New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1923, Page 9

SEEKING HONE FOR LONELY STRAY CAT "Phone Company Sucoessfully Re- lers Appeal fo Wellare Station Finding a home for a stray eat, re- quests to chastise strict parents, find- ing a maret for demestic animals, advising children with childhoed trou- hies, or parents in domestie diffioul- ties, or acting as a matrimonial bur- €au, are but a few of the many duties which come te the New Hritain Wel- fare associat according 'to an a dress delivered by Miss Cora M, Be to the young people of the Trinity M, E. chureh last evening, Miss Beale's subject was “Welfare," Bhe spoke in part as follows: “One day a eall came to the infor. mation operator of the telephone com- pany inquiring as to who would advise regarding the dispesal of a stray cat, Information said: association, they'l! tell you,' We did, “Doesn't that remind you of the Peterkin Papers and the lady from Philadelphia who solved all their problems and straightened out all their difficuities To be sure the inquiries we recelve are not all quite #0 without sense or reason but some are most amusing and quaint as well A8 necessary. “A woman asks adviee as to selling her cow. A man wishes us to plek out a wife for his brother. A girl wants her mother arrested because she received a well deserved spank- ing. Johnny comes in with a badly swollen face and an aching tooth. A woman in tears asks us to ald her as her husband has left her and she has no food, no fuel and no money. An excited neighbor tells of the sound of blows and screams and the need of immediate investigation next door, A distracted mother asks help in locat- ing her runaway 16 year old daugh- ter, Requests come for warm clothes and shoes because of the compulsory school law., Letters come from all over the country, from California to Maine, asking us to visit relatives and to.Jook up records and so on, ““These are some of the requests re- ceived by the ‘Lady from Philadel- phia’ as we often feel ke calling our association. We endeavor to be of the best service possible, calling on all our faculties, needing patience unlim- ited, plenty of tact and the wisdom of Solomon. “The Welfare association stands for family welfare and after necessary material aid is furnished it is our duty to find out why the family ald- ed could not help itself and to re- build it if we can so that there will be no futute need. “This may mean months of con- structive work, perhaps only a small expense to the society, but the ability of a trained worker may be taxed to the uttermost before the successful solution of the problem is reached. “Do yo6u ask what you as young people as Epworth Leaguers can do to meet conditions as exist in your own town? Do you really take these statements to heart? Do you sincere. ly wish to be of service to your own community? “Set the goal of your ambitions high and reach for it. Have high ideals and make it clearly understood that you do set your ideals high. Use your will power. A dormant faculty like an un-used muscle soon becomes useless. Be the one to make the motions in this world instead of al- ways seconding someone else’s. If you cannot lead, choose for your leader one with high ideals instead of the popular fellow who leads you around by the nose. Show some backbone. The jelly-fish has no spine. ““You are the citizens of your city for the ‘years soon to come. Your children are to be the citizens of the next generation, men and women who will make our city. You will be the fathers and mothers of little children. What heritage are vou preparing for them? It lies within your power, your choice, as to how strong and pure in body and mind your children shall be. You cannot dodge it. You are building for the years ahead, for the welfare of your community. Be satisfied only with the high standards of life, the ideals worth while.” AMERICAN DESTROYER GIVEN - PERMISSION TO REMAIN This Contradicts British Reports to Effect That U, S, War Vessel Is at Turkish Port ‘Washington, Feb. 10.—(By the As- sociated Press)—British press reports from the Near East saying the Amer- ican destroyer Litchfield recently was in Smyrna, do not accord with official advices here. Navy department records shew that the Litchfield is not at Smyrna and has not been there for some weeks. The destroyed Edsall is still at Smyrna and the destroyer King was on the way there yesterday from Constantinople. The destroyer Hopkins was at Smyrna a day or two ago, but has returned to Constantinople. It was sald further today at the Navy department that no instructions had been sent from Washington to American naval commanders at Syrr- na directing them to remain in that harbor in defiance of orders isued by the Turkish officials. If such in- structions have reached the destroyer commanders at Smyrna they must have originated with Rear Admiral Bristol at Constantinople, who has not advised the department of his action. Both Navy and State department ad- vices indicate on the other hand that Turkish edict against foreign war- ships has not been held by the Turkish " military commander to apply to Amer- ican craft. MME. WALSKA T SING Chicago, Feb. 10.—While four de- tectives guarded Harold K. McCor- mick today from interviewers, it was announced by the manager of the Russian grand opera company, whose members arrived here Wednesday, that Mme. Gana Waiska, Mr. McCor- mick’s second wife, probably would make several appearances with the company here. Tt was said that Mme Waleka remained in New York to complete details for her American “oncert tour, ‘Ask the Welfare | unfailing | L mittee are standing firm in their ap- the clerk of bills effice. Former legis G l lative training of the wmest tntensive t’ w sort s an sbeelule requirement, be \ % cause if aay ineMiciency crops out| niversal Club Minstrel and Danee, here, the eatire machinery of the 1eg: | TYuesday, Feb. 13, Odd Pellows' hall, islature is thrown out of gear Areh Bl—adit Troubles, Hear Paul Whiteman in Hartford It was predicied i this column |,uoit Tues. Tickels on sale at Morans three woeks ago that the bills of the | _ 4. slate board of education, showing &| willam H. Carey, Fred M. Suess trend toward mare = centratization. |ong §egri. Tormay of this city have would encounter many hard Knooks occepted positions with the United during this session, and that the pro- |y uic Growers assolation of Tarpon gram would he meodified econsiderably Springs, WMa hefore the bills, or & portion of the | “apol"nige i, Harvey I8 i1l at her billa, were pamed, —Events of thelyome ot 363 West Main street, with past week have proved this to be true. | grip Oppesition of the sternest sort 18| ™ oo oing tonight, § t0 12, Y, W, C. A bullding up against the pregram "'(flullu-n'l orehestra—advt the state board, and one weuld need | Universal Club Minstrel and Danee, 1o Be an optimist of the highest or-| A ~ . 0 der to hépe for the success of me"‘:;“:l'i "‘:“:‘ 13, Odd Vellows' hall, Muuuanul_ program, as the state| Rev. G, K. Pibl, pastor of the haard ’“"',”d It previous to ""'.fiwdml Rethany chureh, has heen opening of the aeasion. Henator| 0" co "Bostan by the death of a Bakewell and the educational eom- minister, Rev. Mr, Beth, superintend- |ent of the Beamen's home of that city NOT LIKE THESE HOMES “little red schoolhouse” bill during | the week showed up a strong oppo- | sition to the centralization program, | It is apparent that any measure '”‘i fore this legislature that will give the | state hoard any more authority than | it now has will never be passed Enmity toward the board’s program is shown openly in parts of the house, | page) and s largely under the w yet In the senate—but there just the [(ne darkest hovels. Calls are made same, at the factories where the mothers S '1;‘:“‘ ’;’”‘:‘ .Alll:l'.‘ ey and fathers of many of the children ueh talk is heard about the lobbies | ure employed concerning toll bridges, and bills in| ,m,.“p "’,,. father and mother as- which would do away with pron‘nllmm"‘ a different name in the factory tolls, Klimination of these charges! o that they cannot he found, I was attempted two years ago hm“m,,“y seems true but a call was :allm:'. I’rh‘n ‘rmm;nuv‘ of lht;:r. l‘-‘u-l | made recently at one ..[“nw 1;l‘luru-n ng eliminate I year is very bright, | (4 vigit a father regarding s son Although the state realizes a tidy llt-f“.,,o suffers from headaches and on whom the ordor of liguor has been (Continued from First direct cause of & considersble Pum- ber of abscices | "Biga Pamilie=Hoy Must Work | A visit was made ot & market in | the east side of the tlown 1o delermine why & bay, the son of the preprieter, was 1o leave school. The father spoke [in & very hroken Euglish and gave |the fellowing for his answer “Business, she bad, biga ten years enough for sehool, bye and hye et big, help father, big | familie,” and he shrugged his shoul- der smiling complacently The wife tightened the shawl ever her he but did not speak, The son has ful- | filled the requirements of the law and is eager to t his wings and there is no use argy “Deeferent in mia | otta big brains, learn fast, girl no go {to sechoel witha hoy" No satisfae- tion ecould he abtained from the fath. |er and still lesa from the mother so the visitor left the father still veie- |ing the praises of his native land | Stay Home o Get Coal, | "Way up on Daley avenue a call was | made to find out why twa hoys were | not attending school, The only rea- | mon given was that they stayed out of school to get coal as no deliveries are being made to this street since the first storm During January lefters wers sent to ton fathers to appear at the at. | tendanes bureau with their sons, The | report states that there has bheen an epldemie of truaney especially among Ia eertain nationality, In each es the home has been visited and av agreement made to keep the ehild in school, In those cases where the mother failed to keep the agreement {a letter was sent to the father, the evening heing chosen so that.he would :unl lose time from the factory, Only four of the ten responded, but satis- | factory interviews were had with each of these, familie eountrie, hoy CALLS LEAGUE MEETING |Guilford Harbor Changes Not Thought Necessaryy BY GBORGE H. MANNING (Weshingion Buiesu of Now Britaln Washington, 1, C, Feh, 16.-The Hmprovement of Guilford Harber, Conn, by the Federal goveramens would net be of sufficlent general benefit to warrant the expenditure of Ihe funds necessary, according to the report of the chief of sngineers subs mitted 1o congress yesterday by Sees relary of War Weeks, Survey of the harbor was ordered by the last rivers and harbors act passed Sept, 22, 1983, [Local interests desired the dredging of & channel of 6 to 8 feet depth leads ing to the wharves in the slules, where hoats using the harber are [loaded. Fish and shelifish consthute the entire amount of the commeree, which is estimated at from 1,000 to 2,000 tons per year. The distriet ens | gineer, who condueted the gurvey, re. rorted that while the improvement sought would be of considerable benes it to local fishermen anu pleasure eraft, there would not he suffielent general benefit to warrant the pres :j-l’l belng undertaken by the governs ment WEATH REPORT Cloaring Tonight and Fair and Colder Tomorrow For Connectlout: Snow this afters oon followed by fair tonight ana |Nuu-l.‘y: colder tonight; fresh strong northwest winds, diminishing tonight. Conditions: A trough or low pres. sure extending from Tennesses northe castwird to Massachusetts is causing rain or snow in the castern districts from Maine to Florida. This disturs bunce will probably pass out to sem tonight, Zero temperatures prevall along the Canadian border from Mone tani to Maine, Freezing temperatures extend as far south as Tennessee, “LYD" HUTCHIBON The most interesting figure In the American Dog Derby which starts at Ashton, Tdaho, on February 22, s “Lyd" Hutchison, | This nervy girl driver whose plucky | performance in the 1922 Derby won | EDUCATIONAL BILLS ' HIT CAPITOL SNAGS (Continued from Iirst page) advisory body. It is comprised of| some of the biggest and best qualified | men in the state, who planned al budget cach legislative year, and sub- mitted it to the appropriations com- mittee, and then watched the com- mittee check over a large part of its work, spending consiaecanle time doing so. In the past, the legislature has looked to the finance board for| the estimates of state expenditure for the two years subsequent to the leg- islative sessions, and has based its budget biil at the end of the session | largely upon the summaries arrived at by the board of finance, covering| every department and institution in| which the state is interested. This/ year, however, the procedure has been changed—and undoubtediy improved, | by a saving of considerable time. AND HER LEAD DOG The present appropriations com- mittee rejected all hospital appro-| priation bills during the week. It was| explained when this was done that all of these appropriaticns would be in-| cluded in-the budget bill at a later| date, and the appropriations would | be made along the lines suggested by | the board of finance. The latter body | always makes an exhaustive survey of all appropriations asked and the! results are presented to the appropri-| ations committee carly in the session. Instead of another investigation of the circumstances surrounding the| appropriations asked for by state ll(‘-} partments, institutions, hospitals and| others, the committee will be guided| as far as this matter is concerned, by | the board’s report, thus eliminating| the usual investigations which lap over each other ,and which seem un- necessary. A week, or perhaps two weeks will be saved by the appropri- | ations committee in the adoption of this plan, and for the first time, the | board of finance will actually operate as it was originally intended to, and| not merely operate in an advisory ca-| pacity. | Shades of Doctor Black! | The heated and bombastic hearings | in the hall of the house two years ago| on medical matters, with J)nx~1or] Black, then head of the state hoard | of health, as the. object of attack, were called to mind this week, when “DOe" her national renown, will again com- pete in the American trall elassie, “Tud” Kent, holder of the Ameri- can Champlonship cup, will defend the title and trophy against somé of the best crack trallsmen and fastest sledge teams in the country, the public health and safety commit- tee heard the pro and con of five chiropractic bills, The vitrolic med- ical opposition is apparently lacking this year. The chiropractors are trying to raise the qualifications of their profession, and the five - bills referred to point toward this end, | along with giving them slightly more recognition in matters of healing than heretofore. It was signifieant to note that epposition to their program came from but two doctors, both from small towns in the state, and both admitting that there was no strenuous opposition when the whole thing was summed up. In the past, it has been very apparent that the different branches of the healing art were at loggerheads. The medical men would oppose without qualifica- tion anything that the osteopaths or chiropractors desired. A hearing on any subject pertaining to the prac- tice of medicine or the art of healing meant a crowded hearing and plen- ty of firewor! This year it is de- cidedly different. Apparently all branches of the healing art are har- monious and as long as the ohjective is improvement in practice, little or no opposition is heard. The change from legislative years is so positive that the matter is deserving of spe- cial mention. Clerk of Bills Office. Before any bill can be reported to house or senate, it first must be ap- proved by the clerk of bills, and at this time there is no busier place & the state capitol. Judge Alfred C. Baldwin of Derby is the clerk of bills and he and his staff of assistants at- tend to the wants of a long line of legislators each day. All sorts of vex- ing problems are encountered too. I'or example, one bill carrying an ap- propriation for employes of one of the state departments had one item, ‘“clerks, stenographer: ete.” with the total amount requ d at the side, Before putting O. K. on it, Judge Baldwin was seen hurrying into the office of that.department, with the inquiry, “What does ‘ete.’ cover?” A certain portion of.the amount re- quested was for extra help, and the “ete.” was accordingly changed to d “extra help.” This is just an mple of how exacting the office of clerk of bills must be. There are 1,600 bills to be acted upon in this sessions, and all of these must be carefully read, checked against present laws to avoid any conflict, and corrected as to proper wording and punctuation. Veteran legislators agree that the hardest job in the legislature is. in Burn Home of Ireland’s President President Cosgrave (left) of the Irish Free State is shown here viewing the ruins of his Dublin home, mysteriously fired a short time ago. Note the drawn revolver in the hand of Cosgrave’s bodyguard at the right. tie sum from this source, it seems to be the opinion of many |—:||Inlnrnj‘ that the state's bridges should be con- | sidered simply a part of the trunk line highway system, and this being| the case, no tolls should he charged, | Ten years ago, a vehicle was carried | across the Conneeticut river at Say- brook by ferry. The only bridge was | at Middletown, where tolls were charged. Members now consider that | Connecticut's highway system and | highway expenditure has reached | such a total and the toll bridges are | so few, that they can well he dnm'“ away with, without the state feeling| any discomfiture from the loss of | revenue. The toll bills are before the | committee on roads, bridges and riv- | ers, but may be referred to the com-| mittee on finance before the sessioh | ends, because the Joss of revenue from : this form of taxation is a finance committee matter, The latter com- mittee would probably favor the elimination of tolls, and it is under- stood that the former feels the same way. Defeated Republican Has Democratic Rival as Guest BY GEORGE H. MANNING | (Washington Bureau of New Britain Herald). | Washington, D. C., Feb, 10— Patrick B. O'Sullivan, of Derby, Conn., Representative-elect from the fifth | Connecticut district, was at the capi- tol today, being introduced to his fu- ture colleagues in the house by Rep- resentative James P. Glynn, whom he | defeated for re-election. It is some- what unusual for a democratic rep- | resentative to be introduced by his republican predecessor, and the oc- currence aroused quite a bit of hum- orous comment. It was pointed out, however, that there are at present no democratic members of the Connecti- cut delegation, as the republican party in the nutmeg state has never adopted a dry platform. Congressman Merritt Is Recovered; Back on Joh BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of New Britain Herald). | Washington, D. C, KFeb. 10.—After being laid up at his residence here for the past two weeks with bronchitis Congressman Schuyler Merritt of Stamford, Conn., returned to the floor| of the house yesterday and expects to be able to be present each day of the remainder of this session. Mr, Mer- ritt was taken with a rather bad cotd at first which in a few days developed into bronchities. His physiclan di- rected that he remain in doors during the inclement weather in order to avoid serious developments. He has about entirely recovered now Mr. Mer- ritt sald today, and hopes by observe ing care, to continue at his duties in | result of detected, Child Had No Clothes, Children and girls in particular like to go to school. In fact it is the proud boast of most girls that they rare bringing their books home from | school to study or are carrying some- thing to school for the teacher. Some- times the hurdest thing for a girl to do is to miss a day at school no mat- ter how stormy it may be. Tathers and mothers, therefore, can realize how a girl would feel if she could not go to school because she was in need, in dire need, of suitable clothing. Such was the case of a girl only 13 years of age residing in the north end of the city who had planned to leave school, although she had not completed the sixth grade, because she did not have suitable garments. As a result of a visit by one of the attendance bureau workers this girl was sent to the welfare organization where she was provided tor and then sent back to school much to her de- light. “Little Mother” 14 Years Old. One cold wintry morning it was found necessary by a worker to wade in deep snow to get to the doorway of a little houte in the center of the city where a girl had been “reported’ because of frequent absences. The vigitor found that the mother works and the children are cared for by a 14 year old sister who claims to have hLeen given permission to stay home by the superintendent. The workers | reported that this girl has no good influences outside the home and her name was given to the Girl Reserves. In still another instance money must be made to last as long as possible, two small girls were kept at home to take care of the house and the still smaller children, while the mother went shopping. In the report of the workers for Janu- ary it was stated that Wednesday morning bargains are a great temp- tation to some mothers and are the URIC ACID Does Not Cause Rheumatism Furthermore, T claim that Uric Acid Is a NATURAL and NECESSARY constiutuent of the blood—that it is found in tho body of overy new-born babe—that without if we could not live! Strange statements? Yos - to you perhaps, because you have always been told differently. Rut my book, The Inner Mysteries of Rheumatism, just published, tei you the real truth about Rheumatism. Tells what actually DOES cayse it and how it is now being successfully treated in all its differ- ent forms and stages by entirely new, ad- vanced sclentific methods, The writing of this unusual book i the my twenty years study, experi- mentation and research in thie disease and T want svery sufferer of RHEU! NEURITIS, SCIATICA, GOUT, ete., no mat- ter in what form or how chronic to read it. Therefore, although valuable, 1 will gladly send ono complcte copy only of the book absolutely freo if you will gend your address or that of any sufferer you may know, plainly written, to H. P. CLEARWATER, Ph.D. the house. Clark-Jewel GA Thebaked.-: ivesthem face that i s it is good to look at R33-F. Water St., Hallowell, Maine where | ATISM, | Conditions favor for this vieinity snow followed by fair and colder, TOWA TRIUMPHS ON MAT | Chicago, I"eb. 10.—Jowa wrestiers triumphed over the Northwestern uni- versity matmen last night by a score of 23 to 10, | Chicago, Feb, 10-—President Thom. | {as J. Hickey of the Amerlcan Asso- cjation yesterday issucd a call for the scheduled meeting to be held here Ieb, 20, A schedule of 168 games, opening the season either April 18 or 19, will be adopted he said, You Will Some Day | wE _ . 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