New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1923, Page 6

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L e s A WHITE ELEPHANT YOR THE | TAXPAYER The Chamber of Commerce direc- tors, in solemn and deliberative ses- sion, thave again decided that the eity should purchase the Lyceum theater it into something, pre- sumably an auditorium, and have taken out an option, so the report goes, on the bullding with the idea of ultimately eausing the city to pur- chase it, Tt is rumored that no large sum was necessary to huy the option, only a dollar or so being Involved. Even If that is so, a dollar is too much, the purchase of the building by the city would be at witless a proc imagine, and | and convert ing as Is possible to wonder of it is that the directors of the chamber, or a group of them, do not buy the property if they think so well of it, for themselves. Surely philanthropy is not the basis for the move—were it to make money on the deal the voter of New Britain would not be asked to put up his cash for the purchase. Not at all-— voters are not for that purpose. The machinations of the mental equipment of the chamber directors are none to easily followed. They are stubborn enough ahout purchasing the old place, for some reason which they are not explaining too carefully as this is the second time that they have brought up the subject. They want the city to have the old Lyceum, let us hope that the city will convincingly tell them it does not want it at all. 1t is inconceivable to imagine the use o which the old theater would be put. A public auditorium? We hive several auditoriums in school build- ings about the city which are perfect- ly adequate for the present needs of the community, Do we wish a large public auditorium for community gatherings? Possibly, but the Lyceum presents many disadvantages if our need is go great. In {he first place a proper auditorium should be where it could be seen and admired from thel outside, not stuck up an alleyway. In the second place if we ever become in need of §uch a building the Lyceum is not large enough. It we are to have a publie building of the character pro- posed it is better fo wait until the need so thoroughly demonstrates itself that we are willing to build an edifice of which we may be proud, on a site which proclaims our pride. Such a make-shift as the Lyceum is today would merely additional white clephant for the taxpayers of the city to support, It is doubtful if the auditorium would be used any more than the auditorium of the Cen- tral Junior High school auditorium is used today and that place has pro\ndl sufficient for our gatherings. absurd for the chamber dircetors to ask New Britain to ex- pend practically one dollar per per- something which is not prove to be no one possible present an Surely it i #on to buy needed, which would costly in upkeep and theatrical man, amateur philan- | which else, thropist, speculator in real estate or owner scems to| adjacent property want. Well, the World Series has brought its thrill, its joys, and its sorrows to the who patd over 31,000,600 of the and to the people who did not have a big enough part million to spend it the contests, or who did not have 300,000 baseball fans to see one or more games, millions of to see the | of a time to spare. A few hundreds of those | | millions &tood out on Church street the mvlnyg strects in front of news- | heard about games; stood on the paper offices all over the country, The end of the has come. For it was were thrown into a state of coma fol- when Babe and perfect daze a daze. People lowing wild excitement Ruth smashed out his homers; a v!..ml tellowed Casey Stengel's slashes nm“ won two games, And the Giant root- long contin- ers were thrown into a ned daze when the Yankees pounded the that desperation trod on the heels of | pill 80 hard Saturday and Sunday hope. But that time in history, three runs were forced of all the the greatest daze was which came when, for first over the plate by the bad pitching of the game fatal werics "l'b Giant slabmen after the erucial was well in hand Adaze a blank makes it all 3eem bul a dream ‘ That last and the whole | throws over et of wonde | ble that some of them will go back | | the suffering which at |+ Plossant or nightmarth, acceiding o ut's prejudice The seiles was & gveal thing for the couBlry. aroustng cachemest BONT Miss ANYTHING Thiz b5 aol & morsl lomen 0 e wind pie of snslher of the things every- | they Wholid be thankiul for. 1t is just wWhere; stirring the siuggish, cren. inte | 8 suggestion that semewhere i this & show of interest And now that It]oity, today, there may be semething in i 31l over we may confess (o & fecling some shop window (he possibilities of of satisfaction that the end has coame Work has been almoy suspended after he howr of § # lot with erderly thew Just give eredit fo the game fgam team which lost—and spead thirty up for the cents we | o make forget it and go to work A NEW PRECEDENY | rost a8 the case may he, Anyway, 1.('5(} then suffer-—especlally as one ecould | buy grapefruit for almest pothing. which we do aet reallze. It has beep noted how, hack in the P Anticipation each cighties, seme grape Trall were dis | day, and postmortems, have interfered | played here for sale, bul had to be i, Now let's| thrown away hegause peofile did mol know what they were, and the de- 8| which wen; give eredit 1o the ‘Qnu"llrluuc fruit became upfitigd for s wisely | destined use. Think of the pleasure u!(hr thirty eents we wen, or cconamize | New Hritain people lost by failing te grapefruit us then investigate and buy that The wvery theught makes Well, 25 years age a local dealer 1f | were governor of & state and ; placed & box of golf balls in his show to close up saloons vielating the law," declares Honry Allen, former gover: nor of Kansas, “the citizens of that | eity would wake up the next merning at the sound of a bugle reveillle, and would go to hed to the tune of taps, I would keep the state military in that city until my orders were oheyed,” Bo Henry Allen would place the city, the state if necessary, under mar- tial law to enforce the Volstead act-— for this was the matter under disous- sion, Other people have suggested calling upon the army to enforee the prohibition Jaws, which is a little more sweeping plan, It has not met with favor as yet, And just Iately a governor of an- other state—Oklahoma, to he exact-— has sought to use the armed force of the state in his campaign against an organization whose practices he did not believe in, The governor did use the forces; he did proclaim martial law as Henry Allen says he himself would do—and the governor of ,Okla- homa lost many supporters because of his action, Those supporters, more- over, many of them, were also op- ponents of the organization he was| fighting, but they did not like the executive's strong arm methods and they saw greater danger in them than in the organization he sought to over- whelm by force. That governor I8 not in an enviable position at the moment. Henry Allen, that good friend of the man who made a great reputation by propounding “What is the Matter with Kansas,” would not be in an enviable position, either, were he to invoke the militia to enforce an order of his based upon a law the breaking of which did not involve violence. When if came down to brass tacks probably Henry Allen would not do this thing. He has a record to be| proud of, and forceful he has shown himself to be, it is doubtful if he would ever make the mistake of calling upon the military for any pur- pose other than to put down vielence —the purpose of its existence. And apropos of this statement it is a queer commentary on the prohibi-| tion enforcement law to state that the President of the United States stands for law enforcement, as the dry lead- ers are insisting. Of course he stands for law enforcement! He has sworn to see that the laws are enforced. Do the prohibition leaders feel that the propriety of enforcing the Volstead act and its interpretations is so doubt- ful that it calls for a declaration from the president to put him on record re- garding it? Americans are somewhat different from people of other countries. They are not accustomed to having soldiers commanding them to do this or to do do that. America would be quite a dif- ferent sort of country than it is if the time ever comes when the army is given the authority of the police. It would not be America then. NEIGHBORS 1t is pretty hard to see the silver lining to the cloud that scttled over the town home, more particuliarly over the women who have no other place to spend the hours of existence | which can not be very bright. But there is a silver lining just the same | and it seems emerging and | spelling out in fine, silver bright lines, the word “Neighbors.” Wo wonder if the thought is too oid | rioned to make its appeal? We re- to believe that the hurry and as o be fuse !rush of things of today have obliterat- ed entirely the feeling that those peo- ple out there are our neighbors; that] all of us, owe them the duty of an word of fricndliness sin- we occasional cerely spoken. Members of the common went out to the home to investigate the conditions there. A few of them felt it was their duty as officials of the | city to do this council | It is more than possi- | again feeling that another visit is| their duty as men, not as officials. Out | there there is mental depression much of the time as there is mental worry all over the world, even in the finest But those who live in the lat- ter have no desire to call upon us; our | visits would sion, quite probably homes, be considered an intru- Not so out at the home. Not as investigators should we go—just as human being conscious of and unhappiness of others it should be a privilege to pass | on a bit of cheer, Welfare services out be hold wil organizations will it the home There visits and formal exercises. But more than all little routine These things help, there isif wotlld be appreciated a by individuals and groups upon their ncighbors out at the tawn Lgme |ty {& eity in that state defied my erders| Window and the records have it that few people “identified the ecelluloid spheres in connection with the Reeot- tish game.” Passing over the deserip- tion of the balls——and they were very different sort of balls in those days we are moved to an expression of sor- row over the number of years wasted by sport-loving New Hritain people, And there lies the point, 1t would be a good idea for all of us to walk about the city, peer into shop windows examine their contents closely, Per- haps there will be something on dis- play that we do not recognize, If such an article is seen It behooves us to walk into the store, investigate, and, perhaps purchase, Perhaps—and wouldn't it grand and glorious feeling—perhaps we may discover something that will bring to us as much joy as, 25 years ago, the golf ball or the grape fruit would have brought to the people who siw them but passed by on the other Lot's not miss anything. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN. he =n side. Having a swell time ruins fewer boys than having the swell-head. Destitution isn't a disgrace to the individual, but to civilization, A carcer is what a girl has if she likes herself better than she likes man, It must be fine to be so important that you don't think it nccessary to wct that way, In the course of a few years they will fix almost everything in the Kuht except the blame, There is nothing in particular to dread now. The cranberry pickers are not unionized. “That hollow cough is dangerous," declares an advertisement. It certain- ly Is. It indicates that the gas tank is empty. One good way to keep your teeth in good shape is to refrain from sassing a traffic cop. There may be no harvest moon for the wild oat crop, but there is plenty of moonshine, Of course it ig hard for a rich man to get to Heaven, It is hard for a full man to feel hungry. A man is old when he can quit a warm spot in bed and face the chill morning without reluctance, Another way to save many steps in the kitchen is to carry the can opener in the apron pocket. Men may not he perior, but they won't pay $35 for a $2.60 hat just to get a certain label in it, That eritic who says the Greeks have lost their artistic sense never has seen one of them putting the fin- ishing touch on a shoeshine, A realtor is a man who can divide a swamp into lots and make imagine fine dwellings all over it. B 5 Gt Think of all the pent-up adjectives the chronic knockers will loosen when at last Coolidge says something, The chap who scolds because girls no longer do their sewing is the one who hires somebody to shine his shoes. The office statisticlan reports that Governor Walton is now 3,436 ncws- paper columns ahcad of Governor Pinchot’s record. Correct this sentence: lightful surprise,” cried the wife, “to have you bring three of your | friends to dinner.” !Charity Bt:al:d Meeting Is Delayed to Later Date A quorum could not be on hand to- night for a special session of the char- board to consider the town home building contracts and Judge W. F. Mangan, chairman of the commission, stated that a date will be set later for the meeting. The board will consider Judge J. H. Kirkham’s opinion, which points out that the council had no | power to instruct the charity board to itracfs with the C. of Hartford, enter Porriss Co. | he M, T Walker Co you “What a 11'1—‘ old Y BRITAIN DAILY MEEALD, TUESDAY, OC ' 25 Years Ago Today l (Taken iveus Herald of that date) The first case of diphiheria to be [ catied to the attention of the health 1uil-w in several weeks has been yer ported today. It is on Franklin sireel. Otto Burchardt has entered the ewm- ploy of the Boston Branch Grecery slore | Lieutenant Rawlings was in charge of the brigade shoot at the Plainville range this afternoen F. M. Zimmerman has purchased & house and lot on Greenwood street | trom the Cooperative Bavings society of Conneeticut A well known New Hritain busi- nessman was found in the woed Beckley by a Berlin game warden & day befere the season opened. {eould not explain the gun en shoulder and he had to seitle | The Oak street foothall team weon first vietory of the season from | the Bpring streets by the score of § to 6. The Oak streets did not want to his that they weuld discourage the Sprin streets, | is hauling | the pipe for the 30.inch main at Roaring Brook. The pipe line is 700 feot long and will be lald by the water | department outside of regular con- traot work William G, Mueller, soprano Voea ist of this city, is at present Alling engagement with the Carnegie Opera Co, of Chicago, Observations on The Weather = = Washington, Oct, 16.-~Forecast for southern New gland: Fair tonight and Wednesday; increasing cloudi- ness; not much change in tempera- ture; moderate easterly winds, | Forecast for eastern New York same us southern New Jnglund, For Connecticut: Iair tonight; Wednesday Increasing cloudiness, not muech change in temperature; mod- crate easterly winds, Conditlons: A ridge of high pres- sure extends along the Atlantic coast. Generally pleasant weather prevails from the Mississippl river eastward to the coast. The temperature is ris- ing in the Lake region and now ahove normal. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair followed by unsetticd weather, MR. STYRING 70 BE ORDAINED T0 EPISCOPAL DIACONATE | Bishop Acheson to Confer: Church Oftice on Southington Man Thursday Morning. (Special to The Herald). Southington, Oct. . 16.—Benjamin Buckingham Styring, son of Mrs. Kllen Styring, will be ordained to the diaconate of the Episcopal church, Thursday morning, the festival of St. Luke, Octobér 18, at 10:30 o'clock in St. Paul's ¢hurch. Right Rev. Ed- ward C. Acheson, suffragan bishop of Connecticut, will officiate at the serv- ice. Music #br the service will be furnished by a choir of singers from St. Mark’s church, New Britain, un- der the direction of Organist M. G. Humphreys, A. A, G. 0. Rev. E. G. Reynolds will act as chaplain to the bishop and Rev. George Hilton will be master of ceremonies. The order of service is as follows; Processional, hymn 582, “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus;” sermon, Rev. George T. Linsley; presentation of the candidate, Rev. J. W, Woessner; the litany, Rev. W. Grime; three-fold Kyrie, West; the epistle, Rev. Samuel Butcliffe; holy gospel, Rev. B. B. Styring; Gloria Tibi, Tallis; offer- torium, *“Lord of Our Life, TField; doxology, Sanctus, Molr; Agnus Dei Adams; communion hymn 227, “O Saving Victim;" Gloria in Excelsis, old chant; and recessional, hymn 444, “O Saviour, Blessed Saviour.” Invitations have been extended to I : CITY make the seore any higher for fear| DAVIS will make thistest! The enly purpose in using baking powder Is to leaven food. Proper leavening depends on - He | + | | 1 Lo o Davis Baking Pow: dor in o glass. all the clergy of the state and to nu- merous relatives and friends of the candidate and a large number will at- tend the ceremony. Luncheon will be served after the service to the guests and visitors in attendance. 40TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Cranley of Vine Street to Observe Event Quietly With Family Gathering at Their Home Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Cranley of 74 Vine street will quietly observe their 40th wedding annliversary at thelr home tomorrow. There will be no celebration beyond a family gath- ering. Mr, and Mrs. Cranley were married October 17, 1883, at St. Mary's rec- tory, this city, by the late Bishop Tierney. Mr, Cranley was a native of Norfolk, Conn,, but Mrs, Cranley, for- merly Miss Rose Henn, daughter of the late Cornelius Henn, has always {been a resident of this city. | The couple have two daughters, | Mrs. C. A, James, who will celebrate her 12th wedding anniversary tomor- |row, and Miss Ellen Cranley, and two |sons, Thomas C. of Holyoke, Mass., {and Louis R., of this city, They have five grandchildren. ;s P NES HALL I Styles of Tomorrow — For the { More or less, every clothier keeps up We regard it as to keep ahead. lay to show a fashion until -it becomes so fashion- that it ceases to be u will find—here vations and Coats, Double-Breasted Waistcoats and ¥ ull-Draped by the Prince of Wales and | fashions. reputation as Stylis able, That is why advanced inno Trousers as introduced first by whom the new lay the old aside.” instantly adopted by Young Men capitals of America and Europe. Of course, we also display the smartly conserva- tive styles for the man whose motto is, “Be not the " “ Young Man of Today with the obligation to our We don’t de- an fashionable at all. and now—all the ingenuities in Shorter throughout the is tried, yet nor the last to “Where Quality's the Rule” the strength of the baking pow test the raising strength of Davis this way: You can This is only & test. When using bakisg powder, always sift together flour, baking powder and salt, mixing thoroughly, always dry—in the wua/ way, This simple test will prove to you the superior raising strength of Davis Baking Powder, and that you may use it with full confidence that your bakings will always come out right, BAKING POWDER EVERY INGREDIENT OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY U. §. FOOD AUTHORITIES _The Camel Squawk It may be all right to walk a mile for a camel, but here: proof of how a camel hollers when he has towalk the mile, T animal, like thousands of his brainy brethren, is used as a draug| animal in Samara province, Russia. They have mean tempers, & ways try to bite persons standing near them, and are usually com plaining in loud raucus tones. ] EVERETT TRUE e === - Y, NEIGHROR, YOU'VE REEN GOING ON A TOOT WITH THAT CORNET HERE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. 4'ye COME OVER TO TELL YoU THAT WHEN T WANT To GET THIN To \_1'LL CMOOSE THE INSTRU- MENT _ AND @ THE