause of that injury would not be entitled to a pension. On the other hand if a policoman dectined. to ac- cept compensation and later the po- lice hoard turned down his petition for retirement he would lose out in lLioth ways. i The article which the chairman would have changed, follows: “Compensation: Section 1: gon who reccives from the New Britain compensation No per- city of lice departmenf patrol to take | is| under workmen's compensation act or any amendment thereto, on account of any dent or injury, shail receive any compensation or payment from any pension” fund to. which said city con- tributes on account of such accident or ihjury Grudging "praisé is the most des- picable form :of-stingine: City Items Vietrolas and Pianos, Henry Morans, —advt. The New Britain Sunday School Gouneil will hold a meeting 'lucsd ay, evening at 7 o'ciock at the7y, M. . LA ANl pastors and c‘,uml.u school’ } intendents - of- the Protestant {ehurches are expected to be present. | Reports: from daily vacation” Bihle¢ school held last summer will be heard yat this meeting. Cabbage, 2c¢ Ib. | ket.—advt, The Bible Study club of Stanley Memorial church will meet Thursday evening at the home of the pastor at 7:30 o'clock. Hear “Tomorrow" at anr_v Morang' | —advt. - * A meeting of the Y. M. T, A, & B. society drum corps will be .held to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Headquarters for Girls' Besse-Leland’s of course.—advt. > A daughter was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs, Sam Ratner of 27 Oalk street. e Little Nellie Kelly, Vietor Recerd 18067, C. L. Pierce & Co.—advt. The members of Stella ILehekah lodge No. 11, will visit Martha Re- bekah lodge of Plainville Monday eye- ning, leaving the center at 6:02, 1t is requested that returns of the | tickets for thé drawing of Ford. Sedan be made at the Daughters of: Isabella meeting Monday night,: Nov. 20, at dvt, xchange Xmas Sale, Light Oftiee, Uec. 1. Bxéhange | Commercial Mar- Coats. clasgsificd ads are ammuni- the business war now going Herald tion for on. . Where Nature Caused Dvstructxon Earthquake and tidal wave ruined this beautiful valley at the foot of the Andes near Antos fogasta, The nature of the devastated terrain along the Chilean voast is iliustrated by this pié ture. The few miles which separate the Pacific from the foot of thc mountams are now the soenei A-B-C Want Ad of destruction and death on a gigantic scale,