New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1922, Page 6

New Britain Herald MVRALD PUBLISHING COMPANY (lsuod Daily, Bunday Excepted). At Horw)d Blag., 67 Church Btreet. SUBSORIPTION RATES: e & Year, . 9300 Turee Montha 750 & Mosth. Watered at the Post Offior at New writaln 48 Second Claes Mall Matter, TWLPPHONR CALLS: e oaly profitable agvertising roediom in the City, Circulation books \nd prese 100 always open te advartisers. Memnrer of The Associnted Proa ¥he Awociated Press Is exclusively cll"tllfi to the ase for re-publicction of all news creditod to 1t or mot otherwiss orodited n this Nmr and/ aiso locs! news pub- Member Aodit Dareau of (irculntion i orgsnization Heers with & strictly h«.n erculation Our cirrulatiou statisti Sand vpon this avdit, This ineures pro- tection against ud i newspaper dis- tribution figures to both mational and lo cal advertisera. . . HONEST, UPRIGHT, CONT Like a benediction that men's hearts, messages of Christmas cneer are winging their way over this broad land of ours. Well in the vanguard is one sent by Grand Exalt- ed Ruler J. E. Masters of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks to the members of the organization. In a few words it summarizes all the good wishes that one man could ex- tend to another, concluding with the master-thought: “May you be happy and pleasant, and have naught but an honest, upright and contented re- jolcing in the blessings that are yours warms to enjoy.” Honest, upright, contented—three magic words. Honest with our neigh- bor, upright with ourselves and con- tented with what a wise Providence ‘has seen fit to give us. SCHOOLS AND POLITICS Something really new, locally, has icome out of “education week" already. Two prominent men have mentioned it—or have spoken along lines which would indicate they had somewhat the game idea in mind. Probably there was no collusion; probably there is no deep, ulterior motive back of the sug- gestion. At any rate it is in line with the suggestion made by The Herald < directly after election that it would be to “Remember Politics” Instead ‘of following the oid and honored slo- gan “Forget Politics and go to work.” Mayor Paonessa is reported to have expressed himself as being in favor of opening the schools for occasional political gatherings throughout the year, urging that addresses by men informed on national, state and mu- nicipal affairs would be beneficial. The other evening at one of the local the- aters Rev. J. L. Davis, delivering a “four-minute talk” emphasizing the importance of education week, men- tioned our school system as being the one institution which knows no class, race nor creed, but which represents the true idea of democracy. He said that the school buildings belonged to us and should be made use of for pur- poses other than merely teaching children. Uncoubtedly he would ap- prove the arrangement suggested . by Mayor Paonessa. If the school board sees no objec- tion to the plan, and if the various janitors could be appeased—for theirs would be the duty of “sweeping up” each morning after such meetings, it would seem that the experiment would be worth trying. Certainly the thing could be stopped at once if bad resuits came, either to the building or to the people—or the children. It is not believed that the taint of a poli- tical atmosphere, hanging'over until next morning, would injure them. And certainly better ‘informed parents would help them. The idea is worth considering. As “current events” classes are popular these® days, so these meetings, it properly conducted, might become popular ands valuable. WHY THE DELAY? Under the present arrangement the people of the country, disgusted; per- haps, with the action or inactions of the men they have sent to Congress, discharge many of those men by votes at the polls, and elect others, Then \the discharged employes of the peo- ple go along drawing their pay just the same for thirteen months and con- tinue to “represent” the people who have “fired” them. Finally, after over a year has passed the new members of Congress, the men the people have hired to take the place of the ones who did not do as the people wanted them to, come into the positions to which the people have elected them. Of course, having been “fired"” the de- feated members of Congress are not especially keen about “the. people,” their boss. They may even have a grudge against that boss. Certainly they will be no more representative of the people during those thirteen months than they were before—and the people have decided that they were not representive at all in that time. No employer would care to have a man hanging around the works for 13 months after he had discharged him, for, possibly, very good reason. He would want the new man on the job. The new progressive or liberal bloc advocates a constitutionaj amendment providing that the new(members of Congress shall be on thé job shortly after they have been elegted. ( / L.m.‘.uu ltunj good idea, the Lalollette crowd, Président Hard- ing does not Iike it—it will be a change from the old things, it would alter the constitution; it would not give the now members time 1o cool off after the excitement of election. Well, a lot of us are not crazy about constitutional amendments as a rule, but it would seem that the idea of speedy action is more in accordance with the spirit of the times than the old way, automobiles represent better this day than would an old stage coach which members of Congress used to have to take to get to Washington, SOME LITTLE RELIEF The vaudeville actor stood close to the footlights, his eyes upturned, his hands upraised, * tears in his voice. “She prayed for bread,” he sighed, “and the curtain canf® down with a roll." We feel somewhat as “she” did. We prayed for reduced trolley fares. First we were granted a reduction of near- ly two cents—if we would buy tokens. Then a beneficent company came out and declared, by intimation, that it be- lieved in education; that it intended to do all that it could for edycation, and, this being education week, it would allow school children to pay only something over four cents a ride instead of five cents—if they would buy books, Well, as a roll is considerably bet- ter than nothing, although it does not quite take the place of a loaf of bread, so a reduction in the fares of school children—if they will buy books—and of grown people—if they will buy tokens—is better than 'no reduction at all, We will munch our “roll"” some- what sullenely, perhaps, trying to make it last as long as possible—per- haps, even, until the baker comes across with a loaf of bread. In the meantimé we will keep on trying to emphasize the fact that times do change, the sentiment of the peo- ple does change and*economi¢ condi- tions do change so that experiments tried in the past are not necessarily proof that they would bring the same results today they brought years ago. Because the five-cent fare did not work in New Britain at one time it does not follow necessarily that it would not work today. We dare 'em to try it! WOMEN COMING HERE New Britain is affected by the fact shown in a Washington dispatch, that more women than men are leaving the farms in search of more lucrative fields of employment. There are such fields here, and the women are finding it out. This fact emphasizes the nec- essity of a greater consideration fn local affairs of the women workers. On July 1, 1920 there were on farms 109.1 males for every 100 females, while there were only 104 males for every 100 females in the entire total population of the country. The cities, then, more than ever before, must take the working women intd account when framing laws and ordinances, for it is to the cities the women are go- ing. This may be the cause or it may be the effect of the tendency toward marriage later in life than formerly. If a farm girl marries early she is apt to marry a farmer and remain on the farm. If she remains single she is apt to leave the farm and then, be- cause of the distractions and tnde- pendence of city life, she is apt to stay in the city. She is not likely to go back to the farm—and women who have lived all their lives on farms will not blame her. But the point worth emphasizing is that farm life is quite a different life than it used to be. There are numer- ous inventions that take from that life its former seyerity. Telephones and automobiles have made dwellers more a part of the communi- ty. There is little of the isolation formerly characteristic of the farm. Those who understand youth cannot blame youth for wanting to leave the farm and see a bit of life. They can only hope for the day when the farm ! will be made so attractive to youth and maturity that the farm dwellers, strong, independent, will find happi- ness and content there. ICE WILL CLINK NO. MORE Up in Maine, which state has long been just as absotutely “dry” as is the United States today, they seem to be- lieve in mental suggestion. They have of ice in drinks, or for drinks, of any gort. No longer will the suffering mortal who has discovered, the night before, that Maine is not quite abso- lutely “dry,” be able to soothe his parched tongue and burning mouth with a relieving draught of water cooled by ice in a glass which tinkles L swoet music o his ears. Ice, tinkling in a glass, is too suggestive of entic- ing beverages_ The . merry sound might mentally suggest to the thirsty how delicious would be the cold high- ball and mightesend him on his way to a tiger that his lost its sight. The man who sighed over the beer that is no more, the liquor that theoretically is dead, may well sigh over the de- parture of this memory inspiring sound up there in Maine. It is possible, of course, that the Ip»ople back of this new law are sin- cere when they declare it was passed only because there is danger of the existence of harmful bacteria in ice and that it should not be placed in drinks for this reason. At any rate, even if It ‘did come from | just as the steam cars and | the farm | passed a law prohibiting the serving ! now, more than ever before, people will not go to Maine to get a drink, way? UST “SIT 1 There great dark portion the world access to which is through { the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, The allles want to have it possible for the great nations to have | tree access to that dark land, to pro- | tet civilized nationals of their lands who may be there, to protect interests of their lands, Now comes the United States and says thore straits must be open at all times to ships of all na- tlons. That dark land must not be kept as a place where atrocities may he committed behind doors that might be locked. The United States declares this policy in no mistakable terms. The allies propose a commission to se® to it that these straits are kept open. The United States is invited to have a representative on that dommis- slon—to have a representative who will see to it that the brave oral stand of the United States will be backed up by action it necessary. No honora- ble course is open to this country, but to accept that invitation if the plan of the allies is adopted. Turkey, today, would consent probably to such plan were it not for her fear of offend- ing Russia. Turkey's wish not to of- fend England moves her to accept the plan, The fear which the administration at Washington may have of accepting the invitation, is the fear that the people would disapprove such ‘“for- eign entanglement” because the peo- ple falled to elect the candidate for the Presidency who stood for the League of Nations. Never have the people of this country, through fear, falled to approye action which backs up a stand of which they approve. And most cetrainly they approve the idea that the straits of the Dardan- elles and the Bosporus be kept open And certainly they disapprove the arrangement which would practically close the door to any portion of the world to our ships bound on legitimate business of protecting our people, our interests or of bringing aid to the suffering as our warships are now do- ing. Little by little changed condiuons are bringing us into the great world game where, to use a term of the great American indoor game, we must eventually “sit in.” Is a of 1 Facts and Fancies (BY ROPERT QUILJEN). France has our sympathy. We loved turkey, also; and it disagreed with us. National aspirations should be listed under the head of surplus war ma- terial. Only eight more days, and we can pay our last quarterly tribute to the glory of war. “Art makes visible the things that are unseen.” This is especlally true of cublat art. The swain who tries to convince her that his love is genuine is ably as- sisted by her vanity. So live that you won't have to blush for your grammar when at last your love letters are read in court. Some things can be very success- ful without co-operation, but a kiss isn't one of them. Coal prices are much like meteors, They always fall in some town several hundred miles away. Borah says Clemenceau is responsi- ble for conditions in Europe. Borah, meet Mr. Hohenzollern. There are always compensations. The worse Lloyd George is licked, the more kick in his epigrams. It it doesn’'t rhyme and doesn't secm to mean anything, it is probably a translation from the Chinese. Married men live longer than bachelors. Well, well; it takes them | longer to have their share of fun. We still are waiting to hear Wil- helm blame the failure of his book on the disloyalty of the German people. The world gets better all the time, and the noiseless pistol will enable | bandits to ply their trade without dis- turbing traffic. We now are so well protected from cheap foreign labor that it can’t even buy high-priced American goods. Rockefeller says save it, and Ford says spend it. Perhaps it is a fifty- fifty policy that keeps us all poor. ) Correct this sentence: “If you do that again, Bobby,” said the mother, “1 shall spank you even though com- pany is present.” Old-fashioned statesmen must pine for-the days when the winner of a war would win something eclse in addition to the war. Mr., ! What's the use of going so far, nnyv. COMMUNICATED. THE HEAUTH DEPT, CAR ' In reference to the articles that have recently appeared in our local papers regarding the action taken by the municipal gurage committee at their meeting Monday evening, De- oembgr 4th, which a member of this committeo, Mr. Rice, criticlzes the ac- tion and challenges the vote of the two industrial representatives on this committee, Messrs, Bell and Atwater, We wish to inform the peoplo: of our city that there was nothing that could be ¢hallenged in reference tothe vote cast Monday evening., It was not voted to purchase a Hupmobile auto- mobile. The vote was cast only as a recommendation by the garage com- mittee as to what car they would sug- gest purchasing for the health depart- ment. Mr. Rice's statement is entire- ly misleading. All our committee can doyis make suggestions as to the op- eration and maintenance of the muni- cipa! garage, Mr. Rice would have been better performing the duties of councilman, it he had remained at the meeting until the question of the car was set- tled instead of eriticising the action of thé committee after he had seen fit to leave the meeting, We thank you for allotting space to clarify the misrepresentation that has been made to the public. Yours very truly, J. F, ATWATER, W. L. BELL, ;5 Years Ago ;'oday (Taken from Herald of that date) o s e s The annoyance from tramps begging from door/to door contiues. One of them had a complaint to make the other morninf saying that he had no other morning saying that he had no snow the.night before whereby he could have some work to do the next day to earn his food. The Nutmeg Social club will cele- brate its third anniversary with a smoker, Wednesday eventig. The pro- gram as arranged by the committee is as follows: Address by President Corbett, vocal solos by Edward Sheehy, Fred Russell, Willlam F. De- laney and William Farley; a xylo- phone solo’ by George Lynch, cornet solo by Edward Lynch and a recita- tion by James Sullivan. The Hartford polo team will be here for the first time this season and see- ing that New Britain is in first place, the game should be well worth watch- ing. It is expected that Hartford will bring its usual representation of sore- heads along. There were twenty-two deaths in New Britain last month according to the morbidity report. The rain which froze as it fell last night, made third rail traffic very dif- ficult. Two trips were lost between here and Hartford and to make mat- ters worse, a motor burned out mak- ing the use of an open car necessary. Four persons made the trip and when they reached Hartford, they were drenched. The subject of debate at the meet- ing the New Britain Council, Royal Arcanum, will be “Should the United States interfere in Cuba?" KING GEORGE MAY OPEN PARLIAMENT Iondon Hears Report That He May Make Personal Visit to Dublin. London, Dec. 7. — (By Associated Press) — The suggestion that King George may go to Dublin to opén formally tie new Irish parliggnent, as advanced by the Liverpool Courier, seems based partly on surmise and partly on rumors. Although the possibility of the king's presence has taken no definite shape, it is safe to say that if Ireland intimated such a-visit would be wel- come the soverelgn would acquiesc 1t is regarded as quite likely, how- ever; that his majesty would take the initiative in the matter. According to a Dublin report, King CGieorge sent a remarkable message to Timothy Healy, the new governor general to which Healy is gaid to have replied. These messages the report sald will probably be first given to the public by the governor genern.l in an announcement in the parliament. It is understood that Mr. Healy is soon to come to London for an au- dience with the King. It is customary, although not legal- ly necesgary that the governors of the British dominions be received in au- dience upon their appointments when the ancient formality of kissing the king's hand is obsetved as an evidence of fealty. GOVERNOR WAS FREE WITH HIS CARESSES Miss Birkhead Testities He Kissed Her Frequently Oxford, Miss,, Dgg, 7.—Miss Frances Birkhead, a star witness yesterday in her $100,000 damage suit against Lee M. Russell, governor of Mississippl, hased on charges of seduction and other serious ullegations, faced an ad- ditional period on the witness stand in federal court herg today. - SHE just had entered upon cross-cxamination when court adjourned yesterday. Governor Makes Denial Governdr Russell preceded the young woman on, the stand and was examined briefly, having been called by plaintiff counsel as an adverse witness. He denied all the charges contained in Miss Birkhéad's petition and declaréd he had not stated in the presence of former 'Governor. Theo- dore G, Bilbo of Miseissippi that he was respongible for her condition or that he had requested Mr. Bilbo to make an effort to have the matter settled, The governor is expected to be called to. the stand later by his counsel, , An attachment has been issued di- Yecting Mr, Biibo to appear as a wit- 1ess, Girl Gives Testimony ‘. In her direct testimony, Miss Birk- head told of her alleged relations with the governor while she was employed by him as a stenographer during the gubernatorial campaign in 1918, “The governor appeared interesting and told me he loved me,” she said. “He told me he was going to get a divorce.” ‘Was Perfect Lover “He never kigsing me good bye,” Miss Birkhead testified further on in her examina- tion, . She denfed a statement of the gov- ernor that she had made charges against the superintendent of a state tuberculosis {nstitutiong similar to those brought against the governor. She declared that she had been ap- proached by men purporting to repre- sent the governor who. made her an offer; of money to sign a letter which woufd in effect have absolved the-gov- ernor from any wrong doing. She re- fused to sign she stated. Gevernor Russe]l testified he at no time authorized payments to Miss Birkhead other than her salary and that he knew of no money having been- offeréd her for such purposes as she alleged. HIGH SOHOOL NOTES The registrars of voters are turning over t¢ the typewriling classes cards on che. personal tax enumeratign. Tl originals are belrg vopied by the pu- pils icr practice and to save the city the ewpcnse. About 30,000 cards il be handled. The Educatior * Week exercisas closed ‘today. Thiv plan proved to be such a great suc.ess that it will Le made ar. annudl event in’ the future. * Al “lie close of the Afourth. period |1ouuy Miss Hortense Niélden,' who ap- pearcd before the High school stu- dents ¢n two othe- cecasions, will re- cite “MacBeth” in the auditorium. so} will ‘cl7se for the Christmas vacition, December 22, Gymnasium cla.ses for the youuy men Wil open a’ter the Christmas holidays, STEAMER SENDS OUT § O S. British Ship Going to Reliet of Ger- man Vessel Off Cape May Boston, Dec. 7 — Radio messages plcked up ‘here ‘today indicated that the British steamer Tyrrhenia, bound from Liverpool for Boston and New York was proceeding to assistanee of B. NELSON High Class Tailoring Imported and Domestic Woolens 58 W. Main St. SALEOFFANCY WORK HAND MADE GIFTS FOR XMAS Thursday, Friday, Saturday Mrs. Lillie Stotts 15 WEST PEARLU ST. K Christmas Carving Sets $ 73 Arch Street I'fi Coffee Percolators Vacuum Bottles and Aluminum Ware Fine Cutlery and Tools Ever-Ready and Gem Deé Luxe Razors » Special at 79¢ C. A. HIERPE HARDWARE~PLUMBING e P 07 1 P R 5 5 P O O P O T Hardware Useful —Thoughtful — Sensible Xmas Gifts A Few' Early Suggestions Pyrex Ware Tel. 106-4 _"i_“-;'_____-_ left the office without; i Rt ot reported in need of night 500 miles eest of Cape May. The Katsér 1s bound. from Savannah for Bremen and Hamburg, t‘ARl'sO CANDLE DONI 16 Veet Tlu and Will Burn For 1800 Yoears, Maker Says. ‘ New York, Dee, 7.—~A candle of chemically trgated: becswax. flve feet in elrcumference at the base, 16 feet high and welghing one ton, khown as the Enrico Caruso memorial can- dle, has just been completed ‘in the studios of Antonio Ajello and Bros. and will soon be shipped to Pompeli, Italy, It cost $3,700 and was made on the order of an orphan asylum in New York of which Cdruso was a generous penefactor, The candle will be placed in the church of Our Tady of Pomp l| where Caruso last worshipped. It is Trinity M. | . Afternoon store. most important husiness. expocted. to last 1 at 'the wuggestion” of tello, 44 hours on each All Souls which occurs on, 'Nevember 2, bears an inscription, inidtallan, mea “Offering to the t holy tyr tof. Fhnrpeil ln be! l of Fnr‘“ Caruso.”” 4« 5 ,{ lxllu of New Jersey and Miss Scwdl . to be Married in Maine, wlll’dly‘ Bath, Me, Dec. 7.—Vice-President and Mrs, Coolldge will come “hi from ‘Washington to mttend ti 3 aing next Saturday of U, 8, Benator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey to Misa Jamjlla Sewall, it was apnounced Jave'* The geremony ke pl at figon in*Graae | Bp! 1 c‘hu and will be goll dibyip Teception Kt the home of MWI\& M rlr Harold ¢ Sewall, parents of the bride, i K ARNOLD w. York . WILL SPEAK ON .. How To | Grow Brains: 7TH DAY OF THIS Interesting Series - ___of__a. FREE LECTURES ——ON —— APPLIED PSYCHOLOGYi , et TN L ‘Harriet Luella McCollum AU\ (O E. Church UR prescription desk is not a side issue in a variety - Dispensing MEDICINE is the feature of our ‘BROOKS DRUG COMPANY WEST MAIN ST., At Lincoln EVERETT TRUE wHO PAXS & T'Le MATCH YoU, EVERATT .n, see b4 CAR FAR h