New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1923, Page 6

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C. 1s a natlonal org nization which furnishes newspapers o tiners with a_strictly herest analysis elreulation, Ove clroulation statistics are | based upon this audit, tection aguinst frnad tributior figures to both natie cal adyertisers, 8 e e———————— | This fnsures pro- | in newspaper dia- 1'and lo- | THE SCHOOL SURVEY | Granted that a majority the school survey committee, to see if new buildings immediately and if the | made of the present accommodations, | is inclined to be opposed to the ommendations of the modation committee, Granted that the _probably the subcommittees ed by Chairman Quigley will the discu modations committee prejudiced minds, if one will. ( these things. And granted school committee is not free appointed | eded best i are rec- | school accom- | it you will. main committee and appoint- enter i sion with the school accom- with if nted | from | his watch, he | | bring the prevalence of man walt until he got ta Portehester, New York before changing he have broken no law, Hut he must keep wateh for that line=—he must he sure to change his wateh back to standard time the his return to this sfate, Absurd: the very in state, woud moment, crosses that line, thought of it “Baeckward Connecticut!" Yes, and | ugain yes, if such a law s allowed to make our before the world, on statute books FEW DRUG ADDICTS The this country turning the more extensiy problem that s Reputable are exposing startling facts as to how it to get drugs in many places and the havoce the habit is bringing. Youths, who are still use of use of causing to the or em, I8 a deep concern, easy is even, | attending school are numbered among drug's victims, and the recent scandals in Hollywood have served to drugs to the attention A Federal of the country, | prison is reported to be a place where the inmates are able to get drugs, and is said that the half has not been told. In view of these facts it is satisfac- | tory to note that Chief Hart of the | police departments reports that there are few drug addicts in New Britain, | and that the city is not frequented by has been West, and But ped- peddlers of dope. ‘“Coke" the bar in the are common. sold over “'snow-birds" * | dlers of drugs do not thrive in com- the habit the people, and, has not al- munities where taken hoid of | though Waterbury and Hartford are prejudice. Now it is for the school with the other committees with a de- termination to explain as fully its | members are able just what they con- ceive the situation to be. Much good may be accomplished if all prejudice is laid aside by both sidos of cusgion; may be the attitude of school committees is' high and mighty. As this new paper has sald repeatedly we believe that the school committee more about the needs of the schools than. others in the city. Nevertheless the school committee is made up of | members who ar« nd fallable human not yet been found as far as we advised. It is quite com- mittee, as weil as the mittees, learn someth tical advantage the will to profit. by new viewpoints is not strangled by prejudice. Certainly it 1 time for those who will discuss this matter'to put all pettiness—to drop the chips which and that it to meet is again reiterated committee the dis- much harm done if the | knows human— in- beings have are possible the school sur s from this situation if | aside have Leen reposing on shoulders, to mect the situation with'the realiza- tion that affairs be | straightened onit and that this result school shouid will not come through « continuation of antagonism, but rather honest attempt on the to through a part of | the frank everyone cencerncd present facts as they see.them. “BACKWARD CONNE Some time ago the New York published an editorial under the| above title complimenting this state, by the use of irony, on its broad- | mindedness in allowing of a The people were opposed to an open dis- cussion proposed birth-control measure, the measure, as they a perfect | But the point was that | which did not similar unfavorably had right to be. the state of New York, allow any discusion - of measure, s compared to Connecticut which, by assumed the attitude that presented with the sincere conviction should at least be a W its actio any matte that it was worthy, given a hearing. Were the New York Times to lish an editorial today under the hear- ing “Backward Connecticut” there would be no irony the title, It | would mean that any state so blind | as not to see the impairment of rights of the individual in a bill calling for & jail sentence in a case wherc a per- son . publicly displayed a timepiece which did not register a certain time, is “backward” to such a degree that| its ignerance partakes of that of the pub- | in middle ages. The house has passed such a bill. | Let the merits or demerits of “day- light saving” time Al- low, if you will, that “daylight saving | time” is improper. Nevertheless one | anay scarcely | tempt Leing made | time universal by such a law. One be forgotten conceive a serious at- to make standard the admires the Demo- ‘ cratic leader of the in th"i house who, despite his disapproval u.’r ~daglight saving time, ridicules such | e bill. The measure would be absurd if it did not display norance or prejudic A concrete example: Britain man were on his v York where daylight saving time will be used and where the publicly dis- | played clocks would run on daylight gaving time. Suppose this man wanted | to change his watch on his way to New York that is would corre- spond with the clocks he would see | there. He waits a few minutes at )| Berlin and in these few minutes | changes his watch to daylight saving | time. If a Standard time fanatic, | elothed with authority, should hH]h! pen to soe his wrist watch, registering daylight saving time, he might arrest the offender and heve him sent to jail. ©¢ course, should the New enforcement of minority such pitiful ig- Suppose 4 New to New 80 fewer | technicalities which | jured by the reported to have found it necessary to wage a war against drug addicts and peddlers—and both busy cities—it would seem that the menace has kept from this city where there 1 chance, now, for all to keep busy. “ldle hands, ete,” are THE CUTLERY INDUSTRY Only New York and Massachusetts lead Connecticut in the number of organizations engaged in the manu- cuti Of course this branch of the hardw; manufactur- ing industry is but onc of the many the plants of New but one of factories stands proha at the of all plants engaged in this iine. The state- Washington, therefore, facture of are Britain in which are engaged, our Iy head ment from that the manufacture of cutlery edged tools the United States practically double what it was in 1914 despite the after 1919, indi- cates that in this branch of the hard- we have pass- in is lecline ware industry, at least, ed what was eonsidered normal before the war. 1t indicates, also, a continued period of prosperity, for the day or so ago, along this news has that Ger- line come, but many with The of wage carn- ers employed in each th three 1914, 1919 and 1921 was 10,561, and The fact that amount of production has come has developed ipid strides, age number of yea 19,859 14,345 rospectively, improvenent in from shown by the figures fewer tablish- than factories such es 1921 telling of ments in existence in in 1919, former sin year. number of emplo, The number of men employed in this shows its impaortance to line alone Continued activity in the manufacture of cutiery al to Connecticut this state, will and to New mean a great Britain especially. RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL by - The 'S peer: right to a trial on is held most precio the lieves that, although because of sometimes not rstood, may found guilty of some act which tends to reflect upon that person's character is American citizen. Hé or she be- legal are be unde a person nevertheless if the person's plea heard and decided by fwelve laymen be all on aside found juries some- Certain- a hete ice will done, from technicalitie for this belief, although times do inexplicable things, actress would have There is Iy a pretty ter chance hefore twelve susceptible men than she would before a severe | juage. The case of a you motion-pic named the divorce of the between the judges of corespondent in people alls a heated discusion Appellate actress, as suit of two other stage 1 the r'hln'nlmmJ increasing number of people in | magazines | and ! the | which accounts for the smaller | r|ed at the time the main Issue was litgats | ed, That opportunity should be given | and before a jury if the demand for a jury were made, SPIRITUA Sir Oliver Lodge stands hefore an | audience and speaks calmly, \hn‘ln!:ly. but not argumentatively of his belief in the possibllity .of com- municating with the spivits of those who have died. Conan Doyle writes and speaks in the same vein, even dis- playing “spirit photographs" in which he believes, The thinking world 18 shaking its head and not committing itself, Now comes The It. Rev, Herman Page; Bishop of the Spokane diocese of the Protestant Episcopal c¢hurch and says that communication with the | spirits of the dead will eventually be “'as possible as it Is now to communi- cate by wireless.” He evidently believes in “spiritual healing,” and states that “the world today is drifting toward a spiritualistic movement, \\'hlch though still its infancy may dc\elop to great, heights, Oliver lodge, the scientist, was sometimes called *the crazy scientist” or words to that effect, when he de- | elared his belief in spiritualism. Conan Doyle tells of his absolute disbelief | | when he took up the study; he is an ardent convert, It is rather doubtful if { anyone will attribute insanity to this Bishop, or a desire for publicity, was done in the case of Doyle. Proba. bly there will be no general conver- | | slon to the belief because of Bishop Page's statements, but it is just an- other indication of the trend of pres- ent day opinion that we have not yet learned all there is to know about the mysteries which are ‘all about us, waiting to be discovered, quite as { there were sound waves passing | through the air waiting to be “tap- ped” as the radio has done for the benefit pleasure and | of millions of people. The more : learn, the greater our appreciation of | how much there is to jearn, and of the | possibilities of the great unknown. The thinking people of the worid are still shaking their in templative, thoughtful doubt. con- in and heads con- | Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN, Two things that 2id in living a vir- tuous life are a pure ‘1r,nl and a bald head. full Some of start from a | Ain't Nature wond the greatest family trec humbug. | s The way to improve a lettuce sand- wich is to take out thelettuce and insert ham. Another way to avoid insomnia is to refrain from signing potes for your friends. It isn't a supreme court we need to pass judgment on some of the 1aws, but an alicnist. Correct this sentence: “Darn it," grouned the man, “I'm afraid T am not earning my salary.” There isn't much to a social func- tion in & hick town cxcept whipped | cream and mayonnaise Gressing. An optimist a woman who has| taken off the extra blankets and fold- them away in the closet, | A hot-head is a man who can restrain his impulse to other men fight for his country. | hardly ml\]:c‘ vice isn't \ surv |\nr€‘ A rich | complete 'h:m hired il each of the a lawy l\n(zhls of old who stood ‘ still, | m for women cdidn't go so far | do it in street cars. L | L Nothing the movie critics have to | say 1 be heard above the cash at the box office. We could get along very nic he bare necessities of friends would covet them. the clink of ture | Divigion of the Supreme Court of New | (il York, regarding thls véry point, The actress, accused in this ¢ ol in- de- 1 for with the -male proper conduct fendant in the a trial by clear her name of suggestion of from verdict Jury divoree suit, ask jury in order thut <he might wrong the the trial was weluse be directly of course, quite, aside m The held action, point of view, case, she gvas not to a party (o the from this narrow which, the was not The discussion of the jndg:s refers was to the effect taat position of a corc- red to, however, a pe the spondent in a divorce suit, Leing allegations of the com- plaint the case, should Luve the right defend himosell herself whether ealled in the case or o The aind the ther medy,” m o in® in- in to or o point seems to be well taken, adage the “Where wrong there is a r sustain this attitude. A tion would not take right to deny the of law, is a would collateral the place of the echargss and eall 1 as| Aunte The epirit of {6 dumped te board but they are not tea-hounds| who dump spirits overboard now. | over- The worst cases of enlarged cgo are found in tow.s that are too small | to have a parking situation. { | i This divorce bu has got bad that you can't tell whethor marriage is a romance or a habit, undeveloped people are those! Jand where they can without risking their The who dwell in a a strect | ero | nee manners are peeuliar thir who won't take your | will Make your ! Good The youngster last cigaretie ’ daughter. AR | descend from monkeys, it must be assumed that the monkeys | with us now are the progeny of those “w ho refused to descend, It men Primarily the weord """ =|rrulflv-r| a line or small eord of silk thread or! any materlel which “was used to fie| {together pertions of clothing among Britain witaesses in the corcspondent’s behalf civilians and the military, knowledge | ° 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that dute) 1 o s The board of fire commissioners as- sembled last evening to hear the 26th annual statement of Chief John Carle- ton of the fire department, The re- port showed that there was still a balanee of §1.00 in the treasury, Leopold Klett announces that der no consideration will he he candidate for mayor, Edward Loomis will be a candidate for councilman from the first ward, The caucus wiil he held this evening. Some one dumped _a can of black paint on the front of“J. 1., Patterson's lunch eart, Mr, Patterson naturally feels incensed over the matter, T. W, O'Connor, former soloist at St. Joseph's church, has cntered the cholr in Bt, Patrick’s church in Hart- ford, Mr. O'Connor sang the offer- tory solo at St. Patrick's last Sunday and the effort was so favorably spol- en of, that Choirmaster Moran hast- ened to secure Mr, O'Connor's fur- ther services, The only contest liable to develop in the fifth ward contest this evening is hetween Georg nek and John | l. McCabe of reet, Charles Frohman's original New York company in “Oh Sdsanna” at the Liyceum this evening, un- a Observations on The Weather I"or Connecticut: Rain this after- noon and tonight; I°ri colder; fresh southerly winds, shift- ing to westerly Friday morning, Conditions: The disturbance cen- tral yesterday morning over Ar- kansas is now central over Indiana. It has caused unsettled, rainy weather during the last 24 hou from Texas northeastward to Maine, places reported more than an inch of | ather is clearing be- the Ro: Mountains and the | sissippi river. Conditions favor for this 1d rainy weather followed by ind somewhat golder. The $100,000,000 worth of goods stolen from wharves, docks and tide- water railroad terminals of New York a year, is the estimate of an or- fon formed to fight the thiev- Feeding Memel’s Starvmg' Memel but Lithuanie troops under tarving childven of Memel. 'EVERETT TRUE DINNGR '. @ Many | Disciples of Christ, with 1,652,713, a | vicinity | and the three bodies of the Reformed s declared a free state by 1 volunteers have taken over the government. Here the Lithuanian general, WHY Do ‘wou PRESENT “ouRSELE AT THE TARE WITH YOUR COAT oFr Llwks THAT £ WwanT To. BE \ CoMFORTABLE . CHHESINE S SHON WALLION GAIN]] Hothodists Largest Single Protes- fant Denomination Aprll b6,~The total number of church members in the United States during 1922 was 44,- 638,684, a gain of 948,347, according to the annual church census compiled for the Christian Herald by Dr, H, K, Carroll, ‘This increase is 64,949 less than the gain recorded in 1921, Protestants and Catholics The Protestant evangelical group of churches, which represent approxi- mately 60 per cent of the total nu- merical strength, had a total of 27, 265,001 communicants, an increase of 828,600, while the total for the Ro- man «Catholic church was 15,478,099, representing 85 per cent of the Cath- olic population, and a gain of 89,016, The Catholic Eastern Orthodox group, aggregating 625,944 communicants gained 32,600, Revision in one of the larger East- ern ceuters, and restricted immigra- tion arc given as reasons for the smdller gain than that usually record- |ed by the Roman Catholic church, Baptist Largest Group. The Baptist church, the largest de- nominational group in the Protestant | classification, having 14 bodies with a'total membership of 8,303,824, tops the list, gaining 805,697. The Metho- | dist group of 15 bodies, total mem- | bership 8,270,704, is second, gaining 2G9,198; the 18 Lutheran organiza- tions, total membership 2,443,016, is/ third, gaining 58,839, and the Pres- byterian group of nine, totalling 2,401,267, fourth, gaining 53,122, Others Over Million, The other Protestant groups lm\'|ng{ more than a miilion members are the New York, and the Protestant 1,129,613, a gain of church 10,047, | gain of 32,998, | Episcopal, with 36,805. The Congregational has 848,318, an increase of 522,161, a gain of 11 Methodists Lead. 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