New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1925, Page 8

8 New Britain Herald ALD PUBLISHING COMPANY feeued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg. ¢1 Church Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 & Year $3.00 Three Munth 16¢. & Month 44 at the Post Office at New Britaln as Becond Clase Mall Matter, TELEPHONB CALLS Business Ofrice .. Bditoria) Rooms v.iues 928 928 The only profitable advertising medium | in the City, Circulation books and press room alwayes open to advertisers Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press 1a exclusively en titled to the use for re-publication of all uews credited to ft o1 not otherwise credited in this paper and news publisbed herefn, Member Auadit Barean of Circalation. The A. B. C. 1s a nsilonal organizailon which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with @ stiictly honest apaly elrculation. Our clrculation etatistics are based upon this audit. This ineures protection against fraud n newspaper distribution figures te botb national and | rtisecs. local ad The Herald t on ele Oally In New York at Hotallng's News Stand Timee Bquare; Schults News Stand, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd street. BEFOULING THE WATERS GETS WORSE WVirtually the United States 1s used as a sewer disposal mystem by cities and towns along their banks. This is not as it should be, but towns along rivers, taking advantage of thelr location, have in most cases not hesitated to make of waters a foul mess. ©Of course, a running stream pur- {fites itself; at least, to a certain ex- tent, so that most towns do not think they are polluting the streams for more than a few miles. But as Shere are towns every few miles along streams in the more thickly populated sections of the country, it is questionable whether many streams are glven much of a chanc to purify themselves during ¢ eourse to the sea, The anclent every stream in agitation against pollution of the Sound is underway | in New Haven, the most serious of. fender along the north shore. The anbject has been “Investigated” by legislative committees time without number. Reports have been flled, read and forgotten. Meanwhile, the pollution goes on. Conditions in New Haven are worse than elsewhere in Connecti- cut because at least part of the harbor itself 8 used for the disposal of sewage. Nothing more distress- ing can be imagined and it is small wonder that the common council of that city has been aroused. Al- though New Haven is tempted to continue pouring its sewage into the contiguous waters, the city gov- ernment is inclined to favor the construction of & sewerage disposal plant, or several. But as the esti- mated cost is $2,000,000, it is per- haps likely that mnothing will be done about it for some years to come. Improvements would be de- lighttully easy to execute 1if the slight matter of cost dldn’t bother. Yet that sum should not be much for a city the size of the sm(c's‘ largest city. The Connecticut river is a splen- did sewer for the cities and towns along its banks. Many of them have talked about constructing their own aisposal plants, but talk is cheaper than performance; and it also seems cheaper to continue relylng upon ghe river. This is e matter in W Britain has progressed bes cities situated upon rivers. This city has its disposal system at Berlin, and although it has caused trouble and lawsuits, there is the satisfaction of knowing it is a few pegs higher in method than dumping sewage into & river. Ultimately the river towns and cities along the Sound will have to do similar to New Britain; they have big outlays ahcad. The worst that can be said about New Britain's gystem s that it will have to be enlarged from time to time and in- ct have also loc) less to the steamship companies for transit, and ralse the rates on special mall services, saving $27, Eliminate all rural free 4,000,000, delivery routes that don't show a profit, sav- ing $87,000,000, If there Is any deflcit left (which would not be) after these eliminations, then ralsc the rates on various classes of mall, including the there But the government is not e: [ pected to operate the post office as | a hard-volled business institution, Tt | was bullt to serve all classes of peo- ple and some of them at a loss, in all sections of the country, | ! The express company or the tel graph companies are business in- They towns or stitutions, do ot maintain offices in villages where not sufficient busincss to Thelr busincsses are and they pay The postal service serves there is warrant them, operated economically, dividends, | every point on the map served by cither express or telegraph com- | panies and many thousands that not only produce little business This the postal department generate into a strictly dol- {1ars and cents institution abandoning cents, the people ought to have a chance | but are expensive to maintain. 18 service. If is to d jcommon sense for business | | action taken, We | imagine that most people will pre- summary is | ter service at a loss to service for | revenue only, | Some persons—notably postal of- jflr‘l: to the postal department as the “greatest business in the world.” They are 1t is not a business, and is ls—are wont to refer Wrong. not to be conducted upon strictly | 1t were it | business principles. 1t could not attempt to give tensive below cost service it does, the ex- A business institution could not afford | to sink much money into profitless | | departments, which has been one of | | the prime developments of the se ice fn the last 30 years. From its very found: up a [ business institution would figure dif- ferently. ment in buildings, and the interest on the investment and the sinking fund to pay them off, as part of the overhead. The postal department has. never done that. Buildings are and equipped from con- ion constructed gresslonal appropriations and that 1s the last ever heard of the money. | The postal department is no busi- ness ‘institution from the standpoint of its leading personnel, either. masters are selected by some species of civil service, but as everyone knows, politics plays an part and the law is such as to per- But politics do in a important mit manipulation. not play an important part | business institution. The head of the ment—Postmaster was not appointed because kpowledge of the service given the carte blanche privilege of department merely be- postal depart- General New— of his but bossing the cause he was a “lame duck,” having been defeated for re-nomination as U. 8. senator and being a fit person for governmental consideration re- No business insti- the garding the job. tution would choose its same way, although this Is not to be that the head construed as i mating postmaster general {s not as efficient as his forerunners; as a matter of fact he is as good as most other have been and better than some of them were, 2 The {dea of the postal department as a big busi- to run upon ness lines, height Postal officials know suddenly regarding ness institution, be strictly t is the of i that will not be wouldn't seriously it. Let an attempt be mads neerity. done and dare to attempt ring wee papers continue delive Kly free in counties of origin, or livery drasti- cally curtail the rural de ice, and then listen to what the poli- ticians will say and do about it. How can an institution be a big business on business principle pals of and be run vet be subservient to the pricin politics, the predilections of polit- second class, taking in publications. | more. | Mail is delivered over rural routes | to make their wishes known before ' It would regard its invest- | Post- | was | they | to dis- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1025, warehout 1 1s too big or too intricate n fromglving ad- Indeed, wé have ters printed In nowspapers, purporte ing to contaln astonishingly original ideas and couched in declsive, dog- matic declarations, which were sign- ;ud by such words as “Logiclan,” | “Serlous Student,” or “Economles.” The trouble with Mr, Ford's ad- vice s that many of those who fol- low it may conclude to give him ad- vice as to how to run hls plant. We illnnglnn that Mr. Ford will not be inclined to take the advice, oral or | written, of any of the young men | who were induced to get that way by following his dicta, e A WHIFF FROM TOYLAND'S LITTLE TRAGEDIES test of a good toy, given to a ice seen some let- Th child at Christmas, is whether it {8 stlll a toy, and not a battered mass of tin or splintered wood, after New Year's day. Parents have found that many a toy, gaudy with red paint, lasts but a slight period—a much slighter perind than was anticipated by gulle- less parents when they purchased it. An energetic curlous two can play hob with toys no mat- ter how fool proof their might claim them to be. Therefore those toys which have survived from Christmas can be put made good. The others were toys for a day or so youngster or makers down as having | only. | CAMPAIGN OF IBANEZ | A PUBLICITY STUNT i \ufnlo Blasco Ibanez's campaign | | against the king of Spain continues with unabated fury. He is bound !o; fight the autocracy of the Spanish | kingdom with the pen points of his d will go so far as to fight it necessary. duel hasn't | sangulnary | | wrath, a a duel with a sword, Happily, the | been essential the however, in { Sometimea we wonder if thv-rei fsn't something more than sincerity | about this effort to upset a (hrol\el and reform a nation. Ibanez has | enormous publicity | can well | obtained such out of the fracas that he afford to keep it up until the subject | Then his pub- | Aovellatlinel [ public, the stage wiil trundle it | across the boards, it will be flickered and everybody will be 2g Ibanez the palls upon readers. lishers can fire a new on the scre happy, and | king of Spain | | fnclud Yes, we are naturally callous, cyni- cal and coldly disposed toward these | prefervid campaigns of oratory and | The bellef is reasona- | declamatic ble that some people are skilled In obtalning publicity. ' 25 Years Ago Today From Peper of That Date F. of A, held a all last evening. e by Bigge's or- stra'and Louis Lehr prompted, Harmony Lodge, F. & A. M, its annual instailation last evening | nd made it a soclal affair, James Healey was installation officer, The grand T numbered 100 couples at the annual social nce given last evening by the son society in Sierlng & | ¢ hall. It was led by Hugo | Nellie Guenther. Zola's Parisian beauties will be at the Opera House this evening. This | is the one big burlesque show to all ® have or have not read will alike be | production of | Court Beethoven ance in Ci e arch come here son hose who e hook “Quo Vadis” interested in the stage this most popular novel of the last s. 1t will he presented at the Lyceum next week. Observations On The Weather 2.—Forecast for igland: Snow to- jay, probably heavy temperature, strong Eastern New York: probably heavy in Slightly warmer in fair in south strong lay; portion; | tightened held | ¢ Fact: and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN It is all right for the girls to go out riding 1f they won't go too far. As a rule the place from which business heads actually retire is the shelf. Fruit cake scems to keep longer when it hasn't been soaked with |anything naughty. The caslest way to abolish statie |1s to let your guests get disgusted [ ana 1cave, If a man acts that way, it 4s called dignity; but when a boy does it, it is pouting. The objection to “personality” is the way it overworks the first per- son singular pronoun, Americanism: “Ten dollars left! Now what shall T spend it for?" The objection to a kitchenette is that it seldom produces anything more than a mealette. No child had a complex until the birth rate got ahead of the produc- tion of apple sprouts. Perhaps education doesn't pay. In the old days only a few could write thelir biographies, Tt is estimated that 17 per cent of the dilamond wrist watches will keep until next Christmas, It they can't decide who shall direct prohibition, why not turn it over to the department of the in- terior? Anybody can swindle his friends; a neclal wizard is one who can swindle strangers. l - 2 The most successful show win- dow is one that contains nothing to obstruct the mirrors at the back. Doubtless there are dreary days when the former Kaiser knows how | useless an adenold feels. That tramp who fainted when ar- !mi may not have been afrald. cop spoke to him kind- Another good example of en- self Interest is Wall street'’s effort to protect people | from swindlers. You never realize how enjoyable a car can be until it gets so shabby | that you don't care what happens | to ft. Correct this sentence: children are at home day,” said “they \e house.” (Protected Ly “When the for a holi- she, seldom leave Assoclated Editors, MARINES LANDED AT CHINESE GITY To Protect Foreign Property-- Brigands Loot Ships The ated Press. Shanghal, Jan. 2—It is reported that a detachment of Amecrican marines has been landed at Nanking By Amm0 to protect the foreign residential dis- | trict, following the looting by the ,dyguard of General Chi Shieh- Yuan, former military governor of Kiangsu, of a number of the num- ber of the largest silk stores in the city, causing a loss of $800,000, General Chi is a refugee here Shang- hai. ted Press 2.—Upwards of one hundred armed gangsters, belioved e soldiers disguised, boarded the teamers Kingta and Kilang Yung, : The Asto Shangha Miserere By Marshall M. Wallace It's the week after Christinas And hero is the mall! My heart's in my stomach, | My cheeks have turned pale. The letters before me Seem mountainous high; Enough bllls are in them To last till I dle. T'rom now tlll next Christmas My poor nose will be Held down to the grindstone; Oh, pity poor me! Why was 1 so tree with My presents, please tell, To Dolly, and Edith, Lucella, and Nell? Though now I'm bewalling My generous tralts, Next New Year's I'll be in The same sort of straits, Except that the girlies Are never the sam Next year ‘twill be Ethel, Lenora, and Mame, Objectéd Berth: “So Betty and Jack weren't marrled after all! I heard that she was going to marry him to reform him."” s Julian: “He heard the thing."” same —Trene McMillen, e Silence Is Golden Marriet: “I understand her friends made up a purse to send her away to improve her volce.” Harry: “Ah! — hush money.” Aurora Shines! Visitor (to little girl by whom she was belng entertalned): “Aurora, ‘“ho is the man coming in at the | gate?” Aurora: “Why, He's one of the demons in | churceh.” that's Mr. Jones. our —M. L. Bradbury. Love Letters of Famous Men .. i\I)‘ Dear Eve: | 1 am very sorry, sweetheart, that | | we quarrelled yesterday. Won't you | forgive me? I was in the wrong, and 4t only shows for the thou- | | sandth time that I am not worthy of | you. The little apple that you sent | for a peace offering stirred me to my very soul, and I kept 1t for hours |* under my pillow of fig leaves be- | fore T ate it, How wonderfully thoughtful of you! You were always | |a wondertul fudge of fruit. | You know, little girl, T often lay ‘-make and dream of the time when | T can take you away from all this. | The day will come, dear, when I | can take you from the garden out |into the pleasant world — where two can live cheaper than one. | Please believe me when I say that [ you are the only girl in the world | | for me, and that I can support you | in the style to which you have been | | accustomed. Yours forever, l Adam. | . | Dear Juliet: I'm making this short and snap- py. You don't need to think you| can pull any of | me — see? Now 1 suppose you'll spring the “what's the matter” gag! You're i not rolling those eyes now, little flapper, and I want an explanation. | Who was that tall bird with the silk clad legs and the movie eyes 1 saw you with last night? T gues I've been a fool, and T'll confess it 1id glve me a shock when I saw nim on the balcony. Now I'm not the kind to pull a dstand stunt but believe me, sister, I'm not forgetting that I have lump of ice parked on your third nger' explaining, and if you're not there with the right one you'll know what Shakespeare sald! Ever your sweetheart, Romeo. Active Barry: “Does he lead an active o Grant: “Very active. The collec- tors keep him on the jump.” —Mrs. O, L. Helmuth, Modern Housing “Your new apartment {s isn't it?" “In one way it is. There rooms made over into Lew: larger, George: three —A. C. Schumaker. Well Mated that old stuff on | This wi'l need a lot of tall | Dear Paul: If you desire to win he Call just before it's time for dinne That shows her folks you are alert, Don't leave unm (nay serve dessert! An Euy B-ulun’ Y Dear Wally: I'm a grocer's clerk. 1'd love to find some pleasant work Where I can make a lot of dough, With no investment, Jitney Joe. Dear Jitney Joe: ¢ Become & fighter, that's too rough, become a writer, The Fun Shep .will buy all your stuff— Provided it is good enough! 1t Had ItEasy Davis: “Job, the Bible tells us, he most patient man that ever Hanson: “I )mow. But you must remember he never had to ‘luna in' on & radlo set.” ~—Harvey Jlmmon. (Copyright, 19256, Reproduction Forbldden) NEW YEAR GIVEN (00D START HERE 1925 Fox Trots in and Sits Down to Elaborate Menu With 1925 two days old, partici: pants in New Year Eve celebrations are satisfled that they gave it sufti- cient impetus to carry it along or®™ |its own momentum for 365 days. The year was escorted across the threshold of midnight with eclat. It wore rubber boots for fear of get- ting its feet wet, but rubber sandals would have been sufficient because conditions were only damp. Revelry, dancing and dining fea- tured the night. One of the big {dances was hcld in Jester's hall un- ul(l" the auspices of the Firemen's | Penston and Rellef assoclation. The (hall was attractively decorated. Mayor Paonessa and Mrs. Paonessa led the grand march. The dance |program lastcd until 1 o'clock, Big Time At Elks Several hundred attended the an- nual New Year's eve party of New | Dritain lodge of Elks. Elaborate decorations transformed the hall into a scene of beauty. An unusual- ly good cabarst show was staged and |an appetizing supper was served by |Caterer William J. Fallon. Confettl, streamers and nolse making instru- ments kept the crowd in good humor. Every reservation was tak- [en. Dancing was enjoyed until early |in the morning. First New Year At Burritt “An unqualified success,” was the general verdict of 250 or more peo- ple who attended the first New Year's Eve party given by the Bur- ritt hotel. The hotel had arranged |for 250 reservations but by the time the last guest had arrived it was {necessary to set several extra tables. All the available extra help was brought in and everything done by | Manager Ellas Baker and Maitre de | Hotel Andrew Antipas to glve the |Buests a rollicking good time. The large Christmas tree, bril- |Mantly {lluminated, which stood in |the lounge, attracted the eyes of the | guests as they first entered the hotel. The program started with dancing in the ball room at 9 o'clock. Music was furnished by Jaffe's orchestra of ;H.’{rtl’md. There was entertainment (by the Dixie Girls Revue. Dinner | was served at 11 o'clock and danc- {ing followed untll 2 a. m. | The bhig time came at midnight when the ofd year expired and 1925 came into belng. Paper hats, whis- tles, horns, rattles and other nofse | making fnstruments were distributed by waiters, waitresses and bell boys, nd at the stroke of midnight there was a blast that resembled nothing more or iess than pandemonium. Many of the gowns worn hy the {women at the party were of striking |design and attracted much attention. At Shuttle Meadow Club About 250 members of the Shut- ‘Bedtime Stories. | Sitting Up. ALL Suits i Overcoats The Ashley-Babcock Go. 139 Main Street tle Meadow club and their friends chose that institution as an advan- tageous spot from which to see the new year in, and, judging from the air of festivity, they were not dis- appointed in their cholce. Tables were set up in the dining room and the grill room leaving the ballroom open for dancing. Decorations were vivid, balloons of muany colors and sizes forming a considerable item in the general effect. Supper was served at about mid- night and various nolse-making de- vices were distributed in time for their use at 12. A liberal cacaphony was the desired result. At ahout 2 a. m. the dancer; were treated to fried eggs, bacon and coffee. Yesterday afternoon the tradition- al “open house” of the club was ob- served, members and friends being guests of the club. A light funch was served at 6 a‘'clock from one of I. Fish's famous “tables,” a work of art in the collection and display of various edibles, ranging from bolled salmon to little porkers roasted whole and from turkey to venison, | brook trout in jelly and scveral dif- ferent varieties of salads. An or- chestra played until 10 o’clock in the evening. A PARTNER OF SUNLIGHT Cod-liver oil hasaptly been called the partner of sunlight. Both out of Nature's store- house of energy are of su- preme importance to a child with rickets. Scott's Emulsion and sunlight have been used for decades to give strength to weak-bones. A little of Scott’s Emulsion with each feeding does wonders for a malnourished child or adult. Keep your boy or girl out inthe sunlight and give them Scott's Emulsion everyday—regularly! 8cott & Downe, Bloomfield, N. J. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS pt So Mary and Eddle are st. Do you think it is + harmonio: match? Fuller: “Oh, yes. They. both| the same brand of cigar- | SAYS SURE THEY'LL SIT UP T SEE THE NEW YEAR IN - HAVENT BARD- LY MISSED A YEAR IN ALLTHE TME THEV'VE BEEN MARRIED 5 REMARKS THEY COULD PLAY DOUBIE /N HALF AN HOUR ONEY FEHM’U( SOLIAIRE OMLY HE'D HWE TO CLEAR 15 THAT REGULAR NIGHIS THEY'D OFF THE TABLE - HARDLY WORTH BE IN BED BY NOW WHILE - BETER JUST TALK anche Hagke rried at TINIGHES PAPER WWW& WELL WELL HE COULD HAVE SWORN T WAS APTER TEN AND HERE TT IS BARELY NINE STROLLS ROUND ROOM TOR ABIT, LO0KS OUT OF WINDOW, DEUDES WIS EYES ARETOO TIRED TOREAD ANY MORE. AND MUTTERS THERE ISNT MOCH TO DO 1S THERE deed, suggestions to that e been made. But we have & satisfactory & puild, and are methods in use by river clties. dnesday, while the vesesis were oored at King ‘Lee Yuen wharf, ou Frn bund, overpowered the crs i from Montana forcign customs guards and Virginla coast | joroneh a ives, locking them in rometer OVET |y).ir state rooms and selzed 200 and North | ce5 of rifles and munitions, valued " n New TURNI - New |+ more than a quartcr of a million INTO A BUSINESS Joes dollars. Increasing the salaries of et )y train or flivver and con- in ‘the western sec & ”‘“:]": The rifles and munition had becr s and at the same tim = B fothe ) ipped hun.v Hmhm_v a 1‘ were con- self-sustaining SidNew, - meditonUeneraliBunChen Jiang s S ged on the side of squirr, ral e8¢ General Wu Pei-Fu, deposed Peking h meridian ex- ! military chief, in the recent atta on Chekiang. The arms and an munition, however, had been inter cepted and were boing held by t customs authorities. The gangsters made their on- | slaught from Chinese junks, grappl- ing the ships. The selzed Boods| were transferred to the junks, which disappeared. Those on board the steamers were not harmed. The incident occurred | Wednesday night but news of it was suppressed until this morning. Both vessels belong to the China Mer- chants Bteam Navigation Company. SSTUDY ECONOMICN? A TORDIAN PRECEPT mar Areas of high tem b the pri 1 oft towns and ws, west —Laura Sangster, young told The Fditor's Gossip Shop It will be recalled that last fall we ran a most successful clearance sale, During Sales Week we gave preference to the contributions which were being held for accept- ance but which, because of our edi- torlal program, had to await the proper time for appearance. We lave had so many letters | since that first Sales Week asking |us to run another, that, late #his month or early in February, we| shall run a Mid-winter Sales Week. Bargains on all counters! Unpri | cedented values! em to go sout or] ow employe: ing the service nuts that the government are finding it hard to crack. Ye why crack both nuts? Why should the postal self-sustaining if it is to function as a service for the conven Should it be tur are who was e IR STARTS AWAKE AND EXCLAIMS HE ALMOST WENT TO SLEEP - MUST BE MOST" MDNIGHT, QOCK REGISERS 145 tor this vicinity 1 probably Saturday ghtiy warmer tonight, | as many a ma service Le ; have cept t, would never ne VN d a flivver; the Fordian pre ence of the LA is to study economics, ed into a Gl Now tifficult public? i e business venture? 1f the government wishes to duct the postal department as a business then the are necessary: Eliminate franked Corbin that upold, e most valued company, has ry to sever his con- of poor health. 18 the nt of a employed the Minor & the employ of Mr. L omics is the development of & ndency to imagine that a monopoly s ipany Wednesday who wisdom Is the first fructification When Wally the Mystic He'll Answer Your Questions, Somehow | In Nineteen Hundred Twenty-Five You will be happy and wiil thrive In love affairs or marts of trade following thing man st yegins to study economics he soon ©°mployes of mail, - found It nece concludes that he can run everything Lk necoom better than N2 study. a young has I (free) in town the warped saving $6,000,000, or $13,¢ eording to which of two x»pom are deemed reliable. Eliminate free delivery weekiies in the counties O 6,000,000 to $20,000,- of country f origin, saving from § 000, Raise rates on foreigs mail or pay minds and spavined individuals who happen to be on the job. Previous to studying cconomics he might have concluded with his father that only the newspapers could be better con- lucted by amate but with econo- y lmlr\ afely stored in the cerewil) urs; upold recipie The Kiang Yung 1,451 tons register. not appear in Lloyd's register. floor lamp and a table from his fel- workers and a check from the comp: Mr. Leupold, who Is connected with a German newspaper and who, for man vears, was an officer of the New Britain Turner| Reading the classifieds cach soclety, is one of this city’'s most | means being posted regarding nent residents of German | vantageous chances for buving, |ing, remting, exchanging, hiring. ow is a ad- prom it birt | vessel of | The Kingta does | If you will get my mystic aid. shide Dear Wally: TING UNDRESSED ANYWAY. THEN WHEN THE NCW VEAR RMN6S IN THEY CAN JUSTHOP IN AND BE OFF T SLEEP After you have met A queen that you are wild to get, ‘When is the proper time to (nH ? When should I leave? Yours truly, PIEwi™ 7 . Paul. AEREE IS A TINE DEA TO BE 6ET- FINISH U'WRISS)NG AT 11.20 AND SIT ON EDGE OF BED WITH.THEIR EYES GLUED .ON CLOCK © McClure Newspaper Syndicate AT 11.30 AGREE THAT THEVRE WILLING TO CALL IT A YEAR RIGHT NOW, AND SO GOODNIGHT ! GLOYNS WILLIANS