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REMOVING TRLES ON WEST MAIN West Maln street has come to be the clty's chlef artery of through traflic, #o that the plan to widen at certaln polnts will interest of large portions public from ail purts of the city who use the street in thelr au- New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY twued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Horald Bldg. #7 Cburch Btreet SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1000 & Year, 12,00 the etreet gain 1 Three Months | . 750. a Month, W —_— tomoblle crulsing. Eatered at the Post Offfce at New Britain | Th e happen to be a great many a0 Becond Clare Mall Matter, 1 West and the hope has been ex- rees along CALLS [33 e TELEPHON RBusiness Office o Editoria) Rooms o » sylvan landmarks The however, board | admits | every- | | may noved. works, The only profitable advertising medum | ( in the City. Circuiation booke nnd Oress foom eiways open to advertieers. | s to remove nds in the way of &8¢ | Member of the Assoclated Press. The Associated Pre xclusively en- titled to th 1 publication of | il news cre not otherwire | 3. eralited tn er wnd also local cews published he So far the soft pedal has bheen | upon the treo removal the how! that ey street plan W 1 along § when it planned trees in to make more room for au- | Remembering | Member Audit Bureau of Circulation to remove Dewspapers Ith & strictly hones clreulat the board of pub- evidently has not been siress the tree-removal : West Main street, fare will never look | without its stately aisles ind will lack decldedly in But he for automobiles and rs to protection & dintribution loca) advertisers. The Herald te on sale dally In New thorou York at Hotaling's Newsetand, Timee schultz’s Newsstands, Botiance Central, 42ud Btieet. ractlvencss. there will | more room TRAI'TIC SURVEYING :— HOW MODEIN! he only thing ! that counts in automobile age. Widening of the High and Cedar streets on the north New metropolitan Dritain is Ty street between 11 announcement 11 further proof wo th survey of traflic b and South High and the park will of this part fentif il uckinatorons ance on the south side lems will julate the change | ot the street into business blocks a comparatively early date, The time is soon here when the marts erting on of the Mechanical le will be crowding some of he cholees! property along West Main, This may be a victory for anch oF residerce rs will co-operate with the ‘ of Comme Joint com- | Viet : comm tory for traflic, but it will be a Waterloo for tions of the past, 1 associa- over maps and SRl they which still have 1 is on « do in New York some value, Yet when the guestion property modern- t {he city government likewise boe was urveying argued only one intent upon the ordinance com- is | po- owner was not in favor of W upon stand- the beautiful thoroughfare halion T izing, progressive-izing and the will be Common Councll is | ardizing the lower part of ; and the hd Which perhaps once again prov that King Ca 1 unique likewise {he surveying is concluded it {5 useless to play the role bodies will | © the various surveying nd tr metropolitan eenters, di | going o Le as metropolitan In the |y, 1o dis set 10 ¢ together large In the THE STANLEY QUARTER VIRE STATION Keevers to Are however, is the practice agree upon such matters. Ghaltmun of ard enunciated sterling wisdom tendency e as we are in the te | when he suggested the board co ndency o survey? 12 to consider what kind of fire THI Y WORKY DEAL t : | station to build in Stanley Quarter; TAN | GERMAN clionld hecome cther it should be devoid of the niceties of refineme and rather 1 it or manufacturing | incomplete, or whether it should be mEICAT kBteba to the city and to that \ments to buy up foreign plants owing section When lowed § foreign | | evidently uld solve vhich happen to be the competitors in nd the w the Common Council world markets potential | it this 46,000 for station No. mpey 4 that trade situation speedily NEW PLATONIO MARRIAGES AND PUBLICITY Comes word from the west that a soclety queen has announced that platonio marriage I8 the real thing. That 1s to say, she s willing to “marry” some willing he-man and be a good friend to him, but he must not live under the same roof with her nor be & genuine, conven- tional husband, In other words, it would not be a marriage at all, but only a cere. mony, Such erratie evolutions of cerebrum searcely would be under- standable were it not for the faot ~—dutifully added to the dispatch— fhat the society queen soon expect- ed to depart for Hollywood and en. ter the moving pictures, probably for the experience, Ordinarily kindly moving plcture mag- nate might be able to do no more find a little minor part for her, but anyone who can get pub- leity on a platonic marriage story ought to get a better role than just some than a | taking part in a mob scene. It is surprising that the platonic marrfage game {s still deemed fruitful source for publicity., Per- s it 18 to be in a class with the Spanish o prisoner swindle, which has kept going for a generatlon or so and has bLeecome in- dustry. quite an ose who have taken part in marrlage publicity been nla Hu novellst — who had a plan separate compartments for husha and Then the platonic business have for nd wife under there the same roof. was Thyra Sampter Winslow, writer, who stirred the public into heaving sighs and blinking wistful eyes at her cele- brated “marriage vacation” {dea. Then there was Dagmar Godowsky, a daughter of the famous planist, who sprang the platonlec marrlage scheme last year. And we have in mind two moving pleture stars — man and wife — who started on gled marriago vacations, one winding up in Parls, where divorces are easy to get, The only kind of marriage that amounts to the value of the paper on which the marriage license is ingcribed is the old-fashloned kind that has nothing to do with cold- hlooded platitndes, 1t the kind demands gels all. It kind our mothers, | grandmothers and ancestors back ed and be- ons of these new platonie is that and is the to the cave days poss lieved in, When a couple gets to the point nothing s between them platonic friendship they have courted and won marital failure. where | | bt | POLITICAL ENTERPRISE When thae president of the Phila- & Reading raflroad the other day delphia an- nounced his [ sum would b itself into a spirited ot e umph nore than probal mok E more cost « 1 more 1 IgMa SO lays heyond As the rep German Works indicate purchased in t lacked lelent capi “ | political | however, more dur Iroad, in conjunction with the Jtimore & Ohio, wonld spend n kingg Philadelphia e m; improve- wents in declared s due to the fact that Calvin » is in the White Tlouse and continued era of erity s ssured Reading similar circum- ¢ igencirs of railrond expansion to influence the | e of th of the publie. officials ul line, sueh Atems blaming the adminis officials of the Chicago hois in the hands not 1 s are B. & Philadelphia neither the Reading nor ti ss of polities I the with the administration there been such a delay tration got raflroads a any others; fals are so busy they have N re pro: faster than h to make poli seaty im League of Nations can p its preser of sick ness it will not b Doctors and nurses a ing feveris) the ! | iilrond ofiiclal, like A\ could do without | improvements any | into | BRITAI Factsand Fancies By RODERT QUILL A survey might also prove that the law agalnst highway robbery fsn't being obeyed, Just how can prohibition increase the kind of crimes no drunk can commit? Americanism: Supporting In | grand stylo thoss who get a living | by criticising Ameriea, The first qualification for a drug- glet s the ability to say “No" to himself, Some people can get others Inherit fortuncs pay the tax. ahead and and must Tt 1t is some kind of get no pay for it is good and is called exercise, work for you you “Man needs only four hours slecp at night.” ‘True, perhaps, if the boss plays golf in the afternoons. A metropolis fs a place to which country banks send their money in order that brokers may have som thing to play with. ‘What Chicago necds, among other Across-the-sea movement for black hands. Frequently a bitter-ender is one who just can't think up a new idea that will keep him on the front page. The truly humble are those who can die without causing anybody to rejoie The most enjoyable friend is one who doeen’t insist that you read a high-brow book just because he waded through it. If he docsn't flush ance at the sight of probably is an alien, with annoy- authority, he Among the numerous vanity photogr cures for re the first proofs from the apher's. This country necdn’t ¢spo communism. In the course of time everybody will be working for the Federal government anyway. Whatever country s farthest from Italy would be a nice place for a gentleman who yearns to expose Mussolinl. The true hick complex is just an aversion to anything that doesn't nonrish convictions you now have, Long ago the masses were enter- tained with arena butchery instead | of polar flights Correet this sentence: “I really enjoy the car more” said she I need no longer dre a| | (Protected by Publishers Syndicate) | | 25 Yefirrsr;dgo Today | While the committes on estimates | is not doing any talki about its | ork, it is known that the pruning process is well underway, and a { Horald reporter secured today the | following statement of the condi- | tions if the committee was to make its report today: Wa 3118, 7 Given, $106,840 During the month the { organization has delivered ter-ton orders quarte Tr Holmes of the City Medical Society (incorporated) { made a visit to the won cell in | the new city building today cave tout the following stateras “When vou choke a person you mercly shut 1oft his supply of 1 that fs practically cell would do." ing in the top of the gate the unsanitry | P.J. Frior of I | turned from a bu charlty of coul | | condition nville has re- Tnion and Postal r out on Lout it, one You sce t's this of us—Hughey [ graph messe J0yS are Donovan, who panic That's oy *ostal re- named Join th ight nd Dock "hursday. Tdeal Ad the Whist club will meet ning at the home McMillan of Liberty street The 26th annual cclebration of the Knights of in Hanna's armory on Tucsda ning. President P, J. Mar 1eliver the opening address which there will be speeches by Charles € W. A. Harty, Mrs. J.J Samuel Bassett, Miss La Judge John Walsh, T. W. ige Lyma B 1 Mrs. F prospe ' irs snrk hetwven Ila 20 that th Hartfo DAILY HERALI | and « fess trip to New | of Mr. ! 'RIDAY, MARCH 12, | Send all communlications to Fun | Shop Editor, care ©0f the New | Britain Herald, and your letter | {§ wih be forwarded to New York } So let's Keep At Ity Folks! | The alr-waves make us peeved, 1t's | true; | When “static's” there, things won't | como through, But statle doesn't interfere Folks, when we broadcast waves of | cheer! Wasn't Necessary “Elizabeth ought to look aftc to have her, don't Flora: someone boys do, umi!‘\ | | I | “All she's out of sight the —Sunny. PRAYING FOR ROSE (A Sonnet of & Small Sister) By Florence Ashley Beeler Bab was the youngest of six girls, afld bright; sunbeam she, who danced and played about 1 Amongst her sisters grown | Lad “come out.” what Knew hem was | wondrous, quitc! | At length the oldest was hetrothed. That night noticed from prayer devout That Rose’s name was absent. Lost in doubt mother questioned that just right? A who And 8 0! | They Bab's little | The “Dear, 18 " And when Bab saw just what hor | mother meant | hastened to explain: I love | dear Rosi (Besldo her little was staged; | 8he ecemed an angel | heaven sent) mother e you know, 1, didn’t s'pose | $he needed praying for, now she's engaged! Willing to Please Hostess (at card party): you shuffle? Margie: * Charleston { £he bed the scene | right from “But Wil No, but T'll do a little or the folks."” ‘ —Wilbur Mottwid. | The Fun Shop Radlo Station | Announcer: “This s station MIJ, the 1un Shop tudios, The popular | Dr. Walter prock, as perhaps | { you know, has been very il sprained his cars in a gum-chewing | contest. But he is now his genial self again and we are sure that he will I interesting things to tell you. Just a moment, folks The doctor has just dropped a bot- | tle out of his pocket. He it | contains his medicine, Please stana Dr. Walter E. Traprock: my little friends of the air, here iy your Uncle Walter, back on the ! job and glad indeed to greet you. | Mr. Judell has told you how I| sprained my ears in a gum-chew- | ing contes “The contest the Chiclemint the prize was a “Well, was organized by Gum company and | handsome cup and ! long-distance chewing champion for onc who could ch longest without missing “I trained faithiully vag for four hour: ery night my trainer rubbed | my jaw-bone with linseed oil to toughen it, You know, kidlets, Saul slew the Philadelphians with the | ww-bone of an which shows | how important it is to keep your good condition. contest Square packed the shot of s started orel a day, | jaws “The Madison York — prople. held the Garden in th cager society | the pistol ‘ el g in ra which played At 1] end of were left, ] by one had a pulled | pet tooth, and | [ the thira swallowed ) 1t was now bet N e 1 Swiss named Yodelmar ho was | using per-jawed st as the | tended to be much amus which so n rage he be Suddenly he writhing he floor, He 1 itten off one tonsils! Amid tremendous cheers was crowne the d then that that 1 had spraine hung down like br guards, and it is only y prick’ the ashion, And t old Nuncky was in At ‘QH.. 10 |t the | 47th hour and s dro lock he fiiling of he Hery. e the only five were v men. On One other m! a wo Kknown { 1 4 as this, | hat in carcles *Swi tdened him t to chew to of victor, 1 1 t was discovered | rst T 1 Ford mud- now that T 1 in my old, oy your becamy mpion! “And you must fi 1o vour praying Good night good . “This Good ed. prayers, Don't a you Unanimously “Do you think 1 my sermon?” | es, 1 0 wife, “they heads.” ey appr the min replied nodding their were all —-Eva Fox In Klass at Krazy Kollege (Conducted by M. F. J.) Teacher | “Well, and eald that she Cheer up, Gertrude she stubbed ad ptomaine Abie, or the class Abe B. C. Dec “Mein goil she was m teksphoned r toe and poisoning! and recite ‘involce® if that helps.” 1 so T picked her a plant— I thawt 1 acting The dar was poison ivy, and You bet I am Krazy Kindergarten d by Gertrud with ! Dine Lightly “lori I He | @ | i moved on to sca last 1926, Wize, Smith & (. HARTFORD A RIOT OF COLOR—A FEAST OF VALUE— FULL OF INSPIRATION FOR SPRING WARDROBES SPRING SILK CARN IVAL Commencing Tomorrow to Celebrate the Greatest Spring Silk Season in Years! TIashion’s Silks This Spring we Lovelier Than Ever! And the Outstand- ing Pre-eminence of Our Showing, and, of Wise, Smith & Co. values, Is Deflected in the Fact That From All Indications This Will Be the Greatl- est Spring Season in Silks That We Have Ever Known! Rich Crepe de Chine ;inted Silks $L98yd Value is written all over this collec- tion. It's written in the quality of the fabric. It’s written in the excellence of the rich pattern And it's written finally in the price, which demonstrates the value leadership of this store. Smart Multi-Color and Two-Tone Combinations in small and medium patterns. Also large Floral Designs. Fashionable patterns for Spring and Summer 1926, exclusively. 40 inches wide. 25 New Printed Crepes of Silk and Cotton- 89c¢ vd. Prints are unquestionably the leading vogue for spring—and these lustrous sillk and cotton prints are in great de- mand because of their superior wear- ing quality, because of their ability to stand hard laundering and because they do not crush or wrinkle easily. T S R SN S 6 B B BT 5 ¥ R —————————__ S e 208— | North Carolina ane to | heavy rain in the The rain extends New Jorsey, A seec cent tt “My ant Emmaline w Wen she stands sh her feet; If she ever fell down on the Iflor- s L 8 anee al the | 1!1inoi {with light snow |\\.‘m| to New York She'd rite thru to —Doris Jean Kratzenstein. Poor Dad “Don’t you looks like me?" “Well, I think he Manitoba is | temperatur year from has your | Michigan. | low normal in n cast of the Rock 1sing for the Montana The tem Guy think the bl N ne Guyl “Yes, ag you on it Mrs, MHarold he can last | the New Haven Ma serafches Meyerhoff. | 1926, Reproduction (Copyrigh 5 Forbidden) New Haven, March 1 $4,000, |cost of the land, wi | ‘ hotel to cost Observation On The Weather Forceast | b Cloudy | was Satur- | co cd last night, |tures by a syndicate, \! for oposed site m known, wr Meadow avene It is suid that tent 1 fo! wnd tinued cold iay fair and colder; nd n tonight; sh to strong York ‘vh-* building hav Saturday. [and that s in central and north [rooms with a ga nd | has been projected. v Cloudy a structy now flurri portion tonight; coldc in north portion tonigl north and northwest win Conditions: The southern night off is causing unsettled weather | from arca of high pressure central over arly mountains, y Have New $4,000,000 Hotel erected in New Haven, it was In response to over- nationally known hotel | as learned that local 1 and bankers have st plans to finance the project is the street and Con- TIRE DEALF Waterbury, March mdary disturb- |president of morning over | Tire Dealers' Credit assoclation at the Elton h Other ed were: Vice-president, Helm of Hartford; mes P. O'Day 3 wrer, Frederick lowa east- An extended unusually Jow season of the | astward to ture is be- all scctions ‘otter ¥ e Bé Good To 12 (P—A new 000 including 1l probably be learn- | comfort should supercede other conslderation, art- | Dish gl The | building. 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