New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1922, Page 6

New Brltau[ Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY (Tasued Dally, Sunday Excepted), At Herald Bldg., 87 Church Street. RIPTION “rnree Montha 750 & Month, RATES: Mco at New Britain Insn Mail Matter, Entered at the Po; a8 Second TELEPHONE CALL Business Office A Bditorial Roomis . advertising medium In books and press advertisers, ‘The only profitabl the City, Clreulation room always open t Member of T wsocinted Press The Associated Press in exclusively entitled to the uee for re-publication of all news credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news pub- Iished herein. Member Andit Bureau of Circulation The A. B, C. I & national unuulamllnnJ which furnishes newspapers and ndver- | tisers with a_strictly honest analysis «rl cireulation, Our clrculation statistics are based upon this audit, This Insures pro- tection against fraud In newspaper dis- tribution figures to both mational avd lo- enl advertisors, CITY BUYING The city has not decided to have all its buying done by a purchasing agent. The proposed amendment to the charter regarding the powers of the school committee in the matter of buying would take no power from that eommittee until the city did decide to have such purchasing agent. Even i this amendment were made by act of the legislature conditions would re- main as they are, with the buying power in the school committee, until such a time, if it comes, when the city should place its buying in the hands g . this opinion, had something tq do with his summons home for consulta- tion, There Is no ground for such thought, There Is no question but that thoughtful people of this country would be concerned to see France take this drastic position. Ambassador Har- vey has a way of doing and saying things In & manner that makes a dis- tinot impression, The position of the United States at this moment is of the greatest importance, whether we take part in the reparations discussion or whether we refrain, It is vitally im- portant that no wrong interpretation be placed upon our action or inaction, In such a crisis it s mere prudence to have the advice of, and to give in- structions to the representative of this country in England, Those who believe that the United States should not fear to concern it- self with world affairs are glad that there appears the hope that we will step in and do something to help the world in this crisis. I'or we can not get out of the world, even if some “isolationists’ desire it, and it is of tremendous importance to us that the world become a comfortable place to live in. And it may be said without undue waving of the American flag! that both France and England are willing to follow the suggestions of the United States provided the United Stateg will come to therescue in this extremity. " CHRISTMAS AND COUE The popular pastime of the day is to twist humor out of Dr. Emile Coue's cure for all ills, namely the constant of a purchasing agent. This proposed amendment, then, says merely thgt when and if the city decides to have a purchasing agent, that agent shall buy for the school committee just as he buys for other eity departments. It is extremely doubtful if the legis- lature would approve this charter amendment. This state is jealous of its rights. ‘The chief reason, perhaps, why there will be strong opposition to an amendment to the constitution of the United States, as suggested by President Harding, restricting the is- suance of tax-exempt securities by states and municipalities, is because of this feeling of the states that they are not willing to surrender their rights to the national government. Similarly the state is not inclined to allow muni- cipalities to infringe upon its rights. The legislature, of course, ‘primarily guards the state. The public schools, although serving localities, are wards of the state. The legislature will be loth, therefore, to give to the purchas- ing agency of a municipality any pow- er now exercised—if the school com- mittee now has such absolute power— by the school committee of that muni- cipaiity on the theory that such school committee is the state's agent in attending to the affairs of the state’s ward, the public school system. — THE DAY NURSERY Next Friday evening some little children will sing, “speak pieces” and do other thfng-a to entertain their There will be a lot of them , many of the 950 who have been taken care of various tims during the month of Novemberswhile their par- ents were busy working for them— children who had no other place to go where they would be safe while their parents had to be away from home. There will be ‘a, Christmas there, too, and there will be toys for the children—toys and candy and fruit— there will be things like those which the friends of those children and of the Day ‘Nursery, where the festivities will be enjoyed, want to send in. Many good hearted people in this city know about the Day Nursery. The Institution over which Mrs. Frank O!Brien presides makes it possible for many people to work and feel quite safe and happy about their children, for they are at that Day Nursery, and they are receiving, during the day, the same sort of care a mother would give her own children. Mrs. O'Brien, and the friends of the Nursery, want to make this Christmas celebration a happy time. They are able to do this because people send fruit, candy and little toys to the Nursery on Winter street where all through the year 40 to 50 children are taken care of daily. Perhaps you would like to be one of those friends of the Nursery and the children who will send something for them? ’ WAITING ON AMERICA To put the matter bluntly both France and England are waiting to sec ‘what this country is going to do about helping or not helping in the Euro- pean situation. England is fairly con- fident that the United States will rea- son along the lines which induces England, in a measure, to consider Germany's welfare as of prime im- portance to her. And this will be the line of the reasoning here, not because it is Bngland's way of reasoning, but because it is the wise way. France, at the moment, as repre- sented by Poincare, is even more cau- tious than England. Her suggestion of immediate invasion of the Ruhr is side- tracked. The decided opinion report- ed to have been expressed by Ambas- sador Harvey that America would dis- approve of such invasion of the Ruhr probably had much to do with, the holding up of this move. It may be argued that such expres- i cept incidentally. To many people it repetition of the phrase ‘“Every Day, in Every Way, I am getting Better | and Better.” The French scientist be- lieves that all things, within reason, are possible for the person who be- comes convinced, through self-sug- gestion, that such things are possible for him. . It would be presumptuous to at- tempt to enter into a thorough dis- cussion of the theory within the boundaries of editorfal limitations. It is not presumptuous, however to sug- gest that we would all feel much bet- ter and ‘make others feel much better it we did conyince ourselves things were not as bad with us as they seem taking a pessimistic view of life. And the Christmas season is a pretty good time to try this portion of Coue's teaching. If every Christmas shopper, for in- stance, convinced himself or herself that the stores would hold exactly the things they wanted they would™ be pretty sure to find exactly what they wanged in the stores. If every mer- chant convinced himself that he had it is his power, through gentle pere suasiveness and courteous considera-|* tion, to find “just what I wanted” for every customer, undoubtedly he would be able to find that article. If every re- cipient of gifts would convince himself that he was going to get just what he wanted, he would be quite sure to fintl that what he did get was “just what I wanted "’ But in all seriouisness this Christmas time would be a happy one indeed if everyone practiced the teachings of the French exponent of the power of men over themselves, convinced them- selves that most of their troubles were purely imaginary ones and that they would gain the greatest happiness at this time by giving happiness to others not only by means of tangible gifts, but also through giving out an atmos- phere of good cheer and optimism, ® THE FLOP OF THE FLAPPER Now comes really interesting news from Lausanne. No; it has nothing to do with the Near East conference ex- is vastly more important than whether or not Turkey and Greece will make peace. It is the news that the flapper with her short skirt and bob- bed hair is not popular among the younger diplomats of the world. Of course the short skirt has disappeared entirely, metaphorically speaking, from the wardrobes of the smartest girls of this country. But the bobbed hair has net and, to tell the truth many thoughtful people approve wom- en's common sense in preventing its disappearance. It is sensible and pret- ty—and it will stay, probably. The news from Lausanne is all about the fashion show there, patron- ized by many of the fashionable peo- ple brought there by the Near East conference. The younger diplomats, especially, it is reported, take an in- terest in the models, or mannikins, ap- pearing upon the stage in various cos- tumes. The news tells that “the snap- py flapper was clearly in the discard,” ‘there were both blondesrand brun- nettes with ‘short hair but they at- tracted little attenion,” and “All eyes were on he girls with the long-hair * * * they got all the applause.” But, read this significant passage: “And the more modest and demure the manni- kin was the greater her popularity with the spectators.” Serfously there is more in this news than humor. Many approve short hair, when they do approve it, not because they think necessarily that it improves a girl’'s or a woman's lgoks, but for very practical reasons, admitting glad- ly however, that in some cases it is be- doming. But the Increasing interest aroused by the girl of modest, quiet demeanor does not exist across the water at I.eusanne alone. It is in evi- dence in this country. There is, no question of morals involved. It s slon of opinion by Harvey, or the merely a matter of the reaction which Xknowledge in Washington that he had | comes after some years of the other NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DE extreme, Young men—not older men | necessarily—all over the world might $e heard to remark when a reminis. cent flapper appears. 0 thanks; we have seen quite enough, thank you." Nor does this sentiment call for a re- turn to the old-fashioned, ungraceful costumes of years ago, It asks merely for a return of good taste, The request | will be granted by the girls and wom- en. Facts and Fancies (BY ROPERT QUILIEN), The smaller the man, the more pompously he can say: “Quite so.” The lost chord of the concert of nations appears to be acobrd, Even so, the straits over there cause less trouble than the crooks, There are many $10,000-a-year men, but few of them get over $3,000, Another “better 'speech” week. aln’'t we done eonugh of that sort of stuff? Still, Solomon in all his glory prob- ably didn't seem. quite so majestic as a traffic cop. s perennial smile Indicates th‘ut Nure has equipped her with % sweet disposition or a good set of teeth, Who are these Scots who are..de- manding independence? We never knew a Scotsman without it. The prophet who said the moon shall not smite you by night wasn't speaking of moonshine. X . Another fault of the house of rep- resentatives is that it represents so many conflicting ideas, It becomes painfully evident that it takes more tham a clause in a peace treaty to make a boundary line. “This place looks inviting,” said Jonah, at the sign of the Whale's Mouth; “I'll just drop in for lunch.” _The difference between a ¥epublic and a monarchy is that in a mon- archy the government is afraid to go too far. asks a writer, “is so do- Well, there’s “What,” mestic as the clock?” the safety pin. It is only a question of time until every great man will sell a magazine article telling' how he reduced fat. * “Drink-more-coffee week” will be all right, but we register, objection to drinking more weak coffee. Anothe® nice thing about a phono- graph is tfin it can't see your pleased expression and come back with an encore. . Correct this sentence: ‘Every day and.in every way,” the stout dame cried happily, “I am getting fatter and fatter.” A good amateur mechanic is, one who can take his jitney apart and find room for all the accessories when he reassembles it. 1 - - DTS 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) There was no meeting of the com- mon council last evening, as there were not enough members present to make a quorum. The reason for the absence of s0 many members was that they attended the oyster roast at the Berlin Iron Bridge Works. The mem- bers of the council are very vond of oysters. g King Oyster had a noble court in East Berlin last night at the Iron Bridge Co.'s roast. New Britain was well represented by the following and they held up the reputation of this town for oyster-eaters: George M. Landers, W. L. Hatch, George W. Corbin, Charles B. Parsons, Frank Porter, C. J. Parker, E. W. Schultz, John Pinches, E, Allen Moore, Philip! Tormay and C, L. Pierce. ! The first Chinese to qualify for &n aviator's license is Harry Chin, 25, student at the Curtiss Aviation school, Mineola, N, Y. He has just passed the rigid tests imposed by the National Aeronautical association. v v by = HE 0B ;’!‘\.‘“ On the City Traffic Pollceman, Fred Wagner has seen some strange sights in his day. He even admits, somewhat mod- estly, that he has seen gome very re- markable sights on windly days.” But one day last week the popular cop saw a sight which proved to be a real shock, ono that made him look twice, rub his eyes, and then act, promptly and rapidly, It was o windy day, in fact it was exceedingly windy and all along Main street people were navigating against a high apeed breezo with a lot of pow- er back of it. On Myrtle street a bill poster vainly tried to keep his papers in the same nelghborhood, with poor success; a negro's hat blew off and landed under the wheels of a passing auto truek. A woman hustling to the bank, ap- peared in sight from one direction,just as a gust of wind “blew in" from an- other direction. The wind was in- quisitive and sent a slight breeze into the lady’s coatpocket, There was a flash of green and the startled police- man saw one—two-—three--and all the way up to nine—one dollar bills blow- ipg down the middle of the street. A few seconds later the woman came along. “I lost'some money,” she sald. “How..much? inquired the police- man. “Nine dollars.” “Well here it is,”” he replied, and the fugitive bills were restored to the grateful woman. . .. Miss Cora M. Beale of the New Britain Welfare assoclation brings to local attention a subject which is fast becoming recognized as one of the most importantgissues of our national lite—the placing of restrictions on the issuance of maftriage permits. There is nothing entirely new in the thought as it has been considered for years by many welfare leaders who are ap- palled at the.increasing number of marriages between men and women who are not mentally competent or physically fit to be mothers or fathers. But Miss Beale's report to her asso- ciation 'brings the subject nearer home and impresses serious minded persons with the realization that such umdesirable conditions exist here. The worst of the story has not been told. THe proper place for its discussion s in medical journals. At the same time, we should not become so prudish that we cannot discuss in a sensible manner a situation that con- fronts us. It may be put in a'dark closet with the door shut but while that may hide it from view, ‘it will not abolish it. There are fathers and mothers who are unsuitable to live in the marriage state. Not only is a great injustice dome the innocent member®of the partnership, but upon future - generations who m 80 through life with unsound bodfes or weak minds. Most social workers and not a few physicians wil lagree that epilepsy should be a barrier against contract- ing a marriage. There can be no dis- agreement on the subject of forbid- ding the union of a couple one of whom is feeble-minded. It does not seem that there could be any hesi- tancy about forbidding a marriage which would * bring forth children who would grow up tosbe unsuited to wrestle with the problems of life or to help build up the nation. Marriage regulation ig controlled by states. Connecticut should be among the leaders in passing restric- tions the aims of which would be to promote better marriages. It mjght be argued that marriage is of interest cnly to the contracting parties. That is an archaic idea. Even now the state requires person intending to marry to go through certain formal- ities, such as securing a marriage li- cepse. * It also requires that a cer- tificate ‘of the wedding be returned to the city or town clerk for record- ing in the city files. And it also places restrictions against divorce, re- quiring that sufficient cause be shown before the state wiil, dissolve the union® The state could go a step farther and insist that candidates for mar- riage pass certain physicial and men- tal tests before being qualified to se- cure a marriage license. The reve- lations of army examination boards is evidence that precautions should be thrown around the individuals who comprise the state. An alarming percentage 6f men who were examined had diseases which rendered them unfit for assum- ing the responsibilities of wedlock, and large numbers were of such a low degree of intelligence that the task of obtaining sufficient quotas of sol- diers who could follow simple instruc- tions was discouraging. The day will come when the state will step in and say to those who want to be married: “In the name of the public, show' us that you are qualified to be man and wife.” . The mother-in-law of a well known local migister is telling an amusing story, which is quite a funny joke on herself. She is a newcomer in Amer- ica and is unfamiliar with the ways of the law In the United States, never having had occasion to take advan- tage of its resources. It seems the ministerial family owns a cat. Said cat is a family pet. Last Tuesday evening it followeds a visitor out of the house and was lost. There was consternation in the min- ister's household.' The cat was gone. The mother-in-law imnfediately sal- lied forth in Search. ‘Here kitty-kit- ty-kitty” she called, going around the rear of the parsonage. All would 'have been well had not a crowd of nervous youngsters been in the neighborhood. They saw a woman, barely*distinguishable in the dark, wandering, apparently aimless- ly over the lawn: and emitting a strange cry,, “Hey, they's a Ku Klux Klan woman down at the preacher’s - house,” they shouted | breathlessly to' the policeman on the | beat. The next thing the mother-in-law knew she was confronted by the burly form of the offieer of the law, who flashed the rays of' hia light.in her face and in tones of thunder de- manded, “Who are you'ahd what do you want here?” The startled woman was ' rescued trom her embarrassing predicament by a friend, who explained to the bluecoat that she lived in the house, The law was satisfied, the cat was returned and the “kids” were disap- pointed that a real thrilfer had fizzle out. e | l » l | l CEMB R R R A . i3 ER 16, 1922, SERVER - Makes. Random Observations and Its People The Chlcago National league base- Lall club prides itself on having men Who are, it claims, the tallest, the shortest and the strongest in the ma- Jor leagues. It says, therefore, that it stands quite alone, Granted. As a4 baseball team the “Cubs" are unique, But what was the aim of the team? Was it to be unique? If, for instance, it could boast of pos- sessing the man who could throw the ball the greatest distance of any ball player in the world, the man who could hit the ball farther than any- one else and the man who ‘Rad the most nearly perfect ‘“batting eye’ then the team would have had some- thing to boast of, along the'llnes of its reason for existing. All of which re- minds that helght, shortness of ‘stature or ‘great strength do not es- pecially fit a man to be a good ball player. The matter reminds, too, of the little fellow who, boasting. even after an unsuccessful battle with other wyoungster, remarks: u licked me, all right; but my big brother kin play pool better 'n your big brother can.” - It's a bad habit a lot of ug have. Like the Cubs, who did not' win the rennant, we are inclined to balance our shortcomings in the direction of the work in which we are engaged by boasting that, at any rate, we can do something . else better than any- one in the world. . . . Those who drive automobiles in snow or over slippery ice for the first time this winter—and *old timers" as well—are having some exciting ex- periences, if the Observer's observa- tions tell him the truth. The chances taken by those who do not outfit their cars with chains are apparent to any- pne who stands beside a hill and watches the cars negotiating it and attempting to do so. Not only do those cars without chains get entirely out of the control of the driver in many instances, but the driver some- times loses control of himself when he or she notes the first indication that there is going to be a skidding. All of which makes the Observer wonder if an automobile without chains does not become a pretty dan- gerous affair when the streots are slippery or covered with deep snow. . " For the benefit of those who re- rdarked upon the reproduction of rhyming lines in this column last week the Observer begs to give the information that ability to produce rkymes, or near-rhymes, is not a sign of advanced-civilization. From the earliest times man, when under deep emotion, has sought to reduce his feelings to poetry. The more primi- time the emotion, the morg primitive the rhyme, as a rule. has been hinted, even, that,the unintelligible chattering ofthe monkey species par- takes of the nature of the rhyme, aind that the early origin of the dance, antedating ‘“poetry” even, was due to the inability of the savage to‘ex- press himself. Of course the above comments are no reflection upon the serious-faced person who brought a few lines to the Observer a few days ago. The per- scn was eminently respectable, but was evidently laboring under great emotion. The person refused to state what the trouble was, but silently and with great dignity handed the Ob- server the lines he had written, wiped his eyes with a large, silk handker- chief, and walked out. The lings are reproduced as representing the emo- tions that may be stirred in the heart of an otherwise sane individual by some burning question. x I listen to some people talk— I wonder why they care That co;l is scarce—their enough To generate hot alr. . He was only a small ‘boy but he was game, Obstacles were something to be overcome but nothing to hin- der, 50 far as he was concerned, If he tackled a job and found it hard, it meant nothing except that it was a talk's The champion golier is enjoying th e bulm;bre;zes of Miami and manages to work in a little unusual golf practice. Here is fhe incomparable Gene Sarazen doing a William Tell stunt with' a dusky chdy. be impossible for him, he dreamed. He wanted a box. ‘“Please Mister kin I have it?” he asked a merchant. The box was cubical in shape, every side the same size and exactly as high as the boy was tall. “Sure you can have it,”” replied the merchant, .and there {s a faint sus- picion he thought the boy was up against a Waterlod. Thanking the man for the box, the youngster took hold of it at the bottom, A heaved, tugged, struggled and gasped for breath. He grew red in the face, but nevertheless he raised , the box, tumbled it over and proceeded to re- peat the performance. hen last seen he had passed the Y. M. C. A, going north on Main street, crossed Court street right along, heedless of the attention he was attracting, rolling a box so large that he could walk all around the inside of it. . neyer s . The New York, «ew Haven and Hartford railroad company has evi- dcntly forgotten the meaning of the word “service”. the pleasure of anticipating a ride én the supposedly 11:30 o'clock train out ot Hartford which is due in New Britain at 11:50 o'clock. \ With several others we left the main waiting room of Union station and went to platform “d” at 11:25 o'clock. 'We were on time but the train was not. - At 11:55 o'clock the train finally pulled into the stationm, everybody got on and at last we were on our way to New Britain. Somewhere between Newington and |, New Britain the train'began to lose speed and when it neared Fairview cemetery it stoppcd and remained !n a comatose condition for 40 rain- utes. One passenger in the second coach evidently thought the = train had stalled for the night so he took off hiy shoes and rested his feet in a 1nost comfortable position on the bachk of the seat in iront of him. A sules- man not being used to such doings came into the sinoking car, which was coach No. 1 aind announced to the people that he had made the change because he would at least be three feet nearer his destination when he arrived, than if he stayed in coach No. 2. Four “flappers” riding in the sec- ond car also came into the smoker, made a survey of the car and then raked up enough courage to ask some of the boys to escort them to their homes when they arrived” in New Britain. One man asked a girl where she lived apd when she told him on East street he suggested that she get off at the cemetery and walk home. Still another ‘peeved” passengef in the 'smoking car suggested that little harder than usual—that it might|the New Haven road adopt the old Open Every Evening from 7 to 9 o’clock . for Business— ; December 18th to 23rd, Incl. We will bé pleased to furnish change and accept deposits for those desirous of availing themselves of this Special Service. Join Our, had | and was going | lLast evening we had | / i style of operating horse cars or ®lse hitch a horse to the front of the én- gine so that “we all might be Home by morning.” 14 When thé train did arrive in New Britain at 1:26 a/'m. it was greeted by cheers and even applause from those waiting to go to Bristol gnd Waterbury and the first passenger, to place his foot on groufid was preserit- ed with a bouquet of flowers by a good natured wag for being so dar- ing as to bring.the train in “‘on time.” et Hamon Widow and Husband She Sues:' # J The second mariiage ship of Mrs, ‘William L. Rohrer, widow "of Jake L. Hamon, slain Oklahoma oil mil- lionaire and politician, has run aground. Mrs. Rohrer, shown above, has filed suit for divorce. She says Rohrer, below, despite claims ; to wealth, refused to support her in the style to which she was accustomed, and practiced jiu-jitsu on her, 1923 XMAS CLUB Any Evening Next. Week You Are Welcome TRUSTCD NIWERITAN )