New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1923, Page 6

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A “BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Citizens of Connecticut must have been mildly astonished this morning when they that Governor Templeton, by a stroke of the guber- natorial pen, had torn to shreds the organization of municipal fuel ad- ministrators 1 had dismissed them forthwith with a brief word of thanks. As the result of the passage by the General Assembly of the con- trol bill and the subsequent decision by the governor to declare a state of emergency, the organization which has handled the fuel situation in Con- necticut was mustered out peremptori- 1y. A statement issued by his excel- lency, according to a Hartford news- paper which is in close touch with the governor's office, “was construed to mean that local fuel administra- tors will not he asked to participate fuel control.” “local fuel ecarned fuel in the new scheme of It is also reported that administrators will turn over data in their possession to officials designated by Chief Hurley." When Charles Templeton candidate for governor, he was praised by his sponso! a business man, and it was argued that a busines needed in the governor's chair. He was elected and it was expected that his would be a business administration. His action in disbanding the experi- enced organization which is familiar with the fuel situation throughout the state does not seem to bear out the promises made in his behalf. It is not a good business move and no doubt the governor will learn to his regret when it is too late that he has been too attentive to certain enthusiastic spirits whose aim has Dbeen wreck the organization which was a man was to has been in existence so they might suc- | ceed to its power and authority. Putting the chief of the state po- lice at the throttle of the fuel train may have a beneficial effect in stamp- ing out profiteering, if such exists, but it is doubtful if this evil has been so extensive as to justify the declaration of an emergency. Regardless of the fact that local administrators will turn over their records and other data to Chief Hurley, the situation - will re- main obscure to the administrators’ successors for many weeks. Informa- tion which can be gained only thro’ugh intimate association with dealers and the people is now in the hands of the local administrators. This is not rep- resented by cold facts or figures and it must be obtained through experi- ence. Even Chief Hurley, with all his perspicacity, with all his intuition, with all his ability to grasp a situation tmmediately—qualifications which, fic- tion writers assure us, all truly great detectives have—cannot function as satisfactorily in New Britain as Harry C. Brown, who has been fuel adminis- trator here. Mr, Brown has not de- pended on statistics to keep the ma- chinery moving. He knows New Brit- ain, knows the people, knows the deal- ers, and in short, has knowledge of in- estimable value which could be sorbed only by living here. No doubt, Mr. Brown will be pleased to be re- lieved of the cares and responsibilities of his office, but New Britain would abs prefer to have him remain instead of | taking orders from some state police- man whose home may be at the other end of the state and whose interest in New Britain is confined to the sched- ule of arriving and departing trains. There is a possibility that Governor | Templeton may gain distinction through the maneuver, Spring zephyrs | are on the way. In a few weeks our coal worries will be at an end. The strain will be short lived. We shall soon be hearing of the achievement of Governor Templeton in solving the coal problem with the assistance of that modern paragon of all detectivi virtues, “Our Bob” Hurley. TO BOY SCOU Say, you Scouts, do you know the hardest thing in the world for some men to talk to you? They feel that you're ready to laugh at them | jugt because they ecan’t run as fast as you can, or hit the bail as hard. They feel that you can make them look like thirty cents, and they feel you know you can do it. You Scouts ought to feel sorry for those men—sort of help them out when they're trying to tell ynu how they like the Seout:work. | You ought to realise, fellows, that these men would give a pile of mos deing And thess 1o be back at your age | things you are doing men would like 1o be able to eonvinee you | that if they had known all the things Enew Boy | they boys that they organ themselves, when they were now, they'd have ed A movement if brains Beout men | that crowd | enough. Those too late had had when it is | Boy The know now | ows are doing | | wish, today | there had been a Beaut | when they were kids | that the things you fe and practicing would have been mighty geed for them to have known | | when they were kids | this is the thirteenth | | birthday your llhll; Bay, Soouts, 0 organization day Then small boys. License or ne Ucense Lhey are not geing 1o be interfered nith un- less they wantenly destroy the fish or spoil the fAshing greunds. Bul as a rule they are the best fishermen in the And then there is the class of pleasure. or haif-a world peaple who fisp only for | They can well a¥ord a sinall licepss i. | will be glad 1o pay Those these three classes namely those whe eare only enou| fishing to give it & day once twice in a summer, net worth considering All true fishermen, thea, anll all who need the fish for very praetieal purpeses, will approve the plan to re- licenses of fishermen, AN will fee, and they outside for are quire | ean’t make That organization as big| jein in the mevement to Linprove the | 48 it can be made, You're the fellows | | that can make it big, and those men | They'll try hard enough, but | without you, So the some of those men talk to just sort of try to understand | y are handicapped, Treat them kindly, Scouts, Give them encourage- ment in their trying to help you make the movement the biggest thing in the country. you know, in a few years you fellows will be running the country and tho will be old and will looking entirely to you to run things all right, not only in the Boy Scout organization but in the whole country, So help them along; make things sort of casy for them and walk right up and tell them what you're going to do to make the Hoy Scouts greater, The President of the United States? Sure, he sent you a message, He's one of those men who wants to |r|l'you how they feel but—shucks—he can't do it any morc than Mr. Jones or Mr. Smith or any of the others can. They mean all right and they're cork- ing good fellows, but it takes you Scouts to show them and, take it from us, they'll get busy and do just about as you suggest to them. It's up to you, Scouts, know it they're no good neat time you that t For, men be too, GOING TO NEW YORK? It is hoped that the news from New York now stirring the feclings of men planning to go there on a visit will not breed unjust suspicions in the minds of wives, sweethearts or other girls or women intercsted in such prospective male visitors to New York. There is no reason for such wives, fiancees, daughters, etc., to become suspicious of their men and boy ac- quaintances planning to visit the metropolis, just because there has ap- peared the announcement that “well- bred men” who dislike to attend theaters and dinner alone while in New York may now obtain desirable companions for a new agency which furnishes young women of intelligence, good looks, pleasing personalities and fine references, for the modest sum of $10. This sum, it is presumed, is in ad- dition to the cost of the dinner, the theater and such other things as the good looks and pleasing personalities of the said young women may inspire their temporary employers to procure for them. It is to be noted that the young women, before playing their part, must sign a contract not to drink any liquor. There has been a popular impres- | sion prevalent that in order to obtain | | a pleasing companion for dinner or;: theater while on a visit to New York no “well-bred man” need apply to any agency. It is good to find out that his popular opinion was erroneous. Evi- dently the good looking young women of pleasing personalities have gone on strike and are listed now into an or- ganization. They will not scab on the job. The demand for such an agency suggests a reformation in the great city, therefore, rather than the re- verse. And they won't drink. Yes, the trains to New York are running quite regularly, sir, FISHIN Why let our vision stop with the ice and snow that is either on the ground or fast melting from 1t is far more pl nt to through that snow and ice’ and see the fresh green up when the fresh, it? look grass that will come '('Olfl weather gone—the | green grass that will appear along has about fishing time. And if we can see that far ahead, | we can at this moment consider the report of the state fish and game com- | mission, and the report of John W. Titcomb, superintendent, both recently In those reports there is “It is obvious cannot be { published. | the frank [ that a fishing carried out without substantial sums statement program | of money, which the state has not had | j in the past, at poses. Too much emphasis cannot be | laid upon the importance of having a | | fishing license.” | There are two classes, least for fishing pur- or perhaps three classes of fishermen to be con« sidered in discussing this matter of the | fishing license. first of all, the class of men who fish to help out There is, the family larder. A small license fee would be the best dhey could make. For the or two dollars, paid by them, they would be assured of far better fishing than they have ever known. If not this sca- son at least in the following seasons they would have the well stocked stroams at their disposal, ead of | streams fAghed dry by Thomas, Rich- ard and Harry who do not need the fish but who, perhaps, make fishing an excuse for wearing sport clothes or getting away from work for a day investment sum of one fishing of the state to the advantage of all A LESSON FOR 'S, was suggested yesterday the case, As it in these columns would be the Turk has backed down before a firm stand by England, Firm stands have @ habit of making people and nations back down, Is u pretty good practice or natiogs, The Turk issued an ul- | imatury the allied warships must go before a certain hour, The allied warships did not go, have not gone und probably will not go merely be- cause a powerful nation sald they wouldn't, It is mere than probable that Ger- many, nng quite as ignorant as the Turk in the matter of diplomacy, will follow his example eventually, after ted dally the wealth that is being wi assumes more shocking proportions. There can be but one end to the situa- | tion in that country; Germany must back down, Meanwhile, with another lesson of the value of firmness before us, it would seem that, if the United States truly appreciates that chaos in Eur- ope and waste there affects this coun- try to its detriment, there will come from Washington a strong offer to aid in ending that chaos and that waste without waiting for the formality of receiving a beautifully engraved invi- tation to do so. A FINE SPIRIT There is a noteworthy thing about the passing of the amended debt fund- ing bill by the House yesterday. Led by the splendid statement of their leader, Representative F. J, Garrett, Democrat, that the “subject was too big and the hour too dignified” for opposition to a proposal which would help bring stabilization to the world, 63 democrats joined the Republicans in their backing of the measure. It was a foregone conclusion that this bill, favored by the administration would pass because it was an admin- istration chance to do one good thing, at least about which there could be little question. The administration's support of accepting the agreement England has accepted is not to be belittled, of course, but the attitude of such a number of Democrats in for- getting party lines in this matter in- spires the wish that such an atmos- phere might more often pervade the House, \Facts and Fancies (8Y PODERT QUILLEN), A distant relative is any relative who has more money than you have. Well, a government by *'blocs” ca be worse than a government by nlock- heads. 4 We can't help wishing that Jan. juary 1 had brought us a new deal in- stead of a new year, The savage probably doesn't know enough about civilization to call it the White Peril. Now France could have some coal if she had some men to dig it if she had some cars to haul it. Civilization spreads as conquerors absorb the civilization of the “inefr- ior"” people they subdue. As a rule, you can estimate the population of a town by the number of hot-dog stands on Main strect. About the oniy thing the “Chris- tian” hations have in common with Turkey is Christian minorities. { | eign ships” deesp't refer 10 rum-runners or| | ed pigs will understand that il makes theve are the|and bootidy hooteh frum the same pump The quality gommoniy ealled 8a tionalism is composed of equal parts of appetite, prejudice and swell-head It might be well 1o explain to for: visiters that “American relief —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People eapecially heen about . panics, but acknowledgiug that he has patronized them, he discovered that when insuring onesell against & Judge ment for having cansed damage fl Semeene oF some property i be wise (o gel that insurance only up' 1o about Pecembern, if it is & ', s car for the winter, and then, if desired, take out ) | This week marked the return of Correel this sentenee “Just relax | o former political powers o the and be comfortable now,"™ said thel L on in " Snich public affairs are dis- dentist, “and | wen't hurt you a bit ",I’M. ex-Mayer Joseph M. Halloran | and ex-Mayor George A, Quigley fur- nishing foed for thought, Mr. Halloran spoke at the recent | banquet of elly employes, expressi |the epinion that there is a trend te- As we vontemplate the worries of | wapgd o new form of eit] vernment, [ the Allies, it eecurs to us that (he | jie was asked by the "Terald" this hateful Germans may have lost 1he | week to enlarge upen this subjeel, WAr On purpose. (and in an extemporancous statemept o e discussed it at length, ‘Those who have tried holding greas: the Turkish situation hard to handle, The theery that Government is in- fallible hasn't enjoyed its ancient, pops ularity sinee Uncle Sam tried to run the ailroads, Behind Ruhr Move . | Cultivating a firm stand for people | greatest the s prominently Eugene Schaelder, of I'rench ironmasters, mentioned as one of the powerful “behind-the-scene™ figures in the uhr seizure, He will benefit greatly by French control of mines, - e s s A} 5 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) o - At a meeting of Stanley Post, G. A, R. last evening, 1. D. Penfield was elected to fill the vacmncy on the so- cial committee. Edward Bachr has accepted a posi- tion with George Bachr, the Main street baker. | Robert Mantell will appear at the Lyceum this evening in bhis new ro- mantic drama, “The Secret Warrant.” The principal of the High schoo! found it necessary to lecture the boys on throwing snowballs after classes today. He =ald that any boy caught throwing snowballs woulu be arrestea. The Crescent Whist club will meet with Mr. and Mrs. (seorge rrentice at their'home on Winthrop strect this evening. Lincoln’s birthday w»ll not be gen-| erally observed as a holiday in this city, although it is a segal holiday. If a man views the European sifva- | tion calmly, you can't teil whether it's philosophy or darned ignorance, . A reformer is a man who is de- termined to enforce nis pet jaw if he has to break all the others to do i‘. Red theories are fanaticism, tend to cure themselves; but red tape is stupidity, and hopelessly chronic. Why bother about the formality of canceling foreign debts? Can't men be content to let Nature take its course? The farmer may be ineficient, but he is the only man who can get milk and | { | The hours at the post office will bLe| the same as usual. A horse which smashea its hecao after running away this afternoon was‘ taken to William Doyle’s livery stable | where its cuts were sewed up. The| animal dashed up Main street collid- ing with a pole. The annual mecting of the Russel| & Erwin Mfg. Co. was held yester-| day afternoon and the old board of directors was reclected. APITOL JOKES BY BEN JOHNSON, Representative from Kentucky, Fourth District Once on a time I had recommended a young man for appointment under the civil service. The bureau chief said at first that while the yourg man’s experience | seemingly was good, his knowledge | wgs not great enough. When the young man passed the examination at the head of the list, S. the bureau chief wrote to me that he thought the | candidate’s ability was adequate, but his experience was insufficient. I wrote to him that he reminded me of a judge I knew down south. The judge was not deeply learned and at one time he submited a writ- ten opinion to a Jawyer and asked him what he thought of it. The lawger replied, ‘Well, judge, I'd say that if your opinion is right, then your reasons are wrong, and if your reasons are right, then your opinion is wrong."” - ~Expelled : \ Archbishop Ernest E. Filippi, papal delegate to Mexico, has been expelled by President Obregon despite ‘pro- tests of the Catholic population. Ob- regon charged Filippi with holding a religious service in thé open air, con- trary to Mexican law. The ex-mayor's utlerance was read new insuranee when the spring comes |and the ear is taken oul of warm | slorage This situation arises from the fael that, even though easually insurance companies” give a rebate for menths | when the car is put up and net |such vebate does not equal by any means the amount originally charged { for the insurance, revelvers. Therefore, Iwe Waidens probably teday are languishs ing in a Mexican cave, or maybe caves, walling for the disarfed heroes whe may never come, Alas ‘lis & eruel, cold world and a hero 18 “with- out hemer in his ewn gountry," % T It was during the elass in a New Hritain school, name of the first president, teacher. ' All the children wet the tips of their lead penecils and bent te their, leoking history rite the said the CUT OUT ATHLETIOS tasks. ] “Now write the name of the pres:) ent president,” said the teacher when | she saw that her instructions had; been obeyed, With a single exception the young-! | with considerable interest, It was his 'first In many months teuching on | matters of publie interest and it com- manded atiention because he sald | that, under the eity manager form of Yale Prom Next Season Will Not Have These Entertainments New Haven, Feb, 10.—HBasketball and swimming will not be on the list ’pcrt the party candidate, and it has | tributed 'of us, was sadly in need of coal for | quit the job then | the barn, up in the attic, or anywhere | liam 8, Hart, Tom Mix, Art Accord, | Harry | government, the commen ocouneil would ba done away with and com- | missioners appointed for the several departments, It scemed that the state was all set for the first concentrated move to- ward the reduction of the numerical strength of the common council when the charter revision committee held its early meetings, There was consid- erable sentiment for the project which was reflected even in members of the councll, who told a “Herald" | staff man that they would vote for | the reduction, However, some mys- | terlous force was put in movement— a whisper here and a whisper there, perhaps—and the project died just as it was beginning to breathe, Mr. Halloran realizes that there would be opposition to any change which would do away with the coun- eil, _ Certain interests enjoy the pow- {er which they derive through its ex- istence and would bring all their in- | fluence to bear to defeat such a move- ment, | In one respect, Mr, Halloran's plan for a ‘new form of government was vague, He referred to the election of a mayor but did not explain what his duties would be. This point is not broughf up for the purpose of dis- paraging the ox-mayor's statement, which was read with interest, but be- cause it was remarked upon by a number of the “Observer's” friends, Mr. Quigley's return to public at- tention was effécted through ' his speech at the recent meeting of the hoard of finance and taxation. He treated the school board “rough' for its building program and referred to its purpose in scathing terms. He also took occasion to throw the har- poon into those members of his party who opposed him in the last election. It is a well known fact that many leaders of the G. O. P failed to sup- been suspected, with some grounds for suspicion, that some of them openly worked against him and con- to the election of Mayor Paonessa, a democrat. It is said that Mr. Quigley has not abandoned the idea of again becom- ing powerful in political affairs and that he is pianning a “come back” which will surprise many citizens. The “Observer” has an inkling of his plans, but will refrain from discussing them because, at present, they are his personal property. . Occasional instances of the exer- cise of “Yankee ingenuity” come t light and are more or less pleasant to recount. One such happened in this city this week, if the stories that are being told may be accepted as true, and the circumstances easily lend themselves to the working out of the scheme. John Jones (we use the name be- cause it is not the real one) like many his household use. Furthermore, John saw no immediate prospects of obtaining any. Somehow his pleas had fallen on deaf ears among the coal dealers’ fraternity. He was con- fronted with the need, forthwith, and a little racking of his brains fur- nishad the solution to the difficulty. John worked nights in a local factory, thereby obtaining the advantage of a few hours of daylight to stalk the wily anthracite. Early one morning he hied himself to a local dealer's yard, equipped with a horse and sleigh which he had rent- ed, and applied for a job delivering coal. Certainly, such assistance was welcome to the dealers. He was hired and quickly dispatched with a ton of coal for an anxious customer. But/ the said customer is probably still, anxious. He never got that particular| Joad of coal at any rate. John went| Ito his own home, and delivered thei coal. Back agajn at the yard he an-| nounced that he did not find the in-| tended customer at home but that hel had run across another buyer. He then turned in $20 for the coal, re- ceived 90 cents for delivering it, and and there. Re- mained a few hours of rest for John, rest eased by the pleasing sounds of steam in the radiator and the knowl- edge of coal in the hin, before it was time to return to his regular job. T g e The boy of today, and the man of tomorrow has his hero the samé as his father had, ‘and not so Vvery strange is the fact that the same type of hero usually appeals. Years ago the boy longed to run away out west and shoot Indians. His hero was Alkali Tke, Dead Eye Dick, Three Fingered Pete, Dead Shot Dan, or some other dime novel character. Blood curdling tales of Jesse James or Young Wild West were read behind | | out of sight of the unsympathetic parents. Today the youngster still thrills at the thought of mortal combat. Wil- Carey and others are his heroes. He longs to emulate their actions. Some day he, too, will ride a flery untamed steed across the burning sands of the Arizona desert and saye the beautiful maiden from the hands of the treacherous outlaws, who have captured her to hold her as a ransom until her poor old father tells where he has hidden the secret map to the old Spanish gold mine. Two such youngsters belong to the Ttallan Sunday school, of the South Congregatio church. One Sunday recently, Miss Loulse E. Coates, who heads the City Mission, and suceeeded Miss Caroline E, Bartlett' as superin- tendent .of this Sunday school, had occasion to remove from the person of two youngsters a pair of deadly f began to write, One little miss, |'0f athletio events in the Yale Junior er, seemed to be perplexed, | Promenade season next year, accord. possible that you don't \snov:’ ing to an announcement by the Yale the name of the president of me,-thlruv mandgement today, Hockey United States?" inquired the teacher Will be retained however, of this ehild, | The explanation is advanced that “Please, ma'am, I do know it,” ye.| “prom" guests are not inclined to go plied the girl, to athletic contests because of the “Well, why don't you write it?"| many social engagements they have to asked the teacher in a kindly tone, |meet within the yery limited period “Reeause I don't know how to spell| of the festivities, The attendance at Paonessa,” was the answer, the basketball game and swimming .. meet in the “prom" season which has “The idea of compensation,” re.|Just ended was not large, and, the marked a friend of philosophical turn [ Statement says “the attendance at the to the “Observer” the other day, “is| hockey game was nothing to shout like & great balance-wheal, When | about.” one-half the population gets gay, the f gets modest. It's getting s ¢ W w continued the philosophical SAINTS IN FIRST PLACE hat the girls are very sens. Eveleth, Min Feb, 10,—~The 8t ible about appearing in men's clothes, | Paul hockey team rested in undis, for Instance, Why, the othep evening|puted possession of first place in the I had the pleasure of seeing a verylrace for the championship of the well performed play acted by women | western group of the U, 8, amateur taking men's parts They wore the|kockey league due to its 3 to*0 vics trousers with a beautiful savolr faire!tory over Eveleth here last night. that was delightful, And thoy did not [y : 0 Exposes “Parties” seem to be embarrassed at all.” “RBut where,” Inquired the Observer, “does the idea of the balace-wheel| come in?" . ' “Right here,” ywas _the snappy re- sponse. “Somo men had been invited to see the performance in wWhich the| girls, took the part of men and dressed as men, Do those male guests rush right down and occupy seats in the front row the better to behold the sight? They do rot! Those ! men sneak into the theater where | they had been invited and take seats just as far back as they can. They| woul have sat outside entirely if it had not been cold. Any blushes that| appeared that night were on the faces| of the men, not the maidens.” “I believe,” remarked the Observ- er seriously, “that a great sanity is pervading the world."” “1 agree,” replied the philosophical one, “whatever your remark means. | But I wouid like to add that the girls acted like real, sensible people, and the blushing men like foolish, pru-! dish school boys—if there's any such! animal.” . . As the “Observer” personally ap- proves of spanking as a national in- stitution, he was delighted to note in the news of the day coming from De- troit, that there has been judicial ap- proval of spanking. A woman was made probation officer for the period of a year to see that the culprit’ who Henry Pelham, above, 17, senior in the Oak Park High School near Chi- cago, uncorked a seething mass of was before the court acted properly|fcandal and gossip when he told po- for that length of time, at least. The|lice of alleged wild parties held by lady in question, the one who was|lhoy and girl students. His revela- made probation officer, first proved |tions caused the suspension of 16 sus- to the court that she was physically | pected students and the expulsion of capable of doing the spanking of- two others. > fectively. The only part of the story which is somewhat remarkable, and the part which interested the “Ob-, server’” especially, was the fact that the culprit in question, the person over whom the lady was to exercisc probationary powers, the one on whose person she had proven to the court the effegtiveness of her spank- ing powers—tiat culprit happened to be, not her offspring, but her 31-ycar- ¢ld husband. Every Day In Every Way Our Pictures Are Getting Better and Better 12—STARE—12 in — “Quincy Adams Sawyer” Don’t Fail To See It!! © FOX'S Next Mon., Tues., Wed. LR The “Observer,” not owning an au- tomobile at present, has learned a great deal about automobiles, quite as the the maiden lady usually con- siders herself the best authority on bringing up children, Not being [EVERETT TRUE T KNEW 1'D TIND You DowN HERE, SMITH, BEAAUSE (T/S SATURDAY AFRTERNOON, = T'VE €OT MY CAR OLT IN FRONT HERS AND BEFORE You PLAY ANY MORS WANT ou TO QBT INTO 46 CAR T AND-TAKE THE WHEGL b} oU ONLY TAKE YoUR CAR OUT SUNDAY AND HOLIDAYS, SO A LITTLE PRACTICE IN MY CAR LIKE THIS MLL HELP To NAKE THE READS SAESR R DEMOCRACY WHEN You TAKE YOUR BAMILY " ouY TOMORROW ! NOW ,THEN, MAKE A TURN TO TS LEET STIe K OuUT YOUR HAND ! s