New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 6

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AND THE COMMISSION When the Connecticut company wishes to start a bus line it lets its intentions become known, informs the Public TUtilities held -— sometimes not others interested in the proposed line — and pany quickly for busses, in order to he ready when the Utilitles *decision.” It there are some independent bus owners who would like to bid for the franchise destined for the Con- necticut company, another perfunc- tory hearing is held and the com- missioners are smore or less mildly arranges commission gives its interested in the statcments of the | All the while they | that | | inote of annual January clearance |record of heraldry extending to the | franchise-seeker. give the impr “there ain't gonna he no framchise” for this part When the wante to relinquish however, company a non-paying line ail it needs to do is to relin- quish it. There does not need to be a hearing or any particular public | It Connecticut's business, and the public's, 1t some independent bus pany wishes to start a new line that an established trolley the Connecticut com- there is a tremendous outery agitation, the com- remotely taps or bus line of vany, by t street car octopus. It neces- heid the 10 sary, learivgs are Public Utilities Comum pany 1¢ the ( liow existing a bus line, , and it close taps the Connc howl about it. T an independent line, cticut co y makes no independent man He wus to is left to do the how niay have happen ur ing. not nown the thing Connceticu! pany anunounced the route, never too late to howl. When the wants to operate onc-man truc No use ask! Connecticut company double- Kk cars it just gocs right to it T permiss at have t the Connsctl cut company In New and Hartford, it is in t truck cars, but the company gcts New ccticut com- away Dritain. s 18 spe- v one’s own in- gitimate. The in its migiit be depende oper ters, of do erated cti- Conne he New eut company or its owner. Haven and either to run bus lines par deper preve Commission, of the company t ghe surely WE GET 1T MILD. WHILLE OTHERS FUME Snow tal New York at 5 begin dropp New Britain same day. The storm Atlantic coast, Baltimore being York; and as the three large cit mentioned were sorse medsure than New Britain it is to be surmised that th experienced fag end storm. Thestorm in New York from § 1o 10 inches bul jn New &in oaly an inch. ol yesterday began but did until a noon came m the south Washing hit"” before New all aTected In s city again the of Commission | about it, a perfunctory hearing 1s | known to | the Connecticut com- | the | is Lound to consider. | 1t is the third or fourth time this Connectlcut, for winter that southern and New England as a whole that matter, got the ragged end of a blizzard that played hobs i other That is to say, How long such luck will last |s problema- it op- timist, such as are found at some card games, to oxpect it to last all winter, parts of the country. we are running in good luck. tical and takes an extreme While on this subject of snow storms and bad weather it is worth while considering the plight of the British Tsles the past week, Not con- ! tent with having broken all records 100 for rain in the last ars—a record that was smashed around ! Christmus—comes another sovore storm, the worst on record in 381 years. If the storm belt in this country | 1s confined to west, middle west and the south Atlantic; and in Europe | terrific storms are knocking things silly, it is at lcast astonishing to find England monopolizing of | southern N the most of the mild weather winter, ANOTHER THRILLING ESCAPE AT SEA Fscapes by hundreds from two ! burning ships within a few days— | one in the Pacific and the other in| | the Atlantic—form quite a new kind | In both instances ap- | proximately 200 passengers were The story of the Clyde liner I\lo-g hawk, while traveling down the coast | of New Jersey, was quite similar to that ofy the Japanese liner off the coast of Mexico. In both cases there was a fire in the hold and the S O 8. signals were sent out, with a | ready response. In the case of the Mohawk, howeyer, the first occurred | | during a terrific gale and the pas- sengers donned life belts to be safe, | which were worn during an anxious | | night. | of record. | rescued by other vessels, | | THOSE CLEARANCE SALES ‘ | AND WOMEN'S INSTINCT | The observing housewlfe has taken | sales that numerous stores see fit to | "advertise at this season of the year, { A clearance event in the commercial instinct of | | it when she figures on picking up the | the normal woman; is a time | [ best “bargains” of the year. | 1t takes a woman properly to ap- sale. Man wise, but | every merchant knows it is casier to | preciate a clearance | may think he is fairly { sell goods to a man than a woman doesn’t know wants, and has but because the former esactly what he a hazy knowle of goods in gen- eral. It is for this reason that wom- the b wiv for the - their en do most of ying liousehold, many s even ing their husbands to purc clothing. so as to be sure the worthy husband himsclt to y minded women usually term a deal whereby doesn't allow t stung,” the buyér rues the transaction Clearance sales are a bencfit the public and the merchants aiik Jlic gets a chance for bar- rins and the merchants are enabled to dispose of space-consuming ma- terdal that it 1s better to sell at cost or lower than to carry over for an- other season. GOV. SMITH STARTS HIX THIRD TERM rnor Alfred E. Smith c York, the strongest vote-gotter i Democratic party, has begun ihird term as governor of the stute. It time in 10¢ New Y was the first years that a governor of inaugurated for the third tim that by it was the first time ernor a Mrs. Florence E administering the oath was sworn in 8. Kna of g0 was e 10th time that he h of ofiee in the assembly Albany ad taken an oath am- tol in high education ool and my college—virtually my In it T lear New York capitol at Albany from th city to ti president of the United States cli from Jant White House s remains a country wh portunity still extends the ercentage ¢ anywh A QUIET TIME IN A QUIET CITY from t resuit of iisorder as s Eve celcbrations than be “From the standpoint of the e Y vas stated in the dispatel I cver, there were five fats victims being killed lets from the revolvers of With the exception of ore ce it vas one of the quietest New ar's celebrations since 1918 it sspite the lack of disorder, w ngs, stray cele- sh by incidents, ng ia Chica there was nothis - - i the Cabots, | and in NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1025, = ° ANOTHER EXPLANATION IS BADLY NEEDED Mayor Iitzgerald of New Haven clalms with sonorous unction that the crime wave in that city is an aftermath of the war Blaming it on the war is nearly out of date, The war has beon over for more than six years, Most of the “bandits” and hold up thugs oper- ating in New Haven were too young to participate in that confiiet and to- day are barely of age. They did not get much of a criminal complex from participating In the excitement ack home, New Haven scems to be the only city in the state suffering from the crime mania, There must be another reason than that ascribed by the mayor. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE AND SCIENCE Is President Coolidge as conserya tive as the multiplication table? Some of his admirers claim he is, but we do not know. This much is certaln, however—he is not as con- servative about at least one thing as is the Hon, William Jennings Bryan. |11 welcoming the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of ¥clence to Washington, that 1is what the President sald: “It has taken endless ages to create in man the courage that will accept truth simply because it is truth” Then he added that society | reveal | today expected scientists to the truth. Once upon a time Mr, sald he “would not hesitate to be as revolutionary as science.” It ap- pears that the gentlemah in the White House has an open mind. SON OF AN IMMIGRANT RETIR TROM POWER Willlam M. Wood, until a few days ago head of the Amecrican Woolen had a perfectly good American name, and perhaps mil- llons of those who came upon his cognomen in the newspapers occa- sionally mistook him for one of those native New Englanders with a company, time of the Mayflower. But such a supposition eould not sale is an exciting | have been based upon the written | werd, as William M. Wood's name did not appear in the heraldry pages of the Boston Transcript along with the Williams and the first families. But the sections of this newspaper devoted other in to trade the name of Mr., Wood was as that of any other captain of indus- mentioned abont as frequently Mr. Wood was the son of a poor igucse immigrant, who made & avious liveliood on Martha's Vincyard during the Civil War and Be of cobbler. moved to New rd to carry on lis trade He went to South Boston later and failed in a business venture, returning to New Bedford a sick man, there to die of tuberculosis while trying to eke out a livelihood llam M., Wood was 11 years old at Wood was not the family name, but the one adopted by the father on coming to Ameriea. as a day laborer. Wil- the time, From this sorrowful beginning arose the man who was commonly regarded as typifying the “woolen His ¢ experier bank trust.” cducation chiefly con- st woolen mills a where he was em- His chlef quick and Be- Luilding up various woelen mills ploycd for a short time. was natural abili Keen wit, and mental alertness. and placing them on hie a paying basis, was a commercial traveler A combination of experience and abillty by is natura can searcely be im- upc xteusive education. Lord cxample. Ldison. The time will never come when the anything under sur having to do with human achicvement can yemotely compete sometimes call- 1t you het your moncy—if the with natural ability, ne people think a'betting person—on to whom the thing to be done Observations On The ufeqther Ja he weather 1 this storm W bureau ingt today issu warni “Advisory 1308t rth tinued n and changed Boston, En o iern New slowly strong orth winds tonight rm New En nifting to is af- n and r South Un- rain to- Slightly warmer » strong northegst land or snow y York ynight ge Un- and 1 in tem- perature nditions: s moved and centers just south of V.ong TIs in t Atlantic coast slowly northeast- th morning 1t has near d storm scd snow narthea gions 1son river, a along An rbance is moving south- from the Cafad Lake of 1 Hu er dist eastward Gulf of St 1 da apd the south Atian —i - sure states, Cooljdge | 8o sy rth- | Fact; and Fancies DY RODERT QUILLEN Tt pays to be square, Look at the cross word puzzle, / The idea was to wash vetcrans' bureau linen, not family linen, A man is also judgéd by | scandals he keeps up with, the Tt every tenth door is padlocked, | It is a city of the first or second | class, The era of prosperity {s yet hore, The suckers had a good roll this time, Those who broadcast bedtime stories Krow llttle about a modern kid's bedtime, Well, you ean still distinguish the | sexes by the way & man scratehes a | match. | Posscssion is nine parts of the law and. 99 per cent. of What inter- ests the lawyer, . One reason why the bootlegging | business is crowded is because the | jalls aren't. The flliterates descrve but & half portion of pity. Only half of the stult s fit to read. “Herd thinking” 18 what the ma- Jority is doing if you happen to be- long to the minority, [— | Nothing so quickly increases the | needs of government departments as a tre sury surplus. | At least those read out of the [ party need mot get up in time to | breakfast with Mr. Coolidge. | When people were less cultured they didw't paint freak pictures on | a restaurant wall and call it atmos- | | phere, | Yet Eve might never have caten | apple if there had been any ibor women to dread. | “I——"" suggests cussing, but you | {can't tell whether it means that| { other word or Dawes. When some | seif-made, you it's a boast or men talk of being| can’t tell whether | a confession, ; Paris motorists have designs on | their cars, but over here they scem | to have designs on pedestrians. | | anything, my dear. Many an open | have nothing to say at home." Correct this sentcnce: “I helped clect you,” said lie, “but I'm not looking for an appointment.” (Protected by Assoclated Editors, | Inec.) ' 25 Years Ago Today | | From Paper of That Date “ | Miss Mary Whiltlesey discussed | {the peace conference yesterday af- |ternoon at the meetjpg of the Woman's club. 1 John J. Crean and Willlam Mills | began the work of making the mili- | tary cnrollmen 3 | Contractor 0, I Curtis has made such progre the government | buildings on Gull Island, despite the | unfavorable weather, that John | Boyle will put men at work painting them this week I'rofessor W. ey of Wes- leyan wiil lecture on liquid air at the annual meeting of the Scientific association in the High school as- sembly hall William O'Delp will return to St tomorrow Charles Scherp has purchased {10t on Maplc street from the Stanle state through the agency of E. W. schultz, Edward Carlson has heen elected president of the first division of One Hundred Men and Oscar Moberg has beeh chosen secrefary | Principal Marcus White of i Normal school spoke on * matjon of Right Habits in Children” | he meeting the Plantsville | parents and teachers afternoon. | 1 o 1 ! and W Charles' college Al TUESDAY IS FINAL DAY IN McCLINTOCK CASE, Judge Olson Will Have Until Then | To Voice Reasons Yor His Suspicions. Chicago, Jan. 8.—A fina tunity to present any other informa- tion regarding the death of William McClintock, wealthy orphan, will be ven Tuesday to Harry Olson, chief stice of the municipal court, who | ted an Inquiry into the death | found by chemists and physiclans to | ve resuited from typhoid fever. | Tudge Olson has offered to con- r whether he would reveal th for the Investigation if ree from iability by Wm. D. pherd, chief beneficiary and fos or-father of McClintock, and Mrs. herd Shepherd, in a oppor- sta ent after chermists reported they had found nothing abnormal in their autopsy, declared his-name had been ‘e smirched by the repetition of {nsinuations and innuendocs.” and that “the puyb! and T are entitled to know the animus and malice that are behind all this The coroner inquest will be con. | cluded Tuesday, Coroner Wolf said. | vile sificd ads b | puplls for music teache AvC ured many | o | be seen 17 you ke to have a step-mother?" “1 wouldn't 11ke 1t," the little boy lqlunmlr declared; “she might step on me." ~=Marehall Volbers, ‘Muft Sald Barnes: “What makes you sure that you.cannot afford to o' a car, old man?" “1 have one.” Misses Nothing! My wife has a wonderful ear for musi “Mine has a wonderful ear for scandal." Turning Over a New Leaf By George 8. Chappell When the New Year arrived I remarked to myself That all my faults Should be placed on the shelf; Not a thing would 1 do That might cause my grief; I would start the year right And turn o'er a new leaf. (Copyright, 1925, Reproduction Forbidden) RUSSIAN TRADE WITH U, . JUNS (Dealings With Soviet Exceed Thoge With Czarist Russia friends But would you believe That I very soon fouhd That there wasn't a leaf On the trees or the ground? The lawn had been raked And the leaves had been burned And what could T do With no leaf to be turned? Not a thing that was plain, So I heaved a greut sigh And sald: “Well, that's that, But T made a good tr And my good resolutions 1 then packed away For, perhaps, I can use 'em On next New Year's Day! By The Assoclated Press, New York, Jan. 8. = The United Slates did 50 per cent more husiness with soviet Itussia in 1924 without ofticial recognition than with ezarish Russfa before the war, according to claims made by soviet " representa- tives here today. The soviet's three principal trad- ing companies here footed up their ledgers for the 12 months ending December 81 last to report a trade turnover through their hands be- tween the two countries of $63,416,- 147, They then added 10 per cent to cover transections presumably concluded in Moscow, Berlin, Lon- don and other KEuropean centers, making an estimated total of $69,~ 757,761, This exceeded by $23,257,- 761 the pre-war turnoversin Rus- sian-American trade of about $46,- 500,000, The present turnover of $69,757,- 761 represented aetual exports from the United States to Russla of $52, 692,049 and imports of $10,723,589, leaving an apparent trade balance fn favor of this country of ahout $41,- 968,951, according to the books, The three concerns individually showed: All-Russian Textile Syndicate, Ine., exports, $42,700,000. Antorg Trad- ing Corp., exports, $9,412,573; im- ports, $6,084,908. Centrosoyuz America, Inc., exports $82,602,549; imports, $10,723,598. Something to wear apparently pro- |vided the principal commercial bond between the United States and the soviet 1unlon during 1924, Statistics lof the trading companies show that our heaviest 12-months shipment to | Nussia was cotton; our greatest im- ‘|-mt, furs, Otherwige, the trade ple- |ture as seen from this end was largely one of exports; agricultural and other machinery forming the bulk of the outgo. Cotton bought here for export during the year, according to the {tigures of All-Russian Textile Syndi- ocate, Inc, its ¢hief handler, - was 645 bales, two round bales being |figyred as one square bale, valued at 842,700,000, A fleet of 26 vesscls | was spccially chartered to transpoit |these cargaes overseas to Murmansk. Itemittances of money to finance these transactions were reported re- jceived here from Moscow via Eng- |land. Bankers and hrokers in Ton- |don were said to collect a continu- |ous “service” fee for acting as go- between, for-the two countries, Furs gathered by Russian trap- pers and coming here in part ex- change were estimated at more than 145,000,000, The Antorg Trading |corporation handled $6,600,692 of this, and Centrosoyuz America, Inc., representing the Russlan “coopera- tives,” veported furs the principal item in its list of imports here, The soviet union will likely con- |tinue to he in the Amercan cotton market longer than its economists and agriculturists Thad expected. They had drawn up a five-year growing plan by which Russia's over | cotton crop was to havé caught up with the demand foe staple by its textlie industry some time in 1926. |The ecotton mills however, it is now jreported officlally, have expanded {too rapidly for these caleulations. Cotton mills in Russia, after |slumping to 5 or 6 per cent of pre- {war production in 1920, are now op- erating on a 55 per. cent basis, says Fritz ¥. Kilevitz, president of All. Russian Textile Syndicate, |cotton gins inereas |in the last year to 67 at the open. ling of 1 The quantity of fin. The sky turned purple, green, and |ished goods had been doubled in the brown, | past two years, and Mr. Kilevitz es- clock struck thirty-two; Itimated the 1924-25 output at 1,- e baby nceded shaving, but 300,000 metres. What could the poor girl do? »HsE\ey Peake. Serious Condition “What's the matter? Mystic Powers Rodney: “Do you believe a clair- voyant can really tell where hidden treasure is?" Wally: “Sure, She knows it is hidden in the pockets of her cus- tomers and she gets it." —C. L. Edson, Interesting Ones, Too! Mrs. Horton: “She's a sly one, that young divorcee! She says her past is like an open book.” Mrs. Heller: “That doesn't mean book has several pages missing!” Their Public Hearing Tirst Tourist: “What do you sup- pose makes traffic officers such rough talkers?"” Second tourist: “They probably G. Berds By Kid Boots Every berd use to be a egg once, especially chickins, Young chicking and young eggs taist the best, es- pecially eggs. Nobody knows wich came ferst, the ferst chickin or the ferst egg, but plenty have asked. Hens lay the eggs, and all roost- ers can do it wake vou up in lime to eat it wile its fresh. Parrits can tawk and sound as if they knew wat they was tawking about, only they dont, being the cheef resemblants between parrits and some peeple, Ostriches are the biggest berds and the ony ones with ostrich plumes. They also have the biggest cggs, showing nature is wonderful and wouldent expect & ostrich to get in a chickin egg. Ladies ave afraid of bats and even maest men prefer sparrows. Most canaries are named Peet and dont sing, T. Rosen, She K Place Jadk: “Why don't you ever wear your ears out?” Jill: “iars should hear but not —Tidna Barron. The Grand OMl Game! cllie: bid you have a good 1e at the party Belle: “You bet; we played that oll game, ‘post-office,’ and every 'l waited anxiously for the male.” A. Brandt. house ¥-Quilt Poem ! A shot rang t Ode (o the Bu A Perfectly {raz lightning flashe out! A woman secreamed: “Oh fudge! Somebody lost the mah jongg set, And snores came from the judge, The waltress kissed me on the lips, My shirt began to fade; The weather man said: haps;” Twas ninety in the shade. ‘Bnow, per- 1 stirred my tea from left to right; The parrot looked askance; The engines met with mighty crash; d there from 43 he angle worm wore pants. ROBBERY CLEARED UP Looting of Parkway Hotel In Chics~ head fcels |+ Dorse Are 1l Becker: “Rather, M as if it w swimming. Dorsey: “Bétter see a doctor. You must have water on the brain. —Jane Ballefi. | 80 Solved With *Arrest And Ad- mission of Suspect. Chicago, Jan. looting of the —Solution of the xclusive Parkway hotel on Cliristmas eve, when jewel. One man raises a row When his| ry valued at 0,000 was taken by wife uses his razors for sharpening | He gays | HE 08 SERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City Get in line, Get in step. Stop grouching. Give your whine the gate. Quit the “It' can't be crowd, Get behind and push, Or got In front and pull, Tie a string around your sulkl- ness and drop it over the nearest bridge. Don't quit so often or so éaslly, Start a thing and finish it. Shake the eobwebs out of your mind, Get up early, put your head out the window and say “Good Morn- ing" to the first person who comes along, Start the day whistlin 1t you can't whistle, sing. If you can't sing, make a bluff at t 1t your neighbors kick, tell them they don't appreciate good music. Stop grabbing for the almighty dollar. Sow a )ittle sunshine. 4 Be considerate of the girls in the office, Treat them as you would have your sister treated. Be considerate of the men”in the office, They have their trouble too, Get busy. Keep, busy. Get into high gear. Play a little, Work a lot. Hustle. Put pep in your life. Step out with the crowd. Leave your corner of isolation. Give more attention to . things spiritual. Don't thimk it unmanly to say a prayer once in a while. The biggest men in the world say thelr prayers regularly, Make a lot of good resolutions. fSmash a lot of them if you want. You'll be stronger for making many, even if you break them. Btop thinking so much of bodily comfort. Walk a eouple of miles a day. Throw out your chest. Enap into it. This is & new year. done" “Am 1 too late with a Clristmas story” msked the Little Bird as it fled in through a ventilator and allghted on a radiator so it could warm its toes, “Not if it's a good one,” replied the Observer, “Shoot the piece.” “It happened Ifke this,” rveplied the bird. “Wiilam H. Hall, former- ly city engineer, bought a radio set recenfly and like all radio fans, sat up late nights tuning in on the world. His little boy bhecame en- thusiastic and sat up just as late &s permitted every night. “Just before Christmas Mr. Hall, Jr., was sitting in front of the Jorn listening intently. His eyes almost popped out when e heard a voice saying ‘This is 1la Claus at Toron- to, Canada.’ He sat in rapt atten- tion for several minutes while Santa Claus completed his talk. Then the dial was moved so that a broadcast- ing station in Cleveland, Ohio, was ‘on the wire, The first announce- ment was: 'This is Santa Claus, Mt- tle children, speaking from Cleve- |1and, Ohto. Mr, Han, Jr., listened to the talk intently. A few minutes |1ater the operator moved to another station and Mr. Hall, Jr., heard & | voice gay: ‘This “is Santa Claus, |speaking from Atlanta, Georgia.' “The young brow of Mr, Hall, Jr. wrinkled, He seemed perplexed. He | remained deep in thought. TFinally |he could restrain himseif no longer |and burst out with ‘Say, you ean't |faol me any longer, there isn't any |Santa Claus,” “Of course there' | Santa Claus.’ replied his father. “No sir, there isn't,”” replied the boy. ‘How could Santa Claus get from Toronto to Cleveland to Atlanta in such a short time? And Mr. Hall, Sr., Is still trying to think up an an- swer.” DI What's a three letter word mean- ing “Bverybody's Doing 1t?” A Herald representative returned a few. days ago after a trip which took him through Connecticut, New York city, the entire length of New Jersey and about 150 miles into Pennsylvania, He was struck with word puzzle. word puzzles for adults and many of them also for youngsters. Philadel- phia papers were offering prizes for the best solutions to the puzzles. to be the largest department store in the world, crossword puzzle books wero being featured on the shelves and counters and for Christmas gifts. On trains, two out of every three Pullman chalrs held crossword puz- zle experts and in Pullman drawing {rooms and dining cars total strangers |became intimate friends in a few minutes as they “pooled their ef- | forts” over a crossword puzzle. the universal popularity of the cross-, Every New York paper had cross- | In a store in Philadelphia, claimed | and Its People slit in.the polsonous snakes, but is perfectly round in the harmiess ones. The arrangement of the plates on the under slde\of the snakes' bodlcs is also difterent s In the pelsonous varieties they run straight around from the head to the tip of the tall, While in the non polsonous ones they are, bfoken up Into a sort of herringbone pattern. By these two things M s eady * to defermine whether or not a snake is of the dangerous sort, Mr, Woolley says that e did not start out to study snafcs, but found that In his study of entomology he needed some knowledge of hotany, afd that while studying plants he became interest- od in, snakes, P ‘The snake, he says, 1s between tbho fish and the bird in the animal kingdom, there aro fishes that ~re- semble snakes, 1ike the eels, and therg, are snakes with wings, as thosé who have studied extinct ani- mals know; indeed, some varjefics haye heen found in the isles of the sea. Contrary to some popular be- liefs, « shakes cannot jump; they curve their necks well back and stralghten them out, darting ‘the head forward with almost incredible swiftness, > The idea that the fangs of polson- ous snakes, handled by snakecharm- ers In shows, have been extracted ‘| is also erroncrous; as a snake, with- out these fangs, cannot swallow and so cannot live. The reptiles are afraid of mankind, as a rule, and get amvay as quickly as possible after sighting human belngs, The bite of a rattlesnake, owing to the length of the fangs, is more serlous than that of the copperhead, whose fans are much shorter, but both are good snakes to let alone. Many of the snakes are valugble because they destroy vermin, such as rats, mice, moles, grasshoppers, ete. The milk snake has an un- deservedly bad reputation, as no one ever saw it sucking milk from a cow, and if it did two teaspoonfuls or so would be all it would be able to take and that would last it about two months.: . " . Did you ever think what a hor- rible thing it would be if you should, by some leftover necromancy from the dark ages, be changed into a figure of stone? Think of the dis- comfort and torture, physical and mental alike, of being forced to main iMfhutably in one position throughout the ages, subjected to all kinds of weather, Just take onc look at the figure on the top of the goldiers’ monument in Central parl, and imagine how that outstretched arm must ache after these years, of the difficulty of remaining balanced on one foot, and of the terrifying thought that at any instant a strong gust of wind may blow you from your lofty perch into oblivion, Or take “Mercury poised for fligh he's even worse, being al- lowed to stand on his toes alone, And now comes a heartless sculp- tor who carves Paviowa at the apex of a leap, supported only by her trailing gown — what a flimsy thing to trust as a prop. Or take the “Laocoon,” those three unfor- tunate mortals squirming in the grip of the snakes; how unbearable it must be to hold that agonized ex- pression even longer than the most feelingless . movie director would demand, and ‘to have those slimy- beasts (perhaps they are asps looss from a cross-word puzzie) forever around your neck! Then there's t like to bet 2 to 1 that he's think- ing what a beastly life he leads. And Now about the “Dying Gaul:” there he lies n morfal agony, bleeding from his wounds and waitlng for the release of death — which never comes? But worst of all is the Venus de Milo; how irritating (to say the least) it must be to be fore¥d to stand, throughout the centur with so much of your person ex- posed to the bites of insccts, anl not have any arms with which to scratch! TO DISCUSS FOWL PEST A'county wide poultry meeting is announced by the Hartford County Farm Bureau for January 8 at 10:30 o'clock at the Y, M. C. A, building n Hartford. Dr. George E. Corwin, deputy commissioner of domestic |animals, is to discuss the ropein Fowl Pest in Connecticut” at this meeting. Every poultryman is anx- ious to know all that can be learncd about this disease and how to pre- vent infection spreading to his flock. The Hartford County Farm Bu- |redu in arranging this meeting has |sccured the Extension Poultry spe- cialist, Roy E. Jones, of Storrs, who will give two fllustrated talks; one on “Will Breeding Cqutrol Poultry Dis- ases” and another “Why Chickeus |#hould be Grown on Clean Ground." i’l'lm whole program is designed te |furnish poultrymen the latest infor- lcad pencils; another raises a beard. The Last Chance Merton night and I'm so cxcited 1 hardly v own mind.” “You won't need to after know Charle Yonight. ~—Mrs. H. W. Berger. The Fditor's Gossip Shop t of the week which has sed we told you of series would be inaugurated next The just which week. . Today we wish to underline the fact that, in next week's Fun 8hop copy, We inaugurate the Triolet Counter and Tongue-Twist- er Pgpms to which you, our readers, are asked to contribute. Meanwhile, what better prepara- tion for these series than to con- tribute, over the week-end, those jokes, bright sayings of children, yerse, and other humor which only need writing on paper to get them off to us. Willie's Fear Little Willie, whose mother had died when he was very small, was asked by bis fathel How would i “I am to be married to-| Trirky\ three men, has resulted, according |to the. police, from the arrest and confession of George Connell, inth mate .of Dion O'Banion, slain gang- {land chieftain, | Search was made here for Irving | Schlieg, a cabaret walter, who, the confession gaid, planned tlie robbery {and in New York for a girl cabaret | habitue, who went there to dispos (of a pear! necklace valued at $85,- 000, owned by Mrs, Harry Hart, wife |of the head ot Hart, S Marx clothing manufacturer The robbers locked up several | guests and hotel employes and spent several hours rifling safety hoxes {1 the hotel vault, 'Mr. and ) Mrs. W ;—bster Observe Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Webster of 15 Blake Court, are observing thoir 20th wedding‘anniversary today with a family reunfon in Bridgeport. Mr, and Mrs, Webster, although natives of England, were married in this city and have llved here since that time, They have two daughters, the Misses Tone and Dorothy Webster Mr. Webster is superintendant @f the H. and B. division of Landers, Frary & Clark. | mation regarding poultry diseases, |sanitary precautions that should be |typo of quostion heard on all sides. |observed, and all that is known re- Crossword puzzle partles In various |B2rding prevention of these discas: towns vislited kept the members of |troubles. | the family home nights, or drew sev- cral families to one central place. ZIONISTS TOAST KAPLAN |Newspaper and magazine advertise- | About 60 peeple gathered Now ments were written in the form of | Year's Eve, /at Kaplan's Restaurkt crossword ‘puzsles. |for a farewell reception to Samuel A young woman in Philadelphia |L. Kaplan who leayes for Paleetine | Whe expects to announce Mer engage- | Tuesday, January 6, on the steamer {ment in a few days will entertain a [Lapland. Mr, Kaplan has been asso- |group of friends and break the news }cmwl for several years with the lo- by means of a érossword puzzie. And |cal Zionist district and fer the past to cap the climax. the stone pillars |year has been president of that or supporting the Philadelphia and ganization. ‘There were = present Reading railroad tracks where the representatives from the state aud Lincoln highway crosses underneath national organization. Abraham |in Pennsylvania are painted in de- Goldstein represented the state of signs which a few years ago would Connecticut and Rhode Island and have been called “Checkerboard” are Isaac Carmel of New York the na- now known as Yerossword puzzle do- tional organization. Adeplh Garber signs.” of Cleveland, who was on his way to Palestine, also was present. A beay- tiful bag was presented to Mr. Kaplan- by the New Britain Ziowist district. The New Britan Invest- ment Corp,, and others also present- “What's an 11-letter word, mean- irg the birth of an {deg?" was the There are 14 varieties of snakes in Copnecticut, according to H. 8. Wool- ey, & naturalist of state-wide repu- {tation. “This does not include the | varietics found in New Year liquor. led him with gifts, Mr, Kaplan will Of the 14, only two are poisonous, |remain in Palestine three months the rattlesnake and the copperhead. and may probadly make his home The pupll of the eye Bas & narrow |there, .