New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1926, Page 6

IS TRINESTRPSNIBS . 40 S NG P A AR thing. Both Chief Justice Taft and | “the usually grim” Justice Vant- eventer let their risibilities get the better of them when counsel for | the appellant claimed that the crea- | | tion of a park board to take over | his property “deprives the citizens New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Issued Dally (Sunday Kzcepted) At Nersld Bidg., §7 Church Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES | el NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926. Sense in Buying Gifts Editor Who Probably Being a Compendium of Good Advice By Ye Old Time Lived When Shakespeare Was Young and Was the First to Advise Folk to $5.00 & Year. $2.00 Three Months. T8¢, a Month. tered at the Post OfMce at New Britain &8 Second Olass Mail Matter, TELEPHOND CALLS Business Office 928 Rditorial Rooms ”e The only profitable advertising medium in the City. Circulation booke and press room always open to advertisers. Member of the Assoclated Press. titled to the use for re-publication of | with a query whether it was all| | would affirm the decision clusively en- | . The Associated Press fo exciusively em-| . oL all pews credited to it or mot otherwiee | credited in this paper and also local news published therein. Member Aadit Burean of Circulation. The A. B. C. is & national organix which furnishes newspapers and ad tisers with a strictly honest anaiyel circulation. Our clrculation statiatic are based upon this audit. This insures protection againt fraud In newspape! of a republican government." “Just a matter of {interest— how—" inquired the grim Justice Vanteventer. When counsel began to explain Justice Taft interrupted right with the state ot Connectlcut. Getting an affirmative response, a little discussion took place between the justices, followed by the cryptic announcement, “We don’'t care to hear any more. Small wonder that the learned counsel for the Waterbury man later surmised that the high court of the nd why not—If a park board has no right to condemn and buy property for park purposes when | necessary the rights of cities to such distribution figm.es to both national and | local advertisers. sale daily tn New at ‘s Newsstand, Times Square; Schultz’s Newsstands, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Street. e WORLD'S FAIRS SIMPL ARLE PASS The demise of the Sesquicenten- nial exposition as “the world’s most colgssal world's fair fallure” seems e proven beyond a doubt that to ha the day of world's fairs is over. To the present generation lack the “kick” that them in the days before automobi radio and movies. People nowadays have satisfactory came with amusement upon all sides of them and at a comparatively low price they | tracts would be violently curtailed; in fact ed. This would be a blow to the collective rights of citizens who would benefit from entirely vi the parks. Taking this case to the Supreme court was one of those things which look brave and bold; but, as indi- cated by the scant five minutes al- | lotted to the “argument,” the time | There is nothing in connection with | a world's fair that astonishes them | to a greater extent than what they are accustomed to almost every day A short trip In an brings them to hills and mountains, | and they gape in awe at the boun- titul aspects of nature; or to the seashore, and they enjoy the sonor- ous symphony . of the horizon. They enter a theater and with|road station. pleasure note the drama of action on a silent screen, music as they care to hear, and feel | tect himself, that they get their mon worth. automobile | blue-tipped | armed marine during their transit listen to as good | & necessary example in how to pro- of the nation’s highest court is far too valuable to fuss with cases of private pique against municipal rights. TOO MANY HOLD-UPS The hold-up business in this city is prospering too much. New Brit- ain until this. week was remarkably free from this species of deviltry; nfortunately a turn for the worse seems to have taken place I police or course; both are dolng their best to apprehend the led sponsible for the depredations duly | ult cannot be found with the | ce department, of detective weak-mi re- recorded during the past few day They know how to follow up a elue but there are none of consequence to trace. It is with satisfaction, therefore, that one learns that the mails in this city are to be guarded by an hetween the post office and the rail- If crooks are going to hold sway Uncle Sam will give | | before the gladsome holiday. THE HOOSAC AND A NEW BOSS Having enlarged the Hoosac tun- Or they fuss with the dials and | instantly are transported to realms | of artistry huhdreds, or thousands, | of miles awa: 1 %0 that even the most corpulent The biggest sensation at the Cen- | of freight cars can pass through it, the Boston & Maine railroad cele- sentatives of the must be thought of. | | fated, by nature and design, to | | fer as 1o are better shoppers than men and Avoid the Last-Minute Early. Yp Editor who dipped his quill into a brew of ink and after brain- bulging cogitation evolved a ‘“new and original” editorfal designed to induce a thoughtless public to do its | Christmas shopping early — this worthy grand master of journalism, | we will say without fear of belng haled before the beak for contempt of court or being charged with | maleficent malpractice, lived during Bill Shakespeare's time and lies | buried in Westminister Abbey. This hoary and polished-pated public servant bent over an Eliza- bethan desk, shook his goose-quill and after due effort handed the fol- | lowing to the town printer: “BE IT KNOWN TO ALL MEN: “Merry Yuletide again nears, with its promise of happiness and good cheer and a merrie time. “It is meet that we partake of | some common sense about our | preparations for this significant | event; and in no way can we oblige | ourselves batter than going to the shoppes and selecting, buying and | paying for our glfts early, before the sophisticates of the townes and the ribald provincials from the counties mix in a final-hour effort to do a duty that {s better per- formed early than late, “Oug enterprising ~ shopkeepers | hire extra help in direct proportion | to the number of shopping days be- | fore the dawn of the Merrie Day, and of course, it is always possible | to get servica of a kind even to the stroke of midnight on the eve That is a sound theory by the shopkeep- ers, who know the ecloser. Christ- mas comes the more man realtzos | gifts must be bought. The purchaser must be thought of at any cost, and he Is never forgotten, no matter how negligent he may be in considering his own interests. “But from the angle of the wholesome buyer it has its draw- backs, TIn our day, when women have proven themselves competent to handle money with the facility of hank cleeks—in fact, they handle all the money in some families, greatly | | | | | | that | to the advantage of the family ex- chequer—it is these blessed repre- falrer sex who They are ill- st-minute shoppers, Women | which to commemorate | They are happier still, however, if | ne- | tennial exposition in 1876 was telephone; talking over wires was possible un- less they saw the instrument with thelr own eyes, saw the speakers, or perchance tried the devilish in- strument with their own ears. Today almost everybddly is per- fectly at home holding a conversa- tlon over the sensational instrument of 1876, If any further proof were needed people wouldn't believe the | brates by acquiring a railroad presi- dent from the middla west. We hi land traditions, but ¢ ir much of the New Eng- spite their au- they do most of the buying; they | possess exquisitely good sense when | they face the shopmen's sellers and | few it any shopkeepers can dispose of bad bargains to these beautiful gust venerable quality the R. & M is to be run by a westerner. England, the He came to New s, and showed shre | | | | | stockholders in Boston how to im-| Iroad's freight faeili- 1d prove the how to > s, huild terminals; how | of the waning power of expositions| to insert efficiency in the multi- one need merely to compare the | farious figures of the last four world's fairs, | There being a vacanc which will more completely denote | at the time, he got it—: the fiasco in Philadelphia. entials of running trains. the top ary not to buy at stated, but probably enoug! In Chicago, in 1893, $27,000,000(a few new Rolls Royces each year. was spent on the World's Colum- blan Exposltion and 27,000,000 vis tors attended, although there | was | tunnel. a population of only 4,300,000 in a‘ radius of 150 miles. Tn St. Louis, in 1904, was spent and only 19,000,000 at- tended. The immediate arca had a population of 3,200,000, In San Francisco fn 1915 the Pan- Paclfie ‘exposition cost and 18,000,000 attended. T! lation within an area of 150 was only 1,800,000. At the Philadelphia tennial $23,000,000 was spent, and there were more 17,000,000 people living within an miles. than 4,000,000 persons. Philadelphia itself has tion of about is said more than half vesple did not think exposition to go near it $26,000,000 popu- miles Sesquicen- than area of 150 2,000,000 persons; it city’s ¢ of the the nou ven hundreds of thousands of “tin can tourlsts,” the localism for automo- bile tourists city annu rather t attendance a city situated most densely popt United States wa Philadeiphia of the The in a hurry and Rumors of gra an 4, it the 1 ed s indec 0,000 in art of the will last time, tics in Philadely slated to be with some scandal sight. AND THIS COURT SMILED A litigant in Waterbur Jected to tion of his ci property , and who had to tuke sufricie ¢ is case thro perfor and state Supreme in the V. be wonder finally landing it prema; court, must by any pessibijity a by the highest tribunal means any- “Hroad smil Yet the attendance was less | 320,600,000, | An Be that as it may, New Eng can be proud of its Most of us in these parts have never seen it but we know it is nd new Hoosac there and is more than long. ILong may its darkest be ligh recess °d by the blinking headlights not one of puffing monsters, of which is made in New England. IS IT “IS” OR IT “ARE"? ans 1S exact be Purists, h writers generally gramma g must sorely heset with douht contemplating brought forth and sternation upon peculiar problem by the Burl The pt ing read n railroad. ase in its paid advertis- right of way is the oats, along i produced two-th than 1 ted Ought more ote. the If the corn,” ete,, in read “is produced” or “are produced " This is a free country and any- body can be an expert but sh at the the rammarian upon this subject; if the pro- fessor of of the champions at il rits nor- can of the g mory \gree upon relative than the 1 university, Harvard, ¥ 1 established ¢ ed lexlee hers vs it ought to ' and re” is the right word. of this wide discrepancy rt opinion we hesitate to of- s umpire, tif we were writing the phrase would use the word “is.”” Simply to unds more “natura conformity with the of using more col verbs itish do. tescors and any in- dit. can and wish five miles | S| and the newspapers always sa con- | the | high school | to| holders of family purse-strings. Their common intelligence is telling them with greater force every year that the best time te buy gifts is to buy them early, when stocks are new and fresh, and when there is a lack of that incipient hurly-burly which just before Christmas tends to subtract some of the joy from the annual event. “Men, too, have their problems at Yuletide. All but the most unfor- tunate of men have wives; all bhut the most forsaken have sweethearts. Rush By Making Purchases They have mothers yet allve, God bless them! And they perchance have daughters, sisters and nieces to love or think well of. Some, even, have mistresses, which seems all too common in these piping times of Queen Elizabeth. “Why not, men, make it a point to be of keen wit and possess an alert manner? Why not avold the onerous last moments, with their in- evitable risk of overlooking a pur- chase or an important dame in the family? The horror of it all is self- evident to all who have experienced it. “Some men, indeed, count them- selves happy if called upon to assist their excited superior halves in Send all communications 0 Fun | Shop Editor, care 0f the New | Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. e e e = Our Christmas Shopping Service “What'll I give that girl of mine?” is every man's complaint, Well, take a tip from us, mep, surest bet is Paint, They like to color pictures, the two- year olds to the twelves, And after that their fayorite sport | is coloring themselves! the Misunderstood Raymond (waiting patiently): “Is your daughter coming out this win- ter?" Her Father: “She’ll come out when she gets good and ready, and if you get fresh about it, I'll knock your block off.” —Mother R. Vanitics, Scandals, and Follics! making the essential purchases with the day. | thelr wives ask them to attend to| this essentlal of Yuletide labor be- | R TR A B A the men and women in them frayed | and drowsy. | “Then there is the question of be- ing humane to the shop assistants. | They are fellow human beings. Dur- | ing December they are loaded with | care and dread the final days before | the Christmas holiday with grew-} some misgivings. In some cases| they suffer ill-health, extreme weariness and nausea, harboring a | secret malevolence against the joy- ous season because of the terrible strain it yields them, { “And all because of the custom of | neglecting to buy gifts early. If overyone made an honest effort to make all necessary purchases early | in the month instead of waiting | until the closing days of the gift- buying scason, what a sea of trouble it would avoid! “Those who shop early are wise from every standpoint. They wake up Christmas morning fresh and trolicsome, lacking that tired and wilted attitude which is the inevit- able concemitant of rushing around a few days before like a fox chased by hounds. “We take 1t sound and will be followed by all citizens having their interests close Let there be the quintes- that this advice is at heart, sence of joy this Christmas, not a feeling like a hangover from an ale- | party. | “We have done our bounden duty | in calling attention to this pressing and acute seasonal problem. It therefore is of value that every man | | and woman will to the aid of conscience and accordingly come the hearkening of duty by making a list | of kin and kinsfolk, with notations as to what each is to receive as a token of the season, and hurrying | | to the kens of the shopkeepers. “A task thus performed need not {be done again, worries evaporate | land the joyous Yuletide will hurry |on finding all | pletea fo {and gladsome entertai preparations com- resounding rec pimn: nment by the | |side of the flickering lights on the | [ Yuletide tree. | “Wisdom suggests quick acdon.” | | make it all English. In Britain the parliamentarians | “the and | government are” doing this | that; or corporation “have” charged | nigh prices, instead of saying “has” charged. Plural verbs are as com- mon as briar pipes In England. In | America we avoid them on general | principles. | But, as stated already, our college professors like the Brit- some of ish manner and stick up for it ev to the extent of adding the silent | “u" to such words as “favour” and “lahour."” That's probably why the has obtained varying If will use Burling- ton opinions | from the universit it sticks | 25 Years Ago Today A case of peonage has been covered right in Britain local man paid transportation fro Poland for a laborer and is now ¢ lecting the fellow's pay, demanding that it be turned over within hour after the worker rece from the Stanley Works. A law ter and thinks out the it v ives yoking into the ma can straighten it on man is seck ane girl whom She was taken to New McCue, and the : ¢ in the newspape The city and adjacent country with an immaculate nd the snow is the fi that winter here, storm last night 1 and at several ice was at a standst he first I { months cccurred noon when a |avenue was lowned by Douglas by George Magon, The origin of the firs is unknown, and the damage i3 estimated at $300 At the Opera House tonight— Wins, Woman, and Song.” & burles- lque. Olio actg, two burlesques, to m 1 rry the ca robe al e The covered today & dence rd rolley 18 times 0 in seve yesterday after- barn on Farmington destroyed. It Mason apd uged [ vaudevitte eraze, mixea picnics. The Rule shop whistle blew at | |5:30 o'clock last night and a large ir‘rn\\'v] thought there was a fire. A boy told them it was at Corbin's \:md was a big one, and they hustled | that way, only to learn that the whistle really meant there would | be no night school. The crowd was disappointed as it wished to aftend |a fire Carmody Council, K. of C., elect |the following officers last night | Grand knight, William F, Delaney; | deputy grand kni | tin; chaplain, Re nor; chancellor, J. warden, Francis Kiernan Maurice J. Murphy; fin wry, John MeDermott William €. Wall; lectur 1. Mawe; advocate, B. inslde rd, A. guard, Michael O™ seph Ryan, Thomas Cogan, J. B. Coakley, Kilduff. | Damage of $400 w in Adolph Puppel's ho Kelsey street this mor horses tuek d from th run and the drivers wis did force the steeds. the bi-week n's club yes un I the meeting of the in New Haven. Young outh churel e, neial secre- tregsurer, r, Frederi W wer long Iy not ting of the y afternoon 0k reported on tion the of the Y. B itte | . 15 a Prescription for | Bilious Fever and Malaria Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, It kills the germ: * A Baby In Your Home Thoasands of copiee of & new hook by Dr. H. Wil Kidecs Ao being distribuisd to womes withoot cost, Every woman who wacis childrn Tonid read this heok and lsam Al abosk BYVRITPONK and fta wondertul sfoct in con: witutional weskmeas. Maoy thizee are unfolded Bt (ha svarage women has Dever been told befora. " For Fres Book sand NO Aoney, N0 Ooleme, aincly aige wnd sl o D il Buliasw Bida, BL Ie o My 1S - | hair | whe Matt A, DeWitt is very mild; An even-tempered man is he; It's funny, though he's very calm, That Matt is alwa —Esther V, Mitchell P A. Riley took a wife The lady shouted near and far, “I'd like to see old Volstead try To take away MY B. A, R.I” —John Schoenberger Pl When Bert Roy F. Delaney carries mall, And he is sore as he can be; He wants to get a city job But always must be R. F, —Beatrice ¥ “ e o. D. nagan George O. Bowdoin, strange to re- | late, Has never seen the deep, blue sea; Has never set a foot on a boat, Yet he's 58 G. 0. B.! B. Corbit Durkee was divorced | id, sald she, “Good bye! Good luck! youwre just A passing I, A. D. —Wilton A. When F His ex-wife With me Pritchard Don’t Mention It Jackson: “Twins, eh? What did | you call them 2" Briggs: “Oh, lots of thin I'm getting used to them now. —Andrew Cromelin but | HAIR s Conducted by Herbert Rooston | “Oh, teacher, quick brush | 100-kilowatt intellect and give us a spiel on hair.” Teacher: “Hair is wh acturers of combs Cla; Class: up your t keeps the o busi- ass: “It is good for anything?" Teacher: “It is useful for stuffing mattresses. While it still adorns the human dome, it is of no use what- ever, While men have hair, they go to the harber shop to have it cut off. When they lose it, they go | to the barber shop to make it grow."” “Do women have their hair acher: “Yes. Women have their | cut because it's more conven- c women started the number of s been multiplied Clas cut, 7, parlors s: “What does acher: “That bo quires less care.” “Is it true t it gentlemen r blondes? Cla; They also prefer a person’s halr 1 you recom- ‘lass: “Stupposi were coming 6 mend something to keep it in wcher: “Almost any sort of box will do.” Class: “Is it true that baldhead- sign of brain: “Well, meat in a cocoanut than there is in a stone. Class: “Is the head the only place e hair is found?” cher: “No. It is also found in the lapels of ready-made coats and on the floors of barber sho Class: “Is it true that since prohi- Lition some men drink hair tonic Teacher: but it doesn’t mat- 1t goes to the head, anyhow. “lass: “This has been a charming. sion, dear téacher. We hope you're not tired.” Teacher: “No, Come in whenever you feel up to it.” te agaln 1 DONT GET WHAT THE BOSS SEES IN THIS TO INTEREST HIM SO MUCH | THERE'S NOTHING TO EAT OR DRINK IN AT - "his Side of Paradise “I wish some said the sweet young thing at the post oftice window, " ma‘am. What * asked the clerk ethodist. But what has that to h it?” replicd. Marion 1. LIM-LIM-LIMERICK SHOR We Make Limericks To Order mps, please,” es, denomina- tior Burns ON THI Dear Sir My husband (his name is Porter) gets the quearest nofions when he | gets fried, Can you aid my campaign 8t reform by a sarcastic limerick? Mrs. Harry Porter Dear Mrs. Porter: Glad to be of assistance. Will this help?— There was & cross person named Porter. Who drank a bit more orter; The poor wretch, deranged, Cried out, “Get me changed He fancied that he was a quarter! than he Among the things that malke life drab and dreary are unrequited love and having once been a foothall hero, Correct this sentence: “He some- times lles awake for an hour,” said the wife, “but he never claims ncxt morning that he didn't psleep a wink." (Protected by Publishers Syndicate) o Dear Mr. Juaen: * My bos' name s Tharp. He whistles one tuge all the while he's working. It gets on my nerves. Can | you write a lmerick that, would | serve as a hint? ; Rose P. Demeyer Dear R. P. D.: Judge for yourself— There was a young fellow named Tharp, Who hummed tn sharp; He hummed night and noon At one lone, single tune — He's playing it now on a harp! (Copyright, 1926, Reproduction Torbidden) the key of G Q. What relation does a dialect bear to a language? A, Language s all the articu- ate sounds considered as forming the aggregate of words and tences which human beings employ for the communication of idcas. Dialeet is forms of speech collec- tively that are peculiar to the people of a particulgg district or to a class of people as distinguished FactsandFancies | BY ROBERT QUILLEN Americanism: Being ashamed of | the old folks, but proud of those who are dead. Note to dads: It is much easier to dominate the boy if you are more manly than he is, language; a language modified s radio station HHIK? A. At Port au Prince, Haiti, It is owned by the government and | uses 361.2 meter wave hand, and has a power rating of 1,000 watts, Q. Does it take longer to go from New York to London than from New York to Buenos Aires? A. It is 3,547 miles from | York to London and 6,761 mile | from New York to Buenos Aires. It takes about 8 days to go from New York to London and about 18 avs to go from New York to Buenos Aires. Q. What present address singer? A. near Melbourne, Australia. dr is Coomlic Cottage, stream, Victoria, Australia. Q. What v the ct date and place of Braddock’s defeat in | the EFrer d Indian war? A. It occurred about 10 miles from Fort Duquesne, now Pifts- Dburgh, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Monongahela river, July 1755, Q. and the marlket? A. Geese should not be picked during the breeding seasom. A stocking usually is drawn over the head, and part of the soft feathers on the breast, back, eides and ab- domen are pulled. Enough short feathers to support the wings should always be left. The feathers should be partly cured before shipping which can be done by placing them in loosely woven burlap sacks and A minority party has one advan- tage. It needn't spend so much for whitewash. A pacifist is one who knows just what steps he'll take to get rich the next time there is a war. Doing the samo work in five days should be a relief. It isn’t nee- essary fo think up 50 many ways to kil time. The trend of population indicates that the cows and chickens have less appeal than calves. is the birthplace and of Melba, She was born at Richmond, Her ad- Cold- e CLUMP CHUMD TaBAcca As we go to press they haven't yet found the man whom a billboard persuaded to buy something. About the only thing Europe and Uncle Sam agree on is the improb- ability that Europe will pay. feathers prepared for One great lesson taught by peace 1s that the only safe time to steal from your country is during a war. their winter which were The Puritans had troubles, very fe as annoying as clink A dominating personality isn’t worth a great deal when you need of sen- | tively from other forms of the same | by the | 9 | How are live geese plucked | to cash a check in a strange town. America is to have a_ pink phant, and doubtless this the last sly effort of the Volstead crowd. ele- | hanging them where they get a good circulation of air from all sides. "he demand for goose feathers and the practice of plucking ge ap- pears to be decr Q. What is a ‘“common law” wite? | enough to use brok History repeats itself. When the Furopeans eame over, the na- tives bowed down and treated them as gods. Who 6ald, “Don't give up the sb ley!" What does the expression, “To th To nearly all of us thera come apt phrase, a prophetic declaration, regounding through history, but clude us, or, recalling thor. omissions of memory by giving a phrases in history, with informative compllation, 1 (e =—— ——— CLIP COUI A surgeon can remove almost anything except the patients’ foolish faith in operations. Send for Some use smuggled arms as a means of getting out of the peni tentiary, and some are wealthy n health. 1322 New York Avenue, I want a copy of the bulletin, TORY, and cnclose herewlth | vostawo stamps or coln for same: Those who insist that Al couldn't | carry the South are divided as fol- lows: Democrats, 3 per cent; Re- publicans, 87 per cent. | NaxE ADDRESS “ CI1TY It must be nice to be a king in | a land where somebody else is im- portant enough to be the target. BUYAS SAYS, NOW JUNIOR EAT YOUR SPINACH, REMEM- BER THAT "5 600D FOR LITTLE BOYS" TELLS HIM TO WATCH HOW MUCH DADDY EN- SUPPOSED TO JOYS IT, ANDTO SET DELICIOUS SP) 600D EXAMPLE TAKES IARGE. BITE REMINDS JUNIOR HE'LL. HAVE NO DESSERT UNLESS HE FINISHES . (115 NON- SENSE MAKING SUCH A FUSS, THERE, THAT'S A GOOD BOY ! ACH- FINDS IT'S COLD O CONCEAL NOW AND EVEN WORSE SPINACH THAN BEFORE What occasion brought forth the words, © phraseology, their authorship, TORY EDITOR, Washington Bureau, ‘Washington, WORDS THAT five cents ASSUMES EXPRESSION' A. A woman who is a party to a ‘common-law” marriage, which is not solemnized in the ordinary wa. but created by an .agreement to marry, followed by cohabitation. Q. How is the phrase “Presque | Tele” pronounced? What does it | mean? ¥ A. It is French meaning “nearly an island’ ‘and is pronounced “presk-eel.” | Q. Are there any wild pigeons in North America now? A. It is believed that the last survivor died in the Zoological Gar- dens in Cincinnati in the summer of 1914, Q. How tall s Thomas Meighan? A. Six feet. Q. On what day did Easter Sun- day fall in 1019- A. April 20th. | @ Who starred in the motion | picture “His People” ? A. Rudolph Schildkraut. Q. Who established the Russell Foundation? What are its Mrs. Margaret Oliva Slocum ge, American philanthropist and widow of Russell Sage, established | the foundation, Its purpose is to | improve social and living conditions |in the United States, The work | consists of research and publication of edficational propaganda; the es- tablishment and maintenance of charitable and benevolent agencies and activities and co-operation with agencies and activities already in Aid to individuale and | families, to higher education, and to churches is excluded. Q. What is the Ttaly? A. The official estimate of July, 1924 gives the population as 41,000,000. What are the fusing polnts iver, copper and bronze? A. The fusing point of copper Is | 1083 degrees Centigrade or 1981.4 degrees Fahrenheit; gold 1063 de- | grees Centigrade or 1945.5 degrees Fahrenheit; silver 960.5 degrees centigrade or 1760.9 degrees IFah- | renheit. Bronze is an alloy and its | fusing point depends on the com- | position. |" @ What is the meaning of the | name Betty A. Itis a contraction or nick- name for Elizabeth and means “con- secrated to God”, “a worshipper.,” ke collec- | ¢, population of Observation On The Weatlte‘r’_ Washington, Dec recast for Southern New England: Fair to- | night, colder in eastern Maseachu- sctts. Iriday fair, slowly rising temperature. Fresh north winds. Forecast for Hastern New Yerk: Fair tonight; Saturday partly cloudy with rising temperature; moderate nerth winds. Conditions: A strong aren of high pressure centers over Ontario and extends southward to the Gult region. It is producing much colder temperatures and high winds in all sections east of the Misslssippi river. An area of low pressure centers | over the northern Rocky mountain region and temperatures are rising {rapidly from plains states westward 1o the coast. | Conditions favor for this viclnity | fair weather with lower tempera- ture, —_— WORDS THAT HAVE MADE HISTORY hip ‘Tou may fire when ready, Gride he victors helong the epolls” mean? 2 time when we halt remember gome an eplgram or maxim, that has gone when we try to quote It, the exact words our memory falls us on the au- In this bulletin, our Washington Bureau has attempted to supply these list of some of the more trenehant It is a highly interesting and t, by filling out the coupon below: PON HERB New Britaln Herald, D. G HIS- 5. HAVE MADE in loose, uncancelled, U. I am a reader of the HERALD, SNAPSHOTS OF A PARENT EATING SPINACH ~ CONTINUES MEAL WOND- SHOW HOW ERING WHY WIFE GAVE INACH 15, HIM SUCH A Bl6 HELPING FINDS IT HARD T LOOK AND THERE SEE REALLY HAPPY' e BE SAND IN [T .~ EATS MERT AND POTATOES - TRIES TO ARRANGE TORK. JUST AS PIATE | uT AND THEN TRCKLES SPIN- AND PIECE OF BREAD e D O BE TAKEN, JUNIOR CALS NEATEN "00DH, DADDY HASNT N ISHED HIS SPINACH * SIGHS AND DOWNS 1T ul