New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1923, Page 6

money. But every person in the city has recognized the great need of the paving departments which seem to be paramount just now. It is right for each department to take pride in what it accomplishes, but it should be re- membered that each department is working for the whole city, too, and an achievement in saving money to be used by another department if neces- sary should be considered a great help to the whole city. If each department | . yioq of the administration. The late does its work well, at the same time | president's attitude on many matters, trying to save for another department, | and his failure to take a definite the extra tax might be avoided. Sev-;stand on others had brought bim era] departments saved money last C;n:c:tr::t‘“cg:‘t :;::: :,:: “T::r much year. They were commended in these | oynresseq disapproval of him as a columns. They will be watched this man and a citizen. The silencing of year, and such saving will be recogniz- | this criticism, if only temporary, was ed as a great achievement by any |® tribute to him personally, and it was department which comes to the not until after that tribute had been scratch just now. owners have been so busy dismantling buildings in which there weer once saloons and transforming them into restaurants. Did the proprietors of saloons hem and haw when they got their orders? They did not. They just got busy and tore things right and left so that there would be no traces of the old saloon. ' They are doing it with all the spirit and energy that used to be inspired by stuff in bottles, perhaps. Anyway they have shown a commendible zeal in carry- ing out,instructions, and it is probable that the day will come when the old invitation “Have a drink” will be re- placed by “Have a Hot Dog," and there will be lines of inhabitants of the eating center of the world sitting before counters, discussing problems of the day, and reaching in vain for the old brass rail that used to bring such rest to work-weary feet. | —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People . (Tesued Dally, Sunday Hxcepted) At Hersld Bldg, 67 Church Street. R maiden how to drive so that she op- erates (e car in order that the lad- die's hands and arms may be free for other uses, the Observer naturally re- grets that this new ruling will hit them. The maid will have to get a license herself after a month, or be liable to prosecution for driving with- out a license. Now this is tough on laddie and lassie, but as far as others are concerned it would seem perfectly proper that a month, and a month only be given to legitimate instruc- tion in driving a car, and after that time one who does drive a car should take out his or her license. But, nevertheless, the following immortal verse is appropriate: “I'll share with you *My every right,” The youthful lover sald, As, gazing at his lady fair He bowed his humble head. “Pray operate my flivver though “You have no license to; “I'd go through fire and water or “l'd serve 10 days—for youn." “The sudden shock of the president's death seemed to bring in this city a & Year, 82.00 Three Months, temporary silence on the part of 160 & Month. at New Britain Matter. paid that surmises began to be made as to what sort of a president Calvin Coolidge would make; who the next “25 republican candidaté would be, and ki TapaiARe Took what effect the death of the late horse belonging to George Smedley president would have upon the politi- took sick and dropped dead on Elm cal situation. stret about 5 o'clock yesterday after- In this city the general knowledge noon.” of President Coolldge is not great. It Today's version of the mis- T Kosarast | fortune to the popular mover would is remembered that he showed fir be: ss in the matter of the police strike “The engine of one of Georse | [} 01" tha this slight indication Smedley’s trucks went dead yester-|of strength was pointed out as en- day.” couraging. On the other hand it would seem that his place on the ticket was given to him as a “regular’ and that little change in the policy of evasion that has marked the recent administration would come. The gen- The former kaiser carried a cofin | eral opinion seems to be that things | hractically necessary for some prople v hington about as K with him when he went on long trips. | Will continue at Wash to park their automobiles around the One good thing gone to wute.g P% [ they have been going; that harmony “park” in front of the railway station. Member of The Assoriated Press. The Associated Pross s cxclusively entitled to the use for re-publication of all news credited to 1t or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also local mews pub- lighed *“rein, IMPARTIAL THOUGHT The very fact that « sentence in Senator Copeland's speech in Atlanta the other day, offends at this time, juat after the death of President Harding, illustrates the point we would make here. The good points of Senator -Copeland's address, made Aug. 2, before the death of the presi- dent, should not be overlooked merely because he then characterized the president’s trip as a “joy ride.” Quite probably Senator Copeland appre- clates the unseemliness of the remark now. 8o we, in considering the. world situation today, should think impar- tially. It isn't a good idea to laugh at a man because we don’t like his looks, or to consider what he says unworthy of study merely because he says one thing of which we disap- prove. Member And't Burean of Circulation. The A. B. C. 1s a natiomar organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with a strictly honest analysis of circulation, Our circulation statistics are hased upon this audit., This insures pro- tection agatnet fraud In newspaper dls- tribution figures to both natfonal and local advertisers, L AND NOW ! Death gives added emphasis to words seriously spoken in life. The personal qualities of the late Warren G. Harding are the ones that will be longest praised, perhaps, and personal qualities live only in mental pictures of a man as inspired for the most part by descriptions of him. But what, of his publigipronounce- ments, stands out most clearly? What desire of his regarding this country v e There are a lot of admissions to be made before reaching the suggestion that comes to the Observer in regard to a certain matter that has been complained of. Admitted that it is It's harder to bring back to life a dead horse than a dead engine. of party will be sought and that Pres-$5qmited that it is necessary for peo- ident Coolidge will seek to impress the | ;1o ¢, grive apound the road there order to | party leaders with his qualifications as and admitted that express wagons and ther succeed a woman must learn to take | the next republican nominee, ra others have, to back up to the plat- than to look discerningly at the Prés-| s 15 10ad trunks and other nfim correction from the boss without| .4 seeling of dissatisfaction through- Teashilng the oty by train, Admitted, weeping. Trouble is to makefl then,\' out the country. foo, that some of these vehicles are realize any man may be their “boss. horse-drawn and that the horse can- not be parked so that he or she will not move as automobiles may be Business women say in Most of us own cars, especially peo- Elbert Gary says e President’s ple who cannot afford them, and 8o will be longest remembered? The answer is seen clearly in a paragraph of a speech prepared for delivery by him at San Francsico. It was to have been broadcast through the country. interested in all that pertains to man- ufacturing rather than should not forget the farmer and his So we, living in New Britain and |death will make business suffer. It's a cinch Elbert won't. to farming, most of us are interested in the new cules that keep coming out about driv- ing them. Incidentally there are prob- ably more people who can afford cars but who do not own any than there are people who cannot afford them parked. Nevertheless dnd notwithstanding just as automobile owners do not leave the doors of their cars open, thus taking up more space than they should, so the drivers of horse-drawn needs. Nor should those who do not do daily manual labor forget the la- boring man, This duty rests far more heavily upon the person who does not { do manual labor than upon those who do, for the latter have fewer spokes- men than does the other class of peo- ple. Thus a paragraph of Senator Cope- land's address contains a thought that we can not get away from, no matter how prejudiced we may be. He says that 22 states carried by the republi- cans in 1920 have swung over to th democrats and he asserted the defe tion was “because our country will not stand for the thoughtless neglect of the muiltitude for the sake of enrich- ing the few."” If the case were proven there would be no question of the result. If the great mass of the people believed that not only the present administration but many administrations in the past had “neglected the multitude,” the present administration would; have little chance of remalning in power. One asks immediately is the case proven? Has the multitude {ncluding the farmer, heen negelected? And and do own them—if you want to stop to figure that out. But speaking of new rules it seems rather fair that one has just been given out which will prevent people driving cars for an indefinite space of time without get- ting licenses, just bicause they have licensed operators by their side—or a licensed operator, rather. The new rule says that any person who for any period of time exceeding a month drives a motor vehicle over the highways of Connecticut accom- panied by a licensed operator but without a license of his own can be successfully prosecuted. This, accord- Ing to the opinion of Attorney Gen- eral Frank B, Healy. It being now the sweet season of summer when maid and laddie are wont to drive occasionally, the laddie having the license and the lassie none, and the laddie very apt to teach the Moreover news comes that he had a presentment that this iliness would be fatal. The paragraph here quoted, therefore, possibly may be considered part of a speech by which he wished %o bé remerbered. In any event it was a speech which he wished all the world to hear. “I would be insensible to my duty,” he says, “and violate all the senti- ments of my heart and all my convic- tlons if I failed to urge American sup- port of the permanent court of inter- national justice. I do not know that such a court will be unfafiing in the avoldances of war, but 1 know it is a step In the right direction and will prove an advantage toward interna- tional peace, for which the conflictive conscience of mankind is calling.” And now comes Calvin Coouldge, ‘@ectaring: “Tt will be my purpose to carry out the policies which he (Pres- ident Harding) has begun for the ‘service of the American people and for meeting their responsibilities ‘Wherever they may arise.” No one can forget the fact that the late president voted for our entry into ‘the League of Nations under certain feservations. Those who recall his ,campaign speeches remember his ad- wocacy of some method by which we might approach other nations to the end that a better understanding might prevail dnd possible unity of action. Nosone can doubt, and everyone must ‘give added emphasis now to the fact that the late president, whose memory today is so lauded, longed for the in- ternational brotherhood of nations un- der Divine guidance. That is the chief heritage which comes down to the man who pro- poses to follow the late President’s policies, the chief of which was that the American people should meet their responsibilities wherever they may arise. President Harding was beginning the part of his term in which, with- out a doubt, he hoped to accomplish the things that had been “seriously in ‘his thoughts™ all through his admin- fstratiop—and these things, as shown by that last speech prepared perhaps as his final words and possibly more gourageous because of the thought fhat it might e his last—these things were the bringing of universal peace and understanding to the world by taking a step, al least, in the right OVERDRAWING ACCOUNTS direction. | The very thought Calvin Coolidge comes to the pres- | AUios lt ceuaaith | sense of every business person. “Over- faericy with the solemn sympathy of | grawing accounts” brings a frown im- the country. The memory of the| . ’m,dmay, Information comes to good man who has died will bring light that there is an overdraf a desire to see the best in him Who|g15 000 in the perman: rtm Saiaty follows. And the test of Calvin Cool- 1 sedlendr Mo . count and nearly $1.500 in the pav- idge’'s sincerity in the words he has . Ing repair account. This is not un- already spoken will come when it is| ¥ | usual. No wonder Mayor Paonessa is sseen whether he has the courage to| jconcerned. An extra tax had to be carry out that final wish of the late | evied last year, and the probability president, or whether he will allow 2 . that one will have to be levied this the “exigencies of politics™ to swerve | lyear is not pleasant. It would seem him from the path toward peace as| ). the oniy thing th i 1 ng tha 1 laid down by the man whose policies | » HoNs prevent ‘Su(h a disagreeable gituation would be he has declared himself prepared to ok the exercise of the strictest economy Tow. by other departments so that money might be transferred to these paving | | ana repairing departments to make up | vehicles might well consider the driv- ers of automobiles or wagons which have to paes between the vehicles backed up to the station platform and the rear ends of the cars parked against the curb of the circle. It is Just as well to turn the horse at right angles to the wagon when he ia left standing—and this is often done—in order to leave a wider space for pass- ing vehicles. When the horse's nose sticks straight out into this passage- way many drivers of cars, being un- familiar with the nature of the gen- tle beast, fear the horse may take a bite out of a tire or do something else equally distressing. It is true that a danger lies here. A frightened horse might do much mischief. The need of the horse in that place is recogniz- ed, but it is suggested that the driver of the animal leave as much room as possible for traffic. We love the horse; ‘We understand That many are used daily, But we can’t love him” When among Our cars he prances gayly. ¢ s . Occaslonally—only occasionally — loyal New Britain people boast a bit about our city and the efficlency of its fire department and police department and factories and other things. But we are not exactly boosters. We are not in the habit of selzing upon every little thing that would bring us some advertising. We have efficlent offl- clals “an’ everything,” but we are not overzealous in telling of them. Most of us remember the little chap Wwho left school because he had learn- ed all “teacher could teach him.” Just recently we have had that experience—or a member of the de- tective bureau of this city has had it The fingerprint expert, Thomas C. Dolan, went down to New York in all humility to study the finger-print methods of the New York detectives, He expected to remain some time as he felt there was much for him to learn, probably. He stayed a week and then came home because he was told by the New York police officlals that he had learned the business as thoroughly. as they could teach him. And New Britain never boasted and probably will not now boast about its finger-print expert. FExcessive mod- esty! Your light beneath a bushel may Be quite a brilliant flame, But if you keep it there it won't Add luster to your name, And yet be careful of your light; Don't wave it all about, Too much hot air may bring a draft To blow your light clean out. PR The Observer has noticed many | children having a deal of fun “work- {ing” in and about a building being re- constructed in the heart of the city. Little fellows are “masons’ helpers” for a little while at a time. Small girls are seen often carrying debris away and doing other things, not ap- parently by request, but rather be- cause they enjoy doing it. There is no air of “child labor” about it. Rather, it seems tbat the children are having the times of their young lives and perhaps they are. No eri- Considerable cloudiness; moderate g:::‘mwo;ole;::u:oy"o;rl.tlll,c‘ln'in‘s! ‘;\Tl- temperature, except quite warm at|intended. The fact is c!leg merelre beginning and occasional showers and | because it suggests a line of thoughyt local thunder storms. | that is interesting to follow. Anyone who knows anything about ‘\‘ery young children—mere bables— S e knows that early in life the desire to Another Niagara Falls Policeman “help mother” appears. The boys are Wounded By Man on Street inclined to want to help father, too, r A { but the first indications of this desi: Niagara L X —De- T mmfflsrnrg";:‘r::v;:h“"éo““i' :'E ‘13: |to “work” comes before the child has Rt L ERtRY S Wk e };"o' \'u? : !:vft the“jun‘sdmtlon of the mother, and Rarday ARd DU VA NERaLS Js}ms it manifests itself in imitation of the Keenan was wounded in the leg when ‘mac‘o:;e:';: ?;: }:&;E::.OT,?““?' n:n;e v:xm‘ larrodu'nd an tlalian laborr on the | gust The first thing n,eel ;,Zn.,r" street and began questioning him. knot;x'a the baby is “dusting,” too. The A man giving his name as William !child may be yuulng the :}.rem that R."S& 27, was arrested and charged |ghoyld be on top of a certain stand, with t}ne svhootmgv. |or something else equally improper Downs lived only a few minutes aft- | for dusting, but that does nof mat- er being wounded. fter. The child wants to work and do as mother does. & Later in life the young girl or boy New York, Aug. 4—The actual|is not so apt to show this desire to condition of clearing house banks and help about the house. The interest- trust companies for the week shows ing question is when does that desire an excess in reserve of $16,224,370. |die, and why does it die? Far be it —— from the intention of the Observer to A bedroom floor, made of blue glass |try to answer that question. It is was recent- far beyond him. But the fact re- |mains that a little child wants to Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN. Still, failures to come back are not s0 very disheartening at $100,000 a clip. Evidently those scientists who told us the sun was losing its heat meant loosing. Dr. Fosdick thinks the majority usually is wrong. He'd be a pleasant man to sit with on a jury. A man can do much better. work after he comes back from his vacation and gets through talking about f{t. The neighbor's daughter isn't llke a mosquito. A mosquito never sings and tortures you at the same time, B e 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) About all an honest candidate can say about prohibition is to promise his best efforts to make people like it. James H. Lynch, the prompter, is quite ill at his home on Clark street. A letter was recelved yesterday from Erngst Towers who is at Camp what is the multitude? The multitude, Algers with Company I He states that the inactlvity is becoming irk- may it not be said, {8 composed of X . a kind of d 1d > ome v the men and women who work hard Nothing eise Is so conducive to ;e we‘llcngmz?y i s daily, if not under direct orders of |peace of mind as a clear consclence| When the excursionists were re- some employer, at least under com.|2nd new casings. turning from New Haven last even- mand of those whom he serves. And ;‘ngd, ;‘ y°';"5 ‘m“ at thel depadtdwl'lm ha een leaning on a pole, su enly many of the employers, too, are mem- went into a fit of convulsions. He bers of this muititude, The farmer is gave a strange exhibition for ten min- one. If we are able to think impar- utes. tially, and were forced to state what il Boveonhas sone\LaTorringion class of people has been most con- for a few days. The remainder of her ddered, which most forgotten in "7He sonsert by the. Fhilhamonts the last year could we help saying that band at White Oaks last evening was it is the multitude that has been for- Arjoyediby, deatly, & ithelsead people: ity ’l‘pht-d p:vlgmn:l \;'xas fxcex;ltlonally well One realizes that those outside of :\::i g;carzlueew'e;;l t}l':-ncesl fto’:'eh]l:ag::-' the multitude would smile over such nét soles, statement and lay 1t aside with a cas. Dr St.—e:uer is entertaining a large ek gt TR L P r;(l:]y:;(bcr of guests from Greater New lieved that there are many outside this A. S Finch of P. & T. Corbin's multitude who realize the advantage clerical force is spending his vacation of their position and the deference,— practical deference—thatt has heen shown them. They are thinking of the seriousness of the situation; they are in New York and vicinity. Cornelius Hayes and Homer Gout have arranged for a bicycle race next thinking of the wmultitude. The op- timist may believe that the time is not far off when the voice of the multitude Sunday from the Strickland house corner to the capitol in Hartford. The employer and employe, either or both, Wwill be heard. It will ge a good day. Still, we should be fair. The twelve- hour day s fastened upon a lot of farm hands who never heard of Judge Gary. The moderns’ think they are rough- ing it in the wilds when they place the car cushions right out on the bare ground. Men have written seven books des- tined to live longer than the Bible, but we do not remember just now what they were. It may be well to fire politiclans who are not intelligent, but we hope this rule never will apply in private lite. “You old “l knew you washed up Correct this sentence: dear,” cried the wife; would keep the dishes while I was away.” event is booked for $5 a side. Frank Clark, the basketball player, has been suffering with a slight at- tack of typhoid fever at Camp Alger. He has recovered sufficlently to again take part in the drills. This social unrest isn’t so difficult to understand. Little Willle always | feels llke that when he can’t have his own way. Observations on The Weather _———— Washington, Aug. 4.—Weather oul-‘ look for the week beginning Monday in the North and Middle Atlantic! states: Funerals are sad, but at times they are great aids to municipal progress. “Savages hear phonograph for the first time,” says a headline. Then what in the world made them savage all this while? The league issue may be as dead as slavery, but men don’t think it ne- cessary to keep saying that the slavery issue is dead. DETECTIVE SERGEANT SLAIN If he can tell you gruffly that he :do«nn'( know what in thunder is the | | matter with you, he is rated as a suc-/ cessful physician. The way to tell whether he is a| wicked rfum runner or a good citizen | with a private stock is that the rum runner never it drunk. A motorist can avoid trouble if he has a mirror that enable him to look backward, but that sort of thing| wouldn't help statesmen much. | “WORLD'S EATING CENTER™ New Britain people have taken pride in the fact that the city is call- ed “The Hardware Center of the World.“ The characterization suggest- ed all sorts of fine things —eplendid plants, fine systems, constantly hurry- | ing crowds going to work or returning from it and stopping in busy stores on their way; busy hands and happy Other departments In order to come | hearts—a place, in fact where the !0 the help of the paving dpp;nmpng4})fgr:€:':“;;:iegj":y BRI ¢hap who is said to find mischie for |is not treating the other departments | carriers. over Jo L fdle hands to do has no welcome ’un'am!- It is right that each depart- | the New York state iine and this city There is a possibility that New Brit. | ment should take pride in its own eff- :a_nd valued at $25,000 were sent to adn will have a new fitle— “The Eat- MO 1 Y e dnul ] A sudroe b ing Center\of the State,” since saloon | Results are not achieved without |of tnem. 3 i Hebasi ot il o e ‘!h‘ deficit when the time comes, next spring, towarf the end of the fiscal year, for making transferences from one account to another, Nor does this | imply that the strictest economy has | not been exercised in the matter of | paving. In & serfye this urging of economy in | BANK REPORTS LIQUORS IN STORAGE | Bridgeport, Aug. 4.—Liquors which | ciency and in the results it ly exhibited in London. s 3 ~ help, and the older child does not. ‘When ‘and why the change? '~ g The display of this desire to help by children strengthens the convic- tion that people are born into the world with a natural desire to help, and that the desire leaves them only because of a growing interest in other things which brings on selfishness. It it interesting to wonder if a per- son would go on enjoying helping others if that,person did not see oth- ers enjoying themselves in doing things that were not helpful. And if this is the case, who is to blame? Was the egg or the chicken first to appear in the world? Was Eve the first one to show selfish pleasure at eating an apple and did she set the example for the ‘world? Or is the parent to blame for the failure of the child to continue that desire to help? Does the parents display selfishness, thus giving the child an example that the little one follows, and does the parent, by faflure to appreciate the help the child gives, discourage the small one from continuing it? Any- way, however one figures it out, we are glad that we start out with right instincts. It would not do any harm to see if those instincts can be cul- tivated in the child. “Helping hands and helping hearts" Make the children play their parts; Shame on us—Ilet's all confess We teach kiddies selfishness.” P “Out there in Greece, the country in which Athens is in,”” commented.a serious-faced person the other evening as he helped decorate Central Park with his presence, “the reformers ain't mollycoddles. When they sees somethin’ wrong they seizes it by force of arms—human a ' they reforms it. Just now,” he went on, re- celving proper entouragement from his hearers, “they’re worried about wimmin's clothes. It seems that fash- fonable wimmin, in this here Athens, an’ foreign wimmin, which in Athens probably means American an’ Eng, lish wimmin, who are followin’ the modern trend of dress or undress de- pindin’ on how you look at it, are being terrorized by the violent activi- ties of a reform organization which alms to compel modesty by usin’ force. Wimmen that wears evenin’ gowns are havin’ the evenin' part of their costumes tarred by these here reformers. If an arm escapes from under cover, it is grabbed an’ painted black. They're real violent, out there in Athens, these reformers are.” “T should think,” remarkéd one of the listening group, 'that no reform would do much good {f it were brought by force.” The mournful-faced man gazed on the speaker with a look of pity. “That shows how little you know about it,” he said dolefully. ‘Your ignorance is painful. Don't you realize that this here America is the leadin’ nation of the world, an' of cougse the fellers who make the laws of the leadin’ na- tion of the world must be the wisest people in the world an’ the laws they make must be the wisest laws? An’ don't you suppose them reformers in Athens is takin’ pattern by the solons o' this here country an' the reform- ers here? An’ if anyone says to that Athens organization that it ain’t right to molest & woman forcibly an’ the organization’s methods ought to be in- vestigated, don't you suppose the ‘Athens organization will point to what the Anti-Saloon league here says about it—that no grand jury has got any business to recommend investigatin’ it an' no legislature has got a right to mind the grand jury if it does so recommend? I tells you our influence 1s spreadin’ all over the world in spite of Borah an’ Johnson an’ the other isolationists. Didn’t you never hear the song about it? Listen here: “Don’t use your consciences or brains; “You don't know right from wrong; “The ten commandments ain't no good— “They won't help you along ‘“The narrow path to, righteousness; “Just ask this League or that ‘About what's good an’ what is bad— “They’ll tell you where you're at.” . .o * If anyone thinks the Observer or other persons who writes of the af- fairs of the city enjoys criticizing everything, such person had at least one more think due him. And that's the reason why itis especlally pleas- ant to hand out a few pleasant words about most of the people who drive cars about the city. Far be it from us to say anything that would sug- gest failure to appreciate the impor- EVERETT TRUE tance of the traffic cop. Certatnly we wouldn't do this or said traffh cops would be sure to hold us up every time we drove our fllvver any- where within their j ction. Our Araffic policemen, are clent, grace- ful, handsome and pleasant unless they have eaten something that dis- agrees with them at dinner, They'’re all right. But the nice things we want to say are about the drivers of cars who pass along the streets, mike the turns and the stoppings, when these traffic cops are not on duty. It is fine to see the consideration usually displayed by drivers of cars at such times en only the “silent officers” are working. This copsideration is evident not only toward other drivers but toward ped- estrians as well. The other evening the Observer actually felt that the millennium was at hand when he saw three separate and distinct drivers stop when approaching a crosswalk and motion pedestrians to pass on. The greatest care is shown in the congested places at those times when the drivers realize it is “up to them” to look out not only for themselves but for others. Nevertheless we would by no means do away with the traffic ofticers. They are needed and they do their work well. Of course the above has to be modi- fled by the statement that there are a few drivers who are not conslderate —they are quite “something else again,” and for them “Yes, we bave no bouquets.” There may be, somewhere, Some sweet land Where people follow blindly The ancient precepts “Gentle Be, Courageous, True and Kindly.” But 1f that wond'rous land exists, Where all are righteoug livers, Good angels must be drivers of All limousines and flivvers. é L . The recent meeting of the city meeting board presented an interest- ing study in complexes—if the Ob- server knows what that means. It showed, In a way, the tendency of thought of some of our illustrious citizens. Certain members of the board have been against spending & cent where it could be avoided. That has been their creed, and they have lived up to it. They were constitu- tionally opposed not only to ex- travagance but to a proper spending of money to preserve the investment every person who lives in this city has in it. Some of these:people, fac¢ing the silent plea of the unfortunate old women of the city whom circumstan- ces have forced into -the ‘home,” turned-about-face and voted, quite properly, to build that new home for them. They thought little of the ex- pense. Thelr chief concern was that unhappy old age appealed to them to make the hours, the days and years less doleful -and dangerous, Eagerly they responded to that plea. They voted to build the new home. There are others prominent in the city who have wisely advocated spending money when it was needed. They were not “penny wise and pound foolish,” seeking to save immediate expense and run the risk of greater cost in the end. To some of these peo- ple the appeal for the new, safe home for the old women of the city who have to go to the ‘“home” did not mean a great deal. The $65,000 look- ed to be a huge sum to expend for the safety and comfart of these who were not active in city matters. Their broad view of wise economy was temporarily dimmed and they opposed this expenditure, A sclentist of note, wise in ather matters, possessed the anti-woman complex, It was traceable to his jealousy of the literary achievements of his own mother. Now it 1s ot sug- gested that these prominent persons who opposed the erection of the home have such a antl-woman complex, but the shifting of their position on spend- ing money seems strange. Of course the Observer may be told that they did not “shift.” But the situation is an intesting one. . Some people hate A person who ‘Wears whiskers on his face. ‘While others feel To lose their beard Would be a dire disgraca To cultivate A prejudice Is scarcely worth your whl‘ For every foot You rightly gain, 'Twill set you back a mile. BY CONDO = MAN MAKING DISPLAY or BIG ROLL OF MONEY. =T A — KeeP THAT DOVGEH FIRST THING YYoU KNoWw KNOCKING WOU OVER THG (I AR R RRE i YOUR JEANS M SOMESBODY witL BE