New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1923, Page 6

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This insures pro- tection against fraud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both nationsl and local advertisers. e THE MAYOR'S ACTION Mayor Paonessa has dismissed from | office two members of the board of | public works because the board did not follow his wishes in the matter of paving Grove Hill. The Mayor wanted the street repaired , the board decided to spend some $5,000 in pave- ment instead, in accordance with its | recommendation to the common coun- 2il- which adopted the recommenda- tion over the Mayor's veto. No appro- priation was allowed for this special work by the board of finance and tax- ation, The board insists it can spend this amount of money without over- | drawing its general appropriation, There was never a question that did not have two sides. Probably the gen- 2ral expression of opinion will be that, Although the paving of Grove Hill is not generally approved by the people when there are other streets needing pavement badly, nevertheless the Mayor's action in regard to the board for this one act was a mistake. . The commission was the Mayor's own; he believed in it. He has done no such drastic thing to mar the harmony of his administration. This, at first| blush, will be the sentiment probably. But there is side—the | Mayor's side—which appears only af- ter full consideration of the situation. His premises may be right or wrong, out it is possible he considers this ac- | ton of the board as indicating things deeper than the mere matter of pav | mg Grove Hill. This deeper signifi- tance is suggested only after, consid- | 2ring the reasons for his action popu- larly attributed to him. Such reasons | are that he is strong for economy; he %elt the paving of Grove Hill was not 18 importont as the paving of other streets; he felt that the board would, in fact, incur ecxpenses not provided for originally, in spite of the board's assertion that it would not overdraw its appropriation by paving this street | =‘'unless unexpected matters arosc later,” as the hoard has said in ef- | ‘ect. And this deeper significance, above referred to, may be the reason why Mayor Paonessa has taken this action. Regardless of the political coloring of the board it is possible to believe that the” Mayor now considers it is sub- servient to the majority in the com- mon council in this matter of Grove Hill. It is possible he believes that when a matter comes up in which the machine which has the upper hand in this city is interested, the bhoard would take action acording to the wishes of the machine. The Mayor may possibly | believe that the board has been in- Juenced by considerations other than the welfare of the whole city, by per: sonal its This may be his reason for dismissing these influential members ot the board who, ‘n his opinion, might action at any time, The Mayor may be quite his action; the right. Mayor may be convinced that another wishes of members. take similar wrong in the is board Or he right and that the board may continue | to do things which, in his opinion, ac- sord to the wishes of a minority of people. | FIXING THE BLAME it a threat to, the the s Coal commission that if Call it want nevertheless United Stat the operators and miners fail to agree | for | you statement of the commission will fix the blame such failure is the sort of statement the people want—and the people will want it carried out. it not made the people want the blame | fixed and the coal commission scems | to be in the best blame. “Wise” comments ing the miners all sorts of names be- sause they will not The authors of such cc most part are in no position the blame on the “wise” the operators. such statements have &0 judgment We trouble is been If an agreement position to fix the are written call- ree to dig coal mments for the to put miners. Equally statements are made blaming no right to sit to know what the Coal Commission has all want The investigating for a long time. If the commissioners did not feel now, | today, before any agreements have | ‘en reached thas dbey would be in a | public opinion. The coal commission | opinion | will fix the | that public opinion will be much in- | been agreed upon, the commission will | track may be safe. The driver is per- | can help. Each bit of added work we | drop it carelessly on the street we are adding to the burden. | There Most of the authors of | position to fix the blame if no agree- ment is made, they would not promise that they would thus render judg- ment. If they did not have the facts well in hand; if they did not sce, now, a way out of the distressing situation provided both miners and operators are reasonable, they would not say “we will fix the blame.” It is the desire of the commission, of course, to let the opposing forces work the thing out themselves. In such case neither side would be in a position to blame the commission for unfairness. Moreover the people who stand with the operators and the peo- ple who believe in the miners would both find reason for criticising * the | commission were that body to decide| against either or to give a ruling now | that ' seemed prejudiced in favor of either group. It has been emphasized here that peace will be the result of fear of is relying on the force of public it its statement that it blame. Perhaps it is a threat, but neither group will care to| refuse to be reasonable when it knows | fluenced by the statement of the coal commission, fixing the blame, if no agreement is reached. “If there shall | be a failure to negotiate a new con- | tract at Atlantic City before the 31st of August,” are the words of the com- mission, “or a failure to agree upon some method of keeping the mihes open until a new contract shall have report the facts, fix what it believes to be the responsibility and make such recommendations to you (the Presi- dent and Congress) as under the cir- cumstances and the law it may deem appropriate.” The commission has thing." { “said some- RAIL CROSSING GATES A man has reported to the police that the railroad crossing gates on Main strect were lowered, striking his automobile and damaging it. The merits of this particular case are not under discussion here. They are be- side the point. But the incident calls attention to | a condition that exists here which| should be rectified. At certain cross- | ings there is no possible way for the driver of a car to know whether or not he may cross without running the risk either of having the gates lowered upon his car or of having the gates lowered after he has passed onc and before he reaches ‘the other. He may be injured by the lowering gates, or he may bhe caught on the tracks be- tween lowered gates. Moreover though he passes one gate safely and stops his car because the farther gate is sud- denly lowered, tracks make it confus- ing to him. He does not know where to allow his car to stand. Trains may be coming from both directions. Neither plexed and the slightest misjudgment may be fatal. At crossing outside the city where there are no gates a bell rings warn- ing of the approach of a train. This bell may be heard on a quiet country road. No so in a crowded, noisy street of a city, One who is not an expert on such matters has no right to say arbitrarily what plan should be adopted to prevent the recurrence of this danger. But a plan should be adopted at once. A campaign is being carried on against reckless driving, A campaign should be inaugurated to protect the careful driver from such dangers as these. EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS Most of us are inclined to think that only the city officials have the job of keeping taxes down. Most of us are wrong. Kecping the taxes down is everybody's business, and everybody make for city officials and employes | needlessly, adds to the tax burden. When we tear up a lot of paper and 1t takes some city employe some time to get those | bits of paper together. The time he| takes to do this might have been spent | doing something else for which no in- | dividual is to blame. This is looking | at the matter entirely from the pracliv:‘ cal side without thought of the'ap-| pearance of the city. An instance of this situation is seen in the reference to Walnut Hill park | made by Park Commissioner Delaney. | He refers to those who eat their luncheon in the park and scatter f.hoi Someone has to pick | city | debris about. that up, and employe who does it. There is talk of | of course it is a employing another policeman there. A brass strainer on a drinking fountain has been destroyed. All these things, small in up into money. And it's cverybody’s business to sec that the There would be no need of additional it all em. | themselves mount sum is kept down policemen, which cost mone were careful to give no work for tk no need to buy a new to it would be apparatus if everyone helped see that stroyed thosc now in place were not de- Probably as pleasant a sight as one cares to see is that of a family having little outing, enjoying the beautics other the sun shines and the a of the park and places where | shadows arc are to be encouraged cooling. These The use of the park—all parks by the | people is to be encouraged. But the| cnfiunm which oeatsa o5 pity | NEW BRITAIN DAILY H Facts and Fancies | get | The temperature money and the taxpayer .money, of course, 1s to be discouraged most em- phatically, One twig picked from thé shrubbery of Walnut Hill park is a small matter., It does not harm the looks of the park, nor does it necessi- tate replacing the shrub, But if every one of our 60,000, more or less, inhabitants should pick a lit- tle twig from the shrubbery of the park the city wonld be put to a big ex- pense to replace it. ' “Coolidge Smiles for Newspaper- men!” Remarkable sagacity, Of course he couldn’t have asked them to “Have a Smile.” ; Hope authorities will ban all one- piece bathing suits—about December 1st. “The Call of the Wild"—a flapper's cry. The rumor is unfounded that the common council will hold a beauty contest. . The Mayor absolutely did not call it “The Board that Works the Public.” +BY ROBERT QUILLEN. As we'go to press Germany is still a republic in spite of all France can do. Fable: The boy knew he would in- herit a generous fortune, but he de- veloped into a useful workman. A third party could make a respect- able showing if all those who would be leaders would be followers. Perhaps those rubber heels ‘‘make life's walk easy.” At any rate the well-heeled seem to take it easy. | There are but a few good conver- sationalists left, and even they would be helpless without the pronoun “I." Another good thing about smoking a pipe is that your indigent friends haven't the nerve to ask for a pipe. Our own experience has been that | a hat with a non-skid edge gives one more miles to the race. The thing that dismays the father is the suspicion that his son is deing the things he did at that age. | In the old days bad news traveled | slowly, but now even the most re- mote hamlet is worrying about the banana situation. When the boss thinks he isn't| earning his salary, he spends a con- scientious hour nagging at those who do the work. In these tame and decorous times a | boy can't hope to become a Jesse James, but he can get a checking privilege somewhere. As our sixth entry for the Bok peace prize, we suggest that nations prohibit the wearing of spurs by dol- lar-a-year men. The great, generous heart of Uncle Sam yearns to do something for Kur- ope every time he thinks about the price of wheat. For that matter, no man is a hero to his stenographer. We may be an old crab, but we wish this sleeveless-frock idea had been in mind when the dear creatures were being vaccinated. | If ever we become a millionaire and in the rotogravure section, we shall contsive to have on pants that | don’'t bag at the knees. | There is only one fighter with a jaw filled with sheep bone, but there are others whose entire heads are filled with some kind of bone. | America has her faults, but we pre- fer a country where government policy can be changed without causing con- gestion at the pearly gates. Correct this sentence: "I believe in law enforcement,” declared the re- former, “and I never drive faster than the limit authorized by law.” Observations on The Weather ! Fair tonight and gen- | Connecticut: Tuesday; moderate temperature; variable wind | Conditions: Heavy showers have oc- | curred during the last 24 hours on the | Guif and south Atlantic cos and light showers on the middle and north | Atlantic coasts. The pressure low this morning over the Atlantic coast. | New Haven y es below the nnr~' For terday was 6 deg [ mal | Conditions favor for this vicinity | fair weather with slightly higher tem- | peratures, Song of Moses is the most ancient hymn, it dating from 1481 B. C. Bank of Venice was blished in 1128 AL B | sense and | THE ROMANCE |and 01d4 Norse by | service jhc. They take | these ERALD; MON New Books at the Institute A BRIEF SURVEY OF PRINTING— History and Practice by Stanley Morison and H. Jackson. . . s CALORIE COOK BOOK by Mary Dickerson Donahey. A bright interesting, valuable and practical cook book with economical recipes giving value of foods in calor- ies and naming the foods rich in vi- tamines. . P A CHILD'S DAY: A Book of Rhymes by Walter J. Dela Mare. . o CYCLES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, 1903-22 by William A. Berridge. ~“This book was awarded the first prize by the Pollak Foundation for Economic Research. Dr. Berridge is the young economist absorbed in statistical computations. By ingenious | methods Dr. Berridge took certain data of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and of the New York State Industrial Commission and built out of them a sort of thermometer of employment. 'This index was studied in its relationship to the business cycles of the present century.”—N. Y. Times. . * DOSTOEVSKY: Letters and Remini- scenes by 8. 8. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry. “Letters from Dostoevsky to his friend Maikov, and a series to his wife | on the occasion of the Pushkin cele- bration; also letters to Pobiedonoszev, the famous Procurator of the Holy Synod and a long letter written by Dostoevsky to his brother on the morning he was sentenced to death. Publisheéd with the sanction of the Russian government."—Lit. Digest. P ENGLISH INTERIORS IN SMALLER HOUSES by M. Jourdain. . o o* .FLO\VERS FOR CUTTING AND DECORATION by Richardson Wright. “Friendly hints on the growing and cutting of flowers for decoration of the home, with a special word for the author's favorites—the rose, dahlia, gladiolus, lily, tulipand daffodil.”"— Lit. Digest. o % GIRTH CONTROL: For Womanly Beauty, Manly Strength, Health, and a Long Life for Everybody by Henry T. Finck. “A new method of reducing weight, which calls for no self denial, but al- | lows you to eat anything and as much while enjoying your an before.” P as you please meals far more th: . . SHIRT AND ADVEN- HUNTING A HAIR OTHER SPIRITUAL TURES by Aline Kilmer, “Eleven essays full of grave non- light-hearted philosophy."” —Lit. Digest. o ox | MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASEBALL by John J. McGraw. Everyone—that is, every “fan knows John J. to be wise, subtle, and learned in baseball strategy and in managing men, Here he talks about | dozens of things he has 'seen in his thirty years on the batters’ bench or in the manager's dugout—early days with “Matty,” picking good play- ers, signals, salaries, famous plays, ‘bone heads” pulled, trades in play- ers, players wirés in baseball, sand-lot players, college graduate players, and lots more, If there is a better book about the great game we don’'t know it.”—Outlook. . oo ON THE MARGIN by Aldons Huxley. “Essays on literary and artistic sub- Jects, written in a gay, ironic style, familiar to reuders of “Chrome Yel- low” and “Mortal Coils.”—Lit, Digest. A e PEAKS OF SHALA by Rose Wilder Lane. “Mrs. Lane gives in this volume the feeling and atmosphere of Albania the sturdy, simplie directness of the people, their feuds and superstitions, and thoughts as she gathered them in conversations day by day. She con- | veys her, thought vividly, she gives you pictures. The volume is not with- out a dramatic episode or two."— Literary Rev. Even. Post. #iiws S THE PILGRIMAGE OF FESTUS by Conrad Aiken. Festus is an Odyssey of the soul of modern man; it is the waste land set to a magical music, but sharing none of its bitter barrenness. Through the medium of the most felicitous and subtly-varying verse forms, Conrad Aiken takes his hero. Festus on a long thrilling journey through the dark chasms and jungles of his own mind in search of the answer to the riddle of life. . PRINCIPLES Arthur L. Fa * . . OF ECONOMICS by ubel. S OF TRISTRAM AND ISOLDE by Thomas of Brit- | ain, Transiated from the OIld French Roger Sherman Lewis. A new gnd complete version of the Tristram and Isolde romance transla- ed from the twelfth century text, . (Mr. Parsons came up nature and a creative genius. The book is sound in its presentment of an unusual type of child psychology. As bne writer has remarked, “Barrie re- mains always a little boy hearing night. winds blowing and trying to get the smell of the sea in his far off garden The author shows boy human nature with delicate literary revereice."—The Outlook. CAPITOY, HILL by Harvey Iergus- son, “Mr. Harvey Fergusson in his ex= tremely skilful novel, *“Capitol Hil,' paints Washington, the capitol” of the country and does it without an iota of sentimentalism, In a certain degree the boak does for Washington what ‘Main Street' did for the small mid- western town and what ‘Babbit’ did for the hustling young city.,”"—Lit. Digest. 0 0 v 25 Years Ago Today (Taken irom Herald of that date) 0 0 a0 o o | H. C. Williams has sold to B. C. Porter Sons a handsome pair of gray horses, Dan C. Norton and Howard C. Wil- son who have been putting in six weeks' time under a tent at Wood- mont, arrived home last evening. W. A. Parsons was in town today. from Watch Hill to make some repairs to his house which was damaged by the re- cent storm. ° William Carroll has severed his connections with the Adkins Printing shop and has entered the employ of H. H. Cprbin. Main street was thoroughly “flooded by the ten minutes’ shower this noon. The catch basins could not accommo- date the flow and the water ran in big streams down. the gutters. Michael Coyle was riding a bicycle on Stanley street last evening. when he was run down by another cyclist. Mr. Coyle had a bone in his ankle broken. Mr. and Mrs. James Highland street are friends from ldaho, Bennie Knox, young son of Bennett Knox of WKast street, cut the top of | one of his fingers oft yesterday while playing with an axe. | Herman Vogel has applied for per- mision to erect a three tenement house at the corner of Glen and | Kensington streets. He has also asked permission to move his barn 40 feet to make room for the new structure. ADVISE MRS, ROGERS Sleath of entertaining A in York, than they are here. Mrs, Alfred Carlier, wife of a Belgian war wealthy importer of New York, is to return to her native city of San Francisco in October to assist in entertaining 150,000 Ameri- can Legion members expected to attend the legion’s fifth annual convention, She did war work in the Golden Gate city during the war. _—— m e e e —_—_—_— MERICAN PRAISES LONDON QUIETNESS Business - Man Comments on Efficiency of Britishers London, Aug, 20.—ILondon newspa- pers have contained -many articles of late about things that are better done America, and especially in New English- SHOULD BE REMOVED |of the kind since | Woodruff removed A SHEAF" FROM L J. J. Robbins. The beauty, the charm and warmth MONTOV by the | Russian | loveliness, of the | spirit are found in the poetry of Ler- | montov, steppes. | |of the Connecticut State Grange, was the sublime Shelley . s e { THINGS REMEMBERED by Arthur Sherburne Hardy. “These reminiscences, mainly in the diplomatic field, are entertaining, though discur- reminiscences have a right to a kindly view even of distinetls sive, the author's are few in comparison with the agrecable incidents recorded. The style is conversational, the anecdotes are often amusing, and numerous photographs further _enliven the page.”—Outlook. Fiction e s = BARRIE MARVELL Vince “Barrie Marvell is a book of true by Charies |of Windsor Locks, now, attorney gen- |eral, as state tax of the | m.\!n $10,000 a month,*and the founda- | A disappointments—and | 1€ficit to the lowest | Hazard that all the girls in the insti | tution are retarded and that there was |eon act | meantime. th Fither She or Directors of State Farm Should Go Hartford, Aug. 20. — Removal of Mrs. Helen W, 'Rogers of Hamden as a director of the Connecticut State Farm for Women or removal of the other six members of the board of directors was recommended to Gov- ernor Templeton by the Russell Sage foundation of New York at the com- pletion of a three weeks' ‘“study” of the institution and the circumstances which led to the sudden resignation of Superintendent Anna M. Peterson in April. sel thi ra ar Lack of Harmony “Lack of harmony among the board of directors,”” was cited by Rev. Dr. Hastings Hornell Hart, director of the investigation made by the Sage Foun- dation, as “the chief obstacle” to the progress of the institution. It was found Mrs. Rogers “has carried on an active propaganda outside the board, has criticized the superintendent free- ly and has maintained a close per- sonal oversight bordering sometimes closely upon espionage’ her persistent opposition and criticism was found to have bheen responsible for Miss Peter- son's resignation. Miss Peterson was completely ex- onerated and she was again tempor- arily in charge of the institution Sat- urday night, following an unexpected resignation of Miss Helen H. Hazard, who left Saturday after having acted as superintendent since July 1. At the urgent request of Governor Tem- pleton, by designation of the institu- tion directors, Miss Peterson agreed to resume the superintendency pend- ing the appointment of a permanent successor by the board of directors. May Remove Her Governor Templeton when reached by telephone at his home in Water- bury announced that, he was giving careful study to the repert and would not be prepared to say whether he would remove Mrs, Rogers until he had time to weigh the evidence. It was learned, however, that Dr. Hart of the Sage Foundation has al- ready suggested to Mrs. Rogers that she resign and that she has refused to do so. Her removal by Govéernor Templeton would be the first action Governor Rollin Frank E. Healey 8! in, of th eyt at commissioner in 1907, Extravagance Criticized Extravagance in the agricultural department of the institution which is in charge of Allen B. Cook, master criticized by the Sage Foundation. The payroll for this department amounts tion recommended to the governor | that the directors institute a complete system of farm accounting and other changes\in an effort to “reduce the possible term In reporting the resignation of M Hazard as acting supcrintendent, Rev. Dr. Hart points out that she had a difficult situation to handle after Mise Peterson left. He gathered from Miss not one in the place who could do the work of an ordinary high school giri Rev. Dr. Hart urged that Miss Peter as superintendent in {hr To put in some one un familiar with the place might lead tr imaginative quality. Barrie is a lad of fine perceptioms a dreamy lover of demorillsation, the report points out America and found out how would seem, man, W. 8. Ashby, tells in the Daily Chronicle of various things done than in New York. does he commend the handling of the street traffic in London as compared with New York's way of doing it. ing stopping blocks. long intervals, the officer seems keep it moving along in all directions EVERETT TRUE men have been told in effect by the writers of these articles that they should not consider themselves prop- erly educated until they have been to much ey don't know. And now by way of contrast, it an American business he has much better Tspecially en here which are “The first thing to impress one on arriving from New York,” he said, “is e quiet and absence of hurry. At first thought one might surmise that English are slow, and we have had enough reports to that effect to war- nt our thinking so. “But first impressions, while vivid, ¢ Wrong. “There is an absence of bustle and noisc, but no appreciable sacrifice of eed, \ “At the crossings there is no shrill- of officer's whistles, no bank- g of pedestrians on the curb, no of vehicular traffic for “The traffic officer is in the midst it all and is busy every moment. He stands there, calm, deliberate, al- most in a detached sort of way, but ere is precious little that misses his e. “Instead of holding up traffic at to once, and at many of London's cor- ners the ‘all directions’ is well used, veteran and for streets radiate in several diree- tions, He directs traffic, rather than stops it and starts it. “And here is another thing about the Inglish—their courtesy. They are anxious to help, and ‘please’ and ‘thank you' are frenquently used words in the language. “The bus conductor thanks you for your fare, the waiter thanks you for your tip, the lift man thanks you when you give him the number of your floor. “The London policeman knows his London and directs you promptly, po- litely and accurately, without waste of words. o “The Londoner does not push, crowd or hustle, but he knows where he is going, and will gladly help you get where you arc going in an orderly, comfortable and quick way. “So if one were to check up on the question I would say that for all the Londoner’s apparent deliberation, he is moving towards his destination as quickly as any New Yorker, and mak- ing far less hubbub about it. “It is this quiet efficiency that is misleading, and is so often mistaken for slowness." BIG AIRPLANE ENGINES \ The New: Giant of the Air Will Have Six Cylinders, Each Developing 250 Horse Power London, Aug. 20.—The British air ministty experts are at work perfect- ing an airplane engine capable of de- veloping 1,600 horsepower, which will be the largest known. Two trial en- gines are nearing completion and will soon be tested. The new giant of the air will have six cylinders, each developing 250 horsepower, If the present experiments are suc- cessful the experts will begin work on a 12-cylinder engine to have more than 3,000 horsepower. Airplanes fit- ted with three such engines will be capable of developing upwards of 9,- 000 horsepower, and will carry 120 passengers at 100 miles an hour. About 1,624 languages and dialects are spoken in America. BY CONDO N §7 s WS, EVERETT, WOULDN/T TerS BLISTER You il © Do You KNOW WHATEVER IT SAYS IT DOESN'T SAY IT out Loud Ui e