New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1923, Page 6

New Britain Herald ’ FRRALD PURLISHING COMPANY (losued Dally. Sunday Excopiod) AL Hergld Biag, 81 Chwrch Strest, BUBSCRIFTION BATES B0 5 Year ne ™ Months 60 Toree HEITS Meats Patered ot the Post OMoe ¢ N a6 Becond Olass Mali Matie THLEPHONE CALLA: Business Ofes ., Baiterial Reo as Britatn . medium 10 » and press| advertisers tieers with & strictly henest elreulition, Our circulation based upon this audit, This inc==2e pro. teetion sgainet fraud In newspaper dis. tribut'an Ay to both waticral and i cal advertise siisticn are s = s GEORGE WASHINGTON Today we celobrate the anniversary of the birth of Geor Washington, “the Pather of our Country Count- , BIving no news, Why? The ment startles no one; it makes few people think. The day {8 celebrated because it has always been celebrated, is reason enough for most people Some may go further #&nd take enough time to declare that it |s seemly we, as Americans, should ob- serve the anniversary of the birth of of the first prominent American. But we think little of the reason for lhln[ observance or the observance of the| unniversary of the birth of any other great man, Certainly if the day is worth notic- | ing it is worth thinking about. The | ancient reason for doing a thing “be- | cause it has been done for years" ts; not sufficient nowadays. We are cast-| ing aside old customs, to the sorrow | of the old-fashioned, to the satisfac-| tion of the modernist. Should the ob-" servance of the day of the birth of | George Washington be cast aside, | too? Does the world profit by re- | membering? J As long as we are human we need to remember the men who have died after great achievement. As| long as we are human wo" recd some concrete evidence the standards that have survived in order that there may be a chance for comparison, for all is “good, bet- | ter, best” only by comparison. No one | human being, unless Christ be includ- | ed in such characterization, may be | held up as a standard In all particu- lars. Humanity gives to all who have lived, are living and will live, their| faults. But all of the great men of | history have given in their lives, stan- dards in certain particulars which it] profits men to study. Few people m.nj imagine such an amount of money as | one hundred trillion dollars; people | need something with which to com- | pare that amount in order to realize what such a sum would be. So, in| trying to make the most of,ourselves, we need human standards, as shown in human lives, to remind us of what is possible of attainment. No matter how particular a person may be about his habits of thought, manner, dre morality, he would become less par: ticular were he to live in a communi- ty in which the people gave no deed to these things. No matter how am- bitious, honest, brave, fine a man| might be, the fine edge of the best that is in him would be worn blunt| were he to forget how fine, brave and | strong men have been in the past. The influence of the great things, heroes of the past have done may | never be calculated; the inspiration of of their lives is long-enduring. §hat influence, that inspiration is cherish- | ed amM nourished by observance of something which reminds us of them. : The natal day of George Washington | is one which will never be forga!ten.‘ will never fail to Rl‘ observed as Inng; as the spirit of America is the spirit of the most noble of living Amer‘ir‘ansi for whom, in patriotism and courage | and perseverance, Washington blazed the trail. | less time the sentenc has been written, stites of THE SYMPATHETIC COUNCIL, | Two matters came before the coun- | cil last night which brought out the| human understanding its mem-| bers, The attitude of body in| regard to them is deserving of of commendation. Provision was madec tion of a new building in properly house the older women mates of the Not word was said in opposition to plan whereby the city will be thorized to spend $10,000 a year for six years (310.000 being included in | the budget just prepared) to pay for | the new building so badly needed in | order not only to m&ke proper provi- sion for these people, but to provide, as far as ‘humanly against a tragedy at the Town Home similar to that of Ward's Island, New York | The other matter was in regard to the $500 salary increase for the clerk | of the city and police courts. Ample | evidence was offered to show that it| would be an injustice to refuse this| increase, owing to the peculiar cir- cumstances of the cese. Emil Dan- berg, the incumbent, has been force | to givé up his private ofiice owing 4o the increase in the work of the of that word erec- to in- for the which one the au- | Town Home. also possible, | sult | sion | ed | states | that | the ball going between the goal posts of these who sheuld know, has long jeserved this inorease A SALARY COMMISSION It has been suppesed that the com iealous of its | authority’ over I memory fauit there have been oeca- it has fought to preserve | But efdently members of the commen couneil at mon council was mather salaries is not at slons wher that autherity ne or 15 ¢ " east, do not care 0 have that body possess the power and this is the to raise or lower salaries action by a @ charter amendment said in no eriticism of taken last night in approving. ote of 15 to & which would place the power of in- itiating salary ehanges in the hands commission of four with the Mayor as! .\ oting of an appointive persons, together witheut ex-officio member power except in case of a tie Of course there Was some opposi- proposed change, but not the tion to the one oppaent amendment placed his opposition en the grouml is adopted the be lutely without power to raise or lower unless the salary commis. i #reated, recommendad such change, The proposed amend- ment gives this commission power to “fix and determine” salaries, subject to the approval of the council which body may only approve or disapprove rccommendations of the commission back it, for reconsid- eration, Of course the practical would be that if the common council wanted to change salaries and the commission refused to recom- mend such change, the council could refuse to approve the unaltered aries recommended by the commis- just as long as that body de- sired to do so and just as often, But meanwhile the salaries would remair the same—which might be exactly what the commission, but net the council, wanted, [ This little matter is called to the attention of the members of the council in the humble belief that it is quite possible some of them did | not the point of the| approved amendment. As to the merits of the suggestion, | even with full knowledge of this aspect of it, there is much to be said in its The salary matter is, | of course, one of ever-continuing per- | plexity. The continuing commission | idea would furnish more chance of handling it with a perma nent policy. Some of the member at would hold over from one administration to another, and it rather probable that the personnel of | the commission would not be changed | often. Two commissiners are to be | appointed annually for terms of two | years, after the expiration of the first appointments which would be terms of two and one years. work done in the commission would all prove of value, unless, is quite | possible, the commission use | its powers for the enhancement of | political prestige. Much of the work | of the common salary com- | mittee which has to be over again with each committee, | would be eliminated. commis- | sion, having the characteristic of a | permanent body, would know the hi that, if this amendment common couneil would abso- A salary n to be or send the to re- exactly catch favor, seem to least, is | for | might council done new The | tory of salary changes in each pos tion in the city How long and-such service in the past. it 1 such- | official's ‘salary was | has en since an raised? Why was a salary raise re- fused in a What are the circumstances in connection with | each positio its incumbent? The commission would have knowl- edge, passed on down to the succeed- ing members, that would enable it to answer these and similar ques- | tions. o The salary committees of the com- certain case? and mon‘council, recently at least, have been good committe The bers have worked To the salary commission idea would be members of mem- hard. adopt no reflection the those upon committe CAMP AND col In spite of the fact that The Herald rather “beat Walter Camp to it in! | an editorial some time ago, attention | to the belief of that level- | headed person, Walter Camp, that the Coue idea of being able to accomplish anything “within reason” by the use is called of the imagination, is sound. Mr. Camp, in a recent article in Collier's Weekly, declases that the practice of visual | ing success in sports has help- He having | many contestants to victory. that failed twice to clear the bar, stated | of the | it, his | w high jumper, had a mental bar he look having cleared it, when third attempt which proved to be suc- he picture as would down at he madc cessful. Mr. Camp cites the kicking of a field goal by a Harvard man in the | last game against Yale. kicker had the picture in his mind of The drop- and over the bar. It did. The noted | | writer on sports theorizes along this | line, touching many branches of sport, as the has been mentioned these columns of visualizing the per- fect flight of the golf ball, “following-through” and making the perfect Mr. Camp treats it seriously, firm in the conviction that | to picture perfection aids in perfect performance. But there is another thought, even | more wortth while, in connection with | this discussion. It has a bit of the idea in oneself swing. | arranging to hold submerged in the round of noclnlj | pleasures which are usually assoclat- | INfiTl]N VIBTIM ed with school life, | ‘draw up a mortgage. | but when bricks dre laid, bricks urc; | you arc wrking and go slower while necticut citics whose hopes are dashed | you are loafing | terea the Sons of the Revelu tion New Hritain is almest certain of winning the pole champlonship thi yar following their defeat of Hart want. As Ilw|mnl at Hanna's rink last evening. Camp, trying| Charles Watson was surprised at ‘“'Iu. home on Bpring street by a party | |of triends who gathered in honor of | BN annivérsary of his birthday | imaginations are our Amencan to direct them, As long our own, We May try not preity goed,” but whieh is| toward something rather toward semething Just exactly what we golf player cited by My to Mmake an “approach” of some yands did not picture himself as gets e near to the hele but en the as rolling ball fairly his objeetive, ting the which was contrary pietured that ball into the hole, so we might just as well imagine ourselves doing a thing, accomplishing a task “pretty well,” but rather doing it perfeetly The theory is especially applicable of course, ta physical aetion, but there is o reason why it should net em- phasize, as well, the wisdom of aiming high not a8 A NOBLE PURPOSE, 8o muech has been sald which was uncomplimentary to High school stus dents that *The Herald is glad to, | note the decision of the Girls to assist in raising funds Presh Alr camp at Buflington, There cannot be too many willing workers to further this project means 80 much to boys and whose only knowledge the great outdoors has been gained through picture books or newspapers. Interest in the eamp is a moral duty which none of us can avold. + Senti- | mént, alone, compassion for unfortu- | nate youngsters whose need of fresh : was gone for "I:‘ '"‘"r'"rl 'l“”"l “‘“" “'J y | messenger was dispatched to find on Biriaaq. minlin Should |} ot was causing the delay, He| stir the noblest feeling in the humun | round the man digging nround the heart. | well, Members of the “Why do you do that i‘n:ll-iul bringing the pail of water?" quericd - BY MEYER LONDON U, S, Representat; Prom New ’ York, Twellth District Doin't know any ! funny stories, but here's & parable 1 oftgn tell to the radieal members of my party-I'm “ neinlist 1o show them that thindd ean't bhe done all at once, | K3 The tale is from the - TéAmud, 1 think, though I'm not sure, | Anyhow, & man was sent to the well to bring pall of water, He | Loag for the which girls of LONDON 15 pressing, 0 f | Firls' League are % peities Bt “I'”f'h the messenger. articles they make will be sold. The| wop, I aidn't went to go trotting feceipts will be given to the I'resh|back and forth with just one pail at Alr camp @nd. All of which proves # time,"” said the man, “so I'was get- that ideals have not been cntirely | UNE ready to bring you the well. " OFBOGZE RUNNERS Facts-and Fancies (VY POCGERT QUILIEN). Recipe for fame: First invent your | ated stills for the slain man that one pliras. | of them, with a capacity of 75 gallons, | | had been installed first in the base- | &% ment of Remington's. business office | ¥4 | here and later moved to his ranch near Chino, 40 miles cast of Los An- Anpther thing moderns ve learn- ed to do more quickly is die. The “mer"” in Americanism proba- | geles. i b bly doesn't stand for Mer Rouge. According to the still operator, | gk whose name was withheld, the last of They | the bootleg liquor in stock was made, last December. May Be Bootlegger's Victim, Remington was said also to have some bonded whiskey in his posses- & on and an angle of the 1!\\‘(‘sflgauon‘ | was an effort to learn whether he had {had any direct dealings with rum- | & runners operating out of Canadian| and Mexican ports. Search for other persons beélieved to have been connected with the il- [ lieit liquor activities credited to Rem- | ington led the detectives to revive their “earlier fheory—once discarded —that he was a victim of a bootleg- | gers' war, ecither because he cut the | price, they said, or because he bought a large quantity of smuggled bonded | liquor and “paid” for it with a check| |upon which payment could not be| | made. | | Mrs. Remington was said to have| | told the police of frequent visits to| | their home by strange men who made | | bargains for the sale and purchase of [liquor with her husband, and of how | his whiskey-making made the house | ¥ | smell so strong of alcohol that sh zen s anybody who knows how to| s forced to give ap social activi | ties. Banks are tactful, at that. stamp the check “No IFunds instcudl It never is necessary to ‘“protect the honor of your home” if there is! any there. It must be nice to be a social light and have nothing to do but deny be-| ing engaged. | Every successful revolution is* will- ing to bury the hatchet after it has picked out a nice soft spot on the op- position’s neck. In a small town an important citi- France owes- America another debt | of gratitude. The self was invented in America. . Tells of Fierce Quarrel, | ; arlo had a terrible quarrel over | f rvice plan|the telephone with somebody—I sup- | pose a man-—two nights. before the R SRS tragedy,”’shafvas quoted. B There are all kinds of people in the | ¢ loathed his part in the liquor world, and all of them wonder how|traffic that I tried to avoid hearing the rest of humanity gets that way.| the conversation, bt some of it was . forced upon my ecars. It was an argu-| Correct this sentence: “It fsn't the| ment over the price. 1 heard Earle| price of the hat I object to,” said the| threaten the persons with whom he| woman; “but it makes me 100k too|iwas talking and, no doubt, the other g young." ¥ | person threatened Karle, —_— “Wihile Earle and 1 started to drift | g8 There's one nice thing about :m":murl more than three years ago, the enemy. He isn't forever telling you|last six months of our life together | something for your own good. | was the hardest for me. 1t has been Bl ¥ . a horrible nightmare since he first|g Fcopomic laws are funny. When|made this house the resting place of more ®ggs are laid, eggs are cheaper, | lauor.” Mrs. Remingtdn was still day to attend her husband's fu-| NEW BRITANNOTTO. | . HAVE MORE P. 0 Rmm; | ey - | vage) | too il ¢ higher. need of the times (Continucd from First will go faster while Another is a cloc] great that 4% {to the'ground by the president’s in- | g on a balanced budget. g years have elapsed since the| ] - | sistence The average wife has no system, |’ but works by rule of thumb., The » of a public buildings bill by thumb is the oné her husband ‘i un- congr very year the same plea der. of economy has been used to_put off | B\ —_— |the long-hoped-for action. In the The Weather Bureau is much like [meantime, conditions at every impor- S} the State Department. It never at-|tant post office in the country have (@ tracts much atteation until it guesses|been growing steadify worse, and it g wrong. . | would seem that Doc. Coue himselr K — |would be powerless much longer to § | persuade the people that they can get he |along another year without some steps | | being taken to remedy the congestion | it lin_their mail-handling stations. 'R Trees usually are consistent, but a| By way of proving the old saw that| family tree will produce ancestors in “hope springs eternal,” the following nd nuts in the next. conversation overheard recently in - (the lobby of the house of represen-| af way, When a man says he's France can't cgllect that means he's afraid she will, one generation —-ua-.“";’“.,o‘1at|\ns may be cited: | | A certain congressman—it might 25 Years Ago Tfldfly {have been any congressman, for all are in the same coat-—caught sight (Taken from Heraid of that date)§ |of Chairman John Langley. | &l AR aRE . | “Well, John, what am I going to, T {tell the folks back home about that| Captain Griswold ‘'of the New |new post office building?” iritain High school basketball team| “We're going to report it fest thing received notice today that the mem-|in December and push N right! bers of the local team would not be|through,” declared John firmly. allowed to play with other teams in|Whereupon the listeners all smiled the leagne unless they become regis- |dubioysly. with the A. A. U But the leaders are not dging any- Vire. G. W. Traut_ entertained a|thing to discourage the impression |gy party of her friends at her home on|that some action will be taken in the | X Arch stroet last evening. next congress, ' They cahe hardly af- Town Clerk Penfield is in New ford to, in the face of the growing ##sitions be holds and, in the opinion | “Hitch your wogon to a star” idea.| gaven today attending & meeting of public demand for action. 1 o | JAY’ HALF-YEARLY CHOICE-OF - THE-HOUSE - SALE - . o —————— READY TOMORROW FRIDAY, FEB. 23rd 93 WOMEN’S COATS THAT SOLD FORMERLY"AS HIGH AS $69 » A great wholehearted disposal of Winter Apparel, in which the values are remarkable—Prices low enough to assure quick disposal, Our policy not to carry a garment over from one season to the other. forces us to cut prices to the very bone dfsregarding all cost or selling prices. High grade Winter‘ Coats in a great variety of styles and fur trim- mings, handsome straightline and blouse effects, fur trimmed with Squirrel, Wolf, Nutria, Raccoon, Beaver and Beaverette. Nothing restricted in this sale. Cfioice Friday and while they last values to $69.50. . Sport Coats—Dress Coats—All Sizes 16 to 52, in This Sale READY TOMORROW Friday, February Twenty-Third 67 Women’s Dresses that sold formerly as high as $25.00. Silk and Wool Dresses, of Poiret Twill, Serge, Canton Crepe, Krepe Knit and Taffeta. Choice Friday, While’ They Last— 'DRESSES Sizes 16 to 40 Only In This Sale ° READY TOMORROW Friday, February Twenty-Third Tuxedo and Slip-On Styles—While They Last Friday— $1.89 In This Lot You Will Find Sweaters That Sold Formerly Up To $5.95 - This is a Bona.Fide Jay’s Sale—A Half-Yearly Event* We Do '‘As We Advertise - JAY’S 238 MAIN ST. New Britain & 105 Women's Wool, and Silk and Wool Sweaters :