New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1924, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1924, EEEESTEE————r—mer e I T S Semmm—e st New Britain Herald HERALL ol L A Huad Bilag PUMLABIING € SUKSURIPRION [ TR Nems Entered a1 1 o decond Clase Mai TELEPHUNE CALLS Busiie Ofice Editorial oo The enly profitabie adieitis th e eaclun respublicativn of all ed hereln Cow fuinishies The A, tribution Jocal advertisers The Henld 1 i " York at ilutallug Mand Fimes Bau hults Ne stand, Entrance Central, 42nd 8tieet | S BINGHAM V5, WADHAMS | The Republican orgunization of the | state appears firmly sct s termination to nominute Licut, Hiram Bingham as its eandidate for governor; but a group of insurgents within the ranks refuse 1o this plan and are said to he groom. Ing John M. Wadhams to contest the nomination the state | Gov, Charlés A, Templeton, who has | not completely satisfied the Roraback | machine, also is mentioned as an antl- | machine candidate for reolcetion, es- | pecially by a Republican faction in Bridgeport. All of which leads to the assumption that the inner workings of the state machine need a coplous sup- ply of oll if cantankerous critics are to be kept within bounds, Since the dinner to Col. Hiram Bingham at New Haven last week, when he was notified by his friends | that he was their choice for the gov- ernor, and at which he admitted he had heard of the gubernatorial invi- | tations so generously accorded, there has been increased momentum given | to the claims of Mr. Wadhams. The state organization has failed to en- courage the Wadhams wing, except indirectly by favoring Col. Bingham; but the Wadhams insurgents are “yp and coming” throughout the state and it appears that there will be A man- sized contest on hand at the conven- | _tion, | Mr. Wadhams has been chairman | of the board of finance and has becn | a member of both branches of (hef legislature, He has given yeams of faithful and eflicient service to the state and his friends claim he is en- titled to the honor of being the Re- publican ‘candidate for governor and if elected would tender an equally ef-| ficient. administration of the state's| business. | Col. Bingham's chief bid for ap- proval appears to he that he was pres- ident of the senate and is a close | friend of the Hon. Mr. Roraback. | Buch friendship is an important ele- | ment in gaining political preferment in this state. Friends of Mr. Wadhams point out | that Col. Bingham is apparently be- ing: favored by the machine for no ‘other reason than that he will be amenable to its dictation should he be- ,eome the next governor. The charge appears based on reason, as between the two men Mr. Wadhams appears to possess the most experience and the "best record as a public servant. No one has stepped forward to claim, however, that Mr. Wadhams would accept machine dictation should he be nominated and elected. Friends of the Republican organiza- tion are claiming a lot for it in order to justify its domination of the state. The claim is that its reign has been beneficent; that the state's instiutions he due chiefly to the efficacy of the organizaion that state laws, which it is claimed have sprouted from the organization, are considered models of | pertection; that the state finances are in good condition, all due to the or- ganization; and that no evils can be eredited to the machine, and conse- quently it 1s entitled to name the next | governor, Republican insurgents have their | doubts as to the wonder workings of the machine, and Gov. Templeton is | believed to share these doubts. And by the way, Gov. Templeton appears entitied to a little of this for | the alleged unexampled conditions of the Mr. Wad- hams, who has been a power on the in des | v, G to conform | ut convention, | eredit state's business; and board of finance, lkewise in all reason 15 entitied th a share of the credit that the machine politicians are attemping | to monopolize. In faet, the more that | 15 £aid abont alleged ideal state condi- is refiected to- tions the more credit Templeton and Mr, W the ward Gov hams, among others ir state’s employ who have had a more direet Influence than politiclans on the sidelines. i upon the state's business PLANNING COOPERA in 10N Attempts at zoning America municipalities have come at a time when industrial, dence districts have been greatly inte mingled that oficials ‘Mew a more orderly @ities have beem $onfronted with the business and resi- | having in of € arrangement | against frame dwellings. | eriminal carelessness in the case of a | important fntersections about the city, | | cer, | strects and highways. Wean They weve il [} ve nol been ahie slish langusg it matuwally are eut commoanwealth PORD AND THY LR pany G, 0 smashed 1h when he returned i and after ie died his name boesime identificd wigh the heroes of iisappoint» w memory is now fondly Ve panty st tishesl And now Henry Ford is regarded as It will be i COMIgN In ¥ vdininess. Goed a [riendly former-enemy shuiiinte remembered that My, Ford cundidate in Michigan for the sonators M, scarcely ran aguinst the machine oning "B BER ahip nemination and nearly won following Pord's backers clained he I was sought to spont Newherpry a vent, while his opunent, of single A Listriet had friends who were wills Mo builder I to e the o ing to expend a fortune te Vord st or, propo apurt i P They did s0 with the final res Ay, senate, disteict and an in ment house in that Newberry was thrown nounced intention of challengin Ring out of the courts a refusal to grant him a Of course, during those hoectic days 1, had nothing nice to say about Fourd, Indeed, there was nothing rude enough to hurl at him, According 10 @ horde of crities of that time, Hogry was the ehamplon elown of the generation outside of a eircus, | But Henry IPord since that time nudged closer to the G, O, I and finully announced he was willing to keep cool with Coolidge, He haa been regarded as a nice fellow In party circles ever since, and whenever he comos to Washington he can call at the White House and discuss weather and other tople with the pres. | ident, Now the story is, “on reiigble au- thority,” that the Michignn Republi- sying that property | I bullding permit aUing:perm the G, O, not to owners in the district should restricted In property to most profituble usc lar cases are continually cropping up | to harass zoning activities In Little RRock, Ark., & bullder pro- powes to erect w Jarge hotel near the state capitol, which would tower above the dome of the.latter structure, The compnny proposing to erect the hotel haa already started a hattle agninst city ofMicials secking to enforce the zoning ordinance, In some cities zoning boards, or city planning comnissions, held In check by city officials who are in- fluenced by interests who do not uanl} to mee them function, This charge ot bh A . | can organization, by and with the con- been made in a few Connecticut cities. - | sent of the national Republican or- The chief troubles of planning com- | o | ganization, wishes to place ¥ord in missions, however, has been that vari- _ 3 nomination for the U, 8. senate, The ous districts are already much Inter- excuse given is that the leaders are mingled; and then comes the difficulty n | dissatisfied with the “present lineup that they are expected, in many in-| in the scnato race and want to in- it 8, to function merely in an ad- 3 3 duce Ford to enter the contest, visory capacity, with no powers to en< ¢ firels anal The story seems reasonable, \ 8 | though it is not yet proven a fact, It sometimes with city administrations | | will be remembered that Senator Cou- unwilling to take advice from the | N " R zens of Michigan refuses to endorse pl o 5 2 B "_: Sop b either the state or national Republi- In city planning there must be a | : ;i can administrations; and this inde- stabilized policy which should inter- 3 pendent persons likewise is after the Ject itself through succeeding city ad- | 7 % scalp of Secretary Mellon, which to ministrations, There is nothing gain- )t ahoh oolicit e to he thaiked the chagrin of the administration. It is e d e ] L BY.s B | clear that the administration would be or amended with every change in ad- 4 glad to get somebody of Influence and ministration. Honest cooperation and popularity with which to knock down confidence in the integrity of planning Senator Couzens from a pedestal that commissions is essential, with a will-| ; juts above the medioere level of party. ingness to follow suggestions for the g bl 3 withoit Halaaration of Couzens made his forlune by being v consid DSk i 4.0. identified with the Férd automotive interference with the private profits of works during the time when it was individuals, belng developed Ideals differ in many cities. Rocjes- D=t . He was an important fixture in its ter, N. Y., for years prided Itself fipon e fact that \tiwas composed of sltgle |/ Y Miooes¥ and biw ideas remain 1 ARUa LI NA SR i in this big business to family oy dotible or duplex | ncorporated : sos; | e S . Y% | this day. But Couzens retired when houses were, frowned upon and the 3 he had enough money and began try- familiar “three decker” of New Eng- il i e 3 ) ing to cleanse politics, He became land industrial cities was unknown A mayor of Detroit and caused the city and not wanted. During the war 3 to purchase the street car system, changes in ideals were reluctantly 8| Bt HAGe theh the clly hanirs Then he was named for the senate. He ade; but s hen 2 - " 8 ¥ has sufficent political strength In the turned to its former system, but with & 5 state to battle his old employer at the difficulty, as builders desire to con- etat s Aimeant L dwallinasr within polls, and also the Republican 6rgani- babd g b 7atlon, and probably Mr. Ford will not one-family residence districts, a plan e o e hank raRiyoh be over anxious to take a chance of 1ac she-sonligiucers EBIY OP° | elng licked. pose. PRESIDENT FOR YEAR adelphia and Baltimore are phalanxes Chief Executive Completes First Ye Pace Himis their vight court are anc al- force recommendations, of brick dwelling houses, and there are quite a few smaller cities which likewise insist on brick houses, op- posing the construction of frame houses in districts dominated by brick. The kind of zoning ordinances such communities adopt will differ materi- ally from others where conditions are different, But the underlying princi- ple in all same-—to confine dwellings, tablishments of one type within speci- fied districts. In Office—Preparing His Speech Today. 0 Washington, Aug. ~— President Coolidge today completed his first yvear in office, sticking to his desk through most of the day as he has throughout the entire period. President Harding died a year ago today at San Irancisco and Mr, Cool- fdge, then vice-president, took the oath of office early the next morning at his father’'s home in Plymouth, Vt. He came immediately to Washington and has been here almost constantly since. ‘When asked recently what he con- sidered the outstanding points of his are the business or industrial es- NO MARKERS, A PATALITY A coroner In New Haven, after bringing in a verdict of failure to find woman automobile driver who when misunderstanding a traffic officer's signals, collided with a street car and killed a trafic oficer, says a con- tributing cause of the accident was white highway | plied the general public perhaps was al work on his speech of aeceptance {of the formal notification of his nom- ination, Mr. Coolidge today, for the second consecutive week-end, gave up |his usual trip aboard the presidential yacht, Mayflower, hoping, however, 1o 8o that space for the travel of pedes-igo ahoard for a while tomorrow. traing, and stopping of vehicular traf- Mr Coolidge suid yesterday he ex- fic and the position of the traffic offi- ‘)vr‘r-ll'vl to eonclude work on his sapeech woere not indicated. The coroner {000, but he reminded a group of Inewspapermen that pushing to an |early conclusion a specch which was thot to be delivered for some time, Jprobably might be compared with % ” . B | rushing a story which did net have to DRIVING EXAMINATIONS | make an edition. That the motor vehicle department | Should a trip not he taken on the has been granting an |Mayflower tomorrow it is planned to |send the yacht to Norfolk for an over- [hauting. that there markers similar to those used at other were no recommended highway markers be in- stalled at once. of the state licenses to opet- the average of 150 new automobiles every day since JR— will indicate the ate first of th r ex- of automobile This daily of Connecti- cut amounts to a great deal and goes | far to prove the contention of thosc high- | traftic | WOUNDS PROVE FATAL. increase on | tent the - - Rahway Reformators Boy Was Shot Trying to Escay Rahway, N. J., Aug. 2.—George King. 21, of Brookisn, who was &hot in_the abdomen during Wednesday's rifling at the New Jersef reformatory died in the Rahway hos- crease in a state the size finproved that who Insist that the wayas are insuflicient and for boys, pital today King, a reformatory inmate, shot when guards fired on the riofers in an effort to control the demonstra- tion and end the fighting Reformatory officiats said conditions in the citics are becoming was unbearable The nowme adds lies 0 applicants department in its ment and that a| nsed 1o 1.8 that an ‘mn»rah. but that they were unable 10 ofjcial investigation wili be made, defeat the | |first year in office, the president re- | Ithe better judge of that than himself, | Hopeful of getting in some additiyn- | Facts and Fancies BY HOBERT QUILLEN | Aswe understand i, the veice of the people is saying “Blah!* At any rate balloon tires aré easier for a revenue officer 190 hit Well, i1 e on gels into politios, some of it may get inte politicluns, One good way to lay the foundation of & family fortune is to lay brick A wife is a persop you can teach drive & ear witheut bugging her, The fear of unemployment probahly affects everyhody except the rich and the reformers AL Many years ugo | Mr, | You don't reallge how much glass i there is in & closed car until the surs N beging to extract the fragments from you, e | | A true beliover 1s one who eon. thnues to support a preacher who | Inmbusts his pet sin, | 8o many, many laws; and yet most | | of us can look a cop in the eye with. | out flinching, — | The pitcher that went too often to (the well lasted longer than one that hits the bottle too often, As a general thing the best table there is | | | | manners are found where lease on the table, { Every alien should bha required to| | take out naturalization papers before | cussing America, Fewer girla it brides Love isn't everything. would take the fatal step wore hideous costumes. Our guess is that Adam nagged at FEve about that apple incident every time the plow handles made a new blister on his hands. Maybe the,church could attract more people on Sunday by placing a hot dog stand in each aisle, Their faith would qualify some con- servatives as progressives if they could get more excited about it. If hospitals need whiskey, swhy ean't they get it from the cars that supply them cases for the emergency ward? Speaking of prohibition, it's a queer country that makes speed limits and permits the manufacture of cars to break them. Correct this sentence: “This proper- ty is close in," maid the agent, “and you'll enjoy the walk to the car line,"” 2888880088850.5 8089988088 25 Vears Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) PRPOPPIFPPIIPIPITIIIIIIPW Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oldershaw are at 8tony Creek for a week, Rev. Harry I. Bodley, the new ree- | tor at St. Mark's church, is expetted here the latter part of next week. Attorney Cooper left town today on a vaaction. He wlill be absent about two weeks, Amandus Odin, clerk at the Globe | Clothing House, has received a lettes from his brother Oscar Odin, who has been in the Klondike. Oscar is now | at Seattle and he writes he has col- lected some gold dust. He is coming | cast this month. A local liveryman stated last eve- ning that although liverymen in othcr“ cities about the state are agreeing on a schedule of prices which are higher than those charged in the past, it is almost certain that no such movement will be inaugurated in this city. Although several of the firemen |were on an excursion yesterday they | were thoughtful enough to provide substitutes and thus escape suspen- |sion. Alderman Curtis promises that the | matter of sewer connections will be i disposed of at the meeting of the com- | mon council this evening. Observations On The Weather 2.—Torecast for Fair to- change in north and | Washington, Aug, | Southern New England: I night and Sunday; little | temperature; moderate | northeast winds, Forecast for Lastern New Fair tonight; Sunday increasing | clondiness: little change in tempera- | ture; moderate north shifting to east winds, | Conditions | sure central this morning over South | Dakota is causing unsettied weather with local showers between | Itocky Mountains and the Mississippi river. An area of high pressure central over Michigan is producing pleasant weather with moderately low temperature in the Lake region and New Eigland, The atmosphers is |very dry and favorable for brisk | northerly winds which makes danger- ous conditions for forest fires ! Conditions favor for this vicinity fair and continued cool weather fol- |1owed by increasing clom‘u‘u s and slowly rising temperature Sunday. York: | sea Lions Fecape { | | Edinburgh-—Two sea lions from California are believed to pave started | back toward home when they escaped from thé Scottish zon recently and were found fater disporting in a stream a mile west of Edinburgh. { Office Pests, A trough of low pres- | of mind. the | " —THE 0BSERVER— | Makes Random | | Sunburn, The trouble taken to get well burned while at the shere, Lying [in the sun, face downward en the |sand. Position reversed, Haek to the |eottage to see whether or not you've |become red enough, Supreme satiss |faction upen finding that you have, Btrutting around as ene whe has [achieved greatness. FFame until hed time, “My, you're sunburned!" {1oak at the burn on that guy, bed, Ttehing. Seratehing, Pain, Warm night, Sunburn lives up to Its name, Rleep! night, Agony. Boratch, Sorateh, Ouch! Next morn. ing, Rlisters, Sunburn lotion, Tal. eum powder, Heavy sweater to pre. vent it from happening agaln, A week end trip, Speeding over the rolling hillsides. Tra-la-la! Antiei. pation of a good time, Arrival, Dis appointment at seeing the *“hotel" Informed that it's the second oldest honse in town, Grave doubts that it will remain standing over night, The genlal host, A good meal, Mine host does a vaudeville turn, evoking polite applause, Hope that the hill will he Iess as result of appreciation of hin efforts, The hovering host, Outside to see what's going on, Introduced to the female hoarders, Increased in. terest In the place, The aged lady | who firts witn the fellows in the party A trip to the danee, On the side- lines, Young women refuse to dance, On the sidelines, Return home, On the front poreh, The hope that something will happen, A fire or something, No such luck, Watching the last hoat come in, No luck, Red, Fairly comfortable, Bnores from some enthusiastic boarder. Pleas to let the dog out, Bnores stop, Sleep, The gloop who ear- | ries on long winded conversations on the 'phone just when the ‘phone i needed by someone elée in a hurry. The egg who throws wads of paper at every one, The dumbbell who Is always at your typwriter when you most want to use it, The person who opens the windows on a windy day blowing copy all over the place, The numbsgenll whe reads over your shoulder and points out the mistakes. The yap who can't work because there's so much nolse going on. The beagle who steals your paper. The canary who thinks wyou're joking when you tell him to get out of vour way and stay out, ‘The bozo who recalls tender experiences on another paper and insists upon relating them at all times. The bird who tells how good he is, The googel with the damp sense of humor. The political wizard, The bimbo who always bums cigar- ettes. The gook who marries the telephone directory. Teaching her to swim. Her appear- ance in a beautiful creation which you would swear was an evening gown. All decked out, Bwimming cap. Shoes. Stockings, roll of course, Water stops for the ears. Water wings. Approaches her would-be instructor who leans negligently on the sand; pardon, reclines negligently on the sand. Down to the sea in flips, mostly back flips. Sudden pausefon the brink. Hand placed into water. ‘“Tee-hee, it's cold.” Convinced that it won't be if she jumps into the water. Starts to do so. Toses nerve at the edge of the water and retreats. “I'm not afraid, Y just want to get a gond start.” More false moves. Finally runs and lands upright two feet out from shore, sereaming for help and making known to the entire beach that the water is freezing her. Quietus. Inveigled into walking out slowly into deep water, her hand firmly clasped in that of Ther instructor. Many pauses and grunts, accompanied hy screams that something bit her leg. Position for swimming demonstrated. Tries it. Finds that she can't get her breath. “Guess T wasn't cut out for a swimmer.” Tinally coaxed to try it. Gets along until the instructor stops serving as a buoy. Down to the bottom. Up quickly gasping for breath and screaming for help. lookit, my hair's all wet! T think you're horrid! T'm going in this min- ute! Ooh, and I just got a marcel! I'll never speak to you again!" In the day coach. The dear old lady who insists that the train has taken her past her station. The im- posing white waistcoat of the conduc- tor. His condescending air. The youngster across the aisle who asks questions, “Oh, mama, what's that?" “Mama, what would happen if the train ran off the track, mama? Do you think it will, mama? Can I have a drink? What's a tunnel, mama? Why does it get dark in one, mama?"” Lete, ete, ete. The enthusiastic for- eign delegation a few seats ahead talk- ing in a loud voice about something. The newspaper and fruit vender. “Here yare, Latest magazines. San- iches, apples, candy, milk chocolate, TLast trip through,” Five minutes la- ter he again appears with the same line, The loving young couple. Terms of endearment floating on the air, The man with the heavily alcoholic breath. The sixth of the Seven Sleepers saw- ing wood in the next sea back. The man with the cough. Stareg of an- noyance gon your part, His look of blissful innocence. The heat, The struggle with the obstinate window. More heat, to which is added perspir- lation and several words not included {in this article. Window finally gives up the fight all too suddenly, result- |ing in barked knuckles and a grouch the rest of the trip. Dark looks at the stout person who asks, “Is this seat occupied His convereational turn Vain attempte at discourag- “Next station Boxdmaz--- erstm!” shonts the brakeman in his Ukrainian patois. Alighting from the train with that uncomfortable feeling ing him, your face is dirty, . . . 1 work 24 hours a day. I am on duty in sunshine storm, 1 serve faithfully and nev hack. and r answer world for the price, 1 never have a change of color in {my garb. | 1 am the confidant of all races, |colors, erceds, sexes and ages and they entrust me with their innermost thoughts, 1 am the ally of the business man, lloving sweethearts, the tired and {sick, the happy and disconraged 1 furnish a support for the weary. 1 represent the majesty of govern- Observations On the City and Its People ment, 1 am the servant of all the people T hold many secrels but my mouth s padiogked, 1 ask ne reward and the only tip T ever get is when & thoughtiess autes nebile driver bumps lute me and tips me over on the sidewalk, 1 am the letter box. .o Announcement that Senator John Trumbull of Plainville will not he & candidate for renomination lends color to the suspiclon that he has his jeye on a place on the state ticket Rumors were prevalent several months ago that he would find some support in republican state circles for the gubernatorial nomination but it is doubtful whether Ne ean land it even |1f he wants it as Lieutenant Governor Eingham apparently has the inside track, The Trumbull hoom for nom. ination for governor has hlown up but it 18 not unlikely that he will be put, on the ticket some place, It in re. ported that he is being groomed for lieutenant governor, Strength is added to the helief that the Big Chiefs of the republican party intend to take care of him hy the curefully dropped hint at the forn tlon of the Coolidge club in Plainville that the senator was in line for pro. motion, He is a big game hunter whose rifla has reechoed through the wilds of the gortheast and in Canada, Tta roverberatlons can he expected at the state convention when the hosses get together and plek a ticket, Mr. Derosier of Bristol and Mr, Muech of Farmington are candidates for Senator Trumbull's toga, Others who were considering making a run for the nomination have dropped out in favor of Mr, Mecch, but latest re- ports from the Rell City are to the effect that Mr, Derosler intends to put up a fight. He is popular not only in Dristol but in the district in general and If he remains in the race he may give the Farmington man something to think about, Busy gentlemen in Washington whose delight it is to play arpeggios on adding machines, inform us that the population of (he United States is 112,826,000, (« Of these, no doubt, §6,642,5807 are still paying the installments on last years' automebiles; 34,739,671 have Lobbed their hair and 12,450,973 wish they had the nerve to do it; 53,832, 001 chew gum during business hours; 19,056,328 still owe the grocer a little something on last week's bill; 34,954, 326 think they ean produce a better newspaper than their home town edi- tor produces; 26,000,000 have already decided whether Coolidge, Davis or La Iollette will be the next president; 48,957,010 think telephone girls sleep most%f the time; 51,111,999 daily ex- press the opinion that the government has fallen down; 27,643,006 have the best recipe for home brew; 43,875, 428 believe in the enforcement of traf- fic rules but never observe them; 21,740,864 are convinced that the state should license pedestrians who have occasion to cross the streets; £1,432,605 cuss the neighbors for playing the graphophone after mid- wight; 45,880,075 have composed par- odies on “Tt Ain't Goin' to Rain No erening desoribing the gute things the Laby says and does; 112 000 spend thelr time either ridiag in autemehiles or dodging them; 8,320,947 have said |5,4Te83 times: 1 know this s good iulf, made before the war, because wy bootlegger wouldn't lie; 4,132,060 could make 18 holes in better than &0 if they didn't have such rotten luck; 45,680,847 say the younger generation is going erasy. | Tt's & great United States. | | | . . Of interest to In’nnnfl men geners ally is a talk delivered by William H, | Hankin, head of one of the nation’s llurgest advertising companies, at the lconvention of the Associated Adver- |tising elubs of the Weorld, in England. | Mr. Rankin discussed the value of ad- vortising in newspapers. e deseribed the eam n to popularize the drink. ing of tea in America, Tea growers |of India appropriated $1,000,000 for u five year campaign, This allowed $200,000 per year for the life of the campaign, not a great deal of money as advertising appropriations go nows adays, “How are we going about this task," Mr, Rinkin asked his audience, “1 tell you, If you are selling an idea or a product thrqugh advertis. ing, the advortising must be appearing natantly, Tt must never lose mo- mentum, Ther ust be no gaps— the public forgets very quickly, 8o what we wanted was a 12 months' campaign==with advertisments ap« Pearing dally, »Of course that progm could not he carried out with $200,000 nation- nlly, 8o we decided on concentrat We pleked the three big Atlantie board markets—New York, Boston und Philadelphia, These gave us an audience of 15,000,000 peoples 'Tre. mendous buying power, Twenty-three newspapers in these cities gave us full coverage, We selected newspapers l:ecause naturally no magazine, or group of magazines, could give us the same circulation in these cities, The schedule was so staggered that inser. tions appeared fn one or more news. papers every day. And the size of the edvertisements range from two to four columns. Now J am going to show the economic value of the news- papers, “The total space cost for the year Is something less than $200,000, “If we were to attempt to reach those 15,000,000 peopls by mail the postage cost alone would he $30,000 for each malling. Fifty-two times that wonld be $1,660,000 for postage alone, Yet through the newmnner\ we reach the same people 52 times, even oftener, for less than $200,000. Think of it!" White Russia Committee To Help Destitute Jews Minsk, Russia, Aug. 2.—In order to relieve the destitute situation of Jews living in the district known in the czarist days as the Ghetto, the gen- eril executive committes of white Russia has decided to apportion free land and homesteads to several hun- dred thousand laboring Jews, 75 per cent of whom are without employ- ment, & SEARS ROEBUCK SALES DROPS. Chicago, Aug. 2.—Sales of Sears Roebuck & Co., for July, were $13,- 416,437 as compared with $14,960,- 939 for the eame month last year, it was announced today. I'or the sev- en months of 1924 sales were $118,« 334,218 compared with $12,738,196 for the same period last year. HPH {that your ears are full of cinders and | 1 give the greatest service in the | Mo’ "; 32,874,439 think they can write better motion picture scenarios than have yet been written; 11,854,063 know positively that they could han- dle the job better than the boss {f they were only given a chance; 33,- 630,927 kick against the high cost of living and say all tradesmen are rob- Lers; 9,420,846 think it is entertaining thelr friends when they apend the DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL L STUDENTS LEAVE MADRID, Madrid, Aug. 2.—A farewell fets was held today for American students who have just completed comrses at the University of Madrid. Speeches of amity and fraternity were made by the mayor, the under secretary of publie instruction and John J. Coyle, the American vice-consul, Some Popular Beliefs By DR. FRANK CRANE Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, writing in the l.osdon Spee~ tator, demolishes many popular errors to which most of us still cling, al- though they are vestiges of uncritical ages. Many people have been indignant that their time-honored beliefs should thus be attacked and have written letters protesting against the Stefansson article, 1. In the first place Stefansson says that the North Pole is not the coldest place on earth, as many pcople imagine. Oceans always act as® moderating Influence upon temperature and the North Pole {8 surrounded by the There are parts of the Unite greater than at the North Pole, The temperature at the Pole never falls below 60 degrees. In Montana thermometers have registred 60 degrees, and in Siberia there are places where 70 degrees and 80 degrees are not uncommon, and one of them has experienced 93 degrees, which is 30 degrees below the temperature of the North Pole, 2. Another popular beliel is that ostriches bury their heads in the sand. This superstition, Stefansson says, is thousands of years old, but exists only among races unfamiliar with ostriches’ habits Colonel Roosevelt told Stefansson that when in Africa he had diligently inguired of all negroes he ever met whether they had ever scen ostriches bury their heads. 'I'hey had never heard of such a thing and on the contrary expressed the greatest respect for this bird's astuteness. “You sce,” said Colonel RRoosevelt, “those negroes had not the advantuge of an American education.” It 1s reasonable to suppose that if ostriches were as stupid as reputed they would all fall prey shortly to other predatory animals. K 3. Another superstition which Stefansson attacks is the habit of rubbing snow on any part affected by frost bite, “This,” he declares is “an intcresting survival of folk lore of one of the most fundamental principles of ancient logic; that ‘like cures like’.” He tells us that the lskimo never employes this method and when it is | suggested to him he rejects it as in the highest degree absurb and dangerous. “1t is possible,” says Stefansson, “to get thousands to testify to the bene- ficient effect of the snow ireatment of frost bites, but not nearly as many as would have testified, in Columbus’ time to the flatness of the earth, or, in Washington's time, to the efficacy of btood-letting.” 4. The next superstition attacked is that human beings cannot live on nieat alone, He himself has gone four hundred days without tasting vege- table food. Cerain Bskimo tribes subsist solely on meat and fish and eil vegetables only in the direst straits, to avoid starvation. He denies the belief that 13skimos are especially fond of fat and- that States and of Siberia where the cold s 5. they drink oil. “Phe Eskimos,” he writes, “undoubtedly would be fond of fat and might even drink oil, if it were true that they were exposed to more cold than the rest of us, but the fact is that the Eskimos are actually exposed to less cold than the average American or Englishman.” He supports this declaration by informing (he reader that Iiskimo houses in Winter are so super hcated that the Inbabifants frequently sit naked | around the open fire with perspiration running down theit bodies. And | when they go out they are clothed as warmly as though they were inside a thermos bottle, 6. Another common assumption which Stefansson attacks is that the languages of primitive peoples are simple. On the contrary, the Eskimo language is enormously complex, with twenty-seven forms of every noun and elaborate declensions of verbs, JFurthermore the Greenlander's everyday vocabulary is many times great- han that of the average American or Englishman, While our Knglish dictionary contains vastly more words than the Fs- kimo dictionary it is becanse we pregerve many thousands of dead words, and because science has given us highly specialized words with which only {he exceptional mnan is familiar. The Kskimos, on the contrary, have no written language at all, so that every word containéd in the Fakimo dictionary is in use today, Copyright, 1924, by The McClure Newspaper Syndic er )