New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1926, Page 8

NEW BRITAI\' DATLY HERALD l'l\ll)A\ JANUARY 15, 1926, cept that the West Shore was wel- comed to serve the citles on the west side of the Hudson. Both roads eventually were sold to the New TYork Central, the Nickel Plate within recent memory being resold to its present the Van Sweringens. Loree, on behalf of the widow and sons of I, H. Harriman, i now tapping the same !dea of pre- viding competition for the existing trunk lines without adding to the total of tonnagse. He has the op. position of the New York Central, the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohlo, the trunk lines affected by the preposed TLores line across | The proposed Lores line would cort $750,000 a mile to lfllfld throughout Pennsylvania, but | Messrs, Loree and Hughes {neist it | could make a pront on the tnvest- commission here eould not grant a wage increass or order a decrease in the case of strest rallway em- ployes for {nstance, even it it would, The Governor of Pennsylvanla has been casting about for a solu- tion to the strike since lts start, or even before. He may have the best motives in the world, but it seems that politieal demagogy might be the impelling urge behind his de. sire for a settlement, 1a has ap- peared to take the side of the steiking miners in most of his implying to the public that he is looking toward the fac- tion from whence the be espected tn a future poll- battle. Ile mpy The best thing about a 1.‘h|nvr~~“ re {n his belief that state regu- | war {s the absence of fighting. latlons of the Industry s the an-| yo o o a0 Do vou swer {o the question that {s bother: | naver can tell whether he's chival- The three trunk |ing more than one head of a fam- | rous or scared. Cliftord: [lines tn opposition naturally rhlm‘“].' n the conl fields and out, but| S :’“V(‘rl"fi‘l ik 15 A % d 3 5 hat they are abls to handle allihe s certainly prootical enough to| i3, [P o PFE SRR L RO kvt it's nice and warm down,there, Gieorge: * was w wouldn't cal |you?"—Hea “Homey" stuff for the vamp of the silver sheet instead of wild or. gles and divorces, New Britain Herald | SBRALD PUBLISHING COMPANY ;”‘ Afl-‘fu'flfa-. Jbun ltm’\. Just an valuable a discovery aa the one about rocks, SUBACRIPTION RATES owners, 10,00 » Year, 4300 Thres Montha Tha 'atered at the Post OfMce at New Britain aa Becond Class Mal) Matter, ' — TELEFHONR OAI.LI Burpers Office Editeria) Rooms Factsand Fancies How would it do to sawap England a pound of cotton for a pound of rubber? Month. Send all Shop Edit Brital It wouldn't he so hard to get up taln H {in the morning it the mercury would. They'll Mak statements, —— There Is room at the top, but much of it is taken by relatives of the wife of the boss. The only profitable advertising m in the City. Circulation bo: Préss room aiways open to mdvertieers Since diarie most votes Pennsylvania may L Let's turn Jolies tleal be perfectly| Member of the Assoclated Press, The Awsociated Press fa exclusively en- itled to the uke for re-publication of all news credited to it or not othe eredited 1o this paper and also loca) news published herein. since ’mfn' ~ in time, Member Audit Bureau of Circulatlon. D oy 8 o O vur: | trafflc now and in the future and tisere with & strictly honest apa that as they are to earn ulation, Out cireulation are based upon this aud't, Thie in princely dividends — although tocal advert! do better than many other lines— | it 1s unlikely that a new line cost- ing $750,000 a mile would pay Mr; a long time. The Y. C. C. s expected to deny | the application; at least, this {s the vlew of New York financial circles. But the construction of such a line, although it might not he as profit- | able a proposition as Mr. Loree thinks, would require much ma- terlal, steel ralls and equipment, and would help to put much money | into circulatlon — {f that means anything in the long run, It would injure the present systems some- | what, but perhaps no more than the West Shore, the Nickel Plate, or the Wabash hurt the trunk lines | mentioned. One cannot help thinking that the fears of the trunk lines are ex-| | aggerated. They would lose less in | the long run than the stockholders in such an enterprise. Perhaps one of the funclions of the I. C. C. fs| to ambitious clcholders | from themselves, realize that coal mine owners and workers will_not ohey the dictates of & state and work, or charge les for the coal. unable The die has been cast In the coal strike, the general publie, we be- lieve, iy gettled for a long slege. h The trouble may have orlginated | — with one lde or the ether, The { strike may have come about be- Why sulclde? It fsn't difficult to the operators wished to | 8¢t & job as bank messenger. up organized opposition 0| gy monopolizes rubber and |° their desires to keep labor prices | tin, but America provides the ivory down and increase the income on |used in running the things. thelr coal, or it may have oceurred | because the workers wished more wages than the traffic would bear. itk | But, whatevér caused {t, the re.| They're making artifilclal wool | curring arguments, with the ad- | now, and soon the moths will know vanced price of coal as a rnrm“lhow mortals feels about synthetic result are becoming extremely tire- | some. | WEN The Merald 1a o anlly tn New York st Hotallng's Newestand, Times Square; Bchultz's Newistands. Bntrance Grand Central, 42nd Btreet. The At bridge a Sald It “Su THE GRAND LIST grand list figures, lished. in the Herald of yesterday Eive good {ndication of the growth of the eity during a twelve. month, demonstrating the rise in property values in the city. An increase of nearly seven and a half ‘million dollars in the valuation of properties, from $98,188,515 $105,646,026, or roughly per cent, indicates a healthy condition. The amount of increase is about équivalent to, or slightly :more than, interest on the average investment would be. | There are plenty of individuals who would be to seven million on a ninety-eight | million' deflarsinvestment. The figyres a year ago gave the | total number of houses in the city at 5,977, 1-3 $24,417,950. This year {here are 6,419 1.3, as- sessed at $30,008,100. There are 442 more dwclling houses, which add about six and a half milllon dollars to the total, 7,181 automo- biles a valued at $2.782,735, this year §,197 were as- 38,471,910, The mer- chandise inventory and valuation shows & loss over a year azo. This year. stock in merchandise was val-| A fed at $16,532.855; ago it | entombed $10.701,582 fie fnerease th the valuation of | houges and automobiles | within ndred thou- | swand and hale worth, 1t appea what canse The break as pub- a Alas! Much of the drilling in the | fields of Mosul must be militar as well as ‘oll hough as Jim think Because I'm all to seven A mlilion years from now some | clentist may dig up our best spect- A \'EW DIRIGIBLE PLANNED |men and make people mad by call- | Irrespective of what one may be- | N8 him a man. licve of the outcome of the investi- | gation of {he accident to the naval dirigible Shenandoah several monthg ago and on whose shoulders ho| might lay the blame for the appall- ng disaster to the big airship it s believed that the proposal to bulld | |a newer and larger lighter Um“‘ lair machine wiil meet with general | |approval alout the country. Ex-| periments with new ventures have always been costly in human life, humanity gains its reward for ifs| | trips into the speculative by risking | its life. This will always be true,| it has always heen true, In one way | or another a life, or many, has| been dedicated to every improv {ment we have made in our manner of living or our comforts, The air furnistes a ficld for in- “Now tell Old Rastus An archacologist is a man who can look at a fragment of thigh bone and reconstruct the creature’s teeth. Nothing is perfect. Even when | static is eliminated the announcers will remain. atisfied earn Ex save That live worth Amid the n K = SOMEBODY BLUNDLERED There is 2 touch of the pathetic in a story coming from the Deg-| nan-McConnell mine fields in Okla- homa yesterday and the impression that someone blundered in his in- terpretation of an injunction, a humanitarian standpoint least, s easily gained. hundred men or more were workings of the mine, some of whom it was thought might “it they reached in time. The latest figures [ out alive | You are as 8 ¥ a year ago were As a rule the enemies of a great man a ormer friends whose backs bear the . of a boot heel. from at sessed at His Escor “You will n | Worthy Hig] Powers You can measure civilizatior progress by the statues it erects to those it once called cranks. A doughboy doesn’t sce low Iurope can have | vestigation and development which | unusually heavy rainfall without | calls in a strong voice to eve making the days longer. hossessed T O i ciety. o Prohibition may provide nice op There ds little question | porunities for crooks, but it hasn't | will be much passenger | yet made an honorable man crooked. | FOOLISH € trinsportation through i ]x 4:\:“;‘”.\-0 Still, Henry, the old-fashioned | “Antony, this clement at a t ot s 3 : which requires that | 1t at a thme not so very |, ol ouldn't sound right without | Cleopatra, far oft > a factor not| 16 rattle of cellulold cuffs. | to be ignored in the last war, they | | Anthony's I be required to 3 r, they | o )1 : | ®ill be a bigger one in the at her lov property, This meant, lips met, Experimente with them ece being| the t a4 1 | “What carried on with a ife, ove men skilled in the working of mines | et tlinaeni] now, when their structures and the | tart of mancuvering them has lm-} than many | . come more | were not able to go on the prop erty could te! or living. | ded in the a year 4 friends be saved were | A cheap breaking th furnighes ¢ man a_couple of on Been | th dollar hose actually of the slightest spirit of | are but dollafs of . not available at this writing, lollafs of seven a| | adventure. fhat does not affect the story | { that there whatever, Tt appears that there is ! and frefent dated | million jump in elty | {a federal court Injunction, it the. city is some- lower . tha October, L the biles to peopie, [1 an: the: general aver- | 1ast of | miners, Alrplanes we Aok T 4 RO o members of a union which | this 1id he, hter s youn (Protected by Syndie 25 Years Ago Today 18 not 50 large and the ehock | The United States army 15 VOrY ot “noioe) Mn-u h in nerd of men. There are | He The Navy department has prhlv-}h:,‘ G;‘v,,”.. of whom are in the| P2 |ably learned one thing, at least,|Philippines. Temporary recruiting | ° v aliowed to do §6 \.,.mm;’l e 2 SIS O TR i e et < nce the Shenandoah accident and stations are being ecstabliet {drink it, o ik |one may be placed here [wine, 1t be mqt New Britain 15 again failing to [N A6 there liable to he sudden hort the polo | and i the S0 L approximating hurricanes | attendance does not hold up the : oy Commander | team will b moved to Salem mean- g {ing the probable break-up of the Na- | ttonal 1eagne The following prog riad out at the opening ibrary building: resident John I ement by Tre , history of 1} mp, readi thera being one | has been on strike, ntence: “I'd be “if hoys would | s 1 treated girl Correct satisfied," treat_my d when I 'w | s o1, next | autq to,cvery nine people, or slight- | keep off the 1e 70,000. people’ thousand Iy figuring he population a | According to tale, several | he There aré more than ten | to ‘every housc and ahout a|and better fitted to do rescue work | her. ‘osing f adve Publishers who were attempting it ). six hundred more auto- or less known. 'I.\rml 1aobiles than. there are houscs. It Bo the hullding program s jteelf felt the wm are not as many passengers c in a plane as in a dirigible, juently when sWourd born “in mind that and do what they conge- nd a what bring forth bodie Jefl though hig nam dispatelies has mot yet , dead hr'm Rome r'Guess, ¢ ertake in Thurston to usb r overtakes a | unknown | p.{ heavier than is related in A o ofterad his ald and that|' number th year, the but air machine the mcw ouses on list e poli assessors tl when | inelud=d structures which had | of some companions to the state| im- | smal] stores in them Jer the class | mine inspector. was not a pe mediately of eretofors, | an oy nn, njunction, ed th although was . 3 s to areas wheve t he might are . lator. | 8 q .. |storms, inventor wonder of 1t is that the in-| time, Ant : some was not forgolten at once. ; ‘ s objectiops to making the trip in the 8henandoah and the PINCHO 'S PLAN FOR COAL MINES 1 not seem at first glan | nis. thing. man! ize me Antony's ¢ [pants and didn't Caesa THI Ton | reason for them will be noted, even new | address by Talcott: fhr ‘n] surer A o | thot the department will mnot dmit tha ere wero any ob is any merit whatever | 2dmit that ther re any ol ¥ by ro gs by Prof. R. G| tions made, That leeson at & frightful co: at loss of p n air craft A NEW of ] TRUNK LINE he Governor I t the coal mines in the stata of | M U ) [ to the He press proposal Pinchot ho noe. 1 of Tenns Lt G ware fe and a gre Th casil made a publie lighter o S FTTS on of club was i be ening a che held last another meetin with Willlam \lvl has announ r and there morrow ¢ \ Notwithstandin ations Corhrtrres Commi for lezislation senstand akions plicatior the end that there |AT€¢ experimenting, perhaps mor smooth. | ilation of cantiously ith dlrigit perience. Tt day, to learn the developms | tack defe is not sion but just as thorough RS ot s, We learn from ex- N would be bitter, some IN KLASS (Cond cher: A taxpayer, ald. dema plans for buiding an Her. althoneh | grammar &ch to know new have been done 1o 3 | Poor ventilation. splendt piaces to inhale crayon dust, and poor light { which forces many to wear spe among the evils o ructure. ars ago N. M. Cohen through the jce at Shuttls Men {and was saved by Conrad Wahren- {berger. This morning Conr | horse ran away on Areh strect and | Cohen repaid his debt by ) | .| himeelf at the racing animal an | stopping it as it smashed into | pole. Conrad arome and said, “\W square now, Nick,” and they moy with one impulse toward th | The al Cyele club will hold at |ann reception this ev & Hoffman's hall. |mittee members include Quigley (. A. Rossberg, Ar strom, Burton Doolittle, Herman certain chemicals. | Witte, Willlam B. Young, Ernest Twigz and Willlam Stevenson { Among the patents st | Teeteher night was one it- | “Allison, esk te Al “Our baby than me Though 1 we had neglected why, sonse a oot | T of method of at- ! tion of business n or might m ‘distinguish & &8¢ curious im) welfare B b the deoi question of na cutlonas ene 168¢ Lecauss of the 1 | tlonal life or ¢ | 1tions % | TFurther g e modern .weiho this particular busl Dupree Whose wife he. T loved ‘But And Iy of pu ansportation hp railroa organiz vities of C giving hy railroad eonstru ¢ with gas " | land within in d are away more money, he Jays there was no partie t h nowep m! the press up to yester- ed build icula a nd g0 forth, there should | 4 now coming to light. I had to regulation, aithough in Teacher: “James. corre 5 per ¥ ¢ the ‘“regutation” foris werr tim = must be a lot of fun to have bla to certaln utilities : uple of millions to give a anl the at that min the publie. We do not | for | exam of party, {And Margi hally Freddie ms bloody Ananias tin 1 steps to pl e Y that | Holme ening The ¢ G aw Ny- in 6 supervi of nox at would be ould have livery & wle reactions from "0 rome and from others when ot coal | niacing them lrss homes. No state | = e a group of | yrpien & particularly es not impress us as on an ¢l Trumbull, \e last period, the | New Britain pool team responded tc Curtis’ fine work last night and won -12 rattling 4 el valuable discovery, if |out to Mict ther over wages |, ot | or conditic »f 1a Nor can th re was no neces- [ commis operator 1k from s pigs’ N thes represent cloging period James O'Brien, ed a sprained an In Berlin when his tpped gver and spiiled him out. b ) add ton of fre :'v to the total ylelded the withont ‘Zt\-"w f a s of railways in public | Styles in publicity are changing utllities ' we venture. respect territories — ex- | Connecticut will be forwarded o New York. With ‘entr| “elear,” And all ke Certainly Not ring a chiffon | Hair Bandit, |She had such clever, I'd like to be “Man's hear It has been wisely sald; To keep a hub's afféction He has to be well-fed. My hubby’ You make me Across the fi me think of 1 Condensing Tt chbanm."” Her lips were parted, and shook hane asked {up his balloon togus @ 'lnn atra, playfully tl “A gas chariot?” questioned Cleo- tor. you instead of outside.” { patra clappes That stuff wo Take me djust your cravaf, Worsen Worse: “There once the slily thing died, “Eddie broke his ade his RRAZY KINDERGARTEN (Conduc and put Rabbit: le this afternoon {suck on one lumber wagon | Wile he laziness crib the hole dgy.” communications o Fun | or, care Of the New erald, and your letter - - © Moro Cheerful Reading Lolks! s are stupld, les such s Folks, “cloudy," a new leaf, jot down ep Fun-arles this year! “Do you play golf?" o, T don't.” But you're wearing golf 'Well, just because a girl dress you 1 her a choffonier, would rtrouble, The Dobbed- BLACK IS READ Payer and Payee winning ways nd also poke It the woman pays, your broker! —James A. . . Clever Wite t is In his stomach,” Sanaker, . a cook I'm awful, s the world of me, always feeding s vanity! Wgar. Danfel Kramer, de truf, smiled, don' josh." “Ah admiahs yo' s hung wif white folks’ —Kismet. e e pensive Things think of roses, when cold wind aked woodlands, s of snow. s Venus, ur toucl fair to S8, ou cost so much! race D. Worrell. t in the lodge Ini fon: now address the Great h Potential Magnificent f Master. 3! Hello, Cholly on Briehoff. a hard into time 80~ skate I e ice to get )UFLINES OF HISTORY 1 Ly Paul D. Olson) I love you" breathed hrough her nose. and air, as she flung solar plexis. s0 was | herself Their been dolng to- as he drew nd sat down ave you Anthor ¥ tiresome old iurmured owing him a Tony, old | from | or those rtisements,’ rock, did you bring me Antony, with smiled a ess grin, said Antouy, open- | You're supposed to | dissolved i now Inside ar 1 know, #ivie the Cleo: htedly »ad's just home brew of 1 dissolyg any- just the your arms-— | | the very thing” | i her hands d | ony's face of that ¥, you' in ort he breath came long t-ousers, ar. he Name Fitted call my filvver ‘Trug runs Joseph Urdall. \T KRAZY ROLLEGE ucted by Gertrude) Mr. ed’ iy the word.” Worse— was a muft named was more homely than r sister,’ he cried, distinguished onto me.” e o 0 use the word ‘ananias’ s«houlder at my e kicked Amelia in the sister's nose all was had by all!” mes N. Skiddemore. me ted by Gertrude, Jr.) off your a your hed Ziness” in fake sen- attracks more attention W't do a thing except thum a QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britaln Herald, Washington Buyeau, 1522 New York avenue, Washin D, C, enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be glven, nor can ex- ,'h tended research be undertaken, All cther questions wiil recelve a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered, All letters are congdentlal, —Edltor, Q. What were the measurements of the girl who won the Atlantic City beauty contest? A, The measurements of Miss | I"ay Lamphler, the winner of the At- | lantle City beauty contest in are: Welght, 130 pounds; height, 5 feet, 6 inches; neck, 12 1.2 inches; 34 Inches; waist, 26 1-2 inches; 7 1-2 inches; arm length, 22 wrist, 6 inches; thigh, 21 1.2 calf, 12 1-2 Inches; ankle, 8 inches inches; inches Q. cooking utensil: United States to Canada? A. Thirty per cent ad Tn addition there is a sales tax of five per cent. Q. How can rust be from the inside of an iron jacket? A, saturated solution of chloride of tin and allow it to stand for 12 or 14 hours. Another method is to fill the jacket with water to which a “Nl!‘ snl)\hm ¢ acid has been added, and place a small piece of zink xnr.mo Q. Does the Atlantic cable lie on the bottom of the ocean? A. It lies on the bottom except where there are ocean’s bed and then the cable is spread across the hollow from edge to edge. Q. What is the passage Bible that tells drink to others? Perhaps you refer to verbs 31:7—"Give strong drink unto him that unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink and forget his pover. ty, and remember hls misery no more," Q. How many bank failures take in a year? The following statistics on i ]\l)‘xfl are the latest availa- 16 1920 102 102 Which is proper to " or “especia. rence between sent from the removed water in the bant ble: 404; 3 Q. 50 as an 122 al” singles out a | quality or an object from others of | the same kind; as “an especlal kind."” “Special” conveys the idea of liaving some particular or remarka- hle characteristic; as, “a special an- nouncement."” Q. When was the first motion picture machine invented? A. The Kinctoscope invented by Fdison in 1893 was the first motion | picture machine, cher: William, the werd 13 vou, kindly." | Willie Sink: “Your mothers old dre! en leg stool, The old radio full of &t Some frames without pic old-fashioned lamp— Thats some things you fanatie,” —Mrs. get out of Herbert Accommodating Mrs, Oldwed: “T'd like a little less fat, if possibl New Butcher: “Yes, ma‘am _lvou tried dicting.” —Walter Clare Martin (Copyright, 1926. Reproduction Forbidden) —Marle Gertrude Leiter. 1925 | What is the duty onaluminum | | valorem. Fill the facket with a nearly | hollows in the | Pro- | s ready 1o perish and wine | ‘fanatic’ off ot | ).wndmf{.? fo have TRYING NOT TO LOSE YOUR MIND WHEN HOWLS RESOUND IN THE NURSERY, SOMETHING BOILS OVER IN THE KITCHEN, “YOUR HUSBAND BELLOWS WHERE ARE Hi5 CLEAN COLLARS ARRWE TIPTEEN MINUTES T00 EARLY Q. Can a cat have hlccoughs? A. Yes. Q. When addressing a card to an entire family, what is the correct form? A, “Mr .and Mrs, Brown and Family," Q. Was Coleridge a contempor- ary of Wordsworth and Southey? A, Yes, ho was closcly assoclated | with both. He was for many years a melghbor of Wordsworth's, and he marrled a sister of Southey's wife. Q. What was the won and lost record for the Pittsburgh Plrates ‘durlnr the last baschall season? A. The Pirates played oné hun- flr!d and fifty-threa games, winning ! ninety-five and losing fifty-eight. Q. Is the king of Belglum any relation to the former kalser? A. Albert's father marrled | princess of Hohenzollern; and Albert James K. on, (15 therefore related by blood to the former knlser. | Q. What is the cublc contents of e U. & gallon? | A 231 cubie inches. Q. When will the next transit of | Mercury oceur? A. Notember 19, 1927, but it will be invisible in the United Stat Q. What branch of the govern- |ment deals with improvements in mall hoxes, and malling devices? | A. The committe on research, experiment and design, U. S. post office department, Washington, D, €. | Q. How many were killed and { injured and how much damage was | dona by the explosion in Hallfax { harbor during the World War? A. December 6, 1917, occurred | | the collision between the French |line steamahip, “Mont Blanc.” load- | 8| ed with munitions and the Nor-| | wegian rellet ship “Ime.” In the re- | killed, 4.000 serlously injured, and a property loss estimated at 50 mil- lion dollars occurred. Practically all th enorthern and older part of the city (known as Richmond) was de- | molished by the concussion, or wiped ‘ out by the fires that ensued. Q. frequencies. | A, They are usually between 20,000 and 2,000,000, but extend in extreme cases down to 16,000 and up to 300,000,000 eycles pr‘r second, 'SCHOOL DAY ROMANCE . REFLECTED AT ROTAR High School Actors Years | Delight Rotarians With “David Harum.” us to give strong | | A romance of school days was the story behind the scenes when Mr. {and Mrs. Fred D. Lesure of Fitch- Mass., presented a two act “David Harum"” at Ladies ght by the New Britain Rotary | ‘\Iuh last evening, following a din- ner at the Burritt hotel. | Mr. and Mre. Lesure are not pro- | tessional actors. In fact Mn Lesure is a wholesale candy merchant and president of the Fitchburg Rotary club, Derpite the fact that he and | his wife have just barely passed the {half century mark, Mr. Lesure boasts with pride of the fact that he |is a “Granddaddy.” Mr. and Mrs. Lesure, years ago when both were high school stu- dents, played {ogether one time in a school play. The intervening years saw them married, the hushand a prosperous businessman and a family | sulting explosion 1,500 persons were | What are the limits of radio | Ago | of children and grand children grow- lng up around them. Growing reginiscent one day about two years ago they discussed thelr *high school experiences and wondered how it would be to try it aln. They secured the story of David Harum, adapted to a two aet sketch and three characters, David land his wite purchased all rights from' Charles I'rohman and spent several hundred hours studying and Iréhearsing it. They preduced it be- fore the Fitehburg Rotary club and made such a hit that they immedi- ately found themselves in demand by churches, eivie clubs and Chambers lof Commeree in that vieinity. They produced it at a. Rotary meating last year when Everett W, Hill of Oklahoma was {nternationnl | president. Mr. Hill sald it clearly |bronght ont three fundamental prin- ciples of Rotary, the ambition to regulate business so that the buyer need not be on guard againat trickery, the showing of a friendly attitude and helping hand toward the lunderprivileged boy and giving ald [to the needy, The playlet wan given in a flawless manner and many ex- pressions of pleasure were heard afterwards, | One of the amusing scenes not on |the program was that of a prominent Rotarian who was helping to ar- irange the etnge setting, trying to |adjnst an old fashioned glass parlor |kerosene lamp. With a home-made |shade of the kind that never waw seen in “coal oil” lamp days, and a cotfon wick which the housewifa of |2 generation ago would not think of {using without trimming, the ama- hmlr stage hand finally got the lamp {burning satisfactorily. Daneing fol- lowed the program. | s BECOMES A PROFESSOR | Cambridge, Mass,, Jan—{@-—Tha |appointment of Oakes Ames, for 28 Iyears a teacher at Harvard, as pro- tessor of hotany at the university vas announced today. He formerly director of the Botanie Garden of Harvard and is the author of al works on orchids. e Observation On The Weather Washington, Jan. 13.—Forecast | for Southern New England: Not | quite so cold in northern Massachu- | sett saturday partly’ cloud fresh, possibly etrng west and northwest winds. | Forecast r Fastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight; snow flurries ’and colder in north portion: Satur- day partly cloudy, colder in tral and northern portions; | west to northwest winds, | Condition: The disturbance which was central over Lake * Su- perlor yesterday morning is now | central over Ontario. 1t iy caus- }ing unsettled weather ith light |snow from Indiana northeastward |to Maine., A severe storm is cen- {tral this morning over the North Atlantic south of Noya Scotfa and is moving slowly northeastward, The ‘(emptraturefi continued low in. the | southern distriets, Heavy frosts mrrn reported as far south as menpfl. Fia No unusually low temperatures for the season of the year were reported in the northern sections. Conditions favor for this vicinity unsettied weather and not much Ichange in temperature, cen- fresh | e —e— | THE CAVE MAN — v thought of as an authority on 0w that he orlginated the e Tuette, 47 but—— ling c ow why we shake hands? wo have buttons on the slee: W v a debutante has a *coming-ous How walking sticks originated? cravat? Wity you kiss your best Why wo ‘give the ® we got the necktle or. 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