New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1923, Page 6

icans are not inclined to think much of the “persdnal liberty” possessed by the subjects of a King, but however that may be it is found that a few lit- tle words were inserted in the bill which makes England's success—or Lady Astor's success—in conducting a dry move something of a joke. When they got through with the bill it pro- vided that there would be no offense | committed unless the seller of the intoxicating liquor knew the buyer was under 18 years of age—pretty dif- ficult thing to prove. The bill pro- vides, also, that one under 18 may bring a4 “biscuit”——which means what we call a “cracker’—into the place and drink the intoxicating liquor. For, you see, the bill does not make it un- lawful to sell intoxicating liquor to a person under 18 provided a4 “meal” is taken with the beverage. And a biscuit is a meal, If they have any flappers in Eng- land called “Polly” one may be quite sure that some of them will often go into a shop with the spirit moves them to seek a drink, even though they are but 15 years old or so, and vamp the proprietor, meanwhile saying to that worthy “Polly wants a cracker.” news of the day over the wire, within a few seconds of the time an event takes place, redlize poignantly these changes and usually prepare foi* them, though a moment's lapse in alertness will ‘make even them hahind the times, The story of the grapefrmit in New Britain symbelizes the story of life and progress. Ior years a good thing, always available, was passad over, Perhaps there are other good things which, because of out lack of bglief in them, are being passed over today while others ITn the world are taking advantage of them, | BERALD PUBLISHING COMPANT (Tssued Dally, Sunday Excepted) #7 Church Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $8.00 & ¥ i 33,00 Three Months, 150 & Month, Entered at the Post Office at New Rritain as Becond Class Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS: Businons Office Editor'al Rooms . WATCH THE CLOCK! This comment has nothing to do with standard or daylight saving time. It is merely a simple statement of belief that the worker for himself or for others should actually “watch the clock.” What a shock it may be ta the persons in the habit of quoting ol admonitions! People who watch the clock have been criticised since the dark ages. They will never gef on, it has been said. They have no interest in their work, and all that. The trouble with this old-fashioned idea is that critics of those who watched the clock attributed to them often a wrong motive. They supposed, of course, that. those who watch the clock did so in their eagerness to see the hands point to the hour when they would be able to leave the place where they worked and do as they pleased—within certain limitations. It is an error to assume people always have a wrong motive in what they do merely because ~ some of the peo-| The player who *“forgets” strokes ple who do the thing may have a|lis just as honest as the eaddy who wrong motive. Proceed! “fails” to find the ball which has dis- It is stated with conviction that the | appeared over the hill, man who does not watch the clock, actually in some cases, metaphorically in others,’ will find himself far be- hind in his work—a drag to progress. Take the humble worker in an office. If he allows the minutes and hours to pass while he takes more time than is| necessary over some task he will find the end of the day arriving with many things left undone. Watch the clock, if you have had sense enough to plan your Wwork, and see that you are keep- ing up to schedule, The man who works for himself! He must accom- plish certain things within a certain | period. He must keep up-to-date. Let him take note as the hours and days pass to see whether or not he is fall- ing behind in these matters. Is he| “watching the clock” that tells how his field of activity is progressing? In this as in everything else we do, the motive is the thing that counts. | Only the pessimist believes that men do not care to get on; that the aver- age man does not want (o do his best for himself and for his employer if he has one. Most men know they are doing their best for themselves, if they | are employed, by doing the best they | can by the man who pays them their salary or wages. The suggestion to| | watch the clock, in its proper sense, is but "noth(\r way of advising men to “Do it Now” so that the next matter to be attended to may be done when the “Now" time comes. The ouly profitable advertislag medium in ‘the. City, Circulation bogks and press room elways open to advertisers. Member of The Assortated Press. whe Associated Prose is exclueively entitled to the use for re-publication of all news eredited to It or not otherwise creditad In this paper and also local news pub- HalieA - reln, Member Aud't Burean of Circulation. tisers with circulation, baeed upon this audit, tection against fraud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both national and local advertisers, o ————— COAL “The public should rest assured that there will be plenty of coall” This, in substance, is the latest state- ment authorized by President Coolidge according to reliable reports. It was made after two or more conferences with Chairman Hammond of the coal commission, and, apparently, it is as definite as President Coolidge cares to be. It will be noted at once, of course, that there is no indication as to what kind of coal, whether hard or soft, will be plentiful, Today is what the highbrows call the “psychological moment” for such a statement from the White House. It is scarcely a gamble to miake such a statement now. If one who says there will be plenty of coal, of some kind or other, proves to be wrong, the distress will be so acute that it will bring its own punishment to the Ad- ministration no matter what the Ad- ministration says today. The indefinite assurance will be forgotten in the necessity of meeting the situation. If, however, an agreement is reached be- tween miners and operators, and the statement that the public should rest assured there will be plenty of coal proves to be correct forecast of the sitBation, then the Administration will get the credit of having assured the people at a time when assurance was needed. An effort has been made in these columns to follow the information as to the coal outlook. Months ago it geemed, judging from the news ob- tainable and from .the opinion of ex- perts on the matter, that there would be more coal available this winter than last, and at a less, or at least no higher price. Subsequent pessimistic predictions were here noted. Comment was made upon them in order that those who followed the situation might judge for themselves. The situation has not changed upon which the opinion was formed that _there would be no more coal trouble, and probably less, than last year. The great amount of coal which has been profluced since the ending of the strike, still exists. The improved transportation is still with us. Maze cars are available owing to repairs. " But, as previously stated here, if a decided change for the better comes in the coal situation this winter, it will not be,because of any action of Presi- dent, Coolidge or of the coal commi§s| ,rogpoct was that it would continue, sion except as that body has taken ad- | some anxiety might be caused. For| vantage of the force of public opinion. | 41is reagon a dispatch from Washing- | — The victory will be ]a victory of th? ton, giving official informatjon on nm; 1t ‘ia ’;osiihll(‘ lm. dri‘r.e at ml‘. with people who form that opinion and|. ... FOUTL SR el _|one hand, but it is safer to have a whose power in this country has not pl}‘ll::‘::“: esauning AN ORI IEE girl who has some mn_(mu\ve. as yet lost its strength. The dispatch gives the figures show- There is a place for everything ex- | ing conditions concerning employment | ¢¢pt an aged widow who has divided in 51 manufacturing industries | the property among the children, | | | throughout the country. An increase| g we remember it, the first agency in employment is shown in July as|successfully employed to make man | tell the truth was made of a rib. Our circulation statisth This {nsures pre Many are humming the “How well I remember the old soak ‘em bucket shop.” Many golfers have an ‘“old score” to cite if not to settle. Of course the coal matter is a burn- ing question. . A friend in need is a friend in deed. We shall never have peace on earth while nations covet the piece of earth their neighbors hold. Every time a government leader announces his intention of writing another note the ink makers rub their hands with glee. Hartford is learning what is meant by the high cost of education. "The Capital city appropriated $1,500,000 for a new school and the contractors came right back and said lowest possible cost of a $1,500,000 school of that type would be §1,5687,- 000. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLXN. Conscience: Director General of the soul, ably assisted by the neighbors. A radical is one who doesn’'t know how to mend matters and is-mad about it. It probably wouldn’t be so difficult to enforce the Volstead law if stomach had a vote. The state most thoroughly shamed and discredited by the divorce evil is the state of matrimony. EMPLOYMEN A young man looking for work in this city and having been asked to re- port the result, brings the information that jobs are not easy to get. He says that fewer men are being taken on than are being let go. This was no formal investigation; it merely repre- | sents the conclusions reached by one person who, quite likely, has the same disinclination for certain kinds of| worli that other young men possess, If this is the situation and the French logic: It is legitimate to hit a man while he is down if you fix him so he can't get up. Another reason for studying Greck is that it enables you to understand what the waiter says to his friend about you. GRAPEFRUIT—AND THINGS The article published in this news- paper recently in which Shepard tells of the unsalable quality | compared to June, in 29 industries and of grapefruit in this city in 1888, and ;“ of bis buying a dozen in Florida in| crea 1885 for 50 cents and bringing them | home with him, is of peculiar interest, not only because of the mrormu(mn‘ it gives about this delicious fruit, but because of the things it suggests in| hard. connection with changing times. | There We are familiar, most of us, with|the month ending July 15 in James The good man who breaksthe speed law thinks his fellow very unmoral when he breaks the hootch law. decrease in The greatest de- were in the automobile tire in- dustry, cotton goods and glass. This| if there is the be- ginning of a bad employment situation | it has not struck New Britain very| The objection to these horrid ‘isms 1s that they promise a proiit only to those who now are out »f power. | fact shows that were increases in wages for | 2 the strange costumes worn years ago. | tablishments in 48 out of the 51 in-| The old photographs, taken about the | dustries covered. | time those grapefruit were nn«own“ But the important point of the| no whole dispatch is that the decrease, wherever existed, away in this city because one would buy them, look strange to us could be accounted now. The be-whiskered men, the wom- | en with long, flowing dresses and pe- for by the season of the year when such decrease might be expected. This is another case where more confidence Few of the machines designed to attract insect pests arc more efficient culiarly arranged hair, would seem out | than picnic partie: of place now. This we realize because | may begained by explaining away any | fear caused by a single opinion, than what we sce with our eyes impresses than the An ideal wife one who begins €X-4 each day cheerfully, With | remember what she was pouting about the repeated assurance of economists | yesterday. us more forcibly things we | would come from an optimistic cannot see. And the our habits of eating | pression of another individual. change that has come to Just to keep the us record that the Americans love to wasn't- a bootlegger. speaking, think- | that preparations are being made for record straight, let ing and writing, to say nothing of the|a big fall business, this city, at least, id who humbugged treatment of disease, e by the different attitude we garding the grapefruit. may be indicated | may feel it is “sitting pretty.” take re- ENGLAND'S “DRY You ean't n When Lady ’ but cutting of h her bill in the English House of Comg: | done, in some that it would | off allowance SUCCESS first These chunges ¢ a man of a monkey but it can be but cutting and, therefore, a per- 1588, going 1o sleep at have been gradual, Astor introduced scarcely realized. But imagine son living in which his night and waking in 19 would be the same. In a lesser degree the differences| brought by a few mogths are somectimes missed, mons, provided Nothing | be an offense to sell intoxicating 13 Correct this sentc I tried to in- ; X | terview the Senator on Wis return rrom was a great clamor hfid”"“ Europe,” explained the reporter, “but he had nothing to say.” under years of | liquor te persons age, therc it as infringing upon personal liberty. Then, suddgnly, news cam._ that the had an over- years or even What may be a commonly accepted standard | bill It is no light task to frame a politi- cal platform in Italy. Even if if please the people, it may not win’the proval of our Mr. Hughes. bfen passed by tomor- the | may be something cise wineimiug The w foda; evw. Those in & position to zet p- i ajorily 4 knowingly” did it. Amer- | refrain | that the | COMMUNICATED SOME REMALKS BY A STRANG Dear Sirs: In line with the editorial in your paper the other evening, as a visitor, I would like to comment on the con- dition of Walnut Hill Park. It is ideally located with reference to the center of the cjty. I have spent many a happy houf within its bounds and fr its crest have enjoyed the en- trancing view of city, valley and hills. But—why has the Park Commission allowed the concession holder to com- mercialize it so. The writer has been from coast to coast and has never observed a concession so flagrantly handled or such a public nuisance as the one in Walnut Hill Park. Go to the park any band night (for example) and sce for yourself nume bers of children with baskets of candy, pop-corn, ice cream, or pails of bottled drinks, hawking their wares everywhere, They are a nuisance to those who go for the enjoyment of the music or the restful beauty of the grounds. Such customs demoralize the children employed and the public who have to endure them. [Finally, it litters the park terribly. | Why should the people’s playground be so used? Let the sale of ice cream, candy, bottled drinks, hot dogs etc.,, be al- lowed—but at the concession stand |only. Of course the holder will make less money, but which is more im- portant, the profit, or the public wel- fare and comfort. Further allow no use of bottled drinks, away from the stand. This can easily be enforced by the Park commission. Then there will not be broken bottles and glass from one end of the grounds to the other after every public occasion. It seems to the writer after some travel in these Iastern towns that dirt and litter come to be accepted as a matter of course. It should not be so. New Britain is an attractive town |in a beautiful setting. Awaken public spirit to its possibilities and a eivic spirit will soon realize that a park is for rest, recreation and beauty and not for some one to make easy money. |1 realize the problem is complicated | here by the old world customs and habits but why not start in the schools and educate the children to higher ‘fi!fllldfl.rds of public order and clean- |illness. Is it not as important that we shall learn to live socially together as to Jearn the three R's! JAMES COWAN WILSON. R THE GATE TENDERS SIDE OF IT. August 21, 1923, Editor, New Britain Herald, New Britain Conn. Dear Editor: Kindly permit a little space in your paper, for which 1 thank you; you sce, I desire to reply to the item in your paper last evening on page 6, “Rail Crossing Gates”, same read with much interest by me. You suggest a campaign to protect careful drivers! I might say the careful driver needs little protection at railroad crossings, it is the speed kings that we have to watch out for all of the time. When there is a reason for lowering gates, in most cases it is done with great care or the gates are gone and must be re- built; it is much like playing tag, we have to watch our chance to crowd the gates down between traffic of the street as they must be lowered all the way down and that don't stop them at times; we have just got to do that as you kno we try to favor street traffic all we can, bearing in mind, “Safety IMirst” all of the time. Were drivers to approach crossings with their car under control there will be little need for reports such as you refer to in your item; then, they should proceed only as the way is seen and known to be clear; do not ]dopon'l on the on¢ in charge to see for them, one's own eyes are best for their own protection, as you must know; again, the one in charge may be ill or perhaps dead. Who knows? Why take any chances? Life is too short to take chances of this sort and pay with our lives. It don't pay. Like others, we are human, or try to be huma are subject to blunders the same as everyonc is, we sometimes malke mistak it is not done on pur- pose, this we assure you; we do try hard to use goed judgement aN the time which is very necessary in our line to look out for those that only touch the high spots on the street with their machines and there are a number that drive in that manner, even at this late day. During the past ten years, I have noticed drivers begin to try to stop as much as three or four hundred feet from the crossing when the gates were seen to be down; well, how did the car act at such times? It would go from side to side on the street, turn sideways or as seen be- |fore now, turn all the way around and |slide backwards; I recall one time and after it got stopped, started back sceing a car turn all the way around NEW BRITAIN WOMAN INGOOD WILL RACE Gold Star Mother Has Chance to (0 to France / New Britain is represented in the Ha¥tford County Good Will Election of women to go to France September 1 as members of a good will delega- tion to that country. This city's can- didate is Mrs, Edith M. Norton, the only gold star nomince, and mother of Warren R. Norton, killed in the aviation service. Mrs, Norton is one of five candi- dates in the election. The other four represent Hartford organizations. The votes cast for Mrs. Norton and for them will be pooled. The total num- ber of votes as counted at the close of the election August 28 will deter- mine how many of the candidates will go to France. For the first 100,000 votes, one dele- gate will go; for the first 180,000, two will go. If 240,000 votes are cast, three will become Good Will dele- gates, and four will journey overseas if 300,000 votes arc cast. All five can- didates will become delegates if 360,- 000 votes are cast. The delegates will go to I'rance un- der the auspices of the American com- mittee for devastated ¥rance. Voting in the election is on the basis of con- tributions for the work of that or- ganization in the devastated region. For each one dollar contributed in her name, a candidate is credited with ten votes, Mrs. Norton, if the votes of her fel- low townsmen reach a sufficiently iarge total, will seesthe reconstruction work. She will visit the American committee centers at Coucy-le-Cha- teau and Blerancourt; inspect the li- brary cstablished with American com- mittee help in Soissons; see the dis- trict nursing and ambulance_services in operation; witness the Boy and Girl Scout activities; see in operation the traveling library service; see, at first hand, the work for .which New Britain funds are used. CHARGED WITH MURDER Tather, Jpree Sons, Three Sons-ih- Laws and Two Others Will be Tried for Killing of Trouton in Georgia. Newnan, Ga., Aug. 22.—Formal chargss of murder were made against John W. Minter, his three sons, three sons-in-law and two other men yes- terday in connection with the death of Millard Trouton. Formal prosent- ment of the case to a grand jury will be made in September. Minter is alleged to have told the authorities that he killed Trouton, his son-in-law, for having whipped his wife. No efforts have been made to se- cure bond for the men being - held, who, besides the father, are: John, Jeff, Benjamin and Grady Minter; L. L. Goodrum, B. F. Weldon and Claud Washington, sons-in-law, and W. M. Feltman and Ben Frecman. Rise in Ocean’s Bed Indicates Big Convulsion plays, Wrightstone to Sand to Holke, Sand London, Aug. 22.—Officers of the Jastern Telegraph company’s ship which is repairing a broken cable between St. Helena and Capetown, report that the ocean bed had risen to within three-quarters of a mile of the surfgee at a point where the chart showed depth to be three miles. The soundings for the chart were taken in 1899, the year in which the cable was laid. The discovery suggeSts that there has been a recent submarine convulsion ? DEMAND PEP AND SNAP Summer Readers Like Stories Full of Excitement and Adventure Chicago, Aug. 22.—The summer- time reader would rather have a true account of pirates or shooting secals in the Arctic than even a love story, declares Nathan R. Tevin, assistant librarian of the Chicago public library, who. has been studying the tastes of the general public for years, “That does not mean that the love has become unfashionable,” Mr, n added. “It means rather that at vacation time everybody tempor- arily forgets his desire to get on in his own business or personal affairs and prefers to read about cinnamon-col- ored savages of the South Seas or trapping wombats in the wilds of Aus- tralia.” Fie! Fie! new | |up the street a short distance and |turn over on its side on the sidewalk, 4 dog got involved in that instance | | which was no doubt, a cause for | helping the car to go.on the side as | it did. | | Why try to hang us crossing tend- | ers every time? Place the blame | where it belongs! We have no desire [to g0 to -Wethersficld, for we much | rather be on the outside looking in; | it is much more pleasant. Treat us| right, white and just; we will treat | you in a like manner., Yours for Caution and Safety, | __——fi | Observations on The Weather ] IF'or Connecticut and Thursday; continued cool tonight; ris- ing temperature Thursday diminish- ing westerly winds. Conditions: The disturbance that | was central over the lake region yes- terday morning moved rapidly down the St. Lawrence valley during the past 24 hours and centers this morn- ing over the Canadian maritime prov- inces. It produced light hea showers in all the states cast of the Y S . Mississippi river. Cooler temperatures |, V<rU* &n Adonis are under this prevail in al Ithe northenr states from |y " [/otested when the statue oy [the Pacific to the Atlantic oceans. |y cMcnnies was unvelled. It was favor for this vicinity | s mething the young mind should not and Thursday "m"murdlh-hnld. they said. Hence, the cover- being unable to | Fair tonight to Conditions fair tonight cool tonight; warmer Thursday. ing. { | Movement Started by Loyal Vermont- Everything’s fine in this shoe Fine leathers — Hunter Calf and Seotch Grain — in black. Fine lines, fine fitting, and the N. E. GROTTO CONVENTION IN BRIDGEPORT THIS WEEK style is the finest this season. Aziz Grotto Expects to be Represented David Manning’s . by 250 Prophets and Will Shoe Store, 211 Main St. “The New England Inter-Grotto as- sociation will hold its annual conven- tion and field day in Bridgeport Fri- day and Saturday. Obeh Grotto of Bridgeport has in preparation elaborate plans for the comfort and enjoyment of all visiting grottos of New England, and also to those who expect to come very strong from Long Island Grotto, ‘Brooklyn, Zemzem Grtto, Jergey City, Newark, New Jersey, Tri-Po-Bed, Poughkeep- sie. 1t is believed that there will be in the nighborhood of 15,000 to 25,000 phophets at the convention. Aziz Grotto is expecting to have a delegation aof approximately 250 who will be. conveyed in automobiles and It is expected that a band will ac- company them. Numerous athletic events have been prepared and Aziz Grotto is hopeful of bringing home an assortiment of Jups, At the present time, plans are un- der way for the annual ceremonial that Aziz Grotto will hold in this city in November. It i8 expected that this will be one of the largest affairs held in the city for some time. Invitations will be extended to various grottos in New England who will , bring with them their own grotto bands, fife and drum corps and drill teams. MANY WANT T0 JOIN VERMONT COOLIDGE CLUB 25 Years Ago Today (Taken irom Herald of that date) George Pickup and George Fenton arrived home from New York yester- day. They were among the lucky ones who got aboard the big battleships in the harbor. Albert Slaney and William Holcomb arrived home late last night from their trip to Springfield. They were forced to walk a great part of the way because of punctured tires. H. W. Schuitz has applied for a pér- mit to build a dwelling house on Church street. ‘ Garry Morey fell from his wheel at North Haven yesterday while return- ing from a trip to Branford and badly sprained his wrist. Hugh McAvay, son of Letter Car- rier Peter McAvay, sprained his arm yesterday wWhile playing ball on Union street. He was following the ball whén he stepped into a hole and was thrown to the ground. A milk team from Kensington ran away yesterday on Grove street and after a great deal of excitement, the horse was stopped at Sullivan's Coal Yard. John McBriarty, clerk in Thomp- son's Drug Store, is enjoying a two weeks' vacation, part of which will be spent in New York. AMERICAN PURCHASES FAMOUS ENGLISH PAINTINGS “The Young Fortune Teller,” by Reynolds, and a Portrait Are Coming to This Country. London, Aug. 22—One of 8ir Joshua Reynolds’ most famous paint- ings, “The Young Fortune Teller,” and another of the great artist's pic- tures—the portrait of Viscountess Crosbie—have been bought from the collection of Liord Glenconner by an American collector, says the Daily Ixpress today. The name of the pur- chaser has not been made public. The newspaper adds that the price paid was ‘‘fabulous,” constituting 'a record for a work by Reynolds. “The Young Fortune Teller,” known throughout the world through its numerous reproductions, repre- sents two children, the son and daugh- ter of Lord Spencer. It was painted in 1775 and is regarded as one of Great Britain’s choicest art treasures. ers Gains in Momentum, Says Organizer, By The Associated Press, Grafton, Vt., Aug. 22.—A movement that started with no political signifi- cance, but which was intended merely | to advance the general welfare of the state of Vermont, has formed itself into an. organization that is actively supporting a national campaign to or-| ganize and enlarge Coolidge for pres-| ident clubs. In making this announce- ment yesterday, John Barrett, former| director of the Pan-Amegican union, said approximately 150,000 former residents of Vermont now voting in 47 other states, had joined the move- ment. The original movement to form a national Vermont association had as its object the promotion of the state's prosperity through methods often employed by college alumni associ- ations, Mr. Barrett said. It had been suggested originally that Mr. Coolidge be named honorary president of the organization, and Ambassador Harvey, another native Vermonter, honorary vice-president. EVERETT TRUE Gouraud Leaves America On Way Back Home New York, Aug.22.—Gen. Henry Gouraud, French war hero, «+ who for eight weeks has toured the United States was a passenger on La France sailing today. The general expresged deep appreciation for the manner in which he was received in this coun- try. There are bees in some parts of the world whose honey is poisonous. BY CONDO MEow'! MEOW Meow | mMEow ) MEOW-OCWERR | MEOW ' wMoow, HERE, KITTY = KITTY ~KITTY e I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE T HIT THIS o NEIGHBOR'S TOM BY THROWINQ AT \T. LET'S SEE WHAT RESULTS Wwe caN AT