New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1023, farther than Miss Baker's -uliull\m' it is stated. OF course it would be of [T ) I New Bflmll Henu ilhul “Mothereraft is not confined Ifiinw advantage of New Fritain jewel. {the home but embraces every woman | ers who do not sell goods at auetion | HERALD PUBLISHING OOMPANY (lasued Datly, Sunday Bxcepted) At Herald Bidg, 67 Ohurch Btreet, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 00.60 & Year §2.00 Three Months, 50 » Month, Pntered at the Past OMce at a8 Fecond Class Mat! New Rritain Matter, TELEPHON! Pusiness Moo Bditerial Pooms .., B CALLS anly profitable aducrtising medium In COity, Clroulation heaks and press open to advertisers, | P eredited to it or net in this paper and alse Hahed herein Momber Audit Bureas ~¢ Cireulation The A. R, C. Is a nattonal organization tirers with a strictly honest eireulation, Our eirculation stat based upon this nudit, This tection against fraud in ne tributian Agures to hoth mational and cal advertisers - {TRA TAX There will be complaint beeause it necessary to recoms mend the levying of an extra tax against next year's grand lst. Phe complaints will center about two mat- ters. Tt will be said that the school | hoard is to be blamed and it will be | sald that those who were not econom- fcally inclined, and who opposed gen- responsible for has been found eral salary cuts are this added burden, Such complaints will without basis. The complaint, it must be re-| membered, will not be over the amount of the extra tax, namely 1.8 mills, but because there is to be any extra tax levied at all. The very mention of an “extra tax" will be con- sidered, in some quarters, a slur upon the city. Probably many complainers will forget just how great the extra tax is to be, but they will not forget that the extra tax was necessary. This being so the point to be em- phasized is t an extra tax, though somewhat smaller would have been necessary even though the salary cut plan had been followed unless such plan had been childishly improper. Moreover the school expenditures are not to blame for the deficit. Out of the $155,900 needed only about a third is necessary for school expenses, It is popular to blame the school board it is popular to blame people who believe city employes should be paid decently. But neither such peo- ple nor such board may be justly blamed for this extra tax. The city has not spent money recklessly. The levying of the extra tax is the realiza- tion of the expected. No great fuss should be made over it. The city of- ficials will proceed, trying to save the city money as they have in the past. The city adopted a tax rate too low to meet the requirements of the budget last year. An extra tax was bound to result. be ON THE HONOR ROLL New Britain again gets some pub- licity of the best kind from the pub- lished 'announcement that this city was one of the 61 in the entire United States whose building reports for 1922 show an increase of more than $2,- 000,000 over the 1921 report. Of course this amount of an increase of $2,282,621 was large because of the public and semi-public buildings planned, but the amount is worthy of note in any event. It tells of ac- tivity here and suggests a prosperous community, even though it does not mean a tremendous increase in private building enterprise. And along this line there should be some significance in the figures com- ing from the rest of the country. Take it for granted, if one will, that owing to the good market for municipal bonds there is a great deal of public building going on everywhere. Never- theless from the fact that so many citites do show a $2,000,000 increase in building over 1921 it must be that the country at large is seeing the wis- dom of building generally. Labor has a strong place now In Industry. Wages will not fall far. The cost of building ‘material is dependent to a great de- gree upon labor. These things con- sidered it may be well believed that this is a good time to build and to gain the dividends thay would come from housing the countless people desiring homes—people who are on the way toward being able and willing to pay for them. “BUSINESS OF CHILDHOOD” President Edna Dean Baker, of the National Kindergarten and Elemen- tary college, suggests something worth thinking about when she says that no business flourished during the last year to a greater degree than the business of childhood. She declares that people are beginning to realize that “as the child goes, so goes civili- gation.” Of course she has to empha- size, under such a subject, the fact that girls are today growing Into womanhood without any conception of | mother craft and motherhood and the | fact that the subject of fatherhood has | also been neglected. She points to the proposed legislation in various states as calculated to improve the business of childhood—the business of giving whoe has love and understanding for after 6p. m, to have such an ordi- [ the ehild," It may be carried into the | nance adopted, It would be good for present condition, it is annoying to pedestrians. | Corporal A, H. Griswold has been appointed ehairman of the commitiee (o arrange for the smoker to be giv. en by Company 1. This is the annual field of study of thoughtful men and | New Britain jewelers to prevent itiners l!h‘lll of the local unit, women whe have an interest in the | future of the country, the world, | One who has assisted in N-ullnlj acres of apple trees in the West, for| instance, remembers the even rows of | little nurslings, about two or three | feet high, placed just so far upurl.' whieh, in six years will begin to pro- duce their first fruit, Only men whe are well qualified te plant sueh orchards are employed for this work | The tiny sprigs are ecared for, watered and watehed carefully, Men study con- stantly how to make them stronger, more wealth-producing, Mature trees, thus eared for, amply repay the care given them, It is good that the business childhood had a good year. Childhood, grown to maturity, will repay the world for the care it has given, the of | care it will give, THE HUMAN ELEMENT Those who think of the European situation at all are prepared for any- thing. Germany Is pictured, at the moment, as influenced by the sullen- ness of the animal which may be led to water but which cannot be made to drink. The world would like to see Germany at work, producing wealth with which to pay her debts, A sullen workman is not productive, And someone has got to pay I'rance's expenses in her new move, Less pro- duction in Germany, no matter how hard France tries to compel her to labor, and greater amounts of money spent by France does not indicate an improvement in European financial matters. Meanwhile it is announced in Wash- ton that xLolhlng may be done by the United States until the result of France's experiment is seen., England's attitude is not dissimilar. Meanwhile there is a chance to consider the human element involved —the personal side of the affair, es- pecially in Washington. President Harding, all agree, is never publicly determined. He is unwilling to go before the country as sponsor for any drastic move which may be approved or which may not be approved. But the public does not know just how firm or stubborn he may be in pri- vate, surrounded by members of his official family. Members of his cabinet are in honor bound to keep secret the attitude of their chief. The letters of former Secretary Lane, now published, disclose many things regarding the private stand taken by former Presi- dent Wilson that are interesting, to say the least, One wonders, in this critical time, if Sccretary of State Hughes, for instance, or Secretary Hoover, either or both are not chafing at the bit, eager to “do something.” Possibly it may be said that it is now too late for the United States to make any official advances. The damage has been done. But it is believed that should any members of the president's cabinet ever publish letters written today those letters would reflect a great spirit of dissatisfaction in the minds of some of the members of President Harding's cabinet. “TAKING A CHANCE" A popular remark, some time since, was “I'll try anything once.” And there is something attractive about that attitude. The atmosphere of recklessness it throws about a person makes that person an object of in- terest for many. It conveys the same impression as the reputation of being “the devil of a fellow. That's all very well in its way, per- haps. We like action and initiative. \V(: talk a great deal about the “real men who have red blood in their veins.” The “dead one” is derided. If there were not many peopla willing to take a chance there would be little progress, either in the serious things of life or in its pleasures. But the tendency has been carried quite a dis- | tance, thank you. Trial marriages, free love and similar methods camou- flaging licentiousness have had their brief days—may have more of them. They have not added to the efficiency or well-being of the world in any way that one can notice. And now the “trial separation.” A woman and her husband were report- ed to be living apart under such an arrangement. Whether or not' it was a real “trial” separation does not mat- ter. The suggestion has been made. Other people, thoughtless but really decent, might be persuaded to make a trial of the same sort of separation without honest thought upon the mat- ter. In the case cited the husband died suddenly before the trial separation had come to an end. Such a possibili- ty, or even greater tragedy, confronts‘ the people who are willing to “try| bilities. JEWELRY AUCTIONS | There has been much discussion of | the proposed ordinarice to prohibit | auction sales of jewelry before 6 p. m. Of course the idea is to prevent itiner- ant vendors from selling in New Britain at all, With the interest of New Britain jewelers at heart the sug- gestion may be made that such an ordinance, if presented, be drawn in such a way as te aveid any question of its validity, The right of disposi- tion of private property is a fairly well-known right, It is jealously guarded and it is well that this is so, The ordinance proposed might be held to be ne violation of such right. Those interested in obtaining such protecs tion for New Britain jewelers and for the protection of the unwary of the city who might be defrauded at such auctions, would do well to examine the legal aspects of the matter, The Herald believes that better £00ds and better value may be ob- tained from patronizing New Britain merchants than by purchasing of itinerant vendors, There is danger al- ways In purchasing of strangers from whom there may be no chance of ob- taining redress in case of misrepre- sentation, Whether or not the ordin- ance in question is adopted, the ocea- slon calls for emphasizing this point of view, Facts and Fancies (MY ROPERT QUILJIEN), Every little bloc has an appetite all its own, Rouge and powder may be classified as bare necessities, It scems rather odd to call Europe “she.” The woman always pays. Exercise won't reduce your weight unless you take less exercise at the table. The K. K. K. stands for Ameri. canism, but will Americanism stand for the K. K. K.? As movie' director in quest of “he- men" types says it is hard to find a fighting ‘chin. What about General Chin, of China? In a village, a prominent citizen is anybody who wears a watch chain draped across his front elevation. The best way to keep a husband's love is not to appear too darned anxious about it. A republic is a land in which the people think one more election will avert the inevitable. No doubt the undeveloped peoples feel rather flattered when somebody calls them uncivilized. A book of verses ‘underneath a bough isn’'t as alluring as a pocket- book underneath the bright lights, About the only thing that could make the situation worse would be the discovery of oil at the Straits. g You may cancel and wipe out war debts if you will, but the folks in Europe will be dead broke still. o 7 A hick town is a place where the street loafers gather to examine a twin-six that stops in front of the drug store. Philosophy is simply the art of kidding yourself into thinking you. like something that gives you a pain. That European stateman who says diplomacy necessitates many crooks and turns got half of it right, any- way. A wife is a person who makes five trips back into the house when you are ready to go somewhere in the automobile. Correct this sentence: “I am offer- ing this set,” said the book agent, “only to the leading families of the| community."” When a man looks back and thinks of what a fool he was, he is glad there were no monkey glands to prolong his youth. 25 Vears Ago Today| (Taken from Herald of that date) Leon Gladding, Jr., who has been j anything once.” Before trying some | j||, was able to come down town for civilization from the Turks, | things it pays to consider all the possi- |a short while today. Lt.-Col. Thompson and Lieutenant ing. Lizzie McMahon, who was struck by falling plaster at the Bartlett school yesterday, has recovered con- sciousness. Julia Hallinan and Charles Zimmerman, two other chil- Charles H, Barrett has been elected |treasurer of the Connectiout Hasket- ball league, WHAT 1S CAPITAL OF RZEGZPOSPOLITA Answer to Above Question Would Be ““Warszawa"-Easy, lsu't It? What is the capital of Razoczpos- polita Polska? Answer, Warssawa, Probably that leaves you cold, But If someone wanted to know the name of Poland’'s eapital you could doubt- less snap out “Waursaw" with the beat of them, Which mercly goes to show that there Is sometimes justification for our habit of dubbing other countries' place names by our own pseudonyms,” says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C., headquarters of the National Geographic soclety in regard to the city which is the scene of Poland’s seething polities, * Compared To Paris, “Warsaw I8 forever being compar- ed to Paris,” continues the bulletin, “and rightly. The somberness and heaviness and matter-of-factiless of- ten found in the great cities of Ger- many and Russia and England have always been lacking in Warsaw. Even a century of oppression could not en- tirely break the Polish spirit of galety and optimism nor alter greatly the sults this spirit had wrought in fash- ioning the Polish capital, “To carry the comparison further, the Parisians are lovers of beauty and so are the people of Warsaw. It is significant that the Polish president was attacked at an art exhibition. The presence of the Polish chief execu- tive on such an occasion makes as true a picture as a I'rench president at a new theater, a British king at a Loard of trade or a financial congress, or a president of the United States dedicating a great engineering work. “Finally Warsaw may be compared to Paris in some ways upon the score of physical arrangement and appear- ance. The city is filled with impres- sive old cathedrals, churches and ralaces, and has numerous stately public buildings. Wide, tree-lined boulevards radiate from the center of the city, some leading to beautiful and most elaborately developed parks. But Warsaw is not wholly a city of wide avenues and open spaces. It has its ancient portion of narrow, tor- tuous streets whose darkness and quaintness take one back to the Mid- Gle Ages. Importance Inevitable. ““Warsaw's history is bota long and turbulent. It had its beginnings in the ninth century; and its start, like that of so many other great cities of Europe, was around the castle of a feudal lord. In 1550 it became the capital of the then powerful Polish kingdom, and has since played a role of importance in European history. Inevitably it grew to ve a great city and inevitably it felt the hand of numerous conquerors. For geograph- ical position marked it as one of the greatest of European centers. “One feels that, like the lines of force about a magnet, Warsaw's lines of trade must have existed from the first, though invisible. Now . they have taken shape in steel and wood: railroads extending from the city like spokes of a great wheel, off to- ward Petrograd, Moscow, Odessa, Vi- enna, Prague, Berlin, and Danzig. In a Europe at peace it would occupy much the position of St. Louis in the United States, lying in a strategic position between the raw materials and food-stuffs of the West and the factories and consumers of the Easi and at the same time helping to ex- change products between the North and the South. In addition Warsaw is itself an important manufacturing center. Its trade and industry and politics together built up a popula- tion close to the million mark, mak- ing it one of the half dozen greatest citi of the European mainland. e country of which Warsaw is the capital must not be looked upon as one of the “little lands' that sprang into existance after the World war. It is more than haff as large as Texas and has a population six times as |great. To put it more emphatically, Poland's population is practically a quarter that of the I/nitgd States. Far North as Hudson Bay ‘“Situated half way betwecn Petro- grad, which may be taken as repre- senting the north, and Venice on the warm Mediterranean, Warsaw is pro- bably throught of usually as in tem- perate latitudes. It is in reality as far north as the southern shore of Hudson Bay or the northern coast of Newfoundland, Its winter, how- ever, is not so servere as the location might suggest, but is more nearly comparable to that of New England. ““He who wanders about the streets of Warsaw cannot remain in ignor- |ance of the glorious past of Poland (nor of the parts her sohs have played |in the world drama. He will en- counter palace after palace—a large ‘jfnough number to entitle Warsaw to idispute with Genoa the nickname, ‘city of palaces. They were built mostly during the seventeenth and |eighteenth centuries when Warsaw | was without a peer in Europe save | Paris. | ‘Among the world famous Poles to |whom monuments exist in Warsaw 'are Bobieski who saved Christian Coper- "nh‘u! who gave the first adequate 'eonception of the universe, and Cho- | Rawlings will attend the grand mili-|pin who brought into the world and imw ball in Rockville tomorrow even- left for its inspiration music of the rarest beauty. His heart lies enshrin- jed in one of the chief churches of | Warsaw.” | Revision Committee Will ant vendors from selling goods in this | dren who were struck, were not serl- | | Hold Last Meeting Monday manner under artificial light, accord- ing to those back of the proposal. They fear that purchasers may be cheated into buying something from the child every chance to which it has u claim. | strangeérs that is not worth the amount paid for it. But the thought may be currledi Other cities have such ordinances, ously hurt, and were attending schoel today. Morrison's “Faust” at the Lyceum tonight. Reduced prices, excellent cast and production. The heavy trucking to and from the new freight depot has covered the crossing at the junction of Whiting and Maple streets with mud. In its A meeting of the charter revision committee will be held Monday night at the mayor's office. The several matters which were discussed last Monday evening at a public hearing will be taken up and a final vote will be taken on all proposals, —— - THE 0 BSERVER - i Makes Random Observations Alone and uncared for stands the ancient ice house at the corner of linwood strect and Bhuitie Meadow avenue. People walking along that streteh of Bhuttle Meadow avelue late at night utter fervent prayers that the old building will be removed so that their senses may ne lenger be affronted by the “eyesore,” as it I8 called by residents of that seotion. Many years ago the siruecture served a good purpose, A brigk busi- ness was done by the owners, With- in the last few years it has gradually fallen to pieces, subjeet to the pranks of tme, weather and the younger generglion, It is “attacked” invariably on Hal- lowe'en. The morning after revea™ hugé sections torn from its side, The unsightly fence inclosing the prop- erty is also disfigured, The question in the minds of the landholders of the section is always, “"Why don't they tear it down?".And the answer comes back, “No one knows." Perhapsit has so firmly imbedded itself into the hearts of the owners that they can't bear to see it torn down and its weatherbeaten boards carted away, . It is still hoped that some day those owners will, in spite of all affections, and through blinding tears, dispose of it and so bring cheer and comfort In- to the hearts of residents of Bhuttle Meadow avenue, It has stood there long enough to intrench itself into their affections, but evidently, accord- ing to reports, it hasn't succeeded, S0 “Experiences of a strop hanger” on any of the cars on the lines of the Connecticut Co, are developing some interesting sights and spectacles these days, the most frequent instances be- ing the many slides and falls of pas- sengers who advance to the front end of the car to get off at their station. The slides themselves take place generally when the passengers goes to alight from the main compartment into the vestibule where the motor- man stands, The floor here is gen- erally wet and half covered with partially melted snow and a person, generally in a hurry to get off berore‘ !the car starts, attemps to make a| quick turn, places his or her foot on| the slush and results: up go the feet, down goes the luckless one—another little job for the dry cleaner. This condition is one that should | be remedied without any delay. It/ only requires a sprinkling of sand over the part of the floor thus de- scribed, and the sand is always handy | because the sand box is just in under the front side seats. » | * . | The movement now on foot to have the Junior Achievement work in- cluded in the United Community Cor- poration has revealed the astonishing | fact that, although column after col- umn of news has been printed about| this organization, few people seem to | be aware of the character of the| work done. There are 44 clubs, consisting from eight to 12 children in each club, ac- | tively functioning in this city. These, clubs are purely vocational and in-| structive. They are ‘“self help” pro-| jects and have no bearing on any| other work now being done in tke| city, Each club teaches its members | to do something useful and to make it' pay. One club of girls teaches fits members how to make their own clothing, including hats. One club of boys teaches them how to make and mend shoes, rubber boots, etc. An- other club of boys teaches its mem- bers how to do electric wiring and to handle electrical equipment from a common flashlight battery to a dyna- mo or radio set. Another club of girls learns how to make fancy aprons, pillow cases, doilies, pot lift- ers ,telephone covers, etc. A club of boys teaches its members how to make toy automobiles, engines, etg., out of tin cans, or wooden broom holders, necktie holders, ete., out of discarded cigar boxes. Andthe beauty of it all is that the work is that of salvaging. Clean tin cans make the toy airplanes, engines, autos, etc. Cigar boxes make the wooden toys. Bits of stray cloth makes dolls’ dresses. That the movement has the ap- proval of those who are most direct- ly interested is shown in the fact that a Rotarian and member of the joint Rotary club-Junior Achievement com- mittee and enthusiastic supporter is Judge B. F. Gaffney, chairman of the school board. Stanley H. Holmes, superintendent of schools; James E. O'Brien, Americanization director, and Harry C. Jackson, playground supervisor, are members of the ex- ecutive committee, ‘W. C. French, principal of the Central Junior High school, represents the Lions' club on a joint committee, L. P. Slade, prin- cipal of the Senior High school, was one of the founders of the movement. Edward M. Pratt, secretary of the school board, is another. Attorney Ray I. Makin, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, is a vice-president. . The “Herald” today prints its sec- ond religlous or church pdge. This page was started last Saturday for the accommodation of lacal churches. The idea is to line up the progressive churches of the community and so place their notices, new items and ad- vertising on one page, where its value will be increased considerably. It is worthy of note that practically every minister who has been approached on the subject has had nothing but words of praise and official boards all jover the city are receiving requests for advertising appropriations, by wide-awake, progressive ministers. One local minister has written a letter of appreciation and commen- dation for this page. . s The Observer had occasion. the other day to recall a certain time . . when he was a part of what Will Rogers calls“us masses.” Of course he is no part of “us masses” now— he merely talks about them. Well, this occasion was when he noticed a man cleaning the snow away from a manhole in the street. The man did a splendid job. The snow was soft and especially adapted r shoveling. 1t slid onto the shovel Eracerully; it left it after a brief sojourn thereon, with ezse and dispatch. The man did a vary good job ‘indecd. He On the City and Its People | would take a shovel-full—a meode- | rate-sized shovel-full-—balance it gently, carcasingly, take onc slep for- ward and slip it off the shovel most adroitly He would glance down at the place where the snew had fallen, satisfy himself that it was quite - .lorublr. and then step easlly baek again and repeat the eperation, Oe- ' casionally he would netice a small de- posit of snow somewhere which evi- dently effended his sense of the artis- tie, and he would seoop this effgnding bit of the congealed beautiful Up on his shovel, depositing it with the artist's toueh in a more ftting place, Yes, he did a good job, In the course of half an hour the manhole was free of the few inches of snow thats had ‘covered it, and the skilful workman walked away, apparently content that he had added to the wealth of the world, | The Observer's first thought was that he, the Observer, could have |done that job just as well in half the time-—a quarter of the time; that the city lost money on that man, if the city was paying him, was that recollection of the time | When he was one of “us masses', came to the Observer, He remembered ten | hours a day on a rallroad track in the hot sun manipulating an instrument {ecalled a shovel, He remembered the | thousands of steps he took each one of those days, the Instrument called | the shovel In his hands, He remem- bered that the shovel grew ' very heavy, the horizon black, And so, remembering these things, the Ob. server decided that If he had been in that man's place, out there he wouldn't have done the job in half the time, even it he could. PR - Passengers on a trolley car return- ing from Hartford the other night | were amused, angered, annoyed or pleased according to their disposi- tions, at the remarks of the gonduc- tor and his actions, The car was | crowded. It was crowded in suc! |way that one was able to tell ‘@ith | considerable accuracy just when the collar of one's neighbor had been re- ! turned from the laundry. The crqwd was such that almost everyone learned the color of the eyes of the persons in close proximity. It was a real crowd. But there was a tiny space in the front of the car that | might have been more densely popu- lated. conductor terribly. That tiny space annoyed the He' felt that the And then it} company was certataly f I that space were not Wmm filled, He was delermined to 10 the resoue of the company. Of course ene could nel see the conduclor as he speke (r‘; the rear of the ear, addressing U pl.ll' [gers, One sould not tura one's head to loak back, It was very W that one heid his head very still'if he would aveld being poked in the eye, But one judged by the tone of auther- ity that it was the conductor W spoke when there kept coming to ears the stern command to “Move upi move up” OFf course this was quite preper on the part of the condueter, Bul sude denly the ear came (o & stop. “Move up; meve up,” had proven of littie avall, There was actually a half-feot of unoceupied space in the front of that car. And then came the ultima~ tum, delivered in a determined voioe: “Say, youse people, if youse den't move up this here car'll stay right here till morning’, Do's yez wants to-—— it's up to youse, The silence was impressive, Then @ delicate woman of some three huns dred pounds moved forward thres inches, “There," growled the econductor with a sense of duty well done, “now we kin go ahead." .. The Observer has questioned & number of business men about the purchase of the Russwin Lyceum for a4 community auditorium , and finds that publie sentiment is against it The general impression seems to be that it would be a mistake to take over the building and that it would ' be to the advantage of the city, if it was declded to have an auditorium, to erect a new building, The Lyceum is not a new structure by any means, It would require ex- tensive renovation and, to accommos date all who would like to attend some of our public functions, alters !ations would be necessary. The seats | ing eapacity would not meet demand in fts present state. Furthermore, the location of the building s far from ideal. It iscustomary to have a' {community auditorlum in a spot where it can be seen. The Lyceum Is hedged about by other buildings, and toget to it one must pass through a narrow alleyway. There is noth- ing to be sald against it as a private | enterprise, but for a public building itis not situated in the proper place. According to the records of the board of assessors, the property fis taxed for $50,500. The city would 'pay this amount at least, and' then spend much more for alterations. Mayor Paonesst has said that the city has not enough money to invest in a public auditorium.* In view of the financial condition of the citf, this sounds logical. “Adam and Eve” Are Unhappy Tarl A. Sutter and his wife, the modern Adam and Eve whose wanderings in the Maine woods last year attracted national at- tention are about to air their troubles in the divorce courts ac- cording to news reports. EVERETT TRUE WAS OUT DRIVING ALONG THS HIQHWAY . TODAY AND X SAW SEVORAL OF YYour BILL POARD ADVERTISEMGNTS. CONGLOMERATION OF VERY AND PAINTER'S CocL\e . THEY WERS A CRUDE DRAWING THEY MADS MC SICK — AL wenT, pECIEVE