New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1926, Page 6

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S R T —Withholding information —may hove its good points, but meantime every antique block on Main street 48 being guessed at. e —Disagreeing as to what act ually bappened to the Masonic petition shows what can happen when tech- nical procedure fails to proceed. e —Deaths from automcbil exceed the losses of the American army during the World War, yet the survivors don't seem to know what to do about it. now —The Minnesota man who drank 63 cups of coffee to win a prize evi- dently never heard it related that excessive coffee drinking is as bad on the heart as running a marathon race. ‘—Yodeling is said to be a lcs! in Switzerland, but the deville artists will keep 1t going Switzerland catches on again. re v until seepag to B the slanghter —Meat inspection h be given the official O. K. old battle between n houses and refrigerator the west continues. rs from —Last year, wh fdge traveled west, ordinary Pull e is usi trips. One really economy talk AMENDING THE PEN: SYSTEM from the widews or de Mak sion system for the pendents of police among the city’s police board likewise is de quéstion and there is ever: bility that the charter rev mittee will receive a amend the city charter to th fect and havs it pushed through ion pen- is a U binecoa ing the sroba- jon com- request to ef- mend it and very little to cppose it. At present the policemen pay per cent of thelr salarics to two sion fund, which goes to them only when they are retired In the case of paid into the fund st The argument a concentrated in pension fund is not an insurance fund. gainsald. Yet it secms ur officer’s dependents to 1o per cent salary that has into the fund, years. The fire board 1s cor & similar problem, ent angles to {t.8The old age. th the money ys there. ainst the plan i the claim that o fund This usuaily firc sion fund is not accum salaries, but results from ceipts of the bal of old fire s ments and money recei Newingt towns, for The problem ment is centage of obtains in In the younger pose the would hay the prospe the be the prob! fund pendents amend That lice and ¢ to the mon he ca from by former bread that cannot ought to be the both the policem The 'young char it in later years, easily me ge at pres DEDICATE, THE NOW | SCHOOL BUILDINGS ‘ The new ocoupled Lincc Its is soon to be high | outlines, ’ above the surrounding territory. i | | i Citizens have every proud of p cent building. There cughf to be more of u} The out school board | * on than has fit to ge The | Roosevelt building, quite as impos- the ari dedic | secn for. ]“:E as the oln, was merely ont a semblance 0. When the building was com- the school teachers took arge and that was all there was to It the | or at least would scem that public, that part of it near the would ite me 1 through uildin apprec dedic cises BO Much good wiil could be this The 4 public has not been unwilling to dig | df i pubiic has & or at an opportunity to the buildings. engendered in m er. eply into its pocketbook to pay structures and the to ults of its expendi- right vestigate the r tures. Let t blah. | let the public be present to look ! see and hear. The school plants be long to the public and little effort made to show the new acqni- sitions to the taxpayers will make hool board put on some Let the mayor make a speech: some | | | | be the HOOLS AND DIPROVED STREETS Announcement that there would “land real estate men call some as development,” it, | vicinity of the new Lincoln school | | jof clvic enterprise upon private The the | other with unceasing regulari | The new Lincoln school is con- on Steele street shows the influence enterprise. one follows |as a site for sun-cclipse gazers a | year and a half ago; now the site is graced with an educational monu- second in the city. | Frggn the first it was apparent that the school would not be very old there would be homes all | around it in place guilt street ment to none before of the ficlds, ana precipi- nd the b to travel, be- of ruts ard ot the school, hard largely It is not a str haoweve which nowhere, for, after a 2 woodlands it jourr rough pris and & curve of about 90 degre ds smack iuto DBarnesdale. Barn suburb sdale is a saappyrlocking hin city, and how it s due entirely lack of tics before the bus sy arrived. As thin : can stand a bus lir be | ons when- tof a the and for one Jerome et dine d s at soct It es con on, th ts in the [ Lincoln and th in open sections ctional growth. te in | ure so much vaca this done in ty was fo beir lana f heen fo ced ed in form brain & n toon ever made “Uncle Joe" |can be seen from a long d'stance.|view gver brought frém him a d reason to be | nial. essing such a magnifi- | tican of an older order, was just so | much ¢ . wish to in-| | Danville's 1e | unheard of | eartier. j terring to follow rather | Who will be retired long before they | in the | | ably, and New England is doing its | | bit to provide bettér and safer atr | structed npon a hill which was used | | page and the right column the other anr subst E0Te; | Rome, getting into a subw no exaggerated or imaginary inter- All these things, to this poli- advertsing. nding quality about ‘nele Joe's” carcer was he stood up for his principles and fought for to the ditch. Even in 1910, when the power that until then had vested in the speaker was divested from that functionary. | ed to play with the major- ment of the country or even on in his own adership was fro; them last been he r ity se cringe to the oppos His idea of one ear to the ground. district, not to have It de idea of ¢ made no difference whether his nal steam-rolling would eventually he stuck to it because he believed in it. He pr that trim essi be discardes rred to lose fighting rather his sails to catch every slight wind from the apple-rounded cheeks of popularity chasers. Tt only four ars ago that was e ding citizen fina | d. 86 His principles maintained 1y re- tire He was then years old. him in Had wobbled around and taken up every during ve been 80 There probably are many political life a long time. spi passing %ancy of the time: which He lived he would he a generation or politicians of the new school, lacking in the definitencss of Cannon, pre- than lead, are within a mile of being 86. AINPLAN DUSINT IS PERKING UP of essing most favor- ma; The business manufactuting airplanes s pr ot as navigation. | Readers who turned to the right | day noted that a concern in Hart- ford had closed a contract with the government for the manuficture of | 200 airplane | engines, better than any heretofore | I ith certain the neat total developed” used; the contract, ac g of § ies, reachi 000.000. zhly allowing the cost of part pear that ai would §7.000 the cost in ach. V cost would but st somet! h, spare parts and acces- so that it ap- G the pea engf n to The By Robert Quillen ntier, ! Here Marl d n e Don't blame the poor stiff. | smaller he is the more dignity he | thinks he must assume. ad of the is ot another It the cheer leader’s :d all that noise for himsclf in- team he'd be called a tgsman. The early ci v Peace hath ench the This is the sea the hush mwney is used to stop talk about fur coats. got, need to trade for things he But what chanee has | farmer doesn't doesn't need? growing her vl happicst man is goes home thinking of his wife as ception committee. less d: od it E n it that dlsh ng now.” there are just The real reason Norway abolish- ed prohibition she's Ah, well; it was Coolidge pros- perity, anyway, uot Butler. how history repeats itself; Mus- solini has deciined numerous crowns | offered by assassins. Our guess is that Ferdinand hasn't washed a single madam left home. since 's time is about sensation antics lizations might not iripress us so much if history had recorded their popular songs. the things The pendulum swings back and | forth. and ycars trom now Canada annex the United States. ctories. n when most one W people on the floor. can hin and t Correct conneetion th rplanes costs mcaey. The and | into them must be wood, the aluminum, the steel, all else goir o perfect quaiity. Washington i spend real ey whenever a nes are ordered. There is nothi cheap about the business. It is not surprising that New Eng- | land can bid snec where | these conditions exis England’s big 1y pr he uear future Is 10t a surpris ouncement, considering th e main business of an expre * pany is to haul soods swiftl The express comp and nig rded as a foregone conclu- spo be the last word In efficieney. »any is Intent up: enterprise pay at is done it will.be so aud al in ane development | in this countoy, t hat so many of the contr airmaii lines are prop valuable sitior Lat Forecast: par atu war er. ( cater an da wom ancient W for | 4 to tr d in port b . | ove f t t T ¢ | i 1y well ER tecled s in om and is fo the e; this * said s ay by P charge church Young h [ trolleys are forfunate ho 400 were evening ut album, spresen E. F. Neu ald tonight editio; e of 8 pa Yale 12 Pla tence: The same degree of 1 in bo(h‘ it Fasy way to trap a mail robher: to reading the get the drop on him. postal car gossip. “T Syndicat 25 Years Ago Tuday as a the by li made to nteu man ag Grandpa Hobk s prond instead le patron in to ride in hea e patrons are runain; : of getting their toes frost b n the latter's after nge sco last five reu: ng to the "gan a and ‘the iish bulletins. The first come in to the post office. ressed ry re ition, president of tod yubli cers ar sec ] s with 1-pound of tea—a 10c Hor fo ille, fine v Aking ham a tly clou Satu P re tern r in warmer in north portion on i d ArhAnG treasurer, George nt-at-arms, Nero; Santa Clau to 123 An North Pole. is bei on the fact that toda | opening of his | of th store. Wann Oscar t club last ev vice-pr retary, Davic secret executive on, Carl Eb Torston ach poun me Tea Co. ur Usher who possess such unusu- and vocal leading m S0 Herald did Aaron Linus nig] nds of differen t 12:30 ea I h 1t stre us letter zela Is the tel had nson v Swedi: iing. Oth dent, Jo 8. Ohma he 1 B committ Jhesen; pr Rydengsvand, d of brothers al abili of 1 ons instructor. Observation On The Weather idy with Su robal ly ris rday shov New York: south ahd nday cloud oLy noon or night ns: rdvance of will 1 Southern New y clo Englar temp ly a und ing vers Fair cloudy a a y and war howers Sunday after the southe !s and rising temperature 1 Sunday e ppi river and iner n half of t* Atlantic states Sunday afternoon or night. ‘ariaf st o &f the ers n f the M ng clond o nt the The poor The s never will be as famous American five-and-ten's, We old Daniel- endahl; Anderson coffee coal Mr. nitoha The L) (y o FactsandFancies | *the o Send all communic to Fun Shop Editer. care 01 the New Britaip Herald and your lelter will be forwarded to New York e Autumn’s the Time To Do It! | Bandits have no monoply | On automatics, Folks, say we; L load our Autumn Attics, too, With cheer to last the nter through! all w in Nice Job “So you're a surgeon? Are you in charge big tree hospital?" Tree Surgeon: onc of the br tree of -a “No, ma'am, just S SUFFICIENT lace M. Bayliss .. always jolly, Had longed, since childhood days, |To own a talking Polly. Somehow, through winding ways, A dealer who was selling | Such pets. of this got word And called up George's dwelling {To try to sell a bird. i By W | George Godf in- |In any conversation |George always holds his own; {In fact, his reputation Wherever he Is known |Ts that, although loquacious, He's not inclined to sloth; His wife, sweet, quiet gracious, |Let's George talk for them both. he But, friends. ;Ts heard in George's hall; |He still does all the talking i For sclf and wife and all. His wife flew in a huff And cried, “George! Nothing doing! o ONE talking bird's enough! !" of Her Fault Mrs. Reynolds: “So vou discharg led your cook? What was the ma ter—did she burn everything? Mrs. Haskin: No: that was |the trouble. She forgot to burn the letters m when he was awny —Dorothy J. Lydken Wo | 1t cided to pay us a visit, or hances are most of us would have not know dinand! I tam apvaym ONYX AND FL By Paul Aviator—\W=ll, bays, we are now ousand feet ahove the earth 't you thrilled? Ony huh, jes' lay yo' RES OF ONIAN Powers ds 3ut e) should throu yon Florlan—DMistah, 1 [to a bl | eould tr upposin® to dis her n as long : this A ur | —What formation—what lesires am am you f! Ah = gn 1 — Good ire! Jump e rip-cord U'se a par- an—How to do, am 5 1 good friends, Den prepare a mansion | ize AWs on mah wa ump latze Well, ants threw in the | NeT STUF. | ot | 1S is et, congratulated decline s sh er hn n; ee, | of t My Country, 'Tis of Thee! Nowala, Lawyer: “You say you man on the 1§th day of 19252 How do you happen to be s itive as to the date?” Witness: “Because I was driving | my 1927 model car, the July maga- zines were on fale on the new !stands, and T had just hought a copy of the Morning Gazcteer of | the 19th."” saw this March, o nd: er- nd ay —Alexander Bearman. nd a AND FOUND PARTMENT CRT LEACH was a sentimentl LOST D m- AL] there Piessure s high from ppi valley and M rd to the Atlantic co “Darling, T am growing old = Being eager to get evidence of curions confession, coming k your help. rn rly ur- | 1 from a woman, I se Dear Al: It does sound remarkable until you see the finish, which is: Ah! Darling, T am growing old, However, I'm not rebelling, But thanking Fate I'm not as old | Y | | no parrot's squawking | { |and serious affairs mentioned above Weren't SINGING and | rolled around and chanced to fall at TN THERE | there was such a person as King | certain you'll recall | | the days when Piper brook flowed In my youth ditty start- [ world could well stand such tri i # i 8 $2232ostepistiemndassseaaizetissnnit —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People Now that Armistice Day has been observed, the country looks ahead with longing to its next holtday, Thanksgiving. But before coming to that, let us pause an instant and note how insignificant an occasion was commemorated last Thursday. Op. November 11, 1918, we terminat- | cd a little serap between one half of | the world and the other, a mere | nothing, as you can see from our’ statement or may actually remem- ber for yourselves. It was nothing | more than an armistice between two armics. Why should we observe | this? Would it nat be better to wait | until more = important armistices | have been agreed upon? | By way of explanation, we append | a list of rivals between whom an armistice would seem much more worthy of joyous paeans than that of 1918: The Republican party and consin. Mussolini and the Bolsheviki. Modernists and Fundamegtalists. Ku Klux Klan and non-Nordics. Dewey and Gabb. | Al Smith and the W. C. T. U. Weather forecasts and the weath- | er. Motorists and pedestrians. Harvard and Princeton. The board of adjustment and the | ons. | Tad Jones and the Yale alumni. | President Coolidge and his | “spokesman.” i Hartford and New schools. We have no doubt that if these antipathies could be squélched the ali- ties as world wars. In fact, when the Armistice Day to celebrate the | end of one of the reaily deep-srated Wis- | | a time of Armageddon, we believe it certain that both sides would lay | down their arms for the day, ad- journ to the nearést speak-easy, and fraternally join in a good strong husband wrote to her | drink of tea. /herever there is a public gath- ering yow'll find them. Webster hasn't cl icd “them,” so for the a good thing Queen Mary de- | Present we'll allow that description | the | to stand, while we atfempt to convey | | | to you just who is meant by “them” ng | —and when we are through w having many a specimen of the species. The distant note of the militant band catches the ear. The throngs lining the sidewalks crane the! necks in the dircction of the ap- ! proaching music and, sure enough, the parade is hoving into sight. Chil dren are upraised on their parents’ <houlders, everyone moves forward, b d, in whatever ction serves best to afford a cod place of observation. Ah! re's the parade! There's the city | the commit- hing 1s! : now Wh h Why, yos, he in there it = with mu- | s tuning ing their The 1 d their h good even completed. cro hour has arrived. Down clearcd aisle comes Wh Clear to the front he goes. He & near a vacant seat, removes his and folds it carefully, gaz crowd, smiles at ti ms at that one. Couldn't he carlier? Couldn't he | ed his coat in the lobby? | save his gre for | eme other time? C he | could—but he’s one of “them”! | The teams have been on the field ind have run through their signals, nd are now on the ters removed, The the sname, nds at upon and one uldn't he 1y, & with the cffic The conferen nd its principals b in a run, ¢ game will be on in an instant. Vfonder where he's going? Can you ot it, he's poing to walk clear | the ficld to the bench of the | team. TIs he in search of o, that's Hoozit—and Kooz- it is one of “them”! | The fire apparatus is the scene. It now appears that the fire has eaten into the structure to | a point that might make it unsafe | to have curious oniookers too near, and the fire lines are roped off. The crowd is interested, but patient. A rift comes in the mass of humanity | huddled up against the ropes. A | human form comes drifting through Now he ducks under the rope: he straighten his hat and c goes directly toward the cluitcred group of fire department officials mapping out the plan of att he the chief? No, and he isn't mayor, or a commissioner; Whatchamaycallit, and he isn't necessary to the fire ties—but he's one*of The town has many Whatsisnames, Hoozits and W chamaycallits in fact all towns have Their antics conjure up thoughts of 1 s There he collar, al he's tall Whosth across Main street and people used | BVET | Many pcople have many names for | “them.” " Let's be charitable and | CUX.\S-tl(‘l" them merely necessary nuisances. Hilda, everybody's sweethoart, met us on the strect the other day. We were very much in a rush and | when we saw her wave and heard hat “00-HQO" she uses that, makes verybody turn around and stare at pearing not to have seen or heard her but she captured us after a short and exciting chase that near- y resulted in our tripping over a baby carriage. We knew by the | glint in her eye that we were in for it and sure enough, she wasn't | Tong in getting started, - “My DEAR, T've been having the | MOST EXCITING TIMES lately and | tast night I went to this MUSICALE and T think T am CUT OUT to be a CRITIC or SOMETHING like THAT because T just simply SAT there and ENJOYED MYSELF from the BEGINNING until T had | to leave because we got LAUGHING 1 mean T NEVER have heard PERFECTLY WONDERFUL ° in my LIFE except maybe SUMMER when the fellow in the next cottage played the UKU- LELE so PERFECTLY WONDER- FUL and sang ‘HORSES' so that he kept us ALL just SCREAMING. die and T went to this MUSI- CAYE thing last NIGHT and I beeause everybody wasso SCREAM- INGLY SOLEM about it and rustling PROGRAMS and in eve- ning dress and EVERYTHING. We ; had seats y down FRONT where | we could see the SINGERS behind | the WING T mean when they t STAND- making their they were T had the | and MOUTHS go while WATTING to come ON. most FUN with this little T | ith TIGHT HAIR and he kept | VAKING FACES while the people | were SINGING and I nearly DIED | laughing until the old CRAB in | front of us TURNED AROUND and LOOKED at us and EDDIE said ‘HELLO, T NDPA' and T just SCRE 3 doesn’t appreclate IC T think and he said some- g about the SEATS being D and for GOI'S SAKE let's 20 to & MOVIE. My DEAR, that's | all he THINKS ABOUT {s MOVIES, | I told him 1T ENJOYED the nd T hadw’t had so much YIARS even the time we the DIMES in the at the HOT DOG STAND last SUMMER. So Eddic | made out he was ASLEEP and | made out he was SNORING and I | st had to LAUGH he looked so Y and the OLD CRAB turned around AGAIN and that made me laugh MORE. Then Rddie drew Y PICTURES on the PRO- GRAM about tha hack of the OLD S HEAD and that started me ing AGAIN and I nearly >, my DEAR. \en they had a PTANTS QODS of MATR timt kept | in his FACE and Eddie | ahout a COLLEC- | him a HATRCI NNY when and he the TIME. When st STOPPED Eddie and T D and it wasn't REALLY the T mean he KE PLAYING after whtle and YBODY LOOKED at us and Fddie turned up the COLLAR of his COAT and slumped way DOWN in his CHAIR and T started LAUGHING agein. Eddie said that it was a GOOD thing that these seats were FREE because they were 50 ITARD he would have asked for his MONEY BACK % they had only cost a NICK GOOD | music 0 ALL threw GRIDDLE in all Tan a VIOLINIST came out and played the MOST DIVINE MU- SIC. T mean T nearly CRI 1t wns 80 PERFECTLY SWEET and 10io sald that he must have a "OLD to keep the HANDKER- CHIEF under his CHIN like ti all the TIME and 1 nearly DIED 1o keep from SCREAMING. ‘T mean it was a HOWL for Eddie to soy something like TIAT in the mid- e of such a SOLEMN piece. “About that tlme the people FRONT moved over a couple SDATS and we sat there all ALO] and we got GIGGLING AGAIN and I CHOKED on my HANDKER- ? and T had some water so we got right up in he middle of a PIECE and the CHAIRS made such a NOISE when they SLAMM that we both started GIGGLING while we were alking up the AISLE. I'm going AGAIN soon because I think it does one GOOD to go to a REFIN- D MUSICALE like that on in a WHILE. I mean that GOOD MUSIC has a PERFECTLY DIVI INFLU on me and T feel sorta EXALTED for DAYS after something like that. B won't go again unless they promise to put CUSHIONS on the SEATS, “well, g'bye, I've simply GOT to RUSH ALONG because T promised to meet DICK at TWO O'CLOCK {and T didn’t leave the HOUSE un- til HALF PAST.” in to wet their feet c over to Central park to hear the fire depart- ment band play on the concert stand —they're the typical “twelve o'clock fellows in a nine o'clock town.’ ossing As the telling! jokes you' . HORACE JA E that eternal question, “Where are the snows of ‘year?" an you get . . How about vester- a line Not on it? Dear Horace: three ofhers Where are the year? T do not give a darn, old dear! Instead, the whereabouts I seck Of the ten you borrowed ycster- weck! (Copyright only one, but snows of yester- 1926 Repraduction Forbidden), New Britain is rapidly acquiring | the reputation of being a ‘“bad | town” for dogs. it weuld seem from | the entries on the daily blotter at | police headquarte Tor the past | few months the average number of nines killed and injured by auto- jiles on the streets of the city been practically two per day. ldom docs a week pass that three or four Lilled or maimed dogs are not reported, and in general, those | which are infured are beyond medi- help and are put out of their g with a policeman’s bullet. |"Tn almost every case, the drivers [are held blameless, There have | heen prosecutions as a result of col- | lisions between dogs and cars, but |in those cascs, it has been found | that fallure of the drivers to stop | and ascertain the extent of injury !caused the arrests. Many drivers have risked thelr own safety in ef- | forts to avoid striking the dogs, while others, according to reports, have simply stuck to thelr path |c tlto their na to go out for | and concerned themselves not at all with the quadrupeds. There is a question in the minds of the police whether the great number of dog accldents is actual- ly an increase over that of former years, their theory being that prior to practice of prosecuting drivers who failed to stop after such acei- dents many simply drove on after striking a dog and did not bother labout making a feport. The police |reason that there i some increase In canine deaths due to the increas- ing use of the streets for vehicular traffic, but practically every injured or killed dog case is reported now, | Whereas few came to public atten- tion in the past. In one case, the police court judge [stated from the bench that dogs | have equal rights with vehicles and |us. we tried the old dodge of ap. |PeTSOns on the public streets and it is incumbent on drivers to exer- cise reasonable care to avold strik- ing them. This ruling came as the [resuit of an attempt bysa driver to ustify his failure to stop by declar- g his belief that his car had the right of way over tb dog. Much has been gaid for against reckless drivers of motor vehicles, but’ comparatively little labout the pedestrians who, unknow- |ingly, no doubt, contribute thelr share to the accident and death columns to a great extent. Tt is not necessary to go further {than New Britain, especially at prominent points about the center, to find scorcs of pedestrians, young and old who certainly do live up to that twentieth century cognomen of dumbbell. There are officers stationed at the corner of Church and . Main, {Arch and Main and other crossings | considered dangerous during traffic |rushes. But it is evident that the }'nmcors need as many hands as a and Britaln high thought T would be hored to DEATI | centinede has feet to keep the popu- Ilace from becoming depleted every |five minutes by being struck by motor vehicles. A stranger in town would think that people did not understand the English language or [that the pollceman was placed in his position simply a¢ an ornament lor something to be scotfed at. Tt is true everyone s in a hurry more or less to get to dinper or back to their places of employment n as short period of time as possible, but the sight of people being es- corted back to their places on the sidewalk every time the officer gives a signal for the cars to pass, 1s be- coming annoying to other cltizens who do all they can to uphold the w and order. To remain on the sidewalk does not mean half way out on the road. It will perhaps be necessary to place signs showing where the sldewalle ends and the road begins if the nuisance keeps up. In Hartford, if pedestrians step off tho sidewalk before the signal is given, they are promptly remind- i od of the fact and if they persist in ! disobeying, are arrested. In other large cities the same rule is in ef- Ifact and results are evident at all times. The average citizen does not like to see his brother cillzens taken in foll by the law but if they cannot be governed by the law of common nse and safety it may be nece v for the police to take a stern lead in the matter, and rid the citw of the jay-walkers, ali jay-walkers ind-third jay-walkers, that is, those | who cross the road entirely, those 2d half way over and those step off the curb just far cnough to make it dangerous for themselve: YUNICATED To the Editor: Dear § | The article written by an ! World-War veteran, in the editorial sheet of your paper dated November | 10th, 1926, I may say, has brought about a good many remarks from tboth sldes of the stofy. First of all, people who did not wer to the call of this or any other nation are the ones who say | VT t about the war. It's !over now. Drop it.” Now that s alrfght for them to talk that way, but what about the thousands of boys, (I don’t mean “Loud Speak- ers”) but the “Brave Soldier Lads"” who went and experienced trench warfare, some of which came back vo lands unscratclited and those still braver lads who laid down their lives that you might live. Well then, think about what would have happened, had these soldier boys stayed at home. Now ask yourself the question, ‘“where would we have been had it not been for the brave soldier and sailor | boys who willingly shot to the front ke lightning and preved to you and that they were the only , the ones who went and said, [ “We will not return until vic- torious.” And that they done. Now will you take your hat off to them? We did you a favor which you will never be able to repay, but you can help and put the 11th of | November down as a day above all | others. Put ‘the parade through big and have a real Armistice Day | holiday. You can get it it you work [ for it in the right way. I may say | as you know, there are 48 states in the Union. Twenty-nine of these | states observe this as a national | holiday. ~ The remaining 19 states | do not observe it and Connecticut is | one of the few that does not ob- serve it as a national holiday. Some people say, “Why don’t the | American Legion in New Britain put lon a parade?” Well then why don't you people appropriate tho | necessary funds and this wkl help | and put the day down as K should | be known. The city of Hartford observed it last year and here we have Meriden observing it this year. | The promises which were made to the boys when they went away, also to their mothers and wives, I may | say, were not all carried out. How many mothers lost sons, how many | wives lost their husbands. Hun- dreds of thousands. Do you ever | expect those dear folks to forget | this day? 1 should say not. The only ones who can forget it is those who did not go and those who aid not have any one from their home. Put yowrself in our shoes. - Come | through the hardships of warfare, then ses whether you would want Armistice Day observed or unob- served. Yours for a square deal ONE WHO WAS OVER THERE Infantry Man