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

ld interest such state bosses Who have New Britain Hera &IRALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Yasued Dally (Sunday Kxcepted) At Horald Bldg., 67 Chureh Street BUBSCRIPTION RATES §5.00 & Year $2.00 Three Month. Eutered at the as Socond ndvert culation b | A always open to advertisers ted Press. credited | news put Member The A which tisers w elrcula are bascd protection dlstribut local adve Audit Bareau of Cirenlution. The York He at 2 Centre A PLATFORM CALTY POPULAR REFOY What t velt called tirely lacki e Der ron s mind, or vention und ing to the itical ex to protru &o the par dssues, stood 1 he give pol- ater he major ar serve at- tention, are 1y stated. the designat $ive and libe Th public entirely the adoptior calling for t d forceful- rm well earns on of being “construc- mission's me v The Republicans sho favor of tb mbers popular vote also be in th state @. 0. P. platform adopts the princi- | ple of voting on stitutional amend that they would be I than if left to the ing on uti a more ru r to ratify Vot- egislature. ity members wou lical change. I ods should be incorporate state laws; would produce utility com to popular would the legi of fed case in Ma The Klux Klan and condem American In tackling t sions m s and )re TESpODSive the of enable the to instruct I as to th ratification co borough system” one-sixth of P elect two-thirds of ti the per cent. of the pe jority of t can party ocratic the st in the party is B robs the m quate represen Repe: favored. T ing unnecess: in importance v burd automobile 0. P. d condition of to a million G boasts of t state finances, due in 1 arge m though the stat mileage of The gasoli ndirect posed upon t which ena point with tax per capi reality, if a added the tu It is reflected in the state The plank of the statr gerest in this efl mave legisiation Better legialatios 4n industry is also a p appeal to women. the proposfd ment to the co The effort to pre ploitation of natural resour to child special emphasis on the conserv eon- | shown no disposition to oppose hy- Iro-electric power indecd 1 with methods. Some of them ure roputed to be | 1dentifie corporations which | have had no great difficulty | tauining power rtghts. In ob- rty goes on record for mod- ition of the Volstead law and the | reement act so as to lnY-‘ se of light wines and beer. n eastern states fecls the ibout this subject, but as clsewhere 1s inclined the blicans are to ind the Rog irning handsprings upsot ef, the friends of per main with their backs 1, but can gain en- rom the Democratie | If the idea is iently something may hile both major enforcement of the American- icans nowadays streme application of s, an idea borrowed from De them better by advocat. , the nocrats ¢ towns and cities There can be no | principle between state, | ty rights in self-govera- | Republican churlishness | federal b 1s is matched cmocratic insistence that med- state bureaus and commis- ust as great an evil—more h state interfer- and city to Demo- town ernment comes closer home crats further ask for the reduction of | | the number of state commissions, some of which merely serve as ve- hicles for the appointment of politi- il friends of the state machine; and | the 1 uting This should meet wi favor reorganization of department, su engineers for politicians in department. | the approval of citizens who place efliciency above machine politics. other planks of a far- | secing and progress ure. They | will make a strong bid for popular | support. CHOLD-UPS™, is to be high- | s passage of | d Judge which has for its REAL LSTATE The city gov ly commend by John H. Kirkham discouragement of he individuals method which redits to upscrupulous whereby they or gain control of property and then inform e suid to purchase neighboring property owners of their ! intention to ercct an unsightly build- ing, with the added information that the ‘plan can be prevented by pur- | of the property from the spec- on the latter's terms. e city is indeed a 8 have Judge Kirk- | it handsome | by specula- | they = speculate ed moncy and Ju injustice to others 1am indicates exists. Ity market is said to be no } | t such man- | | | ring the boom o prospered t will have |of years. iness men to survive. yeen plenty s men rather than spec- 1lators, @ who would not indulge 1 such low m in ntion of FILLING STATIONS 1ins It 1s Distribution of gasoline rem a highly competitive basis on that | the appreciation of superlative music | stalwart exponents of Americanism attuned S NE howover, 1s not clear, Such regula- tion appears to bg a stute function, It states and cities were more in« clined to sense a possible develop- | ment before it developed and made regulations accordingly, rather than attempting to make regulations aft- erwards, there would be less harm The lations regarding gas stations, mak- done, city changed the regu- ing it possible to crect them 100 feet e distance from a school, church or where formerly the was | 200 feet, The change is questionable. The board of public works recent- ly wrote to the moter vehicle de- partment for information about the ate regulations and was informed that permits henceforth to sasoline stations would, be referred erect to the board for action, and that this was the “‘usual policy” of the de- partment, The mayor therefore has a chance | to make his natural ideas function | right miblic works, or in the state through the motor vehicle department, which it appears is crawling from under an avalanche of eriticism in connec- methods linked with the filling station situation. tion with SOUSA ALWAYS WELCOME, Sousa’s band is a national institu- 1t does not bLelong to any one city, but has built its prestige and; success ugen the plaudits the It plays in the likewise in small citics—no matter how diminu- | tive—which promise to make it pay. Mr. Sousa's hreus.aml wood wind choir has educated the masses in tion, of country as a whole, largest of citics, and by bringing it to them in the towns where they live, One not merely need to rest content in reading about Sousa, but one can sce the leader and hear his musiclans at least once a year—or oftencr if one happens to live in a city where he visits more frequently. This leader's great organiz operated upon the pay-as-you-go plan; that is to say, It is self-sup-| upon endow- tion 1s | porting, does not re ments or the special favors of the rich, but bases its prosperity largely upon the patronage of the common people, who have come to consider the privilege of hearing the great American band as one of the artistic mileposts in their musical lives. The band played in New Britain this afternoén. The city has heard the band before, but not in recent years. It is glad to welcome these in music once again and trusts they | will put the hardware capital on thelr regular ftinerary in the future. AN AMERICAN BEETHOVE Serge Koussevitsky, the new con- ductor of the Boston Symphony or- chestra, who will take over the baton d Pierre Montecaux after five years of notable released by service, will in town through the board of q th Richard Strauss, of Salome and the symphonie poems fame, does the same in Europe. Beethoven in his day, as was the case with Haydn, Bot a lat portion of the box office receipts of first performances, One must not confuse the writing of symphonles with the writing of operas, A new successful opera may make money for its composer. Yet Wagner required the backing of a Bavarian king to attain a surcease of financial worry, Rossinl became rich as an opera composer. Coming down to modern times, Debussy at least made both ends meet as one, and Massenct aid even better, There has been a great and popu- lar symphony written in Amerlca— by a foreigner,' Dvorak penned the New World” symphony .when he was employed to teach music as one of the faculty of & New York con- The symphony was not written to make money, although it 8o servatory. probably yiclded money for its com- poser by dint of fRie large sales of copies, espcclally arrangements. If a composer of a symphony can write works of such universal pop- ularity among music lovers to justify the printingsand sale of vari- ous arrangements of his works, he can, if he obtains a favorable con- tract with his publishers, see some money coming to him for his effort. as But a mere performance by some great likely to bring expense than revenue, The most striking example of how American Beethovens are pided in America is indicated at the annual ans- orchestra is more North Shore music festival at ton, T1l. A prize of $1,000 is offered forsthe best orchestral composition submitted. The prize-winner*is se- lected from a list of four or five com- positions played. To permit the or- chestra to play them, the composers must provide the parts for the 90 or more instruments, He can write them out himself—taking about a month—or pay several hundreds of dollars to have it done. Then he has the satisfaction of hearing his brain child played—once—and one chance out of four of earning $1,000. The prize-winner is played once again, and twice during the scason by the Chicago symphony. This is called encouraging the American composer. It is to be hoped he finds the crumbs of 80 gerferously thrown under the table. encouragement There are other ‘contests” with prizes attached. The Pittsfield, Mass,, music festival, under way, is a netable example. Good music is produced, some of it as good as modern music produced in But the American Bee- now Europe. thoven remains undiscovered. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN 1824 fly with me." 192 “Darling, “Homk!’ look for an American Beethoven. Very kind of him to have an ear| possibilities of the | he probably nol} the | to the will Yankee Beethoven. | 1t would be like attempting to find | present; but succeed in Jocating an American Shakespeare. of Americans | but not j There are plenty who can write fine music, | towel. After all, the best intclligence test | is a sharp curve. its the guest the guest True hospitality perr to do anything except Talk of equality must seem amus- boss. The trouble with a pistol is that | it transforms cold fcet into a hot | with us a mus Indeed in America or Europe, has a habit | z to die after a term it Beethoven has \r!v‘n‘ c that will outlive Beethoven's. | modern music, be it written | head. of threater I long time and seems to hing” in it that dc.[ dust on the fles the shelves, ‘} 00 dogs have Some recompense is necessary to | can Beetho- | 4 It re- induce 1do Amer ool Mixed-breed one pe- active, genius to write a mphony—as much red to paint a masterpicce genius | sculptor a great statue in marble Yet well r bronze painter and the | pald for their| id. He fires of his genius for (h(“ of a symphony .is | is expected to ex- t and expect no pay. vitzky can test it out him- Should he discover that Amer- ican Beethoven he seeks, and consent | | crforming his sympliony, W the terms? It will be found | American Beethoven is ex- | cted to be satisfied with the honor Boston Unlike & playwright, g the St havia Symphony play his w rcentage of obtain a P box office receipts; he probably cash for the privilege or if so it will than a fcw hundred dol- be expected to fur- all 100 in- he orchestra— t f playing his wol ot be more w parts forming | and to have these copics printed will | | with nie con- With army e cost is in- | the curious maintain ns adde compani t gasoline cost the Yankee Beethoven several| the Symphony orchestras. | s in America for| are same | These conditions other of American Bee-| decent paymer | thovens there are men Who arge orchestras, tended to be played But they music these organizations. are conductors of efchestras by ually 10 make their living as conductors write symphonies or and | symphonic compositions as an avo- can the =", cation.” #Henry Hadley, perhaps our | foremost seriows' eomposer, is one of | diversion ‘vo point with pride: or| cullarity. They don't howl about aliens coming in. Exercise doesn't aly age | development. Look at the chins you know. ays ¢ Poor old crippled Germany ing to spend her money on healthy development. except | The Peeved Damsel With fury flashed her coal-black eyes; Her bosom rose and fell— '"Twould make a dbzen stanzas This maiden's wrath to tell, “'Oh, let me at that villain there 8he cried in piercing tone; ‘When passers-by restrained her She shricked with moan on moan. “Now is this man your (falthless spouse ?" “Oh, no, it is not that!" “Then isn't he your sweetheart, With whom you've had a spat?" “'Oh, gangway—Ilet me at him!" She raged with angry snort. “That monster there's a barber, Who cut my hair too short!" —Charlotte Churchill. Might Help “‘Robert says he actually sick with love for me. Florénce:—"Why don't you marry him, dear, and cure him?" —Thomas L. Jones.’ Geneviev is Congenial . Mrs, Lord:—"How did the house look after you came home from the country?"* Mrs. Hale:—"Exactly as I left {t. My husband seemed to have lived in the cellar.” —TLetitla Rayborn, Flaming Youth She Must Have Been Tl The handsome young doctor had been called to attend an attractive young woman. He entered the young Jady's. home expecting to find her suffering from some mild indiposi- tion, but the moment that he was there he realized that he had made a mistake. Obviously the young woman wag seriously ill Her hair was not combed, one of her eyebrows was crooked, and the end of her nose was shiny. —L. B. B. Wally the Mystic He'll Answer Your Questions, Somehow. | ing to the wife who has a man 10| wyen poople fall in love they find They are not always of one mind. Should you and sweetie have a fight Let Wallie tell you who is right. Time Enough Later Dear Wally I'm in a fright. Tomorrow is my wedding night. You sce, T don't know how to cook. | Shall I withdraw? Yours, INNA HOOK. Dear Inna:— Get your cooking lore When honeymooning time is o'er. Have hubby get some life insur- ance. May heaven bless him with endur- ance . Must Be Lived Down Dear Wally:— T cannot decide 1f 1 ghould be a blushing bride. I love him, and I am fickle, But his name’s DILL and mine is | after all,” ho tried to small q wasn't coined by a man fly around it 8 a wo w 1t too 1s w much makes uld en unappre- cf between the bi liboards. { static affords an when a candi Even a PICKLE. Dear Picklc:- You must stand the ga’t Of course the world is sure to| laugh. | Be sweet, and let your marriage be | The fifty-eighth variety. Kiddie Kapers aged five, came running | Mildred | into the house on a very hot day, re- | | hands and e man who isn't can at le station loafers forty miles hom. strut before | or a | ocked | It must require great effo free-Cussin’ democrat to be s by Dawes' profanity. At this rate the next generation won't bother with any reading mat- | ter except the ads in the street car. | Adam had nt There v |ot en covered with grass a a lawn mower on the ‘L — ‘ As to man's having air, it will remembered | Turkey was “conquered,” | | Correct h my soft. d not premises conquered the that be this sentence you i | cail papa as all | cently. | Looking at the perspiration on her | face she cried: "Oh look at the juice coming out —Mrs. H. T. On to Him B I'll thing up a good ex- cuse for you to give when you get home.” i My ki—"Don't waste your time. wife is a mifid-reader.” —Gustave Pittenger. The Flight of Time First crook:—"How'd y' pass d'| | winter, Bil?™" Second crook:—"T reputation.” First crook:— starve almost t' Second crook:—"Naw—I wuz in | Jail.” i —Albert Hendy. | . In the Dictionary | Shaw:—"I understand now why | the landiord called this a ‘model’ apartment.” Mrs. Shaw:—'"Why, dear—because it is #o up-to-date?” Shaw:—' because lived on me didn't ¥y a2 “model’ W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1024, ' means a small imitation of i lul thing." ' ~Lorna Bond. The Editor's Gossip Shop Regarding the very popular Wally The Mystlo serl If you have any question on eti« quette you wish answered by Wally, send your request to the Editor, The Fun Shop, attention Wally The Mys. the. b We will revise your question (It it ‘has any humorops merit) and throw l‘ into the poetlc form which dis- tingulshes the serles, In submitting your questions, please bear one point in mind; bur- lesquing etiquette is not new. Treat- ment as given in the Wally serles has never before been had. Therefore we will appreclate quéstions on etiquette hardly touched upon at other times. Forgot Herseld Dick:—"I never saw Jones look 80 cheerful and self-confident as he does today. The wonder what caused the change?" Charles:—"He told me a book agent asked to see .the head of the house, last night, and his wife called him," ~—Andrew Krenerick. Grammatioal Jingle-Jangles (By Perclval Prim) Watch your step, and bear in mind One should never say “those kind." DA Drop “has rang,"” rung,” Men are “hanged” “hung.” ... Some feel sad, but none feel sadly, Say “feel bad” and not “feel badly,” D Owls may say “To-whit, to who?" Men should say “To whom?" Do you? and say “has and pictures Her Drawback . “Miss Petite has only one draw- back that I dislike.” “What is that “When she draws back her head from my shoulder.” -W. 8. And What a Fall That Was, My Countrymen! 'What caused you to fall?” ‘A slip of a girl made me (Copyright 1924, Reproduction forbidden). COMMUNICATED Gardiner Not a Strike Leader New Britain, Conn., Sept. 17, 1024, The New Britain Herald, Herald Publishing Co., 67 Church- 8t., New Britain, Conn. Gentlemen:— It 18 with regret that the under- signed is forced to call your atten- tion to the fact that you have placed your company within the radi of the circle of libel, To wit, in a news item appearing in the aforesald ‘New Britain Her- ald,” under date of September 17 (Wednesday), sald news item ap- pearing under the heading “K. K. K. Campaign for Plainvilte Members. Your attention is called to para- graph 12, commencing at line 6, page 18, which reads as follows: “He has had the reputation (meaning Henry Gardiner) of being the leader in the strike at what was formerly the Rockwell & Drake Co., of this town.” Inasmuch as the uridersigned was not an employe of the Rockwell & Drake Co, at the time of the strike, he could not act as leader! There- fore, that part of the news item f8 untrue. It is well to be guided by facts before cammitting to print. As you are Amerlcans and the undersigned assumes you aré of the broad mind- ed class, at least he hopes you are, you will glve this communication the same publicity as you did the one wherein you used his' name so freely. If this is complied with it constitutional rights as a free born American. Very respectfully, HENRY E. GARDINER. Publisher Connecticut Patriot, Box 66 Observations On The Weather 19.—Forecast New England: Un- settled, probably showers tonight and Saturday; Saturday warmer; moderate to fresh easterly winds. Conditions—Unsettled, rhowery weather prevails this morning in the western and central districts and pleasant weather in the Lake region and along the Atlantic coast. The pressure is high over New England and on the north Pacific coast and low over the Rocky Mountains. These areas are moving slowly east- ward. The temperature is almost normal for the season of the year in all northern sections. Conditlons favor for this vicinity fair, followed by unsettled weather. Returned Boxer Indemnity To Build Chinese College Tsingtao, Shantung, China, Sept. 19. — There is a movement on foot to secure the returned Boxer in- demnity for the establishment of a university in Tasingtao. Sultable bulldings for the imstitution already have been made avallable by the municipal administration. They are the spacious and substantial Bis- marck Barracks, a monument to the solidity and permanence of German construction. Dr.” Jacob Gould *Schurman, the American minister at.Peking, on a recent visit to Tsingtao, expressed the opinion that no better use could be made of the money than that which Tsingtao proposes. Washingtgn, Sept. for Souther CFORGE H. CRYNE HOME George H. Cryne, a popular trav- eling salesman, bas returned to New Britain after spending 19 weeks in the City hospital, Boston. He was injured in & collision between his automobile and a street car and it | was at fiset thought that it would be Inscemn‘ to amputate his left arm. UMP A distinctively different style that brings to New Brit- ain the last word from the fashion centers. In Black Satin or Patent Coltskin—Gun Metal Chain—Cuban Box heel. Just one pattern from a score of newest JOHN IRVING styles. FIVE DOLLARS 'NOVELTY SHOES In Black Safin, Black Suede, Pat- ent Coltskin and Tan Calfskin—nearly. all $3 9 5 sizes, and a very special price ....veeeee.. . The “GRIDIRON” Buying this shoe is like finding $3 on the sidewalk. It’s built from finest leathers throughout and is styled on the new wide toe. A brute of a shoe for wear and like a feather bed for com- fort—One Price—FIVE '‘DOLLARS Headquarters for School Shoes = Agents for — JOHN IRVING, DR. KAHLER and W. L. DOUGLAS ‘SHOES MODERN BOOT SHOP 168 MAIN STREET NEW BRITAIN on a three weeks' wheeling tiip to Virginia. The committee on the sale of city property has practically come to an agreement to sell city land on Com- mercial street to Andrews, Swift & Co., which is offering $10,000. 25 Years Ago Today From Paper of That Date Toner took 8t. Mary's The marriage of Thomas and Miss Katherine Cusiclk essary to invoke my | priliEnotiba nscesahry | phionograph 1s attracting crowds to place this morning at church, Rev. Father ciating. The Jatest thing in Bailey offi- an Edison Mills hardware store. Fred Beloin’s bay gelding, Vic- toria, took second moncy yesterday at Nashua, N, H. The best time was 2:19%. Slides of California were at a meeting of the Camera shown club The Connecticut Co. wjll atterapt to finish the line to Southington to- morrow., It is expected that the Meriden and Compounce Co. will resist the move by applying for an injunction, Diary of Lenine Said to Be Stolen Vienna, Sapt,’ 19.~Reports are current that the personal dlary of Lenine, smuggled out of Russia, last night. " Two High school teachers were accidentally locked in the supply room last night and were saved from passing the night there by members of the football team, who discovered them and showed them a way out. Mr, and Mrs. Frank §. Cadwell will leave New Britain next week was recently offered for sale in Vienna. These documents are being trailed by Moscow secret service ®perators, but up to the present they have falled to find them. The apariments of scveral anti-Soviet Russlans in Vienna, Berlin, War saw and Prague have been searche:! but without avail. —_— DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY. EDITORIAL ” —_— e — The Creed for Business Men By DR. FRANK CRANE At the meeting of the advertising men from all over the world, held sometime ago in London, a “Personal Creed for Business Men” was adopted. It seemed to express the obligations to be assumed by all attending members of the various clubs. It is not a had sort of a creed to be adopted by business men every- It is one indication that businees is getting out of the region of arp practice and is becoming a profession, in which those engaged in it are conscious of their duties and responsibilities and anxious to dis- charge them. 'The Association of Advertisers declared: Believing that the peace and happiness of mankind lie in some form of international concert, and that a great force in promoting human brotherhood is to be found in advertising, the Associated Advertising Clube of the World acclaim and publish the following code of ethics for all those engaged in the business of advertising. We pledge ourselves: ‘1. To dedicate our efforts to the cause of better business and social service where. mere « To scek the truth and to live it. “3. To tell the advertising story simply and to avoid even the tendency to misiead. “4. To refrain from unfair and competitive criticism ks To promote better international understanding bascd recognition of our mutual Tesponsibilities and our independence. “g.. To conserve for ourselves and for posterity, ideals of conduct snd andards of advertising practice born of the belief that truthful advertis- ing bullds both character and good business.” This is in line with the general key4qote of the Convention which “Truth in Advertising." T It was based upon the appreciation of the fact that no business can continue to thrive which is not based upon verity and that all shady dealing and unfairness is unp ble in the long run, and that every principle of conduct, except honesty, and uprightness, eventually defeats iteelf. and \l‘n hout exaggeration, upon a was, Copyright, 1924, by The McClure's Newspaper Syndicate.