New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1924, Page 6

B it o New Britain Herald HERALD PUBIL tasued Ll At Herald Biog RECRIPTION Yeai "o » Batered gt the P TELEPHONE Rysiness OMice Editorial Roows 1ahle mdvertis Mation + open 1o adve e Press. The Assoctated Press 10 the use for respubliieation eredited ta it or not otlierwise tn this paper and alse lshed herels local news pul upon this audit n against fraud 1o nev tribution figures to both locul advertise; Now Times Pntrance The Herald s on sale A Tork at lotalln News Sta Square; Behults News Etand, Grand Central, 42nd Etreet, PICTURESQUE CONNEOTICUT In New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, and in parts of Massachusetts, much ado is made of the pretty na- | tural acenery. Thousands of summer vacationists are drawn to those sec- tions and the tourist business is an important summer industry, Then in winter, when several feet of snow lave the ground in upper New England, campaigns are conducted to attract tourists who get a thrill from winter sports. The tourist industry in some parts of New England, therefore, is an all- year-around business; it Is lncruunl’ng every year. From a financial stand- point—which is of extreme interest to the natives catering to the wants of & multitude of tourists—the industry produces much wealth, As a tourist's paradise, Connecticut has much to offer, and it has some advantages not possessed by other parts of New England. It is com- paratively close to the most congested and wealthiest urban section in the United States, is easily reached from | there, and combines the beauties of towering hills, rugged landscapes, ver- dant valleys, placid lakes, winding rivers and an appealing seashore. Connecticut modest. It should assert its charms and attract customers. has been so consistently used in speak- | ing or writing of Connecticut that even many of its ‘owns citizens are but dimly conversant with its wonderful attractions. Nutmeggers who laud the Berkshires until they are out of breath rarely have a word left for the equally thagged plumage western Cen- necticut; Nutmeggers who hysterically proclaim the charm of the corrugated notches of New Hampshire seldom take time to comprehend the knotted heights that plerce the horizon in their own state; Nutmeggers who tes- tify regarding the wind-swept tumul- tuous seashore of Maine entirely over- look the play of pelagic Neptune along the Sound. Virtually every ecity and town in Connecticut is set within a serrated frame of primeval quaintness. A short space of motoring, and one {s in the midst of & festal elegy of sharply rolling countryside; a ride on any inter-city trolley is a scenic trip; a walk beyadd the last paved strects leads to the portals of fairyland. One does not need to go far afield in Connecticut to attala the maximum of summer enjoyment, Twenty-seven state parks and seven state forests beckon; scores of lakes surrounded by promontories and wooded hills, and a galaxy of sparkling rivers, stand ready to yield thelr joys; more than 100 miles of jagged seashore Jure hu- manity. ness lead everywhere state. And to the south majestic waters of Long Island Sound, a great watery haven meant for pleas- ure boats, the originator of cooling breezes for the inhabitants along its highland Connecticut shore. There are lands with higher moun- tains, there are lands of milder clime; of within the sweep the but in summer there is nothing 1”».'-‘ Connecticut sublime, * FORWARD A STE Action of the health department in | reawarding garbage contracts, divid- ing the work among three contractors and paying them a higher total by £6,000 than the previous costs, 1s a step forward that should solve the problem of garbage disposal for the city. All persons who attempted the work having agreed that $12,000 was an in- to enough wagons to cover the growing city, it behooved the city to pay more. Three bids totalling 18,000 were selected, And 1t the e efficient service, sufficient sum provide fs now incumbent upon con- stors to give the city 100 per cent The new contractors agrecd to col- lect garbage for the remalnder of July | paid, a anxions at the price heretofore fact that treat the city fairly. There smaller nr/ber than many and two of these were disqualified he- ecause Berlin, where they intended to dispose of the garbage, would restrict indicates they are to were only expected; their activities, The town of Newing- | ried a story, which appeared in the |, Cue radio fon also continues to impose restric a promoter, who had garl v advice of his at J1dge was ahout o f sy ¢ the death sentence, the r, With teurs in his eyes. 1 to change the garbage dis virons is ha he permitts e a 1o not guilty, which was granted The A, 1" Ly garhage p industey us at present fo A5 usual, stuek to the v Hritaln @nd the time may | facts, 1ng fanciful romanoe resteictions will b se mifd fictional virtuosity us thal the oity | But another press association, which wher over night sent out the sceount in the interest for time oit wurs | form « heotic hutman bandit's sentence that the the man ve within their vights | siory,” took the granted ik by s clienty printed the nposing rosteietd partienlaely SUPPOK manner of diaposil 16 w8 careloss || sory N would have been sentenced to hang N \8 wington elahns it hus heen v Britain’s garbage now must be Nine chances out of tgn this would to if not in 99 The A, I co had it been built therod regutarly, In u manner hiave been the ens wtors will go right to work, and done likewise pectod to moeot have that way; with the regurded ‘Hentence already condemning the youthful adventurer to be hanged," etc Nuerties news, ‘and that's why it reliability Al requirements but it doesn't take on a8 thoy cquipme M i forcen working smoothly, which & the aemo of wld not take mare than u few days The city Is now spending $18,000 & year to collect garbage, which is not the other press association, which was printed and featured by at loast one It was fine than other cit'es of 1ts size pay them up to the mors und compelled to pay in leas than most of nre sate Stuff, but net true. There Is altogether mancing being indulged in by & ho of pseudo-news services, Thelr writs few 1t is now piper of importance. contractors to make good and end the incessant complaints, | too much ro- | DEAD OR ALIVE | The first page of the Herald yos- ferday contained two storles of hang- ers, with nothing more than a their disposal, nd weave a romantie fit use the for names at ings, one of an impending death sen- | names tence narrowly averted, one murder |any fletion magazine, story and five storles of accidental | death, * | One should think that in view of | the frequent opportunitics to about accidental deaths that ELEPHANT AND DONKE : How an elephant happens to signify pal | the Itepublican party, and a donkey A hgh e Democratic, not generally degree of carefulness would he bred | e i ol o [known to the prosent generation. Both ik B 4l ut the telegraph |, i ations were from the brain of | editor ean crawl out of bed in the!, 3 3 | murpitia And. be iore cortain of baio | Thomas Nast, famous cartoonist, [Pk At "‘ 5 .“' Nast once drew a cartoon depleting confronted w i stories over he wire | | Democratic papers attacking Edwin | of sudden deaths that day than he is | o taln ot i Attt | MeMasters Stanton, secretary of war | | certain of anything else In his strenll- |, b ogjdent Johnson. Stanton had ous existence, o St At 3 | been opposed because of his policles, | ousands, if not millions, of Per- |, i ‘4. pyemocratic press continued sons have been placed on their guard e e e | 118 attacks after he died. The car- against accldents by reading of them | o o000 wig “A Live Jackass Kick- | in the newspapers; it is the first re- ing a Dead Lion.” The party became action one gets—to exerclse care that |, ;504 with the donkey ever since. | ‘1)\4- same thing doesn’t happen to one's In 1874 Nast published & cartoon | selt. But despite the caution that eus- | 55 Py i merm llnmarlly guides persons while vaca- Banio 0 boins oh féars’ that | tioning or at play at the shore or.while read is based has beon passed | read the story of | o The Parvade of the soldiers (By lLois Rhodes) Hats off! Along the street there flirts A puff of powder, a ruffle of skirts, A bare knee gleams in the sun Hats off! The flappers are passing on and brown and they gleam, Little bobbed heads like heads in a dream, Earrings as long #s they grow. Little rouged checks with a pinkish glow, Mack yellow Sliort skirts, long skirts, avery kind, Shoes that teip ke a summer wind, Hose of gray, of flesh, of fawn, Hats on! The flappers are gone— are gone, Hard-boil¢a! the burglar ,was hard-bolled, there was ho doubt of that, He had been shot at by hundreds of polices men and had been plerced by at least a dozen bullets, but evidently he was too tough to hurt, At last, however, [ he was captured and_condemned to die the clectric chair, The fateful day came, and Bill was {led to the execution room and strap- ped in the chair, It took six men to do it, and they had their hands full, at that, . | Five, ten minutes, passed, and ‘H‘u'd-lmllwl Bill's air of bravado be. gan to fade, e grew a ghade paler, and seemed a trifle nervous, “All right, come on!" he growled, “turn on the juice and have it over Bin fwi | “Turn it on, man shuttered the prison electrician, fn an awed voice, “It's been on for five miputes!” ~Hnbad, ripping the Light Fantastie | Hele ‘What sort of a dancer is May:—“Not bad, light on your feet.” —Mrs. Ralph Dell. Not every actor who cries for bréad receives a role, Motlons and Emotions The boat began to roll and pitch, The judge clung to the rail; He didn't like the bounding waves, His solemn face grew pale; i bod chew i President Grant would want a third IOLering omguicy. dopemie: o term. Under the cartoon was the fol- after day, appears 1o lose his or her 5 4 o 3 |1owing explanation: “An ass, having :I lp of the-gend forluns Lo ooutny | put on the lion's skin, roamed about | ving. s e A tfm the forest, and amused himself by | Saturday and Sunday are the WOrst | o0 ioping all the fooltsh animals he | Among has been entirely too | The soft pedal | Roads of table-like smooth- | persons are at play and more with a | reckless disposition are at large, Be interested sufficiently to.do your bit | to keep down the summer's death toll. CHARLES W. BRYAN At a time when William Jennings | Bryan had quit running for office his brother Charles W. Bryan girded his lolns and plunged into the political | maelstrom, Charles from the start had more luck than Bill, galning a political ascendancy in Nebraska that finally placed him in the governor's| chair. From this vantage point he is thrust Into national prominence by | being selected as the running mate of | John W. Davis. Brother Bill, in sug- gesting a list of “availables” at the Democratic convention at a time when the McAdoo-Smith deadiock seemed incapable of heing broken, included his brother Charles, much to the disgust of some who thought one Bryan in the national political ple was enough; yet most of those who were irritated at Bill's nepotic suggestion ultimately voted for Charles as the vice-presi- dential candidate. That Charles made what s regard- ed as “a good record” as mayor of | Lincoln, Neb,, and as governor of that state weighed greatly in his favor. That he is *‘close to the farmers,” was an- other reason vouchsafed for his con- sideration. When at a conference of state leaders it was conceded that a middle westerner should be the run- | ning mate, Charles was decided upon after Senator Walsh had declined be- cause it was belleved he would be & | potent factor fn “swinging” the west- | ern farm vote, | If the name of Bryan is so highly Davis | regarded tn the cow country, will not suffer. It will not affect Davis' chances i the east. Some voters may balk at votlng for anything with the | Bryan label, but they will realize be- | | fore election that Charles W. fsn't | Wiltiam J. and cannot be held to an- | swer for the vagaries of the latter. | Charles W. Bryan left Iilinois, where . he was horn, to join his brother, Wil | llam Jennings Bryan, fn Nebraska. Charles’ first ventuve into busincss was |to become the proprietor of a side street cigar store in Omaha, but soon afterwards became a salesman for & food estract concern in Lincoln. When his brother ran for the presidency in 1896 he became his private secretary. Charles was clected mayor of Lin- coln in 1915, his campaign by agitafing against high ice, coal and ot prices generally. He threaten- | plant, | winning mi d to start a ice municipal a reduction method sue- was followed by A simllar which in fce prices. in reducing coal prices. This record of battling for the real | dear people | brought him poy Iarlt)‘.; which netted him the governor's chair | Now he . tail to the Demn .‘-mnr‘ or fancied wro of the state-wide | in 1922, is a national char- acter kite. The Associated Press yesterday car- Herald, of an alleged Chicago I.andl!-; days of the week for accidents. More | 0 oL arings. | rains for those “fooilsh animals” was an ele- phant labeled “The Repupican Vote.” The Republican party has been repre- sented by that animal ever since. Both cartoons were published in Harper's Weekly. About 1880 Republican orators were calling their party the “Grand Old Party.” Democratic newspapers be- gan calling it the G. O. P, and the Republicans adopted the titular ab- breviation. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN What does an old-time barber talk about while bobbing? The least expensive branch of gov- ernment is the olive branch. Alibi No. 8,426: “I had to do it; it was coming out so badly.” It's hard to find an old-time family doctor, or, for that matter, an old- time famly. Tragedy: He is 54; she is 26. “I'm having a perfectly wonderful time,” gays she. He yawns. Prize fighting is degrading. Think of being hugged so much by one of those common chaps. We have noted with pleasure that congress arranged to get some nice the farmers. The program calls it the original New York chorus, but even a hick knows Class A leg: 1t will be a great loss to posterity it Dawes doesn't get a chance to ex- press himself to the senate, In & hick town 4 man needs only $10,000 to brag about the time when he wore patched pants, Bootleggers are uneducated, Few know that two full pints are required | to make a quart. High class restaurants - are over- looking a good bet. They haven't thought to charge for the air. Bah! We heard a so-called “I’ro- ive” talk the other night and he the railroads. & didn’t even cus That judge who says a pedestrians may stand his ground should set the example and let us see how it works. | Correct this “She's a beautiful girl,” said the mother, “but 1 can’t get her to have a photograph \ imo boys in Alaska are throug® the U. 8. Bureau of Education. sentence made."” Even But happlly a clever thought Came to his legal brain, He over-ruled the motion And feit all right again. ~—Lillian Radke. Quite Right dad!" -“What kinda boxes do they use when they box a Kkid's ears?"” Dad:—-"Cuff boxes. —Harry J. Williams, Our National Menagerie Golf lynx Hot dogs Blind pigs Teddy bears Lounge lizards Radio bugs Fox trots OIll sharks Political goats Wall street bulls Soclety lions Human flies Poor fish Owl cars Jail birds O1d crabs Those Questions motorist:—"Having tire First trouble 2" Second motorist (wiping the per- spiration from his face):—"Naw just took it off to rest the rim!" —Joan Koopman. “Yes,” remarked the theatrical manager of the show that was flop- ping, as he sorrowfully viewed the hundreds of vacant chairs, “Yes, this is indeed a drama of the great, open spaces.” Class | He was a teacher Instructing the girls, Paulines and Elsies Ethels and Pearls. | Though there were some fifty, He fell for one lass; Mabel entranced him For ghe was the ‘“class —Edgar Daniel Kramer. Barber Shop Chords Gayboy (to barber who has just cut | his chin): “You see, my man, what | comes of drinking lignor?" Rarber; “Yes sir. It makes the chin tender, —J. R. Henderson. How Careless of Father My daddy's made me promise That boys 1'd never kiss "Til T was at least eighteen— I really don't mind this. ‘Cause when he gave his orders, He fust forgot, you sce, To make me promise also 1'd not let boys kiss me! —Patricia . Buchanan Outline of History Lady Jane Grey was calm, and was | 1ooking her best in spite of the fact that she was doomed to die within a | few minutes. | Not a cry did | head was placed upon the block, nor | did she flinch when the executioner lifted his axe. Nor did she shed a | tear as she heard the crisp whistle of | the descending axe. Thud! Her head dropped from the block, and the lifeless body of Lady | Jane Gray flopped ungracefully in an- | other direction, for Lady Jane Grey she lay —Corinne Griffith. Radiolites I heard New York at supper time As plain as plain can be. I've had Detroit, 1've had Beloit And Nashville, Tennessee. | An hour ago 1 heard Palm Beach And listened in on Texas. | 8o now I guess I'll get washed up he's really very | utter as her| was a lazy hen which had ceased to | - | | | | | ¢ Political conventions having taken their places on the pages of histery, the paramount question of the day is whether the election of the next press ident of the United States shall he determined by the electoral college or by the house of representatives at Washington, The situation Is pregnant with un- certatuty, Although leaders of pars ties may claim the election for their respective candidates, more consérvas tive thinkers who have no axes to grind withhold expressing opinions hecause there Is nothing on which ons can be hased, The electoral college consists of 531 eitizens chosen in the {8 states as ipresidential electors, | At the constitutional convention in 1[7&7. the members considered two | methods for the election of a pr | dent and vice-president, One was their direct election by the people and the other their selection at the hands of a special body of men, There was some sentiment in favor of allowing this duty to fall to congress but it was overwhelmed hecause the majors |ity believed that a president thus |chosen and being in the debt of con. gress could not act Independently, The | project was also opposed because this {method would concentrate too much | power in the legisiative branch of the |kovernment, Nevertheless, it was deemed practical to have a special | body assigned to the task and the |electoral college plan was adopted, | Alexander Hamilton was unswervingly | opposed to the election of a president and vice-president by the people be- |cause he had no confidence in their Jjudgment, Another reason why the ‘prnpnn(‘nll of direct elections falled ‘m carry their point was the lack of | means of communication between dif- |ferent sections of the country which existed then and the belief that the voters could not be brought in con- tact with public men or become fa- | miliar with their policies. The conventlon adopted the second clausé of Article II, Section 1, of the | Constitution as follows: | “Fach state shall appoint, in guch manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole num- ber of senators and representa- tives to which the state may be entitled in the congress; but no senator or representative, or per- son holding an office of trust or | profit under the United States, | shall be appeinted an elector.” | Electors are chosen on the first | Tuesday after the first Monday in November. As soon as all ballots have heen comnted, a certified copy of the result is sent to the secretary of state of the United States by the respec- tive governors. On the second Monday of January | following the November elections the members of the eiectoral eollege of each state meet in their respective capitals and ballot for president and vice-president. The electors may vote independently although it is saild that there has never been an instance of a vote being cast for any candidate other than expeoted because of the strong moral obligation placed on each elector to follow the preferenec |of his constituents. Three copies of the electors’ decision are made. One is filed in the office of the state sec- retary, one is presented to the United | States district judge for the federal district in which the capital is located and the third is given to a speclal messenger for delivery to the secre- tary of state of the United States. On the second Wednesday of the February after the meeting of the electoral college, congress assembles, hoth bodies meeting in the hall of the house of representatives with the president of the senate presiding. The reports of the electoral college are received from the secretaty of state and the seals are broken. The elec- tion s not formally and legally decid- ed until the official count s an- nounced. 1t is necessary for a candidate for president or vice-president to have a majority of the electoral college votes before he can be elected. Because of the situatlon this year, this point is of unusug! interest. Tf no candi- date has a majority the house of rep- resentatives must elect a president and the senate must elect a vice-president. Faeh state has a single vote. Under this system the state of Nevada, with | a population of 77,407, has a voice in |the selection equal to that of New York, with a population of 10,384,144, The vote of each state is determined by the wish of the majority of its representatives in congress, For pres- ident, the choice must bé made from the three men receiving the highest votes in the electoral coltege, In its election of a vice-president, the sen- ate must select from the two men re- celving the highest votes in the elec- toral college. In order to he reelected president, Mr. Coolidge must receive 266 votes in the electoral college. Close students of the political trend of the times are heginning to doubt whether he can do this and as far as they can see now, which is not far at all, John w. Davis, candidate of the democratic party, will not even approach that point, If it were an out and out fight between President Coolidge and Mr. Davie, speculation would be simple. But Mr. LaFollette enters to befuddle o t. And go downstairs to bres ¥ ‘esler. —James E. I Faint Heart Tramp (to lady at back door:i— | “Lady, 1 lost me leg, an' I thought mebbe* you—"" Lady:—"Well, here.” 1 haven't got It A. Robert Brecker. (Copyright 1924. Reproduction forbidden). ‘he Fun Shop 18 a national insti cution conducted by newspapers of the country. Contributions from renders, providing they are original, unpublished, and posses sufficient merit, will be pald for at rates vary- g from $1.00 to $10.00. Write on one eide of the paper only and send yout contributions to the “Fun 8hop Editor,” care of the Herald, who will forward them to New York (/naccepted manuscripts will not be returned - — - - —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People the prophets, Mr, LaFollette's strength {18 the pivet on whieh the guesswork of the hour spius. If he ean control |enough votes in the electoral college {he may prevent either President Cool- {idge or Mr, Davis from winning the election and throw it into the hands |of the representatives, For many weeks the possibility of the election of the president being de~ | etded by the house has been discussed, | A8 election day draws nearer, the | possibility becomes stronger, It would provide the present generation with a new thrill, a new_ experience, amd In years to come, If'it were not r peated, graybeards could take their | grandchildren on their laps and with colorful exaggeration, tell them of the {time the house named the president |of the United States, . . The art of Keoping up hope when it starts to rain on the very day you had planned a pienie, “It')l he just & shower.” “Sure, it won't last more than half an hour.” <Journeys to the window to m:e If the clouds have van- ished and skies are Dblue, Clouds ‘lm\p not vanished and skies are of a sickly steel color, Grumblings on the part of the pessimistie, “Gosh, I never saw'it to fail\ Whenever we want to go somewhere\it has to rain,” P’ersonal insult taken al the antics of the elements. The optilpistic person who imagines continually that it's clearing up, “Why, it's lighter even now."” The gradual dislike for that person, because it's rather pleasant to feel downtrodden, The final breaking up of the clouds. Happlness, Sing- ing. The start for the picnic, The traffic cop at the corner. His uncomfortable appearance in the hot glare of the sun, His heavy coat, He stands there all day long. His swing- ing arms, His smiles to woman driv- ers who do the wrong thing. The un- fortunate man who does the same thing and gets the bawling out of his life, “Cross now.” Hey, where do you think you're going? This ain’t no speedway. (The English is the cop's, |not the writer's.) His general cheery mien, even in the rain, Bosses. Bosses who smoke cigars and blow the smoke in your face, Dosses who don't smoke cigars, but blow in your face anyway, Bosses Wwho go home early in the day, Bosses who work right through and expect you to do the same thing. Bosses who get Sore when you fool them. Bosses who are never satisfled. Bosses who launch upon long moral lectures, Bos- ses who give talks, beginning, “When 1 first started out—" Bosses who don't belleve in peddling bunk. Bosses who are all around good scouts\ Straw hats, Straw hats that fit. Those that lap over the sides and hang down over the collar, Those that have room enough left for the ears. Men wearing straw hats touch- ing the ears on both sides, Nice, new straw hats. Some that are slightly tanned. The much laughed at fat man :‘)m::ng : straw hat that goes galli- vanting down t v Matab el he street following a Hardworking newspaper reporter. Big story. Works hard trying to ge-t. it. Iigures he'll put one over on the h‘ass. Runs down clues all morning. Telephones to half the homes in ?owr; getting additional facts, Writes his story. Would cover three columns in ;h: paper. Boss looks at it, “Sorry, but one of the other boys cov at ge:terdny afternoon.” G, 'his soft hearted world. talism in the movies. Thnse\r\"i-ler:i’:; public at the sight of the old lady go- Ing to the poor house. The tears arising when “Hearts and Flowers" is played. The effect of a full moon, The catch in the throat at the sight of the father throwing the abused daughter into the likewise abused snow in a much abused story for the benefit of znuch ahused, soft hearted publie, Tears, gusps, sobs, etc., etc., at the aisplay of any of the old, shop-worn Inventions of the stage, .« .. The recent curtailment of trains by the New York, New Haven & Hart. tord railroad has seriously impaired mail deliveries between New Britain, Plainville and Norestville, and in rh(; smaller towns affected grumblings are heard about the service, The one result of the curtailment }\'hich causes most of the complaints is the fact that there is now only one direct delivery of mail by train to is in the evening before 6 o'clock, Other mail being dispatched from the towns into New Britaln must be routed via Hortford and then resorted to ecome down,with the regular mail from the Capital city. \ People in Plainville who have much Crime [s She lived in a palatial home, and vants to wait upon her. She had no But a strange Impulse obsessed This she did at several places. A neighbor woman saw the maid and notified her employer. The The woman was forty-four years Her husband, although dazed by which calls for retribution. mental disorder, something to be heal more or less cruelly. in regard to all erime. New Rritain during the day and that ' business with others in New Bpitain |state that the service which included two direet deliveries a day between that place and this city, one at poon |and the other at night, was bad I\enm.h without making it worse, The Businessmen's associations and the ghambers of commerce in the towns thus affected, have started & |haifhearted movement to have the service improved if possible, but there has been no rehl momentum to the project yet, There have been in- stances where persons have been put to a great deal of inconvenience bes cause of the delays occasioned by the unnecessary juggling of mail, Southington despatches its mail to Meriden by trolley and quick and ef. fiiclent service is rendered thereby, If the post office department could be shown that the trolley service would be just as efficlent hetween Plain. ville and New Britain, the chan might be for the henefit of all con. cerned, - . During the evening hours it has be- come a habit with a number of jitngy drivers to allow young women (prob- ably their friends) to ride back and forth for a number of times in their busses from the center of the city to the end of the route, The same girls have been seen In the same busses on the same scats for as long a period two hgurs, It does not look well to the casual observer, The proprietors of the jitney routes must look after the welfare of their patrons who are bound to suffer to a certain extent as the result of these “riders.” The drivers and the girls themselves evidently mean no harm, but the girl Is ‘bound to talk to the driver, to become engaged in an in. teresting conversation so that he even forgets or it slips his mind that Mrs, 8o and Bo wanted to get off at this street, and continues on his way until he is reprimanded by .the {rritated elderly woman. Agaln, the girl may become angry because of certain de- velopments during the conversation with friend driver and use language not exatly the kind heard in polite society, Then again if the driver's attention is constantly diverted to the girl, whom he has as a passenger-rider, it is plain to see that his mind is not entirely upon driving. He might be. come careless and through his care- lessness figure in an accident, It would seem that for the benefit of the public, the driver and his em- ployer, it would be best for the driv- ers to inform these “friends” that they no longer are welcomed as gnests unless they are paying passengers, . \Observations . On The Weather Washington, July 12.—Weather outlook for the week beginning Mon- day: North and Middle Atlantic states: Showers at beginning of the week and again in latter half; cool first half and warmer second half. Forecast for Southern New Eng- land: Generally fair tonight; Sun- day cloudy, local showers and thun- der storms; little change in tenipera- ture; gentle to moderate southwest winds, . tern New York: Partly cloudy tonight with showers and thunder storms early in the morning or on Sunday, not much change in tempera- ture, gentle moderate to Southwest winds, X 28555500880 98808090500088 25 Years Ago Today Taken from Herald of that dute FEPPIPIIINETVINIIINITNT Hatch and Abbe have opened up | for building lots a large section of land east of the railroad tracks on East Main street . It is to be called Cottage Plac, John McBriarty and George Stearns will leave' July 15 for a two weeks' | vacation trip. They will visit Bos- ton and Providencetown, Mass, The German rifle clubs of the state will hold a tournament in this city on August 21 and 22, Liberal prizes :\1111 be offered by the local organiza- on. Work on the extension of the trol- ley line from Plainville through to Southington was started this morning. The contract for the plumbing of ! St. Mary's parochial residence has been Jet to Cope Bros., of Hartford. The walls of the bullding are up and the contractors are making good pro- gross, The police commissioners met last night to discuss the troubles arising on Fourth of July. Additional forces will be put on in the future. The temperature in town today was 68 degrees, nice and cool for the sum- mer time, T DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL a Disease By DR. FRANK CRANE A striking case of kleptomania occurred in Chicago racently. of a millionaire was arrested for stealing. The wife had niaids and butlers and other ser- need for money, as her husband will- ingly supplied all she could reasonably spend, even for luxugles, her. She applied for a position as a maid in a strange house, and was accepted because o fher refined appearance. In each instance she looted the home during the absence of the family and carried the things away in her own automobile. oing away with the sedan full of plunder leptomaniac was arrested, and at police * headquarters she broke down and confesscd. old and had four children of her own. the shock of seeing his wife a klepto maniac, hurried to her side and declared®that he would stand by her. This incident is full of instruction for those who are capable of learning It emphasizes the truth that erime Is a diseade to be cured and not an act In such a case we already acknowledged its pathological character by giving it a medicai name; kleptomania. We are recognizing that it is a ed. 3 In former ages anyone who stole would have been seized and afflicted Little by little the world is léarning that vengeance, punishment and retaliation cure nothing. Kerosene will not put out a fire. This unfortunate woman, surrounded by the protection of her husband and her loyal friends, will probably be treated by scientific pital or elsewhere until her affliction Is removed. She is not only unfortunate, but also fortunate, for t of other lawbreakers who have no such friends, who are scized upon by the agents of society, haled into court, thrown into prison and treated with every form of harshness as enemies to be punished, and not us cripples to he cured. Home day or other we are going to get the normal, sane and healthy view means in a hos- here are thousands Copyright, 1924, by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.