New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1923, Page 6

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This !nsures pro- tection against fraud in newspaper dis- tribution flgures to both natlonal and local advertisers. fe————— ' “NEVER MIND, AFTER ALL.” An interesting situation has come to lght out in Michigan. Some good people out there wanted the dance ‘halls, movies and billiard halls closed on Sundays so they began to fuss about them. They went to the pros- ecuting attorney with their troubles. He seems to have sympathized with . them most heartily—and then some. “Bure,” says he in effect, “we'll close *em, and we'll close everything we can. ‘While we're at it, though, we've got to see that all other old laws are observed. There'll be the places where you can get a drink of soda to be closed up and the bathing beaches. Then we'll have to stop the distribution of the local newspaper | on Sunday, and we'll have to make people stop playing golf on Sunday.” “And,” the Mayor chirps in, ‘the people driving automobiles for pleas- ure on Sunday wil have to be rested.” Wouldn't you think the good people out there would be delighted to have such co-operation from the prosecut- ing attorney and the mayor? Sure you would, But it seems the chair- man of the group of good people out in Michigan hémmed and hawed ' a bit and allowed that she didn't like ‘“‘wholesale” complaints for vio- lations. “We just wanted the law enforced against Sunday dancing, movies and billiard parlors,” remark- ed one of the good people. In other words she didn’t want anything . stopped except the things she and her " friends wanted stopped. Of course anything she might like to do, such as driving an automobile for pleasure ~on Sunday was all right even if against some old blue law, just be- cause she wanted it. Quite probably the‘matter will end by the representa- tive of these good people going to the Mayor and the prosecuting attorney, smiling sweetly, and saying ‘Never . mind about the closing business, after all” ar- THE ONLY WAY “You can’t change human nature!” Long has this statement been accepted . as the truth. But you can change hu- man nature—or rather human nature can change itself; does change itself as witness the changes that have taken place since the day of the cave man. True, the essentials remain the same—the old fundameantls of In- stinct for shelter, protection and propagation. But the means of ac- complishing these do change and are changing all the time, The matter of protection is upper- most in thinking men’s minds at this time. We seek protection against the devastation of war. Prizes are offered for the best means of obtaining this protection. All sorts of schemes are suggested. Benator Johnson comes home from Europe insisting on isola- tion as the only way we in this coun- try may be safe. Others advocate the League of Nations, the World Court. Disarmament, or a great armament— the two extremes, are favored by many. Hesitatingly practical suggested that a return men have to right thinking on the part of all the people | would bring this peace to the world. But cynics—and most of us are cynics ~—scof at the possibility of lion and lamb together in harmony. It has been stated in these columns | that the real spirit of Christianity, re- | gardless of creed, will eventually be the solution of the wordl's troubles poseibly through the League, possibly | “Impossible” they agnostics scoff, the not. People smile: declare. Atheists and but the fact remains that greatest force in the world today, and the one that has accomplished most for the betterment of the world force of the teachings of Jesus By some they are not credited to Let that go. Other beliefs—the in them—run parallel to those teach- ings. And now it is aagin stated that those principles will be the determin- ing factors In the peace that must come to the world—eise it perish. Woodrow Wilson may be an ideal- ist; he may have made grave mis- takes; he may have been stubborn— say what you will of him. This news- vaper holds no brief for him. But it is acnerally acknowielged that he is a one 2 ST e | | appears in high places. {a man might be able to tell deep thinker, a close student of the world, He has broken a long silence; his words written for the August number of The Atlantic Monthly, are splendid words that carry the thought heretofore expressed in this newspa- per. And his final statement may well be considered. 3 “The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization can- not survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually ***. Here is the fina Ichallenge to our churches, to our political organi- zations, and to our capitalists— to every one who fears God or loves his country.” BABSON BLAMES THE YOUNG Roger Babson admits present pros- perity, It will be remembered that he predicted, not long ago, good business through this year anyway, and now he declares “my critics are correct in | their statement that surface indica- tions point to a wonderful business this fall, and perhaps two or three years of rising prices. I realize these rising figures,” he goes on, “as well as anyone and it is very hard for me to sound a warning while so many are so optimistic and so contented.” This criticism to which he refers is that of the extremely optimistic who refuses to agree with him that a period of readjustment is coming. But today Rober Babson, in a way somewhat to similar to that of Wand- row Wilson, commented upon in an- other column, does not like the “spiritual forces” underlying business. Babson it was who declared that the country would never return to the normal until the old spirit of honesty | returned, honest work for honest, fair pay, and a desire to deal squarely. Now he says that the people today do not want to produce; they are inter- ested in spending. ‘“America’s great need is a revival of the joy of work; the desire to serve; thehabit of sav- ing."” And this lack Babson sees chiefly in the new generation. Whatever “warning” Mr. Babson issues, and admitting his shrewdness in prophesying, we may feel pretty secure in business today when he re- peats his wordls showing good present conditions in that the merchants are not over-stocked, the manufacturers have not been speculating in raw ma- terial, banks have good resources, check transactions are normal, rail- road earnings are exceptionally good and our great industries are apparent- ly on a sound basis. STATE MOTOR COURTESY. Of course all states wlll return courtesy for courtesy eventually in the matter of allowing motorists from other states to have the same rights as their motorists are given in those oher states—the rights as to driving for limited periods without obtaining licenses, etc. Ohlo has given Con- necticut people that privilege for 16 days as this state gives people from Ohio that right. But there is another little matter to suggest to the authorities of some of the states other than our own Connecticut. We are not perfect here by any means. We kill a lot of people and we injure a great many by careless driving. We are fighting recklessness in driving all the time. But we are much more considerate, much less reckless than people in other states. It will be remembered that in the last three years the acel- dent rate “throughout the country” has increased 42 per cent, while here in Connecticut it has been reduced 2 per cent. That is because we are fighting for more care all the time and we continue to do so. Other states, part‘or “the whole country’ should remember that in all prob- ability the driver of a car bearing a Connecticut license number is moye careful than the drivers of cars from other states. So motorists of other states, seeing a Connecticut number, should observe greater care than is their custom, and, incidentally, Con- necticut motorists, in other states, should maintain the reputation Con- necticut has gained for decreasing its accident rate while the ‘“‘whole country” has been increasing it. JUST COMMON NSE, With all due respect to legal learning and ability to split hairs, one may well be glad to note plain, or-| dinary common sense wherever it The rules of evidence, for instance—what is ad-| missable and what is not—are most | preplexing in law. A great once sald that it was impossible to master them all absolutely, but that | what | was good evidence and what was not | lawyer if he would only use plain, common | sense in trying to decide. A bit of splendid common sense | appeared the other day in connection | with the immigration law which has produced so many examples of deeid- | edly common nonsense. born on a British vessel carrying the A baby was » this yuntry They and were admissable, 7, being born chip came under of the; British qu as that was exhaus going to the ta and rere | keep the born, | »aby just out of the But Curran declared, when cousulted, that Immigration Commissioner bables born at sea on vessels flying | United States despite “any-dismal oid [day in the Atlantic states: Tempera- ture near the average for the season, prob- thunder looked at those two little he referring law.” “1 babies,” went on, to | another infant born at sea, “in thelr | doubtless thinks it inhabited cradles, and when they gripped my fingers and pleaded thelr cause, why I didn’t need any speclal court of in- inten- tlons of becoming American citizens themselves known a few days before they see the statue of Liberty, why, they come in, quiry. Whenever bables with just happen to makes that's all."” This is delightful. frue principles of common A little less fear of precedent and a little more broad interpretation of the law founded on sense would be welcome in other quarters. | o4 S HERALD, SATURDA CHLDHILLEDBY THO GREAT DANES Dogs Attack and Mangle Little New York Boy New York, July 28.—Although half a dozen men were beating them with And be it said out of fairness to the jstones and clubs, two Great Danes biggest judges of the country their minds usually work that way. Trying to find parking space on Main street Saturday nights reminds us of trying to find a clean space on the composing roonytowel at the end of the week-—"“There ain't none.” President Harding Canada during a tenure of office, complaisantly remarked to the people of Vancouver, B. C,, that he was the first president of the United States who ever visited yesterday attacked a nine-year-old boy 80 savagely as Florham Park, North Bergen, N. J,, that his jugular vein was severed and he bled to death. The boy, 'Joseph Gennatt, Jr., of 414 West street, West Hoboken, had slipped through the fence gate in hope of getting something to eat from a picnic table, With him were his brother, Albert, 10, and John Sinieont, 10. They had been playlng in the meadows near by and were returning home when the thought struck Joseph that they might find a few crumbs in the picnic park. Joseph unlatched the wooden gate and slipped in, his companions fol- lowing. Two Great Danes, stationed as guards against intruders, leaped at Thomas Jefferson, seer of a genera-|pjm tion and paragon of democracy, es- Before Joseph, screaming in terror, tablished precedents but it took his-|could turn back, the dogs had pounced tory to disseminate them. on him and beaten him to the ground, The boy struck back desperately, but his weak blows had no effect as the In very truth the ways of us have|dogs sank their teeth in his face and changed. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN. The great need of France, nowW as|the enraged animals and more |again, alwaysy is less politics twins. The bachelor has some advantages, | hurried to hte fence. hands and body. The other two boys stood against the gate stricken with horror, unable to move. For an instant Joseph managed to squirm loose. But he was so weak with, his wounds that he could not scramble to his feet. He. started to crawl limply toward the gate when attacked him By this time about 75 persons had rushed to the park. Automobilists But only half a but he has nobody to abuse when he | dozen men tried to save the boy. They has a summer cold. The two things that serve best to reconcile one to existence are sound religion and corn on the cob. A diplomat is much like a phil- It is his business to bene- of anthropist. fit one crowd another. at the expense There is one nice thing about being The attending physician doesn't poor. think an operation essential, As an advertising stunt, why doesn’t some publisher ask a few dignitaries to list the ten naughtiest books. Another good endurance test is to plenic in a tree and wait for some- body to come and drive the Jersey bull away. It may be that a vote of confldence merely expresses each other leader's Poincare's fear that he might get job. pounded the dogs with rocks and sticks, and a few with their hands, . When the dogs had finally heen beaten back, the boy had bled to death. His jugular vein had bee& severed. 3 The sight of his body seemed to ens. rage the Great Danes anew, and fop a moment it seemed they wer about to attack th terrified onlookers. But a park attendant hurred to the scene and called them off. . The North Bergen police arrested Adalph Bentz, owner of the dogs and lessee of the park, on an open charge. Joseph is one of nine children. His father is a marine engineer employed by the United States lines. WOMAN IN THE CASE IN DENVER BANK SHORTAGE Four Prominent Young Men Locked Up When Accounts Are Found Short Over $400,000 Denver, July 28,—Doors of the Hi- bernia Bank and Trust Co. are closed and three young men prominent in Denver financial circles spent last night in jail following the discovery of a shortage in the bank's funds es- timated to be between $400,000 and In the old days Americans didn't|$600,000. know Europe well enough to ap- Those taken to jail were Leo P. preciate her, and now they know her | Floyd, secretary of the company, John too well. Harrington, teller, son of the vice- president and R. Mandell, head of Lots of people think they are fight- Mandell and Co., investment brokers. ing for their rights when they are Detectives say that a “woman in fighting simply because they talked |the case” is being sought. Her name too much. was not revealed. There will be an investigation au- As a people we are hard to fool, [thorities sald, into what they termed and now the land is full of chaps who knew all the time that Gibbons was a wonder. In New York it s easy to distin- guish the stranger from the native. The stranger is careful not to act like a hick. Correct this sentence: Another nice thing about sleeping by an open window is that you can flick your cigarette stubs outdoors. Since custom requires men to wear coats, it isn't surprising that the word is pronounced with the accent on the “ous.” During the slack summer months, | when the McCormicks are not doing much, it is easy to have the wolves eat a Canadian trapper. These red shoes were to be expect- ed. We knew all the time that America fell for Red propaganda she | would put her foot in it. When an allen arrives in hell and he exclu- observes the gnashing of teeth, sively by American gum chewers. Observations on The Weather Unsettled tonight | For Connecticut \ a British |and Sunday; probably showers; slight- ly cooler tonight; gentle to moderate temperetur northern ather perature. unsettled, slightly lower te “I have seventeen keys on my ring,’” sald the man, “ and I know what each of them vicinity with a “tip-off” which enabled favored de- positors to withdraw about $40,000 from the bank before notice was post- ed that it was in the hands of the state banking examiner. Last Tuesday examiners pronounced the bank's records satisfactory. Ac- cording to the last statement the Hi- bernia had deposits of $1,373,729. SEEES LOST FORTUNE Greenville, Il., July 28—Mme. Pauline L’Allemand, grand opera star of thirty years ago, living in desti- tute circumstances at Beaver Creek, near here today asserted she would make every effort to have the state of Wisconsin restore her allegd elost fortune of $60,000. She declared her possessions were destroyed by fire while she and her son, Edgar, were held in the state hospital for insane several years ago, She sald their in- carceration was {llegal. e e - 1125 Years Ago Today (Taken irom Herald of that date) e e | Mr. and Mrs, J. B. Welant spent the day at Mt. Tom and Holyoke. Charles Higbee will leave Monday for a two weeks visit to Montreal and other points of interest in Can- ada. Hans Vollrath, the wine clerk, has severed his connection in that ca- if Arch street Joseph Holleran, Arthur O'Leary, Frank Hart and James O’'Connell leave town next Monday for a week's outing at Block Island. A rattlesnake measuring over three feet and having 13 ratties, s on exhibition in the window of Had- |ley's cafe. It was killed yesterday at Pinnacle Mountain by a man In 'the employ of Thomas McCabe. j few strokes from a whip lash put the snake out of business. Now that professional ball is dead in this ecity, Charles Barrett |is | negotiating with the managers of the | Middletown, Willimantic and Wall- |ingford teams with a view to ar- ranging games to be played at Elee- tric fiald Mr. Barrett's team wiil be joner Mac- yesterday and conference donald was in town spent over an hour in | with Councilman Alford. Frederick Monroe, a student at Washington, July 28 o \\"'fil?‘.(‘””ar\f\r'}, is spending a portion of his foreign flags will be admitted to the|outlook for the week beginning Mon- | v5cation in New Britain. there is a scattered generally fair, but abllity of widely showers. Gramaphone selections were en- joyed by the members of Circle Ever Ready, Companions of the Forest, after their regular meeting last eve- ning. pacity with Conrad Wahrenberger of | Al # 4 JULY %, “What's this Civic League I've been readin’ about in the papers?” asked Old Man Cantankerous as he sipped his soup in the one-arm luncheon which the Observer patronizes oc- casionally, “Wa-al, I'll tell you,” drawled the philosopher who has seen his share of life and has rubbed elbows with the people, “Ez I see it, the Civic League believes that it holds the keys to the millenjum. All you got to do to go straight to hegven when you dle is to do what the Civic League says you should do. _“You can ,always tell a Civie Leaguer by his alr of self-sanctifica- tion, He knows he is a little bit bet- ter than the rest of us and he cannot hide the satisfaction the knowledge glves him. Yes, he pities the rest of us human beings who can't walk the straight line because Father Adam stirs within us, but he's mighty glad ‘that he isn't one of us. He's 80 pure and spotless that it hurt.s” “I see that the League has won its battle to have that brewery sign re- moved from a Commercial street building,” interjected Old Man Can- tankerous, : “They haven't gone far enough,” re- plied the philospher. s ‘““How's that?” inquired O. M. C. in surprise, “What's the use of painting out a sign on the side of g building when printed words far more offensive are allowed to remain in the dictionary. Now if I were a member of the Civic League I would certainly appoint my- self a delegation of one to wait on the trustees of the public library and ask them to censor that famous book Mr. Webster wrote. As the father of nine children I want them protected. Think of how I should shudder if one of my youngsters saw such shocking words as beer and ale in the diction- ary. Can't you imagine the torture to my wife’s nerves if one of our little boys ran in the house some day and sald ‘Ma, what is beer? Just think of such an ugly word dropping from & the innocent Mps of the little fellow. TFact is, we would be disgraced in the neighborhaad and the folks around there would probably think we were a-crowd of lowbrows, ‘“Course, it didn't make so much difference in the old days when peo« ple were made of coarser stuff., I re- member my grand-daddy used to take a nip of good liquor once in a while and there wasn't a more God-fearin’ man in town. And husky? Say, you should see him 1ift boulders out of a field he was clearing for corn. And at prayer meeting on Thursday night you could hear his voice above them all and he sometimes filled the pulpit when the minister wanted to run away for a few weeks' rest. And an- other thing, my grand-daddy gave 1ib- erally to the collection every Sunday and kept the minister in vegetables all the year round. “When I think of all the useless effort by the folks in them days it makes me weep."” “Useless effort? What mean?” asked O. M. C. “Oh, just. the way they wasted their time trying to do good and be good. Poor old grand-daddy. He spent most of his time tryin’ to live as the golden rule would have us live and now to think he's burnin’ up in the hot place just because he would take a swallow of liquor when he felt the need of it. “‘But there’s this to be joyful about. Them days is gone forever, as the cartoonist in the ‘Herald' says. The Devil's going to become bankrupt be- cause he ain't going to ha%e any more customers. The Civic League is going to set us all ‘traveling along the straight and narrow path. It wouldn't surprise me if they sent harps to everybody next Christmas so we can practice for the day when we drift through the pearly gates and hear St. Peter say: ‘You from New Britain? Welcome, brother. The Civic League has reserved a block of seats. Take the first aisle to the right and sit as near the front as you wish.’ “I tell you, New Britain doesn’t ap- preclate the Civic League. It's a big thing. Pretty soon we'll have carpets on all the streets, there'll be no cussing in public or private, we'll all learn how to participate in them es- thetic dances which portray the soul in an ecstacy of delight, as the poet might say. And instead of going to the movies evenings, we'll spend the time studying the good book. We'll sing no more about the paucity of bananas or any other silly things. In- stead of that we will have neighbor- hood meetings at which everyone can harmonize on ‘O, would I were a meadow lark’ or something like that.” The conversation was interrupted by the entry of a stranger who seemed to have something the matter with his fet. Heé looked stonily at the patlosopher for a moment and then said: “Shay, will y'r give a feller th’ price of a feed?” Old Man Cantank- erous said: “Let him go to the Civie League, the purveyer of all good on earth,” But the philosopher would have none of it. “No, that will never do,” he said. “They'd try to convert him first and by the time they got |tired of hearing themselves talk the poor man would dle of starvation. Here, stranger, here's four bits. Now beat it."” do you he following clipping from a west- ern magazine gives one an imsight in- to the program of progressiveness fol- lowed by the Omaha, Neb., business- men and might serve as a method to | tollow in the city of New Britain with | regard to the limited parking of auto- mobiles on the Main streets. The clip- ping reads: “To attract more business for Omaha’s retail merchants, the local |chamber of commerce brought about the exemption of out-of-town automo- |bilists from parking regulations. “There is, of course, the considera- tlon of civic pride; but the principal |reason behind the association’s action |was to get business for Omaha’s mer- chants that was going elsewhere be- cause of the time limit set on parking. The merchants themselves had com- |plained of the situation. | "“These parking limits— which cut ;down the customers’ buying time — | were barriers between buyer and sell- er. They reacted disastrously against 1ma sales and advertising efforts be- ZTHE 0BSERVER— Makes Random Observations ; ; On the City and Its People ing made to devetop the city as a market center for - the ~surrounding territory. “In’an effort to remove this handi- cap to business, the chamber of' com- merce consulted the police commis- sloner. It was decided not only to exempt out-of-town motorists from parking restrictions, but to conduct a publicity campaign informing them of thelr exemption, “To inform the out-of-town buyers, an ‘Omaha Guest Card’ was devised. Arrangements were made with the police to tie the cards, strings were attached and they were shaped like tags, to the steering wheel of any guest car not-already having one, In that position, the bright yellow tag was very conspicuous, “The question: How can the out-of- town car be distinguished from local automobilés? naturally arises. The apparent difficulty is simplified . in Omaha—just as it is in many cities— by the method of registration. Each license tag bears a state and county number. Therefore, a glance at a tag reveals instantly whether the car is from out-of-town. “As soon the the police began the ‘Guest Card' distribution, the cham- ber of commerce was deluged with re- quests for supplies of tags from re- tallers, wholesalers, service companies and manufacturers. Removal of an- noying restrictions had stimulated tusiness. The out-of-town buyer could now park his car and forget it. His mind was free to.consider only his purchases. ‘“‘We find the importance of the Omaha Guest Tag growing every day,’ says J. L. Lee of the chamber of com- merce. ‘Since the tag was introduced last fall, we have distributed thous- ands of them through local retailers and to out-of-town shoppers direct. ‘With the impetus to buying—which is already apparent—we are preparing to distribute many additional thous- ands.” The Omaha Guest Tag reads as fol- lows: “This card entitles you to park your car as long as you please while in Omaha, “Omaha welcomes you and hopes that you will come often. 5 “Chamber of Commerce, “Approved, H. W. Dunn, Poliec Supt. + “M. F. Dempsey, Chief of Police. “This will not exempt you from ar- rest for parking in safety zones, near fire hydrants.or in alleys.” . e Because of the large amount of suf- fering which was experienced through- out the winter last year, because of the coal shortage, Southington fac- tories have taken a hand in the situa. tion this year and are preparing to fortify their employes against anoth- er fuel famine, by supplying them with the amount of coal which they were unable to secure last year, The officlals have picked out a number of canvassers to go through the shops inquiring from the em- ployes how many tons of coal they are accustomed to burn throughout the winter, and how many tons they secured last winter. The difference in the number of tons is supplied by the factory. 2 Because the manufacturing con- cerns have such a large number of cars coming into their yards and are able to have coal shipped much more quickly and in greater quantities than the coal dealers, they have' been able to complete about half the orders glven them already. Peck, Stow & Wilcox employes are the most for- tunate of all, because this factory has been delivering every day. This concern buys the coal at a good figure, uses its own trucks and teams to dellver it to the homes and when the coal is in the cellar, a charge of $16 per ton is made. The only requirement is that the people pay for the coal when it is delivered. Other factories have been allowing their help to pay for the coal by weekly deductions from the pay en- velopes, but the Pexto people have decided to ask for prompt payment. EVERETT TRUE You KnOW, MR A =2 —— Neadlons to say, ‘people Who are re- celving the coal are only tos glad to. comply with the request, B Other towns and cities might take an example from this thriving com- munity, Despite the fact that. the coal dealers feel that the factorles are usurping thélr business, the factoties are doing nothing but supplying what the toal dealers were unable to do last year. There has been 80 miich talk about another coal strike and an- other shortage this coming year, that Southington ig taking the bull by tay horns, and the homes there will be comfortable no matter how sévers the winter next year, 3 L ] ut in Ohio & man decid ed to kill himself, 50 he .::ogalme; car tracks waiting for the death that did not come because neighbors but- ted in and draggedhim from his dangerous. position, The police, too, mingled in the affair, and when he’ was _arralgned before the Jmil". charged with intoxication, the able jurist decided to humor the man and let him see how it would feel to be considered dead. So he sentenced him to spend 24 hours on a slab in the morgue—where, of course, they take some dead people. 5 The man did not die or the Observ- er aould not joke about it or refer to the matter lightly. Since he aid not die probably he is a sadder but wiser man today and, of course, g les- son may be drawn from the incident. The man. wanted to be dead—for the moment at least. It may be pre- sumed that occupying the position of & dead man made him uncomfortable thovgh he knew he was not dead. On the other hand there are many peo- ple who are considered dead who do not know it. The world would be just as rich and would go on just - the same were they to be placed on a marble slab in some morgue for & lit- tle while. As it is they are “dead on thelr feet” and they do not know it, Quite often they pat themselves on the back and puff out the chest. Twenty-four hours on a slab in the morgue might- let them know how they resembled the dead. The wise judge out in Ohio has sug- gested something that may bring about more reform——real reform, They utter platitudes galote; They talk about the weather; No word of progress rouses them When such folk get together. They seek reforms that will not cure The cause of all life's trouble; They're satisfied if they can blow An infantile soap bubble, L B S . It was very nice indeed when we could park our cars along the street downtown and forget about them un- til many hours later, we wanted to use them again. That is, it was very nice indeed for the few who got there in time to find parking space. But it is possible to imagine that a good many people who wanted to.do a bit of shopping, and who drove. downtown in their cars, were considerably incon- venienced to see all the parking places filled by cars the owners of which in- tended to leave them there the better part of the day. And so, in spite of the fact that some of us are unhappy because we cannot drive our car to work and leave it in a convenient place until it is time to go home for luncheon, we are forced to the conclusion that some of the changes In the parking ordi- nances have proven to he for the” greatest good of the greatest number. Under these new rules it is possible for the person who wants to spend a few minutes or half an hour in the shops of Main street, to find a park- ing place usually. "Where there was formerly a compact line of cars along the curb—a permanent line—now {t is seen that there are vacant places, and it is noted that the cars are changed. The limited parking rules have prov- en in most instances of benefit to a greater. number of people. wAnd so, weeping sad tears over the fact that he is considerably inconvenienced at times by the change, the Obsarver commends them. The public streets Are public streets, Whatever way you view it. In recognizing This they've done Much good—Ilet's not undo it. PERUVIANS CELEBRATE + London, July 28.—The Peruvian le- gation held a reception today on the occasion of the anniversary of their independence. — BY CONDO . TRUS, THERE'S A FELLow WORKS OvsR IN SMITHLY'S OFRCE BY THS NAM & Ok JONGS, Now, T HATE To TALK ABouT A - MAN BEMIND NS >ACK, BUT ~s~=- DOURT IF oL HATE v NY WORSsS A NEA SERVICE N L Do