New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1923, Page 6

New Britain Herald COMPANT HRRALD (Issucd Da PURLISHING Sundpy Bx epted) At Heinia B! 87 Chur 1 & SURSCRIPTION $8.00 o r Fatered at as & TPLEPHON? the Oity room alv Associated Press Member o, The The redited 1 Membor The A tisers v bas tect tribut 1o, WORKING TOGETHER cast be 1 appropriat which congress “Whatever econemy, be given to the incre portance of ai t fands appropriate tain adequately the army and navy. Progress in ties ¥ being made at s thEt the only way to ¥ oleer nations j& act abreast, year by yeu Sehind. . e rin These are aot (@9 president’s words: | trated the mind of the pe N0 AN INTENTIONAL OVERSIGHT? them th: ibout | In a , trick tragedy k mood such a one laughs at the ihe Indian is that American than he wus before the His lands and his reduced to the sort know, namely cash, are re” undoubtedly. Those valueless when measured day when he had All they erms, in-the matter for his own were | essity for to him was the chance he had and shelter and the s ugain, them food ' words, | Joy of as he knew it. Today he lands and with the pro- men) food he did not in open to | days clothes he did not need, the mes an | perisl ttractions of modern civili Do these things bring ir iches?" But this is the attitude, of course, e w life | o feels the burden of He is here, tty heavy burden, modern world but because powers over as no control 1 ade it t is in t than a ti is light con- cory that ap- ther disconcerti wist be given to%l mpts the president ap the Indian as he being litions lian in aviation for an- 1 to meet those comes absolutely | v 1 now exist, whether er or poorer ti th of pr » keep clean those i clean path most we may to try who | eling over it I H 1 i Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN PUMAN SPARKS will come nip \ INDIANS “RIoHER Observations on ” The Weather ast 24 hours temmpe mber alo ght but warm a day. New Books at the Institute ADVANCED TOYMAKING by D. Mitchell. BASHAN AND I by Thomas M A study of the mind of a dog and of his feeling toward mankind, done with charm and insight by an Aus- trian novelist. “In telling us so much about Bashan, his master cannot, of course, avoiding telling us also a good deal about himself every now and then shan’s biography strikes a note that shows he is more than an acute and nn. those #sensitive observer of natural phenom- him also to be a pro- al thinke R CALVIN COOLIDGE by R. M. Wash- burn. The life of the president told by a political student and writer who was his colleague in the Massachusetts cgisla for five years. $ve s OF LEATH by John A ena, that prov found and poeti MANT- hur Wil- CHEMISTRY FACTURE son ERDAY AND TODAY by Edward nas Williams, “Professor Williams ws formerly American charge d'Affaire Peking, and recently chief of the division of far eastern affairs in our department of state. In this book he deals with such topics as the status of women, her position in the home, the present treatment of girl children, education handicraft, In fact the book is encyclopaeditin its range and brought well up to date as a compendium of fact. It contrasts the new with the old."—Review of Reviews. . e o THE COLORADO RIVE YE iR~ DAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW Freeman, is voy- rts of the CHINA, YES ete v Lewis Ransome Mr. Frem whose \ert- | teenth amendme Interesting work easily © most suggestive a 1dy of the differentiation ished in public factor of sex been pub- New Re- sociological which generation,” has DREADS AN BESETTING FEARS by Tom Alfred Williams, ‘Dr Willia provided an ex- ent hundbook to the world of fear i work that will be to the sufferers rom this all too prevalent malady,"— Review, i, . IN EUROPEAN Al LITERATURE cadio Hearn It is a valuable tordell has performed fo world in rescuing, from wmher of essays casily illusion of greater that & book bestows. et a book that should be read by 1 for its delight in mun's imaginative works. Crities should read it, not convietion espeeially, must remain one's Hearn's remained his; ghtenment Christian ce Monitor ms has iterary i AND ORI- by Laf- service that Mr, the literary musty files, deserving permanency These cssays the I OF BUILD- Je FIMATING THI INGE by A. W FIELD HOCKEY AND SOCCER FOR | WOMEN by Helen Frost and H authoritative i ure re Ameri- girls, The cleverly book 1 shs and diagra ul both to play- A. Booklist, games are nd the I8 we nogray } IN THE Berry. in the techni- ed to present an nature of man and for developing his UNI- FOUNDRY WORK by Robert Ernest | HAPPY ISLES by Basil King < v W OF CELEBRITIES AND EBRATED GARDENS by J o HANDEL by aturally lovers of rows not % and cus- London of vari- egarding eview of ' AMERICAN HOM THE BEGIN- THE CIVIL WAR by ving TRADE by v. ed French liter- me deaf at the held her her Jif phy that archings ) current ex ne strivings T AND KITE TOURNA- G AND LIVING; Academi s by Ephraim Emerton MANT Henry M. AL by ITS AND SWITCH- LEOPOLD 1 OF BELGIUM by Lroyi} erts preserved ere attempts a sur- ayed by the late king | the Jiquor that made of Eur-|way.” fore lnc‘ ., The my stomach was outl of fis” the dags be work contains a number of letters not before published of Leopold 1"— | Times (London) Lit. Sup. |as regards the population and supply and to submit a forecast of | | | ! stand | among 1 stimulating | still, the highjacker, poison liquor and | lary 8 MANKIND AT THE CROSSROADS by Edward Murray East. M } “The author's aim is to present a picture of the present world situation food the probable tefidency of the future. “On the question, the relation be- tween population and food supply, the facts and statistics that are adduc- ed and brought into systematic and logical order are of wide scope—quite the most comprehensiv complete and up-to-date to be found in any recent publication. The argu- ment is sound and most suggestive, and the book is bound to attract wide attention.” .. NAPOLEON by G. Montorgueil. A book written in French and beau- tifully illustrated with scenes from the Napoleonic campaigns. - &k THE NEW TESTAMENT by Edgar J. Goodspeed. “The professor of biblical and pa- tristic Greek in the University of Chi cago, who is the author of a numbes of critical and textual works on the New Testiment, offers in this volume a careful translation of the New Testament into modern American idiom. Professor Goodspeed has taken over his translation, which s, he hopes, in English of the same kind | as the Greek of the original.”"—Times | (London) Lit. Sup. . s [©) MAKING AND COLLECTING ETCHINGS by, . Hesketh Hubbard, ¢ii6 8 THE PREVENTION OF WAR by Philip Henry Kerr and Lionel Curtis. Lectures.delivered at the Institute of Politics at Williamstown by two British authors under the general title ‘A British View of International Prob- lems'."” PROHIBITION T A. Haynes. “A OUT by Roy incidents i of recital of the policy ment of the eigh . by the U. S. com- He discusses moonshine and 1n the enforc missioner o other prohibition. topics the state and federal responsibility. Very readable.—A. L. Booklist. Wiyl SELF HEALING BY GESTION by A. Dolonne, s SHAKESPEARE TO SHERIDAN Book About the Theater of Ye terday und Today by A. Thaler, “Treats of the life story of the theater in Shakespeare's time and during the two succeeding centuries a8 an organic whole, traces its influ- ence upon the theater of our day and shows its great debt to the Shakes- peare tradition. The author is assist- ant professor of English in the Uni. versity of California and has had ac- cess to much rare material here and in England. The reproductions of old programs and cuts are delightful,"”— A. L. A. Booklist. . AUTO . . and full] the | prohibition | | simply Choose This Gift FIRST B GRUEN Guild Watch GRUEN verrmAm A gift long to be remembered should be chosen with the utmost care. g Now, before the holiday rush, is the time to select that Gruen Guild Watch—a gift faithful in timekeeping service, and as beautiful as it is accurate. 3 You will find our store a delightful place shop. Here you can choose at leisure from our wide variety of Gruen models, priced at $25 and up. PORTER & DYSON CO. Old Reliable Jewelers “The Store for Gruen Watches” 54 MAIN STREET he writer served continuously in COMMLYN]CATED the regular military establishment from 1907 to 1922 and was exclusiy ly engaged, during the war in t transportation of troops to all garr sons and cantonments in the Unite States and Panama and to points of embarkation. The number so trans- ported is roughly estimated a' 50,000, The close personal contact, ineident to the authority in charge of such ti 8- portation, because of its group char- BONUS OPPONENTS PICTURED, Editor New Britain Herald: In connection with the bonus drive ow before congress, and suffering no batement because of a resent utter- | ce, much publicity is given a sup posed opposition within the service orgamizations, a case in point being| the “steaming up' of a new organiza- tion at Martford in the morning | acter and the long and confined travel, paper, { enables the claim that a personal In a check upon the veterans of the | touch was had with the soldier as recent war, only, within such an op-| great as that of any other individual position in a distant service organiza-| during the war. Becausc of this ex- tion in mind, it was revealed that|periefice an excellient knowledge of | among those who wanted no bonus or| soldier psychology was gained and the compensation were: One, those whose | assurance is given, so far as that ex- tax bill would be greater, he supposed, | parience will give assurance, that sus- than his bonus income; several, who| piclon attaches itself to each veteran needed it not; several, who|of the war who opposes the just com- because of their acceptance of the| pensation, unless he like my Nobraska bonus given to ali soldiers upon dis-| friend in whom there stirred the gen- charge, and which would apply on fu-| uine spirit so much and so shame- ture bonus payments, had very little | jessly flaunted, and in whim, withall, or none coming; one, whose salary, in' I say with reluctance, there appeared, connection with the disposal of vet-| as the first sign of identity, a dumb eran funds, was involved, and one, 10| lcok about the fage. “KER." whom it might be said, ““Thou art the et noblest Roman of them all.” This in- dividual, whom {t is impossible to de- scribe boeause of his being totally out | of the general run of humanity, noed- | B 25 Vears Ago Today or ¢ ed compensation, immediate layed, and incidentally, an overcout last winter, but a rare spirit stirring within said him, “nay Should 1 again refer to him, and should the roference be slighting, it is becanse 1 respect him none the less, but the truth more and because what his eye does not see his heart of hearts will not feel as he pursues his unruffied way in the distant commonwealth of Nebraska, where, at the balloon school at Omaha, during hectic days, he was 8o reluctant to be where no task was to be performed In all instances above, the stated for anti bonus sentiment was-— with appropriate shifting of the gas “no award for patriotic service” In cach case no effort had ever been made to refund the honus, aceepted on discharge, by way of worthy ity or to the conscience fund, so loud- ly announced at the organizatipn meeting, as still in operation st Wash- ington. There was also absolute fail- ure and discomfiture on the part of all with one exception to explain their opposition, in view of the fact that | acceptance of compensation was not compulsory. The one exception Was my friend—without the overcoat, who | made sincers and eloquent explana- tion in unembarrassed silence A SIMPLE COURSE DECORATING by Fales, IN HOME Winnifred .o BNOW AND ICE SPORTS Jessup. Mr. Jessup's chapters on selecting skils and skiing equipment and their| use up to the high art of ski jumping, use of snow shoes, winter mountain. cering, on fce creepers, camping in the snow, snow photographs, skating and skate salling, hockey and curling are all from personal experience learning from the ground up, making the beginner's wistak and taking good advice. There is an entertaining chapter in Great South Bay scooter. | Ing. The last chapter is an account | of winter sports at Dartmouth college | where snow activitics leading up to the famous Iebruary carnival have| gtven the school a unique reputation.” | Literary Digest. . by Elon . . BUCCESS by A, A. Milne, - Fiction . BANNER OF THE BULL by Rafael Sabatini. 0 THE HOUSE OF THE SECRET by| “This ke any romantic tale of mystery, should only be read provided the premises without rescrve, and if one is on this point receptive, ‘The House of Secret’ will pros ‘ excellent investment for | an ol entertainment."—Liter. | on accepts all YOUR MATCH ON ThAW NicE CLEAN waLL % an ing's Review LONE WOLF RETURNS Vance by Louis T NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET by Peter B, Kyne L AR RIPPLING RUBY by J. 8 Fletcher. The title is less startling when we learn that the name is that of a racing | and not of the heroine. The | erime mystery is handied with all the | | reading! | unuswally thick fog. usual skill and easy narrative of the author of “The Copper Box' and other famous detective stories.”—Outlook. | 5 & ¢ | WINGED SEEDS by Bertha Oppen- heim In this pleasant record of family | life is toid the history of a long-plan- | ned project to establish a farm which | should be both a home and a center of culture. The idea of this farm was | conceived in a studio and carried out on the Vermont shore of Lake Cham- | plain. The narrative deals with per- | sons temperaments as well as with agriculture—in fact, more the former than the latter. It makes good It is helpful and cheerful spirit, in ineld and in pen pie- tures of life outdoors and life indoors | it is an unusoal ekpression of much that i fine."—Outiook. VERY WELL = LIGHT OVER " THERE L HEAVY FOG IN PARIS Paris, Dee. 11.—Paris awoke day to find itscif in the to- gloom of an | Lamps were burning all over the city at mid-fore- | noon and the automobiles were keep- ing their headlights going. On the river the foghorns of the various cnfl‘ reess to| ade a constant din, | Correct this sentence me “It wasn't feel nntl s34 he, “but just the fact that reason rhar- | WHY Do You SCRATCH (Taken irom [lerald of that date) —— e sy There was pretty fair skating at Cooke's pond today and a large crowd enjoyed the sport. A. H, & E. W. Abbe shipped the last of the goods for which they had the contract to Plum Island today. My, and Mrs, John Andrews will entertain a party of friends at whist | this evening at thelr home on Glen street, A Hartford delegation will also be present | Arthur W, Upson of Berlin has { been appointed a commissioner of the superior court, While on a western trip Frank H. | Johnstone and Frank Griswold made an inspection of the Big Star zinc | mine in Arkansas. Mr., Johnstone Is seeretary of the company owning this | mine and a good deal of the stock is owned in New Britain, \ A. Bonander is in Boston on & busi- | ness trip. Mr. Bonander proposcs to | give up the meat business in connec- | tion with his grocery trade. W. L. Davis thinks that his recent- |1y acquired stepper Sleepy Frank can | best anything in the horse line In | town on a snow footing. BY CONDO WELL, SIR, T'LL TELL You, MY FRIEND, WANT