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WHY THE DELAY ABOUT BLACK ROCK BRIDG Some time ago when city officlals New ne- ? were In conference with the Haven railroad regarding the cessity of widening and improving the Black Rock it hoped that there would be speedy But this bridge, was hig hodies move slowly. be but nothing is even action By plans in view, time there may some expected 1o next spring. 1t appears that happen before the New Haven no great mood to at the Biack Rock 2; or at least, it is in no great- railroad spend bridge er haste pair Officials are is in money to do so than it is to re- the downtown railroad etation. not clear abont what to| foot hat probably will but it the most of the expense. the for delay. happen, is dollars doughnuts that city will being there is case, no neces- | | | sity The so-called sidewalks along the approa condition T nd and bridge es in disgrace- ful years. 1 bridge ches are and have been so for | e railroad the owns of the } company the o1 north side 1 pelled to construct a sidewalk like inst of being com- | othcr citizens are expected to do in front of their properties, the: rail- a a collection has heen permit to let| strians hobbl P ere over hhles and has the sand i why protruding cen no reason all per- | | sidewalk re- | f ston along riilroad was mitted to ignore the s of the city's law | should be itting railroad from on their | g the snave | repr put when tati i on them 0 And time start re Jitthe building a more 1 to tomary WHERE THE WENT TO ALDERMEN SLEEP T SCHOOT AONE ENTMERATION CHILDRFEN or [ ren 18 now in process throughout 4 | came | visitors. | from the cording pay for towns of Connecticut and ac- to the law the state will to each town the sum of $2.25 The Instances where advantage higher called h child of school age. have been a few towns attempted to take of the law and provided a the facts likely figures salutary ration ut jugglery of the enume { |} than there is to be no uch this year in view of results that to such towns 4 comes from after the fraud was The discover: money the tax yayera, and there should be no de- ire by any honest municipality to “beat the state out of more money than In justice to defrand thought is due, Cltizens who attempt the state are not well scek the lose in reputation and the officials of; towns which same ends likewlso should responsible should be punished. It is said that the school of 1924 brought to light shrinkages in the school count more in enumera- tion than there were shrinkages in population. This was due entirely to | count 1925 State officlals are guard agalnst padding. an honest Another honest count in what is needed. justificd fn being | | is on WHEN THE FLORIDA BOOM FLATTENS OUT The news from the rallroads run- ng to Florlda, that it has found necessary to place an embar- go upon household furniture, build- ing material and machinery comes heen as something of a shocking remind- er that the trek to that state from| has assumed alarming proportions. There appears doubt that thousanda are regarding that commonwealth modern eldorado, where money is to bhe one long the north no as a made easily and life is melodious song. That I8 how it looks from and it is distance that enchantment that distorta the dls- lends a tance, the view. What Is there in Florida to main- tain the hundreds of thousands of new long run? tures of great of {hose going there expect to hecome There 18 anything to do except huy “gettlers” {in the There are no mant Florida consequence in TFew truck farmers. scarcely and sell and S0 long as thero are plenty real estate and milk fourists of buyers and sellers of really and of tourists, business will be fails to lure new arrivals in large quan plenty prosperous. But when the bait ties and the boom heging o flatten, To say the for the \at then? there will be a change “lorida least, worse, remaing no place for a poor man or one in moderate cir- cumstances, unless one has money highest country | to speculate and pay the of the To go there co living bills in while s0 doing. with a view of “carning” a living the af folly. Many will north New is have tried it due Britain man who returned Miami ihat that 31 height and in time. A refurn reports hotel rooms in city are 1 day I hous Persons in rooming thre rin a room A pay ek son slice of tomatora In | quite ordinary A an restaurant came nts girl telegraph office | Hartford who went | 240 emplove from to Miamt A mi got a enlary of a ek New Britain i acquaintan met her w sending i when and that telegram received her to lve clligences salury was | reely enougl on because ailing hig Such sectional The } infla not h ion ear forever £oose hangs nt eventually it Irop ta the gre . When the tory of the Florida hoom is ten it may be li her hoome ew got the money and a larg: I minns what CONTROL THE CROWDS AT ATR MLEET airplane e 1o be meet he A k from tod last two days unquestic filled omoting the a Janes will TOBACCO GROWERS SHOULD CHANGE SYNTLM la to- paid in dustry. Its two best | Engl officials get the trifie of $30,000 a year—or perhaps only one of them gets this ing voluntarily reduced his salary— and two other officers get $16,000 a year, soclation are probably In proportion. | All that happens is that the grow- ers pool thelr crop and sell it in a lump to hers, The te that the that There 1s bes cou ever, bacco. a clgar that can One hears much of the Connecti- | * cut indu cigar Ind is used ent—in Hartford necticut do it the of them hacco gr NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1925, salary now, the New York brokers or shacco Browers secm only part of the growing much about a cigar, nts la the Ides the and marketed at a price compete with other stry, Connecticut but dustry. for wrappers; New Britain, or tobacco for the y get the chance; can't, owers all around a contalning cigar manufacturers, buy Connecticut wrappers that were grown In his back yard, so to spealk, he buys Yet there tobacco growers that New ers, of a should smoke product. marketin York, the entire crop is marketed in | the metropolls, 8o that when Ne England wrappers for their are on t manufac tobaceo-growing them. All of which adds to the price manufacture, ers are health, 1 in Conne Connecticut as high a There Connecticut should n cut wray not in N buceo gr operated upon what are considered good pri but cigar ma New England-grown weeds be somethin 1f 10 of states the industry, tunities much Co in New No in interesta ould ers have they perity and ¢ firms Al in the asso for som¢ co mant to ¢ aba 0 carly nd En o big ind But o sociation tempt to 0y 1and ind i rath England COMMUD SENATI ing table and the \ou"clr. and not hought o) he would the fellaws, freed tion to the ciping New Er emp them in New York. is a howl among 11 folk in this vast the New and g the remainder clgar manufacturers product, he same fooling turers elsewhere despite industry The in New York not business for cticut and re-se cigar 2 price as possible, is no logical reason tobaceo ot he o o nnecticnt, o s in York. The present owers' association is neiples—for (e New 50 for the En nufacturing industry. in New York ther g wrong about the shacco industry wants 1o improye and not merely the of nnecticut toba | the grower then coa and should he In that England way of the furthered 1 benefit and the just as n satisfaction of contributing to the ind compete line il the same or do not ciation, which ie cticut tc facturers, who are Jhtain a supply ceo withont going to it Connecticut valley ation it would mean extinetion of the ent cigar something that The gland ws devontly wish from the ympetition by the little fellc would guite associatior sell 1o us or it may methods of it makes of the as a whole; is that take care ustry New ver than t shonld look aft first ]( \Tl D PRESIDING iy of the che in manuf P 4 the ental ohjects for thelr other hav- Expense of operating the as- | to be under the fmpression halt the time industry part how- growing ot the to- | It has to be fabricated into or the New England | tobaceo when clgar manufacturerers In Connectl- Middletown, New Haven—buy Con- wrappers, do they buy it in Connecticut? They | but most There may he the manufacturer wishes to | England- nation, England But instead of "‘axl.mh‘fi} enough of the New England product in New England to take care of the New England demand, t in New t as clgar aronnd brok their aim i3 to pay le as possible for tobacco grown 11 ti to the manufacturers manufactie able to huy Conne being | fand When ave system, of this tier the whole | oppor- | is use retained industry knowing pros- indy vith Conneetiont helong fortunite of Conne It every tobacco grow- manufacturers of n possibili- N the New 1 in fact it and's competi- England. OFFIcinR e dress FactsandFancies BY RUBERT QUILLEN three seconds detour, Amerlcanism: | getting & nice panning it. Attending a show; l superior feeling by really “hold" an of attaches himself to it Man doesn't o, He just 1d relaxes, ahle, but in suffer, But me ny think how many boys great men before there wer books on child psychology. | Ono of the easy ways to escape the horedom that yearns for a thril |18 to have a regnlar job. | to- | | city | but | AR ldom bronzt employs shakes queer taste. the She down U, Trance might gland's hook material take a and corner chewing gum. the the H Sometimes there Yustity the to a statue exc the is dead, opt that man There tin on ways to almost everything avold being a nuisance, dominating personality at to buy what the m\rg for you, hen A | enables yon the clerk ys isn't The manufacturer jack to lift the ca lift the mortgag provides the your bt o hey ' Y is lookout. the | One eanuse feen Cquats of his vocabulary expr i6 that to s his scorn. as at You might another blame the crank. He as enthusi he had two. quickest way to declie should he divoreed ith them a while. ladies leaving the ars in their it was a sweet pic- can't be just idea if 16 Ahout whether Uis to try the people living fi- and to If movi they'll ture, with all agre the te you eye jon 1 lot, and in trouble the other We 50 are cheers knowledge in a bad fix a b us that also. d to | as the fellow mswer 1o 1hose is that those don wiho say who know the nowex- nude as | * G| q sentence: “select some demo« education school where you 60 much ted Dy Associated itors, Inc.) 25 Years Ago Today the Jampions the my cost (Pro grow wch and try same ip vy G of the erday, ehch Manche was not filed a on 0 yards the fol Pri- Dy 4 aptain team lust elsewhere, to | chester mental for shoot el 0 and 5 Cot 1 as ant Davis, pany belong- so-called rmined md through the < thon to have the o8 run wndergre t Telegraph > of the nd the ny Cree R thres urr iwton vonng lads, nake in the his afternoon. 7 Inches in length nd a button lled a big rattl ar 1 pile m nd has 11 rattle el the \sures men's handicap semi-finals Hill y il from 1 Stanley, ind M. S. Hart n won N 1 In to pl S ed G. T 1y, H i wrs of the Roys' meeting soon, in H & opened for attendance clut will Hoft room 9 n Seibe s famous 8§ A. Stan court yester hinging on t case agninst lore R Bortt cmploye bottles nent nts ane ndar her B med for l)l W nnm 01 Infant 19 (A— street, thi criminally ng of John August was ar irge of $1.000 1 In court or oner ling on <t I not tak T covering the ditch. ho 18 ymber autions P roper An acute case of credullty I eur- chronic cases there fs | nothing to do but let the patient be- leaf from raw appears nothing fact is a free government bulle- except a jack to his sufering at six- never s nmhm:;‘ is anything | Man- regi- | coni- | ster's en- | the it to hit the ed that no coming bbie Lewis and voods The He d was stoned to Da- up de- 7 up and 6 to play. after the is foo many ap- 1 Henry declared had fn ! To be industrious is good And map his task should aever . 1t your head bumps the top every . you are on the right | | Sometimes when life 1s out of gea: It's proper you should shed a tear, But don't become a chronlc weep | er; and cheaper! Obeying Orders Barton: “I'm certainly tired (h\ morning. T stood up most of th night and listened to the radio." Wallace: “Couldn't you llsten sit ting down Barton: *“Yes, but the announce told me to ‘stand by.'" —Rudle L. | 1 Squeaks. By Mark L. an' when squeakin' In that well.known raucus style An' with sweat yer fairly reekin’ | As you travel down th' alsle, Brother, don't yer ever weaken! Wear an imitation smil Let 'em squeak! Haas Sure yer shoes Tt ger car sounds sort o' funny, Jes' like grindin’ glass an' stone, An' yer haven't got th' money To dispel the awful tone, | Grab a smile an' Leave th' ¢ Let it squeak! An' now listen to me, Brother! | 1f th' Missus starts to talk Of the' comin’ of her mother Who does nothin’ else but squaw! Though you know she's loads o bother, | Try to smile — but do not balk! Let 'er squeak car alone! The Record Cowboy: “Yes, sir. Every notc resents a vietim." | Motorist: *“That's nothing! all those dents on my fenders? —Thomaa Caldwell, Sel Any man who has money to bur | can easily find a woman willing ¢t | furnish the match. | = | A Moving Picture, Raymond, aged three, was ridin | sitting their table whose face s covered with whis evidently out of just opposite them & | Wi almost entirel ters. This wa, Raymond's forme glued on as i fascinated, TFinally the man reac {if to take a drink ryes the old man's fac ed over a of water, Raymrond challenged, “Go on an' drink. Go on drink. Lemme &ee how you drink. —P., B. O. Dr. Baldpate and the Prince of Wales George A. Baldpate to B. K. En gel, “I had a delightful time with he prince during his recent trip t South America, Jt was marvellou: | to see the reception which the na tives gave to him everywhere. Tha! 1 boy empire. Rhodesia, That is the ostrich coun try you know. T used to tell the na fives that they were full of feather: they | Baut the ‘1.4 orge, | he | anyway, | “The | | and prince sald, 'O get has a sense of humor. the incident was this. prince and I were lookin over herd of saddle-ostriche: which fhe natives train for th races when one of them stretehed ont his neck and picke: Wel a an Order of The bird instantly mixed with th others and It was impossible t identi him. The late O, seribes a similar incldent in one o his stories. The prince was ver: | mueh annoyed, not that he minde: [ the loss of the decoration, of whic he had on 210 at the time, but ai he said, it spoiled the set and h was afraid he might catch col without it. the Royal request all the eggs lald by thes ostriches during the next fortnigh were brought to me, info an incubator which I worke: under forced draught. In anothw | ten d | Believe it or not, in the forty-thir | shell T found the decoration! only that, but the young bird wa actually wearing it!!! |the egg had formed around th | embryo, decoration and all. The prince was 8o overjove that he gave me the decoration an there it is, trait of my [to run a thought that | place for it." Sarah. farm Bhe use: and aunt, poult was b Like Them Howard: “I suppose the mag | zines will soon be full of evolution. Spencer: “I wouldn't he surprise i they gave us the sions of a Monkey." Arnold Just | | | E Lgner. Ohservant Tn our house {think Tommy unobservan | When other people came around t { brag about their offspring, with a n velously intelligent their children said at the table, W had no similar comment | concerning Tommy. We to the conclusion that ommy the table was simply at which to cat, and that h mates didn’'t matter. hie teacher set us right. had asked, told class to tell her what a nose is. And it was our own liftle my who spoke up. “A nose dive," said Tommy, what Daddy makes when he drink his soup The Tommy ways used t we 1 wa n i the had abov table day She th div she us, n 3 ) n —Bruce Colter Carr. Caution Laugh off your griefs! It's fun — are look real sunny! on tha handla of my revolver rep« in the dining car with his mother, was an old gentleman and | then sat the glass down untowhed. | an’ sald our old friend, Dr. an certainly sell the British “An amusing thing happened in | took it as a compliment. along. vou're spoofing.’ So you see suddenly off one of the prince’s decorations, Beeswax. Henry da- “I resolved to get it back. At my I put them the shells began cracking. | T inspected the fledglings carefully. Not The shell of hanging over the por- an appropriate True Confes: things to make for But one Tom- | in this city. On the City With Mayor Paonessa and Judge Klett hurling hammers and tong: at each other, politics locally has | come to life with a loud bang. Paonessa 18 the recognized head of the democratic party here and r an state control committee from this district. Each inslsts that the . |other is playing politics. Paonessa n\.wcunu Klett of being a principal e [actor in a farce at the common councll meeting Wednesday eve- ning. Klett aprings off the ropes and comes back with a coynter r leading man In the farce, Since democracy Ilfted her head above the sea of oblivion with Pa- Klett have been at swordspolnts. In the matter of election day plur- | alitles, Paonessa has the advantage, | Twice the republican party has been forced (o gallop field of battle with standards torn into ribbons by Paon | shooter: ways succeeded in subtly making Klett the issue on clection day. The democratic attack in the spring of 11924 was not against Judge Alling, |whom hundreds admire, but agalnst Nis law partner, Judge Klett, The democrats succeeded in | convincing the voters that a vote for Alling would bLe a vote for Klett and Paonessa was re-elected. Now Paonessa and Klett are at ti again. Or maybe, it would be proper to say they are at it yet. Thus far the casualties on either side are not heavy. Mayor Paonessa has a big gun in reserve — his veto power, which he is expected to ex- ercise to the disadvantage of Judge | Kiett, £ h Uncle Elijah Butterworth of Fair- | fax Center, Vermont, hit the celling the past the Observer that “Hamlet” was be- g played in modern dress by a | theatrical ~ company in T.ondon. " | Here's what he had to say: O “They be, ha they? Well, by | bathroba of sccond assistant secre- |tary to the fifth helper to the 20th aide to the postmaster-ger & | What will they be adoin’ my day Hamlet was a melancholy Twane and he was contented to beso. | BBut of course, in them days they ¥ | was plenty of actor fellers with well & shaped legs. Of late 1 been no- T | ticin’ that the players of Hamlet e t scope of experience, for he kept his | jgoked like legleas wonders moving | poy, -« e [around on stilts. Of course, that's nothin' against 'em and maybe the audience is able to keep they'ro minds on the play more and not | worry about whether Hamlet was | zoin’ to break off his legs by hit- tin' against some piece Maybe they had to costumes because the fellers what {18 always howlin’ for reform thought the play was too immortal or somethin’ like that. As fer me, give me the play in its own settin’. That play belongs to a day when s | change h 0 | & t didn't wait 'til some show was a hig hit and then copled the whole thing almost word fer word., Maybe they would of in them days, only wasn't no plays to copy from That play belongs to the past and not to the present, because they ain't any people livin' ndwadays that could spout outsuch stuff anu know what they was atalkin' about. s old man in the palace, who all he e I | when Hamlet was cheerin' up and make him a melancholy Dane by B | spoutin’ s | {ear like, 1 but don't voice.! mind that Hamlet was melanchol after hearin' some of the wise- cracks what Is sprung here and there in the play. And the remarks he springs hisself ain't so bad neither, Hamlet keeps talkin' about the time bein' out of joint. He should be livin' &0, what with prohibition, and votes for women and other things what has been established fer the benefit of this grand and glorious country ‘Glve everybody your ears, give only a few your v d o t | v d h s e d home of the shave. “Then this old guy, Polonlus, what finally gets stabbed, keeps runnin’ around and makin' trouble. He's worse than a Senator. He tells I | everybody that Hamiet's mad and | ha ain't, but he is and it's a pity it's true and it's true it's a pity and t's a pity true, it is. “But that don't help the cos- tumes, Ophelia, the girl what jumps in the lake and kills herself after swallerin' the county water supply, looks like a up-to-date flapper. The | grave digger is even dressed like & grave digger of today. And gosh, when Hamlet comes on the scene in a pair of them plus for nigger- boxers, well—it ain’t right. eems to be like goin' min’ in a baseball suit. Tt | done, that's all."” v e i d | d s e d d q o swim- ain't Rent conditions an advertisement inserted in the Herald this week by the owner of {a large number of apartments of- fering occupancy for twa months | free to persons who move into his property. This is in striking con- trast to a year ago when desirable apartments were at a_premium and t. | it was almost impossible for a man o |to secure space for himself and his 11 | family to lay their heads once they had given nofice of their intention to move. The "to rent” column in the Her- ald seems to be growing longer ach day. This is due to the tre- a|mendous investments made this 1s | past summer in apartment houses, and two and three - tenement | houses. Like mushrooms they o | sprang up in all parts of the city | in a boom which never was equalled Carpenters, masons and o it | e —_— e “s shirk. when should Not throw himself into his werk! —Elmer Jourdan. 1925. Reproduction Forbidded), | stin, he digs a ditch, he (Copyright Klett is the member of the republi- | charge, alleging that Paonessa was | onessa as the leader, he and Judge | from the | ‘s sharp- | Mayor Paonessa has al- weelk when informed by ' ral! | next? Ini "I tippe and of furnjture. | the | that could spout out such stuff and | “That there remark made by the | did was to go from room to room | some such remarks in his | They aln't no wonder in my | now and he'd think | of ours the land of the flea and ths | | are reflected in Makes Random Observations and Its People ‘mhor workers in bullding trades | were constantly employed and there | | was intense demand for thelr serv- | fces, The erection of new homes be- came a passion, all racing with the others toward the goal of comple- tion to avoid competition {n rent. Ing. Reports of similar conditiens are received from Now Haven and Hartford, whers bullding booms were {n evidenc mer, It is said that there are a thousand vacant apartments in New | Hartford. If the situation here does, not | change real estate conditions are certain to be affected, Many houses were built with a few thousand dol- | lars the owners had saved up ana the assistance of the banks. The | cost of construction was high, necessitating a reasonable return | on the money invested, and high | rents were demanded. But the rtl\{ curve on the economic graph turning down, The man who does not own his own home can have his cholce of a large number of apartments and this, it is believed, will have a tendency to bring rents 1o a lower level. As a result, return on thelr invested capital to | and | pay off interest and overhead put away a fund for the reduction of {he principal may be and overhead charges. Many will be fortunate if they ecan hold onto thelr properties until the tide turns the other way. A sure way of becoming lously rich has been found by many individuals, by the corre- spondence schools, and by server, If you want to be your own hess, really create things — you know how it thrills to create-—ana make Rockefeller come bhegging for alms, this is the way to do it — become a cartoonist! Every ncws- paper in the country has at least three or four comic strips, while most of them also use political car- toons or pictorial descriptions of crimes. New cartoons are appear- |ing every week or so, and you had | befter get aboard the golden train ‘Ivmrp it rolls out of the station. The first consideration is a title. | This is ecasy. Just call rip “Willie at his Work,” *D mer Fanny and her Friends,” or something like that with allitera- | tion to help to tongue-tied. You might even be able to use his Xylophone,” except it looks too much llke a X- word puzzle. Then get some characters. A [ henpecked husband whose midgct mate mauls him with a rolling pin in the final picture always goes big. Or you can use a dumb bell who is forever pulling boners — most like- |1y you can malke thess up out of | your, own experiences, Get a big man and a little one, and spare no | bricks in the finale. And remember that your grotesque father must have a pretty wife or a beautiful daughter — we'd like to meet some fabu- | that | | they sure can pick 'em. As for your jokee, files of the comic magazin want to be original, however, you can try your own cracks, but by | no means be so original as to show vour whole character in the last | drawing -— his rising feet or hisg shoes are enough, for these Iiftle heroes of the pen must take the | | count regularly once a day. A hn development, however, is checking | these flops, for the continued car- toon is succeeding has the hero collapsing in the sub. |was one day and falling from Mt. {Ararat the next. In other words, { there 18 no “point” every day. This | pointless cartoon is said to be just coming into vogue, Yet we can re- member thousands of them years | bhack that had ne point. Tha only difference was the artist wouldn't admit it then. Now that we have given these general pointers, we will close our course in cartooning with one spe- cific tip. Originate a strip called “The Headless Horseman." If a 1t you ! a year, surely one with his whole head missing should be worth & million. Lmle Bamn Albert Rothxn]nld rich when he grows up. Haven and a llke number in| land- | lords who expected to get sufficient | thankful | if they are able to pay the interest | the Ob-' of these comic sheet boys ourselves; | just buy old the one which | chinless character is worth $125,000 | A frees veree devotee In one of our leading femala college llterary monthlies is responsible for the fol- lowing: My thoughts Dart about like goldfish In the bowl of my mind. Shiny elusive things And preclous . ete, A month later, the following ap+ peared in the communication dee | partment of another collega month« {1y not so ready to look with favor form of metrical composi- My thoughts Dart ahout like goldfish In the bowi of my mind, Shiny elusive things And preclous, But fhey soon dis I'or they live in shallow water. during the sum- | | When they hit in the “good old {days” they hit hard. Perusing the files of the Herald printed after the dedication of the Civil War monu- ment in the center of the city, we jran_acrvoss an item contributed by [an indignant citizen. He ecriticized the arrangements for the parade in which veteruns of the war rode in open express wagons with boxes for {seats while sherifts and minor offi- |clals from other towns enjoyed the {comforts of roomy carriages. Then, {warming up to his subject and get- ting a firm grasp on his quill, he dips it in a bottle of vitrol and ree marks that if the New Britain mill- tary companies go to Hartford after he Hartford ecompanies refused to come here, they (the New Britain companies) should be greeted with shower of eggs on their return, It is obvious th the volunteer correspondent was feoling in a pep- pery mood that day because he makes the cruel suggestion that it any money is left over from the dedication, it should be given to Governor Lounsbury for the purpose {of buying him a haireut, | ¥es, they hit hard and frequent. {1y in the “good old days." } ————— Seen about the town. Workmen preparing to lay cement sidewalks along some hitherto flagstone paved stretches on Main street, The usual crowd of strafhangers practicing on the fence in front of the Center church each evening. A traffie jam on the west side . of Central park as out of towner attempts to drive his car north on one way street, The new traffic post at the foet of Arch street, which is moved every few d to permit the pas- sage of trucks around it. Atlantie City effect made hy hoardwalk plac- ed en Arch etreet in front of apart- ment house in the course of con- struction. Asphalt being placed be- tween the fracks in front of the rail- road station, instead of the well knewn and well worn planks, News- boys shouting their wares on Main street each afternoon. Portly gen- tlemen puffing up the stalrs {n city hall while new elevator is being set in place. Signs of construction work along the main arteries of the clty. The space between the “No Parking” signs vacant of autemo- biles in the rallroad statfon drive- way. Top coats making their ap- pearance with the advent of the chilly evenings. Targe crowds watching the changing of an auto- moblle tire on Main streat. Progress ton the paving jab heing carried out on Hartford avenue, Automobilists searching for 18 cent gasoline. In- creasing interest in foothall and de- creasing talk about baseball, with the exception of the world's serles Several new store fronts along Main street. Ancient horseless carrlages, piloted hy doughty Hizh Schoolers, plying thelr way through the |streets. Passengers on trolley car |in a quandary as to whether fare #hould be paid “as you enter” or “as lvou leave” Rdio fans discussing that program of last night. Pedes- trian nearly run down by wildly en- |gineered baby ecarriages. New road ‘V\'pa traffic 1ghts {n Franklin quare, | 06serv£n' On The Weather New York | | Forecast for eastern ‘and southern and northern New | England; partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday, followed by ghowers Sunday |afternoon or night;! not much |change in temperature. The Ontario disturbance of Thura- ‘day night has advanced to the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a trough ex- tending southwestward to New Jer< |sey. A disturbance of slight but in- |ereasing intensity passed nearly over Bermuda Thursday night. It wilt [move northwestward and cause fresh to strong winds over the north Atlantic steamer route. Beauty and the Glass-Eyed Beast is tolemb]v bamiul and would not look at the camera. However, with the aid of Aristides, his Teddy Bear, he managed to pose after a fashion. He'll be very