New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1923, Page 6

New Britain Herald o HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY (lasued Daily. day Bacepted) At Hersld Blag. §7 Church Strest IPTION RATES v Three Months, fhe & Month Batered at the Pest Office &t a8 Second Class Mall Matter LBACR . . 30 Britain TELEMHONE CALLS: aseses ”s 0| mbdium In and press Member of The Associated Press, Che Associated Pr clusively entitled use for v on of all news eredited to It or not o in this paper and, alsa o lshed herein I news pub Member Audit Burean of Clrenlation, The A. R, C Is mal organizam which furnishes pers and ady tisers with o strictly honest analysis of cireulation, Our circulation statistics are based upon Ihis audit m~tion against fraud tribution figures to local advertisers, —_— “THE BEST CONVENTION" An overseas Amerioun Legion man who came hore to the state convention | of that organization last week, writes to this newspaper In & communication | published yesterday, that “It was the best convenflon of the Connectiout | department of the Leglon ever held,” and the purpose of his letter is mainly to thank the young women from the | “factories, stores,'atc., who entertain- | ed us so wonderfully at the two| Armory dances,” He thanks others, 100, who had anything to do with the| convention and who helped make the | affair such a success. With words of delicate compliment, holding a touch of fine frankness, the writer of the communication closses with thanks to all, “especially to all the young women who were French in costume but real true Americans in manners and hospitality.” We like that way of putting it— “real, true Americans in manners and hospitality.” The expression is a com- pliment indeed to our New Britain girls coming from one who probably has reason to.know true American womanhood as shown in the lives and courage and strength combined with gentleness of the women who dlso crossed the seas from this country, not to bear arms, but to soothe the pain of those who fought and to surround our wounded with an atmosphere of home. The New Rritain young women de- serve this compliment and we are glad that it has been paid® them. This newspaper is glad to give publicity t§ the praise, not because it will flatter the recipiends, but rather because this emphasizing of the appreciation of “true Americanism” of girls of today is rare indeed. and JAIL, CRIME BREEDER Under the above heading “a dis- patch from Boston and published re- cently stating that the county jail was .denounced as a crime breeder, by a tormer federal Inspector of prisons in| an address before the American Prison | Asso_cialion. He called it a “debauch of dirt, disease and degeneracy,” add- ing that this institution played an im- portant part in increasing the amtount of crime and number of criminals. He referred to the way the old and young, guilty and innocent, diseased and healthy, and the hardened and the susceptible are thrown together. There | 1s no need to go into further disagree- able details. Much of it s true, more's the pity. . From personal conversations avith innocent men who have been held in | western jails for trivial reasons it is| learned that even in these smaller in- stitutions these dangers exist. One] man told how he learned all about the | tricks of the professional from his experience in one jail \vhnre’ he was being held because the prose- | cuting attorney thought he might! prove a valuable witness in case, From another he learned how to steal horses, and the excitement of the life | was held up to him in glowing colors =-and this was in the day when horse- stealing was more day. These instances do not begin to tell of the situation in crowded cities. It is | #4id that in New York the “first of- | fenders” are watched for by the peo- ple_that prey upon and use youth, If| these young persons are | gambler a common than to-| discharged someone is waiting for the entrance of the suggest to them how easy it is to com- mit wrong and If they are nt to there, they them at court house, there to get away with it.” 8¢ “the island,"” too, earn the wavs o Here the crim nal and adventurer corrupted And necessary the “poor things"” that makes it netessary to arrest them they are the trouble is that jails are Maudlin sentiment ahout who do something 18 all wrorg. There 1 be & grent human pity fact that most of them and 1id not realize what they were doing or are too weak tempered with mercy, must come them. The that any movement, to resist temptation ishment to point to be brought out is not to make but make it clean and decent ail or prison pleasant at least to should be t are smiled encouraged. This is not a day of ser ment, and “prison angels rule, littie But they at good-humoredly as a credit them “prison although err on the side being given those angels,” may gentiment, do so because too MU Mitention is ziven to| unable to learn its pleasures and en- | | sentence as “all rot.'* who are incarcerated, and too little thought given to the influences that surround them Charies Reade's nevel, “Never Too Late 10 Mend,” hroughj great prisen reform to England many years age We are not preaching “prison re. form." We are merely suggesting that there is an opportunity for nstyue tive good work within the gray walls of the jalls for those whe have the sineére desire to help people WAGONS AND STARS Talk about “ideals" comes in & fainter und fainter volee as the years wise oredited | smiled at today by: many who wopld | popular thoughtlessly stamp the first flowing There s little consideration of the wagons in which we travel as they are nufivmtml-“uu‘ morial than one which healthful pleasure to thousaids of peo- | the stars of our ambitions. Men an® wonien, hide their - lupses into sentiment lest they bring a sneer, and yet, hidden In many hearts, are the same longings that inspired unselfish too, | devotion to ideals in the past; that led men through suffering and death in loyalty to some ideal; that threw an atmosphere of slendor about the lives of men, The stars to which we would hiteh our wakons are still there, waiting, The wagons are uvr(» luxurious today, and the means of getting ‘them more questionable, perhaps—at least they are more nerve-racking, The wagons are so pleasant and » they glide so rapidly that the drivers scarce pause to see the stars dn the direction of which they should be headed. ' When the suggestion is made that it 1s possible to bring ideals into poll- ties, a great, sneerlng laugh arises, When individuals in the clay, for ine stance, violent enemlies politically, are imagined as sitting down together and talking straight truths without men- tal reservations, nothing but ridicule Is heaped upon the one who deems this possible, And yet If all the in- dividuals in the world forget those ideals, those stars, in the effort to make the tangible wagons better and more to be desired by others, then in- deed there is littel hope. A man has offered g great prize for the best plan by which unjversal peace may be achieved. Thus the ma- terial is used to urge consideration of the practical ways and means for bringing something wonderful to pass. Here at home in our own city there is no war other than the secret one which rumbles beneath the transac- tion of our own affairs. But outside the common councll chamber for in- stancé, when members are gathered on the walk in front of city hall some pleasant flight, true words are spoken and much information gained that has heen withheld from thé formal gath- ering that has just ended. The cynlc declares that never will there come a time in this city when that atmos- | phere of good-fellowship and candor will prevail in the assembly hall. There will be always, they say, that political trickery by which advantage of the other fellow is sought to be gained. And they say, too, that never will the nation8 of the world get to- gether to bring peace and happiness. Well, let the cynics sneer and the pessimists pursue their path of hope- lessness. One may still hitch his wag- | on to a star and feel the conviction | that such s not the Divine scheme of things; that there will come a time when the splendor of straightforward, honest dealing will come to our home community just as there will come to the world a realization that full, in- spiring life for all cannot be ours until nations and people individually join in a great peace. BUS S CONDITIONS Roger Babson has shown why he believes any apparent sluggishness is but a temporary affair and to have been expected at this season just past. Now comes Secretary of the Treasury | Mellon, who is not an habitual op- timist to say the least, and corrobor- ates Babson by indicating that despite the lulls that have been seen in some | industries the last few weeks he sees no reason to believe that the wave of business prosperity will sldtken more than temporarily. He, too, says these reductions in business activitics were to be expected. The final witness at the moment is the majority of the directorate of the National Assoclation of Credit men. Its opinion is stated to be that Amer- ican business is entering a period of increasing prosperity. To go into de- tails 19 of the directors reported that general business in their sections is improving; six directors saw no ad- and three reported that it is declining, Of vance in business activity only course there would be three pessimists 31 i out of directors, There the bhusiness nothing the matter with outlook as seen by these experts—which is most satisfying A FINE THOUGHT the making San Francisco's memorial to the pal golf conrs late President Harding a munici- had a fine thought that sideration of his love of the game itself and his warm feeling for the people for themselves. Kindly disposed toward al ate President was, his enthusiasm for the game of golf undoubt him regret that Means were . T A i o | the ordinary decencies of life for these | joy its advantages The imagination that sees him a8 he was, gentle, sweel. | tempered, can readily believe that he Kad often wished (o see tie game uni- versal, Certainlyghe could make ne ;'-rlhl persenal p‘n for the happiness | of the people than ene which would afferd them this means of enjoyment, [ the pleasure of whieh no one who has not played the game maywappreciate. The late President Hardigg was not the sort to desire his statue moulded | in bronze to rise high fgr the people | to admire when the mongy that would have to be speit for such a memorial ‘ml[h; have heen used in & way that would give everyone a chance to get fpu., The. splendidly eloquent words | out in the open and indulke In a fas; | of the great men yesterday would be/ cinating game, When golf becomes the | { ame as it is sure to do, this mrnmnu’ulll have done mueh to make it 8o ,at least on the coast. Ad could there he any more Atting mes brings fine, | ple? Facts and Fancies | BY NOPERT QUILLEN. The trouble seems to be that we have too much talk ahout evolution and not enough of W, The roads traveled by blocs may seem divergent, but all lead at last to the feed trough, As we understand it, a country | home 1is a social asset If you are rich enough not to live in it. One part of American foreign policy that is fixed and unchanging consists of two nice wet oceans. A writer says the interpretative dancer s now sitting pretty. Probably Interpreting the middleman, It is possible to take too much care of your health, It Isn't petting that makes a weed heatlhy. About all a Progressive leader needs is a popular grievance and a great shock of bushy hair. "“Scrnppmg America's ships is a sad business.” Other nations have found that true in the past. Amerlcans are not seriously inteft ested in a world court, anyway. They don’t make jokes about it. Still, it's hardly worth while to de- vise a plan to abolish war until we devise a plan to abolish this peace, Bombing planes may be as effective as battleships, but the boys will miss the hurhor_-drr:]ging appropriations. Religious freedom is a fine thing, but it may yet be necessary to impose restrictions to get people interested again. i Eventually the world's oll supply will be exhausted, but not in time to benefit the present generation of pe- | destrians, All would be well If the business man would go after business the way Government goes after the business man. | Itis hard to sell stock that promises only 6gper cent dividends. Purchasers of that kind are not born every min- ute, A former official says Ellls Island | would melt a heart of stone, and sure- ly that is all one coud expect of a melting pot. | Something must be done about the naughty Cuban. He uses lottery orthodog post offices, Correct this sentence: "Yes, it's cas- tor oil,”” confessed the mother; “but I | have lemon juice in it and you won't | taste the oil" Examining immigrants on the other | side is all right; but there seems to he an eagerness to make our immigration | 1]aws on the other side. COMMUNICATED SHUTTLE MEADOW'S NAME, Timlow's Sketches of Southington 1875 Called It “Shekel Meadow."” in “Editor of The Herald: “The Shuttie Meadow club and its | visitors together with all this city who drink water may be in- terested in the following article on that name as taken from Timlow's Sketches of Southington; page 414. % Shuttle Meadow-——this name I find a hundred years ago sometimes writ- ten Shekel Meadow But from two or three points of sight the valley is in shape precisely a weaver's shuttle and hence prébably the name. And all the more apparent the like- ness when the woods on either side extended to its edge. As the meadow now converted into an artificial lake (supplying New Britain with water), the resemblance is less likely to impress the beholder, but old peo- ple remember when its form very naturally suggested the name.” | *Timlow's was published in It thus appears that the name about 1 years “JAMES SHEPARD.” persons in like is work now old | agencies as political plums instead of | «W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1028, MAINE AND CONY, ARE FOR COOLIDGE Survey of Prelerences Gives Lean- ings lor Candidates HY GEORGE H, MANNING (Washingten Bureau of New Britaln Herald) Washington, D, C, Sept, 21.—A symposium of reports on the presis dential Jeanings of the republican party in a dogen more or less repres sentative states of the north, midwest and west, published here this week, indicates that President Coolidge is |the favored eandidate In about half of these states, with the, others lining up for “favorite sons" or for Benator Hiram Johnson, In most of the states, outside, of Hineis and Indiana, the regular re- publican organization is reported to be favorable to the president, Connecticut, Maine, Montana, New Jersey and Ohlo are placed definitely to the credit of Coolidgegwith no op- position developing womghy of notice, Johnson s reported Wrong In sev. eral of the western states. In Wash- ington he has the support of the old progressive branch of the party, op- posed to the regular organization, | which stands for Coolidge, The Farm- er-Labor party of the state 1s said to {look with disfavor on the presiden because of his alleged coldness t unlonksm, and this is expected to add considerably to the strength of the California senator, . Oregon Is also sald to have a strong |"hand of Johnson supporters, and the |outcome of the presidential primaries in that state will depend on the con- duct of President Coolidge up to the time of the poll, In Illinois, there s a tendency for the anti-Lowden element to turn to Johnson, with the friends of the for- mer governor making a determined drive on his behalif. An entire floor of a Chicago hotel has already been reserved as headquarters for the Lowden campaign, South Dakota is expected to be the scene of one of the bitterest political battles in the country if the Lowden and Yohnson campalgns develop with Coolidge as the third slde of a tri- angular combat, In WiscBnsin, the enemies of Sen- ator LaFollette are debating*whether to put up Coolidge or Senator Len- root in the state primary in opposition to the progressive leader, the choice 'at the present time being postponed for more definite acts of the admin- istration. It is believed that the cam- paign for “Kighting Bob' will\suffer on account of the presence of the name of Governor Al Smith on_the democratic primary ballots, as many wet republicans who habitually sup- port LaFoilette against Lenroot are expected to vote in the democratic primary in order more vigorously to express their views on prohibition. _ The Coolidge candidacy in Indlana is being fought by the supporters of Senator Watson, who are making an effort to have him come out as a candidate, and therefore attempting to lilne up his home state delegation as an ald to the campaign in other states. Closely paralleling the Coolidge trend is the McAdoo strength among the democrats of the same list of states. ¥our of the twelve are report- ed as sure for him, while no other candidate is mentioned outside his own state, Cox from Ohio, Ralston from Indiana, Silzer from New Jersey and Cummings from Connecticut, comprise the list of favorite sons, Un- derwood is not mentioned in any of the states reported. BOMANCE OF A LIFETIME Childhood Sweethearts in Germany, Now in 70s Wed in Jersey Hackensack, N. J,,’ Sept. 21.—Ro- mance which began many years ago In Schiesswig, Germany, culminated last night in Bogota when Recorder Charles J. McCarthy united in mar- riage Henry Soerenssen, 76 years old, and Mrs. Catherine 1'isher, 78, The couple were sweethearts when chil- dren, but their parents left Germany and separated them. Soerenssen lives at 476 Linden ave- | nue, Teaneck, while Mrs, Fisher has been living at 69 Paullson avenue, Bogota. “This is as it should have been fifty or sixty years ago,”” commented the bridegroom when congratulations were being extended. RETURN TO MT, HOLYOKE South Hadley, Mass., Sept.-21.—Miss Mabel L. Pihl, 25 Franklin Square, ,New Britain, and Miss Ruth L. Taylor of Berlin, are returning to Mount Holyoke college, South Hadley, Mass., | which opens on Friday, Septemper 21, with an enrolment of 935 students. Thirty-nine states, also Canada, the Canal Zone, and the Philippines, Eng- d, France, Czecho-Slovakia, Ceylon, | China, Japan, Korea, Stam, Smyrna, |and South Africa, are represented in | the list of students. In addition the college welcomes an American Indian from Oklahoma. A new residence hall on Prospect Hill has just been completed and will accommodate 140 | students, while another, now in | process of construction will house 124 | others later in the year. 25 Years Ago Today (Taken irom Herald of that date) - s s s s Grand S8ub-Chief Ranger William K., Delaney will pay an official visit i to Court Union of Unionville this eve- | ning. Roland Moore will leave this eve- ning for Columbian college, Washing- ton, D. C, where he is enrolled as a freshman. Quartermaster -:- | rgeant Bullen will leave tomorrow for Niantic where he lias considerable work to do. James Borden of Middletown has [Been appointed organist at St. Jos- eph's church. Waldo E. Gilbert has leased to Har- ris Zellin the groeery store which he conducted on Jwight street | Byron's great stock company wiil open at the New Britain Opera House on October 10, Louis Sandberg, a seaman on the torpedo boat Porter, is the guest of | his brother Frank Sandberg of this| city He participated in the destruc- | tion of Cevera's fleet off Eamtiago. 1 { IMPORTANT SALE NEW FALL MODE $19.95 . DRESSES Satudsy Values Up to $29.00 DRESSES OF CANTON CREPE DRESSES OF POIRET TWILL DRESSES OF SATIN FACED CANTON Many of these attractive Dresses were made to sell as high as $20,00, Navy Blue, Black and Brown, SMART SPORT MODEL FALL COATS That are fur collared and developed in double faced materials. A large collection to choose from. Coats in plain and overplaid materials in many shades of tan, brown and grey; each garment is carefully tailored, these coats were designed to sell at $42.50 and by reason of a fortunate purchase, we offer them Saturday $29 00 ‘e . Special at c.v0evennlion ATTRACTIVE HANDSOME POLO COATS NEW COATS OF MARVELLA CLOTH Fully lined ar:id showrl\ 13 T With collars of beaver, fur trimmed with silk bar- materials; just the thing ness stitchery and fastened for pres- $ l 9.95 with. fancy buckles in a ent wear SMART NEW FALL ng'vei and pleasiing side eftect ,...s 00 125 COATS In the handsome soft NATURAL OPOSSUM FUR CHOKERS lustrous fabrics, that are $5.98 NEW PILE FABRIC COATS Trimmed with fur ‘and lined with heavy silk crepe in handsome side effect and belted models that illus- trate the new $ 49 tube silhouette a . BEAUTIFUL NEW FALL WRAPS With Viatka fur collars, made a variety of the soft rich pile fabrics of the sea- son, handsomely lined with silk crepe, very $79 so smart this season, lined with silk crepe and trim- med witl'}lla large fur collar of Manchurian $ 59 Wolf ... EASTERN MINK DOUBLE SKIN FUR CHOKERS $25 In an animal luxurious styles model ...... BEAUTIFUL PLATINUM GREY $19 WOLF FUR SCARFS Worth §30. That are most attractive for | Saturday Special .........000u0n immediate wear ............... AR5 T Observations on The Weather For Connecticut: Showers this aft- ernoon and tonight; Saturday fair; cooler; fresh south shifting to north- west winds. Conditions: The western disturbance has moved eastward during the last 24 hours and now forms a long trough of low pres- sure from Tennessee northeastward to the St. Lawrence valley. It has caused a general rain during the last 24 hours from the Mississippi river east to the coast. It is causing cloudy and showery weather this mornihg in New England. Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather with lower temperature, The Wisdom of Calvin Coolidge . We live under the fairest government on earth. But it is not self-sustaining. THe S-47, newest submarine of the U. S. Navy, as she slid down the ways at Fore.River, Mass., after being christened by Grace Roosevelt, young daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. BY CONDO Laws do not make reforms, reforms make v‘ 7 % T CcT'S SGE — MAYBE EVERETT TRUE laws. — IT'S UP HERE SoMEWHERE, g\ There will come out of government exactly what is put into it. Bociety gets about what it deserves. The individual may not require the higher institutions of learning, but society does. Your true patriot sees home and hearth- stone in the welfare of his country. Men show by what they worship what they are. 4 You SGE, I'M JUSY A NEW CLERK MERE AND t'M NOT g FAMICIAR WITH THE SToCK NET. Ir You sReE A REAL MANAGER “OUD MANAGE To HAVE A NSW CLERK SUF. EICIENTLY ACQUAINTGD WITH THE 3TocK BEFURS YOU TURN HIM LOOSE ON MOuRrR o CUSTOMGRS Ll The realities of life are not measured by dollars and cents. No person was ever hon- ored for what he re- celved. Honor hag been the reward for what he gave. =N S0, COME OVY OF YOUR COOP 4vD SGG |& Yov CAN (OCATE WHAT L WANT F THE CLERK FLOVNDERING AROUND FKoR IT LIKE ” = A PBAFFLED { L TipnT The foregoing excerpts are from the writings of President Coolidge, a series of which will be printed in the Herald for 10 Saturdays beginning September The Herald is the only newspaper published in New Britain in which these articles, copyright by the Presi- dent of the United States, will appaar. BIRD DOR Y,