New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1925, Page 3

ISLE OF CORSCA ONE OF PARADOXES This Really Is a Land of Contrasts Washington, D, C, Sept. 26 — Corelca, Mediterranean island, in the nelghborheod of which France lost five brave sea-faring airmen, In a naval aviation' disaster, is de- ncribed as follows in a communi- cation to.the Natlonal Geographic Lclety: “S8ubmerged by wave after wave of history and conquest, home of a race full of passion but free from low crime, the scented isle south of the Cote d'Azur offers a distinctive reward to those who leave the ‘rush and display of the Continent to visit vendettaland, “Corsica, llke every other coun- try, 18 a land of contrasts. But more than most, it s the land of paradox. Behind the striking beau- ty of the island, concealed beneath the commonplace exterlors of the people, there is a mystery, a con- trary quality which first escapes observation and later {ntrudes everywhere, Probahly nowhere is a generalization more llkely to be true and false at the same time. Gunmen Not Romantic “One goes to Corslca, as did Boswell's frlend, expecting to find every bandit a menace. He remains to find ‘the man with the gun the most romantic of mortals. Melo- drama heroes have accomplished more with the glitter ot a silver spoon held revolverwise than the most Tartarinesque of Corslcans attempt when loaded to the belt, Yet personal encounter between natives {s still a commonplace. “Corsica, where women go safe- ly alone by night and gendarmes travel in pairs by day, where there are hundreds of bridges and no rivers, where everyone expects the visitor to pay verbal tribute to ‘Kalliste” (Most Beautiful) and few can name the mountains -in whoss shadow they were born! “Banditry is still a byword and thievery 1Is abhorred. The inn- keepers boast of what grand things they would do if there were more tourists, and neglect the few they have. The sun gives the land its charm; and the spow, its beauty and health. The reads are blocked by horses. mules, and donkeys, few of them laden, and the auto- mabile, even for the single traveler, offers the cheapest mans of trans- portation. The perfume of the ma- auis and the smells of the streets are alike indescribable ., Island Produces T'ew Mariners “Animals, made roommates, are treated eruelly, and children, ael- dom at home, are generally allow- ! ) to do as they please. “Life is somber and death is stil) | the supreme event to those whose monotonous days are as tenacioua- Iy clung to as in happier and less tovely lands. “The mountain sldes raced with most fertile tilled. The mari are infinite labor and plains are e tors the left un- ie all around and » few. Bad sailors that they are, the Corsicans clalm kin. ship with Columbus, and, indom- Itable fighters, they ignore Na- poleon, Bacred personages, pictured on many walls, are profaned on most male lips, “The donkeys and pigs feed on chestnuts of such quality as few in richer lands could afford, and every third child seems underfed, Simple, Unspolled Paradise “But as one looks back on Cor- sica from the confett!-strewn Corso in Nico, he longs for the simple, unspolled, paradoxical paradise to the south, so comfortiess, yet so compelling in its charm. “Neglected heretofore, Corsica is coming into vogue, One of the great French rallway systems is arranging for motor services in connection with the steamers from Nice and Marsellle, and last win- ter a half dozen simple but clean hotels, under Swiss direction, were belng planned, so that even those Wwho insist on standardized travel arrangements might visit most parts of the island. “But to appreciate the Corsican one must know him, and a throb- bing motor car which relentlessly puts hills behind and rolle past splendid points of view at 30 miles an hour does not give a change to know those who do not wear thelr | hearts upon theilr brown corduroy sleeves, for all their traditional hospitality. One can't show very sincere hospitality to a cloud of dust and carbon monoxide gas." CRINOLINE AGAIN “Crinoline Pays” Likely to Again Be With the Fair Sex, Fashion Maker Decrees. Paris, Sept. 26 P—Trom time to time the rumors spread that the crinoline is to come in again and the name of some Important dress-mak- ing house is given as determined to be its sponsor. The reception given to the rumor seems to have been sufficient so far to make that dress- maker hesitate, Tor some time lately a revival of the bustle has been promised or threatened, but there is the highest anthority for saying there is no chance of seeing this eccentricity again. Perhaps the reappearance of the waist in its natural place, which is to mark winter fashions, has had gomething to do with the hustle re. port. It is trie, however, that dresses are hecoming longer and the shape fs reasserting itself. Dresses are to have decorated backs and some will have a big bunch of soft ribbon or immense bowa stuck on the back f the skirt. This 1s no bustle, but merely an effective and very becom- ing touch, intended to glve original- ity to the general effect. BAN OF Berlin, SIVE FILM TITLE! Sept. 26 (M — Cinema proprietors and film producers have been warned by the ecentral committee of German film {indus- fries against the employment of obscene or offensiva film titles, Tt s clalmed that often such offen- sive designations: are wused for harmless films as a sensational medium for atfracting a certain type of publie. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURISKY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925, SURPRISES LURK IN HODERN HAWAI Visitor Tmpressed With Progress Made by Islanders Waashington, D. C. Sept. 26 Hawail, recently the objective of the first long non-stop seaplane | fiight over Pacific waters, {s the subject of a communication to the| National Geographic soclety from | its president, Dr, Gilbert Gros\c-i nor. | “The annexation of the Hawalian | Islands by the United States has turned out to be as good a bargain | for the entire United States as it| has proved for the islands them.| selves,” says Dr. Grosvenor, Valuable Islands Cost Us Nothing | “Great as Iy the value of Hawall as the first lino of America’s mill- | tary and health defense in the Pa-| cific, these advantages are ours| | without the net expenditures of a single dollar of mainland money, ‘ “The people of Hawail not only| pay for the operation of their own | government, but in addition con- | tribute largely to the nanmml! treasury at Washington to reim-| burse it for present-day expendi- i tures for the territory's defense. | “Not only do they give Uncle| {Sam a dollar for every one they| 1spend on themsclves, but they do it with a willingness and a pride fn the causes of the nation that make them pecullarly entitled to jthe consideration of their fellow- | countrymen on the mainland. Visitors Amazed at Mid-Sea Metropolis | { “The quarter of a century that| has now passed since the American flag first floated over Hawafl has scen its people develop a loyalty to {that flag and a devotion to the re-| public's fdeals that are not excelled even in those states whose proud | boast may always be that they are of ‘The Original Thirteen.’ ! “The visitor, howaver well pared by reading and by conversa- tion with Hawailan advertisers, cannot escape amazement at the | great enterprising metropolis of Honolulu which greets him in these lonely islands in mid-Paci- fie vociferous faximen, filvvers and luxurious limousines, spacions| hotels, many miles of suburban { conerete roads; morning and after- {noon newspapers that publish mn( press dispatches from the main-| land and even give the daily quo-| itations of the New York stock markets and the big league hase- | ball scores; larze department stores thronged with buyers and { displaying the latest New York, London, and Paris fashions; a great university plant and fine | public achool huildings: a superb| conntry elub. with golf courses that can compete with our best na- tlonal links; a Carnegle library: | clectric trolley cars whose fares yare regulated :at Washington, 5.000 miles away: a canning factory that puts up morq than one million | cans of pincapples in one day, a J'\'nrM»(nmnnn agricnltural eaperi- and countless other | ment station. manifestations that we have en- | | pre- | | Owners and Contractors Attention | one | villa at Walkikl for surf-riding, a tered munity, Any Climate You Wish “Roughly computed, the annual mean temperature 18 75.56 de- grees, with a divergence In elther direction of 7.55 degrecs, As & general rule, the temperature is cooler by four degrees for every thousand feet of altitude, so that people can choose thelr climate to sult themselves githout leaving the islands, “We had an amusing {llustration of thegvariety of climate on Oahu. We had requested the privilege morning of viewing a noted Japaneso garden at Walkikl, The owner, with typieal Hawallan hos- pitality, immediately assented, and added that his wife would be hap- py to recclve us, but he was not sure that he could locate her at such short notice. He had a town house in Honolulu, the Japanese an American-minded com. mountain retreat on Nuuanu, a ranch house on the dry plateau near Schofield DBarracks, and a bungalow on the rainy northeast shore. Al these establishments were within two hours' ride, and vet each had an entirely different atmosphere, As he had falled to ask his wife in the morning what kind of climate she had eelected for the day, he was at considerable trouble to find her, Pearl Harhor Matchless Naval Base “Pear] Harbor, which is located some elght miles from Honolulu, is one of the finest natural naval hases In the world. With a depth of over sixty feet, an area of nearly ten square mlles, reached hp a tortuous channel from the sea, and| completely hiding all vessels with- | in its baven from view toward the sea, it leaves nothing to be deelred | as a natural naval base. ! “No landing forces on the north- | cast coast can get across the high | mountalns of Koolau range, and | likewise the Walanae mountains | jacent to the wost coast are| tural defenses against attack. Tt| remains only, therefore, to defend a short sireteh of the northeast | coast to protect Pearl Harbor from | the rear. | “A start has heen made in capi- | tallzAng its natural strength. A huge. .dry dock, large enough to float any ship sanctioned by the vaval treaty Is in operation, but ve! little else has been accom- | lished to ineure our permanent | possesston of this strategic point.” | TREASURER A SUIGID, TOWN WAY FLOAT LOAN As Uncertainty to Comdition of Finances Causes Charlton's Action, Charlton, Mass., Sept. 25 (P— While funeral services were being condnicted yesterday afternoon for Harris M. Dodge, town treasurer, years, who committed sujeide , state acconntants were st aking efforts to find a missing carh ,hook without which they say it will he an almost {mpossible taek to eheck up on the fown recorde. Vir- fually all the town officials attended the funeral service at the home and the board of selectmen and other officials sent floral offerings. - After OWNERS AND CONTRACTORS OF BUILD- INGS COMPLETED OR IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION WHO DESIRE TO HAVE GAS SERVICE INSTALLED BEFORE APRIL 1, 1926, MUST PLACE THEIR OR- DERS WITH US NOT LATER THAN OCT. 15, 1925. THIS APPLIES TO BUILDINGS LOCATED the funeral the selectmen held a conference to discuse the financial affairs of the town at the conclusion where it was announced that they were consldering the necessity of floating & temporary loan to meet town expenses. The sclectmen ex- pected that a loan had usually been secured at that time of year, and while they had assurance that there was a sufficient balance on hand at the present time to meet town ob- ligations tor a month the uncertainty | of the finances avallable owing to | the svicide of Mr. Dodge and the| fnabllity to find record would prob- | MAIL AND PHONE ORDERS FILLED SATISFACTORILY ably make it necessary to borrow a | much larger sum than usual, The selectmen published an as- | surance, however, that all obliga- tions would be met by the town and town employes need have no fear that there would be any delay in paying salaries regardiess of the | progress made in auditing the rec- ords. Town officlals were interested In the statement of Mrs, Arthur D. Nichols that her husband had been | absent from home elght days and | she did not know his twhereabouts. The Nichols family occupy a portion | of the Dodge homestead and Mr, | Nichols and Mr. Dodge were close | acquaintances. \ Mr. Nichols' absence, officials said, | had no bearing on the investigation | of the sulctde, but interested them as a coincidence, German University Breaks Old Tradition Lelpsie, Sept. 26 (A) — The first | German professorship for calis- | VERY & Clar SEPTEMBER SALE OF IN SETS OF SIX WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING Orange Spoons at..... Tea Spoons, 6 for. Table Spoons for. . SILVER TABLE PIECES || Articles You'llBeGlad toBuy as This Sale Prices Them ! THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY for housewives, boarding house keepers, hotel pro- prietors and others using silver table pieces to supply their wants and profit well if they take advantage of this sale. SPECIAL are the following offering, . The popular very low for quality., s in Table Silver made by Landers, Frary “armington” design, 50-year plate. Ideal table pieces priced OTHER GOOD VALUES “wig™ Ivory Handled Fruit Knives of Landers, Frary & Clark make......c.vvvnuiesineees. 2 for $1.00 | Altrock who has been an Instructor | thenies has been conferred by the Lelpsic unlversity on Dr. Hermann | of gymnastics at the Berlin fum. His appointment virtually revolutionizes the time-honored | tradition of a thousand years, that | universities were solely intended | for mental education. Tor the new | professor of calisthenies 16 not a mere appendix, but a fully ac- credited member of the faculty, | stad- | IRISH FINGER PRINT BARIES Dublin, Sept. 26 (A — An \u-; crease in the number of deserted babies prompted the Unjon com- missioners to order that finger | prints. be taken of babies under! three months of age who are dis- | charges from the maternity hospi- tal of Pelletstown. The action w inspired letter from Miss Duggan, a woman barrister, who pointed out that such a scheme | would facilltate the police in dis- | covering the mother or foster mother of a deserted child by a Dessert Spoons at. Soup Spoons for. ... Bouillon ¢ Medium Knives ... Dessert Knives .. Medium Forks for. Salad Forks for....... Dessert Forks for..... Butter Spreaders ..... SOLD SINGLY Pie Servers for...... Gravy Ladles for...........$ Meat Forks for. .. Butter Knives for Sugar Shells for. ... Berry Spoons for...... Child’s Two-Piece Set, Fork and Spoon, Landers, . Frary & Clark make, with 50-year plate, “Farm.. ington” design, each set in box, for......95¢ set Gold Plated Dobie Tray, six-inch size, with. ball feet and handles; choice of several styles. ..$2.99 Set of Six Each, Knives and Forks, of Rogers | make, “Adonis” or “Webster” design. .$6.99 the set | 1847 Rogers Bros. Combination Set of Six Knives and Six Forks for, e 0e 0 $9.00 Give your personal attention to the offerings men~ | tioned. Values so unusual it will pay to do so, For Quick Returns Use Herald Classified Adots daily newspaper tell the story. You will find there but few Willys- Knights for sale. And such 2s are, command, ahnays, an almost i premmm . . , The life of an amtomobile, the extent of e further usefulness, determine its resale-abilty. And life and vsefuiness are determined, absiutely, by the con- dition of the engine . . . When a car goes to the gravevard for automobiles, it goes there for one ma. jor reason, ame omly — It i the engine that sends 2 car ‘'across the river’’. It it the engine that makes or breaks a car—first, last and all the time! . , . The Willys-Knight engine never wears ot —unlike any other motor-mechaniem in existence, it does not deteriorate It actaally improves with use . . . After 50,000 miles, on up to 100,000 and over, it is 2 smoother and quieter, more powerful and more completely efficient engine than it was on the day you bought it! . . . Jour<ylnder TOURING - - mew $1195 COUPE - - - ww $1395 COUPESEDAN socr $1395 SEDAN - - - waw 31450 BROUGHAM - mev 81595 AUl prices f. o b Tolads WI After more than 10 years’ wee—in the hands of many thousands of own- ers—no one yet knows the engine- life of the Willys-Knight. And it will be 10 years more, probably longer, before an accurate appraisal of it longevity becomes available! . . . Yon have never heard of an owner going into any other salesroom asking for a new body or a new chassis for his old motor. Yet you will meet with this any mumber of times in sales- rooms of the Willys-Knight ., . . Used-car experts (than whom there are no keener judges of car-values) consider a Willys-Knight at 50,000 or 60,000 miles a first-class selling proposition. Can the same be said of any other car in, or under, or con- Hiderably! above lits pocerclass, with that distance chalked up against it? LYS- KNIGHT —that is the leading resson for 5 phenomenally long life, the peses nially fine performance, and, con= sequently, the gratifyt resale-rating of the E:h -+ + No tappets, no springs, no recker arm bushings to grow nomy, er gat out of order, or replace . . valves to grind. Carbon is the “tee herculosis’ of the antomobile engina. The Knight engine is absobutely ins- mune from that. It is positively ppaod against all carbon troubles. In faet, carbon improves this engime’s fumoe So—when you buy your Willyse Knight, particularly at these SUB- STANTIALLY REDUCED PRICES, yon are not merely buying an automobile. You are mwaking aw investment in rastaimed moter-car setive facten. And the dividends that im- vestment bring to m;i; service, M freedom from expense in pride of ownenhip——m only by its strength as a gile-edged security, its high cark redemption cplae if, in any emergency, you are obliged to dispose of your car. An-cplmder TOURING - - sw S1750 ROADSTER - mer $1750 COUPE - - - me £2198 COUPE-SEDAN wew £209 SEDAN - - - e 2008 BROUGHAM - mew £2008! Al prices f. o, b, Toleds. - N1 ON OUR LINE OF MAINS. s ] < R. C. RUDOLPH 127 Cherry Street OVERLAND New Britain Gas Light Co.