New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1923, Page 6

1t s plessant (o ronm sfield and Fether and any physiclasn will tell you that hay fever lan't falal, Al any rate the ass that speke in Bible times didn't do it while some. But being Prime Minister 1 some- | Uy of the United States inte the Ihing else again, and when the Vel:| World Court in accerdance with the stoad act don't keep people down, as| plans presented (o the Benate by the it dosan't keep ‘em dowa in England, President Harding. President “New B e HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY late (osusd Datly Sundey Wacepied) A% Hersla Blag, o7 Chwrch Surest. SUBSCRIPTION BRATES: [ $2.00 Thrse Montha, The & Menth Offies st New Brilaln e erand Chase Msil Maitor: TELEPHONE CALLS: caenns B8 waee 1M Avertising medium In the hooks and press reem always open 1o advert'sers. Mewber of 'N‘_Awu Press, ous 18 exe mm-:v entiiled o ise news pubs elreulation, Cur elreulatior based upon this t 1 gures to both wational | advertisers, e e THE OLD DAYS, Far be it from us to h strain that the old days were the | ter days in New Hritain; that liter- ature and all art Is “not what s use to be.' Not that; not that! HBut | lttle referer to nty-Five Years Ago” reminds DeWolf Hopper appeared here then, It not one of his hest vehicles that he presented to the New Britain audi- ence, but it was the one he wus using that season in the metropolis as well as the smaller citles. It was not “Wang," with the “pretty girl, the shady nook—Xiss, kiss, and all is wello; but if we took another look we'd see another fellow.” It was not ‘Wang, but it was typical of the sort of plays that did come here, the best that were being produced. And in this particular, it might be said that, in the legitimate drama, and in comic opera at least, the old days were the better days in this city. It is quite possible that we, you and 1, .everyday folks, would not change today with our good plcture shows and good vaudeville available every night in the week for those old days when there would appear only occasionally some well-known actor or actress or some play that had won success. Perhaps we would prefer what we have now, somethirg doing nll of the time rather than a little something better some of the time with nothing the rest of the time. But here is a case where the good that is old has not been retained with the arrival of the good that is new. Here is an example of the folly of denouncing all things because they are old and advocating only the new. Certainly we would like to have good plays come back again to New Brit- ain, and certainly we want to keep the good entertainment now provided by the picture houses and the com- bination picture and vaudeville house. But, after ail, if we had a choice of giving up the new, as represented by the pictures, and replacing them with the old plays which we could see but occasionally, at best, we would choose to.leave things as they are— we ordinary people. And so, once again, it appears en- tirely out of order to harp on that old strain “the old days were the better days.” . 'p on the s that was US HUMORISTS, Harvey has another he made an- Piigrims’ certainly Ambassador other speech Dinner in London, and got away with it in great shape. All us humorists, like Harvey and us, know what it is to be misunderstood, When we make a joke they's lots of thinks at long-faced peoplew that we's talking in earnest and meaning what we says when we don't mean it at ali. And they bhlames us for saying some- thing that we did say intending it to be taken backwards—Ironical, the highbrows call it. And they's times when says something mean proper and them that hears us, know- we don't ;rrmvll not at we we ing we is humorists, think it at all get which we aren't after mean and we a laugh— the time. 8o we, Harvey and us, is safe any- ways because if we gets the laugh we can say we intended to be funny, and if we makes a break and says some- thing unpopular with the government we can have alibi that we was imending what we said to be a joke.| That's what this dinner. He what sald at the first one, and which wasn't the Harvey. said at claimed that he | liked by newspaper cditors except in Africa, from Wrong. 8o he was careful to smile when !n-;‘ doke at people would know it was if they was a joke and everybody the cabinet down got him| made a this last dinner so | Joke and took him serious he couid evidence and joke. produce that smile in show it was intended to b He did say that the a serious hecause wa safe, United States ready to help Europe and te us to go over there 1 what the But every invited the world Germans could | afford to pay Hughes has said | that before country didn’t that—it was eafs Anyway he Prime Minister al briar pipe which at| %ig dinners in $he Upited States much. I and writer in the has written it, so Harvey have to smile when he said all right | Baldwir peopie smoked lon't do | making mistakes you can't tell te what length they will #0 So we've got to escuse Baldwin who saild that Harvey had heen mixed up in twe good things, anyway, the British Debt Bettiement and the dis Baldwin had to go guite a distance to find something good to sasy ahout Harvey Tor we can't remember just what he did in thoses matters Anyway the humeorist coming home soan, and when he sails a4 good Yake will sail, toe, SPORD-POR-PRESIDENT,” We gefuse to' beliove there ia any present signifioa in the formation of some 300 “Ford.For-Preaident” clubs, nor in the calling of a confe ence out in Michigan for the pur- pose of forming a new party with Ford as its head. The sound com- mon sense of the people of the eoun- y, upon which one may rely, would come to the rescue of the country honest attempt made—at this time—to elect Henry Ford to the presidency, as we know Ford today, Hie lack of any one quallfication nec- to the proper conduct of that is apparently eclear. There ir reason why there might be in this movement, reason 18 the present attitude of a great many ol the country, They are completé disgusted with things as they are; they want something badly -very badly, What that ‘“some- thing" Is which they want they dont know and they can't find out, They ure looking for a panacea. Now most of the men who have been considered presidential possibili- ties have certaln opinions. These opinions are known; thelr policies are known., The restless class before re- ferred to have heard the policles of such leading men; they have read, perhaps, the speeches df such “presi- dential possibilities.” In those opin- ions, in these speeches they have not found what seems to them to be any panacea for anything. No relief will be found from them. But here is Henry Ford. knows his policies, his opinions on na- tional and international questions. Possibly he has none; he may lack conviction. But this protesting mul- titude in this country, possessing no knowitdge of Henry Ford thinks, might turn to him in desper- ation as a fisherman throws his hook into untried pool when he has failed in others out of which he used to pull many fish. Perhaps Henry Ford may have that panacea. He hasn’t said what his policies are; the others have come out and said some- thing. The words of the others are no good—let's tr, 1t is to this class the of Ford might appeal. We refuse to believe there is any “present” significance in the move- ment. The word “present” is used advisedly. For Henry Ford has shown a determination in what he has were any osRary office Lut wignif That mental on: inee one v in No one what an ford. that candidacy &hould small undertaken In business that remembered. From very begninings he rose rapidly to be, per- haps, the richest man in the world. He built on those small beginnings in business. He reached his goal, It is (uite possible that in the back Henry IFord’s mind that lesson stamped. It is quite possible that he believes he may win political suc- cess years from now if he starts to- day with these “small beginnings” .in his political fight. And there are two possibilities, One of them Is that, beginning today, abandoning his deep interest in his own business of which he has made Henry Ford might develop by study and thought through the years to come as he de- veloped in his own work, a knowledge understanding of mat- ters, of men and men's needs and the needs, that might fit him to take a place in politics where his worth where he wonld not be a “presidential he of is a tremendous success, and national country’s opinions were considering— lmpossibility.” Sueh time might come But time ir should appear, as a presidential candidate of both men years from be now, such would hastened there one or of the great parties, a policies were so menacing and dangerous to the that an untried opinionless man would be preferable. man or whose known country even WOMEN AND WORLD COURT, The day has passed when a move- ment or expression of opinion Is re- garded lightly because it comes from 4 woman’s organization. There have always upon was But it has | past to disre- been certain questions which the opinion of women sought eagerly, of course, been the gard a formal expression of belief hy habit in the them upon political matters, | There is no intention to urge that their opinion upon every question is| correct But women and their or- ganizations have no monopoly on There are men, t0o. ; The women who, for instance, want ‘equal” treatment—who ask abso- lutely no favors and seek equal rights | w wrong often hen they ask to be placed upon cquality” with | are seeking not but they privileges of woman- | » | of Women | men in all ways, they more rights alone, are giving p some of the which they must k But the National f Voters has come out oring the en-| Coolidge has assumed the vonvenl position that there is nething for him body else was trylng to listen to the 1o say upon the matier as it is in the hands of the Benate—or at least this| attitude has been altributed to him. teristically and in this case properly, deem it wise to go on record as faver- ing the 1t is another indica- tion of approval of & plan which, Court toward the goal of better interna. tiona! understanding. A BIG 83 BILL, People who think abapt it at all wonder often where the funds come from which supports the Children's Home in this eity, The other day a five-dollar hill arrvived, It was just five dollars, and would nol go very far, perhaps, in paying the expenses of the home, Nut It was a very big five-dollar bill indeed in what it rep- resented, A woman 84 years old had worked to earn that money, She had done some “tatting” for her friends In Minneapolis, Five dollars’ worth of tatting is considerable tatting and it must have taken a long time for this old lady to earn it, But the amount of tatting done, or the number of hours worked do not indicate the fineness of the feeling that Inspired her to send the money to the children's home of this city. This is the sort of thing which enters constantly into the atmosphere of the home which makes its foundation so sure, Its Influence so greaf. We like to think of that old lady working hap- pily that she might send her bit to take care of the children, e e e e v 25 Years Ago Today (Taken irom Herald of that date) Ii accordance with the action of the common council in ordering the narrowing of Central Park, Contrac- tor W. W. Hanna started to move the curb back five feet this morning. August Bengston of John street spent yesterday in New Haven visit- ing friends. The Rev. 8, G. Ohman is being spoken of as a candidate for repre- scntative. The contract for the erection of John M. Curtin's new home on Win- ter street has been awarded to H. F. Morehead. William J. IFariey, Peter F. Curtin and John Higgins were appointed a committee last evening to arrange for the annual social of the Nutmeg club in Hill'’s Casino in January. B. H. Hubbard has been awarded the contract for the erectlon of Pat- rick McCabe's new house on Winter streot. New Britain high school football team will meet the winner of the Hartford-Sheffield game in the series of contests for the state foothall champlionship. The game will he played on November 5 at Electric Field. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLXN. Another popular method of keeping hands soft and white is to let Mother wash the dishes. The difference between & meek wife and an independent wife is about $400 worth of clothes, It must be awful to be so unimpor- tant that you must pretend to be un- impressed by everything. Friction produces heat in nearly all cases, but not in case of friction with the janitor. “Hope springs eternal” is just a more poetic way of saying what Barnum said about the birth rate. A politician never begins to talk about the duty of party harmony un- til he gets his hands on the reins. ): and when the average man gives a nickel he expects a nickel's worth of gratitude in re- turn, There appears to be too little cffort to fix the prohibition law and too much effort to fix the agents. Great-open-space movies are made on the theory that you don't need much actingif you have enough snow. Tt may be that village folk are more pious than metropolitans for the rea- son that a watched pot never bolls. A “grind” is student who labors for a sheepskin because he isn't quali- fied to monkey with the pigskin, — | A careful study of the liberators who have served mankind reveals| that very few of them have reduced | ] if were who | prize| the bucket-shops cashier have Even closed the company would left excitement and the ponics fight noon play. Remarkable fact, We know poker addicts whe lost heavily federal ald That visiting Englishman who says all American business is annoyed by government doesn’t know mueh about Harvey's| properly safeguarded, certalnly looks the hootlegging business. The open car in less now, but you don't absorb so mueh #lass when you decide to pass other fellow at the eurve Correct this sentence; “Hinee John died,” related the widew, “every man who owed him money has ecome and paid me." WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD By CHARLES P, STEWART NEA Bervice Writer Prohibition, the drys say, has falled. Yes, the drys, The wets say so, too, of course. But they never sald so more emphatically than it was sald at the mecting the dry leadgrs hejd in Washington to decide wh‘s to do, According to the dry Investigators who reported to the meeting: Drink conditions were improving in the wet days just before prohibition; with prohibition, they slumped and have been getting worse ever since, WHERE THEY DIFFER But the drys don't favor abandon- ing prohibition, Wets say It can't be enforced be. cause the country doesn't want it. Drys say the country does want it; the reason it isn't enforced is, officials don’t try. They blame politics, That is, they say in many places enforce- ment's In" the hands of wets who get thelr jobs through political pull, GOVERNOR PINCHOT'S PLAN Pinchot of Pennsylvania is most outspoken among the dry governors. He puts it up to President Coolidge to take “personal charge” of enforce- ment, LET GEORGE DO 1T Strangely, Pinchot's supporters are Rovernors of wet states—Smith, New York; Ritchie, Maryland; Silzer, New Jersey; Cox, Massachusetts; Morrison, North Carolina; Blaine, Wisconsin; Parker, Louisiana. Thelr attitude ys— it's a federal law; let the federal gov- ernment enforce it, if it cam. Governor Allen of Kansas ls typi- cal of the drys. He says his state doesn’t expect the president to be a policeman; if the states are other- wise helpless, let them us the militia, But as for military force, add. Gov- ernor Hinkle, New Mexico, the whole army and navy can't enforce what the people don’t want. The drys urge a law punishing liquor buyers, as well as bootleggers. WHAT COOLIDGE ASKS President Coolidge doesn't seem to want the “buck” passed to him. He pledges the federal government to do Its part, but wants more cooperation from the states. GERMANY AND FRANCE Chancelor Stresemann abruptly an- nounces Germany hereby stops paying anything more to France. He held off, he says, because he wanted to prove first that France isn't after pay- ments, but Germany's ruin. He de- clares he's proved this by uncondition- ally surrendering in the Rubr, giving France everything she asked, but it hasn't helped any. Now that the world knows the facts, he adds, he's acted, driven by “absolute necessity."” This was a statement to the press, ~t n eammnnication to France, but the latter seems sure to follow. rnen will come the erisis. Nobody knows just what form it will take, CIVIL, WAR THREAT Civit war seems imminent among the Germans. In the Rhineland, the party which wants to secede from Germany has w‘—m-lmmm an independent Rhineland rhpublic in several important cities. The movement doesn’'t cover the whole Rhineland yet but is spreading. It really is under French protection, s0 the Berlin government can't do much, The German states, when on good terms, have ministers at cach other's capitals, and royalist Bavaria and communistic Saxony have hroken these relations, as countries do before going to war. 3 The central government at Berlin has threatened armed force against Saxony and Saxony has defied it. Ba- varia refuses official relations with the central government’s military dictator. Observations on The Weather [——— Washington, Oct. 24.—The weather bureau today issued « the following storm warning: “Advisory 10 a. m.: Warnings changed to southeast from Block Ts- land, R. I, to Eastport, Maine. torm central over Pennsylvania, moving north-northwestward.” Iorecast for Southern New England —Rain this afternoon and probably | tonight: Thursday mostly cloudy; lit-, fresh to south- to- tle change In temperature; strong southeast, shifting to southwest winde; probably gales day; on the Massachusetts and Rhode Tsland coast. For Connecticut: Raih this after- and tonight; Thursday mostly cloudy, little change in temperature, fresh to strong southeast shifting to south and southwest winds. Conditions: The tropical storm which was central near Hatteras yes- terday morning has moved northward and is central over Pennsylvania It has caused heavy rains and high winds during the last 24 hours on the coast from North Carolina to Maine. The greatest rainfall reported was 4.77 inches at New Haven. The heavy rain covered castern New York and southern New England. The storm will probably move eastward and l“"'slwm’ml leaders, armament conferenee—showing that| The wemien, however, quite charac: | month and haven't yet appeaied for camfortable the mmfl”& I Burns Coal or Wood | ~ Plenty of Heat all over the House One-Pipe Furnace about them or sen out to sea tonight, I'rosts were reported as far south as Georgia, Conditions favor for this vicinity: Rain followed by clearing and colder weather late tonight or Thursday. NO MINSTREL SHOW Teachers of Elihu Burritt Junior High School Correct News Item October 24, 1923. Office, ¢ New Britain Herald, Gentlemen: Kindly make the following correc- tion regarding an {tem that appeared in Monday's Herald. The teachers of the Elihu Burritt Junfor High school are not planning to give a ininstrel show on the eve- ning of November 2nd. May 1 suggest that you verify the correctness of items through this office, Yours truly, H. E. DEMPSEY. THREE LECTURERS ONWINTER PROGRAM Gommonwealth Club Secures Men of Renown to Speak Here | Buel B. Bassette, president of the | Commonwealth club, today issued a | program of the activities of the club | |for the ensuing year. Three fixed meetings have already been arranged and each will be preceded by a sup- | {per. There is a possibility that a | fourth meeting will also be held but the date for this has not been an- nounced. | The first supper ard meeting of the | elub will be on Tuesday evening, No- vember 20, at 6:30 o'clock at the Y. | M. C. A, when John George Bucher, |traveler and newspaper eorrespondent, will speak on “Poland Yesterday and Today.” This lecture will be illus- (trated with hand colored views which he took himself. Mr. Bucher was with the Polish armies in the Bolshevik in- | vasion of 1520 and has been in the | homes of many of the political and naces—very easy and economical to install. A. A. MILLS at the Y. M. C. A, at the same hour. Survey,” will be the speaker. ing to announcements Dr. Devine is a | his subject “Einstein and Relativity,” give the Designed Especially For Pipele ss .Heatihg I'I‘ is really remarkable what a Magee One-Pipe Furnace will do and how many rooms it will heat in the coldest kind of weather. What a comfort it is to have the same heat and cheer- fulness all over the house. THE Magee One-Pipe Furnaces offer the most economical method to produce heat. Whether you burn coal or wood the cost will be less than any other method of heating. Magee s represent the highest type of pipeless fur- Ask your dealer d for booklet. Magee Furnace Company 38 UNION STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 80 Wgst Main Street The second meeting of the organiza- 'pnrslnh‘nt]y important subject. tion will be on Tuesday January 22, Prof. B. R. Baumgardt will,_speak at the third meeting of the club to be held Monday evening, February 26, He wili have as Dr. Edward T. Devine, editor of “The Accord- [at the Y, W, C. A. member of the president’s coal com- | A changé has been mad® in the last mission and will be in a position to|meeting place because of a banquet club members some inside | which will be given at the Y. M. C. A. information on this recurrent ;md|hy one of its own organizations. Original “Safe Drivers” A Thirty-three vears as a street car crew without an accident o any kind certainly ought to entitle Motorman John Donahue, lef! and Conductor John Murphy of Peoria, Ili., to charter membership in the “Safe Drivers’ club.” Since 1890, they've eovered more than 1,250,000 miles together. That's equal to 50 times around the universe.