New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1925, Page 6

wisdom among children? The sudden profection of & child the highway from be- hind & parked car — or a passing car — 18 of the most acute safety problems facing autolsts, There 1s no galnsaying the diMcul- faced under esuch elrcum- frequently it s utterly im- to avold a tragedy. Yet one who reads all the tragedics of New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Into Tesued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg, 67 Church Btrect one SUBSCRIPTION 15.00 & Year, $2,00 Three Months, o, & Month, RATES tles stanc possible o4 at the Post Office at New Rritaln ShEReooudnClusn MalEMasta R |y [ Wort wRIGhE Ate [o0RLIBURIIY: 0OL curring cannot help thinking that TELEPH Y Wusiness Office Editorlal Rooma NE CALLS Is not always the tot of tender years who is to hlame, even when the autolst 1s absolved of all tech- Ilis only profitable adve the City, Clreu ess Toom Always open nical blame by the courts. There to mdvertisere. | g a moral responsibllity that fs not measured by the same yardstick as Assoclated Press, (ot fated Pross fs exclustvely the use for re-publicntion of edited to ft or not oflicrwise lfe paper and alsa local Member of the Assoc legal responsibility, and has A to do with cautlon at crossings by the autolst the autolst as well as by An rights yot 1 olescent pedestrian, be within hls legal exerelsing poor fudgment. In the of Jaywalking caso 18 different; in face of this evil it fs well to bear in mind that walking across streets may Aulit Bureau of Crculatlon, | pe B. Member 1¢ a natioral organization newspapers and advers v strictly honest analysis of Our jatlon statistic o based upon thia audit, This insures alnst fraud in newspaper # to both natlonal and the the case wit yet even In this manner has been practiced by urban dwellcre from time im- | memordal, and it fs perhaps dif- habit of long short time, and Now Times Entrance sala dally in Newsetand, tands, cult to break such a a children the right crossing a strect standing in Getting Rrownups left along- matter of NEW HAVEN RAILROAD AND CONN. COMPANY of the New Haven rallroad figuring the considerably of late and among the to look to and be- fore from The finances slde a parked car s a are in news education, and In the case of chil- dren a fear of strect dangers must In thelr minds — a fear 5o strong that care and cau- fetigh. This auty the school ftems that have attracted attention be developed i one that it eeeks to regain actual the Connectleut com pla the trustees following gontrol raver, tion becomes a mani- the and pany, which was placed in i it S hands of public guardians authori- tles, but the The greater | bilitles in this respect than before the decision in the federal sult in 1014 g ratlroad primarily parents. October, The it latter have responsi- company claims that is “economical and desira- hie" the of the modern gasoline it feared of them are realiz- of the especially advent that the Connectlcut company Ne juggernaut and is to he and the Haven railroad pool that not ng | Chitdren [tionea cannot | it when the latte moving. Autolsts on (he other hand many their resources and thelr operation, that the require the aid the gravity situation. and financing of Connec- will Haven, must be can- ticut company of New he given against eroasing streets ihe i from automobiles, elther if the trolley company is are parked or arc sold and taken from the control o the rallroad ! The attempting should 1s | | slowing up when nearing erossings back- | 5 cultivate the advisabi)ity of railroad in this matter LoitikoRa ialep) and passing parked cars at such The business of the railroad | wards. onmie a car {he Trolley compan rait- The Con- it un- directors should he to run SRR S road, and not a trolley line, N yproaching track PASEENEOTS. trolley car a ;mmum complete rallroad sho have sold the stop when long a ip in September, necticnt did the der the and company Rhode Tsla ago, trolleys a8 adjoining another on letting off an which | Wise receive w e will do the | autolsts, with regard the 420, conlc ave done so had 5 192 could have don had{ o a iy et iir been set same not such a high price upon the property. The New New [En solid as the Standard Oil company, Waterloo of Irond, regarded Haven r: which GOVERNOR AL SMITH WOOSs THE WEST svernor Al Smith of 1 andoers once as | w York, continue met its financial by in-| ¢ { whom Democrats castern as their high apostle for buying that dulging in up did of a spree transportation facilities fo regard the Dhusines presidential honors, has extended | he en railroad should di- sven not come under s slate the which his political hat ring in Kieked William ponder over. ala date with George | ading n \ Ha. of re the « around, and has given (i. McAdoo something Smith to to vest itself of these propertice at a loss, and start giving its en- Governor went ation to on-hy-the-lake"” keep | D tire attention to the of Th ope trennan, | would Lirennan mi- | oad result the democe of 100,000 railroad, enjoying a first [ sachen of \nd seurities that in | nols, and persons 1 high in the [arou | lauded the New York governor and his accomplishments, Tm- requests were that spoke ot Iy is given th the railroad into t motor | mediate coach should gonc I for governor, 100 other western cities” the New likelihood is quite power- of spend incse and thercfore | from to use “all a look af York and the that medern transportation living symbol the N the of in givi rvicc the | ful that i ork "w of airpl some time in visiting around 1 n railrond n w and the next Demo- cting convention ern methods The political trehnique being 1l or, or The to the s &pring w 1l heer, atfen adopted is clear £ monopoly of p and 1 ob- is rlands, entitled | hinte incln the south, of Democratic that tried railroad e mos a strong at Crty democracy a garden i PLOESTREANS ATH AUTOS, AND DI ai party onal honors can hope factions unl 1 by t lml‘-wll 1 as Mayor Dever of Chicago | announced | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1925, bearer in 1028 the west will have to be shown he s entitled its The governor strongest to confidence, Iy 1s the party at this time, just as Cal- vin Coolldge is the atrongest sonality in party. Both should thelr respeetive tickets fn 1028, In which case would way. admitted- the personality in per- | the Republican head there landslide elther not he a A POSTSCRIPT UPON HAMILTON HOIT Hamilton Holt, 8o a dispatch de declded 1egal while officiating as presl- clares, has not to relin quish his residence in Con- nectieut dent of a the that stute Florida university, which Hartford the may sepding him to the &L cou it Mr, upan remaining a I Conaecticut whe=awithal canses Courant of dificulty Holt resident Sumise citizens the have v. homsay in Senate. insists of the gal while to gaining meet the living In Florida, that cern, But we think Mr, Holt's decisic to remain a “legal” resi- dent of Connecticut will he porary decision, entirely contingent cost of Is his con rather a tem- upon low his Florida job will suit him. University presldents have sign this and Mr. Holt probably ‘will stay in been known to r before | Tlorlda at least a year hefore de- clding whether he res to shoui- der new responsibilities If he sheuld cide to do o the probabilities are | ca his per manently, finally de- there will be another dispateh say-| has decided his real estate ing he to make permanent home in the ‘ I commonwealth. Which would clear | the right if | he still has political ambitions. of way to the Senate FADING ONE-ROOM SCHOOL BUILDINGS The of Emil Larson, Ph. . of Columbia nniver- report Leonard &ity, on the country school systcm of Connecticut, stated that the one- y In Con- room school will be history that necticut in less than 50 years; the cost of country education is no consolidated schools, yet | | greater in is &nperior. The stimulate state, shoutd and the solidation of schools and thus help | enconr con- age to eliminate one-room school| buildings, The with | advice is good and in line| what observers ‘of the school have from time to With to system given time, the use of motor coaches take children to and from school, consolidated buildings are practicable in all rural scetions | it talke | 50 years to see the build of the state and should | | | much less than the the last of one-room school ings in comnionwealth AGE OF STATISTICS AND INDEX NUMBERS This age index o many the is an of statistics and concerns ha numbers. ave Issulng them that sed business man can scarcély find any time in which to play golf — that Is to say, if he is inclined the flung the enterprising statisticians. of the more study figures to by now to bre It husiness is possible to judg a man's gefliciency by number of statistics he can quote. Yot statistics cannot be a substi- | tute for common sense or Statistics business eliminate life | but they do not eliminate the brain may judgment. some of the guesswork from yower which creates the conditions [and refused to an hat manufacture the statistics. 25 YearsrAgo Today Ci ho | s 8e as ne CI ye He to gir bha on is is ter ( sid, can the rei A wh nst ani ma the b to wo! ( Pre lim agi of T tod « | Whitfield Ruhl, che tes! his | | | | | with | the > entire republican: ticket, one exception, was clected at fown election yesterday, N. R burt defeating C. 1. risbie for first | seiectman. The socialist vote te loft to ahout o vomen voted. The results were as follows: Selectmen, Mr. Hurlburt, larles Nelson, r; Lawrence ('rean, «. H. Moore, r; trea A. Voight, eSS0TE, hardt, r; B, 1% Wann, 15 Thomds Powell and A. M . C. Melntyre, d; con i M. Dame, | rdon, r; ol ue, R. O. rs, John Boyie ngel, r; J. Engel, d; re A hoard Burck velic nson lo stables, M I A Cohe Han I . d; gra imewiteh, H M on Do : sehool con r; and P. 0. Demin| . Attwood a nd John Walsh Carl ind Pos dd has inan il by trolley, having it ¢ line VA s esa Tghina in 1 of Ttaly will York rion e mur is in D not el 't Ri national gone to has attend bankers nt has hought plumbing tion of nd will had #rnoo . a cou s this af 1 to their ptu ippin but 1 retur hot at hunting. ung ma It Hurl- |solve W | portant w Pa po pe the The hes A My Tt Another Correct fee Vinton, Factsand Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN il use, 1oy A park chureh, a wchool problem W model flivver ke a flivver, i, the spiciously ne looks Mr, Tord would eliminate instead of the cow, Tt only bull Brief synopsls of all advice to! n he “Watch does.! dad, and do as woll Observing that one. Getting Amerleanism Ighbors have reing it the one. St wgument s profitable if cally enjoy hearing yourself an Among man's inallenable rights of entertalning a sceret to lick the hoss, arning 1 man must suffer it he has complex and a bald spot. old-fashioned hoy was queer. Ught it necessary to go west wild, Man's frihunmanity to man fs be- | ming to develop some good foot- 11 material. Well, well; a man talked to us the 'phone today and never used the word “listen.’ way to have milles ask a some of the you to call again to be a bill collector, to be happily marrled to obey the laws and pay no ate to th he W 1tion e reason why of the cars park in the i& hecanse 3m|i steering on you the o n't road the hhoard wheel as could really womin hushand at he needs proud is pouting about. intnition. | too to tell | will of thi I Conlidge number about this 1 ¢ nn- Keep an 1] to ot I3 the that look and Wwo & 1a mned to lick impr Ger- ny, sive until Krim got started. 1 slgn of fhe of newlyw car, times 1s | dispositi 2ds to v a one-seat this reformer until T've senten " said made 114 like but T myself per- bo a n't e rotected Associated Ine.) by Editors, PERJURY CHARGES ARE 10 BE HEARD TODAY Jiminary Hearing For Husbhand of Slain W. €. T. U, Woman Is Scheduled Town 20 hearing Clifford Myrtle county pl. Pre- perjury charges Cook, husbuand Cook, slain W. C. president, is expected in. 1inst Mrs, . ay. ‘ook rily was after arrested Lt night he had hired attorneys wer further que wife's death, He | $10,000 hond filed by ed ] ent hiss wife examination at ns regarding released on information (Ol surding murder differed he hefore that ht to surronnding the dents timony 10 stat knowledge of fer te erc ally from t coroner's jury mystery gave G 1 Anthorities said worker testimony v and the reed in im- t the inquest ch on the lled and he Lnew officers, actically Hoster they 1 | held nnder a has twice tes- to her of Cook's with vy ac- murder er relations T Qbservation On The Weather cloudy muc 17or vt ¥i proba low Colorado is produc- weather in m Montana A | But i shrewd man, T'I1 tell the world, | amount of persuasion could induce | Bether | ages - | award Let's Shop Lary, Folks! Refrigerators, bathing suits, quito netting, too, Have heen reduced torme, 1olks, let's | fow, | And while the bargains beckon do | our Christmas shopping now we can face December days with calm, unruffled brow! ‘Wise Girl X Teacher: “Now, Clarice, tell the class what you know about Ameri- | can myths," Clariee: “Well, they're thmarter than the mythters,” The Sunset oo (What Happeps When a Business Man Writes Poetry) By Fugene A. Franke The sun sank. But the life guard was busy And didn't notice it Sparrows chattered, as spinsters At a sewing circle, mos- to lay lowest in a You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New | Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, | D. C, enclosing two cents in stamps ‘rnr reply. Medical, legal and marital fadvice cannot be glven, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken, All other questions will recefve a per- |sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered, All letters are |confidential,—Iditor, Q. What was the origin of the ring as a love pledge or engage- | ment ring? A. The ring as a love pledge ex- Isted at a very carly perfod. Traces of it are found in the most anclent history and litcrature, In modern times the diamond has become the favorite gem for an engagement ring. According to an old supersti- tlon, the origin of whish {s un- | known, the sparkle of the dlamond 18 supposed to have orlginated in | the “fires of lov Therefore the dlamond engagement rifg s con- sldered by superstitious pereons the only true engagement ring por- tending love and happiness through | life. The dlamond engagement ring was particularly esteemed in | Medlaeval Ttaly, 71t was called “Pietra della reconcilliazione" be- cause of its supposed power to maintain concord between man and wife, Q. According to the philologlsts what is the most ancient language? A. Tnasmuch as philology.1s not an exact sclence, there does not lappear to be any agreement among | philologists as to the most primi- | | tive Janguage. No philogogist gives | 1o language an individual status, but classes them in groups. The | philologists of one school hold the aopinion that the isloated or monosyl- labic group represented by Chinese Farnum: “How's that?" to be the most primitive, but mother Keenan: “He told me a funny |5chool of thought rejects that theory sory after my operation, and when i favor of the agglutinative group | T laughed so hard T broke three that Includes such languages an| stitches he charged me $10 extra." | Dravidian, Malayo-Polynesian, Ural. | —Mrs. M. A, Glasser. | Altal, efc. R Q. What period of time fs known | Petunia they've been oratin’ | s the “dark ages?” about evolushun all summer. 1| A. The Dark Ages cover a perlod guess that feller Darwin knew |Of over five hundred years between | what he was doln’ when he named | the fall of the Roman empire in his baok “The Orlgin of Bpoeches.” | the Wweat (A, D. 476) and the open. | {ing of the eleventh century, Well, Where There's Tife— Q. Should honeysuckle and rose Rettie, aged eight, had gone as|bushes be planted in the spring or | far as the multiplication tables in [in the fall? arithmetic. Tinding them about the| 4. Tt depends on the particular hardest thing to learn she had |Part of the country and its climate | ever trled, she declded not to go|as to when they should be planted, any further in arithmetic. No|In general, however, it would he | | better to plant them in the &pring !slnce the nurseries do not caro o | |ship them for transplanting until | |they have become dormant, and | there would not be time to get the | roots started in a new location he- fore (rost. Where can one find the of- 8o uthily The light faded, Even as rouge fadeth On a maiden's cheek During a shower. The calm croaking of a frog Seemed like a radio announcer With the hiccoughs, A cow mooed. A man stewed, In leu of nothing better, Drank in the cool breeze, As welcome as a raise In pay, That wafted in waveringly, Like a maiden's sigh, After a kiss, The moon rose, And night fell, An owl gave a hont; nobody else did! Clever Doctor Keenan: “Dr. Smfthson is ™ nher to make further efforts. However, she was very proficlent in reading, and delighted In read- ing Bible stories. One day her mother found het In tears, but Bettle manoand to ex. plain between sobs: “I'll just have to learn the multiplication tables | after all, for the Bible says, ‘Multi- | ply npon the earth’ and I guess I'll have to get busy. —Beulah Shropshire. ren? Write to the eity or county health officer of the city or county where your children were horn. Ts the name “Forost" as a given name and it mean 1t so used? Torrest or Torest fs | used a8 a glven name for ho |1t means just what'it eays * est or woodland," Q. How is the word | doah” pronounced? | A Just as it is spelled. The sy lables are divided as follow Shen-an-do-a. Q. How old & Jackie Coogan, the boy who plays in the movies? A. He will be eleven years of age October 26, Q. What branches of art aro n- | cluded in the term “fine arts? i A. The fine arts may be classl- fled as (1) the free, whose ohject is to er e form for its own eake embracing painting, engraving, sculpture, mu and poetry; and (2) the dependent, whose ohject fs | ever | The Traprock Museum of TUn- what Natural History By Dr. Walter E. Traprock often . s and | a for- Clothing Fxhibit! The clothing of the human race has always Interested me and our museum at Derby Is not lacking in " department devoted fo the his- tory of this important study from the earliest times, the Toliage pe- riod when man raised his clothes | on his own vine and fig tree, down | to the present. It would appear, by | the way, from some of our recent | stage productions, that the trend | in women’s wear was backward toward the Edencsque era, though some say that it is forward, alto- | {00 forward. But that is neither here nor there, Our exhibits &how transition from bare to bearskin and the evolution of costume in all its phases. Primitive dress was a mere mantle or cloak, Sleeves were invented, curiously enough, by Merlin, the great magiclan of Atrhur's court. He found | “Shenan- | the gradual to create form that shall minister | to some utility, embracing archi- tecture, landscape gardening, deco- | jratfon, ceramics, the goldsmith's art, and other applications of the principles of artistic construction and arrangement, Q. How many telegraph ope tors are there in the United States? A, According to the census of 1902, the latest available statistics, thére were 79,434 telegraph opera- tors in the United States. Q. Were any United States ma- rines sent to Santa Barbara. Cali- fornia, at the time of the earth- quake? A, A total of 278 marines was {sent. They assisted the civil ‘au- thorities in policing the town. Q. TIs there any way to keep | heney from crystalizing? A. Store it in a warm dry room. Q. Does the President of the King them userul in doing his tricks and he also used to conceal in them the | Jaughs he had on Galahad, Launce- lot and the other lads who used to sit at the Round Table. The pant was invented in 1324 by a one- leaged cobbler named Ginsberg. The first pair of pants grew out | of this idea. With these develop- ments we see the beginni of the first” coats-of-arms, and vests of the same materlal. Well-dressed wore men in the middle armor and one of our cases contains the card of a tenth century builder ot these suits Jacques Foie “Tinsmith to Gentle- | men of Fashion, porous metal-lath undersw and nickel plated eve.|United States have to pay for the ning clothes a specialty.” Even the | Services of a physician to care for medieval horses were voluminous. | hi& famil, Iy draped, whence our expression,| A- The President's physician fs “All dressed up like a horse. 1sually a naval or army officer as- Besides our actual costume sam.|$iEned to the duties of the White ples we have gone fully info tne | HOuse: In which case he is paid by seientific study of costume and 1|th® government. have finished a two volume| @ What are the political affilla- work on “Woman's Walstline, Tts|tions of the present members of Rise and Fall” based on personal |the British House of Commons? investigntion. The Derby board of | A. On October 20, 1924, after trade is comsidering whether to|the general election of that date, me a speclal pri the membership of the British throw me out of the city House of Commons was divided politically as follows: Conserva- tive 413, Labor and Socialiat 150, {Tiberal 39, Constitutionalist 7, In- | dependent 4, Trish Natlonalist 1. A | few changes have occurred in bye- | etections. Q. Who was Godiva? A. According to Godiva was a Saxon 1st Walking for the Complexion | “Tt walking does so much for the | Finglish woman's complexion, why | don’t our American women take to | aeze | “They do. but the lady Togend, | of Cov- how as far as the corner drug i the town, | ternational | the Lady Cynthia Mosley, attractive daughter of the late Lord Curzon, recently startled British avistocracy by addressing an audience as “Comrades” and stating that socialism afforded the only way out of Europe's present dilemm entry, in Warwickshive, Tngland. | who rode naked through the! streets of {he town out of devolio to her people. Ahdut the 1040, Teofrie, Farl of Marcls Lord of Coventry, imposed onerous services and heavy tions upon the Inhabitants of latter, of which they loudly ccin- plained. His wife, Lady Godiva, having the welfare of the town at ! day conte hesought her husband o |hild We them rellef, and was so in!held in C in her entreaties that at to escape from Tler fmpor- the earl said he would grant. her the favom buf only on condition that she would naked through town, ing, from fhe modesty Godiva, fthat he had i impossible condition. e prised with her answer: “But will you glve me leave fo do s0?" As he could not in fuatice refuss, he ordered that proclamation be made on a_certain day no one should he out of doors, or even look from their houses: and, clothed oniy in her long Thair, through Her in admi her intrepid otion formed his promise. Ther Jegend that unfortunate * tailor (Peeping of Covenfry) only man who Jooked window, was struck hi Q. Does the navy in band and orchestra mu lMsted men? A, School and orchestra) the various naval training statio They are open fo men alre the serviee and to new who are able to read mueic and play the easy grades on some hand or orchestra instrument on the piano. ALL DAY € Chiiad ONF FRENCE Welfare Associae year ! and ain Connectiout o8 tion Pians 0 Hold Session in he ! New Haven on Friday, New 1 29 (Pr—An all ticut be Fri- noon, and athan Conne will Huse, heart, on give aarnest length, tunities, a dinner Hall Ty in the and Ieeator, special rives will e ride the SpPOS of Lady sed an was education state welfars E. Gilson, depufy ork of the Low, Roy commissione for proba- bureau of child and Fitienne Baldwin, for s in el v of the visiting v demonstiation in Richmond, st e unch Erma eon spralier will be Miss , of the federal Washington on ill>gitimate child.” v k in the rs, of thia O Lundhy rode nd, ldren of | “the siatus of 1h Miss 1 evening and George sid for tlon of i hdberg E an oits Tom ! tions improving the i 2 illegitimate of A will he ren m stralia Wants Their Governors Native Born N. A\Y 29 (A—The ral states of A iia have de- that in the fufure they wang native bhorn tralians as state A memorial is being by N South Wales, as mother st sking the home for the appeintment in 0 Anstralian-born citi- o governorship posts. addition South Wales 1his policy approved by Qu nd, smania, South Auss tralia and West Australia It 18 ex. peeted that the state of Vietoria also will favor it musiciar maintaincd for aro at Sydney, N. § Sept Git | cidea only A Fovernors, preparad the | authorities Ithe fu 7ens In or Tilden and Lenglen Are Ranked as World’s Best ew York, Sept. 20 (P—William T. Tilden, American champion, and Suzanne Lenglen of T° ranked at the top of the Men' women's tennis world hy A. Myers, noted British eritic, in an fn- rating cabled today fo York Sun Myers, who gland after be to s ) an ensl nee SAT Columbus, cellector her in 8 in & farmer had sent | TY FIRST. - The income tax 1 back to & n part of the 1ps which the liis income tax The department does not nt m rmined to pay tax the farmer then took a small of wood, bored a hole in it 2 seereted pennles in the e which T »pped with a corn | cob and mailed it to the collector, The money was accepted. N itly 0. an extended visit this country, includes Awmeric Davis Cup quartet in four of fhe five places accorded mien sta He also ranks Helen Wills, American women's champion, next to Mile, Lenglen and includes four othe feminine stars of this country in his “first ten.” returned rec to - to ma 's | farmer sont te § payment. the piece Average temperature of the Canal Zone is 79 degrees, SPECIAL TO STUDENTS TYPEWRITERS FOR RENT Any Make, Late Models $10.00 for four months New Britain Typevwriter Exchange Telephone 612 96 West Main Street WHAT IS YOUR BIRTHSTONE Facts, superstitions, 1 19 Stones: things In our Washington Bure Birthetones: what gems of the var known gems; e stones—its the « and Pray the a us matio Al t supon be stones the best and syn otie Fill out w and mall ss directe CLIP COUPON TT¥ arenu, New Britain Herald coln for mar NANE ten't [t Agent vour wife orge W. Lyon. large enough to swing a cat “on 1 a finger makes a do you dance with J. H. 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