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

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The | questionnaire printed on this page | will be published for five days and | the results will be announced on | | saturday or Monday. | There is a great variety of opinion | |among 50,000,000 church members | |on even the fundamental doctrines | | taught by the church—to say noth- | ing about the beliefs, or disbeliefs, of the millions outside the church. | It is desired to know what the re- | ligious tendencies of the people in | this country are—whether they are | | being swayed by “fundamentalist” | or “progressive” discussions, wheth- er they disregard the teachings of Bible because they have no STANLEY H. HOLMES Superintendent of Schools (OUR SCHOOLS ) faith in its inspiration, whether thoy; consider Jesus as dlvine or merely a great teacher and philosopher, and | simply human, whether they believe in a hereafter, whether they believe is the only full time superintendent | the New Britain school department | has ever had. He came to New | Britain tn 1908 and has held the | position of head of the school de- | i'hm God answers prayer, and |Partment since fl:u: time, a period | whether religion is after all worthy covering the past 20 years. | of the support of 60,000,000 Ameri.| He Wwas born in Augusta, Maine, | Icana |and ‘was graduated from the high | A |school of that place. He was grad- | To this end, the Herald will print | o iia trom Colby college with A. | | tor five consecutive days beginning (p"ona A, M. degrees. Before com. | a questionnalre on religlous |2 to New Britain he was super- which was prepared by & |intengent of schools in Grafton, | lon of 100 leading clergy- | oy, Westfield, Mass., and Haver- men in various parts of the country, representing _different tions. H s | hill, Mass. | denomina- | "1/ 4o term as superintendent of schools he has been responsible for It is believed by these clergymen |iyo - progress-of the system - from that the daily newspapers can ge- |ghecurity to its present place as a cure this information as no other in- | joader among the systems of the stitution or organization possibly | oountry. He was responsible for the can. The Herald is cooperating With | cgtaplishment of classes for atypi- this commission and with the church | qa1 children, and for the many advertising department of the Inter- | gther progressive plans which have ational ~ Advertising association, | peen adopted. ga BUILDING BOARD MEETS cooperation with the churches of | America, an advertising campatgn from Christmas to Easter in order to interest people in religion. LIBRARY CHANGES ~ AID T0 VISITORY ' Growded Conditions in Reference Department Eliminated Through a rearrangement of col- lections at the library the large room at the left of the main en- trance will now be used for: study and reference. By making this change it is hoped that the former rowded conditions can be overcome, hus giving more quiet for the seri- us student. In this room there is being held he annual exhibition of outstand- 18 books which have been publish- d for adults during the year. Those W aste is for biography will find on the tables the volume by Don Scitz on Horace Greeley, founder of the New York Tribune. Those with | turn with enthusiasm to a life of | Walter Camp by Powel. Bishop Wil- | liam Montgomery Brown expounds Superintendent Stanley H. Holmes | his life theories in “My Heresy, the ' Autobiography of an Idea.” The letters of Willlam edited by his son Henry James are now published, two volumes in one and this with the letters of Wil- liam Roscoe Thayer, edited Charles Hazen should be of special interest. Charles W. | His Belic Eliot; cdited with biographical study by William Allan Neilson, president of Smith college, y recent appe: h ve: nce, | posthumous publication, | life story of Turgenev the only com- | sian ever written, and. Gamaliel Bradford is repr study of Darwin, Those who are interested in travel will find much to take them far afield. The thrilling epic of Mt | children, Lverest by Younghusband, records [the almost superhuman efforts, | which finally cost the lives of two of the leade | Observations much | figure in Roosevelt's and cholas interest in football will | James, | by | ‘The Man and | 0510 of the tiny book is of | ing had iy Hartford, and who died | the approval of President Eliot mr‘”m little volume | sky presents a | t| of that great expedition. | politics | |early American pottery and early American furniture will be greeted | by followers of those hobbies. Rewards of reading, by Mott gives | helpful suggestions and guidance | and lists of books on various sub- | jects, an altogether entertaining and suggestive little book. Everett Dean Martin's book the Meaning of a Lib- eral Education, contends that“Edu- | cation i3 a spiritual revaluation of human life, and it is written from the standpoint of one who is con- cerned that this own education shall | not stop in midale life.” = Making the most of your looks, | by Dorothy Stote is a direct answer to the questions of many women who seek to adapt present day | tashions to their own individualities. Murder at Smutty Nose and com- plete details of thirteen other’ fa- | mous murders, by Edmund Pearson, is written to interest the average reader and abounds in thrills. Fields of work for women by | Mirian Leuck and Guidance for Col- |lege Women by Mabelle Blake are ! helpful studiesign timely subjects. new work by William Lyon s Is always halled with en- | sions, his latest is a series of cssays | on Death, Life, truth, ete. A revival of interest in quilts | makes the attractive volume on that | subject by Marie D. Webster espe- cially worth white noting.. ursuing the Whale by John Cook and the Yankee Whaler by Clifford Ashley are full of adventure and the latter a book of unusual beauty in its ake-up and pletures. No such list is complete without A Mid | Century Child and Her Books by iroline Hewins who was for 51 rs librarian of the public library just as was coming from the press. It has rare charm, illus- trated as it is with pictures repro- duced from early children’s books. lete biography of the great RUS-|r¢ makes a fitting memorial to Miss | Hewins who was a ploneer in library ed in his keen | work with children. There 1s also on exhibition in the reference room a new collection of reign pictures books for including Swedish, Rus- sian, French, Spanish, Itallan, and Czecho-Slovakian. These are inter- ting from several rst, because they show the vari- ations of some of the great fairy {tales and myths appearing in the ‘(‘ilnlce for | sian, m. Adventures and Confes- | view points. | The main object of the question- naire is to find out what America believes about fundamental religious ions, so that those in charge of this campaign will know how to ad- d selves intelligently to the problems that trouble the people. This campaign is to be non-sec- tarian, free from purely academic dise lon, and will be under the direction of leaders who represent ny shades of religious belief. The questions were prepared by a commission of 50 of the leading clergymen of America, representing various denominations and both the liberal and conservative view-point. | | Will Consider Main Street Building, First Church Steeple and Status of Andrews House in Belvidere, Tonight’s meeting of the building commission will consider a docket of important business with recommen- dation that a building on Main strect be partially condemned, a that the First church steeple, while not entirely sound, offers no imme dlate hazard, and recommendation that Charles §. Andrews be reported | to the prosecutor for alleged viola- tion of the zoning law, the principal | items. Consulting Engineer W. Vincent |Barry and Inspector Arthur {Rutherford hav r Raphael property and inspections and their reports agree. Tnspectors Rutherford, Tormay and Curtin made inquiry into reports that Andrews has converted a Lake boul- evard house from one of two- occupancy to one of three tenements, | They should be answered with a | straight “yes” or "no. | The questionnaire should be sign- antee of good faith. 1 be Kept confidential ind will not be used for any purpose whatsoever, Merely the totals will be | printed. Mitchell Will Become Head of Harmony Lodge George W. Mitchell will succeed Bugene Dyson as worshipful master of Harmony Lodge, A. F. & A. M. at | the annual meeting of the lodge to- | night. Mr. Mitchell has been a leading figure in Masonle activities here for several years. The retiring worshipful master, Mr. Dyson, has enjoyed a most successful year at the ad of the lodge. ed, as the condition found. FIREMEN WEANT RAISE e Also Petition for Full Pay for Men cation Period. Requests for an Increase of 50 CALLS OFF OPERATION for firemen injured while perform- Bueno Alres, Dec. 6 (M — Learn- [ing thelr duty and for an extension ing as he lay on an operating table of the vacation time from seven to v to undergo a surgical opera- |14 days will be made in a petition tion that he was to be deposed asito the board of fire commissioners governor of the province of Jujuy, at its meeting tomorrow evening. Governor Villafane hurrfedly left| The matter of salary increascs [the table, went to the station and for the chlef. deputy chiefs and |took a train for his home. | master mechanic of the department —_— |will also be discussed by the mem- Housemaid’s knee may be pre- bers of the board. | vented by the use of his device, says an English Inventor of a rubber pad | The summer and be used as a mat by those scrub- crop in Japan welghed ing floors. i}\olxnds. autumn cocoon 5,000,000 Answer (“YES” or “NO) QUESTION Do you belleve in God? Do you belleve in immortality? Do you believe In prayer as a means of personal relationship with God? Do you believe that Jesus was divine as no other man was divine? | N e TS | Do you regard the Bible as inspired In a sense that no other literaturs could be said to be in- spired? © ¥ou an active member of any church? | el or i / larly attend any religlous services? Would you be willing p in a community in family grow | which there is no church? | nily worship” in your | ou brought up in a religious send your children to any rchc i Do you ol of re ligious think that on in some from is a| y element of life for th and for the community? | -——--w--—-————————-¥ ¥ in This questionna | tlonnaira editor of ' when filled out, e Herald. be returned to the ques- report | Jfton Robinson by Redman, and cents a day, provision for full pay ! | volume on the Philippine, and Pa- | ) jore of the different countries. [ draie Colum brings fact and faney | yom the art side they malke a very |inte play SR L e Road [ },r0a0 appeal, %o they should be of Ao "'"'f““’*n Bredaos h“? | much use to the many students who | the "ha aculty of writing vivid | proqyent the library ltravel books and *Wanderings in| | Rome," "his atest, seems to have all | {of the charm found in his similar 'one in Paris. Aldous Husley took an tual hollday in India, Burma, , the Pacific and America, and plctured his obscrvations in | Jesting Pilate. Lost London is a seription of landmarks which have | ppeared, pictured, and often in | color, by J. Crowther, and described | Beresford Chancellor. A | |8 READ HERALD CLASSIFIED AD! FOR YOUR WANTS INSIST UPON KEMP'S BALSAM FLASHES OF LIFE: By the Associated Press. New York—One may go sleighing in Central park now for $25 an hour. Old cabbies are reaping a harvest | with the six,slelghs extant in the | city. But some of their old time | patrous are mourning because time was wheg the occupants of the first sleigh of the season to arrive at a tavern in the park got a magnum of champagne free. The first of this season received lemonade. Washington—Because no other in- dividual has contributed so much to | our natlonal security the war de- partmbnt is detailing a guard of honor to meet the body of John M. }nrownmg, machine gun inventor, when it arrives in New York tomor- row on the Majestic. New York—It is all right for any young man to give a young lady a Christmas present if he really feels like it, in the opinion of the Rev. Dr. Daniel A. Polling. Short ac- quaintance should not prevent it. | Auray, France—Betier late than never. Having just discovered that "Benjamin Franklin landed here 150 years ago the town has named a quay after him and erected a tablet telling about it. During the cere- monies the French and American flags were on view, anthems of both | countries were played and there | were Breton dances, Also, and incte | dentally, quité a few circulars about | the debt were distributed by ex- | soldiers. Bucharest — Perhaps Prince Nicholas, who praised American | rallroads, will have nothing to say about those at home. Diplomats and | others and a red carpet and flowers were ready at 10 a. m. for Quecn Marle, due at 11, At 11 came word she would arrive at 2 p. m., at 2 the welcomers returned to the station |and found she had arrived at one | o'clock. London—British film makers would like some of Hollywood's sunny clime. The latest handicap in competition with American movies is fog. Even an invisible mist results in bad plctures. New York—The West Side Uni- tarfan church is proud of a statue | depicting evolution. “The Chrysalis,” | the work of the late Carl E. Ake- g/ loy, explorer and sculptor, Was on |55 prominent business man, dies. the church platform at a memorial | service for him and was draped with | | flowers. Dr. A. Wakefield Dalten said that only blinded bigotry could see anything In the demn. Tt was barred two years ago from the exhibition of the national | academy of design. Chicago—Mrs. C. B. Goodspeed, CHARGING $25 AN HOUR FOR SLEIGHS 8| statue to con- | NEW YORK CABMEN walrus in the arctic with their hus- bands. New York--When Samuel Unter- myer is away from home on a cruise {around the world he intends to have | | as much of home with him as pos- | sible. A suite on the Belgen Anland | | will be fitted up with furniture from ' his house, even to rugs, lamps and bookcases, Torrington — Joseph Nagy, 38, is fatally injured and five other oc- | cupants of a truck are injured {when it plunges from road into | stream. Middletown—College tralned men |bring about most of the reformsin | industry, Bishop McConnell of Chi- cago tells delegates to student par- ley at Wesleyan. Bristol — Nows of the death in Burbank, Calif.p of Charles H. Tif- fany, 66, for 40 years proprietor of hotels in Bristol, 1s recelved. Torrington — John Hartnett, 50, is severely burned and James Slat- tery, 60, is suffering from being overcome as result of $2,500 fire in an* apartment house. Middletown — Wesleyan students | [present 12 reécommendations to President McConaughy on such ! widely divergent topics as athletics, student housing, curriculum and professional salary. | New Haven — People who come linto the world “with the dice load- | |ed against them,” can do much to |overcome handicap in the opinion |of Dean Charles R. Brown of Yale, |speaking at Battel chapel. E Bridgeport — Because change in |rules will permit contestants to en- tor Catalina islands swim with coat 'of grease as bathing suit, Mrs. | Clemington Corson, who thinks “it's | {shocking,” will not be a starter. | Voluntown — John J. Buggy, 73, | watchman, fs found dead in build- |ing, havipg been scalded. Meriden — Attempting to keep | up service under the handicap of the storm, Meyer White, 44, vice president of taxi company, dies at the wheel of taxi. Hartford — Thomas. F. Garvan, | | Week’s Activities in Catholic Churches | ‘Wednesday will be observed in the Catholic church as the I'east of the Immaculate Conception. Besides Chinese Mirror by Florence Avs-| with delightful drawings by | Douglas has chapters on “The Chinese Tdea of a Garden” and | “Symbolism ef the Purple Forbidden | New York—not so little and | not g0 old, presents in an unusual manner much that is not well known about the great metropolis. Herbert Adams Gibbons has a volume on {and they will report that such is. ports of France with oviginal draw- |ings by Giovanni Petrina. In poetry there 1s a small volume |of selected poems of Edith Thomas edited with a_ Memoir by Jessie R. | Ritterthouse. Theodore Maynard ha compiled the book of modern Catho- lic verse fittingly dedicated to Wil- Hurt o Duty and Increase n Va- fred-Meynell. There are volumes of iterary criticism on Edwin Arling- | study of Swinburne by Welby. [ The exhibition is particularly rich in fine books on varied art subjects. | A striking volume on Domestice | Architecture of the Early American | Republic by Howard Major with ex- | cellent pictures representing houses | |of the period, in all parts of the | country will attract students as well | as the layman. The well known authori on matters of decorative art Nancy McClelland has just fin- | Ished another book Practical Book | ‘n( Decorative Wall-Treatments, | and doorways of Charles- | ton, South Carolina, in the 18th and 19th centurles gives much interes ing architectural detall of t famous city. Charles Bulfinch, arch tect and citizen, by Charles A. Plac is a particularly significant boo! Two volumes of the Century librar of American antiques—those on } To Cuwre a e o a Quarter of a Century as| an _eflective remedy for COLDS, GRI?, INFLU- ENZA and as a Preventive, Price 30c. The box bears this signature i I | for that COUGH | | at ( short stubby styles. See the HAND MADE ] q] we are offering at $1 59 each ®Irs. R. B. Slaughter and Mrs. John |being a holiday of obligation, Wed- Broden, are to hunt bear and Two Excepti SPECIAL PURCHASE we have them on sale Tomorrow One Lot Women’s Sik Umbrellas they are real $8.98 values) Made of extra heavy quality silks. Wide horders of self color or fancy stripe effects—the handles are very beautiful and afford a wide range for choice — in the popular 16-rib as it 1s also an observance of the patronage day in the Catholic church in America. The Immacu- late Conception feast was named the patron feast of the church in this country some years ago. Special services will mark the feast in all the churches in this city. St. Mary’s Church Mosses at St. Mary's church on Wednesday will be sald at 6:30, 7, 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning. There will be two masses at 9 o'clock, onc in the chapel for the children and the other a high mass in the main body of the church. Confessions will be heard Tuesday evening only. Requiem masses at the church this week were announced yesterday .at the masses as follows: Month's mind, Monday at 7 o'clock for Mrs. Ellen Murphy; Tuesday at 7 o'clock, month’s mind for Mrs. Violet O'Leary; Thursday at 7 o'clock, first anniversary for Dr. Henry T. Bray; Friday at 7 o'clock, month’s mind for Martin Conway, and Saturday at 7 o'clock, fourth anniversary for {Mrs. Rose Naples. Starting Wednesday evening and continuing one week within the oc- tave of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, devotions will be held every evening at 7:30 o'clock. The men of the parish will re- celve holy communion in a body at a special mass at 8 o'clock next nday morning. Confessfons Satur- day night will be for the men only. St. Joseph’s Church, Masses at St. Joseph's church Wednesday morning will be at 5:30, 7 and 8 o'clock. Confessions will be heard Tuesday afternoon and evening. A card party will be held in the parish hall Wednesday evening, the proceeds of which will be used for a Christmas fund for the children. Tickets for the production of “Maytime in Erin” will be exchanged for seats on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at the Boston Store. St. Peter’s Church Masses Wednesday at St. Peter's church will be at 6:30, 7 and 8 o'clock. Confessions will be heard Tuesday evening. The Ladies’ St. Anne society will hold a minstrel show in the parish hall Thursday evening. St. Andrew’s Church Masses at St. Andrew's church {Wednesday morning will be at 5:30, 7 and 8:30 o'clock. The second |mass will be for the children of the parish. Following the 8:30 mass, benediction will be held. Confessions will be heard Tuesday evening. Special Notice ‘Whist and bridge whist by Isabella Circle, D. of L. at Judd's hall, to- morrow night. Public invited. Ad« mission 25c.—advt. Quick Relief! A pleasant effective syrup. 35cand 60¢ seee |nesday takes on added significance onal Offerings that you cannot afford to miss SEE WINDOW DISPLAY Red Pu If Umbrellas are on your gift list be sure to see these. 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