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

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1922, REV. J. T. WINTERS 42 YEARS A PRIEST Pastor of St. Mary’s Church Ob- serves Anniversary Today ley service which they now feel pro. hibitive, Tor men of large families fares now requived are In some in- stances oppresave and trolley service of rare indulgenge, Tenements for the laboring man are hecoming more and more remote from our business cen- ters, Tt is the poor man with large tamily dependent upon his daily toil who must suffer greatest deprivation from this over-tax of high rate servs fee, But It is ‘contended that the most serlous difficulty with which the 'trolley 1s now confronted s the fact his shoulders, remains a (olden page in the history of 8t. Mary's parish, His Accomplishments, As a result of his untiring zeal, St, Mary's parish property, consisting of the church, school, convent, parish house and sexton's quarters, situated as they are In the heart of the city, has become one of the leading hold- Ings in the Catholle dlocese of Hart. ford, Besides these, Father Winters has to his gredit the addition of Bt Mary's new cemetery on Stanley street, and the formation and main- one can afford it easlly. Cumulative proof has been given of the splendid results coming from this fight against tuberculosis, Tife Insurance experts, telling of a decreased death rate] among those whose llves are insured, attribute the great share of this im- provement to the war against tuber- culosis, effects of this persistent effort to conquer the disease will be | felt not only by those now living but, Facts and Fancies (BY ROPERT QUILIEN), Hint to conservatives: When in bad, do as the Romans do, Civilization 18 just a slow process of learning to stay up later at night, It is impossible to remain Mistress of the Seas without remaining in hot A few more “Christmas Jingles” while there Is still time to Jingle. 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Our eirculation statistics are hased upon this audit, This insures pro- tection against fraud In newspaper din- tribution figures to both national apd lo- cal advertisers. e ©OOAL IN SMALL LOTS. The Herald hopes sincerely that local dealers will not refuse to sell coal in small quantities. It is plain that the only sufferers from this course would be the persons who have not the cash to pay for a large quan< ity at a time. It is not believed pos- sible that this city's dealers generally will take this stand. No matter how unreasonable the rules laid down by law appear to a dealer, the man of moderate means is ot to blame for those regulations. He should not be punished for a .situation for which he is not to blame, A man who has the money with which to buy a quarter of a ton of coal may be perfectly willing to waive his ‘vights under the law in order to get his coal. He may have illness at his home. He ‘may be willing to go to any sacrifice to get coal that would keep the sick one warm. He, and such as he, would be the only suffer- ers If this rule af selling in one-ton lots only were to prevail. It is in times such as these that the supposedly superior business ability of the heads of great busi- messes should come to the rescue. They know their business. They can- not be expected to sell coal, for in- stance, at a loss, But they can be expected to use every bit of their in- genuity and knowlédge to aid in a situation that is distressing and some- times tragic. y The Herald does not believe that the intention is general among coal dealers to punish the man of mod- erate means and the poor man, the sick, ‘the children, ‘for something for which they are mot to blame at a time when life is. very, very hard for all of them. : The Herald asks earnestly that the dealers generally will continue to sell coal in small lots when necessary. The Herald believes they will. POLAND'S MISFORTUNE, “The killing of Gabriel Narutowiez, first President of the Polish Republic, terrible as it is, loses some of the significance it would otherwise hold when it appears that the slayer was a man who has long been considered irrational by those with whom he had assoclated. It is possible, but not probable, that the act represented the wishes of a considerable portion of Poland’s people. It is far more likely that the act was an individual act, resulting from distorted imaginings of a diseased mind. That many differing sentiments move the hearts of the people of Poland at this time will not be doubted. The land is one where men of blood other than pure Polish are numerous. There have been disor- ders attendant upon the change in the form of government, but these disor- ders cannot be compared to the great revolutions that have taken place in other countries under similar circum- stances. The question remains to be answered whether or not the Nation- alists, of that country will adopt the act ‘gn‘ their own and allow it to be the signal for further tragedies. The mext few days or weeks will be Poland’s most trying time. There is but one hope in this country where Poland’s future is a matter of keen interest. That hope is that the act will be repudiated by opponents of the democratic idea, if not in words, at least in attitude, to the end that the democratic form of government, concelved in such hope, will be allowed peacefully to prevail. CHRISTMAS JALS. Reports from the office of the State Tuberculosis commission are to the effect that 3,666 patients have been served in the 21 tuberculosis clinics in the state within the past year. The weekly New Britain clinic has taken care of 350 of these patients. This work is paid for by the annual Christ- mas seal campaign. The secretary of the state commission has just an- nounced that this work would be greatly hampered, if not partially stopped, if the present Christmas seal campaign should fall even partially. Last year something over $80,000 was raised.’ The goal of $100,000 is st as necessary to carry on the work for 1928. The time has passed when such work is looked upon as merely some- thing that should be encouraged In even greater measure, by generi- tlons to come. A campalgn with which you may belleve you have no especlal concern may benefit you directly In the iIncreased good health of the community In which you live, A great majority of the Christmas presents sent through the mails will be sent this week. Every one of those gifts should create an atmos- phere of good will by bearing a Christmas seal, affixed to the back, not the front of the package. Every Christmas letter should bear on its reverse side that stamp which shows that you have taken thought, at this Christmas time, of the sufferers. And even gifts wrapped up and dellvered by hand should discloge this thought of others, It is rather fitting at this Christmas season, that your gift bears evidence that, in thinking, of the per- son to whom you are glving the pres- ent you have thought, too, of those other people in the country ¢o whom, in this indirect way, you are giving your very practical best wishes for health and happiness. CHANGING SENTIMENT. Gradually there may be seen re- flected in the press of the country evidences of the changing sentiment as to our proper stand in regard to Europe. For a long time the senti- ment here was against our participa- tion in the world war. It was not until that feeling. had changed and the real necessity, wisdom and justice of our entering the war was seen, that we joined In the confiict. We have greater pride in our country today because we did enter the war and because we played the part we did play. For a long time ‘‘foreign entangle- ments” have been held up as a ter- rible monster which should keep us forever from having anything to do with Europe. Gradually there has come over the country a feeling that sald monster is capable of being tamed. We are quite big enough to pass him, as he stands on Europe's shore, paying no attention to him, do our business in Europe and return home without even mussing our hair. But we are not going to shoot that monster, “foreign entanglements.” It is good that he remain on Europe's shores to remind us that he threatens. We are merely going to look him in the face, see just what he is and how he is built, and know what we may do and ‘'what we may not do without being obliged to battle with him and kill him—which we could do if it were wise—wlhich it 18" not. The United States is not going to loan vast sums to Germany. It is not going to. cancel all foreign debts without value received, tangibly or psychological. We are going to go slow, take our part in this European conflict with the peaceful weapons we possess, accomplish results after a careful study of the situation and we are going to bring the good results we brought in that other great con- flict. This, incidentally, is just the stand The Herald has long predicted we would take, A TRIAL OF COMMUNISM. Reading of the plan of a group of sixty Canadian families to give “ideal communism" a trial brings first of all, the feeling how dull life would be under such circumstances. The sixty families are to open a township, farm the land, run business enterprises, church and school, all working to- gether. Farm implements arg to be owned in common, as everything eise will be except household goods and clothing. Every so often there will be a divi- sion of the profits, if there are any profits, for the produce is to be sold in bulk. It is presumed, of course, that any loss would be shared by all alike. What chance here for increas- ing comfort from increased effort by individuals, $o say nothing of the chance to save enough money because of hard work, to take care of one in advanced years? The hard worker, it would seem, would be no better off than the man who did as little as he was able and still “get by It may be argued that all the people would be inspired to work as hard as they could, and that the “team- work" of all would accomplish more than the sum of the individual efforts of the many. But human beings are not so constituted. All would not work equally hard. Moreover some people are physically and mentally better fitted to produce than are oth- ers, though the wish to do their share may be equally as strong in the hearts of those others. This community would be an ideal place, probably, for thosé¢" who are willing to merely exist until the end comes. Others, having in them that ambition which makes for accom- plishment, would be very much in- clined to leave the community for a place where their ability and energy would count for something which they and theirs could enjoy without sharing with the shiftless and indif- it | ferent. water, Some of the Idiots are behind tall fron fences, and some are behind steering wheels, “The artistic appeal of the nude” doesn’t appeal to the same people who enjoy a sunset, The corn in the shock means pros- perity, but the shock in the corn man feel richer, And yet that kind of college boy will feel a twinge of nausea thirty years from now when his own boy acts that way. The bloom of youth is charming, niess it blooms a little higher in one cheek than in the other. Kicking Turkey out of Kurope is a noble business; kicking Europe out of Turkey is wicked. Peace hath her victories. One of them appears to consist in dodging the taxes imposed by war, All the filling station man knows about Sunday is that it's the day he sells the most gasoline, The bachelor has one advantage. He can throw them away instead of tormenting his feet with the darned spots. There's nothing so pathetic about Jacob's working fourteen years for his wife. Many men put-in a’ life-time at it does she relieve her feelings when an- other woman snubs her? Well, eating really is rather vulgar, and perhap's that's what they mean when they speak of Europe's superior culture. Sometimes you can save a drown- ing man by knocking him unconscious, and that may be what the statesmen are trying on Europe. Correct this sentence: “I hope,” said the little boy, “that Santa Claus won’t bring me anything that I can make a noise with.” That Arkansas man who got a dog license instead of a marriage license probably felt that he was going to lead a dog's life, anyway. L An executive really hasn't anything to do except wonder where busigess is coming from and where the pay roll is coming from. - i Y 5 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) o i The Rev. 8. G. Ohman is visiting in New York. C. W. Lines has leased the prem- ises in the rear of 86 Chestnut street for one year with the privilege of five years. Manager Parsons of the local polo team received a queer epistle from some one in the Capital city. A cut of Mr. Parsons was pasted on the postal card instead of the usual writ- ten address. On the other side was written, “Nearly a 16 to 1 shot at Meriden, Come 7, come 11.” The card was unsigned but it came from a Hartford rooter. Hartford is here to- night and they will surely get a wel- come and a defeat also. Poor Hapt- ford. The common council was in an un- ruly mood last night. It defeated the democratic nominee for fire commis- sioner and refused to allow the Balva- tion Army to conduct religious serv- ices on Main street. = Following this, the captain of the Salvation Army stated that the local band would march through the streets as usual this evening and would march to jafl, If the police tried to stop it. A couple came to town today from one of the adjoining towns, obtained | a marriage license and were married. | The couple seemed to have pledged | everyone to secrecy as their names could not be learned. After thej ceremony they walked through Cen- tral Park holding each others hands, and appeared to be about as “soft” as anything seen here yet, COMMUNICATED. TROLLEY FARE QUESTION “Inquirer”” Gives Views on Connecti- cut Company's Attitude To the Editor' of the New Herald: Is it a finality? In a recent com- munication appearing in the columns of The Herald and of apparent inspir- ation, it would seem the question of trolley fares s definitely settled. There is no purpose of the part of the present writer to unduly criticise {local officials for onclusions an- nounced, that of refused reduction of trolley fares, but in fairness to in- quire if such refusal is justified in feason. d The Mayor and other distinguished citizens have made commendable and courteous appeal to the Connecticut company for a reduction of fares bas- ed on the belief that with such re- Hef many who now feel compelied to walk would avall themselves of trol- Britain that owners of automoblles are in- fringing upon the monopolized road- ways of the. town by offering free rides to their less fortunate naighbors, Is It Poasible that men of such mark- ed business capacity as are supposed to control Connecticut company af- falrs do not see that their course of action I8 hastening the doom of their own holdings? Pursuing this course how long will it be before most la- boring men by rentals or small monthly paxments, will be In posses- slon of their own cars to go and come at pleasure? Here is opening a wide fleld for KFord and all his kin, What means the rusted and clanking old locomotives we see and hear to- day, once the pride of their drivers? Ask the owners of 1"ords, limousines or of other manufactures, speeding over our highways for answer, Then there Is the reasonable and sane ‘dare’ with which our citizens have challehged the Connecticut com- papy. “Give us the opportunity to prove that the lesser fare will not create the larger revenue.” Let us try the experiment. If after reason- able length of time our citizens do not fall to the low fare in a way to rea- sonably compensute for the change we will consent to a muffled silence. Another and more serious thought demands odr attention, If the trolley cannot or will not render acceptable service and the jitney can and will, what moral right has the trolley to demand exclusive right of way? Are we sold out body and soul to a cor- poration? We want the trolley but we do not want an exacting monopoly. Either the trolley should give us rea- sonable and acceptable service or we, be privileged to serve ourselves in ways of our own.choice within our own borders. However diluted, to one in whose veins flows the heritage of Bunker Hill and Valley Forge, un- reasonable taxation on tea or trojley service suggests ground for serious apprehension, It is not improbable that the most formidable obstacle to any change in the Connecticut company’s decision is the fact that under every bush may be found a stockholder insistent upon his dividends so making any change hagardous. INQUIRER. 4 Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charge Against Woman Mount Holly, N.. J,, Dec. 18.—Jus- tice Kalisch today ‘refused the .mo- tion .of Mrs. Doris Brunen’s attorney to dismiss the charges against her in connection with the Kkilling of John T. Brunen, circus owner. Justice Kalisch. declared that.. although ‘it may be that the testimony in this case be very meagre as far as Mrs. Brunen's connection may be con- cerned,” the question must be settled by the jury. REILY BLAMES POLITICS: ‘New York, Dec. 18.—Governor-Gen- eral E. Mont Relly of Porto Rico, who arrived here today, charged that at- tacks upon his administration had been initlated by disgruntled office- holders whom he had ejected from power. Not one-tenth of the popula- tion was opposed to him he said. “Porto Rico i as tranquil as the prairies of western Kansas,” he de- clared. 40. PER CENT. DIVIDEND. New York, Dec. 18.—Stockholders of the Delaware, Lackawanna and ‘Western Coal Co., today apprqved a 40 per cent. stock dividend. % = O I, Rev. John T, Wintors, pastor of St, Mary's church, is today observing the 42nd anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The day passed for him without any unusual happenings outside of a number of callers and telephone messages, all conveying con- gratulations and sentiments of good wishes for the future, Father Winters was ordained to the priesthood at St, Mary's college, Bal- timore, Md,, on December 18, 1880, He was appointed pastor of St, Mary's church on April 8, 1902, succeeding Rev., Willlam A, Harty, who died shortly after the disastrous fire which reduced the church to ruins, His Work Heré, Coming, as he did, at a time when the morale of the people of St, Mary's parish was at a low ebb as a result | of the double catastrophe which had fallen upon them with the burning of their handsome church and the death of the reyered pastor, Father Winters faced his task with a strong heart and by his zeal and energy, infused his parishioners with faith and enthusi- asm. From the ruins-of the old St. Mary's church rose a new edifice which stands today as one of the most beautiful houses of worship not only in the city of New Britain, but in the entire dfocese. The manner in which Father Winters overcame many ob- stacles ‘placed in his path and exe- cuted the gigantic task placed upon EVERETT TRUE EVERY TLACE I Q.o MRS.TeuS, T QoT LONG HAIRS' AND (N LIVING ROOM AND ) ) !year of his ministry with wishes of his own parishioners and his brother clergy as clergymen and laymen of all other de- nominations in this city and through- out the state, Hartford Public High ‘“victory dance” held in celebration | of the Hartford team's win over the N, B, H, 8. eleven must be borne by the local school, it was announced by the H. P. H. 8. student council today. The school reasoned that many New Britain puplils took part in the social and on that account it was suggested that $21,82, one-half the gate receipts, should be sent to the Hartford school. This will be done, it was announced by local authorities, MXED VP With THESYIRS IN THE HALL THS PATH RoOM AND IN THE €W IDINING RoOM AN —~ tenance of 8t, Mary's playground, the Mecca of New Britaln sport lovers, Enters Another Year, Father Winters enters upon another the best well as the - NERV-E! Hartford High School Sends Bill to New Britain High for Half Ex- penses of “Victory Dance.’ Half: the expenses incurred by the school in its By Condo IN TS HOUSGI IN THS AND ON YOUR COMAT WHEN ‘“ou CoME HOME BROM THG OFRICES I NEVER . HEARD YOU YAMMER Agovy THOSE ! " ooe AN =iz 5 . R SELECT YOUR FLOWERS From the Following: Poisettias Begonias Ferns Palms Orange Trees Ardesias Cyclamen Roses Gardenias Etc., Etc. Flowers Make An Acceptable Gift All Orders Delivered VOLZ FLORAL CO. WEST MAIN ST. - “ —'\(,‘ a7 1 ffiu./ TEL. 1116 It was just about one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three years ago that three wise men of the East reached the gonl they sought and It Is our wish that this Christmas sea- son' finds you aglow with the spirit of happiness and satisfaction that comes from work well done, Worry Brings Wrinkles And who wants to be all wrinkled up at any such tlme of year as this— we’ve taken all the wrinkles out of Everything is here for ever- is right—why worry. body and the price wrinkle? Blessed Be tlz_e Tie— Bat.they don't bind because . they have n slippery satin ‘band - thet makes 'em go on and come off in & Jiff—and you never did see w0 many all at once. oy Spread all over the Main Floor at all prices from 68c up to somewhere nround three bills and oll of ‘em given you In an attractive box. And Say—Have you Noticed: The slik petticoats all folded up in pretty boxes? Seme “Heatherblooms” at $1.95 and the colored Taffeta and Silk Jersey at $2.95 to $4.95 and some even bet- ter than that. No—that's right, they don't wear as many as they used to, but you can always get away with one or two. / A Regular Guy— Is the chap who comes across on Christmas morning with a five pound box of “Schrafty’ Assorted Checo- Iates which will cost him exactly $1.85. When you step up under the mistle- toe with a 5 Ib. box—well A 100 to 1 Shot That yow'll come through 100% if you stick to the women's, hoslery dept., on the 3d floor. Give her all the sillc stockings you can for they always rt over “Big,” If you don't know the size take = chance on 0 or 54 you won't be ve: far away. Wil we exchange lifil’; “Sure thing! We'll do most nanything for anybody .at any time—always have and always will—that's why we keep the door open wo wide, Besse-Leland’s