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on Sunday and during the week. State police are busy direct- fng traflic on the Berlin pike on Sundays and there are many auto- Ists who are ready to swear that the Berlin plke on Sunday has no more apots not the raijyoad does not feel it neces sary to provide even a respectable depot, I a competing rallroad were serving the city the New Haven at least would atterupt to have as nice a statlon as the competing line; the result would be two respectable sta- tlons Instead of none. “We see the government actually urging the consolidation of ‘com- petitive® railroad lines,” rums the quotation. We fall to see where. Cousolldatian of rallroads does not necesarily mean the same thing as consolidation of competitive lines, The Nickel Plate merger consolidat- ad one trunk lipe. the Erle, between Chicago and New York; another semi-trunk line, ®c Nicke! Plate, between Chicago and Cleveland; the Chesapcake and Ohlo, from Norfolk and Washington to Cincinnati and Chicago; the Pere Marquette in Michigan, and lesser lines, which competed with each other. | Nowhere has thcre been a union of | directly competitive systems. " New Britain Herald BERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY At any rate it gives you a safe fecling to discover that all branches of the service enjoy a good fight. Asking damages for allenated affections frequenfly indlicates that the source of Income was allen- ated. —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People Tewued Dally (Bunday Excepted) At Herald Didg., 67 Chureh Btrest BUBSCRIPTION RATES 01,00 a Year $2.00 Three Moutha a dangerous points that at some of this city. Jury: A little prejudice with conflicting testimony and a desire to get through with the darned thing. ¢ Month. mixed CULTIVATING NATIVE GRAPES Organizations and individuals who made a comeback or in more polite wax fat upon creating religlous dis- | lunguage its renaissance was success- sentlon and keeping allve the fires [fU!Y attempted. There is no reason why dramas of intolerance will do well to glv & 3 0 BIYe | 4n ) comedies which are on the road New Britaln a wide berth. They'll |y 5014 not consider New Britain as starve to death here. la profitable stopping place. The re- Proof that this ia & philadelphlan | oo tivena ek cere sully up community 18 found in the campalgh |y, expectations and the Observer is for the Home for the Aged Which |iprormeq that the audience was sat- closed this week, It is a non-sec- | A R L T oW T ol Dot tarlan institution but it {ducers and the gpublic which foots built by a Catholic parish and 1ts [yye™ )i having . pleascd, book- {destinies will be guided by the ing gifices should consider the event Sold! |Catholic church. Tn spite of this: | gigidoant Mrs. Flelder: “I'm afraid this dog | 'h® success of tho —campulgn t w Britain has a population o#| | won't do. T want a lap dog.” |ralse 325,000 to pay for its GO 70,000, Irequently the rewark ls| Dealer: “Tlten this s just the dog |Pletion is due almost entircly 80 |poaq that it will not support de- ‘on want, ma'am. You ought to sce |Charles F. Smith and ¥. Raymond igoing theatrical ventures in spite him lap milk llll!l-utnv‘. both of whom are noN- ¢ hay number. Such comment is | Catholic but who accepted thelr | yopgegical, people living here | {posts as director and manager, 1¢- lar imilar to people living every- |spectively, of the drive With " a8 | \hare, They like the same things | |mueh zeal as if they had been memi- (o pat and wear. They like the | bers of the Sacred Heart parish|eimo music. They like the samer {where the home has been erected. frorm of entertainment, 1f a show At the closing hanquet Thursday |q.sarving of support can be staged n:;hl flw;w “lv‘t_! “‘-‘_r[v' vrf'~;nl “1{1 in any manufacturing city with suf- of several nationalities, Including | yicient financial retur, v its IR T, DV G | b ot r’n:“““mf:w"i’:“'im'fn':mn-:d a yen (equal to 40 ligious bellefs. Thia did not inter- | producers should take into consid- |7, erme of U. 8. money, foro with the pleasures of the ban- |eration a report made | by o statg | 210¢): The ven Is fiot coined, bt lqueters nor was any restralnt Shown | tuciory fnspeetor who made a sur. | L1¢ colned pieces are as follows: Iby those of different religions. 1Gold coln (20, 10, and 5 yen vey bt Connecticut's industrial cen- i f . Tt was also remarked that the ¢, i pleces); sliver coin (50, 20, and 10 ters.. In a fow words. the report| .. picces); nickel coin (10 and 5 gathering was unusual In another |gnowed that the factories A respect. Some of those Who Were piain d"”":"fl‘e':“?:";RL': ‘:”‘:1 ‘s‘- n vmelcm and bronze coins «(1 {present have riches which place worked Jonger hours and more con- | gre f 1? . plsses) s facnCly [them forever beyond the reach of |tinnously than those in ang other | hchundredth part of a ven and | want. They can afford to have any part of the state, As business hns‘“m rin is the 10th part of a scn. Imaterfal thing which money ¢an linorcased since that report, filed | Q. What ls the recoverable {buy, Others who attended are 1n |jeqpy three months ago, the finan- | °7V® of petroleum in the Imoderate circumstances, some Der- | cial strength of the average individ. | A- 1t has been roughly haps being harely able to keep thell [y in this community is probably | Mated that the recoveralis 7 * | serves of petroleumn, which send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, carc ©of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. Lntered at the Post Office at New Britain a8 Second Cla M ere |s no way of telling what/ editorlal is going to clicft letters from readers or gain more attentlon than It only the state of mind that is called remorse would dominate us before the blister is formed. K ca TELEPHONE CALLS Ot Business Office 928 Editorial Rooms . Sommn QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to awy question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britaln Herald, Washington Burcau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C, enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal und warital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will rceeive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- (not be answered, All letters are | confidential.—Editor, Forget 'Em! Any worries hangin' on you folks There bright October days? Just shed 'em like the leaves And scc how well it pays! the average. An editorlal writer 1s| um | and | ertier pretty much in the same fix as “"‘i Bok, for a long time the very suc- editor of the Ladles Home | Journal. Asked what in his opinion women liked to read, he replicd he 4id not know, that ho merely guess- | ed at it. Perhaps he was a good | Bucs A few months ago W wrote one rattiesnakes in Con- necticut. Which | somewhat similar episode up on the | Boston Herald. One of fts editors| the other day took up the bucolle | Influence and hope It subject of grapes—not sour grapes, | acquire the natural such as editors somctimes give the | impression they ate, but New Eng- | land grapes. He lamented the fact that native New FEngland grapes seem to have disappeared from the fruit stands in favor of the Call- forfila variety. Where were the Jea- bella, the Concord, the Salems the Niagara, the Sage and so on. The editor rashly ventured the opinion —one of those rash etatements that occasionally slip from the writer—that there is no Isabella | vine left in New England. Now the subject of grapes is not as important as the Locarno con- ference, French finance White House opinfons or the world series just closed. Buf nothing the Bos- | ton paper printed in a year ellcited s0 much comment, Letters from grape connoisseurs began pouring into the office and one day a col- umn was devoted to these ecplstles of grape vine opinion. Sundry Isahella and other New FEngland grapes arose to tell the world the native vines were not yet dead and of Autumn [ 15 is’ being | cessful Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press 18 exclusively ene titled to tie use for re-publieation of | all news credited to It or not otherwise | credited in this paper and also local | none of news published herein. The foreman on of the seventy-two ing the excavators. the job s one loafers watch: . on Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. The A. B. C. 1n & natloval organization turnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with a strictly honest analysis of circulation, Our clrculation statistics are based upon this audit, This tnaure protection against fraud In newspaper distribution flgures tg both national and | local advertisers, , o 3 4 Enough money {8 the exact sum 3 The fellows who own stock in the required to win respect without New Haven, the institutions who | arousing any envy. are trying to help It through their —_— | again A born cake-eater 13 onc who|The wisest of all men; thinks the girl is referring to the|Tt's based upon the fact that he monopoly of s ohariahe “Stop.” 1\Vnum jot down, now and then, transportation in New England re- 1 The wise remarks that he would hear terred to, no doubt are sincere. But And those that he: would think, the general public has long ago be- Aodisaffels Moged (arfandinesr come convinced that it s the busi- e mlle Bucity Bk ness of a rallroad company to run & railroad. Patrick Hezley of Waterbury, president of the Cennecticut anr] Stage association, has taken cog- pizance of the New Haven's tactics | and the association can be relied | upon to take steps to oppose them. Joseph F. Murray, counsel for the assoclatlon, is right in declaring the attempt of the rallroad to dominate the newly developed motor bus serv- fce throughout the state threatens a violation of the antl-trust law. The law is etill on the hooks and the railroad should not violate it COMMUNICATED Q. Is the gold standard monectary standard in Japan when did it come into force? A. 'The present monetary law in Japan came into force October, 1807, by which the gold standard was adopted. The unit of value I3 0.75 gramme of purc gold and ‘is the and 1s by way of noting a| The Halt Has Only Been Told (By C, N. Barlow) King Solomon s sald to be may The Merald fa on saie dally in New York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Bquare; chultz's Newsstands, Entrance Grand Central, 43nd Btreet. Law-makers might be a little more carcful if they had the job ot enforcing the laws they make. Tt may be fust as well to let His record stand as is; Regarding married )ife, you bet He surely knew hls biz, | “My wife|¥or many, many wives he had sip at | Three thousand, some folks say times,” sald he, “but I never lis-|Tt is a question if the lad Cucumber is that pale green sliced thing you eat forly minutes before the doctor gets there, SCHOOL COMMITTEE MUST DECIDE No one can deny that the School Committee faces a difficult situation as a result of the appraisal of prop- ‘erty needed for the contemplated Vance street school. To be forced /o ask of the city an additional ap- propriation of $5,000 in order to in- ‘sire an early beginning on the con- struction of the school would be an ‘unexpected blow to the figancial plan of the board. Chairman of the Board Halloran is entitely justified in evincing dissatisfaction about Teeting the increased cost of the land but of course will abide by the decision of the majority of the com= ‘mittee. It s a truism that whenever the eity is in the market for something, | or the county or the state, for that | Correct this sentence: tries to tell me bits of go: of re. world? esti- re- under type- be allowed to 925 [ Indla China The Coward Helen: “So Lester didn't you?” | Ethel: “No. He said he would go through fire and water for me, would | face death and a thousand times worse with me, but he didn't have s the nerve to ask papa.” I he hare De: —Mrs. H. H. Baran. ‘!\““ partes News Item marry sia 197 with owners of @ ten. | Was wise to live that way. (Protected by Aseociated Editors, | drch) | Among the wise remarks he tarew i sl | This is the gist of one: I]AK T T R 11¢ Solomon had stuck around |high costs. Yet there was an air | There is just one thing for pro« | PYeSeNt practice” amount to one- A 1 d lof camaraderie which was not at all dycers of drama and comedy to re- | fourth of the quantity in the | And had not died too soon, {forced. There was a general feel- |t a i will mot stand | ETOURd, were in 1919 as follows: {Herd Jnow that new, queer things | ing of good will toward all men. | for gecond rate productions. 1t will SIS milionss 2 thazrslatnlLall 5 b i L | “When you consider the foregoing |cupport gond ones. AT D L) 2 0 facts, it s possible to reach only ada 1,000; Houth e————— lone conclusion, that New Britain 45| One of the younger members n,}z\'s-‘ ia and Egypt . 0 . {a city where a man is judged by 1is [1he city's officia) family had nis | Gliclt and western < L {in Bradstreet's or his manler of [clevator of ono of aur Maln street | JicSopotamia and Will Be Fired Then worshipping the Almighty. Tt Is alaftice buildings. The cab had de. | 125t Indics 3015; place to dwell n amity, Tespecting |scended and as the passengers lert | 2APaR @nd. Formosa 1,233 Wents M oa biats = ' the views of pelghbora on those b~ the young man aperating the eleva- | (ol [O7 the world of 47,000.U00.- T Al s o el e T which come 8o closs 10 all for aiso stepped out on an errand, | bpege” T vhr::fi totals do not In- It was very gratifying to me to|gpening salute of the 1926 national rts, a place where harmony pre- Our youthful statesman stepped in 'l ‘pl to r;?:\fl'\’! Lur '1 1‘«‘ |1!'\:B“I\)\r$:\s“ inatter, rock bottom prices are not | sce the large house and to hear the | campalgn will be fired e i n“r'nf»‘rl took place by the side of the | oquetion of potrolenm | has B aate. Te order tol hearty response of the audience | cember 1 when the politl (LD MUDE L R G cab, ' Bresently otlier ‘passengets!|o\niad o about: 5.000,000.000 gone. Some straighten out the differcnces re- | garding the selling price of the them were aged and decrepit, still producing. but But the agreement which gaw the play “White Cargo” t night. Because I was 5o pleagid L cannot refrain from cxpressing iny of South Dakota assemble to desig- nate their candldates for the United States senate, congress and | It the soaringy will tak price of rubber keeps on 8 pair of rubber overshoes e all of our [eyus that we fall to sce them. Yet|hoarded until the elgvator was near- | when the history of New Britain 15 Iy filled, unalyzed it Is found that there has | had not arrived The operator meanwhile Then. fn stepped barrels, !'JQv Wheh and what was . ihe rainy day cause of the! death of King Iul- ward VII of Great ])r‘nn" A. His death came unexpected- on May 6, 1910, from heart failure incident to a bronchial at- ek, Q: lund needed a committee appointed | opinion in regard to Now Britain be- {heen comparatively littie 1 ing ready to support the best in legitimate plays, as it has already shown in its patronage to the con- certs, cinema, vaudeville, comnier- cial enterprises, ete. Unquestionably the people of N Britain have shown that they w the best and that if the merchants or whoever has charge of what they want will sell the best their co- operation is assur It is not so long ago that many ecitizens of New Britain traded ontside the city, since it was impossible in many purchase what they need wanted right here in our stores. But that is not the case toduy, for our up to and enterpris- ing, because they offer the finest to be had. Our Hotel Burritt gimilar history too recent to need reealling. However, have not yet had the best in drama on the legitit stage d to us for years, excepting Thursday afternoon and cvening. From the evidence of tlie support and response of the citi- zens (o the play and its backers there is little doubt but that we shall There are large numbers of thrif- [0 0 Ty vate plays presented e actors right here in onc of our theater T lack of confidence that New B in will | diseord | one of those youths commonly clas |due to religious intolerance. There | sified “heavy colleglate.” Clad |have been perlods when men'siin Oxford balloon trousers, with a . {minds have been swayed by passion [rather heavy topeoat and no hat to 1t You Have {and when diserimination against cer- |cover his flowing locks. he con In a little village in the High-l4ajn peoples was exhibited but their | descanded tor rub elbows with the . lands of Scotlind a woman lay upon |term of Iife was bricfs and the ef- (hol pollel for a mement. Thon | What is the annual imii- her bed awalting death. {fects soon wore away. Today those |with head dropping slightly side. |5 s 0", 4iotd allotted to. Poland? For years past little affcetion hud | regigents who would subscribe to |wise, eves about, half elosed and | ¢ iy "1ose ThiS le two per cent ‘_e_gvxls!nvl between her and her ln.m»‘,my movement concelved for the |with an expression of e}xl)vxl Ao of the total foreign born Polish 75t hand and even the lcss' dlscermng_p“,mm of restricting the rights of [turned his gaze to our u-vmq’r—'m"[mm‘-,. r‘nsmmg‘ h? vnnlmr—nlyul cod (amone thelr el hbors A oUels | cortainitclaifia very, malll ey} Paiticlc Elonky Sand i aroned it | Souiiatiani s e 118 Bio s ment plant, the state coal mine and | sy gt e O i daite | 27¢ the lsnorant and bigoted few | “Fourth floor, piease.” nase oo e dalloment s requent and prolonged lsits iwho do not count, whose achieve- e made i pumuancetopsection M| state particlpation in he retailing | o 41e0" 5 . od lady mother, of gasollne. There is little doubt| "G (0h BPUL @ E B0 (s s et | In order that a better acquain- 2ealiz B *[that no one really knows they are |tance with their native city of I @ 5 i i Q. Who defeated Governot Al- 1(I'Wl Smith in 1920 for the oflice of :,\::1 1Ig;\":‘r:rmoznlr;’[r-r‘;”:’;’;‘h‘;:‘.{:11;;\ron(‘l\lm!, the was anxious 10| jiving or will grieve at their de- |tol may be had. President Josph sl 11l seek ro-cloction, | PFiNE about a general reconcillation | paptyire, New Britain 4 a city of [Dutton of the Bristol club has Joth of whom w el ro-ef AR e | i y of | iristol club has governor of New York? i1l s t the statc’s past record | i {tranquillity founded on_ the belief ranged for a scries of talk | ¢ will support the state's p on friendly terms. With this in mind ; [t f talks by well |~ A, Nathan L. Miller, who served in these activit Rl e that method and manner of worship | Known citizens, conversant with the | {he tarm. 195141 e e Hosse b be deci 5y the individual. | histor o bugt! e IV R AL gast £ 1o Another wing of the republican i "L B0 n U By o0 1o seateq |®TOUI be decided by the individual. | hstory of the hustling city on the | hoth his predecessor and successor party In which Sam H. Eirod, for-| ~Jock:" ehe said, as he eaiod| protestants carried through to | Pequabiick. The first of tho serles | n the offce Ter. governor, stands out as a| Ml awkwardly by her hedelde |success a campaign for n Catholle | Was delivered Just week when Jutge | Q. Piease tell the location of tho leader, expreased ltselt as irre.| Yo KR LE VIR YE: © & 128t | ingtitution. The largest part of the | Epaphroditus Peck, one of the best | Alltgheny mountains end ihe .1 receipts were from mon-Cathollc | Informed historians of Tristol, spoko | ehons piatasn? Fdous pocketbooks. New Britain | et LA A. The Allegheny mountains run request to make.” e xifdxlbrtr\!;?lr:rch;:\l\lzr:e el AN whats that?” asked Jock. should |on the growth of th i P e ir ¢ fle il ¢ v he municipality, | sleep well o nights. 1ts consclence [ His address proved of immense en. | from Derimes ol to West Vir aleiaas | lightenment 1o many in the audience, | ginfa and North Carolina, being ferbilsc :’Il'a this, Jock, that at me flmem_\' This faction resolved 1t wouldvyc'_" r:;:;;olrn..thc samesciaeR | seek to nominate candidates “who! m.‘“. oI, Maggle.” ho anewered with {Who thought that they knew all | part of the Appalachian rahge, and will be true to republican princi-! s 3 Supper was served on schedule, there was to know about Dristol. | form the water shed between the last night in many homes for the [The diversity of manufacturing in-‘ Atlantic ocean and ’nw Missi: ‘\.n' first time In more than a week. [terests in the city and their inception | river. The Allegheny plateau is ilfin e rincle acant enthusiasm In hia tone, “I'l el R do if, for it's thie last thing ye'll ask Those who drew thelr chairs up to were interestingly described b e ¢ nfevestingly described by the | westermost divi . the table and tucked their napkins |judge, who has made rost division of the Appa was well nigh perfect that native grapes ho longer made thelr way in the face of competition from Cali- fornia. state oflices. Few outstanding issues are noted between the republicans, demo- crats and farmer-laborites, but the republican party itself — which | for years has dominated state poll-| tles — Is divided into factlons oni participation by the state in pri-| vate industry. The progressive wing of the publican party was responsible the rural credit act, the state money. o by the supérior court welghed the Esti- mates at the hearing differed wide- | —B. Bigelr. valuea, testimony regarding 1y Tears, Prepare-— Ly, and it is =2 Why California grapes have made “cominittee appointed the court | had no easy thne ‘vonclusion by such headway is a question open 1o in. coming to &|debate, although no amonnt of dis- cugeion will ease the realization that As things now stand, the School | facts are facts, Native doubtedly arc of better quality than the California kind, but the hard- fleshed weatern varicties seem o be 3,000 | grapes un- Cofmitteaggan still buy the proper- 4y needed for Jess than the individ- d. This 18 a point | not to be overlooked, It may be fl- the school public or ual ownera asle cheaper even when shipped Ibgical to supposc that miles. That may be at the bottom committee or otlier i fy utas low a figurc any of the story b stores are « ate institution can buy proper-| Connecticut grapes this year scem asit would like. | to Le holding their own; production Noata I'he appralsers to all accounts were functioned honestly, should taken is sald to have been satisfactory and and we sincere and this likewise into consideration. Another import- ant point Is that there is no gus tee that the School Committee wauld fare better if the present opportuni- the quality good. But we do not find them in any extent. They are being uscd, all right, but not on the fruit stands. The native he the fcommerclal marts 1o varicties are going most- Iy to the wing press ty.were waved aside and an attempt to purchase land where in the | foreigners in Connccticut—and |40 us by first by and in New Britain, too— comes ty 2 | of me, But I would like ye to ken On November 10 the people will| & £ 1 = tha » ha'e just spoiled my da; gather in the precincts to choose | 8P e polac v vicinity avere inaugurated, cloge The School Committee mercly 1as{ (o whom grape culture as | another touchy job on its hands and | the public probably is disposed to | ep| will be taken after due and deliber- feel confident that the proper ate congideration, PLAN COMMISSION SHOULD BE ACTIVE The City Plan commnission is not | | == | | a toy commission; 1t is not a social | club; it gathering of pinochle players, It is | is not a happy-Bo-lucky a body having impdriant dutics to | perform, arose that it more power at its| inclingd to exer- It was only rccently that i In its wrath and declared had considerabie dispoeal and wa eise all it had Since which time, however, it 1 flat tire heen brok acting ke flivver | a down time that ».uu‘.wlyi kill of Commission= = s high bal Three mec t ho Higging had a sa) iing & »o much for his emo- wnt; and it is @& to recount that others on e “ member were, dis- d méntal 1g st » o =+t a Ar and estin confidence 1 tunctional capac Jallying commissio get dowr has a rig menbers of cun be assu xious to same Un pres 10 sche The § peet more & NLED FOR SUNDAY TRAFFIC POLICE The ¢ traffic oft in New Britain on Sun autolsts lack ¢ er ay has been noted have The lack by many who been #st to wondering particularly noteworthy considering why 1s | the | from t support such enterprises will be y and natural as a pond to a| L 0T o aness just as the Burritt duck. Many prosper in back yards in this and some of the back yards look like slopes of hille in Wi the native New Lngland grapes cd tinction by natives of other land France, tmagine that being assiduously from SNATURAL MONOPOLY" 1S NOT WANTED It is rrom the attempt clear effort to recover absolute Connecticut company in Ma the over the trolley lines c it owned before land than it had 11 years ago. For instance, the Waterbury Re- regarded as one of the| publican, most liberal organs in Conngeticut, says the “eleven years of separation certainly have done nothing stimulate n the logical that th turned to the raliroand compa Getting thus far remainder the distance by of claring 15 business best service to natural menopoly In consequence of conception of transport power of con government ac years that transportation furnish t as a he tion and the nex see the urging the titive' railroad trol tuaily & monopoly idea straight e shoulder. T! the New Hayven railroad, is expec to give Dbetter service becaus ono H its w this “natural monopoly fine service works has been lustra Britain by both the raliroad and the trolley company. Tt has been appar- that seme smaller citiss have them ent that, having & monopely here, Ialy or southern | some of | ox- journalistic 1o justify the New Haven's | control and | 1setts federal Alsso- lution decree of 1914, that the rail- road liag more friends in New Eng- to competition.” This having | cditor urges, itis | trolley lines be re- ny the editor gocs the de it can the consolidation lines." Connecticut. 1f owned and operated by he yined would form a “natural an fl quite clearly right in New grape vines seem 10 | )otel has proved. city | those of us who attended efther Lot the two performances Thursday | did not adequately express our ap- | rreciation, not only of the excep- | tionally tine performance of the |aetors, but of the courage of thos | who were fnfluential in making it | possible, then I-for one of the many I' ke this meaus to impress the fact rested that nted was an exceptional fine Itreat. 1 want some more | Yours truly Funice Muy Humphrey 1925, upon those who are int “White Cargo” s0 well Oct. 15, ' FactsandFancies BY RUBERT QUILLEN a ford enabled to get| Onen | across! you It he folds bills carefully, you may assume that he apends care- | fully that and increase the in- Among are the things desire education stallment plan How pleasant the world would be if cars could close as easily as .| the mguth opens The aecclerator s that thing in the foot of the car that is stepped on after the second drink. At any rate a felt hat scems to made fo fit a human head in- of a sawed-off telephono b atead poie What can a poor judge do when hoth parties to the divorce appeal for custody of the Airedale? 1 must be- A keep | gins fine” car is one vou fice when it thunder. 1 to avoid sa 1ook ke to We have nd deposed monarchs | their cou delegates, These dele- gates will attend county meetings November 17 when three proposal- men will be selected. Then on De- cember 1 th= county proposalmen ~ 195 in all for each party—meet | in Picrre. The vote of the three county| propcsalmen depends on the num- ber of votes cast for the party's candidate for governor in the last general election. The party meetings their candidates, If five proposalmen disagree hold a meecting of thel wn and name a “minority ticke he tick- ets and platforms are submitted to the counties for ratification on De- cember 22 and individual candi- dates may file on platforms dif- ferent from either the majority or minority etands, until Jan, 1, 192 The primary election is held March 23, 1926, at which each voter must designate his party a fillation and is given a ballot which contalng only.the names of the ma- jority, minority and individual candidates in that party. select morc they may then or Observation On The Weather Washington, Oct. 17.—Forecast: For eastern New York: Rain Satur- day, cooler Saturday night; Sunday fair and cooler in south and Satur- day in north portion. For New Eng- land: Rain Saturday, cooler Satur- cay night; Sunday fair and cooler. The temperature is still consider ably above normal in the eastern ates. Edinburgh Oppo: Licensing of Cats Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 17 (P)— There are so many stray cats in Edinburg that the town council is considering licensing felines. Such action has stirred up a protest in certain where the claim is made that if cat registration is made compulsory it naturally would cul- minate in a large decrease in their numbers because of the refusal of the owners to pay the tax and that as a consequence there would be a tremeandous increase In the rat and mouse population in the city. The society for the prevention of cruelty to animals last year destroyed 863 circles, in this country, put a ball player always looks that way out of wunl. form, fer me." W He'll As long There w shed; have troubles of this kind It you Let Mys Heads or Talls, You Iose Dear Wi Make m 1 $ou'll Dear Cantions Fred: 1 Treats a A cautlous guy fares no whit better | Than he Rolling Pins Too Mild Dear Wally And tell He ump H You see | Dear Fl Discovered one thing you k Umpires will never see the light Until pop bottles hit ‘em right! Bernice: “What does your sweetie do for Ruth: tleshi Bernice Ruth: for the The Truth This Time When had lost her pearls, the other girls dressing room laughed at her, | in the “Thin yarn agi “T don't care,” said Marie. story in the papers is true, I've lost | women outside of ti my pesa “That Helen. written time."” “Anyhow,” ita true, pearis to the press agent before he'd write the story for me!" time homeless cats, and thus far this year nearly as many have been done away with. (CopyTight —V. King Stevenson, ALLY THE MYSTIC Answer Your Questions s men and woman wed ill he groans, tears will be ase your mind. tic Wally e . ally: | 8ir, T think you can e a most contented man say it's all right to wed. Yours very truly, CAUTIOUS FRED. | | | The marriage game 11 the fellows just the same; who's a pell mell go getter! . e Will you be real kind how to make hubby mind? ires for a living, so I've got some job. Yours, FLO. | o: The public long ago should | now— | ! The Fireman | a living?" “He's a fireman on a bat- “A fireman?" “Yes, He lights the matches officers’ cigars, —Herman Gordon. Marie reported that she k we're going to believe that | ain?” asked Helen, “The ris again." 's the Afth time"” “We know that stery by a press-agent said | was | every aflswered Marle, “this T had to give the| Elinore Moser. % 1925 Reproduction torbidden). |commented on the impossibliity of | | mented persons in the United States | | posed to be grown up and dignified in under thcic chins sat down like | human beings. There was no wild gesticulating with forks, Mother re- marked that it was about time sWe tackled her house cleaning. Father pleasing his boss. Tiie conversation | was along normal lines. . The world serles was over, It Mr. McKechnie of Pittshurgh and Mr. Harris of Washington be- lleve that all the temporarily de- were present at the baseball games they need to be corrected, Several thousand conservative businessmen who abhor noise or ex- citement came to the Herald office during the week to stand outside and | watch the board on which discs of metal represented the players, to shout when their favorites scored and to pound thelr neighbors on the back in token of jubllation, Several thousand respectable mar- rled women abandoned their house- hold duties while they sat cronched in front of tife radio and “saw” the struggle for the baseball champion- ship. The furniture In the front hedroom might be interred under an inch of dust. The insurance man might pound at the back door until his knuckles were lacerated and bleeding. The plants might go with- out water, wither and die. Rugs ecould lie askew. The pantry might he depleted of its stores. Meals might go hang. The ladics of the ‘and spent their hours listening to Mr. McNamee telling of the progress of the baseball classics, groaning in apony or dancing a fandango. as the occasion required. Baseball reduces us all to a com- mon level—the level of ehildhood when we can forget that we are sup- Tt brings ont atavistic tendencies sn that we want to kil the umpire or ‘Press a wreath of lanrel on our hero's brow, Tt stirs the blood and quickens the pulse Tt makes us forget the carcs of life for the mo- ment Tecause it lifts men and artificfhl shells which eivilization has huilt around them, {t is a great tonie. Even If supper was Inte, even if the boss was cross, evBn thongh the favorites Iegt, baseball’'s worth while in the final analysis. Presentation of a drama at the Russwin Lyceum Thursday evening was In the nature of ap experiment to determine whether the public = #ti! interested In entertainments In which Mving persons appear In the flesh.' The answer was In the af- special study of all things relating to Bristol. With the development from a hamlict to a village. then to an industrious town and later the broadening out into one of the state’s most active com- munities the cf had brought to it- self many people from other places to whom the narrative proved most impressive. The success of the plan was read« ily apparent and President Dutton announced that further sidelights on the Belltown would soon be forth- coming. “TESS” PLEASES MRS. HARDY London, Oct. 17 (A —- Thomas Hardy was unable to come to Lon- don for the first presentation in England of dramatization of his novel, “Tess of the P'Urber- villes,” but Mrs. Hardy made the trip fo London and after seeing the play expressed her approval of the portrayal of Tess hy Miss Gwen Ifrangeon-Davies. Mrs. Hardy said her husband is only elightly indis- posed and s ordinarily enjoying good health in spite of his 85 years. hia Prodigy Returns After having been missing for & week, Delmore J. Kendall, boy prodigy, has retugned to his home {at Mangum, Okla., and refuses to explain his mysterlous disappear- ance. When 3 years old he was able to operate m typewriter and when 13 became a freshmah at Northwestern university. firmative, The ‘epeaking stage” school when he disappeared. He had started for this | 1achian | eentral Alabaina | ana range, and extends from ' York southward into and westward into Ohlo Kentucky, On elther side of the Allegheny mountaing the spnall- |er hills are known as the foot- hilla, Q. When did the planet come closest to the earth? A. On August 18, 1845, Mars reached ifs closest approach to the earth and the closest possible, when it reached a distance of 8$4,- 600,000 miles, Q. Where can one find a com- plete list of all the post offices of jevery class in the United Statgs | A. In the United States Posta ! Guide, which can be consulted at any post office or can be bought from the superintendent of docu- ments, government printing office, Washington, D. C. for one dollar. This Includes the monthly supple- ments. Q. Should Bartlett pears be plcked before they are ripe or should they be allowed to ripen on the tree? A. Bartlett pears should he plcked before they are ripe — that it, before the color begins to change, and placed in a cool tem- perature to ripen. If treated this way, the fruit seems to have a better taste”and is finer in texture. Q. What is the cause of all the trouble in Morocco between the Riffians and Spain? A. The attempt by Spain to con- trol the portion alloted to her by the Treaty of Madrid of November 27, 1912, was opposed by the na- tive Riflians in the territory. they occupled. The Riffians are an inde- pendent tribe who have' Inhabited the mountainous reglons for cen- turles and they have not acknowl- edged even the sovereignty of the sultan, except for short periods. They resented being under the con- tro! of Spain. Q. How should white serge e washed ? A. Wash white woolen serge in pure soap and warm water to which blueing ha been added. Rinse in two or three waters, add- ing bllueing to each water. Keep the temperature of all the rinsing waters the same. Hang in the shade to dry. Q. Of,_what is the Leaning Tower of Pisa made.and how large is it? A. It was built entirely of white marble, 178 1-2 feet high, fronted with 207 columns, the topmost story overhanging the base about 18 feet. It was cogimenced in 1174 and completed in 1850, Mars

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