New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1923, Page 6

6 New Britain Herald bonds emphasizes the necessity of co. T administration, possihly Excopted), | will be I Stroot, | that actlon of last night does no mor the gap between regrotted offect, committee operation between the board and ‘the the HERALD PURLIRHING while (Tasued Dally, Sunday At Herald Ridg. 67 Church last night worth than to hroaden it SURSCRIPTION RATES: 48,00 a Year, $2.00 Threa Months. A Month is to be more bhe that the hampered in its plan to build them, 78¢ cause of intangible than the Past OMce at New Britafn | DOCAUSC school L as Second Clans Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS: Rusiness OMee ..., Editorial Rooms Entered ::fl LOOKING AHEAD, The only profitable advertising medium In the City, Clreulation hooks ard press room always open to advertisers, looks ahead and so conducts his busi- future in tions will not injufe him if any ac- tion of his eah prevent it. Or, if he probability that the line he engaged in will | munerative because of impending de- ness that changes condi- Member of The Associnted Press The Associnted Pross is exclusively entitled to tha use for re-publication of all news crodited to it or mot otherwise credited In this paner and also local nows pub- lished herein. sees the is become less re- Member Audit Burean of Cireulntion The A, B, €, s a nntlonal organization which furnishes newspapors and adver *“ianrs with a strictly henest analysis of virculation, Our cireulation statistics are based upon this audit., This insures nro- tection aguinst fraud in newspaper dis tribution figures to both matienal and lo- cal advertisers, s aaa————————————— FORWARD! Britain the and seek some future, having his own has a men change line other which Progressive some vision, have known that there will he changes In the matter of transporta- tion, may alter entirely the which people get from place to plac Jut even before those radical changes be lesser innovations | those now busi- methods by New who have ness conditions return with Their diagnosis ing. The patient pu was fluttering faintly in 1921 has climbed out of hed and is demanding a square | He lescence, business men “hit trail" to survey busi- words of come there will and developments which engaged the transportation ness would do well to consider. This is. the point which this new; in connection with Connecticut company. Not in any sense considering itself expert enough in transportation matters take with the compan perts, The Herald frequently stated that the company would be | obliged either to make such changes in its policies that would bring a re- the American Hardware Corpora- turn of good-will from the people, tion and General Manager of the Cor- by lower fares and better bin Mr. Spear has transportation, or other rompmlllnn; been through the middle west and is| would drive it, the company, into dn impressed with signs of busine - | uncomfortable position. For its own he his train|sake, it has been said, the company He is jubilant at the | should look ahead and make sacri- New ! fices, if necessary, to take care of its cheer, is encourag- | whose Se in meal and his working clothes has | paper has raised stage strong and he is ready to way through the crowds. | passed the of convi the His heart shoulder h to In turned to its full vigor. other words, prosperity has re- issue ox- | has trade analysts who have their Spear, vice-president Among the with sleeves rolled | up is George P come back of induced Screw Division, tivity which saw as plunged along. prospects of good business for Britain and predicts that the usual mid-sum- slight mer hiatus will be omitted from the | that shows in a small way, perhaps | the wisdom of this suggestion. for the jit- But of factories for months to come | future busi Now comes a development industrial program. Others corroborate The Department of ney Washington, dpeaking of February | today it business, a report on which has just those prophesied developments which been compiled, “Retail sales | tend to show that a little more con- kept up to January's mark in spite|sideration by the Connecticut com- of the shorter Carloadings | pany a ‘year ago would have been were greater | wise. Thig latest development here demand for freight cars, Continuing, | is that some of the jitney people here “Increased prosperity is con- have decided to purchase and oper- firmed by the marke in hdre. This business failures and is the fore- rise in stock price runner improvements in Announcement made this | the jitney service. The jitney i;\tvr- week that the American Woolen | ests have sought the good-will of the Company and other corporations in| people and they have their staunch supporters. The Connecticut cowmpany | has not sought the good will of the newspuper holds no brie under all calls findings. | Commerce his circumstanc attention at to one says: month,"” heavier; there was a it say: modern busses it further ate innovation, decline new, continued is stated, the of was the same field increased wages twelve and one-half pér cent. It require no profound knowledge @ cconomics | people and its “staunch supporters” to realize that manufacturers do not|are few. “\ increase wages when the business A these columns, outleok is dark. In fact, the action | printed recently, may be repeated. It on the part of the cotton mill man-| was to the effect that if decided ac-| agements is one of the most impres- | tion by the Connecticut company to | sive signs of the times. It obtain the good will of the people | vincing proof that business is well on | through better reduced the upgrade. At the end of I'ebru- fares was nece ary gpocks of raw cotton were at the lowest point reported for this season since 1914, This is the day for enterprise. The merchant who seizes his opportunity sentence from is con- service and ary a year ago, cer-| action by the | for its own tainly most drastic is needed now company sake. DISRESPECT OF LAW. | The Waterbury Republican, under | editorial title “Sunday Rase- ball,” commenting Governor EDUCATION, Templeton's veto of the bill to allow If the general need of education sball communities ever made (vmphmic-——mlucuuor.‘“~|m~h desire it, says: in the broad sense—that but amateur base- shown last night at the of | ball games on day and expressly the eity meeting board the | prohibits the charging of admission previous authorization for the issu- But for years pro- ance of $625,000 of school bonds been rescinded by a vote of practically admission two to one. The of education was not apparent the used by the speakers, for eloquence was the order of the rhetoric was used effectively by those pro and True, resorte his fas cannot lose. Forward! of is the command. the | upon Sunday bas in Wi “The present need was | law prohibits an session where to Sunday games. baseball have fessional games held charged on Sunday with need just as on week days, This language ' ijs a thoroughly pernicious situation. It can not but breed disrespect of the bill Better in referred to evening and | Jaw." In regard to the to this is sound sense far Sunday baseball in it legalized that who argued con, have Mayor Paone: vorite word of crat,” when referring to the of the board—which meaning “a person of rank in a com- munity” does not exactly apply to|sgent. such members any more than it The direct application of this’idea plies to members of the public utili- | of disrespect of the bhngs ties commission who have been stig- | the matter again of the effect repeat- matized in the same way—but the|ed and stringent regulation by law of speakers were erudite in the matter | the personal conduct of people, is under- And the prohibition law only one want and no to communities where this law denunciation, “aristo- | Sunday baseball in localities against it as the members | the sentiment is bill constantly school word, provides, than to have broken by common con- ap-| law up generally having. is stood. not the But the point is that broad, under-| the trend of the efforts of habitual education influence of ‘“education” as referred to. It is is | reformers that is having the here nted It said that if some people a L mile standing, charitable needed both by those opposed to any of the school board merely the school and by the erudite self. Tf there had in the school board the authorization of the bonds would have been allowed to stand; this was the action, tut there was no confidence in the school committee; the representatives of the people, members of the city meeting board, had listened to the |, . 4. probably true tales of mistakes of | iy on its individual strength of its the school boards of the past. There He in the West and was that $27,000 that had to be he says 1 very of to fix up the building now called the | mountain section. It “Central Junior High” and there|hich develops those manly and ro- was that $4,000 in the other school | et the backe building matter—both additional ex- [pone of American civilization.” | penses caused because there was nr)’ There is a significance in this re-| practical builder whose word had any | mark influence with the school board. And |pert in this country, that possibly he “the people” are practical today. |himself did not appreciate. The| If the rescinding of the previous|“Manly and robust qualitics” to which | action of the city meeting board in| M. Dabson refers have come through | Guthorizing the $625,000 in lchool‘de\-elopmqnl of character cherished' o out is commonly | given an This old and action because does board it, | ineh they will take school board it-| gaying goes for the reformer been confidence jawhreaker alike, today, with the re- former running the criminal a close race for supremacy in the number of | wise inches being taken STRENGTH. on places his confidence f the future prosperity o coun- people is now paid am fond this is the section qualities which are of the foremost cconomic ex- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY; MARCH 24, 1923, action | | no more “strong and A man in business, if he is m-«\.;ln this country—people who are the velopments in other fines, he tries to | I"ar ahead are prospects which | | and when it talks, imoon is to refrain partners in a game of auction bridge. |and nourished on resistance to temp- dolng right becauso a | “manly and robust” person would do This people tation and right under the gircumstances, in certain will there any strong people in this country if the tendency to “right” because the romains It robust strength today, be and years from now | make law says a certain thing Is “right" 1s| to continue? There will be robust” people peaple do allowed civilization if the rogulators our conduet | continue to draw chalk marks along the and insist that must walk upon them, Strength and man- liness within and when civie leagues tell us what we | must do and how we must do it, in-| dividuality loses its power, | A wise judge of human ndture was once asked if he should send his son to a great college. He replied that it | would be a wise thimg to do for the | if the had strengh enough character to his | individuality because he would want | to do exactly as “big men” in the col- | lege did, ‘That danger of losing the American individuality is the menace | foday. Let civie leagues, regulators | of conduet, sit back and allow men | to work out their own| salvation—a will | bring and keep the prosperity this| country has known, | The genepal business is 6 per cont} Not so bad. ‘,’ { “buckbone of American of street we develop ourselves, b man of young hoy not lose women salvation . which above normal. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN, ‘ . | that makes a nation grease, . | It great, isn't oil but clbow “medium" of ex- hard-boiled call but it the it seems They change, A republic is a place where men qualify for appointive offices by be- ing lame ducks. | An elevator man dropped dead at| the fourth floor. Possibly somebody | said “Thank you."” In persuading a man to keep his word, the line of least resistance is| | the dotted line. | i Daylight €aving is the only solu- tion. You forget about saving when you go out after nightfall. ; | starting a boy The old-fashioned man who hitched his wagon (o a star has a son who | is content to park his jit in an alley [sell and get a mere chorus girl. One reason why small towns r(‘-| main quiet and peaceful is because the doctors don't tell all they know. Perhaps the easiest way to amuse criminals would be to let them listen in on the deliberations of juries, Another way to prolong the honey- | from playing as If they can't get the bootlegger un- der any other law, they might flti times get him for impersonating an| officer. The réason the movies are success- | ful is because they pay no al!emioni to the intellectuals who would im-| prove them. | You'll notice that books of eti- quette didn’t become popular until people got the habit of staying away from home, As spring approach heip wishing the early bird would get the fly instead of the worm. their | they to| Old-fashioned parents had faults, but the marvel is that did so well without any children boss them. little altruism left, Jurope's plaintive as- n't get along with-| There is very except that in sertion that we c: out her. Some people think thrift consists in buying something flimsy enough to wear out by the time the style| changes, Correct this sentence: “The man's step was light and he smiled as he mounted the steps to the dentist's of- fice." The world is getting more liberal, | anyway. In the old days heretics W placed on the rack, and now they are placed on the first page. o will And Many a summer cellar have a yawning thirst is yet to come a cavity. People say Anderson has put the “ague” in “league. | arose, People have not outgrown the habit of not giving something for nothing— ven out-of-town movie people. When the new trunk line highway is built the cry will be “On to Ber- | " lin,” | exeitement, or [th |u ho opposed | writer. | his home on —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People In this occupation he developed a rugged physique, He learned the bufincss thoroughly and. won rapid promotion. He was an intense admir- er of the late Colonel Charles M, Jar- vis, who was Interested in the bridge company, and the admiration was re- ciprocated. Mr, Luddy's cheerful nature, his true blue qualities gnd his gencrosity made him a man among men, - . Better and more accurate it would have been to change the expression, “It is not a matter of politics but of pocketbooks,”" into, "It is not a mat- ter of politics, but policies. T When Quigley reigned supreme We had a handsome fellow; When others held the throne The people yelled out “Yellow But now we have a boss { | Who's something of a “mixer,"” And says, in City Hall, He will not be a fixture, The “Observer despite the sug- gestion of conservative contemplation contained in his nom de plume, can- not refrain from joining in the gen« eral acclaim to spring, She s here und, like everything ecise of the femi. nine gender, deserves the greeting “God bless her,” And so, with be- coming humlility, the Observer dares to burst forth with: We've had an awful winter, and We're pretty well used up; We've had to fight for coal and we Have missed the loving cup: But winter sorrow, pain and woe Are viewed complaisantly, When, just about the last of March Spring greets us, laughingly, e've tried to clear our walk of ic Another'storm would come; Inspectors would drop in and say: “See that, you lazy bum?" Our taxes, high, hung over us; We work despondently, til, today, with flirty smile Spring greets us laughingly. W | It Bryan, Willlam J., | Had always been consistent, | We would not mind the fact That he has been persistent, He's lost 'most all his hair; He's altered his complexion, JBut that won't bring success In any big election. We're most conservative, sedate; We hate young radicals; And yet, when Spring is ‘round We sing sweet madrigals. School boards, and even Angelos Should smile in happy gice, And bury sharpened hatchets when Spring greets us laughingly. e . hanging The point we're getting at— It may be hard to see it— | 18, burdened is our land; The “Observer” has the greatest|It's. mighty hard to free it. respect for educators who know their| Good looks orysuch won't count; business, We have that sort of edu-| Most folks are grinding axes; cators in New Dritain, But when | The man we're praying for they wander into fields beyond edu-| Will lighten all our taxes, cation, they sometimes err. The| i writer of this paragraph refuses to| take off his hat to anyone in regard to knowledge of hoys. For some| years he interested hoys and Rave thiom, ""']"‘2“‘“‘:'*"3‘:‘;:‘“:‘,fih?h px;‘;; of not being exactly “regular” is rec- | commonly accepted as the right sort| 08nized by former “regular” members | He takes Hlo credit for this|Of the machine. And this is saying were ideas borrowed from tho | NOthing against such “former mem- sayings of a Great Teacher. And the PETs™ A man Dassig. tsolgh this writer .stakes his cverlasting soul on |1t DB ARy TNAGE-E0. PETIRY e e s Grent Teacn. | that he considered this city the most | would be one of the, first’ to. en.| POrfest example.of-a “machine irun/’| courage boys, in this day, to “go sell community he had ever seen. This| their papers” belicving in the work | soncd ""°"’“3‘ stranger, but as out- as an incentive to manliness, BICADS MONINIUTRY AND WaNb ol -INE, When educators, no mattet how | Fem® e e I:]";;"Li" ‘;;";’i‘:‘a:]’;l: skilled they are in their line, ‘seek to| . ' .. % ourage initiative tn young-lads in| foF Criticizing the present administry- | country where initiative-is a great| H0m: Dut.f it 45 a breaking polnt ye- they te m'lklflfl“l mi;takv ‘twnvn machine regulation, and rule Educators, twelve women and pos- | o0 ‘b PEOP®, for the people and by sibly ";“"f-,”h“‘"“t‘h‘t“‘?:"‘i’I.‘t’l::fn fas"| congratulate the present administra- n’“r’:“ Dhm?rs”ln ‘;\-hich h’:;:sdma' svl;!uon even Iif, after another year, it Pjpirs P e 0'4y‘uod"slnks into that region made famous taste for the “Observer” to criticize ,,:’nof;z:‘:'dsa'a‘pgl';”ed“ expression. :of this-stand of the educators and the i women, because no paper with which | the "“Observer” is connectéd is affect- | cd, or would be affected hy the bill. | Rut he does deprecate this attitude of in, life with the idea | Looking over the political situation, and passing the “time o' day” with men in politics, the “Observer’” comes Even those whose systems require | a steady diet of political excitement | must have been well nourished dur- ing the past week. There have been that when he triés to do something| 1 SPUICS POIEeh different depart. worth while. the women and his| 1O0® 0f the o1 y,“f,”m':e":“ami:‘ school teachers discourage him. The Vil deserved defeat. Anyone who! :h"'l"‘" wlh" P o the gl doubts this may easily convince him. | ative department of the govern- self by comparing the lads who do . y papers oAbt Tngh of the same| Mavor Paonessa exploded the Sallon Wniire Whe st bl Who.ae] noisiest bomb when he declared that hot. And in this connection the re-| e Would push his measure to have marks of a minister of the gospel, | the city meeting board rescind its tie. Bill ate: Worth r"_;ucuon on thn_ school bond issue, He i | prosecuted his program vigorously land spent part of the week discuss- | ing his policy, which is based on the conviction that New Britain does not | require additional school buildings. i The saying that ‘“politics makes | strange bedfellows” is emphasized by | the announcement by ex-Mayor Quig- | ley that he would back up the mayor. Just about a year ago these gentle- | men were engaged in the gentle pas- | time of getting elected, being opposed in policy and about everything else | to what the other wanted. Had Mr. Quigley received the support of his | own party, the result of the election might have been different. But that |is water that has passed over the | dam, or down the throat, or some | place. Here we have Messrs. Pao- nessa and Quigley, once strident and ferring to. He opposed it because he had spent his life in standing by “;he boys. He said he would feel dis- loyal to them if he did not come and ay that they ought to be allowed to el their papers. Sometimes the honesty and good aith of the newspaperman is dou'sted. Just as The Observer would com- ment favorably upon a -display of strong honesty in any phase of life, he mentions now a case of what may be considered a pretty strong ex- ample of the failure to abuse a con- fidence by a newspaperman. The facts mentioned in a news story—and it was not in New Britain —were attacked in a law suit. The city editor of the paper was sums moned into court and asked to dis- close the source of his information. M He refused. He said the facts were| raucous opponents, standing shoulder given to him in confidence. 'rhq,;"_“ho“ld"r and singing a duet on judge ruled that he was obliged to l?[_‘u';-lyflnd their voices blend beau- tell where ho got those facts. The|'Tg ., o0 L e city editor said he could not do "]il.‘rfot‘ ,,pga wmdn p;‘:;:‘:aufal::eu]: without breaking his word. The judge| .~ “. ; held him in “contempt of court” and | (e Imit on Which Bk oop i i o sentenced him to jall for two y‘,}?‘:—":n('(-(ilu.; Bonrd &0d t;o,:::nsm‘o}r‘neco?x:} unless he would break his word, The | TECHNE b " % newspaperman refused to do the lat-| ;:Jp::‘;‘o”"i':"’;:' no‘;;']“')'l(; L went, smiling, to jail whor»im(_r to exert no little moral authos- ; ity and it does occupy a quasi-legis- reputable| |, iive position, claiming to interpret | the will of the people quite as cor- rectly as the council itself, It has “n-vn shorn of some of its supposed thoroughly u '1*‘;"0_""- This 1s not @ great weight. Because of this situa- news stor t is an example Of | 4ion it might be well to limit the the honesty of newspapermen cOMINg | yie 11y which it can rescind action within the absolute knowledge of the | "yt the records may be kept straight and folks know where they re at. f ter and he remained. When a reporter of a newspaper says he will respect a per- son's confidence and publish "only what seems to be necessary, he will keep his word, Many misunderstana- “He was a man with a heart of gold™ was the expression heard most esterday concerning Si- whose death occurred at Dassett street Thursday night. There are men who are kind- ly and generous to their friends and who are weéll known publiely because of their henefactions, Mr, Luddy was not numbered with these, His kind- ness was known to wany, but his nu- merous benefactions weresknown only to those who shared in the goodness of his heart and the depth of his urse. No one in distress ever appealed in vain to Simén Lucdy. Whether a man wanted the price of a meal or asgsistance in meoting the interest on a mortgage, he was ever ready to help. He judged men by their manhood, fn-| Ree¥ L stead of by their bank accounts, Te| I'rom a purely political standpoint, him, princes and peasants were on the | the most Internm_\g event of the week me level, 'He liked them both, and | Was the filing of petitions for re. they liked him. No man who has|Publican primaries. The situation died within recent months had more|called for strategy in its highest de- true friends who would have gone te 8ree and the board of strategy man- any extreme for him, if the need|cuvered in the best conventional o because they knew that he|form. Men who had announced thelr would go to any extreme for them, |candidacies silently stole away, and Tntil the last few years, Mr, Luddy Jidn’t even leave holes on the ground was one of the strongest men in New [to show where their tents had been Britain. He had a man's grip, as|pitched. It is said that in some cases, strong as his .friendship. Twenty |the announcements of candidacies oars or so ago, he worked in the old | were for the purpose of discouraging Fast Berlin Bridge shop where tossing | other candidates who do not “belong.” The “Herald’s” news story showln‘l s . No one can truthfully say that | Mayor Paonessa is inconsistent. Many months ago he started on the trail |of the school authorities and he still |pursues them relentlessly. It s | claimed that he has been outdistanced |in the sprint for the good will of the |committee on cities and boroughs | which body, according to all fores casts, will report unfavorably on the amendment to limit the spending | power of the school board, But the mayor is one who keeps his powder dry and trusts in his own perspicacity and it behooves the members of the board of education to step softly if it| would not tempt him to start shoeting | again at their classic brows. frequently mon TLuddy iton girders and shapes around was ]chnd'x play for the men who did ll.AWhat was taking place behind the’ The luncheon you never gave Perhaps your plans’ for entertaining have been too often interrupted by count- ing silver in the buffet drawer. The meal to the conclusion that the advisability | ) must be served appropriately—but there isn't enough silverware. A ha It dozen more of this—a dozen of that—some serving pieces—absolute necessities! And expense need not deter you from their purchase. In spite of its beauty nating serving pieces, 1847ROGERS | THE PORTER | 54 Main Street scenes is said to have nettled some. of the republican leaders. Political leaders, you know, like the limelight only at certain times—when the band is playing the “Conquering Hero,” if you get our meaning. At other times, they prefer to fill their bag of tricks in the dark. The information that the Old Guard had its eyes on ab- solute control of the common council seemed to meet with disravor, on the part of the O. G. The fact remains, however, that the nothing but orthodox republicans in the council, and all heretics are to be banished to a cold, bleak land, if the Old Guard can get away with it. o City Items Novelty dance at Sullivan's academy Saturday night, Grotto Hall.—advt, Mrs. John Farr, Jr, of Lawlor street is resting comfortably at the New Britain General hospital after a serlous operation. Victrolas and Pianos, Henry Morans | | —-advt. Ukuleles, etc. —advt. The all-day sewing meeting of the C. l. Plerce & Co. Woman’'s club of Maple Hill, which| was to have been held Thursday at the home of Mrs. Richard Hurlburt, has been indefinitely postponed on account of the illness of various members, S Mect me at Schmarr's for dinner.— advt. EVERETT TRUE SAY, THERE'S ABOUT machine wants| and durability, 1847 Rogers Bros. Silver- plate is thost reasonable in price. Pur< chase those extra pieces you need to-day —iced-tea spoons, perhaps, or individual salad forks, or a berry spoon, a cold meat York or some one of the other fasci- BROS. SILVERPLATE At this store inspect the newer patterns— Annivorsun‘: and Amb e SEE DISPLAY IN OUR WINDOW assador, & DYSON (0. “0ld Reliable Jewelers” “Where Quality Is As Represented” wr ; New Britain, Conn. 25 Years Ago Ib'ldj;' | !(Tsken from Herald of that date) o o s e v The Y. M. C. A. is planning an in-; door track meet for next Saturday night. The judges of the course will ibe R. C. Merwin and Bert Loomis, 3 To declde the ‘state Shamhpibidhip in basketball between the New Brit- |ain, Middletown and “’Qling(ord teams, C. H. Barrett is trying to ar- (range a game to be played in Hanpa's | rink. | The articles of as tion of the | New England Brick Co. were filed. for record, at the office of the town clerk today. X George Tyler has been given a per-* |mit to build a two story veranda on |his handsome Vine street property. | He contemplates making other im- | provements. Mrs. Frederick Goodrich of Lake street entertained the ladies of the Trinity M. E. church at her home yes- terday. It was an informal reception and was highly enjoyable. President Nick Young of the Na- tional baseball league has announced his list of umpires for the coming season and as usual, Tom Lynch of this city heads the list. All lovers of the game will be delighted to know that he will be on the diamond again. By Condo A MILE OF PEOPLE BACI 1 THERE YET WAITINQ TO &QET TO THE BOX OFFIC I WISH You'D TAK € THIS MONENY AND GET MC A TICKET For ~=- ND OF ™e Cines )