New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1924, Page 6

[ New Britain Herald HERALD Tasued baily A Henld Blag SUBSCRIPTION 00 8 Year "ne v PUBLISHING RATES Eatered at the Post Office & o Eecond Class TELEPHONE CALLS Pusiness Ofice Bditorial Roams sulterfuge nhers of any + ¥ fonl - Loth ToOm Always epen 1o adieriiseis Member of The Asseciated Press. ing The ated Press in exclusively ent 10 the use for re-pubiivation » eredited to it or ne s ore In this paper and alse news pu Nahed herein, in heen more effecti an on the Ary originating the issue and the later and iocal rom the aetivities Ku Klux Klar nds lidates for public Member Audit Burean of Cireulation, The A, B, C s & mt o1 ganigntion which furnishes newspapeis and adver tisers with & striotly AnAlysis of eirculation aatistics are Based upon this audit, This umires proe tection against fraud newspa dis. tribution figures to nat local advertisers, nal affice the eountry aver have let their attitide on these questions remain In dry tatea who personally 108 indisclosed territories candi n remainad ad. bat 4 » dieted to their toddy, guve the impres. were dry, all the while indirectly Loptlegging business. In wet territories slon they rectly or patronizing the Tim Entrance this subterfuge has not been so nee- | essary, but where oceasionully a pors sonally dry eandidate sought office in he took care to Central, 42nd ¥ THE WONDER PASSES Charles Murphy of Tammany Hall fame once sald that everything In New York was only a nine-duys' won- | 'aking a the hoys when der. The Democratic convention hus | the occasion this kind of gone considerably beyond the nine | Soclability, A days and as a consequence New York- In Klux territories the anti-Kluxer ers have arrived at the point where ‘Mlnlllllllll‘fl made no effort to take a lassitude has taken place of the thrill, the hordes of bigotry, Fervid partisanship has been dylng | 'eSulting In their heing regarded as down; the galleries have become favorahle to the cause. In anti-Kiux tame; delegates to the convention no | territories candidates who lean toward longer are being pointed out as honor- | the Klux fdea have fooled the anti- ed guests of the city, New Yorkers, in Kluxers while secretly letting the common with averybody else, heartily { lKluxers understand their actual state wish the convention would get over its | of mind, thorny road and depart. This hypoeritical attitude in politics Whether the convention gets any- | is 80 widespread that it has been re- where after the Sunday siesta remains | 8arded as a natural outgrowth of our to be seen. The proposal kigned by | System of politics, in which the first every candidate except McAdoo ap- |Pplank of success is to fool the voters. pears fair. It was that all delegates be | Al Smith of New York owes released from Instructions as to can- | much of his popularity to the fact didates, giving each delegate an op- | that he has never hedged, has not portunity to vote according to convic- | straddled, and is no trimmer on public tions. Managers of candidates and He opposed the eighteenth Gov. Smith personally signed the reso- likewise lution—except Mr. McAdoo, who at this writing had not yet put his name on the dotted line. McAdoo's failure to sign was taken as meaning he places his personal ambition above the welfare of the party. Gov. Smith now controls more than a third of the delegates. His standing in the totals has been improving, al- | The governor's attitude toward the though far from two-thirds majority. | Ku Klux Klan at It the convention managers do not ! foursquare epposition. stcceed in getting somewhere this | himself politically he week the situation will be unparallel- [ ignored it and thus possibly avoided ed in party history. Tt is claimed that | the concentration of its wrath against many of the delegates are nearly | him. But he chose to take a course “broke” from paying expenses Inci- | fully in line with his conscience, ir- dent to their protracted stay in New{ respective of its political effect upon York, and it would not be surprising | his future. to see many of them start for home, Comparisons need not be detailed leaving the fate of the gathering in|to paint the difference hetween the the hands of those living nearer to New York. This would be an advan- tage to Smith and a distinct disad- vantage to McAdoo and some of the other candidates, A wet constituency Keup his Aryness under cover, perhaps drink with demanded stand against Gov. questions. amendment from the start; looking with disfavor upon the Vol- He enunciated his opin- but at the same time let law-abiding stead act, ions openly it be known that as American citizen, he felt it his duty a laws as passed and suggested others | do the same, once With profit to could have those who are seeking high office. Everyone has respect for the man who stays put where he is placed; who takes a public course based upon honest convictioms; and who is will- ing to rise or fall upon the merits of his personal conceptions of right or CALVIN, JR. President and Mrs, Coolidge are | spanding their days and nights in a hospital, in an ante-room and along- gide the bedside of their son, Calvin, Jr., who is suffering from poisoning, the result of a bilster received durlng a game of tennis. Calvin Jr.'s life is all but despaired of by surgeons. The sympathy of the nation goes out to the president and his devoted wite. Other parents who have linger ed at the bedside of sick children will | understand the terrible strain that bears down upon the White House parents in this dread hour. Despite the unfavorahle news from the hospital, every woman and child in the United States will main- tain the hope that young Calvin will pull through. Wrong. Gov. | his greatest asset. great governor and a great man irre- spectlve of whether he is nominated for the presidency. has heen remain a Smith's fsankness He will SAVING THE INFANTS The infant mortallty rate for New Britain during 1923 was 79 per 1,000, or two more than the average for the entire state of Connecticut. The report is based upon statistics’ gathered by the American Child Health association and serves to remind the state that Tan) there is jmportant life saving yet to be done. New Britain's baby death rate is as good—or as bad—as that of Hartford, | while at Wallingford the rate is only 53, the.lowest in the state. One New England city, Winchester, Santa Cruz, Cal, LA FOLLETTE THE DARK HORS The major parties this election year will be plagued La Folletteism. The Progressive convention at Cleve- Jand was his convention and no other | DY Mass, shares with the honor of having the lowest infant | martality in the United States, only 26 infants out of every 1,000 horn dying in either place the first year of person was considered as its candi- date for president La Follette's followers at staged this| o 1t is a comparatively easy task to mortality figures. The Progressive convention an oppor- tune is fact split, east, time. Everyone are of the | that [RE west and south being against the and the other analyze infant the nocratic party is where most of the population is ex- ceedingly well-to-do and obtains good medical care for their offspring, the Part of it is wet part of it is Klan and the part dry other part anti-Kian, Many Democrats + profess they are mad enough to vote for LaFollctte. 1s not so apparent, but in view of the rough-shod which the | anq physt President’s followers and organization | the population is ot educated into Republican dissension | ;14 0ing extreme confidence in doctors. | or where a false idea of economy lurks called unless often manner in & are not “abzolutely necessary” which means when too late, the infant death rode over the other aposties of regu- larity at the recent convention. it re- | oo s higher. Winchester, highest class suburban cities of B Most of its residences wonders of beauty 1« many children o Boston, to is one quires considexable of an optimist Mass., imagine that everything in the G. O P. is 100 per cent perfect, are The to put a third tic January and LaFoliette js to he he pendent. All victims of n. ‘nt. in but ¥ a Progressive convention aimed and refine field next ad it inde- with et in the There are not forcign sections of will run as ar what there are of them receive ¢ Meantime tiscontent medical care and physicians are to keep them well as much as to make the two major parties throughout the rge their Elec- | il when sick. ns in Winchester New Britain, west will be inclined to subme them €orfows in this third candidate are much western where Most | a | tion returng important t than in states may be seriously affected in large working population naturally ©of these states are normally Republi- | cannot expend money for health pre- ean. Lafol Republicans more than he harms the | that jsn't saying that conditions should Democrats, which may tend to even not be improved. Being on a par with ette, then, may injure 'N“r Autions in such a lavish manner. But personally to abide by and enforce all | was one of | governor's open methods and some nl‘: story 15 everywhere the same—in cities | rate is lowest; In cities where part of | of the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1 at New . " iid be made New B and 1k N Mitled ta greal prais but that 0't 8a¥ing that the health department ¥ ts be made presenting Compar na stractive B Derby 48, } b ard Midd 8, New N Danbury 87 Enfield wich 62, Hart Mepiden geport 80, Hrist Hartford 64 airfield 17, 0 Manchester T1 Mittord 4 New 78, 69 Naugstuck Haven T4 5 N etawn T2 Britain 79 v London M, Norwalk T rwich i stratford ¢ 38 Waterbury 9 Torrington Wind. 06, Orange stamford Btoning ton Wa ham lingford i 89, THOMAS L, REILLY Tae Vllustrious career of one of the New Pritain ended Reilly, former of New Haven stulwart sons of when Thomas 1. Con. gressman and sheriff county, reposed into the folds of ever. | 1asting slcep, | Hia life record is given eisewhere; rll betokens a earcer of honest activity well performed, New Britain gave Retlly his school- 4 |ing and local teachers impregnated | the high idealism and rugged concep tions of vight that were a sterling | characteristic of his makeup, After] [ his graduation from the state normal in 1576 he was well fitted to embark in the fleld journalism, which he did a year later, at the same time | moving with his parents to Meriden, where he also studied law. Dusty tomes of legal lore failed to maintain his interest, however, and neither did | { his employment as a bookkeeper, He | retfirned to journalism and ultimately organizing lht} | of was instrumental in Meriden Journal, As mayor of Meriden for three terms, from 1906 to 1912, he gave the city high class government. But his | activities for Meriden did not cease there, he serving on the hoard of ed- ucation and as a director of the pub- Ie library. As a congreseman from the old gec- ond district in 1911 to 1913, and !hn; third district from 1913 to 1915, his| record engendered public confidence. Later he hecame sheriff of New Haven county and dted during his second { term. Reilly's death 1ollowed a fall. | indeed a pity that & man of | sterting qualities, of rugged constitu- | | tion and vigor, should be taken off | as the result of an accident. | Although the New Haven left New Britain in his early years, the city never forgot him and his popu- larity here méver waned. It is such sheriff SAVING DAYLIGHT Despite the fact that public clocks dawdle along with standard time, | there is no law compelling individual citizens to follow suit, so that we are getting along very nicely with day- | light saving time. The ohjections of farmers against daylight saving time is thus happily | met; they can continue to ship milk | according to railroad time, but we on the receiving end in our homes prefer to get it on “fast time.” The Connecticut system is consider- ably superior to that of Massachu- setts, where by the autocracy of a state law everybody and everything is | placed on daylight saving time except the railroads, who, however, have| changed thelr suburban train service | lin parts of the state throughout the | summer to conform to the faster time. So far as can he ascertained, | scarcely anyone at present »njn,\‘lng{ | the benefits of daylight saving time in | summer would care to return to the former standard time. Those who | don't eare for it, and are in a position | to follow standard, time—largely com- posed of farmers—necd pay no atten- | [ tion to it, thus suiting themselves and | bothering no one else. | | 95588888880849950288888883 ;25 Vears Ago Today } (Taken from tlerald of that date; | FTEPPEPEIITTVIIIVITIVIIGNY Mrs, Fred Rackliffe and children of for the the | | | Kensington street have left shore, where they will spend | summer, | Willlam Edwards was quite com- | | fortable and William Abetz who was also injured during the celebration Monday night is able to be about the | house without the assistance of crutches, In obedience to instructions from | the council Superintendent of Wires Cooley climbed up a pole at the | park on Main strect this morning and | cut the wire belonging to the New | Britain Telephone —company, which | “Flv’l-h'hvd across it, H. L. Mills, the Main street hard- | were dealer, has in contemplation the | improvement of his lot on Curtis | street by the erection of a first class | | house | At a meecting of Company T held in= 'Hu- state armory last night Corporal A. H. Griswold was elected first lieu- ftenant. He is a native of this city |and was educated in the _public schools. He was a star halfback of {several ¢championship teams and was |a member of the team which first won |the Yale enpin '93. pigeons | during | Eighty thousand carrier Were used by Great Britain the war. | ty | portant are content to brag about less | rain cloudl always appears five minutes | sections. | ments will cts and Fancies BY ROBERY QUILLEN Fa After all the hardest thing | 1o keep jolean 18 a record | about Peace is a period during which you need not love allies you despise Political platforms are not whelly eglected, Proof peaders'read them, | Freedom made its greatest agvance hen some chap thought of free air. Fable Onee there was a wile whe didn’t want new drapery for the living room Mussolini doubtless is & great man hut why leok so mad about it all the time? Anather reason why people die carly their stomachs ean't! de the port when traffic is cons | is hecause black. gested Tt is a fine thing to learn the :-rtj of saving if you don't forget the art of spending, If the spot I8 just big enough to grow six weeds and he calls it a lot, | he is & realtor, | — | As a means of bonsting the mortall. rate the appendix has long since glven piace to the accelerator, flourish dust on| ean't kick Class consciousness where rusty jitneys polished limousines, o Nature is kind, and the less im- important things, Tn a hook costing $2.00 the author | should cut out ahout 65 cents’ worth | of acenery and weather, We soon forgive ourselves, and Adouhtless Adam bragged a little when | he told his boys that apple story, When the newspapers began the custom of making sentences short they didn’'t know the judges would adopt | it. | | Rain-making isn't a secret art. A | after you get the lawn sprinkled. Turkey and Germany are making| great strides now and should recover | quickly unless they win a war or/ something. It takes a good wife to can fruit all day at 120 F, and then sympalhize; with her poor tired hushband when he | comes home from his desk. Correct this sentence: “I've driven her eight thousand miles,” said he, | “and she's never heen above thirty miles an hour," i Observations 01_1 The Weather Washington, July 7. orecast for Southern New England: Unsettled tonight and Tuesday; probably show- ers, not much change in temperature, general southeast to south winds, Ilastern New York: Unsettled tonight and Tucsday, probably show- not much change in tempera- gentle southeast and south ers; tu winds. Conditions: A disturbance cen- tral over Ohio is causing unsettled showers weather in the Ohio valley and the eastern portion of the Lake region, Showers have occurred from Klorida northward to New Jer- scy and inland as far as Indiana. Considerable cloudy and unsettled weather prevails this morning in all eastern districts, The temperature is moderately low in all northern this vicinity followed by afternoon Conditions favor for fair weather probably local thunder stdrms this or tonight, On Way to Visit Sick Husband; Hit by Car | Mrs, Mary Karpan of White Oak sustained painful injurles yesterday | afternoon when she was struck by a | West Main strect trolley car. She was on her way {o the hespital to see her husband and had alighted from the trolley but did not get out of the way | in time when it started up and struck | her. She was attended by Dr. Water- man lLyon. NEW COURSE AT U, OF P, Philadelphia, July 7. — Combined courses in business methods and en- gineering will he offered by the Uni- ersity of Pennsylvania next fall for L the first time, President Penniman an- nounced today, wch of the engineering offer one of the new courses. Special téchnical subjects will be placed by those dealing with industrial managemant, transporta- tion, marketing and accounting, depart- Hartford, July 7.—Word was re- ceived here yesterday of the death of Dr. John B. Waters of this city Sat- urday at Cleveland, Ohio. He was a practicing physician and surgeon | here for thirty vears. He was born at Johnson, Vermont, on August 14, 1864, and was graduated from the | University of Vermont in 1890, | . Vi | Tejano is the name of the dark blue mustang presented by the Texas Rangers to the Prince of Wales re- cently, and is quoted {6 be valued at $1,500. 02 SEEIN' THINGS | By L. A. Lawrence) | Have you heard of What-you-may» call-it land, Where the Whosit gaily sings, And the moxie sits in the golden sand And plays with his diamond rings? | Where the moon comes up from the cerise sea And wanders about the sky, And baritone fregs, from their saline hogs, | Croon their plaintive lullaby? Strange things I've seen, in this land of green, | Where the roaring oysters grow, | On maple twigs with purple wigs ; And amber eyes that glow; From deep ravine, the wild sardine Laughs loud in flendish glee | At hairy monks, with scarlet trupks, | Who swing from tree to tree, | From a lake of wine the flerce clams dine, To the strains of a rubber band, | And then they dance, in a drunken | trance, . A On a heach of beaten sand— I cannot tell, all that befell, Else you would think I lie; You'll see these tricks If you will mix Home brew and old minee ple, Of Course! “The woman always pays," quoted the professor, meaningly, “Yes," chuckled the cynic, “but | usually with her husbhand's money!” | —Edward H, Dreschnack. | Many o man spends his evening at the club because his wife is waiting home for him with one, Stung Though I think that its functions are | far from correct, And T sometimes am tempted to| sgorn it, Yet T cannot but feel quite a whole- some respect . For the business end of a hornet, —Harry J. Willlams. | Two Extremes Lawser (in deptist's chair) :—*“My advice to clients is: ‘Keep your mouth Dentist:— advice, Nosv, keep y hat's good our_mouth open.” ~—Harry Fisher. Hints for Motorists Look out for yourself and make the other fellow look out for you. Do not hit and run down a cripple. Make a new one. Cheer up the invalids and shut-ins| by using your cut out when passing a hospital. Be very eareful to strike pedestrians [in such’a way that there will be no| danger of breaking your headlights. Use a little judgment when you are tempted to bump a large heavy pedestrian. He may dent up your fenders. If there is a pool of water in the| street and a man in a light suit near by, don't fail to let him know that you own a car, Never pass street cars when they are standing still. Wait until they get started and then pass them like | they were standing still, Poor Ann Now Ann is a witching beauty When she golfs upon the green, And Ann in her riding habit Is a sight worth being seen. Or when Ann goes out a-shopping She's a small bit of all right, And in simple tennis costume She's the ‘“cat's pajamas’—quite. When our Ann dolls up for dinner She's lovely, piquant and cute— But Ann, cut's a woeful fighre In a one-piece bathing suit! ——Velma West Sykes, Times Have Changed Statistics show that 24,353 people died through gas last year, Meaning: that forty-three inhaled | it, about 2,216 lighted it, and the other | 22,100 stepped on It. | —L. P." Said. Lovers spoon more in July than they do in February. Three days more, to be exact. The Jingle-Jangle Counter While aviators leop the loop 1'd rather sit on my front stqop. =J. Ingram. . Poor fishes aren't such awful fools, I hear they learn to swim in schools. —Darrell H. Smith. L According to Hoyle Kriss:—"Why is matrimony like a game of ggrds?" Kross:—"I don’t know. Why?" Kriss:—"A woman has a heart, & man takes it with a diamond, and after that her ‘hand’ is his.” —Lura R. Talnot. The Kun Shop 1s a national Inst)- -ution conducted by newspapers of the country. Contributions from readers, providing they are original, unpublished, ' and posses sufficient merit, will be pald for at rates vary- mg from $1.00 to $10.00. Write on one side of the paper only and send care of the When North and South Are West J, B West, a farmer living near Mannington, West Virginia, has twe sons, North West and South West, as well as & daughter, Easter Wesl | H. ¥ Reld iAlERlGlN BAR ASSH, IS HOLDING IT§ CONVENTION Three Days' fession Begins Tomorrow ==Many Topics to be Con. sidered, Philadelphia, July T.~Lawyers and jurists from all parts of the country | began assembling here today for the | convention of the American Bar asso- ciation, which opens a three daye' meeting tomerrow, , Chief Justice Taft ad Hughes are among the spesk. | ers on the program, Topics for consideration by the con- Herald;— vention inelude many plans for uni- The editorial in Wednesday's Hepald | [0rm state laws, new federal laws, aterh ve the Ne s ! " Waterbury on the main trunk line, [ SMTendtion of procedure’ designed oes not seem te befit your usual 4 sensible editorial mlumnu) It u--“dl f':"‘, the widest appllcation ot judicisl Jmore like the weak argument of a| ' ‘“"'l Wwill be made in one of the railroad gficlal trying to conserva the | “OMMItlee reporia resources’ of his company than the| 4 ‘_":‘h‘r”ncu ;n":’:‘ecill l:‘lu ::: writing of an editor of a newspaper | L1 SAREIEONCES O AF P in A city which suffers by virtue of a| ™ 0 the delegates Z;)nrnnnco Charles similar unfortunate position off the A ‘Boston, of New York, will dlscuss main ralirolld line, 3 I'"l‘nonarnlmn of the press with the That New Britain and Waterbury bar in the administration of justice.” have prospered and have developed | Addresses on the relations of preas large industries in spite of their slde | 1nd bar also will be given by Dr. Tal- track location s to thelr eredit. IL| o Williams, New York, and Caaper certainly 18 not an urgument against| g your, editor of the §t, Louls Globe- more advantageous rallroad connec- | pomocrat, and president of the Amers tio It seems foolish to have to eall | joap Soclety of Newapaper Editors, your attention to the fact that practi-| The meoting of the national body is cally very ono of the larger industrial | yyeliminary to the special meeting to centers of the country owes it de| he held in London from July 20 to 28, velopment almost entircly to 1ts po-| when the American lawyers will bs sition on impurtant transportation | (he guests of the English bench and routes, | bar and will participate in many There 18 only one railroad system ! events overseas, They will present a In New England, but regardless of its | statua of Sir Willlam Blackstone, au- financial embarassment, it 1s an im-! (hopr of the famous commentaries, to portant and heavily traflicked route the Fnglish people and will take a which links up some of the larest leading part in its unvelling in Lon- cities in the country, I understand | on, ! that for some years the business peo- ple of New Britain have been attempt. ing to get a depot connection on the main line of this route and I cannot | understand why your paper should not endorse something which would | 80 greatly benefit the city, I need only point out the advertising value to the main line; the convenience to pas- senger traffic and in moving freight to and from the city and the business | which would inevitably come to New | Britain if it were on the main line. | Yours truly, | “There! Now I've gat my feot ‘in | it!" gasped bahy, as an over-fond relative began to bite hig toe, Copyright 1924, Reproduction forbidden) (‘OMMU‘\IIE\TED On Our hl;li-r;u; Concerning Railpoads To the Editor of the New Britain | THOUSANDS OF ELKS AT CONYENTION IN BOSTON | City is Over-run With B, P, O. E. and 25,000 Ahe Expected There by Thursday. Boston, July 7.—This city was over- B YW | run today by Elks. Gathering for the EDWARD 4, MAG: { o3, annual convention of the Benev. oléent and Protective Order of Elks,the antlered hosts swarmed in by boat, by rail and by motor. Registrations al- readysmade included state delegations from- Arizona, Iowa, California, Canal Zone, New Mexico, Connecticut, New York, Washington, Virginia, New Jersey, Florida and Louisiana—and with the arrival of the steamers Vol« taire and Ontario, the Philadelphia and Baltimore parties began arriving today. With 10,000 visiting Elks and their friends here, there were indications that the parade Thureday would have a turnout in excess of 25,000, Re- ports show that the total membership of the order is 839,429, In the advance of the opening exer- cises tonight, the delegates during mil- itary and naval demonstrations and outings today discussed the contest for election as grand exalted rular, in Which John G. Price of Coliimbus, Ohio, and Charles F. J. McCue of Cambridge are being most prominsant. ly mentioned, . New Britain, July 5, 1924, Our correspondent seems to have misread the editorial in question. His views seem to be the same as ours as | expreseed in that writing. We are nnll arguing for the railroad, we are pride- fully pointing to the fact that New Britain has made good despite the handicap. Would it have been larger, more industrious with a main line railroad station? Possibly, but no man | can tell with a certainty. However, we thank the writer for callinggattention to his construction of the thought be- hind our words. We wish to know| how our expressions of opinion are| understood by our readers.—(Ed). | BOYS' CLUB HAS CAR The members of the Boys' club are entitled, or perhaps doomed, to learn the tricks of garage men this sum- | mer. The club has purchased a con- | vertible runabout, which will be usf‘dJ in connection with the club camp in | Berlin, TFood, blankets and other supplies will be brought to camp in the car, which will also he available in case of emergency, There {s a clags in chair caning at the club, and [ _ Paris, July 7.—The United States the auto will save time and trouble | Olympic fencing team this forencon in transporting the chairs to and | went into the semi-firal round by de- from thelr owners. The boys are|[®ating the Swiss team from whom keeping the car in shape, and this they won by a close margin. The morning had progressed as far as tak- (SCOre was 7 matches to 7. with 2 ing two wheels off, with falr prospects |Matches tied,but. the United States of replacing them. The shack at Ber- [[encers received three fewer touches, lin is practically ready, a second | Great Britain, Holland, Cuba and group having completed the work of |SWitzerland, with two. defeats each in papering the roof and screening the }(he second round, were eliminated so porch which was begun a week ago |that only the United States, France, by members of the Kiwanis club, The $Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Ttaly first group of boys will go to camp rémained in the team competition.. next Saturday. The Americans showed good fight« ing qualities, Milner, Breed and Cal- MAY CHANGE HYDRANTS { han winning two matches each while A meeting of the water board will ;SHore won one of his matches and be held tonight and consideration will | Milner and Shore fought tie matches, be given changes in hydrants to meet | Calnan lost two, Breed two, Shore two the requireemnts of the fire depart- ’n"d Milner one. ment’s standardized equipment. The | ~ work will probably be started at| A device recently patented by a once. It is believed that more than a | French concern in this country is month will be required to complete | claimed to provide a silent key at- the job. i‘tachmonz for any form of typewriter. v, TENCERS WIN | By The Associated Press. DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL _———— Rhyme By DR. FRANK CRANE I have never got over the feeling that inventing rhymes is a task for children, I can understand how seven-year-old children cam say Smarty, smarty Had a party ! and laugh in ecstasy at their rare in\?l\(lnn‘, but why in earth a grown up mind wants to twist his thought around to make it sound like another thought, which has no relation whatever to it, that I cannot RTasp. And T set it down here, for the comfort of honest and younger felk, who think as I do and dare not express their opinion, that te me rhymes are fitting enough in Mother Goose, hut what Ténnyson or Browning had to say might have been infinitely better said if their idéas had been expressed in a straight-forward sequence of words, arranged in accordance with the genius of our language. Take a familiar quotation from Browning, in “A Grammarian's Funs- ral”: ' “That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it; This high man with a great thing to pursus, Dias ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one— His hundred’s soon hit; This high man aiming at a million ° Misses a unit. That has the world here—should he need the next, Let the world mind him. This throws himself on God and unperplexed Seeking shall find him.” The first impression a candid reader would get from this, if he did not know who wrota it, is that someone had rather a noble thought and expressed it in a remarkably amateur and sllly way. The two lines “His hundred's soon hit” and “Misses a unit” are pure doggerel. To make “soon hit” and “wnit” rhyme iingle of the nursery level. Also, pardon my French, Making ““one to one” rhyme with “million” is a bird. Just how a man can write that sort of stuff and “put it over,” as they #ay in the strect, is one of the unfathomable mysteries to me, The essence of poetry is not rhyme. 1t is symbolism, or paralleliam. That is, it consiets in giving to a vague thought or impression a clear outline, a beautiful and comprehensible form. Shakespeare expresses it well: “And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen will forward them to New York Unaccepted manuscripts will mot be returned. Turns them to ghapes, and gives to airy nothings The local habitation and a name.