New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1925, Page 6

New Britain l-lerald| HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Tosued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Uldg., §71 Chured Btrect RIPTION RATER . .00 Three Months. 6e. & Month 0 at the Post Office at New Britaln a8 Second Clase Mall Matter, TELEPHONE CAL Bustness Office . Editorial Rooms The only profitable advertising mo\um‘ the City. Circulation baoks and | roomn siwags open to advertl n press Member of the Assoclated Pri The Awmociated Prese 1o exciusiy titied to the bre for ablieation all news credited to 1t or not otherwive credited in thie paper aud aleo local newe publisied herein. Member Audit Burean of Circulation The A. B. C. s & natloral organization which furnishes tews adver tieers with a strictly honest analyeie of circutation, Our cireulation stAtistice ‘e based upon this audlt, This insur protection egalnst frand in news Alwtribution figures to both natione! and local advertiver The Herald 1» on saie dall York at Hotaling's Newssta Yewsetnnds. i LIGHTED OUTDOOR TREES The custom of illum! upon | op dence districts gains momentum at each succeeding Christmas. Many of these beautiful reminders of season can be seen in various \-ur~ tions of ding the brightness and grm cheer to landscape and enliicning hearts of pas An flluminated mas tree spirit of Ch multitude sjlent good These who have sponsored a public good and a nobie servi trees aces In resi- the city, ler the reby, rist- outside Chr is a contribut stmas t onlooke to the joyful many. m do tn some instances neighbors h joined of such their enterprisc is much ecommended; in other trees upon for the those providing trees and the publi ers Tn this Christmas looked. The lighted tree delight to the eye embeliishment triet, The illuminated ings of lights, adds to the effect. T not many cities in 1 in contributi to the public undertakings instances utilized b & \er cas ih ns purpos eit lighted outside the gain city's ow b beautifully park connection th n tree must not over- la and at Central is a nd a wonderful the business nearby monument, also town district i8 1 to produ more minder of Chrigtmas sou exquisite 1o son S1,000,000 FOR NEW SCHOOL FACILITIES Drit upon » . equipment an Jitions 1o oll first time in t1 that this laree for It the city has 1 not only dieates fuily making a consci catch times tem long mea under const T priation at A MERY CHIRISTMAS LI tendom give tha rtant gives wher are not a must look giving appreciat Obviously, to Ppiness of onet’s own sueh o0k after the is a first ap- con- dis- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERA slderation «of mankind; but it not the be the only considera- ! It Is the essence of Christian- lar money, Dritish govern- which merely exacts its re the trust than upon | should not ment, | Factsand Fancies BY ROKERY I"amous last that's his left 4 tion taxation upon ho a Ll WUILLEN words: I believe heudlight burning.' ity to look after those and who require ich may not ho more at no season of the vear is othoep radiate hap- lines of business (B} It engn 1 whould British more necessary to the export E—— gIvIng | overlooked Christmas. i8¢ also the w trade not be | F | There's u brighter time anybody relieved of a critic side, i) some pines: ery than Fortunately, through judicious hat ELnDar i at are muleted by th frue I city, A} spirit of | ypust ity much consolation in that drug stores a living by se There's thought muke Christmas is valent 0d extent cparations the the couldn't 1ing drugs alonc The PRritish government but may throughout fel Nt to some it can- ws resido her Sxlont ' charged have been made see that n looked. Such | have roward to o How 0dd to cha to 1t rubber trust would gorge itsc with profits by ralsing the price. the that nge and never a scnator's his fit- needy family “right v e efforts will he is o no incentive to their an own It getting nov- ly getting a individuals, 1 o rubber A gentleman f any other kind ¢ money trust [t} armer ccept that he is like IN AN LIFORT [ Y no doubt OVER POLL ieoff 1) will T the American debt ' ey, or most of 1t, the AGA more TO VLY plan mer the And of cain icient N crop, the of | bigger for it e less you this gecm to wrest ter- | 10 pay it pay i e from the king | Joreign trusts and monopolies |to be a trip from controlled by wvho are il Lohieve situation fu a great consum- |whis} all its rift persons About the without on man inspiration can human enough to take ntage some of th z market unable to supply find high t it th bars low citi- L sort of way Station inde be statement lack Obvious! zens from competing in the world's | this distance it would atest market and naturally are cult to 1 a definite 104 to get as much as the traf- whout be th 1a planes it, as {he pole 14, nav 4 lfic will bear when cannot providing the We pro- their manu- #moc airs | gnods we produc America really saved Europ: the eleventh hour, and enty [her and coftce barons who are pejad that oLt danger. [ pound to get thelr share of trade 4 Slenntiaz government than ours, so many amid crags and be all \Zeous ourselves againet oner mountainy of fee at 7 will ' which may cturers, but we are hard put to jonce the P cour protect ourselves agalnst rub- trip much haven't one offers ¢ the disabled en route, should o planes become | yyoney French frequently fall and remain per. | 1t will be a long | Perhaps the air- walk hack to posts of civilization — which may The WHITEWASHING THE more | SHENANDOAH WRECK |l0Cn the out- | We have restrained oursclves | considerably falls but it toolish ently disabled, i for from home. men mi in connection with the records and investi- gatlons of the Shenandoah disaster. Not that the public mind does not | require the | How times change! But \\\d\ good, it was only |that died at 12 o'clock, he 5 bacon, and we wonder if the chef over heard about putting In a little onfon. 9 miles or a tho it would be fiyers nd — but various reports, ne easy hike. willing two for each plane, Four are to take the 4l docs nee, elucidation; 50 for that mat t that the investigat- | When liquor plan again fllustrates man's [ editorial mind, he old year herent willingness to risk his life 4 fame. In ad- ing death Is the sibility that it would by it appeared from the In quest of glory government ing" the agencies The hard part of being an insur- dltion to cour Dos- disaster were be a slow and | find everything was in apple ple [mad about. that the giant dirigible e hat the glant dirigible | o ¢ 4y ynteres not come to its finish through | merican penal s of |getaway. ring one starvation or order and i ng features of frigid col itutions did Nothing definitely worth while | the negligence or carelessness could come from it would Such such an blaze a a trip, more any government bureau, govern- or government poli- . 1t just happened."The gov- doesn't the | weather, it scems, and doesn't even | The because tion exeept ment official, for the futu onee | tief , might be done fre- ernment control tly later. Ultimately possible to alrplane from forecast it properly. SHENAN- | sormm—t s e o e wrecked storm rope to China or Japan over Greatness is range. The ig! ||»z|,\ vard better just matter of n knows his ybody doah naughty when nobody The the was a a nt m. than fastnesses of the polar regic in time for | ble started where and would save it AL expected it. those finding it adviss to take into | lately Licu- Charles naval court of inquiry Shenandoah eard the BRRL . Sombia P The greater part of civillzation’s Roscndall, the senlor surviving of- |expense is caused by the cffort to cor of the ship. Lleutenant Rosen- |keep the fit from trimming the un- fit In the good old day money” was a campaign |a government policy. Get slogan, the such trips, wreek not Some the day in frank testimony of planes may the nder outposis might there for su This does not sound fantastic When guhl no doubt by this time star ; e It spota may nigh with his superiors In the | o o 0T department; they inoculate with a complex. s realize be only distancee navy he ought e Ticutenant tha nt. in fact, high-hat Ner gen and could e from northern Spitzber- [ 1o he promoted forthwith Rosendahl’s testimony | | Correet this sentenee: disaster was 6 [ s mas RIS SN ladmilted bl o] {ntended 1t clothes look well on me.'" facts, wo | (Protected by Publishe | 25 Vears Ago The their year of §2 tant com- | by | w Aceid fat,” my “I'm think munication wi world s the means of But last the Nobody to he in view ot the failure of the a disaster. These agree Syndicate) Today completed nd st an increase There wer Arctle flying cxpedition it w with the senjor officcr, are as "in- ] Il to rcmain conser lisputable” as he said his other minded about the next until more |opinions about it were Is accom cd toward conquer The lieutenant said the testimony ¢ nortl latitudes through | of Mitchell wa expe thus rn jec not of Colonel as com e Com- | have The coming th Br $10,734,355, 1899. petent; the testimony Woriam totals 168 over new houses e 4 The largest ,100, for the Russell plant, other large s lows: American Host Connecticut Light & £10; Corbin Cabinet Tock, | Landers, Frary North | Rul More than 1,000 name affixed to the petit office A one-quarter mill tax was lald at [the meeting of the common council last night to finish and furnish the police-fire headquarters on Commer- be suceessful and Lansdowne was | th given mander ‘s widow haracter; or it he At glossed commander, Iberty | documentary over; fizzle an said, complate s afmount s & Erwin 18 belng as fol £443,000; the trip, despite cor and the | estimony the commander Sower, e Power, BRIDGEPORT'S SEC $100, TAX PLAN wt widow, criticism Heinen, been aln Anton whe sald the had shington & ne nley Works, 900 ixation seheme, | ya order tech- geport's ves w clans, reduced by chafr to Legisla 5 h Willlam months swivel was merely due excite- have been te, Assossor jon for a new post lieytenant he ment,"” according to the spent soveral in|The valve system was sound, here. he plan, making trips o | declaimed The airship's citirs in an effort to that the timed could be by facts are, however, . fatal was at it purposes trip primed | \Washington that =0 decid attorneys have yon portraits of ceased police court judges plac s of the new cc ries ort for advertising T d on room looked tourna- Each man in allowed trials of three shots each. J. Burdick will be official score H. Gray, target tend D. tevens, in charge utonia ipproved passing over a series of state and | ortfonmen connty fairs being held at that time ent are rifie be n the west, Documentary eviden s heen procured giving indisputa. ble proof that this main behind widow 5 nt. was the Captain the incentive trip Lansdowne's has told nation that her husband at first ob of other H Maennerchor elec President e-president, secretary, Christ mbt; fi- Neurath; o-ont istees, and ccted to the time of the trip on rs last evenin count of the nnreliable nature of Leupold i Irank Schmalfuss Berg; tr nancial first archivar weather conditions west of the Al- st K gust vear; and the weather department n its duties that it Lumpp. children’s Christmas celebra- of 8t Mark's church was h met hall last night. T ment commenced with a lan- slide exhibition by Jam ird, who showed a hundred in- intended | . W. Diggle ack cochin bantams bantams to the Walling s takes p on January 1, of an approacl cuter, and the ship was not in- » of what to exp facg, that t greatly e it did two of uced trip, and has not that this not fa- eaking in the |sul will coops of abright ow, were t of contra up fum on 1l ich n s At the anr Britain club, elected other of W. L to the so Andrew J. the Vi Sloper was following resident, vice ing w r- sdent ar the ship was the a trip and As stated previously, chosen BRITISH AND RUBBER TRUST AMERICANS son; Parker; secretary irer, C. R, ge M. Lar n; audit t to be 1 w. L w and » ATHER IS WARM Calif s Day wit! Washington t t big game es not fit we READ “ERALD CLASSIFIED ADS s the rubber trust that FOR YOUR WANTS is | per cent | The president cats plain liver and | bound to |#nt is to find something to stay | is the | destroy | this | ted during the | $160,- | her | nual meeting of the New | -presi- | Oldershaw; | LD, THURSDAY, Maxson i all vommllnlvu(lum 10 Fun | Shop Editor, care Of the New | Britain Herald, wnd your letter |mu be forwarded to New York. | m I‘Wlm 1Ty Chris , Falks!” | TUs the night befo Christmas in | your house and mine, on, Folks, let's make up our minds to this “line": No matter what junk those socks hold, it'v all right;" ry Christm o all and to all a odnight!™ | me Mot Mutual Feeling “How do you feel, now your Christmas tree that you have rimmed 7' Baker: “Just like the tree!" ==Adellne Manfred. SUBSTITUTING FOR SANTA CLAUS A Holiday Greeting from the Editor 1 wish I could be Santa Claus And call upon you, People! The first thing 1 would do, I'd pause | Upon some high church steeple | And cry to everyone below, | From Lapland to the Isthmus, | In voice most jolly: *“Ho, Folk I wish you Merry Ghristm | Yes, Santa Claus I'd love to be! Im sure that 1 would bubble With so much FUN SHOP drollery |"Twould get him into trowble. |To bachelors who liked repose '1'd have somo screcching Pollies; I'And in each good church deacon's hose, |A ticket for the Follies! 1 | To all good boys 1'd leave a switch! 10N, T would act most shocking! With girls, I think I'd pull a stiteh And put runs in each stocking! So, since in Santa’s name I'd do Such mischievous mistreating, It's best that I just send to you | My hearty Christmas Greeting! Quoth the Raven “Do you believe the stork Alico: brings bables Little Marjorie: sure that it's them." Alice: “Why do you think that?" | Little Marjori “Well, when my | ittle twin brothers came, dady sald, | ‘Nevermore.' " | —TRoland Heller. “No, I'm pretty | The flapper won't be disappointed |to get up Christmas morning and find a few rolls in her stoeking SANTA CLAUS AT HOME (Observed by Santa Claus, Jr.) \ santa—I don't mind filling pe |1e's stockings, but the ones these flappers wear—whew!—It's all 1 |can do to keep my mind on my {work. Ha, Ha! I wouldn't mind | secing the flappers fill their own | hose on Christmas morning. | Mrs. Santa— It 1 ever catch | you waiting up for any of those | fiappers 1'11 seo that you get a rapid & the raven that brings | { mas time | follow the example of unseifishness | winter DECEMBER 24, 1925. 8§67 di in marriag | the numbe | 45,718 or 3.7 reported for 1 Joe Merfy ate ham sandv Dut alleviate only tung e granted, The deeronve |the coast; mot much change in reported for 1924 fro.n |temperature; diminishing west winds reporte for 1023 fs|becoming moderate varlable, nt. The divorces | conditions: The small distur d show an Increaso | aneq which was central over Minno- | of per cent over the |gota yesterday morning moved ‘uals.' [n nber reported for 1023, Theso 0 | rapidly castward and is now cen- Le B, Friends: | ures are preliminary and subject 10| tral over Nova Scotia. It caused ‘She didnt say beans at the ferst |slight corrections, flurries of snow during the past 4 Kiss, Q. What is the church houra in the lako region and New 8o immecditely he gave her a few, [tjon of the present England, Pleasant - weather pro- And then I yelled In through the |Statc? vails this morning in all sections keyhole: A, T cast of the Rocky mountains except ‘Oasis, wat I know about you!" tant Epls in eastern portion of the lakn —Leonard Bernhard Q region and the northern portion of casy lies t ow England where it s still snow. Epdu ing. Tho pressurc is high over ! ) e . | Alabama and low over South Da- | A cspeare’s “Henry IV" | kota and Maine. The temperature ne I, Is rising in the northern districts | Q. What was the population but continues low in the southern.. the United States at the Freezing temperatures with killing tirst census frosts were reportcd as far south A. The population in 1790 ~ (the | 45 northern Florida and light frosts time of the first Censue) was 8,920~ | ug tar south as central Florida. 214, Conditiong favor for this vicinity Q falr weather with rising tempera- |ef the ture, A, Verse in poetry is used very Crane Company Workers in Bridge. Toacher: “Yes, Lester, you can get If your thersty a drink and then do the werd atfilla- Secretary of ank B. Kellogg, is a Protes copalian, re s the expression * head that wears Un- (Copyright, 1925, Reproduction ke Forbidden)., of | time of the is the co Tyerse What word rect meaning | as applied 1o/ !loosely. Usually it refers (and in- correctly) to a single stanza; often 1o o septence, or familiar quotation: | but the correct meaning is either a | single line, made up of & number feet; or a poctical ccmposition | in general, as contrasted Wwith prose. Q. Why is Boston called the Hiub | the Universe? A, Possibly on a I risive use of the & port Given Bonus and Stock Cer- tificates Too. QUESTIONS ANSWE ¥ou can get an answer to any (uestion of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New Yol venue, Washington D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended rescarch be undertaken, All other questions will recelve a per- sonal reply, Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are confidential.—~Editor. Q. Did the ever have more A. Until of Dee. 24 (@ employes received bulleting of a Six the . Bure wera R . Bridgeport, caunt of the de- | pundred local term by OIVeT | cape company Wendell Holmes in his "AUoCcral” | g today when }':x ‘l\::fl';hm"m}m " “-*"'”w“ bis osted according to President rouse o Hub of the solar 8YS- |1 Crane, Jp, in addition to the M. You couldt pry that out of | ave per cent bonus granted lnst 305 an ; 0 | week to all emplo will distrie : ‘f““;' ion stralghtencd out for bute to each employe who has been 2Or0Y ith the company ten rs, wh an ever been QS HasRliquid Sa the common stock put to commercial use A. It is used mostly fn labra- tories and sometimes as a refriger- | ating medium, but the cost of mak- | ing it is still Drohibitive to its com- mercial use. Where does the shares of | one | of | i share additiopal for each yvar service beyond® that, The distribution will come frow his personal holdings and not from the company. The par value of the stock is $27 and the market value {s consider- ably higher. The offer, it was ex plained, is made to all the Crane company employes in Ciicago, the Tennessee plants and in Canada as well as in this city. ate of Rhode Island an one capitol? 1900 Rhode Island had | two capltols, Newport and Provi- dence. The Legisiature met in New. | mistictoe at Christmas come from? port in April to canvass the vote| A. The holly wreath is said to and adjourned to Providence in |Symbolize the crown of thorns and | January to transact busin Now | the red berries are like drops of | there is only the one capitol, Provi- Monl. Mistletoe comes down to us dence, £ t from the Druids of ancient Q. What is the gross tonnage of | brated a great feast the United § Merchunt \1;.;mn<m” time of the winter solatice. engaged in forcign tr and in| Many of their rites and ceremonies Coretw 4o trana madton Great | Were connected with mistletoe whic? Lakes Druids venerated. Boughs of it | 5 were hung in the halls where feasts | L the | (ore hald, The idea that the mi United States Merchar > en- A oe brou jiness to those it | gaged in foreign trade was £707,385 | | t ¢ | covered per e rise 1o the gross tona; in the coastwise tfade it . 5iom of Kissing beneath it, or it 6 gross tons and on tho OLES BEE [t may be a survival of pagan license Great Lake there were 2,791, permitted at the time of thetr win- ELOBaRioNe: ter festivals | Q. What does “Brevet” in Q. Dia President Coolidge read titie of an Army officer mean? | jig gecond message to Congress him- A. Brevet is a commission con- | gelf or did he send it to Congress? ferred as a mark of distinction. It A. President Coolidge sent his does not carry with it the duties or | sceond annual message 1o Congress pay of the higher commission. In|an December 3, 1924, He did not the United State brevet titles were | nead it in n pe given during the Indian, Civil and; ) wars for “conspicuous gal- On The Weather Observation use of holly and ate ¢ the the KRYPTO GLASSES THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS WORTH WHILE XMAS GIFTS the 3 Glasses make a useful and appro- priate present that will be appre- clated, not only at Christmas but for some time to come. Prism Binoculars, the better fleld glass, and Opera Glasses at special prices. Also Pencils and Pen Sets of a variety that will please you. A. PINKUS Eyesight Specialist and Optician “gallant and meritorious ete. but they have only honorary significance. Q. What is the origin of giving gifts at Christmas? A. It seems prot custom of exchar le that the ring gifts at Christ- grew out of the desife to Dec. 24.—Forecast for Southern New England: F | tenight increasing cloudiness, Thowever, | probably followed by snow or rain that the pagans gave gifts at their | Friday afternoon or might, not| festiv There was also | much change in temperature, di- 2 custom among the Romans for a | minishing westerly winds, ‘Washington, set by Christ, We are tol¢ kick directly opposite your—er— | bowlful ot jelly! I think I'll do the | | work myself this year and let you |atay at home. | Santa—1'd lke to see vou climb down those chimneys! Why, your bowl full of jelly is even bigger than mine! | Mrs. Santa—Brute! You know | very well that I'm on a dlet and eat nothing but tallow candles and fcleles. DBut serlously, dear, T don't " | want you to take any risks in those | dreadful chimneys. You singed your whiskers last year, you know, and when you came home 1 didn't know a—1 wondered why you were |so aftectionate that morning! But thare's no danger at all in the chim- neys. You know the apartment ‘]mu \itors are my best friends, |and never build a hot fire on Christ- mas eve, or any other eve for that ‘ matter. Why T actually caught cold in ona of their chimneys last year. {The janitors like me because 1 al- | ways give them plenty of loud neck- Ml s—not directly of course, but they \y( them. Well, goodby I must | erank my reindeers: | Mrs. nta — Merry Christmas, | dear. Remember, I'm going to hang {up my stocking, too! | Sally, Trene and Mary! | My new fella's a florist." boasted | 8ally over her sundae. “Works in a [Jumber mill where they make the ‘]H]H\»‘S! parkay floors ya ever seen!” | “Huh, mine's a pharameist,”” mum- bled Trene, munching her mints. “Got a sure-nuff farm down in Kan. | sas, with pigs and chickens an' a cow “well, girruls” purred Mary, calmly powdering her knose and knees, “mine ain't a0 grand, maybe. lic's only a taxidermist, but he's a real careful driver!" [ Hodge Mathes. ASS AT KRAZY KOLLEGE nducted by Gertrude) “Mr, notes on legram’ D, Bird “I know Spitzenberg apples Baldwins, I can spot a m | erust I'm a fairly smart guy but it's uscless to try— I can't telegram cracker from dust.” S Bird, 1y will you theme of plpe a few the word from e ple through the | Teacher: The heur is growing late and I want Mr. Malone to see what he can do with ‘culture’.’” | 1. Malone: James he slapped a neighbor’s bey! His mother shouted ‘James You shouldu't strike a little bo Just ‘canse he culture nam: —Henrietta Garbisel KRAZY KINDE (Conducted by Gertrude, acher “Willyum ing you can tawk out alleviate,” \\H‘ U. Please: “We went to Smitt houss Eattiday And played and laffed and sung. RTEN Jr) Te as long as your wisper- loud and use priest to put a box on ail outgoing | Yorecast for Lastern New Yor! {boats. The people put in gifts of | Generally fair tonight, Friday money. The box twas sealed and |cloudy, probably followed by snow placed on the hoat before it went to |in the interier and snow or rain on | sea. When the boat returned the box was given to the pricst who kept i until Christmas when it was opened nd the contents distributed among the poor. Later the Priest's Box was T known as the Christmas Box. Q. Whatisthe differencc between | a basilisk and eockatrice? A. A Dasilisk is an iganoid liz- ard af the genus Basillscus, having an erectile crest along the middle of the back and tail and a dilatable | pouch on the head. The name was aleo applied to & fabled ecreature of the African desert whose breath and look were supposed to be fatal. This animal was also called a trica Q. What are the latest figuves on the number of marriages and di- vorces in the United States? Does divorce show an Increase or a de- crease? A. The Department of Commerce has just announced returns for the calendar year 1024, showing 1,173, 206 marriages performed and 170,- 300 Main Street Phone 570 | IQUETTE FOR EVERY OCCASION tha correct thing at tho ng" one must be sure of th 1y & 15 80 embarrassis The following listed group of (ive bulle- e on the subject, and Wil ba gent te any lqustte iy the art of doing end this “corft s of pollte soc Ine. estab) am u tins ertaint ¢ for > ¥DITOR, New Washington B Herald, York Avenue, Wa I want the five bulletins on E ETIQUETTE OF DIN TTIG ETIQUETT , DAN XD RECEPTIO! AND PUBLiC PLACES. OF WEDDI LTIQUE ' TRAVE ETIQUE R 11 enclose hevawith 15 cents In looss, or coin for same NA ND HOTELS, celled U. 8. postage samps BT. & NO. or R R. CITY sevsporacsse ETATE 4000 Tam o reader of the HERALD WATING TOR THE TREE. MOTHER KEEPS HOLDING WHISPERED CONFERENCES AT THE DOOR AND PASSING IN BUNDLES, AND ALICE DEMANDS DOESN'T ANYBODY KNOW WHERE THERE'S SOME MORE TiSSUE PAPER, AND AUNT [RMA CALLS DONT BEGIN YET SHE HASNT WRITTEN ON HER PRESENTS VET, AND IT JUST SEEMS AS IF GLUYAS THE THV'E WOULD NEVER. COME WILLAMS 1224