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B ¢ 1l orga ENHANCING OF Oftering THE POLICE strong drink EFFICIENCY FORCE to men while on d fended on this connection. duty not ould legally without his he was even one lone pass his g running the going on that proh use the carpet about {¢, eral of s ridic ilous to permit an °r of the law to fi the law he is supposed to force, The two super wers dismissed in the known for d ce of a befter than to as rmit thelr g for a good vent their bett than merely and hospitality The supernumera WHEN A POLICEMAN SHOULD RETIRE Britain f grown servic more that time Alter retired on | will come now have tronomically tangible to pin our deductions, 1t-pay dut th upon which “The end of Is Jjust as certain as the end charter making L race tire on a pen of an individual; uo thing and no of things endures Smith, that 1t} e group Prof tuthe forever,” | Chicago insti. | MacMil- correct of the It onc quotes Cosmologist rans an. How this will happen, according 10 the conclu. sions, I8 that the moon, -which Sir new cosmological George Darwin of Cambridge about ars ago claimed a carth away course of time, will “The ration 1s only temporary; it is was once of the and got it in lay return to the earth absolute divorce,”" says Prof. rgasted at the idea ne the moon gradua e earth na has conslderable size, and Iy return- Although a satel. to begin slipping hack to m of mother earth there is & how sad the consequences - Imagine the thing falling Atlantic ocean. The seas b inun- | e pushed aside and 11l of Connecticut, along with United States, e moon fell on dry land, as it continental ething would have to . and there is a possibility | wspaper would have time story, cruel thought all around. might be al, and the human race may be nature far from °d to some punishment occa- method falling too much ¥, but this wholesale lestruction as the moon wn upon us is near! our harasscd intellect to grasp. , the blow might smash the en- carth asunder, the {riction and ng would cav sea of fire, 5O in ¥ = proud the oceans up and poor } — would chieving humanit perish at one But. it heartbroken blow he prospect, avails to at 11 As a million yerars to an is like tronomer the wink of an eyelash to nainder us mortals, this o will not oc- 4y 1 breaks mi g time. ons of tlons of newspaper men will ypewriters and v beds of thelr fathers tribe of news- paper who will be on he scene moon finally lips its grars s to the will not be able to work > the sto h and ther no reporters will need to tus- TWO NEWSPAPER WORKERS GET THEIR RECWARD t two newspaper re- cach for vstery anyw reporters are WHLEN THE PALE MOON 1ALLS UPON THE EARTH of ~eived scanty 1 comes in work well has ssist In the the first place. The result justifies the s tem of reporters doing thelr utmost to assist the in sible police And it's count,”" to use one of the every pos- results that ardbolled pressions that the pollce reporters way, ex learn from the police, A Is admirably equipped to assist any police partment. Having correspondents in in Its field, as a rule having plenty of men who can be shifted to assist work, a battery newspaper de- every town in the the police ssisted with of a help whenever an im- them, The two Chicago reporters who efved their $1,500 of whom portant confronts rewards—one time has re- to St. Louis — will appre- the money: but himself that the money that put since that moved clate let no man they will ke better than the knowl- they turned the the slayers behind decefve edge trick bars. thing h as these ever think about; in fact, they haven't time to think of such that A reward is about the last trifles, Fact; and Fancies The hardboiled, way of the transgressor {s The path of glory Is but book of memoirs, to a Mr. ( dy. 1 you are ove lidge, Talk Tt isn't a leader the democratic party needs now. It's democrats, Baldwin ments, but n as many rich endow- ot that kind cf car. Chinese Chinese is one where 2 passing car en trunks and sult ck fown every- hy has cases strapp is have too mu have cheek, too mu the cheeks and red. rohibition {8 working smoothly the only is to 8lop the ealc hut we Wales has ur ring {f usiness Observations On The Weather | | The Daredevil When I'm home, then you can bet If my hands and face are wet | am careful what I wipe them on b'gosh! dear has often spoken, I'm thoroughly housebroken And T use some towel ready for the wash, Wifle 8o There are, hanging on the rack, | Towels worked in red and black, Pink, and purple, blue, and yellow and the rest; It on one of them I drled | Tt would mean plain sulcid | hose, my dear, are for some other man — some guest, But when we go out to dine With some friends, then I get | mine; T see to it that I wash my hands u‘ lot; And T use the finest towels. | 1 won't seo my fricnd's wite's scowlsy | But at home if I did that 1 would | be shot! ‘ Joe Knew Sam: “Black boy, what am dis | mustahd gas what Ah heahs eb- | beryone talkin' about?" Joe: “Don' y' know what am | mustahd gas? Why, dat am de| vapah what yo' sees lLefora yore eyes when yo' yanks oft a mustahd plastah.” —-Mra. Clark Young, Page Wally the Mystic Tom the young man who | boarded with the family, Jean was the importan old daughter of the Misses Prim was five-year- famlly had called to After the cus- tomary comments, silenca fell, Jean t that the usual remarks had not n complete, "And who do you think ke Miss Prim?" she ‘Daddy or Tom, or who?" Mrs, W. J. he looks ' queried, Farley. Did He Get 1t? Clarence (hoastingly): “Yes, in order 1o be a success in this world, a man rimply has to Y brains.” Winnie (sweetly): “Still, vou to be getting along fairly weli, aren’t you seom All One Way traveled extensively knowledge of places was pretty slim— all he knew of geography Was that Edna was all'the worid to him, —Armin Schiosser. never And The iong Arm of the Law riend: “Was your lawyer's fee reasonable? Yes, alin't more than I won,” —Madeline Biswell. he charge me New Tdeas in the Radio Fleld By Dr. Walter was I who first s of iio to Marconi, and e always ke or two T the rz jumps ahead W, ch 1 set send One of the latest hout ing Auswering rights of hich was tribute to the x waves by 1 wiil Absent Minded Rev. Johns preach 0d deal, doesn’t he 1§ Sad Language love n't you threaten- h a funeral s Hammons. The Fditor's Gossip Shop ingenuity of our contributors ably say this expected an heights al writers rise to ived very many Wally The written {n uses, and writes his. nge be ssed to e been rm he need asked e Bald- equire extene find that many kid. Established 19 Years . 10 R. R, ARCADE HIMBERG & HORN 392 MAIN ST, Out of The High Rent District SAVE 15 TO 25 PER CENT on the dollar by trading at Himberg & Hdrn’s, one of the oldest established stores Largest Stock Here Are a Few of Our Guaranteed Spe;ials Ladies’ Rings. . $5.00 up Men’s Watches. . $10 up Ladies’ Wrist Watc'hes ceee. 310 up Diamond Rings $20 up Lowest Prices Chains and Knives Cuff Links .... $3.00 up Scarf Pins .... $3.00 up Gents’ Rings. ... $10 up Ivory, Silver, Clocks, Etc, Give us a trial and you will be convinced we buy for less and sell for less HIMBERG 10 R. R. Arcade EMPLOYHENT HERE 1S HUGH INPROVED ‘Figures of Agencies Show More Workers Placed Hartford, Dec. 1l.—Some im- provement in the employment situa- tion in the state during the month of November is noted in the month- ly report of the operation of the five free employment bureaus show- ing that of all applicants for em- ployment 74.6 per cent were' sup- plied with situations as compared with 70.6 for the month of October. The improvement was chiefly in the demand for female help, $0.3 cent of the female applitants being supplied with employment against 75.7 per cent during October, th percentage of male help sup with jobs during the month being 69.8 the same percentage as during the previous month )t the total number applying 91.4 per cent of employers were supplied with help during the month against 92.8 for Qctober., The results in the five bureaus was as follows: Hartford—Applications for em- lovment applications for h situations secured 668, ildren under | Now Haven— Applications for em- Which Tourl [ ployment 702, applications for help s week. 3, situations secured 646 Rridgeport—Applications for em- ment 937, applications’ for help ftuations secured 754, Waterbury—Applications for em- ployment applications for help situations seeured 476. Norwich—Applications for of them just need the rough edges trimmed off to reveal a clever plece of writing. Go to it with more confidence than ever! There isn't a thing now appearing 'in the Fun Shop which some reader, here or there, can't equal. “Shoes Shined Inside” Rusy little hootblack boy, You deserve a line; \ Making old kicks look like new, ‘That is where you shine! You're a man of polish, sir, This T ask you, brother— Make me shine at one end, for 1 don't shine at t'other! ~—Fred Cru Iet's Reasou This Out! Willfe: Father R too, “Daddy, 1 wanna dri (gloomily I do Where'll we get it —Oses Henline, (Copyright 1924.. Reproduction forbldden), Ince’s Estate of Four Million to His Family 11.—Thomas H. producer, who falling month il aboard a yae left an estat asgrevealed counsel “harles executors. | goes to by for the Virtually all of the cstate ow and three ¢ s of the wil be filed t DEMPSEY TO TRAIN Ang: Dee. 11, - wi em- per | & HORN 392 Main St. ployment 250, applications for help [ 109, situations secured 106 The tota) applications for employ- ment numbered . total applica- tions for help 2,898, and situations secured 2,650 REGAINS HEARING Girl Who Was Deaf Since Childhood | | Hears Airplane Motors After 300-Foot Dive, Dee, 11.—A sudden 1,500-foot nose dive fn an alrplane has apparently restored the scnse of hearing to a girl who had been deaf since she was three years old. Pilot Burt B. Burley too girl, Gwendolyn Caswell, uj air about two miles. 1le mane ered lis ship into a scries of dips and slips and after a long drop no- ticed that the girl's faclal expres- sion had changed. Coming tn the ground, she explalned as best als could, that she had heard the niotor and that its nolse bothered Miss Caswell was horn 1 years ago and came here in inglish physicians advised t ment she was given tod Chicago, tha Desk Policemen Sent To Beats by Butler Philadelphia, Dee, 1 Public Safety Butler announced ulght that under his p reorganizing the police fore: 900 men detailed as telephone operators, guards sistants in the various de d be placed on active q ing January 1 sitlons vacated by will be filled by civilian system of last now ill increase 1 from Hello! Hello! A Call for Papa. DRAGS UP A CHAIR JUST AS MYRTLE CLATTERS DOWNSTAIRS TO ASK P HE'S SURL THAT CALL WASN'T FOR HER - ARLINE JONES WAS GOING TO CALL HER UP ABOUT NOW = [§ o, ¢ R5 SUDDEN SHOUT TROM MO TRIES TOKIEP HIS MID OX WIRKT S ROOM HAS ANYBODV ANSWERED BAL IS SAVING WHILE MYRTLL AND THE PHIONE SHE HIARD T RING A ] R THAT NS MLRIGHT- PAPA'S ANSWERING | | DEMAXDS LOUPLY WOOD TIE TAMILY MIND BONG GMET UP- STRRS GOOD NIGHT Hi. CANT HEAR A, WORD DER WAY N UPPER HALL. MVRRE DOESNT THINK IT'S THE PLUMBER BE- | CAUST PAPA SND MELLO OLD SOCK | AND JUNIOR GUESSES TS MR. MALCH WANTING HIM TO COMC DOWN 10 Bose. | EXTIDED conrERENCE 675 UN- By GLUYAS WILLIAMS r GLURS | Wi 4 MVRTLE CLATTERS UPSTARS AGAN ND HE SETTLES HIMSELF COMPORT- ABLY FOR A 600D LONG COHIN WITH OLD BLL WIMPLE - HASN'T HEARD FROM HIM N ABES MNQUIRES JUNIOR IN CHORUS REASSURE MOM- ¥ WRS b W TIRLOMS At BTV AUSH AD WP PINITRANNG WIISPERS AS THE PRMRY TELL EACH OTHER 10 BF QEWT, PAPKS WA TEMPER - [T% HIS DISESTION A HE SPOUDNT MAWE EXTN THAT Ptcmrv'!? HNES (P vamRLY