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

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This insures pro- tection agafnst fraud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both national and local advertisers. ————er e A NEW ENGLAND PRESIDENT President Coolidge is causing the professional politicians at Washington a lot of uneasiness. He has talked very little, but there is nothing re- markable about that; he has been considered a silent sort of a person. And because of his silence, and be- cause of the fact that there is less known of him than of any former vice-president who has been thus sud- denly called to the White House, said prefessionals are worrying. They don't “get him.” His silence irritates them, He has had two little conferences, both with ‘regulars’—Senator Bran- degee of this state and Senator Curtis of Kansas. Neither have disclosed the subject matter of their talks. And that brings up the point. We are not going to prophesy that Pres- ident Coolidge will make a good president merely® because he comes from New England. It would be ridi- culous to declare that he will be a good or a poor president. His oppor- tunities are great; so are the oppor- tunities of all presidents. Whether he will seize those opportunities or not remains to be seen, of course. But we of New England know a good deal about New England people generally, and Calvin Coolidge being a New Englander from the soles of his feet to the last hair on his head, must have some of the New England char- acteristics which apply, more or less, to our big men and our little men. President Coolidge's silence for the moment, for instance, is thoroughly understood. One can not imagine a New Englander taking his place as Chief = Executive and immediately spouting his theories. Looking far- ther at New England characteristics one may well believe that he will be conservative, against radical changes and loyal to his friends. The late President Harding was his friend! The late president was conservative! Being a New Englander we know that he will think long before he makes a decision and will be pretty apt ti " stick to that decision when made, This must not be taken as unqualified praise of the new President, for New Englanders are sometimes wrong. New England people may well look abdut them at men who have come up to high places in life and judge Calvin Coolidge by them. He will have many of their characteristics, the good and the bad. It would take volumes to properly present the New character and such volumes are not needed by New Englanders who know New England character by constant intercourse with those who possess it. All we may do is to hope that Cal- vin Coolidge, the President, is inspired _ by the best so often seen in a man of this part of the country. If that is so0 all will go well. Tf, however, he ac- centuates to too great a degree the New England characteristics of delib- eration and conservatis;mm which are fine and splendid if seen in modera- tion, the progress of the country will not be intensified. And it must be remembered that a President, even a | New England President, would be stronger were he to have an individu- | afity, a personality, that would lift] him out of the atmosphere of any one section of the country. England BICYCLES IN TRAFFIC An earnest appeal has been made | to this newspaper to emphasize a| matter previously mentioned in these columns. resulting from the traftic | rules by those who ride bicycles, es- It is the danger non-observance of pecially the very young, and especial- those who ride “double” the wheel. On seem terribly weak. The most careful ly on such a matter as this words drivers of cars are in constant fear lest they run down and seriously jure someone, person, riding a wheel. probably some young The driver knows from experience that there is no way to figure out what such bicycle riders will do. | street; their machines wobble; stop suddenly, they fall off. Drivers of automobiles have injured people al- though such drivers have driven as far away from the riders as the street would permit. Automobile drivers have placed themselves in danger by @riving out of their proper path inl They shoot across the they \ order to run ag little risk of injuring a rider in front of them as possible, and yet disasted has followed. No matter how proficient is a man riding a wheel he can not be sure, if he carries a child in front of him on the wheel—on the handle bars—or back of him, that such child will not make some movement which wiil gwerve his wheel directly into the path of an automobile. Few automo- bile drivers, passing a bicycle ridden | by & youth, fail to turn far aside to avoid danger to the rider, and in thus turning the automobilist endangers others behind him as well as himself. The utter thoughtlessness of youth, and the ordinarily easy handling of | the bicycle makes riders of them feel that they can turn out of danger any minute. Usually they do, but the anxiety caused by their’' unexpected movements is great. The ridér of a bicycle should ob- serve every traffic rule which applies to automobiles. He should keep a direct line as far as possible, extend- ing his arm in the direction he in- tends to turn, and indicating when he is going to stop. He should pass cars going in his direction, on the left; he should pass approaching car to the right; he should make no sudden turns, and in his properly slow turns he should' indicate his intention as drivers of automobiles should do, and he should observe the instruotions of trafc policemen as automobilists are forced to do. Many of these things the rider of a bicycle cannot do if he is carrying another on the wheel for he is forced to use both hands if he would steer his machine properly. It is for this reason that “double rid- ing'" of bicycles ought to be stopped except on highways or roads where there is very little traffic. One recognizes the hopelessness of making observance of these rules universal. It is only possible to plead earnestly with those who ride wheels —to plesd in words that seem pain- fully weak—that they will not bring danger to themselved and constant fear to drivers of automobiles, by fail- ing to observe the common-gense rules of the road. BRYAN TAKE NOTICE Old man Darwin's boy is going to make the thought of his dad more awful than ever if he don't watch out. The\kid has grown up to be a regular professor, you know, and takes after his father a lot. Billy Bryan, who knows just how bad Darwin's theory of evolution is, will point to what the kid Darwin says and turn away horri- fied. “See what this here evolution theory is doing,”” he will ery. For this here young Darwin says that social reformers as a class do. much more harm than good. Now isn't that aw- ful? And 'he believes the strongest should survive and that we ought to prevent, in some painless way, the great increase in the weak population of thé earth and encourage the strong, the “fit" as he calls them. "The mis- guided efforts,” says he, “‘of many sin- cere and earnest soclal reformers real- ly result iR continuance of race in- forlority and deterioration,” or words to that effect. And then, to cap the climax, he dares impeach the great, broad wisdom of those who want to “‘make the world better for their hav- ing lived in it,”” as the old phrase has it, by saying that “The philanthropists of today only look at one side of the question and entirely ignore the ra- cial effects of the reforms they are advocating.” Now ain't .all that terrible? Just think of the ridiculousness of treating | the human race as the things that | grow in your garden! Just think of trying to make the human race better, stronger and more efficient by pulling up the weeds that grow in it! Isn't old man Darwin'a boy crazy with the heat and won't our wise Billy Bryan smile | at the proof that this here theory of evolution makes a person think all sorts of twisted thoughts? FARMER be WE NF People who fail to concerned over the present condition the farmer, namely people mainly inter- ested in manufacturing, should read and take to heart Roger Babson's weekly letter published in this news- D THE of paper last Saturday. In general terms, although he does not make the application, there is a deal of resemblance to the relation of agriculture in this country to manu- facturing, etc., as there is to the busi- | ness of this country and the condition of Europe. The manufacturer in this country is better off if the farmer is prosperous, just as this country is bet- ter oft if Europe is properous. Getting down to Babson's significant “One thing how- keep mind, statements we read ever, we all should in | namely that unless the farmer is pros- perous,” the rest of us cannot be. The greatly curtailing their buying and this is Dbeing throughout all the industries ‘When the farmers are reflected " And note this farmer stops buying from the retailer, the retailer stops buying from the jobber, the jobber stops buying from the manu- facturer and the manufacturer shuts | down his plant.” The situation is found | less emphatic in this city as the cus- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERA local business; The manufacturers, wise in these matters, are.aware of the fact, Babson calls attention to the fact that 20 years ago the great news item affecting industries, commerce and business in general was the monthly report of the crop situation, while to- day such an interest no longer exists. The farming centers are depressed-— “A bushel of grain must bring in as much as it brought in pre-war times before the country can have real properity.” At first it would seem that all this does not affect New Britain. But, re- turning to the illustration of.the pros- perity of this country depending in a measure upon the prosperity of Eur- ope, it may be seen that the prosperi- ty of a manufacturing center funda- mentally is affected by the prosperity of the farming center, quite as Eur- ope's condition is affected by the pros- perity or lack of it of one great na- tion of Europe, and the prosperity of the world, including the United States, is affected by the economic condition of all the diiferent nations of the world. For, today, it is the world which must be considered, even from a selfish viewpoint and the wise saying “United We Stand, Divided We Fall,” might well be seized upon by world leaders as the truth. ENGLAND IS COURTEOUS Perhaps we Americans have little time just now, when problems face us, to notice formal matters, but it may not be amiss to note the fact that Formal England is practising one of her time-honored customs, obtaining there when royalty dles, in an official way. The death of a king there, for instance, calls for the . wearing of mourning by everyone for a certain period. A dispatch to this effect comes from London: “The King commands that the Court shall wear mourning for one week for the late Honorable ‘Warren Gamallel Harding, President of the United States of America. The mourning is to commence from this date." Thus the same honor is being given the memory of the official head of the United States accorded royalty in England. The event s significant. * Call a spade a spade by all means, but be mighty sure it is, in fact, a spade. A rose, by any other name ‘Would smell as sweet to you; But twist the sentiment about— You'll find it isn't true. An onion, though you call it “rose,"” Would have the onion scent, 8o do not twist the phrase about But save the sentiment. Golfers will appreclate that some politicians, uncertain where the big- gest bankroll lies, try to “caddy dou- ble."” No man may serve two masters, but may de-serve ten. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN, New Ford jokes: I do not wish to be president. Times change. In the old days green was a symbol of envy; now it's Red One reason why Darwin got by was because Bryan wasn't there to read him out of the party. Fortunately, however, wheat won't drop too low for the speculators to | make a little profit. Alaska couldn’t have gained much more publicity if she had gone broke staging a prize fight. It isn't pride that gives the re- turned vacationist that stiff-necked appearance. It is sunburn. 1 There is always a brighter side. ]Being caught in the rain is disagree- | able, but suppose it came up instead | of down, This Tutank craze has at last | reached politics. Senator-elect from | Minnesota says “Ay tank.” The yellow peril manifests itself | now as a yearning to kill the umpire | when the home team is losing. The common objection to prize | fights appears to be that there is too | much prize and not enough fight. A rail splitter ocouldn’t be elected by moderns. They even Kknock a statesman who splits infinitives. | still, if we pick and choose our im- migrants it will be more difficult to persuade them to pick and shovel. In this great frée country every- body has a chance to amount to some- thing and thus earn the hate of the 1L W. W, tomers of our retailers are not farm- | } ers, and such customers here are not| curtalling their buying. Moreover ! much of the merchandise sold here is | not manufactured here. theless the condition of the farmer| does affect indirectly the condition of i But never-; the castor oil away. e Correct this sentence: “Yes" said the neighbor, “‘we can hear your son et his cornet practice and we enjoy it so much.” A free country is one in which you are entitled to an opinion unless you are an allen, a pacifist or a college professor, It's a good thing ‘that American relief ships got unloaded before Rus- slan ports were congested with wheat for export. “Another thing that prevents a quick solution ef the anthracite coal prob- ilem 1is holding the discussions at At- lantic City. In some particulars probibitiop has had little effect, but you will notice that fewer people think it funny to rock the boat. e e e v v (Taken irom Herald of that date) e e o ) ) S S Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCabe of Main street are entertaining friends from Naugatuck. | Grand Sub Chief Ranger William Delaney will assist in the institution; of a new court of Foresters at Stony| Creek this evening. C. F. Conlon of Plainville has feg-| istered with the clerk of the superior court as a student in Bernard Gaff-| ney's office. A prominent businessman on Main| street declared today that if the de- pressions in the sidewalk in front of Booth's block are not filled in pretty soon, he will stock the pools of water with bullfrogs. Superintendent Cooley discovered | this morning that Fire Box 16 at the| foot of Kensington street, had been burned out by lightning and the lock | was broken off by the bolt. | i Observations on The Weather Conditions—Small disturbances are | central this morning over Virginia, Minnesota and Utah. Pleasant weath- er prevalls in the eastern portion of the Lake region and New England. The temperature continues above nor- mal in most of the northeérn section. The disturbance which is now central jover Minnesota will probably move eastward and pass out the St. Lawe rence valley Tuesday night and Con- necticut will be on the southern edge of it. Conditions favor for this vicinity: Fair weather with moderate tem- perature followed by increasing cloudiness on Tuesday. ODENWALDT—RILEY. Couple Married at St. Mary’s Rectory This Afternoon. The marriage of Miss Gladys Olden-| waldt daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George M. Oldenwaldt of Burritt street to Basil Riley of Harrison street took place this after- noon at 2:45 at St. Mary’'s rectory. The bridesmaid was Margaret Ol- denwaldf, sister of the bride, and the| best man was John Riley, brother of | the groom. | Mr. and Mrs. Riley left immediately | after the ceremony' on an extended | wedding trip to New London and Oth-; er points of interest. | rr—— | 88 ST. MARY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS There will be a month’s mind mass Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock for Mrs. Mary Flaherty and another at 7:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning for Mru.l Margaret Callahan. | The Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion will meet Wednesday evening. | The Holy Name society will attend communion in a body at the § o'clock | mass next Sunday morning. Confes- sions for men only will be heard Sat- urday night. The meeting of the promoters of after- postponed until next Sunday noon, LONDON BANK HOLIDAY, London, Aug. 6.—Today is a bank holiday and all London and Liverpool markets are closed. cratic little cuss. AUGUST } convention next June, 28 South | 2° the propagation of the faith has been | GOOLIDGE MAY BE G 0. . CANDIDATE (Continued ¥From First Pag'e) slve nominee by the democrats or selection of a radical candidate by the Johnsofl= Brookhart- Borah- Frazier- Ladd crowd. 4 If President Coolidge serves.-satis- factorily he will retain the support of the old reactionary crowd in his par- | ty; get the backing of the large group of republicans who do not personally like him, and probably secure the backing of the republican progressives who would Ilkely conslder it better to win with Coolldge than meet de- | feat with a third party candidate of thelr own, Calvin Coolidge will probably rise bigh in public favor in the next twelve months in spite of his person- al unpopularity among those closely Yeafs Ago TOday | assoclated with him who greatly dis- like his ‘“chilly’” manner. Coolidge has undoubtedly grown a great deal since he was elected vice- president in 1920, He has shown suf- ficlent good taste to stay in the back- | ground ‘and say little in deference to the president; but the few things he | has said have smacked of solid Am- ericanism ‘and have been well taken by the people. Coolldge says little but is generally credited with being a shrewd politiclan and possessed of an uncanny way of reading the public mind and then steering a course which appeals to public desire. Coolidge will have twelve months to build up an organization within the party and lay his plans to capture the nomination between now and the holding of the republican national Just now he is as strong as any candidate the re- publicans could put forward; with twelve months in office, virtually at the head of the republican party, he should be head and shoulders above any other aspirants, Can Set Popular Will If he delivers one or two addresses to congress that strike thé popular chord and secures passage by con- gress of some legislation that appeals | directly to the people, such as meas- ures to prevent scarcity of coal, high prices of sugar, high freight rates, or brings about better prices for wheat and other farm products his nomina- | tion and election as president in 1924 seems practically assured, Coolidge's accession to the presii- dency does not of itself give him a claim to the renomination like that credited to Mr. Harding. On the con- trary the unfortunate death of Mr. Harding leaves the way open for the entrance of a number of candidates who might have been deterred by the belief that Mr. Harding was entitled to the renomination. But it must be conceded that at this time President Coolidge is in a very advantageous position to grasp the nomination for president in his own right in 1924, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt suc- ceeded President McKinley in Septem- ber, 1901, and in three and a half years of popular administration made himself such a favorite with the peo- ple that the politicians were glad to cept him as their candidate for re- | nomination in 1904. Calvin Coolidge | will have only about one year to | serve before the time for naming his | successor rolls around, but that is sufficient. to give him ample oppor- tunity to favorably impress the pub- lie, and may be brief enough in dura- tion to prevent the public discovering his weaknesses. That one year's incumbency for Mr. Coolidge may be preferable to a long- er period would appear to be borne out by the experience of John Tyler | who, on April 6, 1841, succeeded Wil- liam Henry Harrison after the latter had sfrved as president only one month, and after four years service failed of reelection as president. Troops Called Out to Protect Harding Home Marion, O., Aug. 6.—Souvenir hunt- ers became so numerous about the ‘home of Dr. George T. Hardipg Sr., | where the funeral of the late presi- |dent will be held Friday, the Hard- ing homestead in Mount Vernon ave- | nue, the famous “front porch’ house, | and even the Harding burial plot yes- terday, that a company of state troops was ordered on duty to guard their places. The guard of soldiers will re- main on watch after the burial of Mr. Harding for six months, as provided by a federal law, it was announced. When “Paddy’s” Emancipated Dogdom has been liberated from the bonds of slavery. No longer must “Puppie” be dragged about by a chain. He’s carried | around now like a scion of royalty. carrying “Paddy” in one of the new “Papoose” bags. Moreover, an apple a day keeps|ing her limousine for a stroll down Fifth Avenue with the aristo- Here's Blanche Mehaffey She’s leav- Miss Eugenia Gilbert, titian-haired Los Angeles beauty, re- ceived $4000 as a compliment money could not buy when a male movie star, a director and a sculptor pronounced her measure- ments, profile and complexion nearly perfect during the big beauty contest held recently on the coast. : WATERLOO FOR FLIES 2,900 Slaughtered By Junior Town |City Clerk Issues Marriages Licenses Citizens in Month — Personal Tax| and Files Real Estate Transfers Levied This Morning. | Saturday Afternoon and Evenipg. Wholesale slaughter of flies, levy-| The following real estaté transfers ing a new town tax, and decision to | were recorded with the city clerk have a ‘“municipal” play, were gome!flaturday: Charles L. Barnes to of the features of an important meet- | Josephine B, Kronholm, Arch street; ing of the citizens of Junlor Town at | Frank E. Rackliffe, jr, to Willlam E. the Chamber of Commerce rooms this | Hall of Hartford, West Main street; morning. | Estate of Wililam J. McCormaek, to In the absence of Mayor Peter Her- | Tony Dobrowolski, Barhesdale. man, who found it necessary to ac-| Marriage licenses were issued ‘as company his mother to New Haven, | follows: Basil Riley of 68 Harrison Chief of Police Arnold Dehm pre- |street and Gladys Odecnwaldt of 28 sided over the meeting. | South Burritt street; Henry Heller of It was voted to levy a personal tax | 81 Church street and Katherine Blok of two cents per month on each citl- |0f 164 Jubilee strect; Howard Beén- zen, the money to be used for some |nett of 387 Main strect and Estelle municipal or clvic purpose. | Zurek of 109 Grove street; Laurin The health commission reported the | Trukan of 133 Winter street and Eva extermination of 2,900 files without |Preleinas of the same address (sec- the aid of a trap, during the past|ond marriage); John W. Collier of month, It was further reported that 95 .Commercial street and Eva Sha- fly paper and traps would be secured | ber of the same address, Henry and what few flles are left had better | Jaush and Lovise Zenz, both of 143 take to the tall timbers. Glen street. An extremely characterigtic. action | s was the vote by the boys that the| 1,300 R girls should write a play but that (the boys) should act In it. BUSY DAY AT CITY HALL BY COLLEGE The mo- | Pennsylvania State Able to Accommo- tion passed and the ‘citilzns will meet | date But 950 New Pupils again next Tuesday morning at 9:30 | State College, Pa., Aug. 6—More o'clock to complete arramgements, |than 1,300 Pennsylvania boys .and | girls, qualified for admission, must be | refused entrance by the Penusylvania | State College this autumn, President John M. Thomas announced following | & meeting of the Board of Trustees. The trustees authorized thé admission of a freshman class of 950, Due to the lack of dormitory space for women students only fifty girls can be accommodated, and this is less than one-fourth of those who have already applied. More than 2,300 qual- ified men and women have applied to the registrar. Y BOY RESCUES MAN 10 Year Old Youngsier Hero in Near Drowning Accident Middletown, N. Y., Aug. 6.—Ten- year-old Murrar Kallak of New York saved the life of Harry A. Yarish, a Brooklyn architect, at Masten Lake, a few miles from here, yesterday, when he selzed him as Yarish was sinking hopelessly. Swimmingt a considerable distance from Yarish, the boy hastened to the rescue when he heard the man's cries for help. Yarish's struggles nearly pulled his young rescuer under, but with the aid ‘of others the boy succeeded in getting him to the shore. M, Yarish, who llves at No, 551 East Fourth street, Brooklyn, has of- fices at No. 29 Graham .avenue. BIG SWISS EMIGRATION. Berne, Aug. 6.—Six hundred Swies citizens, mostly young farmers, have emigrated to Canada this year, and 700 more are expected to leave for the same country in the next few months, according to official state- ments, EVERETT TRUE To READ THE ADS | IN THE PAPERS “You'D THNK THIS FleM woLLD HANE SoMcTitING. TO 1T 4 THE PLOT'S NO Geo BY CONDO == Ny CAnND THe (Gadine MAN (S A HEAVYY FRrosT! Teat Fellow DoN'T ‘Know How to AcT!-- e ey e ___—kfi:—.——_.: —— e YoU HAVEN!T SOT ANYTHING. ON HIM