New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1924, Page 6

e EEEEEEE——— 6 Nev;.Britaifi Hér;\l—cf | ®mEnan v ped Daild At Herald Bl LIZHING £OMPAN PELEP Thusine Lditorial R roum Always open to adv ber of The Associated F STER DAY The times wonders what the feeling of the person of imagination some- countrics towa of their land to which they people of this 1 other would be birth or the the land had there to be no The part sworn allcgiance, w national emblems—no flags. the Stars and Stripes plays in the con- tinued loyalty to America, is ene, The sight of the flag, all through the days of peace, brings constant re- sed by no mean minder of the patriotism poss every citizen of this country in or less digree. That love of one’ reater land would be there in the heart, without but it the existence of the flag, is a men that they need characteristic of some such reminder, It is so with the memorials to great men. There are tangible reminders llves which have added much to the world's ins Their often uncons felt, part of the aipr we for hetter, stronger I8 with our national hol tion, influenc ciously becomes a Lreathe and makes citizenship. So it lays, They survive and, bringing year after year the le hold up our Jdeals to the standards without which the United States of America would tend to lose its individuality and to fall from the paths in following which the Union has become great, And so, passing from this iMlustra- Yon of ofir personal need of reminders of the fine ideals, the splendid achicve- have woven themsclves ons they teach, ments which Into our lives, we come to that aspect of existence which considers the mat- ter which “passeth all understanding nevertheless, inspires by the of faith which asks no tangible, Only the re- suits of that faith are necded to make It stronger still, Only the knowledge abgolute Is needed that Because of that faith m@ and women have been in- spifed to wonderful achicvement, coyrage, strength, heroie deeds, And so Easter Day comes again to- morrow. Chiristmas 1 bringing again and again the picture of the birth of Jesus Christ whose life and Divine but which, miraclc scientifie proof. teachings, inspited by love, were to have its wonderful eftect upon the world; Good Friday, just passed, the day of His death after fulfillment of the promise of that life, and mow Easter Day, when, relic of the hunian handeap, His soul passed on to eteriity and to God, the home of the n to Day poui-—léaving an earth never a be in darkness absolute, ¥ er marks the begining of the time when following not only the of a new we seck to live teaching of a human source but the teachings of One the influence of words and decds would never dle. Without 1tk world would be as a rudderiess vess With world find, al- ways, to love wisdom. whose em the tl e may peace and and happiness, and, in the end, montal life. Almost Werself bear hope th does it after yea ings pause t ture's hand growing 11 to the frosh inspi the hearts of me green, 1l from reve il tite and 4 Resurr tic wor SITEATION THROLLEY FARL than they Mmay acgomplish by making a grand- | play which will give them | publicity and a _temporary prestige, but which will mean nothing, eventu- Iy, o the pec itain, thie its mayor n through its corporation euunsel made no grandstand play yor Paoness and of Corporati sel Kirk e e Wor am hes i proper itude, 2 together, they have King for of this city, It 1o sy that no mayor of dvisor o # better position wit] s comrmission utives of this city. As a resuit 14 ta led 1o divie territory of « company into divisic ich is pot probuble, making rofare include 1f it s decided that the citi ich pay ex- port the non-paying lines may hav lower fare, New Britain will cluded among those is that this point to be emphasized city has Leen properiy and judiciously represented by the mayor and the cor- and, by working to- , they have brought poration counse gether New represented by 15 they hay Britain into the ¢ men who s¢ ss of citics \ther the Welfare of the people, more than publicity for themselves, A SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL Almost April 9, 19 commented editorially on the fact that exactly a year today— . to be exact—-the Herald nge at last a committee had been placed in a position to go ahead and make plans for a permancnt memorial to former service men who All through this felt died in the great wa and before, we have iy the eontinuing hu tribute even iiliation of having to the memory of those who made the great sacrifice, 1t was only Wednesday night no permanent that the common council, glad to meet any movement to ghow the ing of the community in this matter, deep feels passed a resolution appropriating $700 vepairs to the present Court of Hon And yesterday the Herald presented to the people a pic- or temporary ture of the memorial that will be pro- poscd, There i a sacred solemnity pervad- ing the thoughts of men and women during this weck of emphasizing the spiritual, It is fitting that at this time thought should be given, too, to the form our expression of tribute to the memory of these men slall take. It 18 not a matter to be treated lightly; decided upon hastily unde standing ot nat one to be without thorough eWhat this memorial will mean to us who will see it who will personally—we overy lay perhaps—and 1o those come after us, It is not a matter to l‘m passed upon after a cursory glance at a fine photograph or a hasty inspees tlon of the models prepared to show what it will look like when compicted, Nor is it a time to speak lightly of the amount of money 1o be expended, The argument that ko Jarge a sum would do moro good if given to the disabled of the war still living, or to necdy ex- service men should not be considered, Our disabled will be taken eare of, no matter what scandals may wrise con- administration of And the taken people and cerning the the funds for that purpose for- mer service men will be are of, no matter how many concerns of great influence may dis- The both will coge, will be in approve it people of the country demand both; And, this city as in every city 1n the coun- beyond this, <there try, & memorial to those who may no ger be benefited by material aid, There will be & memorial which wilt perpetuate the lesson of their sacrifieo {and, in 80 perpetuating it, will inten- «Ify the spirit of Joyalty and patriotiem and fine deeds as shown in the great those who have gift to the world of and died. The membrial will It is our duty to make it ail hat it shonld be is the luty of those who form such memorial will take, to consult not of beauty and & of before ade alone ther ' 's othe It any p! r duty, ing to find out as r } ority of the ple of New B ant. Not to 4 1igs 1t is not artisti . A ppeal irtists of the W in- artistic her ifice of to the alnut Hill shalt—pause and weep, There a NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AP irtists names roughly painted on the pathetie Jittle name-plates, faded and Few are the names of men familis are known. They are them, with odd end- Mills and Smiths iy are nun em, of lads who would have > physical workers of New and they are names—all of who fc t und died Stars and Strip ning the perimanent memor- peapic of the city who love to Honor of which to the r0 to thut Court of practically every visitor city speaks, should be vemembered. In ad- miration for the memorial as pro- not be New Honor; that the people, posed it should forgotten t the people of Britain love vt of all uld miss it were it to be that there might come had taken away . almost, that we something more from those who have that many would like made siven their all; to see the Comrt of Honor permanent by stone shafts—an arch of xtone Her- few This is not a question for tKe ald to decide; not a question for people of fine artistic susceptibilitic It is a question for all the people express, if possille, their ing in mind, however, that artists do views, bear- know what will be apt to prove eftec tive and worthy the pa the long, long Six years ago tomorrow occurred the battie of Scicheprey, the coaflict which brought home to pgople of this country and especially the people of this city, decp, profound appreciation of the true tragedy which was being those flelds to which our than hoys—had strength, their to the enacted on men gone to give spirit, their lives 1f necessary great canse, To give their lives! Tt sary at that battle which marked the shedding of the life blood of many of little more their WAS Neces- the fighters from this land of ours— this city of ours, Today fragile, make- wits stand up there in Walnut the shift Hill park to show, in symbol, graves of lads who walked our strects; lads who, as we do tod, looked for- ward, years ago, to the coming of the spring when they could live and drink in the joy of the sunshine. Many in this country, and women and children, merber that day and the news of the sacrifices made by our American troops-—~and many of our own people of this remember, and weep. Brave was the stand of our troops on that, as on every day of the war when people men haps, re- city they were called on to face the enemy; brave was the spirit which would not} Le daunted by the fatalities of that hour, Those men of ours gave only "what each of the former service men now walking the streets were prepars ed to give, expected to give, And the is that it s pre- ceding such an anniversary, that we’ feel deeply, profoundly, as we should toel the spiendor of the mcrifices made by those who @ied— stand wimost within sight of all the people of the ever continuing tragedy only on days such as this, just every day, those to whom shafts city, and the significance of the vie- tory won on that day, 18 there any sacrifice the could make would be too great, il it eould only show our appreciation of what those men who fought were willing to give our appreciation of people of this country today that for their ecountry what was given for our country and our country's cause by those men of New Britair littie whose sacrifice i marked by the shafts in Walnut Hil Observations on The Weather Aptil 19— Weather the week beginning Washington, outlook for Monday . North and middie Atiantie generally falr with temperature slight- ¥y below first part with states ormai consider showers with mal latter part Forecast for d: Fair to emperature near nor Southern ght probably New Eng- Kunday followed by oon or night west winds, backing Sunday astern New York increasing owed by light ange in tem- northwest increas. ight rain Sand ter diminishing to southerly Forecast for I Fair tonight: Sunday pre iceal not pet winds rain; backing to southerly by Sun- Connecticut Fair tonight increasing cloudiness probmbly by Tigit 1 or night; diminishing north Is backing to erly Sund torm w rain Sunday moved rapi contr The greate 21 inches at wer Tow or in t ! <sissippi The rising vard ieinity higher tditions 4 or this w slightly REACH SHORE SAFELY, « York, April 19.—~Three " 1 in Sheeps carned Wwiay. vesterday, they of a mo- police en lats e gnaws Which Iater drifted in shore, empty. i Maxson Foxrats Juoew, A DILEMMA & Twist Grace and Sue T wavered long, But now I know That on sw l‘l"\ Sue my choice is fixed— "Tis truly so! Still * * ¢ Iy in such a quandary I'm fairly blue; If Sue should grace my home 1 fear That Grace will sue! “Ior a man who is phying somebody 4 hundred dollars a week alimony, you scem mighty cheerful.” y—she 3 e to cost me that much over twice when she was my wife, s —Edmund J. Kiefer. A woman’s chief interest in her daughters is to see that they marry better men than their father, He Was Stone-Broke building,” the pensive maiden sighe “A o in the ai what is the corner-stone?” he cried, She answered, “I'm maiden “A solitaire,” Mildred Lynu. Fablegrams "Tis said that a wonan is afraid of a mouse, a mouse is afraid of a man, and a man is afraid of a woman, Moral: Three is a crowd, By Their I'ruits trees ave funny; time was when they were tended and pruned, all dead timber being carefully cut out, but now bare limbs are a com- mon sight on even some of our oldest and best family trees, Slome of them produce a lot of peaches and the same branch may bear nuts, Many blossoms are found nestling in the leafy branches and perchance a few withered wall flowers are found tucked away in sundry nooks, 2 Cmons are common on some of the troes; prunes and quinces also abound, Some of this fruit is easy picking and some of it has to be pretty well shaken before it will fall, You will find many little love nests tucked away in the branches of the old family tree and also some pretty queer birds. But ever) iy tree is a is quite Famil also thing considered, the fam- pretty good tree, and it a calamity to fall out of it, orma Talnadge, The Thing That Counts Most (By Bert Allen Taylor) There are values in life that are splen- did and high, There are treasures we have, that no money could buy, Thers are things that we cherish, and hold above dll, Though their value may be small; But of all of the wonderful things 1 have seen, The thing that counts adding machine. in silver, or gold most, is the The pleasantest way to kiss a girl is without her consent but with her ap- proval, (Copyright, 1924, Reproduction forbidden). e —— — Contributions to the Fun Shop" from readers of the Herald are welcome, Those ac- eepted will be paid for at rates running from $1.00 to $10.00, Poetry will be paid for at the rate of 25 cents a line, Address our communications to the “Fun Ehop Editor” of the Her. nld. Write on one side of the paper only, Only matter that has not been published before will be considered. The humor may take any form, verse, epi- grems, sayinge of children and so forth. The Ierald wislies to inform readers, however, that the Fun Shop s a national or- ganization, the editor of the col- umn who finally accepts contri- butions 1s In New York and has the whole country to pick from, The humor, necessarily, must be very good before it is aceepted. _ 8880008080895088000880887 % 25 Vears Ago Today (Taken tromn Herald of that date) Srvserrenrevsersrirerevee inced today that Lan. Mfg. Co., are go- addition to thelr East Main street to room and will also 66 feet same 1t was ann ders, Vrary & Clark ing to put up an brass foundry on as a core another thtee building 27 by storics high on the cording to the first annual report f the water department which w yand in the city elerk’s office today, estimated cost of bullding the rvoir was $37,812, 1 on the reservoir and 90 daye later, Octo- was completed with the ex- of the drain, featare of the evening's enter- the mecting of the s societics at the Y. M t evening was severai veeal rendered by Frederick W. La- trustees of 81, held Jast ived from various around the city for the the new church, » & report made < inspectors office, 33 per- been iseucd to date for the ril. Noticeable among the . large number of isstied the nufacturing Permits being issued to P. ns, New Dritain | Brass nd Landers, Frary & Clark. ng of the chure eve- re rece from RAIN STOPS GAME. April 19.—(American)— Boston-Phiadelphia morning game postponed: rain Tn the Isle of Man and in Treland errings #old by the maze, which contains 630 fish, RIL 19, 1924, o o e - 4 - O O ) | [ —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People - > @ amecmremvamonms ik In the ranks of the police platoon, ger. “Maybe it's merrily f:ar you, but leading the Seicheprey Day parade {1 have on my boudoir slippers,” was today in Bristol was Supernumerary |the doleful complaint of the smallest Officer William W. Thompson, who |of the “movie” stars,’ | | was commended highly by Major | As they proceeded, the girl in the | | General Clarence R. Edwards in Hart- lead carried the bases of two lamps ford a year ago for his part in the and wore the shade of one over her famous conflict in April, 1918, with head. The picture would not be com- the picked “sturmtruppen” of the plete unless they met the garrulous German army, descended upon lhelmnle. “Well, look at Paul Revere's few hundreds of Connecticut soldiers | little daughter,” said one of the in Seicheprey to test out the mettle males, “Lady, your lights arc out,” of the Yankces. Thompson, a first quoth another, scrgeant of D company of the 102d | At last the end of the journey was | infantry, was located in a ‘dugout reached. Pilling their lo on the with his men, guarding the advance :front steps, tbe three sat down and lines, The Germans sneaked up 'sang “Home, Sweet Home.” through the village and a carefully LR A ) thrown hand grenade killed and | Members of New Britain lodge, 957, buried practically all of the men with | B. P. O, Elks, will be pleased to hear | Thompson. He was wounded grie that they are soon to have their old ously and buried in the debris of his | telephone number back, within a few | dugout, Working feverishly, he weeks when they want the club on | struggled out in time to dispatch sev- the 'phone they will ask for 957, | eral of the gray clad troops as they | For many years, 957 was the num- | wandered through Seicheprey “mop- ber of the clubhouse. It was easily ping up” stray Americans. Thomp- remembered becapise the lodge is No. | son’s bravery at that battle won Lim | 957 of the order, Then came changes. | his citation and upon his retyrn to It was neceseary for the Bills to look | this country a few months Jater as an in the book if they wanted to get in instructor of National Army men, he | communication with the club rooms, | was publicly commended by Ameri- | Some of them were so absent minded | can army officlals, In a speech de- that they even ealled up their homes, | livered in Hartford, General Edwards thereby surprising the family. drew attention to the part played by Through the efforts of “Tom" the Bristol man, as testifying to the Stammers, wire chief of the local di- spirit of the Connecticut National | vision of the Southern New England Guard troops in helping to break the Telephone Co., who has recently be- | morale of the €nemy. ,come a member of New Britain lodge | . . |of Elks, the old number will be Tt's a gloomy day and it's trying to | turned soon, the “owner” of the num- rain and not succeeding very well, the | ber having graciously agreed to sur- | nearest thing to rain being a sort of | render it because of its associaion | damp spray that just soaks you With the Llks elub. through and through, You've been | No. 957 is a number fastened out a bit late the night before and | tightly to the lodge. Besides being you don't feel like sitting at a desk | the lodge number in the order, it is and hammering a typewriter, You're also the Bills' post office box number. tired and grouchy and you don't care | s 5 what happens to who, The oftice is | The observance éf Good Friday as hot and stuffy and you wish you were |2 day of mourning in many Christian | out in the fresh air where men are |denominations is one of the most an- men, ete, jcient customs of the civilized world, The view from the office window | It had its origin in Rome when the | voveals a line of damp looking build- | emperor Constantine prohibited all | ings and a few disgusted and rain [Fublic activities on the day. As| soaked pedestrians walking along the | Roman thought spread out to other strect slowlygand you wonder if they | Parts of the world, the observance | also have been out late the night be- | Was on a greater scale, fore and are fecling tired wnd grouchy. | Good Friday is a memorial of the The strects are glistening wet and crucifixion of Christ, which the Rtoyal | now and then a car goes by, the tires Astronomical soeicty of lerlin has making a singing noise on the pave- | 0stablished as April 8, . ment. The noise grates on your |is & legal holiday in nerves, All you want is sleep, and Ireland and the British colonies, of Heavy Winds in Southwestern You turn away from the window |Itis lvl.fllldf' in some states in Ameri- at the invitation of the boss and again CA as Fast Day although in many sit down at the typewriter next to the | commonwealths it is not recognized at pesky old radiator which is still do- |Aall by the civic body, its observance ing duty in spite of the fact that April ' being confined to churches. is half gone, You sit at the desk and = Jn the Roman Catholic church the look around with a half glassy stare, | mass 1s somewhat different from that not ecaring anything about what's read on other days, the Host having going on, h_rcn consecrated on the preceding You think of the futility of it all Thursday. In the Anglican and Re- and wondor » you're going to be | man Catholic church a service is held able to got a nice nap. A nap would | between noon and 8 p. m, the hours feel 8o good just now. You could go OB which Christ is thought to have to steep anywhere, Then you think hung on the cr of the party last night and how yoe T were enjoying yourself, And you try AYMTORS FLY[NG ON to figure up how much you spent and | can't account for a dollar, No twist of mind will bring the where-abouts |y (uniinue Journey Despite Tteports of that missing dollar to you. And | Y you finally give up in disgust, The clock is moving slowly and several times you wonder whether or Alaska and Snow Squalls, not it has stopped, By The Amsociated Press, And you lean over the typewriter Chignik, Alaska, April 19.—In the and make belicve you are Workibg: | gece of reports that high winds that And the boss yells for more C€obY. ' hrought mnow ualls have been And the boys in the office say that i | gweanine” the rocky shores of the is all 19, You sit and try to @aEsume 'ooueiestern tip of the Alaska penin- a thoughtful expressions but you feel 'gun and the Aleutian fslands, three that you're not fooling anyone. United States army aviators attempt- Why docs that rumbling keep on% | jue 1o encircle the globe were ready It's giving you an awful pain in Your 5 jeave today on a 400 miles hop to head. And suddenly someone ¥elIS|pyutel Harbor, Unalaska, that it's the press. And then the bo¥ | wyye wii| start if weather condi- comes up with the papers. Suddenly ' tiony pormit,” said Licutcnant Lowell you realize that you only have 0 1 gy, work half a day. Oh, Boy! Where | At puten Harbor the three plan to will it be tonight? Sieep? Nothing ,wait the arrival of Major I doing.” Got to get a date somewhere. | npartin, commander of the expedi- And so it goes. tion, who was forced down Tucsday * o at Kanatak in his flagplane Seattle, 1t happened right here in New Brit- | now engine to replace the defective ain. one in his cruiser was on its way this 1t was moving day, The “old black morning to Kanatak on the coast mare” stood at the eurb champing at | guard cutter Algonquin, its bit. The owner had secn to it that | there was plenty of gas in the radia- | —e tor and plenty of water in the gas tank, or maybe that wasn't just the EVERETI‘ TRUE way efther, but he was so tired from, helping the family get the odds and ends together that he couldn’t be sure | ne hadn't gotten things mixed. The girls sald they would help. | Three of 'em, fairest of the fair, climbed into the back seat and wait- | ed for the battle to begin. It did. | Bome other members of the family came out and started piling clothing, fur coats, pictures and piano lamps on top of them. When father stepped on the gas all that eould be seen in the back scat was three noses pro- truding from the contents of four clothes closéts and other rooms in the house, They were oft. With a lurch they turned a corner on two weels, All were happy even if they were almost mothered. Moving day seemed to be a lark. The top of one plano lamp was sticking in the eye of one of the maidens but she didn't care. As they whizzed up the incline to Walnut Hill park the trio began to sing “Merrily we roll along.” Then the catastrophe happened. Fven the best of automo- Uile tires will give out. There was # detonation in the rear, The machine came to a stop. #The driver, with furrowed brow, jumped out and went behind to an- alyze the situation. “Whazza mat- ter?” asked a muffled voice from the depths of five dresses and three coats. “The worst has happened,” replied the driver. “We've had a blowout. You girls will have to walk.” “We can't get out,” said a volce in pr test. “Where there's a will, there way.” the driver answered. “Yes, but this is a Henry, not a Will,” was the quick retort. Clothes, pictures and piano lamps were piled on the greeneward. “The people will take us for a Near East Relief collection " someone said. “Can’t be ¥ replied the driver. “Just pick up these things and walk. Go right acréss the park and you'll come ont on ———— street where we're going 1o Tive, | So they went. A stranger procession | was never formed in New Britain, | “Merrily we roll along,” said the sin- | To SELL YouR CaR, T MIGHT BUY IT, [ Hoiv MUCH Do You [- WANT FoR IT § [= 1 ASKED You HHAT YU WANT FoR IT! re- | Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN The. first broadcasting set, you: will | remember, was made of a rib. It isn't the first tee the beginner | dreads so much as the first tee-hee. The honeymoon is over when she asks him if he loves her and he an- swers “Uh-huh.” v It isn't a perfeet civilization that produces $500 dinner parties and $30 funerals. Out in the rural districts, however. there are many fine hosts who can’t ! mix a cocktail. It isn't so difficult to love your ene- my when you hear him rooting for | your home team. Poise is the quality that enables a woman to sit in a late wife's limou- sine and looks as though she dared the neighbors to make remarks. It is kelling to where the police no longer lock for the woman but for the ! hypodermic needle. The trouble in Washington seems to be an excess of hard feeling and a shortage of hard facts. Convictions are the things a candi- date has after he discovers how the voters feel on the subject. A hick town is a place where no- body is too sorry to get credit at some grocery store, He Is getting old when he thinks everybody needs reforming and yet feels no urge to handle the job, Still, proving many people naughty won't demonstrate whether the leas- ing of oil reserves was wise or foolish. Keep trying. ¥ven if you mi hall of fame, you may be invited to address the commercial elub, Riches are not everything. Only the rich man can have a valet, but any poor man can get a wife, Tt takes an income of six figures to #et a man in the rotograyure section but one figure will get a girl there, If you den’t belong to Kian, Legion or bloc, you are the one he means when he appeals to the “eommagn™ people.” There are good and bad people, but there are very few who don't know what it means to shoot four bits. Corvect this sentence: "l was crazy to sce that picture,” said she, “but | had Bill's socks to darn and couldn’t go."” Amundsen ' Thinks Flight To Pole Will Be Costly Copenhagen, April 19,--Captain Roald Amundsen estimates that his proposed airplane flight over the north pole this summer will require u total exepnditure of $250,000, ac- cording to the Politiker, Only siy men will participate in the flight, which will be started about the mid. dle of July, The Dornier airplane, presented to Captain Amundsen by Premier Mus jini of Tta is to be flown from «a to Spitzberger, whence the pela: fators will not off, Captain Amund. sen, it is said, thinks there can be no Letter test of the machine's capacity than this flight from Italy, whieh i« longer than that planned across the pole. BY CONDO S — — MR, FLEMING, I UMDERSTAND YOU ARE WANTING WHAT 'L “ou GIMME Por \T § WGLL, WHATLL You QUMMeE T MAkE ME A BID,