New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1922, Page 6

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Any time the Chief of Police of the eity announces that he will see to it that some special law or ordinance is to be more rigidly enforced com- mendation should be expressed. The laws and ordinances are made to be enforced, and while there seems to be less reason for complaint”as to the speed which drivers of cars in New Britain take, Chief Hart would mot undoubtedly have made a point of emphasizing the speed rules herc had there been no occasion for the announcement. Frequent occasion has been taken to commend New Britain drivers of motor vehicles for the moderation which-seems to be habitual with most of them. It is comparatively rarely that a driver is secen to exeeed the 15 mile an hour speed required by our law in built-up sections. But “those rare occasions when drivers do .exceed that limit are the sources of “trouble which make this announce- ‘ment timely. * Despite the increasing number of Ylaccidents drivers as a rule are learn- “ing the wisdom of careful driving. “When the automobile was less com- “mon than at present it seemed impos- “sible: for many to refrain from dem- onstrating before an awed group of yonlookers just how fast they could jdrive, anywhere, everywhere. Pecople JAwere more respectful and fearful of ithem and always “watched out’ when ‘the honk of a horn was heard. Today pedestrians simply cannot stop to look about them every time an auto- "mobile horn is heard. \They, the . pedestrians, would . mever met any- . where for the honk ‘of the horn is a '\" ontinuous sound. And the drivers ¢ of cars are learning that they are not (i “the only pebbles on the beach.” #They must Izcep their eyes open, too. i Today nutdmobile,drlvera must ob- serve the speed: laws or walking will + become pri.cflcu'li'y‘ impossible. Care- = ful obse: ce of these regulations is e becomifg E\e mark of decency and “ courtesy, a8 stepping aside, in a | crowded place while a woman passes, ‘used to'darry that distinction. It is . for the well-bred person especinlly to , show decency and consideration as # they drive their icars. THE WORKING DAY. Recently ‘there has been a general " discussion of the length of the work- ing day in regar:d to firemen. That matter {§ in a fair way to being set- tled by allowing them better hours through the two-platoon system. A few days ago Secretary of Labor Davis denounced wages which ‘‘en- able labor only to break even'” and he condemned the 12-hour day which, he said, prevails in mines in certain states. The Secretary quoted Presi- dent Harding as having said that workers should be paid a sufficient wage to enable them to establish a home, to obviate a struggle for exist- ence and to make possible pufting aside a ‘“nest cgg."” Discussion of the length of the working day usually refers to the length of the day of one who is em- ployed by someone else. In excep- tional cases an employe works ‘‘over- time” voluntarily, desiring to “make good"” and obtain advancement. In rare instances employe has to work overtime to keep up with the demands of his position. As a rule, however, the employer's working day is longer than that of those he em- ploys; his anxieties are keener and, of course, his opportunities of profit greater. Only in the cases of manual labor may the hours of the day be arbitrarily limited. It is compara- tively easy to note how many hours a man should use pick and shovel; certainly he should be paid a wage for those hours that will enable him to live the life suggested by President Harding. But for the brain werker it is not possible to make* arbitrary rules. The better worker he is; the more conscientious he is the longer will be his working day and the less satisfied he will be with it. These are the employes who graduate into the employing class and who, when the change comes, assume the burden of " the still longer working day, together with the greater opportunity for ma- terial advancement. The work of the brain-laborer is more continuous as the prizes to be won are greater. The work of the manual laborer may well be fixed by definite hours and they should be so fixed because, at the end an NEW BRITA of a life of labor, there rarely awaits| { prizes that many people envy | and women should The concern of men the working day about the working day of those labor with thelr strength, A proper limitation of the hours would bring gréater happiness to the workers and a corresppnding | Increase of The worker with his brain should concern himself | with his own hours, using them_ and himself, as his employe fairly, 1In this time of rush afte riches and advancement overwork ls about he who hands and physieal efficiency, well as no idle menace, THE HALL-MILLS OUTRAGE, When it looked though the county officials would not probe the Herrin disaster and seek to punish those gullty of the crime of killing some twenty-eight men as they exert- ed thelr right to work and eagn a living, the cry that I"ederal authori- ties take the matter up was general, Relief was felt when they began to interest themselves in it. The finding of numerous indiotments was halled, but it was emphasized in these col- umns that the work of clearing the matter up had just begun. The men must be tried.. Since that time mést of the indictments have been quashed, What will be done is not yet known, but that is a matter that is not here discussed at the moment. This reference to the Herrin trag- edy is made as it seems to furnish a precedent for action in the Hall-Mills murder case, The failure of the Somerset county grand jury to find any indictment shows either that there is a weakness in the prosecu- tion of the investigation of tie matter by those who have had it in charge, or that they are hopelessly at a loss as to what should be' done. In beth the Herrin tragedy and this one in New Jersey may be seen a menace whieh will have its psycho- logical effect. The one case was! given as much publicity as the other. Possibly the one where the number of deaths was smaller has been dis- cussed more generally ‘than - the wholesale killing in Illinols. The prominence given both affairs makes greater the necessity for a continua- tion of both investigations. The peo- ple have nearly forgotten Grover Cleveland Bergdoll; the people seem to have forgotten the Herrin tragedy; soon the people will forget the mur- der in New Jersey. With -such for- getfuiness comes increased danger. Indifference to crime makes its per- petration more probable. Even the most hardened criminals feel that the United States secret service never for- gets. | May their belief-be justified. as A POST-POST MORTEM. The election figures filed with the Becretary of State and just an- nounced have caused renewed discus- sion. - Quite aside from politics, and as a matter of extreme interest, is the vote ‘given Mayor Paonessa in his run for the office of Secretary of State, as compared to the vote given other unsuccessful candidates. And! let it be ‘said immediately that the fact he ‘‘ran‘behifid” other candidates is no reflection on Mayor Paonessa as mayor of New Britain; it is no reflec- tion upon him'as a man; it is, rather, merely: a satisfactory indication that the voters démand for the high posi- tion he sought, more than honesty Lalone —for Mayor Paonessa has earned that reputation; more than other qualifications which are good, which he possesses, for the office which should require, even if it does not, special qualifications not beli¢ved generally to be possessed by Mayor Paonessa. In no sense should his defeat, or his running behind his ticket, ‘be taken as a failure to secure a ‘‘vote of confidence” as Mayor of New Britain. He could secure that any day, it is believed. He received, for instance, 3,739 fewer votes than did the democragic candidate for the gov- ernorship, while the democratic can- didate for the office of Lieutenant- Governor, Frank M. Chapin, received but 1,967 fewer votes than did that unsuccessful candidate for the gov- ernorship. Templeton and TFitzGerald both have had the mental training calcu- lated to fit them for the office they sought. Judge Pallotti, a lawyer, is presumed to have had such trainipg. Angelo Paonessa's success has come through honest effort which fits him probably far better than Judge Pal- lotti for some pesitions, but which may not quilify him for the office of Secretary of State. As Mayor of' this city his knowledge of practical things concerning the city is of great value; his straightforwardness is a fine asset, But the people decided that his qualifications, fine as they are in many ways, did not fit him for the post he sought. WATER AND ICE. Of course it is a good idea to have the water which, when frozen into ice 1s sold in this city, analyzed. But it must be remembered that even impure water might become better {ice through the destruction of some of the germs in the process of freez- ing. As a city and looking at the matter selfishly, tve are not concerned [ with the water in these ponds from which ice is harvested, after the ice has been cut-®provided the ice is { month for the winter season, Inates the water later, don't drink that water, Dt regard to Shuttle Meadow lake the gituation s different, We do very much whether or not the eutting of ice out there is going to contaminate that water beeduse Shuts, tie Meadow like is tho source of our water supply, We do care if the operation of outting fce there, with men working about the lake and on the ice, creates a situation which wil® because we in care | result, in the spring, in a contamina- ton of the water we drink, may after some The lee swept immediately foreign substance falls upon®it, At may be scraped so that when it is dejivered to the consumer 1t Is perfectly cléan of contaminating | But out there at the Lake are the. sweepings, the traces of hus man pregence—all the sources of dig- ease, When the spring freshets come / the water we will subsequently drink seeps through, filters through those sweepings, those traces of the pres- we belleve firmly | that, whether the ice we receive is contaminated or not, there is danger that the cufting of the ice out there threatens to contaminate the watlr we will be drinking next summer, That is the point of ohjectors to cut- ting ice at Shuttle Meadow Lake, be clean matter, ence of man--and Facts and Fancies (BY ROPERT QUILIEN), The bright side of the Far East situation is this side of the Atlantic. Where the flag goes, there go also civilization and the white man's dis- cases, N —_— A benedict never realizes how com- plete is his fall until he is sent to match a plece of silk, Breakfast room: A cubby-hole in which the family has dinner and sup- per unless there is company. Winter resort scenery: The back- ground sometimes seen accompanying the pértrait of a bathing girl. . If he loves his fellow men, he has a genuine religion or a nice collec- tion of tax-free securities. Cop directing motorist: “Go strdight west seventeen filling sta- tions, and then turn to your right. ( 4 You can say one thing for a fat man. His love letters always tickle the jury more than a lean man's, She fsn't really an old maid until she begins to dream of a cute kitchen | instead of a handsome knight. “Grafting aids beauty,” says a pkin spgcialist. But if you've got a graft, you can get along without beauty, If she\is rich and single she doesn't think it necessary to brag about the number of proposals she has had. A magazine writer saysgirls should be named after illustrious women. All the girls we know were named gfter Eve, 'Every respectable newspaper has in mind a list of ebituaries it would like to print for the good of the commu- The cake-eater a girl marries prob- ably doesn't scem so sweetly charm- ing after she begins to take in wash- ing. Radical: One who devotes his time knocking his superiors and then prejudiced to complains that they are against him, In the old days the Fool Killer had a lot to do, but that was when there were no accelerators. to do the work for him. , It must be a hard job to persuade peaceful and happy savages to be- lieve in the superiority of our Chris- tian civilization. Still, the maid who waited for her knight to come astride a charger was no more romantic than the one who waits for the boy in a jit. 1t isn’t difficult to tell a self-made man. For the matter, it isn't even necessary. He'll tell it. RS ———————y 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) - - o) ) - 2 o Professor E. I, Laubin will hold the second of his organ recitals in the First Church on Tuesday evening, December 8, The local during the month of November. these 29 were for drunkenness, The Boys' club will open within a There have been 75 new members added which now makes a total membership of about 600. Special for tomorrow only—Roast pork at 6 cents a pound and smoked shoulders at 6 cents a pound at the police made 60 arrests of Ing, it was voted to contjnue the val- untary pew system for &nother year, H, B, Humphrey and BE. N, Stanley were appointed a committee tc seek subseriptions to cover a deficit of $600, ? Wallingford will come heré tomor- row night with a_polo teanr and play the local club at Hanna's Armory, The pay roll of the sewer depart. ment for this week amounted to $475.58, TABS’ ANNIVERSARY ATTENDED BY. 600 | 41t Annual Event is One of Most Successful in Society's History— Pleasing Program Presented, More than 600 attended the 41st annlversary exercises of the Y. M, T, A, & B, society Wednesday evening at the Tabs' hall at the corner of Lafay- eite and Beaver streets. Twenty-five year membership medals were pre- sented by Rev, John 7T. Winters to Omer and Joseph Pelleticr, Peter Walsh, Thomas Lowe and Thomas! Coyle: City Clerk A, L. Thempson, | I'ather Winters and James J. Butler, president of the society, were the speakers. A pleasing entertainment ‘Was furnished by Andrew Basso and the “L. Four,” Nollowing the exer- cises dancing, modern and old fash- loned, was enjoyed until 2 a, m,, mu- sic being furnished by Banney's or- chestra, Refreshments were provid- ed, ‘ The following committee was in charge of the event: William For- syth, chairman; James H. Riley, Jr., sacretary; James W. Manning, Jatmes Desmond, Frank Riley; Bernard Clark, Geotge Kerin, John Dudack, William Scheyd, Thomas J. Leonard, Frank Coffey, Charles Rakowsk! and William Gray, { VOICES IN THE AIR Friday, Dec. 1, 1922, KDKA (Westinghouse—East Plllsb\ll}h). 7:00 P. M.—News, 7:30 P. M.—Bedtime story for the children. 8:00 P. M.—Literary momonts. 8:30 P. M.—Concert by the Greater VaHey Four of Wiomerding, Pa. WBZ 2 . (Westinghouse—Springfield). & 7:30 P. M.—Uncle Wiggily bedtime story. Wholesale produce market re- port. 4 7:45 P. M.—Fashion talk on “Frocks for Wear Under Fur Coats,” from Vogue. 8:00 P. M.—Concert by Jackson D. Smith, bass; Wm. H., Smith, accom- panist. Wiz ’ (Westinghouse—Newark.) 6:00 P. M.—Musical program. 7:00 P. M.—Bedtime stories Thornton , Burgess. 7 8:30 P. M.—Recitaly by ' Viadimir Rosing, famous Russtan tenor. 9:00 P. M.—Literary evening con- ducted by the “editorial staffs of the Outlook, Scientific American and Har- per & Bros. 10:01 + P. M.—Recital ‘Whittley, lyric soprano. WGY (Gen. Elec. Co. Schenectady, N. Y.) 6:00 P. M.—Produce and stock || market quotations. News bulletins. 6:30 P. M. Reading from Grimm's fairy tales, by Kolin Hager, reader. 7:45 P. M.—Concert and radlo drama “Lulu Bett.” 10:30 P. M.—Late concert by Raut- ling’'s Imperial orchestra. WGI (American Radio & Research Corp., Medford Hillside, Mass.) 6:30 P. M.—Boston police reports. Late news flashes. Rarly sport news 9:30 P, M.—Evening program. EARLY A. M. CRASH KILLS YOUNG MAN by |1 by Elinor Girls and Boys Hurt in Fast Drive After a Dance—Yale Student Hurt in Auto Smash Providence, R. I, Dec. 1.—I. John Decker, 23, of La Grange, Me, a Brown ' University sophomore, was killed instantly and Miss Nadine De Witt, 22, of Millinocket, Me., a stu- dent at the New England Conserva- | tory of Music, probably was fatally injured when an automobile in which they were riding with two other stu- dent couples was demolished early yesterday in East Providence. George R. Decker, a senior at Brown, brother of the dead man and driver of the car, Robert H. Spellman, another Brown senior and a varsity football man, Miss Irene Coy of 118 Heminway street, Boston, and Miss Lucille Burroughs of Warren, Mass., the last-named two classmates of Miss De Witt, were the other occupants of T T T Y S Something New in Christmas Cards First time shown in New Britain. Why not make an early selection from the latest designs? Also, an up-to-date line of Watches and Jewelry. Wm. S. Levine Jeweler : 55 CHURCH ST. pure. We don't selfishly, if cutting ice on those ponds contam- care, Public Market.—advt, 2 At the meeting of the South Gbn- gregationdl church society this morn- New Brimin, Conn, IN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1922.‘ _OUR - AFTER-THANKSGIVING PRICE OF OUTER GARMENTS—OFF—ERING THE BEST VALUES HARTFORD Do Your Christmas ‘Shopping Early Before the End of the Anniversary. Sale .~ and Get Free Souvenirs » With Your Purchases Our 25¢ Anniversary Sale Will End Thursday, December 7th, Free Souvenirs will be given up to and including Dec. 7th, and All Outstanding Souvenir Coupons in order to be honored with Free Souvenirs, Must B Delivered On or Be- fore Dec. 7th at Souvenir Department, Downstairs, ’ ANNUAL REVISION OF THE SEASON $39.00 FUR TRIMMED - WRAPS AND WRAPPY COATS $22.50 Beautiful models in Blouse and Straight Line effects—fully linetl, dark brown, deer and navy blue. Sizes 16 to 40. Sport Coats of Pollaire— Herringbone and mixture materials, some with fur collars, patch pocket, belt- ed models. Anniversary .. $19.00, Price.. .. Clearaway That were priced up to $59.00 including navy blu are embroidered and others Handsome ‘Coat. of - Lus- | trous Cloth—With a large shawl collar and cuffs of Astrakhan fur is most un- usual, value $125.00. An- niversary Sale $ 89 New Wrappy Fur Trim- med Coats—of fine bolivia materials with cellars of fine Manchurian wolf fur, lined with silk canton crepe, several models, have a side drape effect, $69.00 Price ... value. Anniver- : $ 49 m,, sary Sale Price. of Tailored Suits at $22'50° ¢ suits. that are fur trimmed, k Wtching. i _navy some are trimmed with sil ¢ Another Shipment of those Wonderful $20, $22.50, $25.00 “Mary's Dresses” i Friday and Saturday, sizes 15, 17, 19 for junid) tailored frocks are such wonderful values that we as cotine, silk Canton crepe, and velveteen are the materi and sn.;all wamen ‘these carefilly. 3lrou to inspect them yourselves, tri- als. $11.00 New Tailored Dresses Of fine poiret twill featuring unusual tail- oring in many charming models in navy blue, dark brown and black, $32.50 value. .Anni- versary Sale Price $19.98 the car. They escaped with cuts and bruises. Miss De Witt is the Island hospital here, It is feared that her skull is fractured. Little hope is held for her recovery. George Decker and Miss Burroughs are in the same hospital. The ride started after a dance held Kappa Psi Fraternity in Rhode at the Phi House here. to George Decker's unfamiliarity with the roads. It is believed that he was drjving tpo fast to negotiate the sharp turn at the junction of two streets where the crash oeeurred. The car | skldded and crashed into trees and poles at the-roadside. No action has been taken |yet by the East Providence police who are investigating. Brookline, Mass.,, Dec. 1.—Thomas Connolly of Bay City, Mich,, a Yale student visiting at the home here of 5, ¢ . The New Season With a Winter Hat Velqurs « Derbies Heavier Weight Felts, Your Hatter . THE CONN. The accident fs ascrib"hEVERETT TRUE 4 HAT CO. The Arcade Smart Tailored Dresses ‘ Of fine poiret twill in straight line models in navy Flue, dark brown and black. $32.50 values. Anniversary Sale Price $25.00 Charles B. O'Hearn, ' Yale ‘football star, recelved a broken arm and cuts and bruises on his head early yes- terday when an automobile driven by Edward O’Hearn, brother of Charles, crashed into a hydrant in the Bright- on district of Boston. Police reports that Charles O'Hearn was driving the ' automobile were denied by his family Who said that he remained at home all the day. ' Antioch, in the 4th century, is be. lieved to have bee nthe world’s first city to.attempt to light its streets ai night. & ¥ By Condo - A, GVERETT, WHAT WwAS |T THe Poar | SA\D ARouLvT . WNISkeRS ? e (Ron' g