New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1923, Page 6

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B, C s & natienal erganization Iysin of | " are This insures pro In newspaper Ais- | both national and this audit frand COLUMBUS DA This anniversary of the day Colum- bus knelt on the heach of .the island of Ban Balvador and gave thanks for| “the realization of his dreams and the | Justification of his falth that he would be able to find the unknown land which, he belioved must exist, 1s more than the anniversary of the day when the land which was to be our home, yours gnd mine, was discovered, If it were only the lat- ter, still we might well mark it as, in ‘a lesser degree, men remember the first sight of the new home destined to bo theirs always. But the discovery of America by Columbus s the most emphatic ex- ample of faith justified; of confidence that there was a new world unknown at that time; of courage to seck to find that new world, Inwthe case of the discovery of that new land, the thing found was a tangible thing— land. 1In the present situation of moderp exploration it is improbable that other new, tangible worlds éx- ist which men have never seen, But as surely as Columbus did dis- cover this new land, despite the ridi- cule he bore in his pretentions, so " gurely there are new things, new means of power, new methods of communication and transportation re- maining to be discovered by men liv- ing today and those who will come after us. There are mysteries waiting to be ‘cleared up. The people of today who declare that all “new things,” ‘new thoughts,” are merely fancies and un- worthy of serious eonsideration by thinking people, are like those who, in Columbus’ day laughed at his Drotestations of belief in the u + known land across the sea. In day of Columbus there were more, comparatively, of such unbelievers probably than’ live in modern times. They discouraged all attempts to go beyond tH® known things; they laughed at the men who had a vision of the new. There are many such f people in modern times. Many scien- tific discoveries are treated lightly, as though they did not indicate a further step into the unknown—a frew bit of knowledge upon which may be built a structure of truths Jjust as capable of bringing a revo- “lution in the knowledge of the world -as was Columhus' discovery of Amer- ica. s Quite probably Christopher Colums bus did not live to realize that he had, fact, discovered an entirely new land. He believed at first that the land which he had found was only | a far point on the shores of Asla. And 80 it “may® well be that the modern of scientific of “with a grain of salt”| the discoverers things taken truths, today, may not live as we not | live to sce what modern discoveries, may comes from these | Columbus Day deserves to be noted, | not only as the anniversary of a dis- | covery but | as a day upon which there should| come the ‘ pioneers in all fields of thought action where there maining to be solvec of this land we love, enconragement to sincere | and questions 1 A REMARKABLE EXAMPLE, A situation has arisen in the “”‘]“J of the excitement of an athletic con-| test that human nature question of his interest This comment, therefore, ing at all to do with the ies ball tween the appeals to the of the | ball student quite aside from in ¥ has noth- World Ser- of games being be- rather with the played It remarkabfe ex ams, ha to do, ample of the effect of a “change of heart” of a human being One play Ruth, made a great record in 1922, during the baseball season making home by for doing a certain thing riins. Doing that thing ame an obscssion with him, injur- ing his use work was a les ulness in other directions of the He team than he n which he was engaged aluable man to hi would have been if he had not thought so much about home runs. He that endey A winter of @ failure in the series or last year thought, or perhaps the advice of some wise counsellor, cor vineed him that he was trying to, glor- He dis- ify himself in his one had been egotistica T ease of para Ruth changed. He tried Pmselt in his work for the specialty & mental benefit of " NEW BRITA whele team He others, his employers, mates. Aj the he was adjudged plasbr 1o hip the big lsagues. Then came the great test the thought of s s this season most valuable end of The man in m ool any Waould | he' g back to* his old wags, or would he propt by what he had learned ? | In the first game of the aeries he did | But he made a not | nothing spectaoular, field that he might had been thinking eateh In the have made if he about that ‘home run he eraved He the bases, He Wit Nard but unsueeessftully, In| in that first game he the team in departments ontively ran well on other words played he had previously slighted In the second game, yesterdawd he ‘came through with a great homes run and anothér home run that w A home run neverthes | | for not as great less. Even a prejudieed fan, if he is | ot to he praised' fo educational pourses in 3!l hranches of endeaver, same ofgwhich are legill: s 1o the ambitious. The ad- that such an appeal mebts with a sympathetil vesponse. They take advantage of this desive on the part of young people, and older ones, too, 1o get on in the werld. All this, of course, shows the ad. vertigers know woman's intultien when you ohserve the general insignificance of the typl- val bigamist, If they live In & far country, they are “poor unsaved heathen' It they live in your neighborheod, they are “infernal nulsances. ‘ When an English child is horn cu_l the doctor says pounds,” he lan't vantage of a better education without referring to its weight, but to its hare in any sense implying that the e ol tilling the soil, under present condi- ! tions, is not & productive, & full Wley oon * invited the father, (;nl the publie debt. Corvect this sentence: “Here, ehil- you may nor that skilled men of the trades aré look at the comie section first," he fine construe- tive work they do, To them, as well, as to these who intended never to do uny_manual labor, great advantage. In fact in many quarters there is evidence that men of educated minds only are seeing the advantages to be gained from a course | of practical manual labor, The increase in the number of hoys fair, delighted (o ses that the .Il«rmluud girls who are keeping on with mental attitude of this great player justifiol itself This ks a matter entieely agide from baseball, It is worth thought by every person who has any doubt of the wisdom of his present course of [ | living and working. AS IT AFFECTS YOU, A general W, or simple atate- ment of the hardware conditiops each week is of importance to a third of the population of New Britain. The people vitally interested in hardware conditions of the country make up that third of our population, Possibly the percentage Is greater. Naturally knowledge of the conditiens of the plant in which a man works is more Important than the general knowledge the subject, but such general knowledge often enables the workers to see why certain things are being done at his own plant. This general | knowledge may anable him to reason as the officials of the plant reason, and, of course, the tan who thinks about his work gets on faster than the one who merely does the job set for him to do without studying the question as to why changes are made, why certain work is being pushed at a certain time, why there is a general slowing ‘up or an increase in a plant’s activity. The Herald publishes regularly the weekly summary of the Hardware Age, and from it deductions may he made that, while general, not fail to benefit the worker, and to cor- roborate the more detailed informa- tion the officers of our manufactur- ing plants possess, This week, for instance, the weekly report says that retail buyers are be- ginning to show interest in holiday merchandise at many of the prineipal wholesale hardware markets through- | out the country. Jobbers anticipate a larger volume of orders this year than last. Rural communities are coming to the front in buying. There is no material change expected in slundard' line pric . The hardware man is better abte to apply this information to his own sit- uation than is the layman. The in- creased interest in hoMday merchan- dise was to be expected, of course. But the important point \\:nl|lrl seem to be that there has appeared no pros- pect of any violent change in the hardw are situation. rev on and can HIGH SCHOOLS POPULAR In tng central states, covering a study of figures for ten years, it is found that the average increase in the number of students attending High school is 95.4 per cent. In other words nearly twice as nfany boys and girls are going to High school today as| there were ten years ago in the states | of Oklahoma, South Dakota, Obio, | Michigan, , Indiana, Tllinois, | Towa, Tex: | Kansi s and Wisconsin. Various obvious reasons are given for this encouraging action of the | young people. Increasing | population in some, at least, of these | states explains increasing school at-| tenddnce: for a longer period. An ex- pert says taat bringing the high school to the pupil by means of establishing | country’s | rural high schools in connection with consolidated schools and merging the eighth grades the high by high | brings great high school gains in Towa, | with school creation of junior schoots, | for instance. These are some of the | reasons advanced to explain the fig-| urcs which-show. that boys and girls, | in these states at least, are not “quit- ting school” in order to go to work, | s frequently as they did ten years| ago. w’ Of course the greater the number | of boys and girls in a certain state, the the high school greater will be school attendance, only in but in the grammar schools. And similarly if it | is easier to get to school now than it was ten years ago, more boys and 1s will go to school But there is another reason for this tremendous increase in the number of who are not giving up | and that young people school to go to work reason is the the tion greater general appreciation of practical advantage of educa- Added young people of today have to this is the fact that ambitions to become capable of filling higher | sittons which require greater edu cation. There are not as many young people nowadays willing to settle down on the farm of their fathers as there used to be.. Youth in other is not satisfied to follow lines the parents’ footsteps. The reflection of this general feeling may he Seen in the many advertisements offering | | | fellow’s toothache. their studies after Ainishing the grades is noted merely as another hopeful sign for the country, and as a furthey fneentive to young people to keep at school as long as they can reasonably do so, ¢ The Young Lady Across.the Way says she thinks the World shows admirable enterprise on thg part of that newspaper and she can't understand why the Times and Herald don't have a series, too. A hazy recollection of the classic “Casey at the Bat"” must have come education Is of | Series ‘ to many fans at the first World Series| game when Casey Stenge| crashed out his winning run. The ‘old “Casey at the how-— ! somewhere the birds are singing, “Somewhere the children shout, “But there's no joy in Mudville— “Mighty Casey has struck out.-—or words to that cffect. - The new “Casey at the Bat” will Bat" told read: “The Giant fans were shouting; oung Casey glanced about “And then, most nonchalantly whangeds “That Casey winning clout.” + It was something else again yester- day. Babe Ruth hit two Thomers. The refrain was changed; the shout- crs of the day before were stilled; the silent of the day before rose en masse, whatever that may mean, and sang cut: X “Take that, you boasting Giants— “Pride goes before a fall; “There just ain’t nothin’ to it “When Our Babe hits the ball.” Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLXN. It may be that true Americanism is flagging, but it isn't flogging. Yol can say one thing for this kind of peace; it doesn’t bore anybody. All a minority really needs to make itself safe in this free country is a mufler. Most pcople who read Who's Who wonder whit the others did to merit such distinction, If the I{ianx wihes to run a college, that's all right, so long as it isn't the electoral college. However, we never have met a man sufficiently contrary to disagree with those who praise him. Reasonable statement, easily im- agined: “A terrible thing has hap- pened! My wife has eloped with the chauffear—and he wag the befit chauf- feur I'ever hadl” 4 A man isn't old so long as he can keep changing his mind often enough to qualify as a progressive, 1 your proposition is a bit shady, mention the profits first or your pros- pect may feel insulted. A subscriber asks where the repub- lican convention will be held, Well, it will be held in the foreground from now on. The nice thing about a white-collar job is. thiat you never are accused of gouging your employer in the matter of wages, These be soft times, In the old days they rattled the sword; merely threaten to withdraw the League. from *eople are funny. seems peculiarly sacred, and yet don't know a single .300 hitter of name, we that 1t is casier to understand America's | Creasing how other remember feel in the L attitude ‘when littie interest yon u The winner of the Bok peace prize |for the in CAn try his scheme When it appears|lober, becauge the assoclation, accord- that his wife%has her own ideas about spending the money Itis a now they | | le model 25 Vears Ago Today (Taken from llerald of that date) Michael Coffey left this mornipg for Winsted to pay a shost visit to rela- tives living there, Frank Riley 15 entertaining a party of feiends from Troy, N, Y. Henry Lebell Nelson of this eity #as examined by the board of phar- | maey commissioners at Hartford yes terday us a candidate for a “drug- !zlnl'l ligense, : Dr. Strosser will go to New York ‘Uu his return he will be accompanied by Mrs, Strosser who has been vislt- {ing In that eity for some time, A delegation from this city headed by Lieutenaont Cplonel Thompson at- |the Newington Mechanics last eve- ning. Company 1, First Regiment, will the rifle range tomorrow afternoon. Lietuenant Willlam J, Rawlings will be in charge. at the If%yceum theater this evbning. The play was presented at Parsons in Hartford last evening and drew one of the largest audiences of the sca- son, [ Observations on The Weather | — — For Connecticut: Fair tonight and Saturday, little change in temperature gentle variable winds hecoming mod- |crate southerly. | Conditions: Areas of high pressure lextend along the Atlantic coast. Pleasant weather prevails in the cast- ern districts. Snow was reported this morning from Denver. The tempera- turegis about normal.in most of the northern districts. % Conditions favor for this vicinity increasing cloudiness followed by un- settled weather and not much' change In temperature, SAND PILE ORIGIN " OF OUTDOOR PLAY A Few “Sand Pies” Starting Point of All Recreation Springfield, Ijl,, Oct, 12.—A heap of yellow sand and a pile of “sand pies” in the yard of a little chapel in Bos- ton in the summer of 1885, was the starting point for a movement which has made America the greatest play- ing nation of the globe, according to the leaders of the playground and recreation assoclation of America. The association, bringing some 800 delegates from all parts of the United States and Canada, will meet here in annual convention Oggober 8 to 12. Some of the leaders Who will attend the convention have been leaders in the play movement from its infancy. From that little sand pile in the yard of the Parmenter street chapel they have seen this movement grow to the 4,601 supervised playgrounds of America. Mabel Travis Wood, of the play- ground association, compares this growth to Shakespearc's typical man who passcd through seven ages. The seven ages of the playground move- ment, she said, are sand gardens, model playgrounds, small parks, re- creation centers, civic art and welfare, neighborhood organization and com- munity service, From the sand garden developed playground, which added 0 the sand hox for small children ap- paratus for physical activity such as swings, ladde and horizontal bars, with their appeal to-oldes boys and girls. | The year-round playground soon |developed jnto the small park, and (Bymnasium, apparatus, baseball dia- | monds, tennig courts and public baths vame Into cvifience. The next period of the movement saw the building of {field houses to add indoor activities |to those of the open air. | Public recreation by 1912 was suf- | ficiently advanced to branch out into the field of civic art and welfare, and six years later community councils and neighborhood associations hegan to-appear As a result of the world war there has come the final and present stage of the play movement, the age of {community dervice. During the war, the playground and ciation proposed to the government The name “Ca- that it mobilize its play leaders and soldiers | War camp com- | |play facilities to give proper recreation, | munity service was the result, and when peace éame community service |became the successors of the war {camp community service. | oW, more than 250 communities have organized their spare’ time for the common good. Some of the things |community service, which is a branch 1r\1 the playground assoctation, has ac- complished are training volunteer leaders, organizing nelghborheods, de- juvenile delinquency, trans- forming cluteered lots into play- grounds and supplying music and drama The home of the Linecoin was chosen recreation congress in Oc- ing to Joseph lee, its president, triving for the development of kind of communities the little difficult to beliswe in|!he country to have, (his evening for a stay of a few dayw {tended the anniversary dedication of have a shoot for state decorations at The “Cherry Pickers" will be seen | quent caller at her home for the past reereation asso- | | Robert Murray. community | Lincoln wanted IN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, DO YOUR SATURDAY SHOPPING AT THE ANNIVERSARY SALE SAVE MONEY AND GET - FREE SOUVENIRS THE BEST WE HAVE EVER GIVEN, Four Fur C Special Groups of ollared Coats FUR COLLAR BOLIVIA €OATS Bolivia cloth coats with wolf fur collars, brown, gray, black and kid colors; newest tailored styles, regular $45. ANNIVERSARY SALE PRICE . PILE FABRIC COATS N $39 e In beautiful pile fabrics such as Bolivia, Fashona, etc, Some with fur collars, other with both fur collars and cuffs. Regular $55. ANNIVERSARY SALE PRICE . . - $47 LUXURIOUS FUR COLLAR COATS Pile fabrics with fur collars, stylish coats in every particu- lar, Brown, gray and kit. ANNIVFSZRSARY SALE PRICE ....c0ovvvvnninnnns s BEAUTIFUL CO. Finest, of Richly trimm lar and cuffs, regularly-$125. ANNIVERSARY SALE PRICE .......0000 MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING AT SOUND BEACH HOME (Continued from First Page) her on guard. She says’ the shots which she heard were without warn- ing as Maas came out of the house onto the porch. Catherine Johnson, maid to Mrs. Leslie, was taken to the office of James ¥, Walsh, prosecutor in the town court and questioned. At the Stamford hospital, to which Maas was removed, ah operation was resorted to and a bullet in the abdo- men removed. He is said to be com- fortable. Mrs, Leslie has Mved in Sound Beach for 15 years and it is under- stood that Mr. Maas has been a fre- three years. The police did not give out much information as to what Miss Johnson, the maid, had said to the prosecuting authorities but from what was learned they said the motive for the shooting of Maas appeared to be one actuated by jealousy. The maid s under- stood to have said that Mrs. Leslie was accustomed to give frequent week-end parties to a selected num- ber of guests, many of them in the theatrical profesgion. Invitations were much sought after it was under- stood and the hostess was admired greatly by many of the men privileged to be present. 1t is understood that on the night before last three men called at the house when Mra, Leslie and Mr. Maas were alone and insisted on being en- tertained . The maid who had re- tired, was awakened to prepare lunch for the unexpected guests. The maid gave the prosecutor a description of the men which was later handed to the police. The latter without any definite clue to the assailants of Maas said they were working on the theory that someone who had been a guest at the house was jealous of the atten- tions paid by Maas to the hostess. Auto Racing Fatality at Danbury Was an Accident Bridgeport, Oct. 12.—Louis Jack- son of Ossining, N. Y, automobile racer who was killed during the race at the Danbury fair last Saturday met his death accidentally, according to a finding today by Coroner J. J. Phelan. The coroner also finds that IPora Kelles, 13, of Darien, killed Saturday night when an automobile driven by her father crashed into tree, met ‘death accidentally, and Irank Osborn of Norwalk is exoner- ated of criminal responsibility for the death of Edward J#ason of Nor- walk thrown from Osborn’s machine and fatally injured October 4. Ladies’ Aid Society of St. Joseph’s Has Whist The prize winners at the Ladies' Aid whist held in 8t Joseph's hall st evening were: Mrs. Malone, Mrs, J. J. Hyland, Miss Claire Lynch, Mrs. I"laherty, Miss Della Daley, Miss Kate Murray, Mrs. James Coyle, Mrs. Wil- liam O'Rourke, Mrs. Charles McKeon, Mrs. John Jgoe and Mrs. Willlam Ahern, The gentlemen's prizes were awarded to George Weir, F. T. Mc- Mahon, H. P. Hornkohl, Charleg Young, Mr. Swisik and Michael Har- mon. orty-Five” prizes were awarded to John Lynch, Charles and 3 DAYS MORE TO SEE “% DAYS” Palace—Starting Sunday Regular $76. $69 ATS OF PILE FABRIC ile fabrics used in making these elegant coats. with Viatka squirrel fur and platinum wolf col-/ .00, - Extra Salesladies ~ Wanted in Millinery, Waist and Ready-to-Wear De- partments—for , Saturday afternoons and evenings. - Apply to Mr. Mullaney. 8 7’ e BIG store RAPHAEL'S DEPT. STORE 380 Main Street Announcement Harry Starkic's Chevrolet Motor Company, has opened for business, specializing in The Elm Service Station, formerly known as Ford and Chevrolet repairing. 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